public boolean newsCheck(Player ply) {
        try {
            ResultSet r = plugin.sqldb.executeQuery(
                    "SELECT * FROM `newsread` WHERE `Name`=?", ply.getName());
            if (!r.first()) {
                plugin.sqldb.executeSQL("INSERT INTO `newsread` VALUES(?, ?)",
                        ply.getName(), false);
                return false;
            } else {
                return r.getBoolean("Read");
            }
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return false;
    }