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"Plus minus is a very deceptive statistic when a team struggles, and he's been put in a tough situation. If you look at the defense pairings, on a team that's below .500 the top defense pairing playing against the other team's top line is almost always minus, no matter how well they play. So I don't put a lot of stock in plus minus.â€
-Brian Burke on Tyler Bozak.
To a point, we have to agree with Burke's statement, but only to a point. To say that a negative plus minus (-29) rating is the only reason behind Bozak being viewed as an underachiever this year is making a somewhat big understatement. It's entirely true that Bozak played some of his toughest minutes this year. The primary reason for that might be that the coaching staff and management had given up on the idea of him being a top line centerman in the NHL, if indeed that was the original plan. It's important to look at this not as a knock on Bozak as much as the organization crediting his two way, shutdown and penalty killing potential.
Bozak has always had a knack for winning faceoffs. Combine that with his solid offensive potential and good skating ability, it was no wonder many of us expected him to be a good top six option in the future. Brian Burke on April 3rd 2009, immediately after he captured his signature: "He is a young man that was coveted by a large number of teams in our league and it's our goal to help him reach his potential with our organization. He's a responsible player at both ends of the ice and he has shown the ability to put points on the board with his quickness at the collegiate level." That's certainly an indication of top six plans. But, Burke's latest trip to the conference room might suggest those plans never really changed.
"If we got Tyler Bozak in the one hole (top line center), and he can't play in the one hole, that's my fault, it's not Tyler's fault. I really like the way Tyler's game improved this year, he became a really solid penalty killer, he's what we thought we were getting when we signed him, and he's a great kid. He's going to be a good NHL player. He's probably in the wrong box (playing as the top line C). If he's playing in the one hole and he's not on the same level as his two wingers that means they are not getting the puck, they are not getting chances. That's not his fault.â€
This is a clear indication of a "lesser†role for Bozak in the future.
Many players suffer from the now commonly known phenomenon called the sophomore slump. Players in their second NHL years do sometimes regress in their overall performance, offensive output and quality of play. But, regardless of the sophomore slump phenomenon and given Bozak's age, we have to consider some areas of his game are fully developed. The question marks surrounding those areas of his game have already been answered and as stated earlier tell a story of a good penalty killing forward who can win faceoffs. Yes, it can be argued that this was only his first full year in the National Hockey League, and it is also true that a player can always strive to improve. However, just like human growth and development, player development tends to slow or even stagnate as the player gets older. That might or might not be the case with Bozak.
During the 2009-10 season, Bozak played 37 games and had 27 points. This year, a horrific plus minus rating of -29 overshadows a somewhat okay offensive output of 15 goals and 17 assists for 32 points. Not even close to what was expected considering he's centering a line featuring Phil Kessel who alone had 32 goals and 64 points. Even if we screw up the math and say that every Bozak assist came on a Phil Kessel goal (not nearly the case) that would only lead him to contribute on just 53.1% of all the goals scored by
his best winger.
Let's look at it more closely and accurately. Tyler Bozak spent 20.9% of his EV (even strength) playing time on a line with Lupul and Kessel. He spent 16.82% of his EV playing time with Kessel and Crabb, 12.51% of it on a line with Kessel and Versteeg, 6.67% with Kadri and Kessel, 5.62% with Armstrong and Kessel. 3.25% with Kulemin, Kessel and 3.07% with just Phil Kessel.
If you add everything up, the numbers tell us that Bozak spent 68.84% of his EV playing time playing with Kessel. Even the faulty math tells us that Bozak should feature on more than my invented 50% of Kessel's points (if we say Bozak's 15 goals all came with an assist from Kessel and his 17 assists were all on a goal by Kessel – which is not the case). Now this scheme is completely wrong because, even by factoring in EV percentages of playing time he got with Kessel, it doesn't correspond to the actual amount of Kessel's goals and points Bozak featured in. However, what it can tell us is that if Bozak featured on expected the amount of Kessel goals for his playing time percentage, he would have had significantly more points. In short, playing with an elite winger for 68,84% of your EV time should get you more points and not take away from the points scored by that elite winger.
I have often wondered why Bozak is an entirely different animal on the PK than when playing with Kessel. Then I noticed something. When playing with Kessel, Bozak tends to pass more often than he should. He also tends focus more on his offensive game to better complement Kessel as opposed to his bigger defensive contribution when put alongside other players. Could it be that Burke's quote at the beginning of the article is absolutely true? Bozak isn't to blame for having to play in the one spot. He seems to suffer from lack confidence exactly because he can't produce offensively on the level of an elite NHL winger. Yes, Kessel isn't a defensive dynamo (although he made strides in that department this year) but their combined plus minus isn't about them both being defensively horrible, and it's about them turning the puck over because one guy isn't playing his game. It's about Bozak lacking said confidence when making plays. It's also about that other 31.16% of the EV time where he's put in against top line opposition.
I view Tyler as more of a chameleon-like player. He easily adapts to his linemates tendencies, unlike say Kulemin who plays his game all the time, no matter what line he's on. That says nothing about his skillset which is always there. Based on that assumption, considering how he has produced in say, penalty killing situations, I think his skillset is more suited for the third line. That said, I still believe Bozak can also be a somewhat productive offensive player, but he has to be put in the situations where he can thrive rather than in ones he can fail. Playing with less offensively gifted linemates offers him the freedom to use his offensive capabilities to make that line more productive while limiting the burden of him having to produce at the "Kessel†rate. It's also beneficial for his defensive skills that, with all shown so far, have a better chance of making him into a really effective NHL player.
Defensively, one area where I have noticed Bozak struggling is when playing against top talent. Now, although that might not win me the world's most original hockey thought award, it is a really valuable concept to grasp. It is indeed true that most players struggle against top talent. That is precisely why players like Ovechkin and Kovalchuk are known as game breaking players. Isn't it also true that, in order to be that effective 3rd line shutdown center the organization apparently wants him to be and most fans think he already is, he has to handle elite players better? In some of the games I re-watched for this analysis (particularly against NJ and Washington, hence the Kovalchuk and Ovechkin bit) Bozak struggled to keep pace. He was caught out of position numerous times in the defensive zone and when caught one on one he got repeatedly beat by the opposing elite forward. Puck watching and positioning seems to be his biggest issue when playing against skilled players. He is not taking the player by sticking with him and tying his stick up, but rather staring at and trying to take the puck. Like I mentioned earlier, defensive zone coverage is also a problem, but it seems to appear significantly more when playing against top tier talent. Elite players have that ability to evade coverage, find holes in the zonal positioning and exploit them. More than anything, Bozak needs to learn how to close out lanes when defending against elite players higher in the defensive zone.
Fortunately, most of his offensive and defensive issues are in fact problems that can be corrected with him being put into an adequate role, proper coaching, some seasoning and more time spent playing against elite opposition. It has nothing to do with developing his natural skillset, which truly does fit the bill of a good shutdown forward with some offensive upside, much like a smaller version of Jordan Staal.


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An, I see that Bert is far ahead of me. So I can buy an already made unit to put on my grill. Has it been tested by anyone on this forum? I'll do a search.
I prefer Neopolitan pizza, though a New York style pizza is good too. I bought the steel after reading some very positive reviews on Serious Eater. Have yet to use it.
TX, I am grateful for your advice. A friend in the UK put me on to this little beauty. The Chadwick Oven.I may decide the convenience of the stovetop trumps having to build a fire, especially in winter.http://chadwickoven.com/introductionSo now I have another track to explore before I go running down any.Thanks for taking the time to advise this wet behind the ears pizzaiola.
The drawing pretty much says it all.
In Europe weber markets a pizza oven for their kettle grills based on this oven and there is some talk of it on the forum. It did not get very good reviews if I recall correctly. On top of that a 4 minute bake on the stove top is a cake walk. All you need is your steel plate and a little sheetmetal. The drawing pretty much says it all. The front burner controls the temperature of the stone and the bottom heat, the rear burner controls the top heat.
How hot does the surface of the stove get with a set-up like that?
Jeff, Majority of the stove don't have enough space to accommodate the setup you drew.

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I've seen the future. Not the entire future, but I was able to glimpse two pending VideoBox uploads. I can happily report those two titles will bring us new scenes from site favorites Eva Angelina, Jenna Haze, and Amy Reid. Eva and Jenna appear in 1 on 1 #1, which will be uploaded Sunday, 8/22. Amy is featured in Naturally Yours #1, to be uploaded Monday, 8/23. In this post, I will preview those scenes (and a couple others from these DVD's) with images I captured from the videos. I will also provide written scene summaries.


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Transporting Astros no easy task
Club manages to escape Ike's aftermath and land in Milwaukee
By Alyson Footer / MLB.com
Once the decision was made by the Commissioner's Office to have the Astros-Cubs series played at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Waters was single-handedly responsible for taking care of all of the logistics involved with transporting the traveling party -- 80 strong -- from point A to point B on Sunday morning.
Usually, this isn't much of an issue, seeing Waters does this 13 or 14 times a year for normal regular-season road trips. But Hurricane Ike changed everything after it whipped through Galveston and Houston in the wee hours on Saturday. Houston was, by all accounts, non-functional. That goes for all three airports, Intercontinental, Hobby and Ellington, all of which were closed for business until at least Monday.
"I got a call from [club owner] Drayton [McLane] [on Saturday] morning, wanting to know if we could get a plane," Waters said. "I said, 'The airport's closed and Continental doesn't have one plane in town. Let me see what I can do.'"
Waters made some phone calls and the answer was what he expected: "There's no way we're going to get a plane here."
Waters took that back to his higher-ups. The response? "Get us a plane." So Waters continued to press, hoping the Astros' strong business relationship with Continental Airlines would eventually sway the airline to help.
He also couldn't help but wonder, why are we doing this in the first place?
"People don't have electricity, trees are down, houses are broken, and we're worried about playing this game?" Waters said.
Few, if any, planes were sitting at Intercontinental Airport, so the airline had to locate one in another city, Eventually, arrangements were made for a plane in Newark, N.J., to leave at 6 a.m. ET and arrive to Houston sometime around 9.
With that piece of the puzzle out of the way, Waters moved on to arranging for bus transportation. They needed two buses to take the traveling party from Minute Maid Park to the airport.
Again, this is usually as easy as 1-2-3 under normal circumstances. Such was not the case in the wake of Hurricane Ike. Houston had become a virtual ghost town, with businesses shut down indefinitely, at least until power was restored to the nearly 2 million residents who lost it Saturday morning.
Waters, working without electricity from his home and getting dangerously close to running out of battery life on his cell phone, frantically tried to contact the Houston bus company he works with, but to no avail.
"All the buses were out of town," Water said. "They had a couple at the yard, but there was nobody to be found. I was panicking."
At 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning, four hours before those buses were supposed to leave Minute Maid Park carrying 80 travelers, Waters finally located two. Getting those buses to the ballpark, however, presented another challenge. Four more inches of rain fell overnight, adding to the watery mess that had already inundated the city. The buses could only get so close to downtown before they were halted by feet of standing water.
After taking several routes around the downtown area, the buses found a path to the ballpark, and at approximately 11 a.m, the Astros left Minute Maid Park. Intercontinental, one of the nation's largest airports, was empty and silent, occupied by only a handful of workers from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) who flew in from other cities to help out when the airport opens to the public on Monday.
The Astros took off close to noon CT and arrived to Milwaukee -- where they were met with yet more rain -- just before 2 p.m. By a little after 4, everyone was assembled in the clubhouse at Miller Park ready for their 7 p.m. start time with the Cubs.
From the outside, the process appeared to come off without a hitch. Inside, however, the feeling was much different.
As Waters recounted the last 48 hours from a side room in the clubhouse, he shook his head in partial disbelief.
"I was biting my nails," he said. "I didn't think any of this was going to happen."
Alyson Footer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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He was born May 26, 1923, in Little Rock, a son of the late Galie Jones and late Luddie Danridge Jones Brown.
He was a machine operator for Crompton Arkansas Mills, a member of Oppelo Methodist Church, a member of Conway County Mounted Patrol and a WWII veteran of the United States Army receiving a Purple Heart and Silver Cross. He was a member of the V.F.W and D.A.V. at Russellville.
Survivors include his wife, Lucresa "Chris" Wise Jones; daughter, Brenda Brixey and husband, Kenneth, of Adair, Okla.; sisters, Virginia Lawrence of Fresno, Calif., and Hazel LaCook of Morrilton; two daughters-in-law, Paulette Stobaugh Jones of Atkins and Sandie Jones Blackman of Houston; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends.
Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by two sons, Ervon and Roy "Bucky" Jones; one daughter, Cynthia Jones; and the mother of his children, Frances Yarbrough Jones.
Funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at Harris Chapel with the Rev. Von Dell Mooney officiating. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery by Harris Funeral Home of Morrilton. Family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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Rob Ashford, a 1983 graduate of Point Park University's Conservatory of Performing Arts and honored Broadway choreographer, will give Point Park University's undergraduate Commencement address on Saturday, May 1, at 1 p.m. at Mellon Arena in Downtown Pittsburgh. Ashford won a Tony Award for choreography for Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2002. He is currently directing and choreographing the Broadway revival of Promises, Promises, which is now in previews. Ashford will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree as part of the Commencement ceremony.
"As Point Park recognizes its 50th anniversary this year, we are pleased to have Rob Ashford return to Pittsburgh to celebrate with our community," said Paul Hennigan, president of Point Park University. "Rob's theatrical journey from his hometown in West Virginia, to the dance studios of Point Park to the stages of London and Broadway make him an inspirational speaker for our graduates and their families."
Ashford's first opportunity to choreograph was Kiss of the Spider Woman in Buenos Aires. After that, he worked as associate choreographer for Pittsburgh-native Kathleen Marshall on the 1999 revival of Kiss Me, Kate. Ashford went on to choreograph Thoroughly Modern Millie, for which he won a 2002 Tony Award. He was also nominated for The Wedding Singer. Additional Broadway credits include Curtains and The Wedding Singer, both of which earned him Tony nominations for best choreography. Ashford has been nominated for six Laurence Olivier Awards and has received an Emmy Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award.
In London, Ashford has choreographed A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Royal National Theatre and Guys and Dolls and Evita on The West End. In recent years he directed Parade and A Streetcar Named Desire, both at London's Donmar Warehouse, where he is now an associate director.
Point Park will also present Shea Mihm Gopaul, a 1976 graduate of Point Park and director of administration for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree as part of its master's degree Hooding and Commencement Ceremony at 9 a.m. in Mellon Arena. Gopaul will address the master's degree graduates during the ceremony.
A Pittsburgh native, Gopaul earned a dual degree cum laude in dance and history from Point Park. She oversees the OCHA administration for New York, Geneva and 30 country/field offices. She has served at the senior level in the UN International Labour Organization and World Health Organization (WHO) for nearly two decades and has worked in the areas of finance, strategic/program planning, resource mobilization, budgeting and human resources management.
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Ohio State received a verbal commitment from four-star 2018 DT Tyler Friday.
Wisconsin has extended HC Paul Chryst through the year 2023 with a five-year extension.
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NFL Media Analyst Daniel Jeremiah has the Browns taking USC QB Sam Darnold with the first pick in his latest mock draft.
FAU HC Lane Kiffin compares redshirt freshman QB Chris Robison to former Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel.
Purdue announced the resignation of co-offensive coordinator Tony Levine.
Formerly dismissed Tennessee senior WR Jauan Jennings posted on Instagram on Thursday evening that he will be playing "one last season" for the Volunteers.
Louisville defensive coordinator Peter Sirmon resigned.
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Only giving up a 5th rounder for Holmes give the Jets tremendous flexibility in the draft now. I would pretty much bet the house that Tanny trades our first rounder and third rounder to leapfrog the Patriots and Ravens to take Jared Odrick who is clearly the best 3-4 DE in the draft....THE LAST pressing need for the Jets.
That leaves the Jets with 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 7th rounders to use on BPA.
Ah, **** you're right, eh...fail on my part. Still wouldn't be surprised if Tanny ended up doing something to move up in the draft.
I see Tanny/Holmgren working a deal. The Jets 1st year this and a 1st next year and maybe a latter round pick if Eric Berry is still on the board at 7.
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If this were the case, The Jets will need to take a serious look at Alex Carrington of Arkansas St, could be a steal. DE is a position of need at this point.
Actually, I think the more veteran players the Jets acquire, the more of a chance the Jets will trade down and out of the 1st round. They've acuired mor salary with these players. Remember, rookie salaries and signing bonuses are based on the order drafted. Besides, this is a deep draft. No need to trade up.
I have said this before but if Graham falls to #17 trade Leon to th 49ers.
Mark it down, the Jets will trade up but it will be for Kyle Wilson. The Jets are in win-now mode and Wilson gives them someone to cover slot WRs and sets us up should Cromartie demand a boat-load of money next year.
That's awesome depth at the CB position. Keep in mind that Rex loves having tons of DBs at his disposal.
This may be the last year without a rookie salary cap. Part of the new labor negotiation will be to address top rookies getting mega contracts. Trading up using this years one plus next years one will cost more financially than we may want to spend.
no trade up this year. this year's draft is about adding quality players to the defense who fit ryan's scheme.
I dont forsee the Jets trading up in the first. However, I think it is more likely that the Jets trade up to mid-early second to get someone else. Now the Jets have even less holes and even less space on their roster. No need for late round fodder that might not make the team. I think they dispose of a lot of the late round picks and come away with 3 players again.


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The Council on Religion and the Homosexual was the first coalition of religious and homosexual activists to receive widespread visibility in the U.S. At the local level, CRH initiated a number of programs that have served LGBT persons in San Francisco over the years. Within the religious sphere, CRH provided the impetus that moved many leaders to become advocates for LGBT persons. However, CRH appears to be best remembered in the LGBT community of San Francisco for its role in the California Hall incident on January 1, 1965.
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text: This is wondeful work Xyne!! You're really making things work. I'll follow up with detailed comments on the cabal2arch changes shortly. Well done, again. -- Don xyne: > Hi, > > I've added preliminary support for Hackage to Bauerbill. The following > now work: > > "bauerbill -S --hackage [pkgs]" : build [pkgs] directly from Hackage* > "bauerbill -Si --hackage [pkgs]" : look up information about [pkgs] > "bauerbill -Ss --hackage [args]" : search for [args] > "bauerbill -Qu --hackage" : list upgradable Hackage packages > > * with dependency resolution and build dependency tracking and removal > > I've only run a few simple tests so far and I haven't announced this on > my site or on the forum yet. I'm waiting because I still have some > issues with cabal2arch which I hope can be solved before I push ahead > (see below, although I suppose what follows mostly concerns Don). > > Btw, for now at least, if you enable AUR support as well (--aur) then > AUR packages take precedence over Hackage packages. The reasoning is > that AUR packages are more likely to be consistent as they're managed > by arch-haskell and thus have some human oversight. This may change > later if it's deemed move useful to give precedence to Hackage when > both are enabled. > > Feedback and bug reports are always welcome. > > > > > Don, > > I've updated to the latest version of cabal2arch and I've noticed that > most of the clutter is gone. I appreciate the changes and consider > them to be a great improvement, but it still creates an archive of the > build directory which I neither need nor want. > > I would like to make the following suggestions: > > *) add an option to create the archive of the build directory and > suppress it by default so that cabal2arch only create the build dir > with the PKGBUILD and install file when run with no options > > *) add an option to create the PKGBUILD and install file in the current > working directory, and create nothing else > > *) enable batching of multiple cabal files, so that it can accept > multiple URLs and paths on the command line (including paths to > directories which contain multiple cabal files) > > > > I've also noticed that it downloads source files from Hackage. Is that > just to get the checksums for the archive? If so, it seems rather > wasteful. Would it not be possible to provide that information in the > cabal file or via a web API on Hackage? > > If it is not possible to create the PKGBUILD without the source > archive, please add an option to first check if the source archive > exists in the build directory and mirror it if it doesn't. This would > prevent redundant downloads when building packages (which saves time > and bandwidth for all involved). Bauerbill in particular would benefit > from this by being able to handle the downloads itself (e.g. in > parallel). It could also preserve them between build sessions and > mirror them to only update when necessary. > > > > Apropos the availability of information from Hackage, the Hackage > backend of Bauerbill currently uses the log and pkg-list.html > (in /packages/archives/) to create a plain-text database of all packages > on Hackage. You can view the "database" file created by bauerbill > (/tmp/bauerbill/hackage/hackage_db by default). This file is smaller > than both the log and pkg-list.html and follows the line format > <name> <version> <category> <type>: <synopsis> > > Would it be possible to generate this file directly on Hackage? Again, > this would save bandwidth and it would also enable control over the > versions built by Bauerbill. Currently it tracks the latest versions by > simple parsing of the log. If the database file were instead provided > then it would use whichever versions it contained. This would make it > possible to specify which versions should be built. I don't know if > this would be an issue but version compatibility does seem to come up > quite often. > > Of course even if it isn't an issue, it would still be beneficial to > provide such a plain-text file which applications such as Bauerbill > could use. > > > > One final niggle: cabal2arch doesn't understand relative paths to > parent directories, e.g. "../cabal/foo.cabal". > > > > > > Sorry for the long message with several suggestions/requests. I hope > they're considered reasonable and not too difficult to implement. I > would particularly appreciate the option to use local source files to > avoid redundant downloads and the option to suppress creation of the > build dir archive. Many thanks if you can do this. > > > Regards, > Xyne > > p.s. Would it be useful to be able to rebuild all Hackage packages with > a simple command? If cabal2arch placed Hackage packages in a group, I > could easily add a "--rebuild-group" option to Bauerbill. I'm asking > because I don't actually know if this would be useful


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Sacred Heart Prep is 5-1 against Priory over the past three seasons, the only loss coming during the 2009-10 season that remains the only league loss suffered by the Gators over a three-year period.
Sacred Heart Prep finished 8-1-1 that season but Priory went 7-1-2 and lost out once again.
Sacred Heart Prep and Priory have yet to face each other this season, even though the Gators hold a controversial forfeit win over the Panthers from the Palo Alto Winter Classic in a match that wasn't even played.
Both teams are headed once again on a collision course, the first of two matches set for Thursday, Jan. 26 in Atherton at 2:45 p.m. The teams will meet again on a rare Saturday showdown on Feb. 4 at 11 a.m.
A lot can happen between now and next week as both teams still have plenty of matches. SHP will play three times before the showdown, including Saturday at home against rival Menlo School (10 a.m.), while Priory will play twice. Both, however, remained unbeaten in the WBAL Foothill Division following matches on Tuesday.
The day began with three teams tied for first place in the division. A few hours later, that number was down to two.
Sacred Heart Prep was chiefly responsible in the reduction of first-place teams as the Gators rallied for a 2-1 victory over visiting King's Academy. Priory, meanwhile, remained tied for the division lead following a 6-0 romp over visiting Mercy-Burlingame.
The Gators were in danger of falling out of the top spot when they gave up an early goal against King's Academy, but tied it up before halftime and won it after intermission to improve to 3-0 (5-2-4 overall).
King's grabbed a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute on a goal by Jordan Tuttle. The Gators battled back to tie in the 24h minute on an unassisted goal by Kendall Jager. With time running out, Jager scored in the 71st minute off an assist from Stephanie Terpening as the Gators knocked Kings' (1-1, 6-2-1) out of a share of first place.
Jager, who has scored seven goals in the past four matches, was marked in the first half but was overlooked in the second half as King's made some defensive adjustments.
In Portola Valley, host Priory (4-0, 7-2-2) got two goals from senior Darrah Shields plus single goals from Eugenia Jernick, Laura Wu, Molly Simpson and Siobhan Gillis while taking care of Mercy-Burlingame.
The Panthers next will host King's Academy on Saturday at 11 a.m.
In Atherton, Menlo School remained within reach of the leaders in the WBAL Foothill Division with a 3-1 victory over visiting Castilleja. The Knights (2-1, 4-4-2) jumped in front early as sophomore Sienna Stritter connected from 18 yards out unassisted.
Castilleja (0-3, 1-7) equalized five minutes later when sophomore Gabby Kaplan scored off an assist from senior Emily Mosbacher.
Menlo regained the lead at 30 minutes as sophomore Chandler Wickers followed up a shot by Ellie Still and scored from close range. Then 15 minutes into the second half, Wickers headed in a cross from Lindsay Karle.
Menlo dominated possession and outshot Castilleja, 30-10. Menlo's backs — senior Shannon Lacy, junior Hannah Rubin, sophomore Stritter, and freshmen Alex Walker — played well by limiting Castilleja's attacking opportunities. Menlo goalies Julia Dressel (five saves) and Kelly McConnell (four saves) split time in goal as usual.
In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo-Atherton made a solid statement to belonging among the best of the division by deadlocking co-leader Carlmont, 1-1, on Tuesday in Belmont. Jenn Kirst scored her 13th goal of the season on assist from Meryssa Thompson in the 21st minute for the Bears (2-2-1, 6-4-1) while Carlmont (4-0-1, 6-2-3) equalized it off corner around the 70th minute.
In the SCVAL De Anza Division on Wednesday, Gunn took on the best and put up a fight before dropping a 3-1 decision to visiting Los Gatos. The teams played even for the first 70 minutes after Gunn's Haleli Moalem scored in the first half to deadlock things at 1-1.
The Wildcats (4-0, 10-0-1) ended the tie with a goal in the 70th minute and added a third tally when the Titans (1-2-1, 5-6-1) moved everyone up in attempt to deadlock the match once again. Gunn coach Damian Cohen singled out defenders Liza Marinaro, Bella Harbert, Alyssa Perreault and Laura Hayward for solid efforts.
With a balanced attack and an abundance of scoring chances, Menlo School defeated visiting Eastside Prep, 2-0, in a WBAL match on Wednesday.
The Knights improved to 3-1-1 in league (6-1-3 overall) and stayed within five points of first-place Sacred Heart Prep, the only team to beat Menlo in league play this season.
The first-half goal came off a long, penetrating solo run by senior defender Carson Witte, who found Ryan Karle and played him into space for his first of two goals on the day. The second-half scoring started with a John Strong creative dribble to Karle, who calmly found the far corner of the cage.
Menlo coach Mark Arya complimented his midfielders for their possession play and high work rate, among them Strong, Kyle Perez and Nick Batchelder. Outstanding in the back were Agustin Diaz, Glenn Baxter, Alec Drobac and Witte.
In Hillsborough, Priory got a goal from Kyle Kosling but needed more while dropping a 4-1 WBAL decision to Crystal Springs.
In the SCVAL De Anza Division, Gunn remained unbeaten with a 2-0 victory over host Milpitas. The Titans (3-0-1, 6-2-3) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first half when Ben Sampson assisted on a goal by Cameron McElfresh. The Titans got an insurance goal after halftime when Andriy Khrustalyov scored on an assist from Johnny Sun. Goalie Richard Bullwinkle preserved the shutout win as Gunn stayed within five points of first-place Mountain View (5-0), a 3-1 winner over Homestead. The Titans will host the Mustangs on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo-Atherton and host Burlingame battled to a scoreless deadlock. The Bears (1-0-2, 6-0-3), coming off a 4-2 win over Aragon last Friday, had a chance to win against the Panthers but an M-A penalty kick was blocked.
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text: Mario Pavone has been on the NY scene for almost forty years. He began playing bass in the early sixties studying with the world famous Bertram Turetzky and got his first big break in 1964 with pianist Paul Bley. During this period he played with Archie Shepp, Bill Dixon, Anthony Braxton and many other. In the 70's Mario formed his own record company called Alarca. He worked extensively in the late 70's and 80's in the New Haven, Connecticut area, with musicians like Jane Ira Bloom, Ray Anderson, Anthony Davis, Gerry Hemingway, Mark Helias, Leo Smith and many others. By 1975, he was a founding member of the New Haven, Connecticut-based Creative Music Improvisers Forum (CMIF), which produced concerts and recordings that gave musicians more control over their own music. In addition to his ongoing activities as a bandleader, Pavone's artwork and photography have graced the covers of dozens of recordings since the mid 90's, and he currently serves as an educator and board member for Litchfield Performing Arts. Mario has been a resident artist at the Litchfield Jazz Camp since 1998.


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"Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them"
"Puns are little 'plays on words' that a certain breed of person loves to spring on you and then look at you in a certain self-satisfied way to indicate that he thinks that you must think that he is by far the cleverest person on Earth now that Benjamin Franklin is dead."
"A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide."
"Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as the Muse. a matching and shifting of vowels and consonants, an adroit assonance sometimes derided as jackassonance."
"Brothers do not do that to their family members, and he knew that the only thing Pun left behind was his kids. Even if Joe didn't like his wife, he could help out the kids -- he could have definitely done that,"


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Hi guys i found this in my kitchen in norwich norfolk uk and was wondering if it is a false widow i know they aren't deadly but as i had a heart attack and stroke stroke recently i want to be careful.:)
many thanks in advance:)
Hi Smiffy74,
This is a harmless missing sector orb weaver (Zygiella x-notata), very common around & sometimes in our homes.
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Lately we've had so many heavy issues to deal with, both here on the forum and in real life, that I got to thinking of something escapist, where the bad guys are totally imaginary. Probably my favorite of Agatha Christie's detectives is Miss Marple. I just finished rereading all of her short stories (helpfully collected in one paperback volume) and went on to re-watch a lot of the filmed versions of the mysteries shown here in the U.S. on PBS. (A lot of them are on YT.) There have been three Marples on TV, and each of them is an interesting actress with a different take on the role. I think in all of the three Marple series, the stories seem to be set in the 1950s, which is true to some but not all of Agatha Christie's books. (The book Marple has a long career!)
Joan Hickson: She was the original TV Miss Marple, personally approved by Agatha Christie and even Queen Elizabeth II (when she gave her an OBE). Born almost in the Victorian era, in 1906, Hickson was already in her late seventies when she started playing the role and played it into her eighties. She was probably closest physically to Miss Marple, with a very Victorian look and a vague manner, and the purest, most upper-class accent of the three ladies. (The other two speak proper theater-standard English, but Hickson's vowels sound like the radio speeches given by the Queen herself.) Hickson's mysteries were the most faithful to the original books. It turns out that her series was the only one done by the BBC; the other two Marples were cast by ITV, a British commercial network, and they took more liberties. More about that later. Someone writing about the three Marples said that Hickson was the one you could imagine giving orders to a servant.
Geraldine McEwan: McEwan is a generation younger than Hickson (born 1932). She's also an accomplished actress with broad experience, even some years in the Royal Shakespeare Company. She has a rather fey look about her and seems less imperially reserved than Hickson. This gives her an engaging warmth. The producers gave her a backstory of a brief love right before World War I (of course, he died in the War) and a stint as an ambulance driver during that war. The effect is to make her seem more engaged with life than Joan Hickson's Marple (and maybe more than the Miss Marple of the books as well). With McEwan's series, the producers (now ITV, remember) began tinkering with the plotlines and even inserting Marple into stories that were not written as Marple stories. Purists object to this, of course, but the productions are still very good.
Julia McKenzie: McKenzie is almost a decade younger than McEwan. She has a sturdier figure and a brisk demeanor, and she's what the Brits call "tweedy." This means that she usually wears tweed suits and comes off as a very efficient person with a gift for administration, like a school headmistress or the chairwoman of some important local organization. McKenzie has stage, film, and TV experience like the other two, but she has an extra talent: she's an incredible singer, known for her performances in Sondheim musicals. How is it that this woman is not the toast of two continents?
Anyway, is anyone else a Marple fan, and can you choose a favorite interpretation, or do you like aspects of them all?


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Note to the organizing committee: stay away from Weare, NH:
Yeah right they where just minding their business..."came out of no where".Originally Posted by BoxerTwin
I know right where Weare is, and its good riding out there. Thankfully no one reads the Union Leader...
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So,ya think these young ridders tried to hurt or run this truck off the road and got what they diserved? Could be.....I guess.....after all there is good ridding there.I wouldn't read a paper that would report some bull like this either.
Yeah, show him your gun. That'll work.Originally Posted by Statdawg
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Some bikes. Some with motors, some without.
$5 that guy's on a no-fly list.Originally Posted by Blitzkreig
Exactly.Originally Posted by Blitzkreig
California has rather restrictive laws about concealed carry, so it's not common. When I lived in Mass., it wasn't that uncommon, though. My company is based in Texas, where you don't need a permit to carry. I can't decide if that's a good thing or not. On one hand, you can have some partially or poorly trained testosterone case running around with a gun, but on the other hand, it may help keep society polite. I don't know which is true, not living there.
But if you have a firearm, the best thing you can do is keep that knowledge to yourself, I think.
Dave Swider
Marin County, CA
Some bikes. Some with motors, some without.
I have my Ct Pistol permit since 1980, I don't always carry but i no one knows when I carry, Just happy to have the right to carry.
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Steven M. Pedersen has been appointed assistant professor of communication and media at Clarkson University.
Pedersen received his bachelor of arts degree with honors in fine art and contemporary critical theory from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and his master of fine arts in electronic integrated arts from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He was also a guest student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
Before coming to Clarkson, Pedersen was a professor of art at Ball State University and an instructor and research associate at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
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Mets' Tejada testing wheels in Florida
By Spencer Fordin, Ethan Asofsky and Chris Branch / MLB.com
"The baserunning session was just so-so today," Collins said. "I wouldn't say it's a setback, it's just not a big step forward."
Tejada, who is hitting .305 this season in 27 games, went on the disabled list May 8 with a strained right quadriceps. He's currently in extended spring camp in Florida.
Ronny Cedeno has been his main replacement, with Justin Turner filling in at shortstop as well. Cedeno is hitting .254 with seven RBIs thus far in 2012.
Collins said Tejada is getting extended spring at-bats, and once his legs are fresh enough, he'll return to the Mets' lineup.
"When Ruben gets back, if he's swinging like he's capable of, he's going to be the shortstop," Collins said. "I think that when the running side is what they want it to be, it might not be very many games [until he returns]."
Collins harped on how the everyday reps will help later for Cedeno, who has bounced around the league in his seven-year career. Last year, Turner flourished after a similar opportunity for the oft-injured Mets, hitting .260 with 51 RBIs in 117 games.
Turner played both second base and third base in 2011 while Jose Reyes and David Wright sat out with injuries. He's started twice at shortstop this season in place of Tejada.
"I think one of the things that's going to help Ronny is the fact that he's playing a lot right now," Collins said. "And we can go back to what we saw last year, when Justin Turner was in the lineup every day. And then all of a sudden -- when Jose was back, Ruben was back and David was back -- he became an extra player and was dynamic off the bench. Big hits. And I think we might see that out of Ronny also."
Mets giving Hefner another turn in rotation
NEW YORK -- The Mets are in wait-and-see mode regarding the fifth spot in their starting rotation. Manager Terry Collins said Friday that Jeremy Hefner has done enough to start again in place of Miguel Batista, who went on the disabled list with a lower back strain last week.
Hefner, a former fifth-round Draft pick, pitched into the fourth inning of his first start Thursday in an outing that was interrupted by a rain delay. His next rotation turn will come up Tuesday against the Phillies, and Collins said that the Mets would re-evaluate his role when they have more information about Batista.
"I would think Jeremy Hefner would get the next start," he said. "The one after that, we'll have to wait and see. Hopefully Miguel is well enough. Miguel has pitched very well, but that fifth slot has gotten to where we've spent our bullpen. We're asking these guys to do stuff that they're really not comfortable doing, but that's just the nature of the game right now when you've got to eat up some innings."
The Mets been forced to look for another starter due to the season-ending injury to Mike Pelfrey, and Batista has posted a 1-1 record and a 4.00 ERA in four turns through the rotation.
The Mets have Chris Young working back from shoulder surgery, and he will pitch in a rehab game for Class A Port St. Lucie Thursday night. Young will need at least a few more starts, which leaves Hefner -- who went 3-2 with a 2.72 ERA in seven starts for Triple-A Buffalo -- as the best option.
"It's two-fold," said Collins. "Number one, in the first inning, he showed us very good stuff. He showed us great command of all three of his pitches. I do believe the rain delay affected him more than he'd let on, but the times out of the bullpen he's shown that he can be effective if he throws strikes. We just figured, give him another shot, because right now you've got to rearrange the roster again.
"You've got to start taking guys off, and each and every time you bring a guy up who's not on the roster, you take a chance of losing somebody. We're trying to avoid that if we can."
Baxter getting opportunities at leadoff for Mets
NEW YORK -- For the time being, rookie Mike Baxter has found a home at the top of the Mets' starting lineup against right-handed pitchers. After manager Terry Collins talked about shortstop Ronny Cedeno seeing time in the leadoff spot on Thursday, the surging Baxter found his name at the top of the lineup card Friday for the third time in the last four games.
"I've been very, very pleased with what I've seen out of Mike," Collins said. "Coming into Spring Training, he knew the job was available. He started out in Spring Training to win the job. He shortened his swing up. He doesn't have a lot of moving parts to his swing."
Baxter is batting .379 in May and nearly hit for the cycle in the Mets' 6-5 win over the Blue Jays on Sunday. Baxter's torrid streak earned him the leadoff spot in the first two games of the series in Pittsburgh. He went 2-for-8 with two runs scored in those games, as the Mets won both contests.
Before Tuesday, Baxter had never batted leadoff in the Major Leagues. He hit in the first spot in the order in college and in the Minor Leagues for the Padres' organization.
"Ultimately it just falls on having good quality at-bats," Baxter said. "You want to see pitches, but you also want to get on base. So if you get on base early in the count with a good pitch to hit, get it, but it's good if you can work a seven- or eight-pitch at-bat so everyone can kind of get a look."
Baxer's initial role with the team was as a situational pinch-hitter, but he's earned further playing time as the season has progressed. On Friday, Collins called Baxter's evolution this season "truly amazing." His .431 OBP is second on the team only to David Wright.
"It's nice to be in the lineup and it's nice to get at-bats," Baxter said. "I'm not ever going to get too caught up with where I am in the lineup or if I'm starting or not starting, because I think that's what has made this team pretty successful this year."
Egbert freshens 'pen; Mets option Carson
NEW YORK -- The Mets made a move to get a fresh arm in their bullpen on Friday, when they optioned left-hander Robert Carson to Double-A Binghamton and purchased the contract of reliever Jack Egbert. Egbert, a former 13th-round Draft pick, has pitched in just two big league games.
The right-hander had a 2-3 record and a 2.08 ERA in 16 appearances for Triple-A Buffalo, and he said that he's responded well to his first full season of pitching out of the bullpen. Egbert, a Staten Island native and an alumnus of Rutgers, said he's ready to work multiple innings for the Mets.
"I'm going to try to be ready for anything out there," he said. "I've started pretty much throughout my career, but a couple times this year I've gotten up to three innings. I probably could've gone a little more in some of those situations. I just think they didn't want to stretch me out too much more."
The Mets have seen their bullpen blow nine saves -- tied for the second most in the Majors -- and post a 5.18 ERA, the highest of any big league team. Manager Terry Collins said that Egbert, 29 years old, will give the Mets a long relief contingency plan in case any of the starters stumble.
"He's a guy who's a multiple-inning pitcher. He's a two or three inning guy, which is all you really need your long man to do in the National League," said Collins. "Sinker, slider, change. The sinker's a very good pitch for him. He's an experienced guy and he's been around. I know he pitched last night -- a couple innings -- but he can give us two more tonight if need be."
Worth noting
Jason Bay continues to work back from a rib injury, but the Mets are going to hold him to batting practice for now. "He's not going to play in a game defensively until that rib heals, because we know he's going to crash into the wall and we know he's going to dive for fly balls," said Terry Collins.
The Mets hope that catcher Josh Thole, working back from a concussion, will be able to catch five innings in an extended spring game for the first time on Monday.
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. Ethan Asofsky and Chris Branch are associate reporters for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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text: Hello everyone I am facing a dilemma and need some advice. I currently own a ktm 530exc and a ktm 300xcw. I love both my bikes very much but find i am now riding the 530 more as it is street legal and almost as good offroad. I have been riding for 11 years now and absolutely love the technical gnarly stuff because it is challenging and rewarding. My dad and I make an annual trip to Moab and I love it, I also think it would be an amazing places for a trials bike. My current situation will not allow me to add another bike to the stable and I have found a person potentially willing to trade his 2011 Beta Evo 290 for my 300. So my question is will I regret selling my 300 or will the trials bike be lots of fun and a great tool for practice? I don't want to make the wrong decision but I also know life is short and I am only getting older. Please try to be unbiased and explain how fun and helpful trials bikes are. Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any feedback


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HOUSTON - When a photojournalist at WDIV's sister station in Houston, Texas was interviewing residents in Brookshire, Texas, who woke up to the sound of hail hitting the windows of an apartment complex, Michelle Clark had one word for what she said sounded like a shotgun blast: "Kabooyow!"
Now Clark has gone viral. In the age of social media, she's joining the ranks of Internet sensations like Antoine Dodson ("Hide ya kids, hide 'ya wife" )and last year's Sweet Brown ("Ain't nobody got time for that").
Four different hashtags on Twitter made their appearance Wednesday:
And Clark has made her way to Buzzfeed, as well.See Morning Cam Interview: Kabooyow!
"Becoming an overnight internet star isn't easy," said Sarah Patterson, Local 2's Social Media Producer. But, Patterson says, there is a recipe for success. Want to go viral? Follow these easy steps.
1. Be interviewed on television.
2. Have a larger than life personality.
3. Use a catch phrase like "KABOOYAW!"
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Yang ZHONG added a comment - 12/Jul/10 07:52 AM - edited
The attached Test Case shows both schema & field are fine, however query throws:
javax.jdo.JDODataStoreException: Exception thrown when executing query
at org.datanucleus.jdo.NucleusJDOHelper.getJDOExceptionForNucleusException(NucleusJDOHelper.java:319)
at org.datanucleus.jdo.JDOQuery.execute(JDOQuery.java:230)
at org.datanucleus.test.Main.main(Main.java:75)
com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.SqlSyntaxErrorException: DB2 SQL Error: SQLCODE=-401, SQLSTATE=42818, SQLERRMC==, DRIVER=3.59.81
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.dd.a(dd.java:676)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.dd.a(dd.java:60)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.dd.a(dd.java:127)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.bn.c(bn.java:2546)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.bn.d(bn.java:2534)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.bn.a(bn.java:2026)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.t4.cb.g(cb.java:140)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.t4.cb.a(cb.java:40)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.t4.q.a(q.java:32)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.t4.rb.i(rb.java:135)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.bn.gb(bn.java:1997)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.cn.pc(cn.java:3009)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.cn.b(cn.java:3786)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.cn.bc(cn.java:678)
at com.ibm.db2.jcc.am.cn.executeQuery(cn.java:652)
at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.SQLController.executeStatementQuery(SQLController.java:463)
at org.datanucleus.store.rdbms.query.JDOQLQuery.performExecuteInternal(JDOQLQuery.java:757)
at org.datanucleus.store.query.Query$1.run(Query.java:1848)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:432)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:284)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:810)
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 12/Jul/10 08:08 AM
Ample workarounds, including using JDOQL-Legacy, or setting the query filter to just "bool".
Note that no attempt has been made to show the generated SQL and hence debug the problem
Alexander Ley added a comment - 12/Jul/10 12:40 PM
For me it looks like this could be related to
Yang ZHONG added a comment - 12/Jul/10 07:02 PM
I had done a preliminary debuging. Since I'm totally new to the code, I hesitated to post any preliminary findings. However, if they can assist in any way, even if false later clarified by any one, here they are.
DataNucleus 2.1(.1) seems parsing "true == field" as EqualityExpression w/ LeftExpression(Literal) & RightExpression, and seems doing these in order:
compile( LeftExpression);
compile( RightExpression);
In particular, "compile( LeftExpression);" uses default Java type mapping for the Literal(Expression) i.e. "true" for the example.
That doesn't *seem* accurate. The compiler should (have) looked forward into RightExpression for MetaData in order to detertime at least
2-1. the literal value valid or not for the field. E.g. "true" will be invalud for non-boolean field
2-2. the custom Java type mapping to generate corresponding "compilation"
More example, we should (have) seen "1 == IntBoolField && 'Y' == CharBoolField" out of "true == IntBoolField && true == CharBoolField".
Although the examples are using boolean, we can clearly see the problem is much broader than just boolean. I'd recommend we update the summary to accurately reflect that.
Another problem, maybe worth another issue to be tracked separately, is the new compiler generates "'Y'" literally, that *seems* another serious regression from 2.0.x, as we all know "?"(Prepared Statement) is much faster.
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 12/Jul/10 07:22 PM
If you have other types that have problems then you provide a valid testcase that demonstrates them. You provide one for boolean, so that is what the issue is, since it uses its own expression type and handling there is specific to boolean.
The old compiler was flawed in that it put parameters in for some things and then swapped out the actual user parameters with their literal. Now behavious is well defined : is the user wants a parameter in their SQL they put a parameter in the JDOQL, so that is totally under the users control of they have parameters or not. Obviously if you think the old compiler was/is more suitable for your project then use 2.0, or use JDOQL-Legacy in 2.1.
You insist on talking of "serious regressions" yet all passes the TCKs before and now, and all of the available DN unit tests before and now (well actually it passes all tests WAY BETTER now). DN "supports" what it is tested for, and it is the responsibility of users to contribute tests for their situations that integrate directly with the existing test suite. Just saying "I have some case that worked before and doesn't now" achieves little. You still haven't quoted the SQL generated.
Yang ZHONG added a comment - 14/Jul/10 05:41 PM
Current generated SQL is
SELECT 'org.datanucleus.test.Bool' AS NUCLEUS_TYPE,A0.BOOL,A0.BOOL_ID FROM BOOL A0 WHERE 'Y' = A0.BOOL
which should have been
SELECT 'org.datanucleus.test.Bool' AS NUCLEUS_TYPE,A0.BOOL,A0.BOOL_ID FROM BOOL A0 WHERE 1 = A0.BOOL
SELECT 'org.datanucleus.test.Bool' AS NUCLEUS_TYPE,A0.BOOL,A0.BOOL_ID FROM BOOL A0 WHERE <1> = A0.BOOL
How to capture the generated SQL:
Andy Jefferson added a comment - 16/Jul/10 01:36 PM
Works for me


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Prius Top Seller in Japan
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius was Japan's best-selling car last year, the first time a hybrid has topped annual sales.
The Japan Automobile Dealers Association reported nearly 209,000 Prius cars sold in 2009, with buyers willing to wait up to six months for deliveries. Hybrids make up about 10 percent of new vehicle sales in Japan.
The Prius' success indicates a shift toward a widespread acceptance of green technology in Japan, boosted by tax breaks and a government cash-for-clunkers program set to continue through September 2010.
"The Prius represents the ideal package people in Japan are looking for in terms of environmental and driving performance," said Toyota spokesman Paul Nolasco.
The newest Prius gets 50 miles per gallon and starts at $22,000. Toyota reported that global Prius sales rose 41 percent in 2009, but the company will see competition from other "green" cars hitting the market this year, including the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle.
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In a press release accompanying a new 107-page report, Human Rights Watch says:
Overwhelming evidence of torture by the Bush administration obliges President Barack Obama to order a criminal investigation into allegations of detainee abuse authorized by former President George W. Bush and other senior officials, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Obama administration has failed to meet US obligations under the Convention against Torture to investigate acts of torture and other ill-treatment of detainees, Human Rights Watch said.
The 107-page report, "Getting Away with Torture: The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees," presents substantial information warranting criminal investigations of Bush and senior administration officials, including former Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and CIA Director George Tenet, for ordering practices such as "waterboarding," the use of secret CIA prisons, and the transfer of detainees to countries where they were tortured.
"There are solid grounds to investigate Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Tenet for authorizing torture and war crimes," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "President Obama has treated torture as an unfortunate policy choice rather than a crime. His decision to end abusive interrogation practices will remain easily reversible unless the legal prohibition against torture is clearly reestablished."
If the US government does not pursue credible criminal investigations, other countries should prosecute US officials involved in crimes against detainees in accordance with international law, Human Rights Watch said.
"The US has a legal obligation to investigate these crimes," Roth said. "If the US doesn't act on them, other countries should."
Obama has clearly demonstrated that he is not going to do anything about this because he too may face similar charges in the future. What we have to hope is that independent-minded prosecutors in other countries will take up the cause. The fear of arrest is likely to continue to prevent Bush, Cheney, and their fellow torture cronies from visiting many countries. It serves them right to be treated like criminals.


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Red Sox prevent Cards from capitalizing on mistake
Holliday reaches on error but tagged out after being caught off first
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
ST. LOUIS -- A mistake turned into a rally-snuffing defensive play for the Red Sox in the bottom of the third inning of Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday night, a 5-4 Cardinals win.
St. Louis had a two-run lead when Matt Holliday popped to short center field. Boston's Jacoby Ellsbury rushed toward the infield, but the ball bounced off his glove for an error.
Thinking he could gain another base, Holliday -- who had driven in a run on a single in the first -- made the wide turn around first, but Red Sox starter Jake Peavy quickly dashed to cover second, and Holliday was caught too far from both bases.
Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia grabbed the ball and threw to first, where David Ortiz made the easy tag.
The play killed any chance to score more runs, with Matt Adams striking out to end the inning.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Firstly, please forgive me if this is not the right place to ask.
So, the Hogwarts uniform. I've read all the posts about the whole "robes" debate, but I need to know something else: are the uniforms emblazoned with the students' house crest?
Sure, in the movies it's very clear which house a person is in. But I can't work out of the clothing in the books are different.
I'm thinking no, because when Ron and Harry are preparing to drink the polyjuice potion, doesn't Hermione say something about their robes being too small, and needing to find bigger ones? She doesn't mention that they need to be Slytherin robes.
Also, a few pages later, Harry and Ron wrongly assume that Penelope Clearwater is a Slytherin, when she is in fact a Ravenclaw. This leads me to assume that there is no decoration on the robes.
If anybody has any information, please reply!
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TORRANCE, Calif. – Less than one week ago, former Strikforce champ Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos (10-1) wore a T-shirt that suggested UFC title holder Ronda Rousey (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will someday be her b—h. For now, Rousey thinks she's probably more like the Brazilian's obsession.
"I'm really not tired of [hearing her name]," Rousey said at Wendesday's pre-UFC 157 open workouts. "I'm sure she's way more tired of hearing my name. I have a lot of things to do and a lot of other girls that are pulling at my attention."
Rousey and Santos have been linked together since both were competing under the now-shuttered Strikeforce banner. Santos, a bruising Brazilian slugger, reigned as the promotion's women's featherweight champion from August 2009 until early 2012, when she was stripped of the belt following a failed post-fight drug screen that also saw her receive a one-year suspension.
Shortly after, Rousey debuted at 135 pounds and claimed Strikeforce's women's bantamweight belt with a submission win over Miesha Tate.
During Santos' time away, fans and pundits alike wondered if the two would meet upon her return. Santos always insisted a drop to 135 pounds would be impossible and instead angled for a matchup at 140 or 145 pounds instead.
That arrangement was ruled out by UFC President Dana White after the world's largest MMA promotion absorbed Strikforce's roster and declared Rousey the first women's champion in the promotion's nine-year history. Instead, White hoped to keep Santos busy at 145 pounds for the time being and delay the possibility of a meeting with Rousey until "Rowdy" had defended her title a few times.
Santos ultimately declined the offer and signed with the all-female Invicta Fighting Championships organization. The decision raised a few eyebrows, epecially after White revealed he was willing to have Santos fight for Invicta – but as an official member of the UFC's roster.
Santos has since been paired with Ediane Gomes – a fighter Rousey defeated handily in March 2011 – at April's Invicta FC 5 event.
Rousey admits she was unimpressed with the booking.
"I really don't see the sense in it at all, especially since Dana said he would let her fight in Invicta and would pay all the bills and her purse and everything," Rousey said. "So I think it's just a plea for attention and an attempt to try and stay relevant. I mean, [Santos] hasn't had a recorded win in over three years. The fight that she picked up is a chick that I beat in 26 seconds while I had nine stitches in my foot from a pit bull bite three days before. My mom hit me with a text the day that they announced that, and she was like, 'Unless she walks in and hits her and the other girl explodes, I'm not going to be impressed.'
"I don't know what [Santos] is really trying to prove in this fight because it's not going to prove anything."
Meanwhile, Rousey makes her octagon debut in the headlining bout of Saturday night's "UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche" event, where she meets fellow Strikeforce vet Liz Carmouche (8-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in the first women's bout in UFC history. Rousey is both a heavy betting and sentimental favorite, but she has been under the strain of an incredibly busy pre-fight media routine that some believe may prime her for a letdown.
But win or lose, Rousey will be a part of UFC history on Saturday night, and she begins a journey as a UFC pioneer that could very well see her become one of the recognized names in the game. Whether or not she'll ever actually cross paths with Santos remains to be seen, but if you listen to her original martial arts instructor, her mother Ann Maria Rousey DeMars, it's certainly a goal in the back of Rousey's mind.
"When she says she doesn't like somebody, she doesn't like them," DeMars said. "I've said it before because Ronda won't say anything because she's nice, but if I was 'Cyborg,' I would run. I would not drop out of the UFC, I would move to a different country." And Rousey believes it's much more prevalent in Santos' daily routine – a fact she believes weighs heavily in favor for the day the two finally do step in a cage.
"Believe me, she wakes up every single morning thinking about me, and that's going to make it impossible to hold on to any kind of gameplan the day we do fight," Rousey said.
UFC 157 takes place at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The evening's main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook.
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Fernando Padilla was part of an outside-the-icebox transplant process when he became the nation's first "breathing lung" recipient -- a procedure that allows him to walk several miles per day without the oxygen tanks that had been part of his life.
The former construction worker participated in a study that compares the TransMedics Organ Care System (OCS) transport method -- the donor lungs remain in a breathing state during transport -- to the traditional icebox method.
"If they've got new technology to deliver the lungs still breathing, I think that would be better than trying to wake them back up again after being on ice," said Padilla, who helped build Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, the same hospital at which he was a patient. "I'm just following technology."
Padilla had difficulty breathing after walking more than a few steps because of pulmonary fibrosis. The disease caused scar tissue to harden on his lungs, requiring the double lung transplant.
He was notified in November that donor lungs were available.
Using the OCS method, the lungs were removed from the donor's body, then transported in a box in which they were kept in a "breathing state." The lungs were supplied with oxygen and a special solution supplemented with red-blood cells.
Monitors on the transport box allow doctors to make sure the lungs function properly during transport.
"The cold-storage method does not allow for reconditioning of the lungs, but this promising technology enables us to potentially improve the function of the donor lungs before they are placed in the recipient," said Dr. Abbas Ardehali, professor of cardiothoracic surgery and director of the heart and lung transplantation program at UCLA.
The lungs used for Padilla's transplant came to Southern California from out of state for the seven-hour surgery.
The standard practice of transporting lungs in an icebox places them in a non-functioning state. When Padilla's donated lungs arrived, they rose and fell in the box as they would in a breathing state inside the body -- a sight Ardehali described as "surreal."
"I'm feeling really good," said Padilla. "Getting stronger every day."
Watch the video below to see the breathing lungs.


text: After the July 23rd Oakland "Day on the Green" show, a Bill Graham staffer was severely beaten for asking Peter Grant's [Zeppelin's manager] kid to return signage, torn down from dressing room doors. After an initial kick in the groin by Drummer, John Bonham, Zeppelin "security forces", including Grant, locked the BGP employee in a trailer and savagely beat him. Led Zeppelin's second Oakland show took place only after Bill Graham signed a letter of indemnification absolving Zeppelin from responsibility for the previous night's assault. The letter, signed by Graham under duress and with his left hand, was considered invalid, and Bonham, Grant and two security thugs were arrested.


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The Ryan Raiders didn't significantly struggle driving the ball down the field against Coppell on Thursday night.
But when it came to putting points on the board, Ryan's offense couldn't find the right combination to pick apart Coppell's defense.
The Raiders only mustered a field goal in a 21-3 loss to the Cowboys at C.H. Collins Athletic Complex. With the victory, Coppell clinched a share of the District 5-5A title and the district's first seed in the Class 5A Division I playoffs.
Ryan (4-4, 2-2 district) is a half-game behind Hebron for second place in the district. Flower Mound trails the Raiders by a half-game and plays Marcus tonight. The top four teams in the six-team district will make the postseason.
Ryan penetrated inside Coppell's 30-yard line on three separate occasions but only had those three points to show for it.
"I felt like we were working hard for no reason," Ryan running back Tyrone Williams said.
The Raiders were playing without three of their quarterbacks. Juniors Mitchell Bridges (knee), Xavier Gray (ankle) and Preston Compton (illness) all missed Thursday's game. Gray also is one of Ryan's starting wide receivers.
To fill the void, senior Kevin Ray moved from receiver to start at quarterback against the No. 4 team in Class 5A in The Associated Press poll. Ray completed six of 11 passes for 59 yards and two interceptions.
Ryan's Marc Orozco had an uncharacteristic night. He missed a 25-yard field goal attempt and a 29-yarder. He easily nailed his most difficult attempt, a 42-yarder that accounted for all of Ryan's points.
"Marc's going to be a great kicker for us," Ryan head coach Joey Florence said. "He already is. … It just happens. I don't know. We'll just have to look back and see."
Williams had 14 carries for 62 yards.
Coppell quarterback Colby Mahon was nearly flawless. He went 15-of-20 for 196 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Cameron Smith had nine catches for 115 yards and two touchdowns.
Ryan entered the fourth quarter only down by 11, but Smith's second touchdown of the game on the second play of the quarter cemented Coppell's district championship. It was senior night at Ryan — the Raiders' final home game of the season.
Six seconds into the game, things were already going in Coppell's favor.
Reynal Caldwell was simultaneously thumped by two Coppell players on the opening kickoff, forcing Caldwell to fumble.
Coppell recovered at the Ryan 16-yard line, giving the Cowboys excellent field position.
Cowboys quarterback Colby Mahon scored the game's first touchdown on a 1-yard sneak in with 10:14 left in the quarter.
On Ryan's ensuing drive, Williams ran into a referee in the middle of the field in the midst of a carry, a speed bump that prevented Williams from possibly picking up more than 19 yards on the run. The drive stalled out at the Coppell 12-yard line, and Orozco missed the 29-yard field goal.
The Raiders trailed 14-3 at halftime.
On every one of Ryan's drives in the first half, the Raiders marched into Coppell territory before stalling out — once-potent threats dwindling into nothing. The second half mimicked the first, with the offense held scoreless over the final two quarters.
Ryan still is in position to make the postseason. The Raiders close out the regular season on the road next week against Flower Mound.
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Coppell 21, Ryan 3
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Scoring Summary
First Quarter
C – Colby Mahon 1 run (Adam Centers kick), 10:14
Second Quarter
R – Marc Orozco 42 FG, 9:52
C – Cameron Smith 20 pass from Mahon (Centers kick), 4:59
Fourth Quarter
C – Smith 3 pass from Mahon (Centers kick), 11:17
First Downs
Passing yards
Total yards
Individual Statistics
Rushing: C – Gavin McDaniel 13-46, Colby Mahon 3-(-)1, Charles West 9-26, Boris Mulume 3-5, Todrick Porter 1-2, Luke Jenner 2-12. R – Tyrone Williams 14-62, Kevin Ray 15-48, Reynal Caldwell 1-8, Maurice Gordon 6-30, Rashaad Traylor 3-2.
Passing: C – Colby Mahon 15-20-0 196. R – Kevin Ray 6-11-2 59.
Receiving: C – Luke Jenner 4-54, Cameron Smith 9-115, Jason Lister 1-7, Josh Self 1-20.R – Trent Willis 4-47, Reynal Caldwell 2-12.


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Suffolk/UK: Blockbuster goes into administration
PUBLISHED: 14:42 16 January 2013 | UPDATED: 14:46 16 January 2013
DVD and video games rental firm Blockbuster has gone into administration, putting more than 4,000 jobs at risk.
The chain, which has 528 stores in the UK – including three in Ipswich and one in Felixstowe, Stowmarket, Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds – employs 4,190 staff.
Deloitte, which is handling the administration, said the collapse was driven by competition from internet firms and digital streaming of movies and games.
The Uxbridge-based business opened its first store in London in 1989.
It comes after high street store HMV called in the administrators yesterday.
Check this website for details.