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Chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard said that manufacturers of hard disk drives (HDDs) are unsure when they be able to restore all shipments of HDDs to the levels prior to severe flooding in Thailand. In the meantime, HP did the same as its rivals: it started to acquire hard drives and pull-in the inventory.
"I have been on the phone with the heads of all four of our disk drive partners. I am not even sure they have a complete picture about when they are going to be back up and running," said Meg Whitman, chief executive officer of HP, during the conference call with financial analysts.
Just like its rival Dell, HP formed a special crisis team, pulled-in already made PCs and started to acquire hard drives from its partners. As a result, the company now can prioritize its shipments and supply enough PC products to important or strategic customers. In general, HP does not expect itself to suffer significantly from the shortage of hard disk drives, but is still cautious about the situation.
"We reacted really fast to this. We set up a war room. We began pulling in inventory and made strategic buys of hard drives back in early October. So I think we will get more than our fair share of drives here because of the long-term relationships that we have with our suppliers because we were on this really fast," explained Mrs. Whitman.
Exactly like the vast majority of its competitors and partners, the chief exec of HP expects shortages of hard drives to continue to exist throughout the first half of 2012.
"I think this is going to affect the industry pretty dramatically because it is PCs, it is servers, it is storage. I think there is going to be some shortages in Q1 and Q2. I think we're as well positioned as we can be, but I think this is going to be pretty tough for the industry," concluded Mrs. Whitman.


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nipple shields seem to not be recommended and we should wean babies off of them.
i don't have inverted nipples, however one my of friends who has been successful with bf told me to make sure i had these available as stand by...i'm not sure i'm using them for there true purpose but i find they truly help with protecting my nipples from cracking and and it reduces the pain when my baby boy latches. is there something i don't know...can this lead to infection, thrush?


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- We are searching for the molecular, cellular and circuit processes that underlie the encoding, allocation, storage and linking of information in the brain.
- Insights into mechanisms of memory are being used to unravel the causes and develop treatments for cognitive deficits associated with aging, intellectual disabilities, and autism. Recently, our studies in mice suggested that it is possible to reverse neurodevelopmental disorders, such as intellectual disabilities associated with mutations in NF1, TSC and DISC1 in adults.
- Additionally, we hope our studies of the mechanisms underlying extraordinary cognitive function may lead to general treatments for cognitive disorders and to faster recovery after brain injury.
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Wyoming Weddings will present a free bridal expo on Saturday.
From noon to 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, everyone is welcome to "Sheridan Bridal Expo."
One couple will win a flat screen television. For more information see www.wyowedding.com or call 755-6896. To pre-register for the event see www. wyomingbridalexpo.com.
The Buffalo Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold their 30th annual membership banquet, dinner and auction on Feb. 8.
DU works to meet the needs of waterfowl in Wyoming by creating and enhancing wetlands and associated upland habitats.
The evening will include dinner, raffles and an auction.
Auction items available will be wildlife art, firearms, sculptures, antique wood decoy, gift certificates, dinner and lodging packages, a battlefield tour, fishing and hunting trips, golf packages and more.
Tickets are $35 per person if purchased by Feb. 1 and $45 per person or $80 per couple after Feb. 1.
Tickets are available at The Sports Lure, the Bank of Buffalo or by calling Dean Knauer at 684-5621.
The evening commences at 5:30 p.m. at the Bozeman Trail steakhouse and seating is limited. The steakhouse is located at 675 E. Hart St., Buffalo.
The fourth annual Sheridan College Rodeo Banquet will be held Feb. 8.
The event is a fundraiser benefitting scholarships and operating costs for the men's and women's student-athlete rodeo teams.
The evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.
Silent and live auctions will be held and live entertainment will be provided by Justin Beasley and After the Rodeo.
Tickets are $50 per person and must be purchased in advance.
Tickets are available at the SC information desk, the SC Foundation or through the rodeo teams.
For more information call 674-6446 extension 4006.
The Holiday Inn is located at 1809 Sugarland Drive.
Sheridan College is located at 3059 Coffeen Ave.
The Brinton Museum, Science Kids and the Big Horn Audubon will present the next monthly "Birding at the Brinton" on Saturday.
This free morning of bird watching will run from 9-11 a.m at The Brinton Museum.
All ages and abilities are welcome to join.
Participants are encouraged to bring binoculars if they have them.
For more information see www.thebrintonmuseum.org. The museum is located at 239 Brinton Road, Big Horn.
The seventh annual Fireman's Ball will be held Feb. 15 at the Historic Sheridan Inn.
From 7-11 p.m. entertainment will be provided by the Teka Brock Band, appetizers will be served, a silent auction will be offered and a wine ladder and Harley will be raffled off.
A cash bar will be available.
For the Harley raffle, 250 raffle tickets will be sold prior to the ball for $100 each. Each purchase includes two free tickets to the event. The grand prize will be a "Firefighter Edition" Harley Davidson. Runner-up cash prizes will also be granted.
Professional photos of attendees in fire fighter outfits will be taken by FFF Photography and available for purchase.
Proceeds from the Harley raffle will benefit a scholarship for an area student. Proceeds from the event and photos will go toward the installation of a firefighters statue in front of the station.
Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased at the station, Red Velvet Bakery, Sheridan Stationary and Twisted Hearts.
For more information call Greg Luhman at 751-8588 or email at email@example.com.
The inn is located at 856 North Broaway.
The Sheridan County Museum will present "Behind the Scenes Saturday" on Saturday. This free event is open to all with no reservations required. The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a behind-the-scenes view at the museum's operations. The public is invited to come and see what goes on at the museum when the galleries are closed. Attendees will see how employees take down old exhibits, care for the items entrusted to the museum and prepare new items and galleries for new exhibits. There will also be Tidbit activities for children and parents. The museum is located at 850 Sibley Circle, off of the Fifth Street exit of Interstate 90. For more information call 675-1150.
Zumba Fitness will host an open house with free zumba on Saturday. The open house is a celebration of their first year in the new location and their expansion in to nutritional support and health coaching. The occasion will be marked with a ribbon cutting, snacks, refreshments and a free Zumba class. The free event will commence at 10 a.m. and all are welcome to attend. Zumba Fitness is located at 118 W. Fifth St. For more information call Lorrie Anderson at 752-4207.
SHERIDAN — The annual Pheasants Forever Banquet and Auction will be held Feb. 22.
The fundraising buffet banquet benefits the Sheridan/Johnson County chapter of Pheasants Forever and will be held at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall from 5:30-10 p.m.
Tickets are $60 each or $90 per couple and purchases include a membership in the organization.
Raffle tickets for a Can-Am 500 four-wheeler and a raffle for 10 special guns will be sold separately for $20 each.
Raffle tickets and banquet tickets are available now at Parker Glass, located at 125 W. Brundage St., and Sheridan Stationery located at 206 N. Main St.
For more information call Matt Parker at 674-7515.
The fairgrounds are located at 1753 Victoria St.
The Sheridan Community Land Trust will host their 2014 annual open house on Feb. 27.
From 5-8 p.m. at the Historic Sheridan Inn, Polish appetizers and music will be offered in honor of the completion of the Black Diamond Historic Byway.
Mike Kuzara, a one-man polka band, will perform and attendees will have the opportunity to listen to the Byway audio tour.
The 2013 annual report and 2014 upcoming projects will also be presented.
Raffles winners will also be drawn.
For more information contact Claire Hobbs by phone at 673-4702 or email at email@example.com.
SHERIDAN — Warehouse 201 will host the next Thankful Thursday event on Thursday.
From 5:30-8 p.m. Sheridan Foster Parents Exchange will be honored with the fundraiser.
Admission is free, a silent and live auction will be held, live music will be played by Terry Garrison and all proceeds will benefit the organization.
Tickets will be sold at the door for $25 and will offer 10 percent off purchases made throughout the evening, a $250 cash give-away, door prizes and other surprises.
For more information call Carla Trier at 310-977-6101.
The restaurant is located at 201 Broadway St.
The Best of the West BBQ Fest committee will host a Fat Tuesday celebration to kick-off their fundraising season. On Tuesday at 6 p.m. complimentary appetizers and music by the Teka Brock Band will be provided at the Black Tooth Brewery. "Sundae cups" of coleslaw, baked beans and BBQ pork will be sold with all proceeds supporting the Best of the West BBQ Fest competition. The competition will be held Sept. 5 and 6 at Whitney Plaza. For more information about the competition or the Fat Tuesday party see www.bestofthewestbbqfest.com or call Tye Bach at 751-1600. The brewery is located at 312 Broadway St.
The 2014 Wild West Wine Fest is coming March 7 to Warehouse 201. This annual primary fundraiser for the Downtown Sheridan Association will serve heavy hors d'oeuvres throughout the evening and present over 100 wines, beers and spirits to taste. Tickets are available now for $50 per person, which includes food, alcohol tastings, a complimentary tasting glass, a tasting booklet and a bidding number for the auction. The event will run from 6:30-9 p.m. at 201 Broadway St. For more information, to purchase tickets or to make a donation contact the DSA online at downtownsheridan.org or by calling 672-8881.
The United Methodist Women will host the annual Spring Salad Luncheon on Thursday. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church "March Gladness" will serve an all-you-can eat lunch for $7 a person. The proceeds will benefit the UMW mission projects. The church is located at 215 W. Works St.
The Volunteers of America Northern Rockies will host their annual Empty Bowl Event Thursday. The fundraising event serves attendees a simple dinner emulating what one might eat at a soup kitchen served in a handcrafted bowl and accompanied by music from Canary Joe, a silent auction, face painting for kids and more. Attendees keep their dinner bowls as reminders about homelessness. The event will run from 5-8 p.m. at the Sheridan County YMCA. Tickets are available at the door for $25 per family, $10 for adults, $5 for kids and children under five are free. All proceeds benefit the Sheridan Community Homeless Shelter. For more information call Angela Lockard at 672-0475. The Y is located at 417 N. Jefferson St.
A Stroke Awareness fundraiser on behalf of Troy Winder of the Sunset Cafe will be held at Tongue River Middle School on Friday. From 4:30-8:30 p.m. in the cafeteria a soup and chili dinner will be served, a silent auction will be held and basket raffles will be offered. The cost of dinner is a suggested donation of $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 5 and younger. For more information call 751-4526. TRMS is located at 1251 Dayton St., Ranchester.
The Sheridan County 4-H club will host their annual carnival fundraiser on March 15. From 3-7 p.m. at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall a chili supper, cake walk, dunk tank, duck darts, treasure hunt, and more food and activities will be offered. There is no cost to attend and all optional activities carry individual costs which will benefit the 4-H club. For more information contact the Sheridan County Extension Office at 674-2980. The hall is located at 1753 Victoria St.
Sheridan's first local roller derby league, the Bomber Mountain Derby Devils, is hosting a recruitment meet and greet event on Wednesday for the newly formed women's team. Commencing at 6 p.m. at the Big Horn Mountain Eagles #4169 refreshments will be served and attendees will learn more about roller derby including participation requirements. The league, which is seeking non-profit status, hopes to offer men's and youth teams in the future, offering new activities and family entertainment options as other area teams and their fans visit Sheridan for competitions. The women's team is open to all Sheridan area women ages 18 or older of any ability level. For more information email email@example.com or call Alisa at 720-445-0925. The BHME is located at 1760 Commercial Ave.
The Sheridan County Museum will present "Behind the Scenes Saturday" and "Tidbit Saturday" this weekend.
This free event is open to all with no reservations required.
The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for a behind-the-scenes view at the museum's operations.
The public is invited to come and see what goes on at the museum when the galleries are closed.
Attendees will see how employees take down old exhibits, care for the items entrusted to the museum and prepare new items and galleries for new exhibits.
There will also be Tidbit activities for children and parents.
Tidbit, the SCM Mouse, can be found in each exhibit at the museum and likes to share fun tales and treasures of Sheridan County's history and children ages 5 to 10 are invited to attend with their parent or guardian for a variety of activities.
The museum is located at 850 Sibley Circle, off of the Fifth Street exit of Interstate 90.
For more information call 675-1150.
The Big Horn Mountain Eagles #4169 Ladies Auxiliary will host a breakfast on Sunday. From 8-10 a.m. sausage gravy and biscuits, ham, eggs, fruit and beverages will be served. Breakfast will cost $7 per plate and $3 for children under 5 and proceeds will benefit the Eagles charities. For more information call 763-3518. BHME is located at 1760 Commercial Ave.
The Dog and Cat Shelter will host a "Spring-FUN-Raiser" event March 29th. From 5-8 p.m. at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall, food and fun for the entire family will be offered. A taco bar catered by Qdoba will be served as well as homemade cookies, coffee, soda and a cash bar. A silent auction, live auction and bucket raffle will be offered. Children's games will be played with a kid's only bucket raffle for prizes. Other activities will include live music, a "Dog House" to which you can consign friends, chair massages, face painting and more. Live auction items include a NASCAR Package, a fly fishing trip for two, a Minnesota Vikings package, a one week stay in two bedroom 2 bathroom condo downtown Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, a stocked wine fridge and more. Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for children ages 12 and younger and include food, non-alcoholic beverages and a bucket raffle ticket for adults. For more information call the shelter at 674-7694. The exhibit hall is located at 1753 Victoria St.
A colon cancer awareness event will be held March 29 at the Historic Sheridan Inn. "Bottoms Up Bash!" will commence at 7 p.m. and will feature country rock band Narrow Gauge from 8 p.m. to midnight. Attendees must be 21 or older and are invited to "wear blue and dance until they're blue." Admission is $10 and will include hors d'oeuvres and give-aways. A cash bar will be available. The Inn is located at 856 Broadway St.


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hi mamas - really great forum here, hats off to all you ladies for the great support you all are providing here :-)
I have a question on what the right time to try giving DD a bottle. She is 9 weeks, nursing well, gaining weight great. I go back to work in February when she'll be 5 months and plan to pump at work. Is it too late to wait till then to introduce a bottle.. I don't want to cause any nipple confusion by doing it too early either.. Any advice would be great! Thanks in advance.


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Right to Know
In an effort to protect gun rights, 11 members of the West Virginia House of Delegates are sponsoring an ill-conceived and illogical bill that would do little for gun owners but take rights away from all citizens.
The bill, which would exempt information about concealed carry permit holders from being released under the state's Freedom of Information Act, was introduced Tuesday by Delegate Michael Folk, R-Berkeley, and co-sponsored by Eric Householder, R-Berkeley; Cindy Fritch, R-Monongalia; Larry Kump, R-Berkeley; Larry Faircloth, R-Berkeley; Dana Lynch, D-Webster; Larry Williams, D-Preston; Jim Butler, R-Mason; Roy Cooper, R-Summers; Scott Cadle, R-Mason; and Minority Whip John Shott, R-Mercer.
The bill is an obvious reaction to The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y.'s late December FOIA request for the names and addresses of all concealed carry permit holders in the two counties covered by the paper. This happened in the wake of the Dec. 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary shooting tragedy in which 20 elementary students and six adults at the school were killed by a deranged gunman.
After receiving the information, the suburban newspaper published those names and addresses and provided an interactive map. The paper, which later removed the map and list from its website, was roundly criticized – even by many journalists, who said its publication served no constructive purpose.
However good the sponsors' intentions are, this bill is not needed. We believe it is always wrong to remove public information from the public.
While The News and Sentinel has no intention of publishing the names and addresses of those with concealed carry permits or an interactive map of their neighborhoods, that information should be available for legitimate news stories.
For instance, it is in the public's interest to know how many concealed carry permit holders are in a city, a county or the state. The News and Sentinel published such a story recently on the number of concealed carry permits in Wood County. There were no names mentioned, but we felt it showed the level of support here for firearms and the Second Amendment right to own firearms. Even this type of generic information would be off limits if this bill would pass.
Yes, supporters could argue there would be nothing to stop a media outlet here from doing what was done by the New York newspaper. We hope that would not happen, because as was the case in New York, nothing would be accomplished by doing it.
There are specific exemptions to the FOIA, such as the provisions protecting citizens' private medical documents, or documents concerning ongoing police investigations.
The bill is in the House Judiciary Committee. It should stay there. Gun owners would not benefit by passage of this bill. However, if the bill passes and this exemption is allowed, the general public would lose and another barrier to the public's right to government-sanctioned information would be created.


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James Frank. + Jay KubeS?
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Posted 12 June 2013 - 08:14 AM
yes, it's true.
brand new, free 7-track EP produced entirely by the enigmatic wizard of beats himself, KubeS.
it's my best project to date i think.
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here's a set i recorded last saturday night in my room. some of its old material, some new, some unreleased and exclusive to this set as of right now...i wanted to see how i'd perform in a live setting since i haven't done an actual live show yet, so here are the results. let me know what you guys think, and if you like it don't forget to rate/sub/comment on my new channel, i need to step up my numbers so i look less pathetic lol. Thanks!
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US economy gets lift from housing, other tailwindsAP PHOTO
Automobiles pass a JP Morgan Chase building in New York. The financial crisis hammered banks and choked off loans to businesses and consumers. But lending has been rebounding. Mortgage and auto loans are rising. Commercial and industrial loans rose 2.2 percent in the July-September quarter of 2012 from the same period a year earlier.
WASHINGTON The U.S. economy is a study in contrasts.
The housing, banking and auto industries are surging back to health and that has helped push the stock market to a five-year peak. Higher prices for homes and stocks tend to make people feel wealthier and spend more.
Yet unemployment remains high and hiring modest. The end of a Social Security tax cut is shrinking already flat pay. Federal budget fights have put businesses and consumers on edge.
Balanced between those tailwinds and headwinds, the economy is struggling to accelerate. By the end of this year, though, many analysts think the tailwinds will succeed in boosting growth and fueling a more robust economy in 2014.
There is some underlying momentum, says Paul Edelstein, U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight. Its not as strong as we would like, but its there and its building.
Uncertainty about government spending cuts could be defused by summer, and any spending cuts that do take effect will likely be phased in over several years. Also, for the first time since the recession ended 3½ years ago, several key areas of the economy are simultaneously driving growth, which means the strength is more broadly based:
The nation has finally worked off the excesses of the housing bubble. Once there were too many homes for sale; now, there are too few to meet demand. That is pushing up home prices, construction and hiring trends that could accelerate U.S. economic growth in 2013 by a full percentage point, economists say.
Home prices rose 7.4 percent in the 12 months that ended in November, according to CoreLogic. It was the largest 12-month gain in six years.
Housing starts will reach 970,000 this year, according to Patrick Newport, an economist at IHS, a 24 percent jump from 2012. Thats far above the 554,000 homes started in 2009 after the housing bust, though still below the roughly 1.5 million associated with a healthy market.
Construction companies will add 140,000 jobs this year, Newport forecasts, up from a scant 18,000 last year.
Struggling consumers put off car purchases for years. Now, pent-up demand is being released: Sales reached a 5-year high of 14.5 million last year. Analysts expect sales to reach 15.5 million this year, though still short of the recent peak of around 17 million in 2005.
Production and hiring at automakers and their suppliers are increasing as a result. The auto industry added 52,000 jobs last year, the third annual gain after a decade of declines.
The financial crisis hammered banks and choked off loans to businesses and consumers. But lending has been rebounding.
Mortgage and auto loans are rising. Commercial and industrial loans rose 2.2 percent in the July-September quarter from the same period a year earlier. Bank profits reached their highest level in six years that same quarter, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Bank of America boosted the value of its mortgage loans 33 percent in the October-December quarter compared with a year earlier.
The Standard and Poors 500 stock index has more than doubled from its low in 2009 and is just 4 percent shy of its record high set in 2007.
The S&P index has jumped 5.4 percent this month in response to healthy news on housing and corporate profits. The sidestepping of the fiscal cliff at the start of the year helped, too. Higher stock prices are boosting Americans wealth, providing more fuel for spending and growth.
Stocks are getting a lift from Main Street investors for a change. In a reverse from their behavior for most of the past five years, small investors are buying more stocks instead of selling them. Investors put nearly $13 billion into U.S. stock mutual funds in the first two weeks of 2013, according to the Investment Company Institute, a trade group for funds.
In another sign of rising confidence, investors are shifting out of ultra-safe investments such as U.S. Treasurys. The interest rate, or yield, on the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond topped 2 percent on Monday for the first time since April. Bond yields rise when their prices fall.
In the short term, the economys headwinds are still restraining growth. They include:
The heaviest millstone weighing down the economy is the rift between President Barack Obama and Republicans over taxes and spending.
Further talks are expected this spring as several deadlines arrive: Across-the-board spending cuts are set to kick in March 1. Financing to run the government will expire by March 27, raising the threat of a government shutdown. And the federal borrowing cap must be raised by May 18 or the government could default on its debt.
Haziness around future tax and budget policy may already be restraining growth. A report from the Federal Reserve last week suggested that some employers delayed hiring late last year because of uncertainty over the fiscal cliff.
Job gains have held steady for the past two years at about 150,000 a month. Thats only about enough to slowly reduce the unemployment rate, now at 7.8 percent.
Even in sectors that are recovering, many companies arent yet adding jobs. Some are even cutting, especially in financial services. Bank of America, for example, has shed about 15,000 jobs in the past year.
In a robust recovery, monthly job gains are usually 250,000 or more. Thats what it would take to rapidly reduce unemployment and force employers to raise pay to attract workers.
For now, high unemployment is limiting pay. When employers have lots of job applicants to choose from, they have little incentive to give raises.
Hourly wages rose just 2.1 percent last year, only slightly above consumer inflation, which was 1.7 percent. Consumer spending, which drives about 70 percent of the economy, cant improve much until pay or job growth accelerates. Americans still are still reluctant to run up credit card debt to pay for extra consumption.
A temporary Social Security tax cut expired this year, reducing Americans take-home pay. It will cost a typical household making $50,000 a year about $1,000. A household with two high-paid workers will lose up to $4,500. The drop in pay could slow consumer spending.
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Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is used extensively by many Java applications. In this article, the first of a series on performance-tuning JDBC, I look at how to measure the performance of JDBC and how to identify which parts of your JDBC subsystem need optimizing.
java.sql interfaces
Our goal is to improve the performance of our application. Normally, your first step should be to profile the application to find the bottlenecks, and then address those bottlenecks. However, effectively profiling distributed applications can be difficult. I/O can show up as significant in profiling, simply because of the nature of a distributed application, which normally has threads spending time waiting on I/O. It can be unclear whether threads blocking on reads and writes are part of a significant bottleneck or simply a side issue. When profiling, it is usually worthwhile to have separate measurements available for the communication subsystems. So if we want to measure the performance of the JDBC subsystem, what do we measure?
If you look in the
java.sql package, there are three interfaces that form the core of JDBC:
Statement, and
ResultSet. Normal interaction with a database consists of:
Connection object from the database driver
Connection object some type of
Statement object capable of executing a particular SQL statement
Statement object to obtain a
ResultSet object that provides access to the database data.
The following example method illustrates standard database interaction by accessing all of the columns from every row of a specified database table and storing the data from each row into a
String [] array, putting all the rows in a vector:
public static Vector getATable(String tablename, Connection Connection)
throws SQLException
String sqlQuery = "SELECT * FROM " + tablename;
Statement statement = Connection.createStatement();
ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(sqlQuery);
int numColumns = resultSet.getMetaData().getColumnCount();
String[] aRow;
Vector allRows = new Vector();
aRow = new String[numColumns];
for (int i = 0; i < numColumns; i++)
//ResultSet access is 1-based, arrays are 0-based
aRow[i] = resultSet.getString(i+1);
return allRows;
There are no concrete implementations of
Statement, or
ResultSet in
java.sql, or elsewhere in the public SDK. Each implementation of these and other JDBC interfaces is created by the producer of the database driver, and delivered as part of the database driver package. If you printed out the classname of the
Connection object or other objects that you are using, you would probably see something like
XXXStatement, or
XXXStatementImpl, etc., where
XXX would be the name of the database you are using, for example, Oracle.
If we wanted to measure the JDBC performance of the example
getATable() method just presented, we could simply put calls to
System.currentTimeMillis() at the beginning and end of the
getATable() method, and print the time difference to find out how long it took. That technique would work where the database interaction is isolated, as in the
getATable() method. But usually a Java application spreads its database interaction among many methods in many classes, and it is often difficult to isolate the database interaction. How can we measure database interactions in this more widespread situation?
One ideal way would be if all the JDBC classes had measurement capabilities built into them. Then we could simply turn on measurements whenever we wanted to see the performance of the database interactions. JDBC classes do not normally provide this feature, but perhaps we can replace them with classes that do. Our target is for the replacement classes to provide exactly the
Proxy objects
Wrapping objects of a particular interface using dedicated wrapper objects of that interface is an established technique with many uses. The synchronized wrappers of the collection classes are probably the best known example, but there are many others. The SDK even has a special class which will generate wrapper objects at runtime: the
Fortunately, when a framework is defined almost entirely in terms of interfaces, as JDBC is, it becomes very simple to replace any class with another implementation. That is, after all, the whole point of interfaces. In particular, you can always replace any implementation of an interface with a wrapper class that simply wraps the original class and forwards (or delegates, in OO speak) all of the method calls to that original class. Here, we can replace the JDBC classes we use with wrappers which wrap the original classes. We can embed our measuring capabilities in the wrapper classes and have those measurements execute throughout the application.
Connection class
We'll start by wrapping the
Connection class. The following
ConnectionWrapper class implements
Connection. The class has one instance variable of
Connection type, and a constructor that initializes that instance variable with the constructor parameter. Most of the
Connection methods are simply defined to delegate the call to the instance variable:
package tuning.jdbc;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Map;
public class ConnectionWrapper implements Connection
protected Connection realConnection;
public Connection realConnection () {
return realConnection;
public ConnectionWrapper (Connection Connection) {
realConnection = Connection;
public void clearWarnings() throws SQLException {
public void close() throws SQLException {
public boolean isClosed() throws SQLException {
return realConnection.isClosed();
public void commit() throws SQLException {
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I have left out most of the methods, but they follow the template of the ones shown here. Where previously you would have used a
Connection object obtained from the database driver, you instead simply wrap that
Connection object with the
ConnectionWrapper, and use the
ConnectionWrapper object. Wherever you obtain your
Connection object, you simply need to add one extra line like the one shown here:
Connection dbConnection = getConnectionFromDriver();
dbConnection = new ConnectionWrapper(dbConnection);
Obtaining connections is really the only part of the application that needs changing. This will require all the calls that obtain a
Connection to be found and edited; however, most applications use a central factory class to provide their
Connection objects, and in these cases it is very simple to add the
ConnectionWrapper. The factory class frequently fronts a pool of connections, and there may be a little extra work to release the
Connection back into the pool, since it will first need to be unwrapped, for example:
public static void releaseConnection(Connection conn)
if (conn instanceof ConnectionWrapper)
conn = ( (ConnectionWrapper) conn).realConnection();
//carry on with original release code
We havent actually finished with the
ConnectionWrapper class yet. There are some methods of the
ConnectionWrapper class that are not simple delegations. These are the methods that provide various types of
Statement objects:
public Statement createStatement() throws SQLException {
return new StatementWrapper(realConnection.createStatement(), this);
public Statement createStatement(int resultSetType,
int resultSetConcurrency) throws SQLException {
return new StatementWrapper(
resultSetConcurrency), this);
public CallableStatement prepareCall(String sql) throws SQLException {
return new CallableStatementWrapper(
realConnection.prepareCall(sql), this, sql);
public CallableStatement prepareCall(String sql, int resultSetType,
int resultSetConcurrency) throws SQLException {
return new CallableStatementWrapper(
realConnection.prepareCall(sql, resultSetType,
resultSetConcurrency), this, sql);
public PreparedStatement prepareStatement(String sql)
throws SQLException {
return new PreparedStatementWrapper(
realConnection.prepareStatement(sql), this, sql);
public PreparedStatement prepareStatement(String sql, int resultSetType,
int resultSetConcurrency) throws SQLException {
return new PreparedStatementWrapper(
realConnection.prepareStatement(sql, resultSetType,
resultSetConcurrency), this, sql);
As you can see, we have three types of
Statement wrapper classes we need to define. In addition, there is one other wrapper class we need, for the
DatabaseMetaData. This wrapper class is required for completeness, because
DatabaseMetaData can return the
Connection object used to create the
DatabaseMetaData, so we need to make sure that the
Connection object is our wrapped one, not the original unwrapped
public DatabaseMetaData getMetaData() throws SQLException {
return new DatabaseMetaDataWrapper(
realConnection.getMetaData(), this);
The three statement classes,
PreparedStatement, and
CallableStatement, have similar simple wrappers that forward all of the calls:
public class StatementWrapper implements Statement
protected Statement realStatement;
protected ConnectionWrapper connectionParent;
public StatementWrapper(Statement statement, ConnectionWrapper parent)
realStatement = statement;
connectionParent = parent;
public void cancel() throws SQLException {
I've chosen to implement the
PreparedStatementWrapper as a subclass of
StatementWrapper, but that isn't a requrement. You could have
PreparedStatement as a subclass of
Object and implement all of the required methods rather than inherit the
Statement methods:
public class PreparedStatementWrapper extends StatementWrapper implements PreparedStatement
PreparedStatement realPreparedStatement;
String sql;
public PreparedStatementWrapper(PreparedStatement statement, ConnectionWrapper parent, String sql)
super(statement, parent);
realPreparedStatement = statement;
this.sql = sql;
public void addBatch() throws SQLException {
Similarly, I've chosen to implement the
CallableStatementWrapper as a subclass of
public class CallableStatementWrapper extends PreparedStatementWrapper implements CallableStatement
CallableStatement realCallableStatement;
public CallableStatementWrapper(CallableStatement statement, ConnectionWrapper parent, String sql)
super(statement, parent, sql);
realCallableStatement = statement;
public Array getArray(int i) throws SQLException {
return new SQLArrayWrapper(realCallableStatement.getArray(i), this, sql);
Once again, we haven't quite finished. There are several kinds of methods in these
Statement wrapper classes which should not be simple delegations. First, there is a method that returns the
Connection object. We want to return the
ConnectionWrapper instead, but that is easy enough. Here is the method from
public Connection getConnection() throws SQLException {
return connectionParent;
Second, we have methods that return
ResultSets. These methods need to return
ResultSet wrappers. In order to keep the
ResultSetWrapper consistent, I've added a
lastSqlString instance variable to
StatementWrapper, which is passed to the
ResultSetWrapper constructor. This instance variable will become useful when we come to assigning measurements to particular SQL statements. The methods that return
ResultsSets are:
//StatementWrapper method
public ResultSet getResultSet() throws SQLException {
return new ResultSetWrapper(realStatement.getResultSet(), this, lastSql);
public ResultSet executeQuery(String sql) throws SQLException {
return new ResultSetWrapper(realStatement.executeQuery(sql), this, sql);
//PreparedStatementWrapper method
public ResultSet executeQuery() throws SQLException {
return new ResultSetWrapper(realPreparedStatement.executeQuery(), this, sql);
Third, some methods use
java.sql.Array objects. Because these
Array objects can return a
ResultSet, we again need to provide an
Array wrapper so that
ResultSetWrapper objects will be returned rather than plain
ResultSets. We also need to handle the case where an
Array object is passed in to the
setArray() method: if it is an
Array wrapper, the object needs to be unwrapped before being passed to the underlying
public void setArray(int i, Array x) throws SQLException {
if (x instanceof SQLArrayWrapper)
realPreparedStatement.setArray(i, ((SQLArrayWrapper) x).realArray);
realPreparedStatement.setArray(i, x);
public Array getArray(int i) throws SQLException {
return new SQLArrayWrapper(realCallableStatement.getArray(i), this, sql);
Finally, the reason we are creating all these wrapper classes is to enable measurements to be taken. The methods that execute the SQL statements are, reasonably enough, called
execute-something. We need to add logging into these methods. Note that I delegate responsibility for logging to a
JDBCLogger class in the following methods. Essentially, each method has a call to the real execute method wrapped with a logging call. I pass the
sql string and the current thread to the logging call because these are both very useful parameters for any type of logging, especially measuring the time taken for the procedure to run. Note also that I've redefined the
executeQuery() methods that return
ResultSets (which were first defined a couple of code fragments back) so that they now have logging inserted:
//StatementWrapper methods
public void addBatch(String sql) throws SQLException {
lastSql = sql;
public boolean execute(String sql) throws SQLException {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
JDBCLogger.startLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
boolean b = realStatement.execute(sql);
JDBCLogger.endLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
lastSql = sql;
return b;
public int[] executeBatch() throws SQLException {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
JDBCLogger.startLogSqlQuery(t, "batch");
int[] i = realStatement.executeBatch();
JDBCLogger.endLogSqlQuery(t, "batch");
return i;
public ResultSet executeQuery(String sql) throws SQLException {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
JDBCLogger.startLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
ResultSet r = realStatement.executeQuery(sql);
JDBCLogger.endLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
lastSql = sql;
return new ResultSetWrapper(r, this, sql);
public int executeUpdate(String sql) throws SQLException {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
JDBCLogger.startLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
int i = realStatement.executeUpdate(sql);
JDBCLogger.endLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
lastSql = sql;
return i;
//PreparedStatementWrapper methods
public boolean execute() throws SQLException {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
JDBCLogger.startLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
boolean b = realPreparedStatement.execute();
JDBCLogger.endLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
return b;
public ResultSet executeQuery() throws SQLException {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
JDBCLogger.startLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
ResultSet r = realPreparedStatement.executeQuery();
JDBCLogger.endLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
return new ResultSetWrapper(r, this, sql);
public int executeUpdate() throws SQLException {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
JDBCLogger.startLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
int i = realPreparedStatement.executeUpdate();
JDBCLogger.endLogSqlQuery(t, sql);
return i;
ResultSetWrapper class once again consists mainly of delegated methods:
public class ResultSetWrapper implements ResultSet
ResultSet realResultSet;
StatementWrapper parentStatement;
String sql;
public ResultSetWrapper(ResultSet resultSet, StatementWrapper statement, String sql) {
realResultSet = resultSet;
parentStatement = statement;
this.sql = sql;
public boolean absolute(int row) throws SQLException {
return realResultSet.absolute(row);
Again, there are some methods which are not plain delegations. The
getStatement() method returns the statement that generated this
ResultSet. We need to return the
public Statement getStatement() throws SQLException {
return parentStatement;
getArray() methods need to return a wrapped
Array object:
public Array getArray(int i) throws SQLException {
return new SQLArrayWrapper(realResultSet.getArray(i), parentStatement, sql);
public Array getArray(String colName) throws SQLException {
return new SQLArrayWrapper(realResultSet.getArray(colName), parentStatement, sql);
And finally, we need to add logging. Many developers erroneously believe that the various
Statement.execute*() methods incur the main cost of the database interaction. This is true for database updates, and for database reads that involve only a few rows. But if more than a few rows of a query are being read, then the
ResultSet.next() method can spend a significant amount of time fetching rows from the database. If many rows are to be read,
ResultSet.next() calls can cumulatively take much more time than the execution of the SQL statement. So it is natural to log the
ResultSet.next() calls.
public boolean next() throws SQLException {
Thread t = Thread.currentThread();
JDBCLogger.startLogSqlNext(t, sql);
boolean b = realResultSet.next();
JDBCLogger.endLogSqlNext(t, sql);
return b;
There are other
ResultSet calls that you can log if you need, such as
previous(), or
insertRow(), etc. But most applications will only need
next() logged, and that is how Ill leave the class.
That pretty much covers the classes that need wrapping. I haven't explicitly shown the
Array wrapper or the
DatabaseMetaData wrapper, but they are straightforward, needing only delegation and
ResultSetWrappers and
ConnectionWrappers returned instead of
ResultSets and
Connections. All of the classes in full for JDBC 2 can be obtained from the further resources section. JDBC 1, JDBC 2 and the upcoming JDBC 3 are all amenable to this technique of using wrapper objects to measure database interaction. They differ in their interface definitions (and so, require different wrapper classes), but all of the wrapper classes for the different versions can be created in the same way, following the procedure covered in this article.
The class I haven't yet shown you is the
JDBCLogger class. A simple implementation of that class would be with null calls for the logging methods. This would provide no logging:
package tuning.jdbc;
public class JDBCLogger
public static void startLogSqlQuery(Thread t, String sql) {}
public static void endLogSqlQuery(Thread t, String sql) {}
public static void startLogSqlNext(Thread t, String sql) {}
public static void endLogSqlNext(Thread t, String sql) {}
A more useful definition would be to time the queries. The following methods work by holding the start time of the query and finding the elapsed time for the query when it finishes. The methods are kept simple by assuming that SQL queries cannot recurse within the same thread, an assumption which is generally true:
private static Hashtable QueryTime = new Hashtable();
public static void startLogSqlQuery(Thread t, String sql)
if (QueryTime.get(t) != null)
System.out.println("WARNING: overwriting sql query log time for " + sql);
QueryTime.put(t, new Long(System.currentTimeMillis()));
public static void endLogSqlQuery(Thread t, String sql)
long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
time -= ((Long) QueryTime.get(t)).longValue();
System.out.println("Time: " + time + " millis for SQL query " + sql);
Using these methods in the
JDBCLogger class would provide output lines similar to:
Time: 53 millis for SQL query SELECT * FROM JACKTABL
for every SQL query execution. This gives you precise measurements for each of your SQL queries. You can also sum the queries in the
JDBCLogger class, retain the maximum half-dozen measurements or so, and then print out a summary statment. The summary measurements I usually like to have are minimum, maximum, average, standard deviation, and 90th percentile value. These summary values tend to be more useful for a scaled-up system, whereas printing individual lines for each query is more useful when profiling the system during development.
I have found the techniques presented here to be very useful in determining the performance of JDBC calls, both in development and in deployed applications. Because the wrappers are simple and robust, and require very little alteration to the application using them (i.e, are low maintenance), they are suitable to be retained within a deployed application. Creating a configurable
JDBCLogger class will allow you to turn logging on and off at will.
During development, these classes have enabled me to identify both individually expensive database interactions and repeated database interactions which are expensive because of their cumulative cost. Identifying these expensive database interactions is the necessary first step to improving your application's performance. In deployed environments, these wrapper classes have identified discrepancies between the expected performance and those actually obtained, and have helped to identify why those discrepancies exist.
Note that there is also a free tool available from Provision6, called the P6Spy driver, which uses the techniques illustrated in this article to log JDBC calls.
After you have used these classes to pinpoint where JDBC is causing a performance problem, you will need to tune the database interactions. The performance tuning techniques to tune JDBC will be presented in future Tuning JDBC articles.
Jack Shirazi is the author of Java Performance Tuning. He was an early adopter of Java, and for the last few years has consulted mainly for the financial sector, focusing on Java performance.
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Wisconsin's top education official is offering prayers and support to victims of the Connecticut school shooting and their families.
Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Tony Evers says he's keeping all the students, parents and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., in his heart and prayers.
Evers condemns the shooting as a "senseless act of violence" and says the community of Newtown has been changed forever.
Evers says these are difficult times for parents and school children everywhere, including Wisconsin. He says people must support and care for their children as they hear about the tragedy and try to understand something that is "incomprehensible and senseless."
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Can I Volunteer in Yellowstone?
Volunteerism in Yellowstone is important. Annually, more than 500 volunteers provide services to the Park and its visitors while learning new skills and getting to know Yellowstone from the inside out.
Although the Park receives hundreds of applications each year, they can accept only the number for whom they can house or provide an RV campsite, as well as training and supervision. Volunteer campground hosts, for instance, arrive in their own RVs and are supplied with a campsite and an electrical hook-up.
Many volunteers are already located at the Park, working in the hotels or gift shops, and help on their days off. Some volunteers return to their same job year after year; others help for a day or a week at a time.
There are many opportunities to serve as a volunteer from being an archeological assistant to staffing the desk at the Heritage & Research Center, to clearing hiking trails.
One very popular program is the Yellowstone Park Foundation's Fly Fishing Volunteers Program which takes groups of anglers out for a day at a time during the summer. These folks fish and collect tiny fin samples for researchers before releasing their catch. For more information about this program, please email YPF at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll put you in touch with the appropriate parties in the Park.
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Holiday Lights There are tens of thousands of lights and over 70 figurines at this home on the 10400 block of Briar Circle in Bloomington. It is also serving as a food drop off site for the VEAP food bank. (credit: Dave Carroll)
Holiday Lights Only 12,000 lights and 77 figurines! The owners said the house turned out to have an angelic look this year. You can check it out the neighbors on the 200 block of Dale Street W. in South Saint Paul. (credit: Matt Muntean)
Holiday Lights Bob and Julie Little have almost 40,000 lights on a tree in front of their Bloomington home. They live at 9145 Meadowview Road. That's south of Mall of America, near Highway 77 and Old Shkaopee Road. (credit: CBS)
Holiday Lights You will be walking in a winter wonderland at this home. (credit: Scott And Kelly Mueller)
Holiday Lights Imagine Santa getting on this roof to deliver presents. (credit: CBS)
Holiday Lights In 2007, the Behling Family in Oakdale, had 40 large hand-painted wooden figures lit with flood lights and decorated with 9,000 lights. (credit: The Behling Family)
Holiday Lights The Schultz Family home in St. Paul in 2007. (credit: The Schultz Family)
Holiday Lights Back in 2007, the Rozell Household in Hopkins, Minn. had more than 20,000 lights with a Gingerbread House theme. (credit: Rick Rozell)
Holiday Lights We couldn't pass up showing you this house of Michael and Rosina Liquori from Glen Cove, Long Island. (credit: CBS)
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August 28, 2012 —
Volunteer firefighter and supervisor Brian Stuart wasn't trained in fire school to fight this type of fire. Sparks flew at the August 20 Lackawaxen Township meeting between one of the Lackawaxen Fire Commission departments, Greeley, and representatives from the fire commission, whose mission is to pool resources from the four fire departments in the township.
Fueling the flame was Greeley's desire to withdraw from the commission after their commitment is up at the end of the year.
The four departments are Greeley, Central, Forest and Lackawaxen. The township fire commission was formed over three years ago in an attempt to cut costs for the township by banding together, giving the township leverage to negotiate favorable rates with vendors like gas companies and insurance agencies. And since all departments rely on donations for part of their funding, those efforts, too, would be consolidated, saving money on postage and easing pressure on residents who want to donate but who are torn between departments. The money raised is then divided up between departments.
That's the theory. In practice, however, Greeley fire representatives said they are better off on their own.
"We never had a commission before, we survived, we did very well," said Greeley fire chief Bob Schmidt. "We just don't really want to participate in it because it's going nowhere."
He said his department gets good rates for services already, citing the fact that, last year, the company saved $240 on propane using their current company.
"Between the insurance and the fuel and the other stuff, we get it much cheaper than the commission is offering, so naturally, we wouldn't go with the commission," said Greeley Fire Department president Joyce Robertson.
Fire commission president John Kerkowsky said he appreciates that Greeley has made good deals to cut costs, but the buying power of the commission could take those savings to a new level. The commission has done a fuel study to try to get the best bulk fuel rate, and is waiting to receive an umbrella insurance policy quote from two competing insurance companies, one of which Greeley is using now. He predicted a consolidated policy could save the township anywhere from $4,000 to $6,000, but success hinges on one major factor.
"We're trying to work for the common good," Kerkowsky said. "Unless everybody agrees to sign on to it, it's not going to be effective. It has to be a team effort."
Greeley does not want to play for that team. Schmidt said the Greeley department usually raises $18,000 to $25,000 in fundraising a year. They only received $6,000 so far from the first consolidated mailing, while a second mailing is coming in the fall.
Schmidt admitted that the department is not operating in the red. In fact, it receives $89,000 a year from the township for maintenance and upkeep. But the approximate $12,000 shortfall in donations will affect other initiatives and investments, like kids programs, fire safety education and station kitchen upgrades.
Through all the smoke, chairman of the supervisors Brian Stuart sees hope that someday there will be a unified township fire commission.
"There might come a day where someone in the fire company says, 'you know what, I have a ton of experience—what's this fire commission about?' and you can get them involved."
In the meantime, it seems the only thing all departments are unified on is the mission to keep their communities safe from the flames they're trained to fight.


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"I am a cradle Catholic and my husband of eight years just went through RCIA this Easter. Praise the Lord! His conversion was due, in large part, to your show and the awesome answers of Tim Staples, Jimmy Akin, and the rest of the gang. Your show has helped me, my now husband, grow deeply in love with the Church."
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Written by GT on 14.11.2010 at 16:32
Sounds like this show topped the one at Wacken and that one was awesome. Too bad I didn't have a chance to catch them near me
Written by The Shape 1973 on 13.11.2010 at 19:58
Still would like to catch Epica at some point.
I have seen Floor before in the After Forever days. She always seems to meet the fans after the show. Brilliant voice and not a massive ego so she spends time with her fans.


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The second semester of my junior year will be over in T-17 hours, and I just rediscovered my favorite song of junior year of high school, the Postal Service remix of "Mushaboom" by Feist.* The flutter in my heart from this year ending and a little too much caffeine escalated to a full-swing palpitation when I heard the first few beats of this song come on my Pandora Radio Station, instantly recognizable to me.
"Mushaboom" comes packed with the memories of junior year's stresses, but also carefree summer drives around the suburbs of New Jersey that always seemed to lead us to either a playground or one of our three token diners. College was but a mirage in the future then, and now I'm less than one full day from my status as a Haverford senior, and I gotta be honest with you, I'm freaking out about it.
This recollection seemingly just came out of nowhere, but really, it was stuck in the song. And as sad as I am about this year ending, this summer project is the perfect thing to have in my future
*Jane Holloway '11 showed me this other little diddy yesterday, another remix of another song by another female vocalist, but oh how good dub-step treatment can be. What's up, Finals Music 2K10? Here it is: La Roux – In For The Kill (Slugabed rekindle).


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ETTRICK, Wis. -- It's time to shake, rattle, and roll for this five some of friends in Ettrick, Wisconsin. This weekly ritual has been going on for years. But I should mention; they don't ever let 'em roll until first they let 'em fly!
Golfing is the main attraction for these fellas as members of the senior league at the Ettrick golf club. But 'senior' doesn't even begin to describe it!
Meet 81-year-old LeRoy Anderson. "LeRoy is always in a hurry. The person getting things going." "I said we could go it! Nobody's listening!'
Then there's Lee Chenoweth, the best golfer of the bunch. "I will be 20. 20. I was going to say 23. I will be 93 in July." "Lee is pretty taciturn, pretty quiet."
The biggest character is without a doubt Reynolds Tompter. "Time out for tremendous applause." "I'm 95. Born in 1917." "Seems like he's the talker of the bunch." "You got that right!"
And then there's the 'old-man' of the group, the amazingly spry Ray Nereng. "I was 100 four months ago." "He's a true competitor, an athlete."
And we can't forget about the newest addition to the gang, Michael Kittleson, practically a baby at the age of 70. "They don't make me wear diapers or anything!" Michael started as a sub but was soon grandfathered in. "I'm not that good a golfer. And it's a little embarrassing getting beaten by them."
They started playing together out of necessity more than anything. "By natural selection because of the ages and your friends of your younger years aren't around. So we were kind of the leftovers."
Grumpy Old Men they are not. Well, not usually. "When someone is putting when they should shut up, then we talk it out."
"But it's hard to be perfect. I'm one of those that can't keep quiet!!"
Even though they are very seasoned seniors, they refuse to play from the senior tees.
"My attitude towards that is it's too much like the ladies tee offs. So I can't stand that. So I have to go off the white tees."
They try to shoot their age although admit, "it doesn't happen very often any more."
And if for some reason you are still not impressed, guess what they do when the finish the round at this nine hole course? They turn around and start all. over. again. "And you don't get tired? Well that's part of the deal. You've got to get tired."
But don't let them fool you. They may be no spring chickens they will not hesitate to throw the gauntlet down! "I would like to put this five some up against any other five some in the U.S. whose ages would total ours. If you would like to challenge us, we would be happy to meet you with the gloves off."
They finish where we started. A friendly dice game with a one beer wager on the line and the understanding that next, they'll do it all over again. "On the golf course there's nothing but good company." "We all have to have friends and if you have friends, you've got it made. That makes life."


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CNJ staff photo: Helena Rodriguez Ernie Kos of the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce shows one of the first donations to the future Curry County Historical Museum — a handgun used in a 1920s or 1930s feud.
By Helena Rodriguez: CNJ staff writer
Roswell draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to its UFO museum every year. In Lubbock, they flock to the Buddy Holly Museum. Clovis officials hope to get visitors rolling into town, too, with the Norman and Vi Petty Rock 'N' Roll Museum.
"One thing we have that is unique to Clovis is our history of music and our Norman Petty Seventh Street Studio. Once we get a museum up and running, the museum, combined with our Clovis Music Festival, we hope to get a large increase in people driving through," said Chase Gentry, Clovis Industrial Development Corp. executive director.
"I understand that Roswell gets 250,000 visitors a year to its UFO museum, and if we can catch a portion of those people, we will be doing good," Gentry added.
Ernie Kos, Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce executive director, said the Chamber is working on the museum in cooperation with the Norman Petty Studios after getting state grants in 2005.
Work has already begun for the museum, which will be located in the basement of the new Business Enterprise Center in the building that houses the CIDC and Chamber offices. Officials hope to open the museum in 2008.
About $350,000 in funds is available to begin work on the museum, and Gentry said he and a committee have been working with an architectural firm on the interior and exterior design of the museum.
"The concept of the museum is that it will be educational but also interactive. We want it to be a state-of-the-art facility with story boards that tell the history, and we also want to have a small theater when people walk in where we hope we can show the movie, 'The Buddy Holly Story,'" Gentry said. Other ideas for the museum include a 1950s soda fountain.
Gentry said he is also discussing with the architects the possibility of a facade with an awning that will create the image of a guitar when the sun shines through.
State Rep. Anna Crook, R-Clovis, started working on getting funding for the museum three years ago. Crook said, "There is a worldwide Buddy Holly thing and this will create a lot of interest. It will put Clovis on the map more when it comes to rock and roll history."
The Petty museum will also house a collection of Curry County artifacts to showcase the area's history. Gentry said the plan is to establish a separate Curry County Historial Museum in the future.
Curry County artifacts are being sought, and one of the first donations has already been received. The Brett Johnson Foundation recently donated a revolver carried by Carl Bohannan when he was killed during a gunfight with Vernon Tate during the infamous Tate/Bohannan Feud that took place during the 1920s or 1930s.
According to Kos, the gun was used during a robbery at the old Citizens Bank on Main Street. They have also received an old Clovis High School band jacket.
Gentry said an entourage will be visiting museums in other towns such as Nashville, Tenn., to get more ideas for the rock 'n' roll and historical museums.
Historical artifacts may be donated to the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce, 105 E. Grand Ave., Clovis, NM 88101. 763-3435.


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11 NCAA Div. III individual championships
DUBUQUE—The Central College men's and women's track and field teams kicked off the first day of competition at the Iowa Conference championship meet with seven all-conference performances.
Through six events the men's squad is in second with 56 points while Wartburg leads with 58 points. The women's squad is sitting in fourth after collecting 37 points with Wartburg first after scoring 80 points.
Dutch men take distance medley—Central scored a come-from-behind victory in the men's distance medley relay Saturday, with the quartet of Kyle Nuehring (freshman, Waukee), Philip Heisterkamp (senior, Jefferson, Jefferson-Scranton HS), Ben Schornack (senior, Urbandale), and Drew Jackson (sophomore, Johnston) crossing the line in ten minutes, 14 seconds. Central and Wartburg exchanged the lead four times before a blazing bell lap from Jackson secured the win.
Meanwhile, Eric Larson (sophomore, Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS) had a big first day with a pair of runner-up finishes in the pole vault (13-9.25) and the long jump (22-3). Eli Horton (sophomore, Runnells, Southeast Polk HS) and Cole Decker (freshman, Des Moines, West Des Moines Dowling HS) took second (15:24.82) and third (15:29.63) respectively in the 5,000 meters, while the 4x200-meter relay team of Mitch Wagoner (junior, Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls-Alden HS), Logan Danko (senior, Centerville), Spencer Hammack (freshman, Ottumwa), and Mason Zimmerman (sophomore, Urbandale) earned all-conference honors with a third place finish (1:30.58). Steve Messerschmidt (junior, Neola, Tri-Center HS) was fourth (48-1.75) in the shot put with teammate Gunnar Johnson (sophomore, Johnston) seventh (46-4.75). Aaron Fuller was sixth in the pole vault (13-9.25)
Heading into the second day of competition, Conner Freeman (sophomore, Urbandale) leads the heptathlon with 2,613 points, with Jaemin Powel (freshman, Wellman, Mid-Prairie HS) in third (2,607 points) and Fuller in eighth (2,233 points). The Dutch also qualified a trio of men for the 55-meter hurdles finals. Larson and Drake Hickok (freshman, Cedar Rapids, Washington HS) won their heats in 7.85 second and 7.86 seconds respectively to earn automatic qualify spots, while Dan Roemerman (freshman, Iowa City, City HS) earned an at-large bid with a time of 7.88 seconds.
New school record for women's 4x200 relay—In the evening's final event, the foursome of Melanie Nielsen (freshman, Atlantic), Felicia Coleman (senior, Houston, Texas, J. Frank Dobie HS), Camie Kibbee (sophomore, Mason City), and McKenna Zimmerman (sophomore, Urbandale) cracked Central's school mark in the 4x200-meter relay en route to a second-place showing (1:44.57).
Meanwhile, the distance medley squad of Molly Bramble (freshman, Waukee), Taylor Beckman (sophomore, Panora, Panorama HS), Emily Saville (sophomore, Cedar Rapids, Linn-Mar HS), and Amanda Dunkin (junior, Pella) finished in fourth (12:57.89), while Mel McDermott (senior, Britt, West Hancock HS) and Alyssa Eaves (sophomore, Johnston) were fourth (18:36.52) and eighth (19:18.98) respectively in the 5,000 meters. Kaitlyn Gillett (sophomore, Cedar Falls) took fifth (2,774 points) in the pentathlon, while Morgan Sharp (senior, Grinnell) was seventh (2,753 points). Sharp was also seventh in the long jump (16-6) and Jess Fevold was fourth in the shot put (39-2.5).
Zimmerman used a big personal-best to qualify for the finals of the 55-meter hurdles (8.65) while Coleman was the top qualifier in the 55-meter dash (7.24).
Competition resumes Sunday at 9 a.m. with the men's heptathlon while the running and field events are slated for noon.


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My Sista Sites are one of those series that I tend to forget about. Opps….. But I promise to do a better job. I just checked out my Google Reader subscriptions and realized that I am subscribed to 75 blogs or websites!! That's a lot. Obviously those blogs interest me in some way so what better way to show them how much I love them than by tootin'….uhhh…their horn.
This edition of Sista Sites showcase blogs that begin with the letter "F".
Random, I know…
- Fab Vixen: This lovely lady from Memphis incorporates many different elements of her blog, which I love! One minute she's talking about money management and the next….fab summer dresses. Either way, I'm tuning in!
- Facepaint 101: The author of this blog defines beautiful. Seriously. Suzie C's skin is just absolutely divine, as are her make-up skills. She also happens to find the best NYX products. *pouts* No faiiiir.
- Fashion Devotee: I have never met someone so more obsessed with fashion than my friend, Ari. Gotta admit…chick is pretty fly. And doesn't hesitate to tell me when I'm not matching. She has bits and pieces of that fabulousness that she showcases on her blog. Not to mention…she is a wonderful friend! Love you, sis!
- Forty is the New 20: Mrs. PBW is like that Aunt who's house you visit and never want to leave. And she won't make you feel bad about it either. I love the reviews of beauty products she gives us. And her honesty is refreshing. I feel all special anytime I see a comment from her; she's a published author, yall!
I've got at least 8 mascara reviews comin' up. But these have been the top 2 requested babies. I've decided to override the make-up probation (just this once, I've been good, Lady PO) and start testing them out. Which should I review first?
The Above Painting is one of my favorites. The piece is called "Rhythm" by Keith Mallett.
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The Gonzaga University women's basketball team closed out its opening two-game California roadtrip 2-0 after earning a hard-fought 63-52 victory at Pacific-12 Conference member USC Sunday afternoon.
"It is a great win to beat a team with a tradition in USC," explained an elated Kelly Graves after the game. "To come down to California and go 2-0 on our first roadtrip to start the year and to get a win today especially after how we looked on Friday really showed what character we have."
Gonzaga's win snapped a two-game losing skid to the Women of Troy, including a 58-51 setback at the McCarthey Athletic Center last season.
The Bulldogs first half against USC was in stark contrast to their opening 20 minutes at UC Riverside Friday. Gonzaga, who shot under 25 percent against the Highlanders and scored only 19 points, shot a blistering 56.7 percent (17-of-30) from the floor versus the Women of Troy, which helped it to a 37-22 halftime advantage.
Nine players helped the Zags to their 15-point advantage; including sophomore Keani Albanez who scored a first half high nine points on 4-of-7 shooting.
It was Albanez who sparked a Gonzaga 11-0 run early in the half when she drained a 3-pointer, only minutes after entering the game. She closed out the run with a layup to put the score at 23-4 at the 11:24 mark.
The Bulldogs defense was stellar in the opening half as well as they forced 14 USC turnovers and capitalized on those miscues scoring 14 points.
Gonzaga also held the Trojans field goal-less for over eight minutes and because of that was able to open up its 19-point edge.
The Zags largest lead in the first half was 22 points at 34-12 with 4:16 remaining but a 10-3 run by the Trojans to close out the half cut their advantage to 15.
The Trojans began the second half on tear, forcing the Bulldogs to turn the ball over five times in the first four minutes and used 10-4 spurt to get GU's lead to single-digits at 41-32 with 16:15 left in the contest.
Crucial shots by Albanez halted USC's momentum. The Santa Barbara, Calif., native, had eight points in the Zags 12-3 run that gave them some breathing room at 53-35 with 10:37 left. She drained two 3-pointers in the run and had a jumper.
Gonzaga wasn't out of the woods though as USC battled and got GU's lead back in single-digits at 61-52 with under 2:30 to play.
The Bulldogs stood tall, forcing USC's Cassie Harberts to miss two lay-ins down the stretch and, like they had on Friday, made the free throws that counted.
It was Taelor Karr that was composed on the line, sinking both free throws with 32 ticks on the clock to secure the 11-point victory.
For the game, the Zags shot 45.3 percent from the floor (24-of-53) and hit 62.5 percent (10-of-15) at the charity stripe.
Albanez led the Zags for the second-straight game, tying her career-high of 17 points. Junior Haiden Palmer added 13 points, while Karr chipped in 10.
"Keani was terrific," stated Graves of his sophomore guard. "She has got an amazing motor and when she is feeling it offensively man can she really get it going. I was really happy she did it in front of family and friends."
USC was led by Harberts with a double-double of 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Gonzaga now returns to Spokane to host the University of Wisconsin in its home-opening contest Friday. Game time is set for 6 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score
Gonzaga vs USC
11/11/12 2:00 p.m. at Los Angeles, Calif. (Galen Center)
At Los Angeles, Calif. (Galen Center)
ALBANEZ, Keani 7-12 0-0 17; PALMER, Haiden 5-13 2-4 13; KARR, Taelor 3-5 3-4
10; GREINACHER, Sunny 2-5 3-4 7; REDMON, Jazmine 2-7 2-2 6; GOLDEN,
Stephanie 2-4 0-0 4; KUDRON, Kiara 1-1 0-0 2; TINKLE, Elle 1-1 0-0 2;
WATERS, Chelsea 1-1 0-0 2; CHESLEK, Shelby 0-2 0-0 0; WINTERS, Meghan 0-1
0-0 0; WALTER, Danielle 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 24-53 10-16 63.
Harberts, Cassie 6-14 6-10 18; Marinacci, Christina 4-10 0-0 9; Barrett,
Brianna 3-6 3-4 9; Oliver, Kate 2-6 1-2 6; Alofaituli, Kiki 1-4 2-4 4;
Adams, Jordan 2-8 0-0 4; Gibbs, Destinie 1-3 0-0 2; Vaioletama, Alexyz 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 19-51 12-20 52.
Gonzaga....................... 37 26 - 63
3-point goals--Gonzaga 5-15 (ALBANEZ, Keani 3-5; KARR, Taelor 1-3; PALMER,
Haiden 1-3; WINTERS, Meghan 0-1; WALTER, Danielle 0-1; REDMON, Jazmine 0-2),
USC 2-8 (Oliver, Kate 1-2; Marinacci, Christina 1-2; Adams, Jordan 0-3;
Gibbs, Destinie 0-1). Fouled out--Gonzaga-None, USC-Gibbs, Destinie.
Rebounds--Gonzaga 31 (PALMER, Haiden 5; GREINACHER, Sunny 5; CHESLEK, Shelby
5), USC 36 (Harberts, Cassie 10). Assists--Gonzaga 9 (REDMON, Jazmine 3),
USC 8 (Adams, Jordan 3). Total fouls--Gonzaga 16, USC 18. Technical
fouls--Gonzaga-None, USC-None. A-832


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Uh-oh. The Lung/Krause duo bought a video camera. We're in for some interesting times, fellow bloggers.
LOL, hilarious.
If you guys are hitting youtube now… it definitively will be some "interesting" times. Looking forward to it.
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Thanks, ya'll, for your support of RSBS TV and its humble (I mean really HUMBLE) beginning. While it is not a high-quality production (yet) it may turn into that. We are trying to get Bill O'Reilly to host some events (like a fight to the death between he and Olberman).
It may be time for a short vacation; the confluence of events—-the playoffs; the campaign; trying to come to grips with Sarah Palin—-is getting to you.


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