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That may be Tracey, but when you post practically the same article four weeks in a row, under the pretense of a preowned sale which wouldn't be fair on game trade values to compare, and now because people may get new consoles? You can see why it's a little suspect. Especially when the exact same values (with EB comparisons) are being given out as flyers at GAME stores.
If EB or Jb HiFi have a preowned sale next week, I somehow doubt they'd be offered the same luxury.
Uh... don't know where you have been dude. But both EB and JB -DO- have their pre-owned stuff on sale currently.
Its obvious GAME have looked at EBs trade values and added $10-$20 trade value and applied it to their own.
Where's the Gametraders and JB trade values?
Game have consistently had higher console trade values over the last 2 years.. and JB do not trade consoles!
WEST POINT, N.Y. (Army News Service, April 21, 2016) -- Regarding cyber, "we are training in the dozens and our adversaries are training in the thousands," said Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon, referencing what he heard at a cyber briefing at Carnegie Mellon, one of the top cybersecurity universities in the world.
Cardon, commander, U.S. Army Cyber Command and Second Army, spoke at the Army Cyber Institute and Palo Alto Networks-sponsored Joint Service Academy Cyber Security Summit at the U.S. Military Academy, April 21.
Retired Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, senior advisor to the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, added his own concern about the need for more cyber operators: "I believe within the next five years there will be an attempt to conduct a devastating attack on our infrastructure somewhere in the United States."
Everyone agreed that given those concerns, talent management in cyber with regard to recruiting, placement and retention should be a very high priority.
Cardon said for now, retention is more of a problem than recruiting. He said he believes there are three things that motivate a cyber operator to stay: "Those who are passionate in this space, they want autonomy, purpose and mastery."
With regard to purpose, he said cyber operators want to know that what they're doing matters. "When you get the purpose aligned, it's magnificent. They want to be known for what they're doing, it's not just about money."
As to autonomy, they don't want to be overly supervised. "The Army is a hierarchical organization, so that's a challenge to work through," he noted.
Cyber offers training opportunities to get to higher mastery levels, Cardon said. Also, the Army sends Soldiers to other agencies or industry to work with them -- and they really like that.
Along with mastery, they can work with some real cutting-edge technology, he added. "You can do some really neat things that you can't do on the outside."
As to compensation, there are a number of bonus programs, he said.
Odierno added that while compensation is important, cyber operators need job satisfaction and to know from their supervisors that their work is truly appreciated.
But even all of that doesn't always hold people in, Cardon admitted.
That's why the Army created a cyber branch and is in the process of developing an incentivizing track, along with the rest of the Department of Defense.
What that track will be isn't clear yet, but here's how it might look, he offered.
If a cyber operator decides to leave the Army, he or she might retain all clearances and be in some sort of reserve status, he posited. And, "if we need you, we could call you back," which they would probably like, because it likely would involve solving some unique, difficult and interesting problem.
"But just as importantly, if you just wanted to come back, you could come back," he said. "All that's being worked and the reason we can do that is we have a branch to work through it."
Hillary Clinton laid out part of her agenda to combat climate change on Sunday, calling for a sharp increase in the use of solar energy and other green energy sources with the stated goal of powering every home in America with renewable energy by 2027.
It was an ambitious benchmark, and it drew swift praise from some prominent environmental groups who welcomed Clinton's push for carbon-neutral fuels. But others were more concerned about what Clinton left out - and it was quite a list, if you ask them.
""Clinton's climate plan is remarkable for what it [doesn't] say, yet," declared Climate Hawks Vote, an environmental advocacy group, in a statement. "No effort to keep fossil fuels in the ground, no price on carbon; no word on Keystone XL, Arctic oil, or other carbon bombs; no word on fracking; no call for adaptation."
"Hillary Clinton is just half the way there," added Bill McKibben, who's helped lead the push for President Obama to reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline as the head of a group called 350.org."This is a credible commitment to renewable energy, and a recognition that the economics of electricity are changing fast. Now, we need Clinton to show she understands the other half of the climate change equation -- and prove she has the courage to stand up against fossil fuel projects like offshore and Arctic drilling, coal leasing in the Powder River basin, and the Keystone XL pipeline.
"At the end of the day, growth in renewables doesn't mean enough if we're simultaneously kicking the decarbonization can down the road with more pipelines and more extraction on public lands," McKibben added.
Indeed, Clinton did not weigh in on issues like offshore drilling and hydraulic fracturing, both techniques used to extract the carbon-based fuels that scientists blame for global warming. She did not mention a cap-and-trade system or other device to put a tax on carbon emissions, which many environmentalists see as the most significant step the government could take to promote renewable energy. And she again declined to weigh in on whether the government should approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would carry crude oil from Canadian tar sands to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast, suggesting her role in assessing the project as Secretary of State precludes her from commenting on the final decision.
"The evaluation is to determine whether this pipeline is in this nation's interest and I'm confident that the pipeline's impact on greenhouse gas emissions will be a major factor," Clinton said Sunday. "I will refrain from commenting because I had a leading role in getting that process started and I think that we have to let it run its course."
It was a demurral she'd offered before, and one that hasn't gone unnoticed by Clinton's Democratic primary foes.
"Real leadership is about forging public opinion on issues like Keystone -- not following it," said Lis Smith, the deputy campaign manager for former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. "Every Democrat should follow his lead and take a stand to commit to ending our reliance on fossil fuels."
After Clinton's event Sunday, the O'Malley campaign highlighted the former governor's own plan to combat climate change in a memorandum titled "What Real Climate Leadership Looks Like." And in an email to supporters, O'Malley reiterated his own goals - to completely transition to renewable fuels by 2050, to double energy efficiency within 15 years, and to create a "clean energy jobs corp to rebuild, retrofit, and restore our communities and our environment."
Clinton's campaign has emphasized that Monday's proposals were only the first plank of a more comprehensive platform on environmental issues, suggesting she'll offer more detail on energy policy as the campaign goes on. And even her first campaign foray into the issue earned plenty of unequivocal praise.
"We are thrilled to hear Sen. Clinton's full support for the Clean Power Plan, and her plans to go well beyond it," said the Sierra Club in a statement. "Americans want climate action and strongly prefer clean energy over fossil fuels. We're pleased that Sen. Clinton has taken note by prioritizing clean energy growth."
And billionaire Tom Steyer, who has promised an aggressive investment in political candidates that support clean energy solutions, said the "ambitious framework" Clinton outlined positioned her as a "strong leader in solving the climate crisis."
Perhaps mindful of the lingering skepticism among some activists, though, Clinton urged people to stay tuned as she continues rolling out her energy platform.
"I am going to set ambitious goals," she promised, "and I am going to have a real plan that will enable us to meet those goals."
WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Washington Post reported Tuesday evening that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein attempted to convince the White House on Monday to block the public release of a House GOP memo of allegations about the FBI.
People briefed on the meeting said Rosenstein warned White House chief of staff John Kelly that releasing the memo could jeopardize classified information, and that FBI Director Chris Wray joined Rosenstein in the meeting, according to the Post. The reported meeting happened before the House Intelligence Committee, in a party-line vote, moved Monday evening to release the controversial four-page memo from Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes.
A senior government official told the Post that Rosenstein was the primary person making the case to Kelly against the memo's release, with Wray also expressing his opposition to making it public.
The House intelligence vote places the fate of the memo in President Donald Trump's hands, giving him five days from the vote to allow or oppose its release. The White House has said Trump will consult with his national security and legal teams before deciding whether to release it.
CNN reported earlier Tuesday that Trump told aides he wants the memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance authority released as quickly as possible, and the Post's report said Kelly told Rosenstein and Wray that Trump was inclined to release it.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement Tuesday that Trump had not yet "seen or been briefed on the memo."
Democrats were indignant after the vote Monday evening. California Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the intelligence panel, authored a competing memo, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi accused the GOP of using the Nunes memo to undermine the special counsel investigation led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday he supports disclosing the document, but that the memo should be separated from the Mueller probe.
Source Code director Duncan Jones' Warcraft video game adaptation is far enough along to have gained a leading man - Vikings star Travis Fimmel - and a list of potential leads, which include Colin Farrell and Paula Patton. We also know that screenwriter Charles Leavitt (Seventh Son) is basing the film's storyline on the first two real-time strategy Warcraft games, Orcs & Humans and Tides of Darkness. The film is set to begin production in January 2014 for a release in December 2015.
For such a relatively high-stakes potential blockbuster, we know quite a lot about Warcraft - as opposed to the secrecy surrounding similarly high-profile 2015 projects such as Batman Vs. Superman and Star Wars: Episode VII. Now, we have more information about Warcraft coming out of the just-wrapped BlizzCon 2013: some new plot details a batch of concept art, courtesy of Kotaku.
It's the story of Anduin Lothar versus Durotan, Human and Orc heroes from the original real-time strategy games.
"It's been hard to find an actor who looks like Durotan," said Jones. "Every time I meet an actor I just try to squish his face."
As for Westenhofer, he's a long-time player of the Warcraft games and likened the tone of the film to Gladiator, stating: “The swords that are being built are the biggest swords a human being can wield.” Which sounds suitably epic.
Video game movies have proven to be the one genre that eludes Hollywood in terms of both critical and commercial success, but this could soon change. We here at Screen Rant have maintained that video game movies could be the next breakout genre - like comic book movies were in the past decade. The Assassin’s Creed movie has attracted A-list talent in the form of Michael Fassbender and The Wolverine‘s Oscar-nominated screenwriter Scott Frank, with Duncan Jones and his creative team easily on the same level.
An impressive attention to detail appears to be going into the making of Warcraft and while Peter Jackson has set the bar for high fantasy good and high with his Lord of the Rings trilogy and the on-going prequel series The Hobbit, Warcraft might just be able to surpass it. Expect more news - including casting confirmations - to surface in the weeks leading up to the start of production.
Warcraft is slated to open in theaters on December 18, 2015.
China has lost every war she has tried to fight since the 18th Century. But Chinese General Ma Chan-shan, who personally declared war on Japan fortnight ago (TIME, Nov. 16), still stuck to his guns and his trenches last week, became a towering hero to the Chinese people. From Newark, N. J. for example the Chinese Merchants' Association cabled $2,000 to Hero Ma. To report the heroic struggles of General Ma, star correspondents rushed by plane and train towards his remote war base, Tsitsihar.
So even though most, if not all consoles are made in China, they will not officially be able to get Microsoft’s Kinect. Well that doesn’t make much sense does it? According to their laws, it does.
In China, the country forbids the legal official sale of consoles. So the new 360 Slim will not be available or Playstation Move will not get a launch there. PC gaming is still allowed and apparently the DS (and presumably the Wii) is allowed as well. Why is there a ban on consoles in China? There’s a ban on violent games, sexual games, games which glamorize gangs, and sexual gaming ads.
That’s most of the games available right there. Might as well ban the consoles.
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The Gunn boys' basketball team had everything under control heading into this week. All the Titans needed to do was beat visiting Cupertino on Tuesday night.
With that accomplished, Gunn would have had the luxury of a one-game lead in the SCVAL De Anza Division heading into an important showdown at Palo Alto on Friday night.
That won't happen now for the Titans, who fell into a tie for first place in the division following a 50-42 loss to visiting Cupertino. Gunn (4-1, 12-5) and Palo Alto (3-1, 9-6) will meet with first place at stake after Cupertino toppled both teams in consecutive games.
Cupertino grabbed a three-point lead after one quarter and led by 25-19 at the half. The Titans found themselves down 36-25 after three quarters and 41-30 two minutes into the fourth period before back-to-back three pointers by Anthony Cannon and Jack Hannan pulled them to within 41-36. That, however, was as close as Gunn would get.
Hannan led Gunn with 17 points but 6-foot-7 Matt Redfield was limited to nine while Gunn was held seven points under its season scoring average.
Palo Alto had a bye on Tuesday.
In the West Bay Athletic League, Sacred Heart Prep got a twin performance from seniors Reed and Will McConnell and remained atop the standings with a dominating 62-37 victory over host Menlo School on Tuesday night.
Despite being a heated rivalry, Menlo's emotion couldn't overcome Sacred Heart Prep's height, depth and experience. The McConnell twins each scored 15 points while the Gators (5-0, 13-2) put 10 players into the scoring column and grabbed a 33-18 halftime lead. Richard Harris had 15 points and six rebounds for Menlo (2-3, 6-8).
In another WBAL test, host Priory got 31 points from Brandon Willhite and 17 from Gabor Somogyi, but it still wasn't enough as the Panthers (1-4, 7-6) dropped a 72-67 decision to Crystal Springs in two overtimes.
"We were up by four with 35 seconds left and turned it over," said Priory coach David Moseley. "They went down and scored and brought the game within two. Then we missed a free throw and they came down and hit a three, tying the game. Brandon was fouled on a layup, (but) no call."
That sent the game into overtime, with the end of the first OT similar to regulation. Priory was up by four with 40 seconds to play but suffered back-to-back turnovers and missed free throws, allowing Crystal Springs to tie again. The Gryphons outscored Priory in the second OT, 10-5.
Willhite and Somogyi each grabbed 10 rebounds, but Priory was just 2-of-16 from three-point range while the Gryphons were 5-of-11. Priory also hurt itself at the free-throw line, making just 15 of 32. Crystal Springs also won in the turnover department, with just five compared to Priory's 16.
In the Private Schools Athletic League, Lydell Cardwell poured in 34 points to pace host Mid-Peninsula to a 75-36 romp over Summit Prep on Tuesday. The Dragons (5-0, 10-2) maintained their solid grip on first place as Reggie Williams added 22 points and Anthony Briggs chipped in with 14.
Castilleja squandered a six-point fourth-quarter lead, during which it was outscored by 20-8, as the Gators dropped a 49-43 WBAL Foothill Division game to visiting Mercy-San Francisco on Tuesday to remain winless in league play.
The Skippers (2-1, 15-2), who had not won at Castilleja since 2006, grabbed an early advantage before Castilleja (0-3, 8-6) rallied for a 23-20 halftime lead. It was 35-29 heading into the final quarter and Castilleja still held a five-point lead with five minutes to play before collapsing.
Castilleja senior Natasha von Kaeppler scored 25 points, becoming the fourth player in school history with 1,400 career points. She had 14 points in the first half to keep her team on top. She also grabbed 16 rebounds with a career-high tying eight blocks and three steals, giving her the school record for career steals with 296.
Castilleja's Lauren Rantz had eight rebounds, five assists and four blocks in the loss.
In Atherton, Menlo School stayed close to the leaders in the WBAL Foothill Division following a 44-31 victory over visiting Sacred Heart Prep in girls' basketball action Tuesday night. The Knights (2-1, 12-5) grabbed a 24-13 halftime lead and maintained a healthy margin throughout the second half.
Drew Edelman once again led Menlo with a double-double, getting 15 points and 10 rebounds against the shorter Gators (0-3, 8-4). Lauren Lete had four steals while Whitney Hooper added three assists for Menlo. Melissa Holland tallied 12 points for SHP.
Results of the Menlo-Atherton at Burlingame girls' game were not submitted.
With senior Abby Dahlkemper scoring three goals, the Sacred Heart Prep girls' soccer team rolled to a 5-1 victory over Castilleja in a WBAL Foothill Division match on Tuesday at the Mayfield Soccer Complex in Palo Alto.
Sophia Abuel-Saud (assist Laurenn Espeseth) and Kendall Jager provided the other goals for SHP (2-0, 6-4-1) while Emily Mosbacher broke a scoreless drought for Castilleja (0-2, 5-5) with a second-half goal (her 10th of the season) to bring her team to within 4-1 before Dahlkemper finished off her second-half hat trick.
Dahlkemper missed last week's division-opening 6-0 victory over Mercy-Burlingame while resting her left ankle. Dahlkemper missed nearly two weeks after tearing ankle tendons almost four months ago.
Castilleja played without standout freshman Gabby Kaplan, who was away at ODP Regionals in Phoenix, Ariz. The Gators also have four players sidelined by injury -- Sophie Koontz, Mandy Stephens, Sara Dawes and Roshan Malekmadani -- leaving coach Patrick Burrows with less depth than he anticipated for the season.
Nonetheless, Castilleja freshman keeper Mandi Shore had 13 saves while battling the defending league champs. Two of the saves came on 1 v 1s against Dahlkemper.
In Portola Valley, junior Darrah Shields scored two goals and assisted on another as host Priory posted a 4-0 victory over Mercy-Burlingame on Tuesday.
The Panthers (1-0-1, 6-1-3) broke the scoring drought at the 30-minute mark with an excellent one-on-one finish by Shields, who took a through ball from Mariana Galvan. In the 53rd minute, Shields lofted a corner kick that Lauren Barkmann headed in for a 2-0 lead.
Galvan used her dribbling skills to draw a foul in the penalty box in the 75th minute. She took the penalty kick and converted. Shields finished off the scoring in the 80th minute with a strike from the top of the box off an assist from Eugenia Jernick.
Sophomores Sarah Zuckerman and Stephanie Brugger has solid efforts at their midfielder positions while Molly Simpson and Barkmann did a good job of blanking the visitors.
Priory hosts Castilleja on Thursday before visiting Sacred Heart Prep next Tuesday with first place likely on the line.
In Atherton, host Menlo School defeated King's Academy, 1-0 in WBAL Foothill Division action.
Junior Sophie Sheeline scored the winning goal, volleying in a corner kick from senior Kelly Cavan with 15 minutes remaining in the match.
Menlo (1-0-1, 2-3-5) recorded its second consecutive shutout as sophomores Julia Dressel and Kelly McConnell each made six saves while sharing time in goal. Junior defender Shannon Lacy and freshmen forward Amanda McFarland led the Menlo effort.
In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo-Atherton finally got its first victory when the Bears (1-3-1, 6-3-1) got goals from Meryssa Thompson and Gillian Collom in a 2-0 win over host Terra Nova on Tuesday evening in Pacifica.
The top United States commander in Iraq told Congress on Tuesday he plans to stop US troop withdrawals in July due to fragile security gains and heard appeals for quicker action to find a way to end the war.
Appearances by General David Petraeus and the US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, drew US presidential candidates eager to be heard on an issue that is among top concerns of war-weary American voters ahead of the November election.
Petraeus gave them a cautious assessment. “We haven’t turned any corners, we haven’t seen any lights at the end of the tunnel. The champagne bottle has been pushed to the back of the refrigerator.
And the progress, while real, is fragile and is reversible,” he told the Senate armed services committee.
While Republican candidate Senator John McCain said current policy is succeeding, Democratic senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton called for faster troop withdrawals, a move opposed by the two top US officials in Baghdad.
They made their assessment a year after thousands more US troops were poured into Iraq and after a new outbreak of violence in recent weeks, including the deaths of 11 American service personnel in the past 48 hours.
Petraeus told two Senate committees there has been an improvement in security in parts of Iraq but that the gains are uneven.

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