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As the New York Yankees were winding down their spring training, they made stops in Washington, D.C. and West Point for exhibition games.
Adam Warren, fighting for a spot on the roster, pitched against the Army Black Knights last Saturday.
After he came out of the game, Yankees' manager Joe Girardi shook the New Bern native's hand and offered him congratulations.
"He said 'Congrats, you are going to stick with us,'" Warren said.
Warren made the cut for the New York Yankees' 25-man Opening Day roster.
"It's a dream come true," Warren said. "It's really special to be out on the field wearing pinstripes. It's an indescribable feeling having a chance to stand beside Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte, two of the Yankee greats."
Warren, wearing jersey No. 43, is thrilled to have another opportunity to pitch at Yankee Stadium. This time, he feels better prepared.
The 6-foot-1, 200-pound right-hander pitched one game for the Yankees last season. He gave up six earned runs, and two home runs, in 2.1 innings in his Major League Baseball debut versus the Chicago White Sox on June 29 of last season.
Warren is the Yankees' 17th-best prospect, according to Yankees.com.
"The biggest thing I learned from that start was what it was like to pitch in that big game," he said. "It was a learning experience. It was kind of hard to make an adjustment, but I've learned that sometimes you have to take a step back and slow it down a little bit."
Warren was demoted back to Triple-A the day after his initial start. He said that motivated him to work his way back to the big leagues.
"I feel like I can pitch at this level and pitch better than I showed," he said. "It gave me that drive that I had to get back and I have to prove that I'm better than that.
"It drove me to work hard in the offseason and get to the point where I have another opportunity."
Warren has an array of pitches — a two-seam fastball, a four-seam fastball, a changeup, curveball and slider. He is fastball ranges from low to mid 90s.
The Yankees are carrying 12 pitchers on their roster. Warren, typically a starting pitcher, will be used in a long-relief role.
"It's different coming out of the bullpen because I haven't really done it that much in my career," Warren said. "I have to take the same approach, make sure I am ready, go through the same stretching routine and stay mentally prepared throughout the game because you never know when they may need me.
"The biggest thing is to make sure I am prepared at any time to come in."
Warren, who pitched most of last season with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, threw five games and 15.1 innings for New York in spring training.
During the spring, Warren posted a record of 0-2 with an 8.15 ERA with eight strikeouts and 10 walks.
His best games were his first two of the spring.
Warren tossed two scoreless innings against the Toronto Blue Jays Feb. 24, and then he allowed a run in three innings to the Boston Red Sox March 3.
He said he's been learning a lot from some of the veteran pitchers on the Yankees.
"I'm always watching those guys," Warren said. "I watch to see how they go about their business and what kind of routines they go through. I just try to learn what makes them so successful and I try to incorporate that into what I do.
"It's been fun for me to be around guys like Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera, guys who have been so successful, and pick their brain a little bit."
Warren started 26 games for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre last summer — posting a 7-8 record with a 3.71 ERA and 107 strikeouts.
The Yankees lost their season-opener, 8-2, Monday to the Boston Red Sox. After a day off Tuesday, they take on the Red Sox on Wednesday in a game televised on ESPN.
"I'm just trying to soak it all in, but you have to get over the shock and realize you are there to pitch and you can't be in too in awe the whole time," Warren said.
"It's special and I will always remember it, but at the same time, I have to get focused and try to help the team win."
Adam Warren
Team: New York Yankees
College: North Carolina
High School: New Bern
Throws: Right
Pitches: Four-seam fastball, two-seam fastball, changeup, curveball and slider.
Last season (with AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre): 26 starts; 7-8 record; 3.71 ERA; 107 strikeouts.
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CARSON, Calif. – Michael Stephens is ready to rebound after what he admits was not his best performance in the LA Galaxy's 2-1 loss to Monterrey in the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal first leg on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old midfielder feels that he could have done better during his 29 minute shift, particularly with his marking of Cesar Delgado after the Monterrey midfielder fired the cross that led to Humberto Suazo's goal which put Monterrey level with LA after 81 minutes.
"I was tracking [Delgado] out of midfield and the guy got me. That's going to happen. He got me with a couple of cuts, but I definitely have to do better and shut down the cross," Stephens said.
He may get a chance at immediate redemption as LA has yet to confirm whether Juninho will be able to play in Wednesday's second leg. If called upon next week, either as a starter or off the bench, Stephens insists that he can perform.
"I'm ready to go. It was my first time playing in the middle in a while [on Wednesday]. I could have done a better job holding my position, but I'm ready to go," said Stephens. "I'm not discouraged by it by any means and if my number is called then I'll be ready to play."
The job will be a difficult one for the Galaxy as a 1-0 LA win, any loss and any draw will see them out of the tournament. However, the plucky midfielder believes it is not an insurmountable task.
"We dug ourselves a little bit of a hole, it was unfortunate to give up those two goals, but it's not finished yet," said Stephens. "As long as we get two goals, that's not something that's out of reach by any means. If we get two goals down there [in Monterrey] then we're in a decent position so it's definitely not over."
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LA Galaxy goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini spoke to MLSsoccer.com's ExtraTime Radio on LA's 2-1 defeat to Monterrey in the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal first leg, his transition to MLS from Europe and a number of other topics.
Cudicini also spoke to reporters following Wednesday night's CCL loss.
That video is below...
CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy were back in the office on Thursday after a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Monterrey in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal.
Most of the players that took part in Wednesday's defeat participated in a regeneration session while others were back on the training field to prepare for the decisive second leg in Mexico.
The odds will be stacked against the Galaxy when they travel down to Estadio Tecnológico in Monterrey as a 1-0 LA win, any loss and any draw will send Los Rayados to the final for the third consecutive year. Although the trip to Mexico will be a challenge, LA head coach Bruce Arena took note of the upbeat nature of his veteran team on Thursday.
"We're upbeat," said Arena. "We know that we obviously made some mistakes and we have to give our opponent a lot of credit, but it was a game in it's entirety, it didn't end the way that we like, but I think there were large segments of the game that we played quite well and that's a positive. We're going to lick our wounds a little bit and get ready for the return leg."
Arena did not have an update on the status of Brazilian midfielder Juninho, who was forced to exit on Wednesday in the 61st minute with an apparent injury. But even if he is unable to suit up next Wednesday, the Galaxy are confident that they can cope if he is unable to go in Monterrey.
"We have guys more than capable of stepping up," said forward Mike Magee. "It wasn't just one guy leaving [that led to Wednesday's loss], as a whole, we took our foot off the gas, which isn't something that we tend to do."
CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy lost Juninho to an apparent injury in the 61st minute of Wednesday night's 2-1 CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal first leg to C.F. Monterrey. But was his absence the reason for the club's late collapse head into the decisive second leg?
Omar Gonzalez certainly felt that his impact made a difference
"I think everything kind of went out of control when Juninho came out of the game," Gonzalez said the defeat. "They started pushing a lot of guys forward and we didn't deal with the situation. We were sitting back a little too much and not putting pressure on them like we were in the first 75 minutes."
While Juninho's midfield teammate Marcelo Sarvas' disagreed.
"It's not about Juni, it's about the chances that we had and we didn't score," said Sarvas. "We could have easily up in the last 75 minutes, but 3-0 and killed the game. It's not about Juninho."
Greg Lalas from MLSsoccer.com offers his take on Juninho's absence. In my Three Points to the game, I offer my thoughts on the match.
Agree or disagree? Can LA win in Monterrey without Juninho, if he is unable to go?
Share your thoughts below.
CARSON, Calif. -- Below are my Three Points from the LA Galaxy's 2-1 defeat to Monterrey.
Three Points: Monterrey rallies to defeat Galaxy 2-1.
Agree or disagree?
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CARSON, Calif. –Omar Gonzalez's thoughts following the LA Galaxy's 2-1 defeat to Monterrey.
(On when the game changed…)
GONZALEZ: "I think that everything went out of control when Juninho went out of the game. they were pushing a lot of guys forward and we didn't deal with the situation enough and we were sitting back too much and not putting pressure on them like were in the last 75 minutes.
(On how the club comes back…)
GONZALEZ: "Exactly, we plan to go to Monterrey and hopefully put in the good 75 minutes that we put in tonight and make it 90 plus minutes when we go there and hopefully getting two plus goals."
(On the high tempo that the game was played at…)
GONZALEZ: "I think that was just being confident, being confident in ourselves and knowing that we have a good team out there and playing the way we want to. We just need to make it into 90 plus minutes and I think we'll have a better result. If we finish those other two chances, maybe it's a different game."
(On the referee's calling fouls against him in the box…)
GONZALEZ: "I don't know what was going on there, the referee was quick to call me on stuff that I didn't know what I was doing. I think I was being a little too aggressive, but there wasn't much there to call."
(On DeLaGarza's goal…)
GONZALEZ: "It was a great goal for A.J. and it was great to see him score, it doesn't happen very often so every time it does, I'm just really excited for him."
CARSON, Calif. -- Courtesy of Monterrey's website...highlights of the first and second half of the LA Galaxy's defeat to Monterrey.
CARSON, Calif. – Below are Bruce Arena's post game comments from the LA Galaxy's 2-1 defeat to Monterrey.
(On how the game ended…)
ARENA: "Obviously, not good. We actually played a very good game tonight. I think a little bit more experience and a little bit more quality; we win this game by a couple of goals. We end up losing. Credit to Monterrey for their quality and for playing a complete 90 minutes. The goalkeeper makes a big save in an important point of the game, but we were well positioned to get a second goal, maybe a third goal and did a poor job in conceding the first goal. And you know, give Monterrey credit, they're a very good team and I think it was a good game."
(On whether he has a Juninho injury update…)
ARENA: "No I don't."
(On the play of Juninho and Sarvas…)
ARENA: "Good. Both teams are strong in that position. The game was a really good game. I think for the majority of that game, our back line did a great job and then they were very poor in the last 10 minutes. And perhaps the most important minutes of the game, arguably and Monterrey was able to exploit us."
(On whether the club was fatigued…)
ARENA: "No. Everybody is tired. They travel too. Why wouldn't they be tired, right? Everybody is tired at the end of the game. It's experience and concentration and I think some of our players ran themselves out of their positions in the last 15 minutes and it hurt us."
(On Monterrey's last 15 minutes…)
ARENA: "They're a team with a lot of quality and they have very good players all over the field. Obviously, the first goal, I'd like to believe we can do better, but give them a lot of credit. Carlo [Cudicini] put us in a good position to win the game, made some big saves and we let him down a little bit."
(On lessons heading into the second leg…)
"There are clear lessons for our team: the kind of concentration you need, the experience, the tactical understanding. You know, so what if we don't get the second goal, we win the game 1-0. That's it. So obviously, we didn't do the job that we needed to do. If we don't concede, we walk away with a win tonight and position ourselves better to go into Monterrey. Now going into Monterrey is obviously going to be very difficult and that's going to be our challenge.
(On DeLaGarza's offensive presence…)
ARENA: "Just playing the game. At the end of the day, A.J. needs to be defend well, not attacking. I think maybe showed some inexperience in that position where maybe he ran himself into the ground and perhaps it hurt us at the end of the game. Our back line was tired, and they weren't -- they didn't play the last 15-20 minutes of the game in a smart manner. They needed to be much more solid."
(On what his frustration was at the end of the game…)
ARENA: "The result. Why wouldn't I be frustrated? I don't think I should be jumping for joy. It's a game where if were a little bit smarter, a little bit better, we win by a couple goals. Instead we lose. And again tremendous credit to Monterrey, they showed their experience and their quality."
CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy will take on Mexican giant C.F. Monterrey in the CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal first leg on Wednesday and as you prepare for the match check out a few links, matchups to watch and my predicted lineup below...
*The LA Galaxy will have Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan at their disposal on Wednesday, each hungry to contribute.
*Omar Gonzalez has plenty of connections to Monterrey and admits that the two-leg series will be emotional.
*Jose Villarreal also grew up watching the Monterrey and is excited about the prospect of facing Los Rayados.
*Two dispatches from the Monterrey side: Backup 'keeper Juan de Dios Ibarra is confident that the can put in a strong performance against LA while head coach Victor Manuel Vucetich has plenty of compliments for Galaxy forward Robbie Keane.
LAGalaxy.com Larry Morgan offered this preview of the CCL match.
Lastly, read my Three Points to the match.
Aldo De Nigris vs. Omar Gonzalez
The lethal finisher takes on the rock solid defender in this battle that will determine the outcome of the game. Gonzalez will have his hands full with De Nigris and his strike partner Humberto Suazo, but his positioning will be key to keeping Monterrey off the board.
Monterrey set pieces vs. Galaxy set pieces
Expect the game to come down to finishing dead ball opportunities as both team are extremely proficient at set pieces. LA's Juninho and Monterrey's Humberto Suazo each have a knack for creating and finishing chances off corners and free kicks.
Robbie Keane vs. Jose Maria Basanta
The battle of the captains. LA expect to have Robbie Keane back in the starting XI against Monterrey and he'll be expected to test veteran center back José María Basanta. The Argentine has been one of Los Rayados' finest contributors as of late and was recently called into Argentina's roster for World Cup Qualifying.
Cudicini; DeLaGarza, Gonzalez, Leonardo, Dunivant; Franklin, Sarvas, Juninho, Magee; Keane, Villarreal
CARSON, Calif. -- Check any of the fine media outlets covering Wednesday night's CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal first leg between the LA Galaxy and C.F. Monterrey and you'll hear about the importance of Robbie Keane, Humberto Suazo, Omar Gonzalez or Aldo De Nigris, but the match may in fact turn on something else, LA's ability to control the midfield against the Mexican giants.
That responsibility will fall to the Galaxy's Brazilian central midfield tandem of Juninho and Marcelo Sarvas, who must battle with Monterrey's Jesus Zavala and Walter Ayovi. The two-time defending CCL winners may be loaded to the brim with talented players, but Sarvas believes that the game will depend on LA's ability to simply retain possession.
"As much as we can have the ball and control the game, that means that they don't have the ball and they're no dangerous against us. I think our team has the players to keep the ball and find the space to create the opportunities," said Sarvas. "We have to be very clever when we going forward to not leave space for the players, also don't turn over the ball because they go fast on the counter attack."

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Keo, in his Business Day column, writes that Nick Mallett is the man to do the ambulance job for the Springboks.
Mallett must be approached to put together a blueprint that will give the Springboks a chance at the 2007 World Cup
Failure to do so will make the South African Rugby Union (Saru) bosses as culpable as national coach Jake White.
I do blame White for the chaos of the past five internationals. He picks the team every weekend. He determines strategy and he has to take responsibility.
Five successive Test defeats, two of them in SA, and seven successive defeats against the big four are unacceptable. In any other business environment, White would be gone.
South African rugby has a way of rewarding mediocrity, be it with coaches, administrators or players, but someone within the organisation must show the leadership and make a decision.
White's post-match drivel that the problem is not with the players, was an emphatic, if unintended, concession that the problem is Jake White.
White's stubbornness over the past three months has shown his immaturity as an international coach. His insistence on selecting the same players who have failed him consistently for two years also shows he is in no state to make the right rugby decisions.
White maintains a faith in players who have supposedly succeeded for him before, but the success is minor compared with the failures. White also says there is nothing wrong with a defensive system.
But in the past seven Tests against the big four, White's Boks have conceded 27 tries.
The Boks that lost away to Ireland and England in 2004 have not advanced in play or with results, and the coach is not able to explain each defeat. His excuses every time are weak and his arguments have no substance.
The situation can be resolved with a total clean-out after the completion of the Tri-Nations. One season is still enough for Mallett to turn the rabble into a World Cup threat.
Replacing White with an inexperienced senior coach would be inviting further trouble. Rassie Erasmus and Dick Muir have the potential to become national coaches, but let their apprenticeship at provincial and regional level end first. Pieter de Villiers has obvious qualities but would benefit more working under Mallett for a season, with the plan to take over the Boks in 2008.
If the emphasis is on finding a black Bok coach then some rugby intelligence must be applied. Give Mallett the ambulance job of getting a quick fix for 2007 and challenge him to bring De Villiers, the coach, up at the same time.
Saru's bosses must be prepared to show humility in approaching Mallett and allowing him to gather the minds that can make a difference. Mallett, the Bok coach six years ago, is a better coach today. He has matured in France and it is rubbish that he is not an option because he has coached the Boks before.
His win record of 71% over a three-year international period is the best by a South African coach in a similar time frame.
He made mistakes, most notably the axing of Gary Teichmann before the 1999 World Cup. But he has since acknowledged the mistake and advanced his career. For this emergency, he is the only man to lead the Boks.
Make Mallett head coach. I am sure he would immediately approach Heyneke Meyer to be his forwards coach and the Saru request has to be that De Villiers be made assistant coach, with emphasis on the backs.
Another to involve on the technical side would be Brendan Venter, while Gary Gold is an option as a defensive specialist.
It is bizarre that Venter is not involved in any coaching capacity in SA, while Gold proved his value when employed by the Boks in 2004 as the defensive coach.
That would be a starting point. Saru has to entice Mallett to get involved, now and beyond 2008. Make him coach until after the World Cup and then make him national director of rugby. Show him there is a succession plan to keep him loyal to South African rugby and give De Villiers, Meyer, Erasmus and Muir as big a carrot to keep them motivated.
We have a crisis in Springbok rugby. But there is a solution if those who are running the game want it.


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Anyone up for a 'real' lightening draft.
Ie (with CW servers allowing) a full draft in under 4 hrs.
First 5 people to sign up
1. Goughy
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If I only just posted the above post, please wait 5 mins before replying as there is bound to be edits
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Haha I'll give it another go
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Ill leave it open for 10 more mins before closing and dleting the thread unless 5 sign up
I'll go, unless you get 5 others wanting to do it, given I got to play last time.
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Nothing wrong with three guys. Someone can join a bit later if required
OK lets go with 3 and we can add 1 more.
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Since the emergence of the retail market for detailing services in the 1980s, a controversy has arisen in the industry whether a detail business should or could profitably continue to do wholesale work for the auto dealers at lower prices than they would receive from the retail customer.
A case for dealer work
Those who advocate for dealer work take the position that it is steady, guaranteed paycheck. Furthermore, they argue it is less costly for several reasons:
· Employees are more productive, consistent and motivated because all cars receive the same service and want to complete as many cars as possible per day.
· You do not need a fancy facility; a garage, warehouse, or lean-to is all that is required.
· Likewise, you do not need to worry about your employees' appearance or deportment because they most likely will not be in contact with the dealer.
· You do not have to advertise because you only have to depend on one or two dealer contracts.
A case for retail work
Many operators of retail-oriented detail businesses simply will not do dealer work, even if the dealer comes to them. Why do they take such a strong position against this type of work? For several reasons involving a combination of profit and emotion:
· The gross profit per car is less for dealer work than retail services.
· Retail vehicles are typically in better condition and the customer is generally more positive about the end results of the detail service.
· You are able to hire a better quality staff because you do less cars at higher revenues.
· The loss of one customer or two will not break your business in the same way losing a dealer contract would.
· The retail market is bigger and has great potential for growth.
Thoughts on retail vs. dealer work
If I were operating a detail business again I would lean toward the retail position for most of the reasons presented. However, I would keep my options open. We always contracted with a few dealers daily, looking for any overflow that would bring us an additional $100 to $200 per day in revenue.
My advice to the detailer today is to never displace retail work for dealer work, but instead leverage it as a supplement on days when retail business is slow. Use it to give your part-time employees more hours.
Dealer work can also be used for training new employees since every car is a complete detail service. Care has to be taken in final inspection; however, to be sure the work is done to the dealer's exacting standards.
Enter the full service detail shop
In order to straddle these two markets, you should consider what I call the "Full Service Detail Shop." By focusing on the key services needed by dealers, you can offer retail customers and dealer accounts a full menu and appeal to both markets.
These services include:
· Complete detail;
· Paint touch-up;
· Undercoating;
· Pin striping;
· Door edge guard;
· Body side molding;
· Windshield replacement;
· Windshield crack and chip repair;
· Vinyl top dyeing and repair;
· Exterior trim painting or restoration;
· Interior vinyl and leather repair and dyeing;
· Dash repair and dyeing;
· Fabric upholstery dyeing and repair;
· Carpet plugging and dyeing;
· Carpet replacement;
· Paintless dent repair; and
· Carpet dyeing and recoloring.
By focusing on these core services, you would offer a convenient, "one stop shop" for the dealer, and also the retail customer. Your business would offer one delivery, one billing, and one company to deal with, and probably a much faster turn-around, getting the car on the lot for resale faster.
From the detail business owner's point-of-view, revenues per car are substantially increased without a major increase in operational costs. In fact, by quoting the dealer a total price to recondition a vehicle, the detail shop operator can hide an increase in the price of the detail by several more dollars.
The benefit of offering these services to your retail customers should be quite clear; you have the perfect opportunity for add-on sales and revenues. Keep in mind that extra services like the detail itself will sell to retail customers for more than double or triple what the dealer will pay you.
Consider the menu
Let's look at these various services, what they are, and what it may cost to provide them:
#1 Detailing: This is your core service. Upgrade to the latest equipment innovations to increase your productivity and provide more training for your employees to improve quality.
#2 Paint touch-up: Use a sophisticated airbrush method. Purchase a paint touch-up system (cost: $10,000 with training necessary) that provides the ability to mix over 60,000 different paint colors for U.S, Japanese and European cars.
#3 Windshield crack and chip repair: Kits vary in price from $300 to over $6,000 depending upon the type of system and supplies that are included. All include some type of training either on-site or through video.
#4 Complete interior repair: Novices in the business can buy complete kits (cost: $3,000-$4,000) with everything needed to perform all these services, including dyes, glues, paints, tools, supplies, and training.
#5 Paintless dent repair: PDR is a complicated skill that only certain individuals can master. It takes weeks of training and months of practice to master this skill. Consider brokering the service or hire a person already skilled in PDR. The cost of tools and accessories can range from $1,500 to $3,000, and training can run up to $1,000 per day.
#6 Carpet dyeing and recoloring: Systems now on the market ($1,300) feature water-based dyes that are color matched to the main automotive carpet colors. All one has to do is match the color for recoloring or use a darker color to change the color.
#7 Gold plating: Although it is dwindling in demand, you will find some dealers need this service for luxury vehicles. Systems run from $1,500 to $3,000 depending upon the sophistication, supplies and amount of gold solution included.
#8 Invisible film protection: You can purchase pre-cut kits for around $150 or buy the film in rolls and cut yourself. Suppliers of the film can provide the training.
#9 Undercoating: This requires a lift ($2,000-$4,000) as well as application equipment: a pump gun, spray nozzle, and filter ($1,250).
#10 Pin striping: You will need vinyl tape in a variety of colors, widths, and designs, as well as a hot air gun and supply of adhesive remover to take off old striping and adhesive residue.
#11 Body edge guard: Requires an inventory of different sizes colors and types of molding. Training available.
#12 Windshield replacement: Requires an individual trained in windshield removal and replacement. Some tools are required. Windshields can be purchased from the dealer, a wrecking, or glass company on an as-needed basis.
#13 Vinyl top repair and dyeing: We are not advocating you totally replace vinyl tops, but simply repair small tears. The dyeing is very simple. Latex paints are available that can be sprayed, brushed, or rolled on, and dry streak-free.
R.L. "Bud" Abraham is president of Detail Plus Car Appearance Systems,


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As the saying goes "Water is life."I think the sustainable management of water is a critical imperative. Indeed, there is a very strong interrelationship between the natural resources: forests, soils and water availability. It is obvious that modeling and mapping watersheds will help understanding of the ecological interrelationships, the phenomenon of flooding, erosion, land cover, land use, climate change, etc.
Are current models robust enough? Are the parameters used in hydrologic models in Central Africa fairly representative? Should work across large watersheds or sub- watersheds?
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REACH is the new European chemical testing regime. Set up in June 2007, it stands for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals. Its purpose is to establish whether an estimated 30,000 chemicals on the market are safe for humans and the environment, and to control the use of those judged to present a risk. Animal testing will be used to establish the safety of these chemicals.
Chemical companies now have up until 2018 to prove to the European Chemicals Agency that the chemicals they are manufacturing or importing is safe to use. The experiments used to assess the safety of chemicals are called toxicity tests, which traditionally involve the poisoning of guinea pigs, rabbits, rats and mice. To test all of the chemicals in this way before the 2018 deadline, it is estimated that up to 13 million of animals will be poisoned and killed.
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The BUAV and its partner organisations were successful in campaigning for some highly significant amendments to the REACH legislation. These include the promotion of alternative methods, data sharing and scrutiny of test proposals. For a detailed history of the lobbying process click here. Estimates of the numbers of animals likely to be used under REACH were between 38-45 million! However, the BUAV contributed in bringing down the numbers about 8-13 million.
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ELIDA — High school math teacher and head football coach Jason Carpenter was suspended seven days without pay after standing on a student in the classroom. The decision was made by the Elida Board of Education Tuesday, according to superintendent Don Diglia.
"We met in executive session for employee discipline," Diglia said. "It was reported that Mr. Carpenter acted inappropriately and engaged in horseplay with a student in the classroom."
This is not the first time Carpenter has faced disciplinary action in his six-year tenure with the school. In 2012, he was suspended for five days without pay for a similiar incident.
"There was one previous situation where he was disciplined where, again, it involved horseplay with a student," Diglia said. "That's the reason that this discipline was as severe as it was, since this is a second offense."
A photograph of the incident shared on the photo sharing app Instagram shows Carpenter standing on the leg of a seated student. Diglia did not identify the student.
In the photo's comments section, one person wrote, "This is proof that my math teacher/football coach messes with me all the time," and "he was standing on me and trying to make me sit down."
After reading reports from the high school principal of interviews with the student and other witnesses in the classroom, Diglia maintained that the incident was actually done in jest at the time.
"I think they thought it was funny," he said. "Even looking at the picture, it's clear that the other students in the room were laughing. But it's just not the kind of humor that we want our staff involved in."
Diglia met with Carpenter to inform him of the suspension Thursday, which will take effect Monday, and noted that Carpenter regrets his actions.
"Obviously, he's very remorseful," Diglia said. "Mr. Carpenter tries very hard to establish positive relationships with kids, and while this was meant to be in a joking manner, it just went too far. My conversation with him was, 'You're the adult in the room, and you just can't take it that far.'"
Despite this second offense, Diglia was very positive in his description of Carpenter and his motivation for teaching.
"Mr. Carpenter is very passionate about his teaching and coaching," he said. "He's very passionate about working with kids. It's important to him that he establishes a positive relationship with them. He just let this situation go a little too far."
Diglia also said that the high school principal contacted the student's parents, and to his understanding, the matter is now closed.
The Office of Professional Conduct for the Ohio Department of Education could neither confirm nor deny that it was reviewing the incident.
Carpenter could not be reached for comment.


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First off, Sam, I liked the book.
My only problem is the seemingly lack of deference given to an evolutionary explanation for our moral values. The objection that if our morals evolved, it would be considered the height of morality to make daily deposits into the local sperm bank, strikes me as a simplistic straw man view of evolution. It sounds like something a creationist would say about evolution.
We didn't evolve with Sperm banks. We evolved out of small hunter-gatherer bands. We evolved to have long term pair bonding to maximize our child rearing capabilities. Female bodies cannot bear self sufficient young. The birth canal cannot handle our large brains. That means we are all born very premature - even at 9 months, by other mammal standards. As such we require extensive protection and taking care of for several years while we mature enough to be on our own. Simply producing a lot of pregnant women isn't going to improve one's fitness in a hunter-gatherer society - you have to stick around. So we've evolved feelings of love and reciprocity to maximize the chances for long term reproductive success.
It seems to me that a proper understanding of the relationship between our moral sense (which appears to be universal and not really cultural) and evolution can help us solve the problem of what is in our best interests and what morals we should hold on to. What we are trying to do, consciously or unconciously, is maximize our reproductive success in the long term. We want to see our genes first and foremost succeed, and then those who are closely related to us, and those of our tribe, nation, and all of humanity, in that order, succeed. Ultimately we want life on earth to succeed and that requires an environmental ethic.
Reproduction isn't just about sex, although that's the first important step. Long term reproduction requires us to raise our children right, to provide for our economic well being, to build a stable and just society, and to preserve our ecology. That's a moral statement that I think would get us to where we want to be a bit faster than Sam's method.
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verb pol·lute \pə-ˈlüt\
: to make (land, water, air, etc.) dirty and not safe or suitable to use
Full Definition of POLLUTE
transitive verb
a : to make physically impure or unclean : befoul, dirtyb : to contaminate (an environment) especially with man-made waste
— pol·lut·er noun
— pol·lut·ive \-ˈlü-tiv\ adjective
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Examples of POLLUTE
- Miles of beaches were polluted by the oil spill.
- Car exhaust pollutes the air.
Origin of POLLUTE
Middle English, from Latin pollutus, past participle of polluere, from por- (akin to Latin per through) + -luere (akin to Latin lutum mud, Greek lyma dirt, defilement) — more at for
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- decontaminate, purify
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RYAN VREDE reports on a 28-22 victory for the Chiefs over the Bulls that leaves the three-time champions with little breathing room if they are to secure a home play-off.
The Bulls were acutely aware of the importance of victory in the context of their conference challenge, but they failed to negotiate a determined second half effort from the Chiefs, after being dominant for the opening half. They will hope the Sharks beat the Stormers in Durban tomorrow and also bank on teams close to them on the overall log dropping points. There is no panic just yet – they've finished strongly in recent years after coming off tour – but they cannot afford to drop many more points.
When their execution of their game plan is on point (which it was in the first half) few sides in the tournament could live with the Bulls. However, their inability to sustain their effort through 80 minutes cost them, as did numerous spurned opportunities early in the match.
There are still questions about Francois Hougaard's kicking game, but tonight it was adequate. His shortcomings in this regard were made up for by Morné Steyn and Zane Kirchner's competency in this facet of play. Their high kicks and a committed chase had the Chiefs' back three looking like they were fielding grenades. This is an area the Hamilton franchise must address urgently if they are to be serious title contenders.
Once in the Chiefs' 22m the Bulls were a mix of efficient and disappointing. Steyn banked two penalties and a drop goal and a try from Bjorn Basson, who profited from poor defence from Lelia Masaga, gave the Bulls a deserved 16-8 lead at the break.
On defence, such was the power and accuracy of their gainline challenge that the Chiefs were made to look toothless. Their primary strike runners – Sonny Bill Williams included – seldom posed a threat. Indeed the Bulls would have been disappointed at the margin of their lead at that point, the Chiefs' only try coming courtesy of an Akona Ndungane error and their aforementioned wastefulness in good positions lending further weight to this assertion.
Steyn and Aaron Cruden traded penalties after the break, but the Chiefs, galvanised by the injection of quality impact players, gradually found the momentum and synergy they lacked in the first 40. The Bulls remained resolute but their resistance waned going into the final quarter when Cruden found wing Asaeli Tikoirotuma with an inside ball that left him with a clear route to goal. Cruden added the extras for a lead that was short-lived, Steyn edging his side ahead with his fourth penalty of the match.
Then the turning point, and this time another Bulls error inside the Chiefs' 22m cost them dearly. The hosts turned over possession and ran the ball 70m before earning a lineout. A quick feed caught the Bulls' defensive line unset, and Williams exploited this, surging through a gap then offloading to put Same Cane clean through. Cruden sunk the conversion and the Bulls just never looked like they had the capacity for a telling rebuttal thereafter.


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Getting Started with gquery (Hibernate)
This is the getting started guide for the Generic Query (gquery) component of the grepo framework.It's not supposed to be a complete reference manual - the goal is to show a basic usage and configuration scenario of grepo's gquery component (using hibernate). If you have problems understanding parts of this guide or the framework in general or if you have any suggestions, good ideas or if you have found potential bugs please let us know. So let's get started!
- 1 Download the demo project
- 2 Demo application
- 3 Using the grepo framework
- 4 Creating the first repository
- 5 Executing generic queries
- 6 Additional functionality
- 6.1 Paging
- 6.2 Result conversion
- 6.3 Result validation
- 7 Transaction Handling
- 8 A word about conventions
Download the demo project
The demo project for this guide can be checked out from our SVN repository as follows:
$ svn checkout http://svn.codehaus.org/grepo/trunk/demo-grepo-query-hibernate demo-grepo-query-hibernate
The demo project is a maven project and we highly recommend that you use maven to set up the project. If you don't want to use maven you can also set up the project manually. If you use maven and eclipse you can easily make an eclipse project using the following command in the demo project's root directory:
$ mvn eclipse:eclipse
You can now import the project in your eclipse workspace.
After you have imported the project you should now be able to run the UserRepositoryTest JUnit test. You can also run the test using maven from command line:
$ mvn test
Let grepo tell you what's going on
Grepo uses the slf4j logging api. If you set the logger level for the package org.codehaus.grepo to DEBUG in (src/test/resources/log4j.xml) like this:
Grepo should print out information similar to this:
15:11:51,211 DEBUG [GenericQueryMethodInterceptor:56] - Invoking method 'loadByUsername' 15:11:51,218 DEBUG [QueryExecutorNamingStrategyImpl:62] - Resolved executor name: load 15:11:51,225 DEBUG [QueryExecutorFindingStrategyImpl:55] - Found queryExecutor 'org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.executor.LoadQueryExecutor' for execution of method 'loadByUsername' 15:11:51,241 DEBUG [GenericRepositorySupport:105] - Executing query without using transaction template 15:11:51,260 DEBUG [QueryNamingStrategyImpl:86] - Resolved named-query: demo.domain.User.ByUsername 15:11:51,265 DEBUG [AbstractHibernateQueryExecutor:168] - Using query: from User where username = ? 15:11:51,267 DEBUG [AbstractHibernateQueryExecutor:456] - Setting parameter '0' to 'max' 15:11:51,312 DEBUG [DefaultHibernateRepository:155] - Query result is 'demo.domain.User@24a09e41[id=0,username=max]' 15:11:51,333 DEBUG [GenericQueryMethodInterceptor:72] - Invocation of method 'loadByUsername' took '0:00:00.010'
Demo application
The teeny-weeny demo application consists of one database table (USERS) which is mapped using Hibernate to one Java entity (demo.domain.User). Note that the object relational mapping is done using standard Hibernate mechanisms and is not grepo specific. The mapping can be found in src/main/resources/META-INF/hibernate/User.hbm.xml. The USERS table contains the following columns:
not null, primary key
not null, unique
nullable, unique
Using the grepo framework
In order to use the gquery component with Hibernate you need the following grepo artifacts (jars) in your project's classpath:
- grepo-core-<VERSION>.jar
- grepo-query-commons-<VERSION>.jar
- grepo-query-hibernate-<VERSION>.jar
Somewhere in your Spring application context (xml) you have to import the default Hibernate configuration of the grepo gquery component.
In the demo project this is done in src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/application-context.xml. Note that you may not need to import that file if you decide to setup grepo with special/custom configuration - you could for instance configure the required "grepo" beans directly in your application context.
Furthermore you need to define a datasource and a Hibernate session factory. This configuration is "standard" Spring/Hibernate and is not grepo specific. In the demo project the hsql datasource and session factory are configured in src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/db-environment.xml.
The next step is to define a basic configuration for the data access layer. This configuration may look like this:
Using the grepo namespace the configuration above looks like:
Here we define an abstract factory bean which will be used to create all instances of our concrete repositories (DAOs). Its a good idea (although not required) to use an abstract factory bean because this makes configuration of concrete repository beans simpler and furthermore you just have to modify the abstract factory bean if you need to change the basic configuration for your data access layer in the future. Note that the abstract factory bean above uses a really simple configuration approach (the rest of the configuration will be done by the framework behind the scenes). For custom/special needs the abstract bean definition (properties) may be more comprehensive. The following is a simple example of an abstract bean which uses sets the sessionFactory property accordingly:
Using the grepo namespace the configuration above looks like:
Creating the first repository
Now its time to create the generic repository for the User entity. For this we just have to define an empty interface (demo.repository.UserRepository), which looks like:
Note that we want a read-write repository (this means that we want a repository with basic CRUD operations) and thus have to extend from org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.repository.ReadWriteHibernateRepository. For a read-only repository we would exend from org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.repository.ReadOnlyHibernateRepository instead. The first generic type is the Java entity (User) and the second one is the type for the primary key property of the entity (Long).
The next step is to configure a repository bean in our Spring application context:
Using the grepo namespace the configuration above looks like:
The userRepository bean uses the abstractRepository bean as parent and thus inherits the basic configuration from the parent. We have to set (at least) one property:
- proxyClass: This property must be set to the interface which should be "proxied". In our case we provide the fully qualified name of the demo.repository.UserRepository interfaces which we have created previously.
Using repository scanning
You could also grepo's repositiory-scan feature (instead of configuring your repository beans manually) in order to automatically detect concrete repository beans. This functionality is similar (based on) Spring's component-scan feature.
Using the grepo namespace the configuration looks like:
Note: That the repository interfaces have to be annotated with Spring's Repository annotation in order to be detected by the repository-scanner.
Finished! We can now inject our userRepository bean wherever we need basic CRUD operations for the User entity.
Executing generic queries
We can now add various methods to our UserRepository interface in order to execute queries (either HQL or SQL). In our application we might want to load a user from database via username property. Therefore we would add the following method to our UserRepository interface:
And thats it! We can now inject our userRepository bean and use the getByUsername method to fetch User entities from database by username. As you can see we use grepo's GenericQuery annotation to tell the framework that the method has to be executed (or handled) dynamically (remember that we didn't have to provide and implementation of our UserRepository interface). The query property provides the HQL query to be executed when the method gets invoked. We can also execute SQL queries:
Here we have to use grepo's HibernateQueryOptions annotation to tell the framework that an instance of User has to be returned.
Queries with named-parameters
We could also use Hibernate's named-parameter style for placeholders in our query (instead of the JDBC style which uses question marks as placeholders):
Note that we also have to annotate the method's parameters with grepo's Param annotation. This is necessary to associate method parameters with named-parameters in the query. Even though using named-parameters requires a little more configuration in your interface (because of the Param annotation), there are several reasons why someone would (and should) prefer named-parameter in queries:
- The sequence and number of query-parameters does not have to match the method's parameters. (Using question marks as placeholders generally requires sequence and number of query-parameters to match the method's parameters).
- You can use one method parameter for multiple query parameters.
- Using named-parameter queries you can provide a java.util.Collection as method parameter and use it for IN-Clauses in your query. For instance:
How it works
The attentive reader may wonder how grepo can return the appropriate types. The getByUsername method returns an instance of User while findByUsernames returns a list of User entities. The answer is conventions. Grepo is configured with a set of org.codehaus.grepo.query.commons.executor.QueryExecutors. As the name implies a QueryExecutor is responsible for executing queries. In the default configuration grepo uses the following implementations of the QueryExecutor interface:
- org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.executor.GetQueryExecutor: This implementation executes a query using the uniqueResult method of the Hibernate API and thus returns null or the instance. If multiple records were found, Hibernate throws an unchecked exception.
- org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.executor.LoadQueryExecutor: Same as GetQueryExecutor with the difference that this executor never returns null - if no records were found then an NoResultException will be thrown.
- org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.executor.ListQueryExecutor: This implementation executes a query using the list method of the Hibernate API and thus returns instances of java.util.List. This executor never returns null - if no records were found an empty list is returned.
- org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.executor.UpdateQueryExecutor: This implementation executes update- or delete-queries, that is queries that update or delete records in database. It uses the executeUpdate method of the Hibernate API and thus returns an int indicating how many records where affected by the (update- or delete-) operation.
- org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.executor.IterateQueryExecutor: This implementation executes a query using the iterate method of the Hibernate API and thus returns an instance of java.util.Iterator.
- org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.executor.ScrollQueryExecutor: This implementation executes a query using the scroll method of the Hibernate API and thus returns an instance of org.hibernate.ScrollableResults.
So obviously grepo used the ListQueryExecutor for the findByUsernames and the GetQueryExecutor for the getByUsername method. But how did grepo know which executor has to be used for which method (Note that we didn't tell grepo which executor has to be used). The answer is again conventions. The framework uses a org.codehaus.grepo.query.commons.executor.ExecutorFindingStrategy which is responsible for finding the appropriate executor for a given generic method. In its default configuration grepo uses org.codehaus.grepo.query.commons.executor.QueryExecutorFindingStrategyImpl. This implementation uses a org.codehaus.grepo.query.commons.executor.QueryExecutorNamingStrategy which is responsible to retrieve an executor name for a given method. Furthermore the QueryExecutorFindingStrategyImpl has a registry (basically a Map) which maps executor names to executor classes. The org.codehaus.grepo.query.commons.executor.QueryExecutorNamingStrategyImpl (which is the one grepo uses in its basic configuration) resolves executor names according to the following rules:
If the name of the method matches the pattern
then the executor name is the matching prefix. This means that if the method starts with is, has, get, load, scroll, iterate, delete or update this rule will be applied.
If the method name does not match the pattern above, then null will be returned, meaning that the strategy didn't find the appropriate executor name for this method.
Feel free to provide your own implementation if desired. Note also that it is always possible to write a custom QueryExecutor without grepo being aware of that implementation. So you can use grepo's default configuration and write your own QueryExecutor and tell it to use this executor like this:
Using this approach is straight forward, because you tell grepo what executor has to be used and thus the framework doesn't use the QueryExecutorNamingStrategy at all. That's good if you have only a few methods which require a special/custom executor. If you want to use your custom executors more frequently then it's probably better to configure the framework accordingly.
Separating queries from Java code
You may not want to have the queries directly in your Java code. Grepo uses Hibernate's concept of named queries to achieve that. This would make your repository methods even easier:
In our mapping file (src/main/resources/META-INF/hibernate/User.hbm.xml) we would define the the HQL query like this:
An appropriate SQL query would look like:
How it works
You may now wonder how grepo is able to find the correct query to execute (you will most likely have several named queries defined within your Hibernate session factory). The answer is conventions. Grepo uses a org.codehaus.grepo.query.commons.executor.QueryExecutorFactory which is responsible for creating QueryExecutor instancess. Grepo's default implementation is org.codehaus.grepo.query.commons.executor.QueryExecutorFactoryImpl which uses a org.codehaus.grepo.query.commons.naming.QueryNamingStrategy. You could write your own implementation and tell grepo to use that strategy instead. Grepo's default implementation is org.codehaus.grepo.query.commons.naming.QueryNamingStrategyImpl which resolves query names for generic methods according to the following rules:
If the queryName property is set for the GenericQuery annotation, then this value is used as the query name. For instance:
If the name of the method matches the pattern
then the query name is composed of the fully qualified entity class name and the method name (with removed prefix). This means that if he method starts with is, has, get, load, scroll, iterate, delete or update this rule will be applied. The example above shows how the query for the getByUsername method was resolved to "demo.domain.User.ByUsername". Note that the matched prefix is removed.
If the name of the method does not match the pattern above, then the query name is composed of the fully qualified entity class name and the complete method name (without removed prefix).
Using dynamically generated queries
So far we have only used static queries. But you may also want to generate your queries dynamically depending on the given method (input) parameters. In our application we may want a method which finds users via their firstname and/or lastname. For this we can either just implement the method ourselves (meaning not annotating the method with GenericQuery) or we could write an implementation of the org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.generator.HibernateQueryGenerator interface. A simple implementation which generates a HQL query looks like:
In our UserRepository we would define a method like this:
Note that it is required to generate queries with named-parameter style (as JDBC style does not work). If you want to generate a SQL (native) query instead of HQL you would just use org.codehaus.grepo.query.hibernate.generator.AbstractHibernateNativeQueryGenerator as the base class for your generator. Furthermore you can also use the Hibernate Criteria API like this:
The method would be defined in the UserRepository as follows:
Additional functionality
Hibernate offers paging functionality which can be used with grepo's MaxResults and FirstResult annotations like this:
It's also possible to use the firstResult and maxResults properties of the GenericQuery annotation.
Result conversion
The framework supports result conversion functionality. For this grepo uses implementations of the org.codehaus.grepo.core.converter.ResultConverter interface. ResultConverters can be used to convert the result of a query invocation and may be configured for methods using grepo's GenericQuery annotation, like this:
Hibernate also offers a similiar feature known as result transformation. You can use this feature using grepo's HibernateQueryOption annotation by configuring the resultTransformer property accordingly.
Implicit result conversion
Furthermore grepo supports so called implicit result conversion, which means that in some cases (if necessary) the result will be converted automatically (without configuration). The framework uses a org.codehaus.grepo.core.converter.ResultConverterFindingService. Grepo's default implementation org.codehaus.grepo.core.converter.ResultConverterFindingServiceImpl uses a registry (basically a Map) to map (return) types to ResultConverter classes. The ResultConverterFindingService checks if conversion is required (for instance if query result is not compatible with method return type) and uses the registry in order to retrieve the appropriate converter to use. In its default configuration grepo knows the following ResultConverters:
- org.codehaus.grepo.core.converter.ResultToBooleanConverter: This implementation is used to convert objects to instances of java.lang.Boolean.
- org.codehaus.grepo.core.converter.ResultToLongConverter: This implementation is used to convert objects to instances of java.lang.Long.
- org.codehaus.grepo.core.converter.ResultToIntegerConverter: This implementation is used to convert objects to instances of java.lang.Integer.
Suppose we need functionality for our demo application wich allows to register new users. As we have seen the email property is unique and thus must not already exist in the database. We could use the following method so we can check for existing email-addresses:
Note that the query returns 0 or 1 (because email is unique) and the method's return type is boolean. Executing this method (and having grepo logger level set to DEBUG) the following will be logged:
15:43:30,212 DEBUG [DefaultHibernateRepository:155] - Query result is '0' 15:43:30,222 DEBUG [ResultConverterFindingStrategyImpl:97] - Found converter 'org.codehaus.grepo.core.converter.ResultToBooleanConverter' for conversion from 'java.lang.Long' to 'boolean' 15:43:30,223 DEBUG [ResultConversionServiceImpl:51] - Doing conversion for result (class=java.lang.Long, value=0) with converter 'org.codehaus.grepo.core.converter.ResultToBooleanConverter' 15:43:30,227 DEBUG [ResultConversionServiceImpl:57] - Conversion result is 'false'
Result validation
The framework supports result validation functionality. For this grepo uses implementations of the org.codehaus.grepo.core.validator.ResultValidator interface. ResultValidators can be used to validate the result of a method invocation. Note that result validation is performed after result conversion. ResultValidators can be configured for methods using grepo's GenericQuery annotation like this:
Transaction Handling
By default grepo does not handle transactions at all (this should be done by your service layer really) - you configure transaction handling for your repository objects (DAOs) as you would do normally with plain Spring/Hibernate. However grepo also optionally supports transaction handling using spring's transaction template. If you want grepo to handle transactions, you just configure the transactionTemplate property:
Additionally you can configure the readOnlyTransactionTemplate property. Doing so grepo will use the read-only template for executing read-only operations. If no read-only template is defined, then grepo will use the transactionTemplate (if configured) for both read- and write-operations. Here is an example of the abstractRepository bean with both templates defined:
A word about conventions
The grepo framework was designed around the convention over configuration paradigm. You configure the grepo framework with your guidelines (if the default configuration does not meet your needs) for your data access layer and grepo will then apply those rules transparently. For instance, we have seen that grepo can guarantee that all methods which execute "list-queries" have to start with the prefix "list" and also have to return an instance of java.util.List. If you want to break the rules you could for instance configure a method as follows:
Note that the method name does not meet the conventions. The method starts with "get" but actually a "list-query" is required because of the method's return type (java.util.List). Here you can see the power of the convention over configuration paradigm and grepo in general. Breaking the rules is still possible but you have to know what you're doing and furthermore have additional configuration overhead.


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JDummy is a thin API which sits above JMock. It allows very succinct expectation setting code when the expectation code would normally involve many stubs.
The sections below illustrate using JDummy for the mocking parts of Using Testing Frameworks with Groovy.
The Item Storer Example
We are going to consider how you might use JDummy as part of testing the Item Storer Example.
Here is how we can test
Note: Our example is so simple, that JDummy's power is not really illustrated here.