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Free for personal use.
I second that motion.
I've found people's computers with viruses that commercial softwares have overlooked. I uninstall their paid product (usually with objections), and install the free version of Avast. It catches the viruses, throws warnings about bad things still crawling around, and in the end they're virus free and protected.
More than that, it's what I use on my Windows machine, which is happily virus free, even though I do things that I advise people not
avast the best free one with no lock down like avg8
http://www.avast.com/ [avast.com]
I second this. I've been using avast for years with no problems.
I agree on Avast! if you have to be free, but my personal favorite is Eset's NOD32 (www.eset.com). $40 MSRP (but you can find it cheaper if you look around). This is the most efficient (very very small memory footprint) and effective antivirus I have ever used. We use Symantec Corporate where I work (but are switching once our subscription runs out) and this has picked up several viruses on PCs that Symantec missed. Not to mention the fact that Symantec likes to do in-depth scanning every once in a whil
Most likely the console (the server that monitors and manages the clients) is scheduled to order a scan every once in a while. You should ask your admin to knock it off or reschedule it for a better time.
I will also throw in a nod for Avast. I've used just about every free virus scanner out there and Avast seems to work about the best. I used to love AVG, but it has become the epitome of bloatware as of late. Avira is a close second, but the daily nag screen got to be a bit annoying. Avast found viruses that no other scanner had found on files that were years old. It did seem to have some false positives, but to be honest, I've always erred on the side of caution.
I would recommend Avira AntiVir [1]. It is free for personal use too. The was most impressed of the speed. I used Avira AntiVir all the time before I moved to Linux.
[1] http://www.free-av.de/en/index.html [free-av.de]
however, make a backup before installing it. It may be different now, but it was a bitch to remove from my old box.
Seconded, though I prefer defence in depth. My suggestion:
Avast (Home Edition) + Spyware Doctor (Google Pack) + Threatfire.
Free for personal home use (read the fine print for anything else), they complement each other, have automatic updates, and play nice on XP and Vista. Tweak the settings to your (and user's) preference, remember to register Avast, and then you can pretty much forget about them.
Note: Threatfire 4 has only just been released; if you have problems I suggest trying 3.5.
Use the Wind
When school required a Windows laptop, I used Clam AV
I second the mention of ClamWin. The biggest missing feature in ClamWin is scanning every file on fopen(), and that's what usually causes the resource hogging behavior that some people believe to be typical of antivirus. In my experience, a computer user really doesn't need real-time operation unless he's looking at pr0n (erotic web sites), downloading w4r3z (infringing copies of proprietary commercial software), or doing something comparably dangerous. A weekly full scan is enough.
Or setup the user to run as limited user. You wouldnt let your wife run as root 24/7 would you? Windows is the same way. Limited user + clamav (or no AV) is more than enough.
Ran across Moonsecure recently. GPL'd AV software supposedly. Never used it myself though.
My experiences with windows AV is pretty lame. At one job, I had to deal with huge numbers of reads and writes to the disk. The anti-virus software (Symantec I think) would bog things down, trying to check all these writes until the drive plain died.
We did not reinstall it when the new drive arrived and there were no problems.
That sort of cemented my idea that AV software was mostly worthless. Even with updates, it was still out of date where it mattered, and is such a resource hog as to make using windows
If you are a windows user, just browse smart, don't open up any unneeded services and get your ass behind a firewall. Oh, and backup your stuff periodically.
I agree. I've never run an AV on windows. I've had some spyware problems in the past, but with some responsible browsing habits, there shouldn't be any reason to "contract" that stuff.
I've never understood how people accumulate all the shit that they do when they finally ask someone to "fix" their computer once it is unusable.
I'm serious. Stop doing the things that put you at risk for viruses and you won't have to run anti-virus. I don't run anti-virus or anti-spyware software on my computer and I've never had a problem. Occasionally, just to verify that I'm doing the right thing, I boot from a BartPE [wikipedia.org] Windows CD and run anti-virus and anti-spyware tools against my hard drive. They never find anything bad. The last time I had a virus was in 1989 on my Amiga 500.
I'd say that you're right, except that you're ignoring one source of problems: stupid people. Stupid people can't "stop doing things that put [them] at risk for viruses" because they aren't smart enough to understand the difference between risky behavior and safe behavior. Even if you explain it to them, they won't understand it, and they'll forget your instructions.
Ok, to be fair, it's not just stupid people. There are smart people who simply don't have the computer or security expertise necessary to be able to understand the difference between a safe download and a risky one. They don't understand, and they have other things to do besides spending all their time learning, investigating, and figuring it out.
For those people, it helps to secure the system through various methods, one of which might be an AV program.
What a pretty colour the sky must be in your world. "Stop doing things that put you at risk for viruses".
So that'd be unplugging your computer and never using it then. Seriously, what kind of crazy logic are you using here? There is ALWAYS a risk, however minimal.
Even if you're security conscious, you can wind up infected. I did recently. I downloaded something from a legitimate website. The site had been hacked and the exe trojaned, but there was no evidence to indicate this. And both Clam and A-Squared fl
You can check some of the ones listed at http://www.virusbtn.com/news/2008/09_02 [virusbtn.com], which also qualifies them a bit!
I personally use Avira AntiVir and like it! I started with the free edition but quickly upgraded, it's pretty cheap and might as well support them...
While not OSS, Threatfire and FireWall Plus from PCTools are both free for personal use.
AVG generates too many false positives, and has a really lame (sorry but it is) alert graphic and noise.
ClamAV works well provided you don't want the real-time monitoring, which is why I only use it as a portable app for disinfecting.
Avast is also a good choice if not anything special.
I use Avira AV [free-av.com] on the WinDOZE systems at my house.
It's free for personal use, and companies have to get a site license...
"I installed AVG on her system to replace McAfee, but we have since found that AVG is causing problems with her laptop's connection to our wireless network"
Just wondering if you contacted the AVG people. I know that, as a free (as in beer.. sort of) software user you're not likely to get priority support, but I'm sure they would like to know -why- their product appears to be messing with her wireless internet connection. I understand that you feel like it might not be worth messing with, but on the other
I recommend Avira Antivir Personal [free-av.com]. Very Lean, fast, customizable and through.
Only problems is it pops up an Ad to upgrade to the pay version every time you download an update and it can be false positive happy when turned up to it's fullest settings and definitions, but otherwise it's one of the best scanners I've seen.
The most effective methods I've seen is the behavioral and heuristic based systems in Kaspersky and Norton AV 2009's SONAR. SONAR may not catch it on execution but it catches registry entries and it's caught 99% of the bot samples I have when they try to call home. The new versions are also fairly light on system resources.
It may not be the popular opinion but if you really don't want to worry about malware then look at OS X or Linux. Yes there is some malware out there but in comparison it's a minute fraction of a percent of the number for Windows based systems.
I'm a network engineer by trade with responsibility for my company's firewalls, IPS sensors, Network Behavior Detection / Netflow tools, etc. Your post piqued my interest for one of my backburner science projects: a malware research "lab". My company has multiple licenses for VMWare ESX server, VMWare Lab Manager, and the like, and I'd really like to create an environment where I can let specific malware run "freely" and see how well (or more likely, how poorly) my aforementioned firewalls and IPS sensors
I'm trying to move from 32-bit XP to 64-bit vista, and one of the things keeping me from making the switch is trying to find a good 64-bit virus program.
I'm using ZoneAlarm on XP and one of the things I like most about it is the applications watching and firewall.
Having it authorize net access and system access is a feature I find very nice to have.
Unfortunately, it looks like ZoneAlarm is not in the 64-bit game.
Correction: They were beta testing a 64-bit windows version sometime ago but have dropped it completely with no apparent mention of trying again.
Currently for firewall on Vista, I use the built-in firewall with full deny by default and then configure applications to go through on a one-by-one basis.
But I really liked being notified when apps tried to do any potentially dangerous activities like run each time the system is loaded or modify the hosts file, etc.
So anybody got a good replacement on 64-bit Vista for paranoid users like myself?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Try Comodo 64 bits, it's free:
http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/ [comodo.com]
However, I had a problem on my XP 64, because my bandwidth slowed down a lot due to this program.
I run Vista X64 Ultimate.
f-prot is still in business and seems to do fairly well. I think they do still have a free version, but their core home version is something like $19.95 for a two year subscription covering install on up to 5 family PCs. It always does reasonably well on the comparison tests (given that no AV will catch every piece of malware out there) and doesn't slow the system down much if at all.
PC Tools has a free Antivirus [pctools.com] at the bottom of that page.
Google Pack [google.com] has a free Norton Security Scan which is Norton Antivirus Lite with no autoprotect but it does scheduled scans and allows an upgrade to the full version. Also Spyware Doctor which scans for spyware, adware, and rootkits, and allows an upgrade to the full version.
AVG bad stuff
Avast good stuff:
Avast bad stuff:
At the end of the day, I went with Avast. Stability and low performance impact is more important to me than a fancy GUI. Clueless end-users disagree though, and actually want AVG back inspite of the stability issues. So the GUI really made a difference for them. They simply felt more "at home" with AVG.
Direct links for both products:
AVG Antivirus Free Version Download [avg.com] and Wikipedia Description [wikipedia.org].
Avast Antivirus Free version download [avast.com] and Wikipedia description [wikipedia.org].
- Jesper
(Experience is from: 3x Vista computers with reasonable hardware specs, and 2 older Windows XP computers)
The various people I've managed to switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox generally haven't experienced a virus since, despite not running anti-virus software. In particular if they also stop using Outlook Express.
In contrast, I know several instances of people getting viruses even though they _are_ running Norton or McAfee.
So yes, I recommend not using anti-virus software at all. Just use safer software when you access the internet.
This might be coming from left field, but your question struck me because I was having exactly the same issue (with exactly the same person, my wife).
Turns out the problem was our HP wireless printer. The drivers were causing network traffic that was causing my wifes computer to slow down. she also has a dell inspiron, but hers is a little old (1gb memory and 1.2ghz cpu).
The hp drivers were causing network traffic over her linksys wireless card, which in turn was using cpu cycles to support the wireless network traffic.
The problem was corrected by turning off the HP printer.
So, if you have a wireless printer, try turning it off.
AVIRA has the advantage of NEVER needing a free license key renewed but they make you pay for it with an intrusive popup add for AVIRA Pro.
Bit Defender has the smallest RAM footprint of the three but updates are EXCRUCIATING and bog down your machine.
AVAST is the most complete of all of them, has the largest footprint, requires a 14 month free license key and some peculiar incompatibilities with one machine I tried it on, but it's the best of the three in terms of the actual work it does.
AVG is pure bloat at this point, and none of the other "FREE" applications are free - they're DEMOWARE.
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Pittsburgh, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - The Pittsburgh Steelers signed running back LeGarrette Blount to a two-year contract.
The deal, announced on Friday, is worth $3.85 million and includes a $950,000 signing bonus, according to ESPN.com.
Blount rushed for 772 yards and seven touchdowns in 16 games for the Patriots last season, reviving his career.
He gained 166 yards with a franchise-record four touchdowns in a playoff win over the Colts that earned the Patriots a berth in the AFC title game.
Blount, 27, went undrafted out of Oregon but was signed by the Titans in 2010. He was let go and spent his first three NFL seasons with the Buccaneers. He has rushed for 2,711 yards and 20 touchdowns in 56 games.

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Like any coach, Kris Hasty wants to bring out the full potential of the West Chicago boys volleyball team and give the Wildcats the tools to do that were evident Tuesday afternoon in a 25-15, 25-12 victory over host Fenton.
"We've only had one tournament," said Hasty, whose team improved to 4-2 after finishing third at the Hoffman Estates Hawk Invite last weekend to open the schedule. "Things have been going fairly well for so early in the season. We put in a new offense today and hadn't worked on it much in practice. It allows us more opportunities to use our hitters."
The Wildcats dispatched the 2-5 Bison by getting their entire lineup involved. The kills were evenly disputed with Travis Kuhlmann leading with 5, Gus MacPherson and Alan Thiede each with 4 and Trevor Slonek with 3.
"We did a nice job of distributing the ball," Hasty said.
Ten of the first 11 possessions in Game 1 resulted in just one point for either West Chicago or Fenton as both teams responded well to their opponent's attack.
Kuhlmann connected on a kill to put the Wildcats up 8-7 and get the ball back. Kuhlmann then proceeded to serve up four straight points, which included his ace, kills by Joe Pinkevich and MacPherson which put their team up 12-7.
Later on, Fenton got to within 16-13 on a West Chicago hitting error, but that's as close as the Bison would get. Throughout the afternoon Fenton could not come up with a response when the Wildcats went on a roll.
One of those rolls was a 6-0 run, with Slonek serving, that put the game on ice, 23-14. Kills from MacPherson and Kuhlmann helped in the effort.
Fenton's contribution to the highlight tape came early in Game 2. With Jakub Lewandowski serving, Usama Maan blocked a shot for a point and Lewandowski hit two aces to put their team up 4-3.
West Chicago answered with a 6-0 run to go up 10-4. Joe Laiter got an an ace, Slonek and Thiede went for the double block in addition to each getting a kill of their own. The Bison did cut it to 12-9 before Danny Amaro took over serving and the Wildcats went up 20-10 to put the finishing touches on the match. Amaro got an ace, MacPherson a block and Kuhlmann a kill during the scoring drive.
West Chicago returns to action Tuesday with its DuPage Valley Conference and home opener against Glenbard North.
"We should be in the hunt. Hopefully, we will be a contender in the DVC," Hasty said.
Fenton, which returns to action Monday at Addison Trail, was led by Jose Diaz's 3 kills and Maan's 5 blocks. Four of the Bison's six starters are juniors.
"Our hitting was pretty decent. We had amazing hitting on Saturday (at the Plainfield North Invitational)," said Bison coach Heather Snyder. "I was disappointed in our passing. We did not get the opportunities on offense.
"Our big goal this season is to bring everything together. When our hitting is good, we want our blocking and passing to be good as well," she said.


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On April 17, the legislature's Economics Committee invited Chen Wen-shan (陳文山), a professor at the Geosciences Department at National Taiwan University, Lee Chao-shing (李昭興), a professor at the Institute of Applied Geosciences at National Taiwan Ocean University, Lee Chyi-tyi (李錫堤), a professor at the Institute of Applied Geology at National Central University, and Lin Ching-weei (林慶偉), a professor at the Earth Sciences Department at National Cheng Kung University, to comment on Taiwan Power Co's (Taipower) report on the geological conditions around the sites of the nation's three operational nuclear power plants and on the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao District (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市).
The four geologists concurred that the report was seriously flawed, was missing an overall evaluation and lacked clarity in its wording, adding that they had no confidence in it.
This highlights the difficulty of maintaining the safety of nuclear power in Taiwan in the face of the nation's geological makeup.
As early as in July 1978, Japanese constitutional expert Naoki Kobayashi published an article saying that the biggest concern for Japan's nuclear power policy was accidents caused by earthquakes. He wrote that Japan experiences the highest frequency of earthquakes in the world, so it would be almost impossible to build nuclear power plants in areas that were unaffected by such activities.
Kobayashi added that despite a nuclear plant's quake-resistant design, by building one on an inappropriate site a catastrophe could occur if an earthquake that is stronger than planned for occurred. It is therefore necessary to make comprehensive plans for a secondary disaster in case a reactor breaks or a cooling unit fails.
Kobayashi concluded that the danger inherent in Japan's nuclear power policy had increased significantly due to geological factors, saying that this deserved close attention.
His statement about the risk of broken or failing power and cooling units was echoed in the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in March 2011. On reading his article, one cannot help but admire Kobayashi's foresight.
Taiwan's geological conditions are similar to Japan's. There are frequent earthquakes and the speed of its orogeny — mountain formation — is the world's fastest. In March, Atomic Energy Council (AEC) Deputy Minister Huang Tsing-tung (黃慶東) claimed that Taiwan's nuclear power plants are as safe as Buddhas sitting on their stable lotus platforms. This remarkable comment clearly shows Taiwanese nuclear officials' arrogance and neglect of geological risks.
According to Article 4 of the AEC's safety design criteria for nuclear reactor facilities, the design of the structures, systems and parts of related facilities should allow them to operate safely during natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons and floods.
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) have repeatedly pledged that there will be no nuclear power without nuclear safety. In that case, I would like to know whether Taiwan's three operational nuclear power plants, as well as the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, meet the safety design criteria 100 percent? Can nuclear safety be ensured if a natural disaster strikes the nation?
If the government is unable to answer these questions, then promises of so-called nuclear safety are nothing but a myth.
Lo Cheng-chung is an assistant professor in the Department of Financial and Economic Law at the Chungyu Institute of Technology.
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The Jets trade Revis for a 1st round pick this year and a conditional 2nd day pick next yr that can be as high as a 1st depend
The Jets resign Austin Howard and Jeff Cumberland: Would also like to try and resign Jason Smith after cutting him for cap savings.
The Jets cut: Bart Scott, Jason Smith, Eric Smith, Calvin Pace, Bryan Thomas, Tim Tebow,
Jets restructure the contracts of David Harris, Antonio cromartie and Nick Mangold.
1st: Eric Fisher - LT/RT
1st : Ezekiel Ansah - OLB
2nd: Barrett Jones - OC/OG
3rd: Michael Buchannon - OLB
4th: Michael Christine - RB
5th: Travis Kelce/Dion Sims/Michael Williams - TE
6th: Chris Harper - WR
7th Jeff Tuel - QB
Starting OL:
Brick Ferguson - LT
Jason Smith - LG
Nick Mangold - OC
Barrett Jones - RG
Austin Howard/ Eric Fisher - RT
Defensive Front 7:
LE - Mo Wilkerson
NT - Kenrick Ellis
RE - Quinton Coples
OLB - Ezekiel Ansah
OLB - Garrett Mcintyre
Ilb - David Harris
ILB - Damario Davis
Eric Fisher maybe the starting RT if he beats out Howard,but will also be a solid backup LT if Ferguson comes uo injured.
Barrett Jones is being pencilled in as the starting RG from the getgo, but is also insurance if Mangold gets injured.
Prior to the Combines, i like Zeke as the OLB to replace Bryan Thomas at OLBer capable of setting the edge and being better at rushing the passer while losing something in coverage. Gotta see how this kid runs at the combines.Anything under 4.8 and i am sold.
There's competition and there is developing your youn talent. I don't see the, bringing in someone to compete with Stephen Hill. They need Hill to develop.
We do need comp at LB, back up corners, safety, etc.
I personally do not want anything to do with Ansah. Also, if we take a OL at 9, They can't take one in the 2nd round as well. I am all for building up a strong OL, but there are too many holes to fill to be picking 2 OL in the first 2 rounds.
I think Buchanan is a reach in the 3rd, and Christine Michael has character and injury concerns. If we are using a 4th Rounder on a RB with injury concerns, I'd rather have Lattimore than Michael.
I would be ok with a TE of that caliber in the 5th, and wouldn't want Tuel, even if it's just a 7th.
Don't mind some of the picks, totally hate hate hate the 1st pick. You are using the #9 pick over all and then saying that fisher can compete with Howard for the starting Rt spot. You use a top 10 pick on LT's. It's as bad as people wanting to draft a QB at 9 because we have a bad QB. I am not sold though less resistant at going for the all world guard at #9 but a tackle would just be foolish in my opinion. (As you all probably already know since I bleat about it in every second post. )
Jeff Tuel with the Cougars.
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This is what i would do if i were charged with the Job of managing a football team. This is my plan for the Jets, but it's my drafting M.O. so to speak. Regardless of who is on my Football team, I am not drafting a non premium position player with a 1st day pick .
If these Positions are not available to me in the 1st i am trading the pick for the best package i can get even if it's includes future consideration.
No interest in a tackle and i would pray if your scenario happened fisher would beat our howard in 2 days of practice.
I like the Ansah pick a lot....I think he is going to be a big part of the discussion at 9.
I like harper a TON but read that if he runs a good 40 he could go as high as the 2nd round and wont last past the 4th.
I also like Cyprien a lot however also heard same thing...he might have played himself into the 2nd-3rd round discussion, but maybe as teams "reach" for players they like he could fall.
I just don't understand Jet fans at all. This team has no QB, 2 Starting members of the OL that are presently guaranteed to return, no depth and no money to speak of but the team should go out and draft skill position players on Offense.
Who's going to get them the ball.
Who's going to block for the missing QB that is supposed to get them the ball.
Where are we going to get the money to even help in this fools errand.
You have to have a plan and since we don't have a QB and no offensive line , the best plan of attack is to build the offensive line the best you can until a QB becomes available. Until that happens, you run the ball and play a ball control field position offense behind the OL you have built.
I don't get what is wrong with my draft . The Jets need skill position players for next season.
Santonio Holmes is on this team
Stephen Hill is on this team
Jeremy Kerley is on this team
Joe McKnight is on this team
What is not on this team are OLmen and a QB.
Understanding that based on our new OC's past, as long as it's a marginally sound QB, the job can be done. The passed four years if we had just had a slightly competent QB that didn't turn the ball over we would probably have a ringWho's going to get them the ball.
Who's going to block for the missing QB that is supposed to get them the ball.
It's been discussed ad-nauseum that simply cutting Bart Scott, Calvin Pace, Justin Smith, Eric Smith, and Tebow nets up over $20 million in salary cap spaceWhere are we going to get the money to even help in this fools errand.
Ball control offenses are losing games in the NFL. It's why the 49er's went with Keap and the Ravens threw Cameron'sass to the curb to allow Flacco to dictate the offense. Run first and ball control offenses get you the 2009-2010 Jets and last years 49ers and Ravens... No whereYou have to have a plan and since we don't have a QB and no offensive line , the best plan of attack is to build the offensive line the best you can until a QB becomes available. Until that happens, you run the ball and play a ball control field position offense behind the OL you have built.
What's wrong with your draft is that you are creating holes where there are none to begin with and calling it progressI don't get what is wrong with my draft . The Jets need skill position players for next season.
My god.... the scariest offense in the league right thereSantonio Holmes is on this team
Stephen Hill is on this team
Jeremy Kerley is on this team
Joe McKnight is on this team
(McKnight will also be a cap casualty which is why plenty of people have put Taylor or some other runningback on their draft list)
Yet to be evaluated but chances are Austin Howard sticks around.... POSSIBLY Slausen as well.What is not on this team are OLmen and a QB.
Moore is definitely gone but we don't need to spend a first day pick to replace him... much like almost every other team in this league
Justin Smith at guard is a hole. Guy notoriously just wants to collect paychecks after he got his bell rung
And as much as Fisher has helped his draft stock, he's still not a top 10 worthy pick. But even if he was, and we followed your logic, he'll be a top 10 right tackle trying to battle with a guy that we could have not resigned a contract with.
In essence, an absolute waste of a top 10 pick
BPA doesn't just mean guys who are talented, value of position comes into play
Should realistically be the only positions taken in the first round and in an ideal world, prioritized in that exact order. Now that's not to say that any QB should be taken over a DE, which is when talent or "BPA" is taken into account.
If you take your big board of players, say, Mike Mayock's bigboard, you prioritize players based on talent. You then shelve players that are not positions you see above, they can be taken later even if they are talented.
The list of positions that are shelved are as follows UNLESS they are once in a lifetime prospects ala. Adrian Peterson, Ray Lewis, Ray Guy, Ed Reed etc.
These positions, unless once in a generation type players, should never be considered a priority over the positions stated before. If two prospects are rated equally, for example, a guard prospect and a WR prospect, you have to take the WR.
I do not consider WR and CB premium positions so i have an issue drafting them in the 1st round. Now a player like Revis would be tempting to me as would a player like Megatron. The problem i have with them is the situation the Jets now have with Revis and the situation the Cardinals find themselves in with Fitzgerald nad the Lions with Megatron. You can't pay these players the type of money that they're making a field a solid team.
That type of Money is reserved for Premium position players. For me, those positions are:
In this coming draft the best available player at 9:
We have 2 NTs on the team and no OLmen to speak of so who should i pick.
As for no olineman comment. We have a starting LT, we have a starting centre, we have a RT who was serviceable in his 1st year starting and we have two guards who people assume are as good as gone, Slauson could be resigned, Moore who knows. We do need to add to the oline but my mantra is to match need with talent if possible with your 1st rounder. If you are just looking at holes on team I'd say that olb is as bad if not worse than Oline.
The fact that we have a LT on the team should not preclude us from taking another especially if that player can be move to the RT position and improve the team now and in the future.There's no certainty that the Jets will or can resign any of the 3 OLmen who made up the unit from last year that are currently free agents.
Lastly, if you can upgrade those positions with players that will cost less, why even bother resigning them.The Jets are not going to find the type of players that will transformed this team into what the fans want in 1 draft. Even if they did, it is propably not going to happen in their 1st yr.
You know who patrols RT on most teams? Either a guy picked later in the draft or a failed LT.
Starting RTs for NFL teams:
1st rnd: 5
2nd rnd: 7
3rd rnd: 1
4th rnd: 3
5th rnd: 4
6th rnd: 3
7th rnd: 3
udfa: 6
Most of the 1st rounders were players selected hoping they were LT's but they ended up being RT's because they couldn't do the job at LT.
Micheal Oher (23), Andre Smith (6), Cosder Cherilus (17), Bryan Bulaga (23), Anthony Davis (11)
Davis will probably be a LT one day. You could argue that both Bulaga and Cherilus were drafted to be RT's.
RT is not a premium position when other talent is on the board.
Atleast you have an option when that happens or should Brick gets hurt. By the way, who's the backup at LT if Brick should get injured.
I am drafting a LT, not a RT .
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DAVIE, Fla., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- As Washington took last minute action to avoid the so-called 'Fiscal Cliff', businesses are changing their outlook for the next year. Avoiding the Cliff means that the Bush Tax Cuts will remain in place for 98% of Americans. The Cliff, an artifice manufactured by Congress to force action on the budget, would have raised taxed and cut federal spending across the board. By putting a deal together at the 11th hour, Congress was able to avert billions of dollars from exiting the economy.
Wall Street reacted to the news immediately, adding nearly 2.4% to the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the first day of trading in 2013. Although how small and medium sized businesses, as well as consumers, will react to the deal still remains dubious, the early indicators are positive.
The prospects for some have improved dramatically since Tuesday, however. Steve Green, Lead Sales Strategist for American Auto Move, believes that 2013 would be an even stronger year than expected after a deal had finally been struck. "The truth is that if people don't have money in their pockets, they can't spend. And if they're not spending, everybody gets burned – especially small and medium sized businesses like ours. Transport is considered by some to be a luxury, so even the perception that taxes are going up, that people are going to have to budget their expenses more, and so on, forces a bit of a pull back on what people are willing to spend with us. But with a deal in place, we know that things aren't going to get any worse, at least from a consumer spending perspective. And now that we know more or less what our tax situation will look like in 2013, we are ready to make the necessary investments to grow."
The automotive industry, which appears to have made a sizable resurgence since the Auto Bailout Deal, is one of the most important sources of business for American Auto Move, and a fiscal deal in Washington means that the outlook for that sector should remain upbeat. "Specifically, we're looking at how the automotive industry is going to perform in light of this deal. Car dealerships are a huge revenue stream for us. If people are buying new cars, the dealerships have more work for us." Mr. Green also suspects that internet sales will continue to grow at fever pitch as consumers will most likely have a sunnier economic outlook in general.
But the deal that averted imminent disaster on Tuesday does little to solve the long term fiscal issues that the country faces. Both parties are digging in for another showdown over the nation's debt limit, and the overall deficit problem has yet to be tackled in earnest. And while these issues still loom large in the mind of decision makers, the immediate relief of actions taken by Congress will suffice for now. "We're not worried about the debt limit debate right now. The way we see it is that if Congress can make it through [the Fiscal Cliff negotiations] without utterly imploding, then we'll most likely be able to do enough dealing to avert disaster."
Many forecasters had seemed to take the idea that Washington would reach a deal as inevitable, but given how close the country came to stepping over the precipice, some are still unsure, but optimistic about the future. "It all boils down to what people are willing to spend," says Mr. Green. "If people are ready to spend a little extra on auto transport, I'm sure consumer spending will be up across the board."
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Ultimately, however, what will protect video games from censorship will be free speech issues, not arguments about level of or lack of harm. The fact the more and more video game players are adults will help build consensus for thinking of them as a full-fledged media, and not just a children's toy.
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You weren't one of the nerds they constantly picked on in school where you? Hell, the only reason I didn't kill myself after getting chewed out, spit on, and having my ass kicked on a daily basis is because I didn't want them to "win." I quickly learned not to fight back because I'd be the one that would get the punishment from the adults who where supposed protect me. Interacting with ones peers my ass![/endflame]
Have those other researchers for a moment stopped to consider that hours spent taking orders from tyrannical managers, getting beaten up by idiotic bullies, and having the lifes' work of 10 people totally destroyed by an MBA guy would cause a sane man to commit murder? So either violent computer games have saved thousands of lives, or all IT people are insane.Have these researchers for a moment stopped to consider that hours spent glued to some machine instead of interacting with ones peers is the cause of "anxieties", "anger", and "aggression"?
Back in the day, cavemen killed each other all the time, this was sensible vigilantiism required under a despotic Government system. Violent computer games discourage real-world vigilantiism and thus increase the cohesiveness of a cooperative democratic society.
It's not the violence that's bad for you . It's sitting in front of your computer/tv for hours on end delevoping poor vision and carpal tunnel syndrome.
As a short aside - as I and many other pianists/keyboardists know, sitting at a keyboard properly will not cause carpal tunnel syndrome. Don't use a wrist-rest - they encourage you to drop your wrists about three inches lower than they should be. Your wrists should be high enough that there's a straight line down the back of your hand from your knuckles to the upper side of your elbow - if the line has to bend upwards at your wrists, your wrists are too low.
It may have been un-PC to play Cowboys and Indians when we were kids, but noone ever passed laws making it illegal.
That's probably because running around outside chasing your friends around is exactly what's best for kids. Sitting in front of a 27" TV playing Mario Kart isn't as healthy a thing to do.
There was a great anecdote I heard one time about some mothers who decided that they wouldn't be getting their children war toys for Christmas one year. As the kids eagerly opened their presents, their mothers were pleased that the kids could have such fun without violence. One kid received a wooden train; he promptly picked up the caboose, cradled in his hand like a revolver, and pointed at his friend "Bang! Bang!"
Re: "No one ever passed laws making it illegal"...
Remember those stories a few years ago about zero-tolerance policies in schools [about.com] and kindergartners getting suspended for pointing their fingers like guns on the playgrounds?
My favorite is this one [nandotimes.com]:
JONESBORO, Ark. (January 31, 2001 7:10 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - An 8-year-old boy was suspended from school for three days after pointing a breaded chicken finger at a teacher and saying, "Pow, pow, pow."
In other news, I just bought Grand Theft Auto III.
The problem isn't the game, it's the anger management issues they have. Getting frustrated when you lose means anything competitive is not going to calm you down.Personally, I see some games making people more angry and edgy.
The definition of camping has changed since it was first used. Early multiplayer FPS were pretty much everyone against everyone affairs or at best one group of people against another group of people. Winner is the player/team with the most kills. Camping in this situation is lame because it enhances your score without requiring very much skill.P.S. Camping with the awp=sniping(fair, and expected). Camping with the mp5=camping(cheap).
Ever since team games starting getting objectives and ways of winning other than killing the opposing team the rules have changed. You can now win by defending an objective and so what is lame in free for all games is now good tactics. But this only applies to the side that can win by running out the clock. ie counter terrorists in blow stuff up missions or terrorists in protect the VIP mission (guarding the exit routes). If T camp in blow stuff up missions then what the CT should do is just sit tight. They'll eventually win. Sure this makes for boring games but that the Ts fault for not attacking.
The weapon you are using has nothing to do with it.
Is that what they wanted say?
Dude, lay off the Red Bull.
Actually, all joking aside, there is a good point there. I'm not sure I would go so far, but it is true: humans are evolutionarily designed to be aggressive and violent. That doesn't make it good, however. We're also designed to have a pretty short life expectancy, but we're of course trying to change that.
Uhh, I'll remember to 'just get angry' if a huge gorilla comes after me instead of shooting him with a rifle.
The only reason humans dominate the world is because we can use our brains to build things. Either making a plow to farm or a spear to kill something, thats our legacy. If we couldn't create tools such as plows, spears, language, math and machine guns we'd still be picking fleas off each other.
I would really like to know who these "experts" are. This notion of "playing out fantasies" or "venting of aggression" in the psychological literature is known as catharsis. Any first year psychology student SINCE the time of Freud is taught that the notion of catharsis is false [google.ca].
Note: I am not saying that the group is wrong in what it is doing; only that the reporter is claiming results that have been demonstrated to be false for quite some time.
I think that we just need to look at the reasons WHY violent games are popular if we want to understand this question. Violent games sell well because many people think they are good entertainment. And the reason for this is that people are inherently aggressive.
Now, most people know when it's acceptable to be aggressive and when it's not. And playing violent games is a socially acceptable way of being aggressive, and a way that allows people who are usually at the receiving end of agression in real life to act out their agressive fantasies without any lasting effects.
In my opinion, violent games are simply a natural thing for humans to create given human nature. I don't think that they are going to change our nature one way or the other, because they are a reflection of the nature we already have.
Video Games may not cause cancer, but anything to excess is bad. Most gaming time can easily be spent doing something else, something better for you than the games are.
I know of several young children that have picked up the finer aspects of violent video games such as cursing, bad hand gestures, rude comments. Yes it is true that there are other sources to obtain these skills, but why add to the list?
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Topic: Unicron vs. Primus
Okay, two planet sized, super robots. One's good and one's evil. I wonder who would win?
I think it'll be a pretty close fight, but I'll say Unicron. He's evil and probably wouldn't think twice about killing anyone, including Primus. Now, I know they fought before, but I just want to see who you guys would think would win.
Info about Unicron: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicron
Info about Primus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primus_(Transformers)
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I've yet to find a reason to delve deeply into Irish family history so here's a resource that may be familiar to those who do; it's new to me.
Irish Newspaper Archives www.irishnewsarchive.com provides access to over 2 million pages from these titles: Sunday Independent (1906-2002); Anglo-Celt (1846-2008, suspended publication for six years in the early 1860s); City Tribune (1984-2009); Connacht Sentinel (1927-2009); Connacht Telegraph (1909-2009); Connacht Tribune (1984-2009); Connaught Telegraph (1975-2003); Donegal News (1980-2001); Freemans Journal (1763-1924); Irish Independent (1905-2001); Irish Farmers Journal (1957 -1998); Leitram Observer (1904-1998); Meath Chronicle (1897-2007); Munster Express (1908-2004); Nation (1894-1897); Nenagh Guardian (1900-2009); Southern Star (1892-2008); Sunday Independent (1906-2002); Tuam Herald (1994-2000); Westmeath Examiner (1882-2008).
Notice the two highlighted titles, the only ones that predate the latter part of the 19th century. The Freemans Journal has also been digitized by the 19th century British Newspaper Library for 1800-1900, along with the Belfast News-letter (1867-1900).
Additions promised at the Leinster Journal (1767-1828), and the Kerryman (1950 - 2008).
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- Miriam said...
Great resource! Thanks, John.
- 08 July, 2009 02:35
- John said...
At 10 Euros / day or 350 per year, I don't see much use for this archive.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- McCain said he believes joint town-hall meetings with Obama are now "very, very unlikely."
Speaking to reporters on his "Straight Talk Express" bus Friday, McCain said he'll keep asking.
"I think there are some events where we are, organizations that we're supposed to both be speaking to, and I would hope that maybe he would join me at those," McCain said. "But it doesn't seem that -- we haven't gotten any more responses from his campaign, so I'm told."
McCain said he did not believe he would portray Obama as arrogant or an elitist in the general-election campaign.
"As the campaigning goes forward I will treat him with respect that the nominee of the party has earned," he said. "And it's not respectful for me to say that he is an elitist or, I am not saying that."
McCain said he references Obama's "bitter" comments because "that is not my view of the small towns in Pennsylvania that he was talking about."
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McCain, who has been reaching out to conservative voters in recent days, said a meeting Sunday with Franklin Graham is not part of that effort.
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Now we can have the blue cube of death!
Yes to go with some very terrible repetitive strain injuries.
Translucent cube of death.
Transparent screens still make me all fuzzy inside, but gesture based UI just doesn't interest me in the slightest. I want a UI where I have to move as LITTLE as possible. There was nothing on that demo that wouldn't have been easier with a mouse and a couple of mouse buttons more accurately, quicker and with less movement.
3.If it could be linked to glasses/contact lenses instead of a screen then I think it would make a lot more sense.
Just imagine all those people walking on streets, talking to themselves and frantically flapping their hands and making straange gestures and grimaces.
Just don't do those strange gestures in Los Angeles because you may gesture the wrong gang and get killed.
1. how long did it take to get the Desktop right? If you think about how long we didn't even have mice to interact with the computer and you don't have to move hardly at all if you don't use one of those.
*Is* the Desktop right? If you ask me, it's not that great. For example, controlling windows by a couple of icons on the title bar seems very wrong.
Suppose you have a piece of paper on your desk, and you'd like to move it aside. Do you pick it up always on the top side and handle it that way, or do
Windows can be moved/resized by clicking (middle/right button) anywhere inside the window while pressing the Alt key!
Iirc, this feature has been available in X for almost a decade!
a prototype PC designed by an intern with the Microsoft Applied Sciences Group
How much freedom/power do interns have that they can design completely new interfaces and requisition all that hardware, resources, etc?
Is this common in Microsoft and/or all tech companies?
Most likely the child/nephew of some MS boss.
Gesture based input is lousy for coding, managing systems, writing books and pretty much anything that depends on the accuracy and specificity of a keyboard. But that doesn't mean that a display like this doesn't have its uses. Rendering and manipulating objects through this sort of interface would be amazing! Also, think about how clunky and absolutely STUPID touch screens were just ten years ago. Heck, you can still find the same old crap displays at airport checkin kiosks. Now think about how a good implementation in iOS/Android devices has totally changed the world of touch interface. The inovations of Apple, Android and others have given us totally novel ways of interacting with our data. I would have never voluntarily brought one of those old touch screens into my home, but I cary one around in my pocket every day now.
This implementation might not be perfect, but it's a step in the right direction for novel forms of input. Once someone cracks an awesome 3D/Gesture interface that works well and doesn't make you feel like your stomach is going to push out through your eyes, it will quietly creep into ubiquity just like the (good) touch screens today.
Bingo. Traps and delts would be on fire after a few hours of moderate use. Probably less time.
Think of the upper body strength your average geek would gain. Millions of overweight slobs will turn into Tai Chi masters overnight.
I agreed at first glance, but then I thought of orchestra directors and music players: they play 8 hours a day and don't falter. Perhaps it's just a matter of training and adequate resting positions?
There's zero benefit to transparent screens in the vast majority of use-cases, but there's a huge downside: loss of contrast ratio. In an era where contrast ratios as high as 10000:1 are achievable, why would want to go back to something as poor as 10:1 or even lower? The only use-case where transparent screens might be useful is vehicle heads-up displays, but even there it's not quite the right solution, because the focal plane is all wrong. Take a look at vehicles that do have HUDs: they all use reflection with an angled surface because it allows for the use of optics that projects a virtual display at a focal depth much further out than the surface itself. A display embedded into a windshield would appear fuzzy and out of focus if you look out at the road through it.
Most of the time, gadgets and technology in movies are designed simply to look cool, not for actual practicality, and the result is often pretty but stupid. The GUI in Minority Report is a great example of this: nobody can hold their arms up in front of them for more than a few minutes! Try it: get out a stopwatch and hold your arms out level for ten minutes. After the painful burning in your shoulders stops, take a minute and think about doing that for an eight hour workday. No matter how cool it looks, the mechanical advantage of our shoulders just isn't great enough to allow this kind of interface, and never will unless we all become cyborgs first.
Just because you saw something in a sci-fi movie doesn't automatically mean that it's the "future" and only the required technology developments are holding us back. It's not like script writers and directors have some sort of personal revelation of the One True Future that we must all aspire to.
Heaven forbid someone try and use their arms constantly. I mean what would happen if suddenly someone were to have to hold a flute, conduct an orchestra, or even swing a hammer for more than 2 minutes.
Playing an instrument designed around the human body is vastly different from touching a flat panel all day long which is not really designed. The whole interface is a kludge. Screens will need to be redesigned to make long term use of touch ergonomic and actually enjoyable.
AKA key and mice for current monitors is great.
Touch with current display technology sucks.
Touch may work with a completely different kind of display technology that gets away from the '2d display panel at eye level while sitting' setu
That's the darndest thing. I tried this after reading your post and found that one arm got tired quickly, but the other was able to keep at it for hours...
In an era where contrast ratios as high as 10000:1 are achievable, why would want to go back to something as poor as 10:1 or even lower?
Maybe someone who wants to start working on transparent screens with high contrast ratios? I don't even know how that'd work, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't work.
The only use-case where transparent screens might be useful is vehicle heads-up displays
Or augmented reality overlays a la Rainbows End [wikipedia.org].
Perhaps in museums where you could cover paintings with transparent screens that bring up information/video about the piece when questions. You could put sculptures in transparent screen boxes as well.
Perhaps a shop could set their front window to be a large transparent screen as well, detailing sa
The reality is that the dude that benched 1075 pounds can actually only bench press around 655 pounds, which is still extremely impressive and beats the 500 pounds you mention. The super-high bench-press records you hear about are all done with bench-press shirts. These started as safety wear, but are now used as a performance enhancer. Essentially, they constrain the athlete's torso and arms so that the arms are held out stiffly. They lie back and several spotters lift the weight and lower it onto the lift
Those things are just marketing fluff!
I'd like you to enter a complex sentence, a program fragment or even do anything you do today without a keyboard!
Oh, yes, you can. It only takes 10x times to accomplish the task!
And it'll be nice see all those persons in public wving the hands and talking loud with their portable 3D computers.
And what's the point of having a transparent display if you can only read the text from one side anyway?
For many years I've heavily used gesture-based interfaces--while driving!
Hasn't had much of an impact though--everyone else still can't drive.
They should have this in front of the screen. Touchscreens are awesome (I hate working on my non-touchscreen laptop now that I got used to my touchscreen everything else), but gestures would be even more awesome if done right. The mouse is useful for some things, but for a lot of things like switching desktops (sorry for all you windows users for something us linux folks have taken for granted for a long time); opening new programs; and selecting, moving, copy/pasting and deleting text; a gesture interfac
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I can't wait until you can just buy a replacement windshield so you can get stuff done on your long commute! Or combined with your onboard GPS naviagation system with the augmented reality thing going on.
It's transparent, so it's gotta be better than texting, right?
They probably did not do time consuming real world testing or their arms would have been burning too. They could be the first to experience new types of repetitive motion strain.
Nah, looks like the same old interface concept, just with a bit of new aged 'shine' attached. I don't see a fundamental revolution here, just evolution to give it more eyecandy.
Some believe a future full of massive, gesture-controlled computer displays
Yeah, since most computer geeks don't have enough wrist problems, lets have you flick your hand around!
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December 20, 2012
Unless there is some resolution to the current fiscal impasse, government leaders, employees and citizens will face indiscriminate across-the-board budget cuts in federal programs. The impact will be widespread and painful.
As the country teeters on the brink of the fiscal cliff, federal leaders at the political and career executive levels are preparing to carefully navigate new budget, program, and policy realities. They must fulfill mission critical goals and objectives while remaining responsive to congressional and administration priorities, public sentiment and the federal employees affected.
To aid in this decision making process, the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey gives agency leaders deeper insight from prior surveys into the opportunities and challenges facing their organizations. By conducting a census survey, the Office of Personnel Management is providing agencies with vital information captured from nearly half of the federal workforce. As a next step, agency Chief Human Capital Officers will develop plans to address issues identified through the FedView survey.
However, CHCOs should consider more than just the findings of the FedView Survey results in their planning. CHCOs and their agency counterparts (COO's, CFO's, CIO's, CAO's, and PIO's) should expand their data collection efforts beyond reviewing survey results and arranging for employee focus groups.
Now more than ever, federal leaders have the ability to connect, communicate, and listen to advisors, subject matter experts, and constituencies in real-time. Big data and digital media allow decision makers to view the entire landscape, ensuring a more thoughtful and balanced approach to measuring program performance, outcomes, and impacts. In short, the current and projected budget realities require new ways of gathering information related to program performance and results to better position agencies during these dire times.
For example, imagine heading to a meeting with a congressional authorizing committee or the Office of Management and Budget to explain the impact budget cuts will have on services and staffing. Your insights are based on limited data regarding critical programmatic outcomes and insufficient staffing and workload projections. On top of that, you cannot explain how the cuts will affect the economy and the welfare of constituencies within specific regions, states, counties, and cities. This is a recipe for disaster that would not serve you or your organization well.
Now imagine that you prepare for this meeting by arming yourself with insights from a variety of sources, including FedView Survey results, program performance and workload data, targeted public opinion research, specific media reports, statements from the Congressional Record and thoughts from constituents and stakeholders collected through social media, including Facebook and Twitter. Having access to this level of information will shift the dynamics of the conversation and allow agency leaders to influence the budget process through targeted messaging and solutions.
Using digital media analytics to supplement surveys like FedView and your agency's internal performance data allows you to monitor statements, stories, and, situations from internal and external stakeholders, including Congress, the Government Accountability Office, interest groups, people active on social media and the public -- the ultimate customer.
Agencies that recognize the usefulness of linking big data to government performance will uncover the potential impact that a deeper trend analysis can have on program, personnel and budget decisions. This information can then be cataloged and categorized to explain the consequences these actions will have on customers, constituents, and citizens -- driving to the core of your agency's best interest both practically and politically.
By collectively using information from surveys, digital media, the Web and internal data mining you will be able to not only defend decisions for targeted cuts, but make the business case for sustaining programs that work and ensure they are properly staffed and resourced. You'll also be better positioned to identify emerging opportunities and redirect savings to invest in new technologies and jobs of the future.
The era of big data is here. It's time to start embracing it.
Richard Hartman is the COO and Co-Founder of OhMyGov, Inc., and a former career federal executive. John Salamone, a vice president at Federal Management Partners Inc., served in the federal government for 16 years and was executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council.
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A crowd gathered around a tent at the University Memorial Center fountains on Wednesday to watch people get haircuts.
The crowd cheered when University of Colorado sophomore Naina Rangnekar sat down in a chair, facing the crowd. Rangnekar has big eyes, olive skin and beautiful dark hair that goes past her shoulders — and she cut all of it off.
As the electric razor buzzed her to near-total baldness and big locks of her hair were passed around the crowd, one of her Chi Omega sorority sisters in the crowd yelled, "Naina why are you still so hot?!"
"Why am I doing this right now," she replied, laughing. "Hashtag reality check!"
Naina was one of more than 100 who gained a crew cut on Wednesday during the St. Baldrick's Foundation Fundraiser, an event that has been taking place since 2005 on the CU campus. The St. Baldrick's foundation is the largest private provider of money for childhood cancer research. Event participants raise money for childhood cancer research and then shave their heads in solidarity with children who have cancer.
This year, 123 people shaved their heads and raised more than $16,000 for childhood cancer research.
The event on the Boulder campus is organized by the CU Herd.
"The idea is, if children are forced into losing their hair, then we should stand with them and do it voluntarily," said Herd President Evan Williams. He said that about 150 people usually shave their heads, but only 10 or so are women. Last year the event raised about $20,000; Williams remembers a year when an individual, a blond sorority woman, raised $8,000.
For participants, the reasons to shave one's head are numerous. It helps raise money, spread awareness and shows support, but this isn't Locks of Love — the hair gets tossed out. "There is not any good way to donate it or do anything with it," Williams said.
CU freshman Addison Baker did it because he is in Airforce ROTC, and a group of them do it every year, he said. This year, about 30 of them shaved their heads, raising more than $450.
CU sophomore Guy Albert said he participated because it is a good cause and he is getting ready to go to India.
"It's going to be 120 Fahrenheit," said Albert. "So it'll benefit me, and it will benefit them, so it's a win-win.
"My friends are telling me not to do it. They say I'm going to look really weird bald, but I don't mind."
Albert is not the only one shaving his head despite what others may think.
"My parents know, but they are very traditional," said CU freshman Joyce Ling. "I don't know if they're super supportive of it, but they've accepted it."
Ling was inspired to do it by a friend who did it last year. Ling said that many kids are forced to shave their heads, and it is valuable for other people to choose to shave their heads and reduce the stigma that goes along with being young and bald.
"It's just cool to be able to do something radical. It shouldn't be like a stigmatizing thing. It should just be a normal thing."
Rangnekar, who raised $780, said her friends and family were supportive, but her boyfriend tried to convince her not to do it at the last minute. "As he was stroking my hair, he was like, 'I'll buy you a dog,'" she said.
"Yeah, he tried to bribe me with a dog."
Her boyfriend ended up shaving his head with her.
Rangnekar shaved her head as part of a New-Year's Resolution that was inspired by the event. "My New Year's resolution was to find myself," she said. "A lot of things about image don't really matter in this world — hair clothes. It doesn't change who you are. I wanted to show everyone that. My hair doesn't define me."
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Guard Becomes Bulldogs' 35th Captain for Program's Historic 40th Season
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Yale University women's basketball team announced Thursday that guard Allie Messimer (The Woodlands, Texas/College Park) has been named the team's captain for the upcoming 2012-13 season.
Messimer will enter her senior season as the 35th captain in the 40-year history of the women's basketball program at Yale University, as voted upon by her teammates. The 5-8 guard has played in all of Yale's 85 games in her three-year career with 10 starts. In her three seasons, Messimer has averaged 5.1 points and 1.9 rebounds.
By electing Messimer as the team's captain, the Bulldogs recognized her standing as the team's leader on and off the court. On the court, Messimer has been the most vocal player on the team in her three seasons. Off the court, Messimer has directed the team's efforts in the organization of the Pink Zones weekend activities, which raises funds for breast cancer research at the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven.
"I am very honored that my team voted me to be captain for next year," Messimer said. "I am hoping to not let them down and do the best I can at handling any issues that come our way. I think it will be important that I continue to bring positive energy to the team and encourage others to do the same."
Messimer, who will graduate in May 2013 with a degree in Economics, has been a key contributor to Yale's rise in the Ivy League ranks, which included the 16-12 finish last season, the most wins in the program's history since the 1993-94 season (16-10) and just the third time that the team won 16 or more games (1979-80, 17-9). Messimer was also a key contributor in the Bulldogs run to their first-ever appearance in the Women's National Invitational Tournament at the end of the 2010-11 season.
"Allie Messimer has been a hugely positive part of our program ever since her arrival in the fall of 2009," said Chris Gobrecht, the Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954, Head Coach of Women's Basketball. "She has served our women's basketball program in many ways already so it is a natural progression for her to now serve the team as our 2012-2013 captain. Allie works hard, puts the team first, and is a terrific encourager to her teammates. I believe she will be an excellent captain for our team."
The Bulldogs finished the 2011-12 season with a 16-12 overall record and an 8-6 finish in the Ivy League. Three players earned a spot on the All-Ivy Team, including junior guard Megan Vasquez, who was named to the First Team for the second straight season, and the team's senior captain Michelle Cashen, who earned All-Ivy Honorable Mention for her fourth straight selection to the All-Ivy Team. Freshman Sarah Halejian was named the Ivy League's Rookie of the Year.
With everyone returning for 2012-13 except for Cashen, along with a strong incoming freshman class, the expectations will once again be high for the Bulldogs and their new captain, who is ready to lead the charge.
"I am really aiming to do anything that is needed of me to have our team be able to reach our goals for the next season," Messimer said.
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The inaugural JE Pistons NMRA/NMCA West Coast Shootout, presented by Lucas Oil, was held at Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, California, July 8-10, 2011. This event is part of the NMCA Flowmaster Muscle Car Nationals. The main focus for Team Super Chevy was to check out the Racers Against Street Racing True Street Challenge class, presented by Tremec. Since there are very few dragstrips in California, street racing has become more prevalent and this event was designed to take racing off the streets and put it on the track where it belongs.
The True Street class is designed for genuine street cars that are licensed, insured, and capable of making a 10-20-mile escorted cruise. After the cruise each racer will run three back-to-back passes for an overall average elapsed time. Awards are given to the overall fastest competitor, runner-up, and the closest averages to 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 seconds. Included in this True Street class was a special Media vs. Manufacturers class that pitted all editors (who had a car ready) against the makers of the products we write about.
Not limited to just drag racing, the event offered an autocross track hosted by Hotchkis, a SpeedStop challenge sponsored by Baer Brakes, and a car show area. With classes for Modern Muscle, Street Machine, Muscle Machine, Truck, Street Rod, and Turn & Burn, there was a great array of cars and trucks running the cones and locking up the tires on the autocross and SpeedStop courses. Winners took home Hotchkis sway bar sets, Nitto tires, Centerforce clutches, and discounts on TCI, NMCA, and K&N products. All the events ran like clockwork, and everyone we spoke to got their fill of racing. For a complete listing of the results, check out the NMCA website.
Drag Results
RASR True Street
|Overall Winner: Mike Nordahl, '64 Chevy Nova, 10.258 average
|Runner-up: Brian Rock, '65 Pontiac GTO, 10.523 average
|11-Second Winner: Jacorie Gray, '71 Chevy Vega, 11.813 average
|12-Second Winner: Nita Clein, '72 Plymouth Duster, 12.004 average
|13-Second Winner: Norm Knox, '11 Ford Mustang, 13.154 average
|14-Second Winner: Jason Lafrenz, '93 Ford Mustang, 14.07 average
|15-Second Winner: Gregory Anderson, '07 Ford Mustang, 15.229 average
Media vs. Manufacturers True Street
|Overall Winner: Steve Rupp, '68 Chevy Camaro, 11.589 average
|Runner-up: John McGann, '66 Chevy Chevelle, 11.789 average
|12-Second Winner: Will Baty, '10 Chevy Camaro, 12.160 average
|13-Second Winner: Evan Smith, '12 Ford Mustang, 13.087 average
|14-Second Winner: Kevin McIntosh, '07 Dodge Magnum, 14.124 average
|15-Second Winner: Dave Wallace, '03 Mercury Marauder, 15.998 average


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Once again the Chicago Wolves will celebrate St. Patrick's Day by wearing commemorative jerseys that will be used to support important charities.
The Wolves will wear specially designed jerseys for their home games this Saturday and Sunday and again on March 17. The jerseys will be available via auction and raffle as part of the team's 17th St. Patrick's Day fundraiser.
The jerseys, presented by Jewel-Osco, will raise money for Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago and Chicago Wolves Charities. The Wolves have raised more than $500,000 for Chicago-area charities, including Easter Seals, with the St. Patrick's Day jerseys.
Forward Andrew Gordon, one of the team's leading scorers, will wear a different jersey in each of the three games and they'll be available via raffle, silent auction, and online auction.
Wolves forwards Alex Friesen and Devin DiDiomete and defenseman Peter Andersson will also have their jerseys available through in-game raffles. Tickets are $5 apiece or five for $20. The jersey worn by defenseman Kevin Connauton will be available via blind auction.
Fans can bid on other limited-edition jerseys during the silent auction that begins March 9 in Allstate Arena's Southeast Lobby and closes at the end of the second intermission on March 17.
Gordon have his final jersey available in a ChicagoWolves.com auction that begins March 18 and closes at noon on March 29.


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Jack Parker has coached the Boston University hockey team for 40 years, but this is the first season he has welcomed the son of a former player into the Terriers' fold.
Freshman center Danny O'Regan is the youngest son of Tom O'Regan, who racked up 130 points in 105 games from 1979-83 before going on to play in the National Hockey League and in Germany.
Danny O'Regan, who was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team Wednesday, goes into Friday's Hockey East semifinal against Boston College at TD Garden as BU's leading scorer with 36 points (14 goals) in 37 games, 1 point ahead of linemate Matt Nieto.
O'Regan, who has a seven-game scoring streak in progress with 10 points in that span, is vying to become the first freshman to finish the year as BU's top scorer since Tony Amonte in 1989-90.
"Playing with Danny is really easy,'' said Nieto, who combines with O'Regan and Evan Rodrigues to make up the hottest line in the country with 73 points since Jan. 9. "He makes all the right plays.
"He is a complete player. He knows how to pass the puck, he has a good shot, he is the whole package. He has so much knowledge for hockey.''
Nieto, a junior, said O'Regan's transition to the college game was seamless.
"He made the adjustment look really easy,'' said Nieto. "Others might struggle with the speed of the game but he came in here and made an impact right away.''
Parker said O'Regan and his father are similar players.
"I remember it like it was yesterday,'' said Parker, who once had Mike Eruzione's son, Mike Eruzione Jr., on the team for a few weeks, though the younger Eruzione never played in a regular-season game.
"[Tom] was a great puck handler, he was a great goal scorer. He had an unbelievably deceptive stride. He could really skate but he didn't look like he was going fast.
"I remember when I went to see Danny play for St. Sebastian's, my buddy said he wasn't sure about his skating. I said, 'There is nothing wrong with it. Danny goes just fast enough.'
"Danny would beat you to the puck, and that's just how his father was. He could slip by people."
Parker ranks O'Regan, 19, among the top freshman centers he has ever coached.
"From the day he got here, he's been really good with the puck and really good without the puck,'' said Parker. "Sometimes freshmen have a hard time without the puck, especially talented guys. But he's been good in his own zone and on the backcheck. He's a very, very smart player.''
Brothers cross paths
Danny O'Regan's older brother, Tommy, plays for Harvard.
"He is having a great year, I'm really happy for him,'' said Tommy, a sophomore who turns 21 on March 30. "He is really comfortable out there. He is playing with some good players and they have some good chemistry.''
Even though just two years separate them in age, the O'Regan brothers didn't play together at St. Sebastian's, or on any other team except for informally during summers. And this season, when Harvard and BU squared off Jan. 9, it was the first time they had played against one another.
Each had 3 points in the game — Danny had two goals and an assist and Tommy a goal and two assists — as the Crimson won in overtime, 6-5.
"We both treated it like a regular game,'' said Tommy. "It's always weird when you're out there and you look across and see you're playing against him. It's just kind of weird and a little surreal. It was definitely cool and fun being out there against each other because it had never happened before.
"We gave each other a couple of fun chops on the ice but you have to go out every shift and play like you normally would. Sometimes we made eye contact with each other and smiled."
Danny said they just did their own thing and didn't even really talk about it afterward.
"It was weird but it was a lot of fun,'' he said. "He's always been a good older brother. He's never really made fun of me.''
To Berlin and back
Tom O'Regan has been a major influence on his sons, as he has in the lives of their younger sisters, 17-year-old twins Courtney and Carolyn.
"He has been the No. 1 reason for both me and Danny's success,'' said Tommy. "He's never been too harsh on us. He has criticized us when the time is right — constructively, of course. He has always had the right amount of criticism and he's been supportive all the way through.
"He was a really good player himself, so growing up, we didn't really realize how lucky we were to have his advice every day. It's definitely got us to where we are today.''
All four children were born in Berlin while Tom was playing there. A few years after they moved back to the US, the family made a return trip so the children could appreciate their roots and the historical significance of the Berlin Wall.
"We loved it there,'' said Tom. "We went back because when we were first there, the Berlin Wall was up. The city itself went through a major transformation.
"We were back here for four or five years and we wanted to get the kids back at an earlier age to give them an appreciation for where they were born. They were probably 5, 7, and 9 at that point."
He is excited about Danny playing for the Terriers.
"I think it's a great program, it's something I've been part of for 35 years,'' said Tom. "For our family, it's very special to watch him play there and play for Coach Parker and take part in the pride and the tradition the program offers and be going to the Hockey East [tournament].''
When asked if Parker has changed over the years, Tom chuckled.
"Jack coached me when he was in his mid 30s,'' he said. "Jack has changed and the game has changed — everything has changed since the late 1970s.
"I think the key to his success throughout all those changes is he has been adaptable. He has adjusted to the changes in the game very well and he's surrounded himself with some great associate coaches and assistant coaches.
"He's a tremendous coach but he has always maintained that competitive edge and passion for the game and that same fiery personality. Although he has gotten a bit older, he hasn't lost his passion for the kids and his passion for the game.''
Peaking at right time?
Despite being around the BU program for most of his life, Danny knew it would be a challenge to compete for a spot on the team. But he impressed coaches and teammates early on.
"Coming in, I didn't really know what to expect playing-wise,'' he said. "Personally, I was happy enough to land on the top two lines and play with Nieto and Rodrigues for most of the year, which was a lot of fun.
"As a team, it was kind of an up-and-down, roller coaster year. I think we're really looking good right now. The team is really coming together at the end of the year. Hopefully we will continue this season for a few more weeks.''
He credits his father with helping prepare him for the transition.
"He's been everything really, hockey-related,'' said Danny. "I've looked up to him my whole life and I strive to do what he did and hopefully make it. After every game, he always has some feedback.
"But he's never been a crazy hockey dad. He's down to earth. He always says we're pretty similar, which is perfect because that's what I am kind of going for.''
Given that this is Parker's last year as coach, O'Regan hopes he and his teammates can keep their run going.
"It's definitely cool to be able to play for Coach Parker, having had my dad play for him,'' he said. "He's not going to be here next year but I'm happy I got to play for him for one year because I think he's the best coach.''Nancy Marrapese-Burrell can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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WTF NBC?? They will skip next weeks episode #4 because it involves the death of children. Too close to the Boston Marathon tragedy......
After several particularly violent months in America, NBC has decided to pull episode four of frosh drama "Hannibal" from its lineup due to the disturbing content involving children murdering other children.
Fourth episode of the grisly serial killer drama featured Molly Shannon's character brainwashing kids, leading them to kill other children.
Episode four was slated to air next week. Peacock will instead move directly to episode five. While the drama is serialized, NBC claims there will be no continuity issues, noting that TV critics have seen episodes three and five, and not four.
Decision arose after series creator Bryan Fuller phoned NBC and told the net that, "given the cultural climate right now in the U.S., I think we shouldn't air the episode in its entirety."
"I didn't want to have anyone come to the show and have a negative experience," Fuller told Variety. "Whenever you [write] a story and look at the sensational aspects of storytelling, you think, 'This is interesting metaphorically, and this is interesting as social commentary.' With this episode, it wasn't about the graphic imagery or violence. It was the associations that came with the subject matter that I felt would inhibit the enjoyment of the overall episode. … It was my own sensitivity."
Fuller cited the Sandy Hook shooting in December and this week's Boston Marathon bombings as the root of this sensitivity issue. "Hannibal," from Gaumont Intl., was filmed before the events in Newtown, Conn., had transpired.
By pulling episode four from the lineup, NBC has effectively bumped the frosh season of "Hannibal" up a week. The season finale for "Hannibal," originally slated for June 27, will now be on June 20.
Incident is just another example of TV execs and creatives pulling content in the wake of violent events over the last few months. This week, ABC pushed an episode of "Castle" where Detective Kate Beckett steps on a pressure-sensitive bomb to April 29, though Alphabet may push the episode even further if it is still deemed too insensitive given recent events.
What's more, after the Sandy Hook shooting, Syfy yanked an episode of "Haven," which featured a school violence storyline. TLC delayed one-off "Best Funeral Ever" and Fox pulled episodes of its Sunday night toon skeins "Family Guy" and "American Dad" that execs felt were inappropriate given what had occurred in Connecticut days earlier.
Fans of "Hannibal" will still be able to see clips from episode four, however. NBC is making a package of clips from the yanked episode available on NBC.com next week. It focuses on character development and not the procedural element featured in episode four of "Hannibal." Package will feature Fuller offering voice over and discussing the series.
"This is also a great opportunity to provide another platform for the show that can draw audiences to social media and give them original content that's not just a behind-the-scenes special, but a webisode featuring the primary cast, which is a rare thing to get on the net," Fuller explained.
But, mostly, Fuller said, "We want to be respectful of the social climate we're in right now."
Peacock notes that the fourth episode will run overseas, but not in the States.
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Humanae Vitae at 40
BY Legionary Father Walter Schu
On July 29,
1968, a crescendo of suspense was broken and Pope Paul VI publicly issued his
long-awaited encyclical Humanae Vitae (The
Regulation of Birth).
In the encyclical, the Holy Father
courageously reaffirmed the Church's constant teaching that, in the words of
the encyclical, "each and every marriage act must remain open to the
transmission of new life" (No. 11).
It caused a firestorm.
Within 24 hours, in an event
unprecedented in the history of the Church, more than 200 dissenting
theologians signed a full-page ad in The New
York Times in protest. Not only did they declare their disagreement
with encyclical's teaching; they went one step further, far beyond their
authority as theologians, and actually encouraged dissent among the lay
They asserted the following:
"Therefore, as Roman Catholic theologians, conscious of our duty and our
limitations, we conclude that spouses may responsibly decide according to their
conscience that artificial contraception in some circumstances is permissible
and indeed necessary to preserve and foster the values and sacredness of
Among Catholic laity, Humanae
Vitae was also greeted with consternation. A Gallup survey done less
than a month after the encyclical was promulgated showed that of those
Catholics who had heard of it, only 28% agreed with the Pope's teaching.
Fifty-four percent disagreed with the Pope explicitly; others refused to
Even among bishops, the encyclical
was often received with what could hardly be described as an ardent embrace in
obedience and faith. On Sept. 27, 1968, the bishops of Canada, united in
plenary assembly at St. Boniface in Winnipeg, Manitoba, issued a declaration on
Vitae that has come to be known as the Winnipeg Statement.
Oddly enough, the statement does not
use the term "contraception" even once, substituting instead the euphemism "any
positive intervention that would prevent the transmission of human life" (No.
8). Still, the statement seems to be headed in the right direction, as it
acknowledges the magisterium's right to pronounce itself on the question of the
responsible regulation of births, along with the duty of the faithful to form
their consciences according to that teaching.
But then, No. 26 makes its
appearance, in which all of the above is thrown to the winds:
"Counselors may meet others who,
accepting the teaching of the Holy Father, find that because of particular
circumstances they are involved in what seems to them a clear conflict of
duties, e.g., the reconciling of conjugal love and responsible parenthood with
the education of children already born or with the health of the mother. In
accord with the accepted principles of moral theology, if these persons have
tried sincerely but without success to pursue a line of conduct in keeping with
the given directives, they may be safely assured that,
whoever honestly chooses that course that seems right to him does so in good
conscience" (italics added).
In other words, the Canadian bishops
affirmed that Catholics may in good conscience choose to disregard Humanae's
Vitae's teaching on the intrinsic evil of contraception (found in
the encyclical's No. 14).
Subjectivism of conscience has become
the new, supreme law. Aside from the truth of responsible procreation, what
teaching of the faith at all is capable of standing against this new norm of
unbridled subjectivism?
Pope John Paul II's ardent defense
of the truth of married love rings out in sharp contrast to the Winnipeg
Statement: "Contraception is to be judged so profoundly unlawful as never to
be, for any reason, justified. To think or to say the contrary is equal to
maintaining that in human life, situations may arise in which it is lawful not
to recognize God as God" (L'Osservatore Romano, Oct.
10, 1983, p. 7).
Many groups of Catholic lay faithful
have been urging the Canadian bishops to retract the Winnipeg Statement and
affirm their complete adherence to Humanae Vitae.
The Austrian bishops had the courage
to withdraw their own 1968 statement on March 29, 1988, and to announce their
complete agreement with Humanae Vitae, as
well as John Paul II's apostolic exhortation Familiaris Consortio
(The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World).
In 1990, the Philippine bishops issued an apology to that nation's Catholics for
having failed to encourage their flock to adhere to Humanae Vitae.
wrote: "Afflicted with doubts about alternatives to contraceptive technology,
we abandoned you to your confused and lonely consciences with a lame excuse:
'Follow what your conscience tells you.' How little we realized that it was our
consciences that needed to be formed first."
did the U.S. bishops react to Pope Paul VI's courageous encyclical?
they rushed to support the Holy Father, asking the lay faithful to do the same.
On July 31, 1968, Archbishop John Deardon of Detroit, president of the U.S.
bishops' conference declared: "Recognizing his [Pope Paul VI's] unique role in
the universal Church, we, the bishops of the Church in the United States, unite
with him in calling upon our priests and people to receive with sincerity what
he has taught, to study it carefully and to form their consciences in its
when the bishops distributed the English edition of Humane Vitae,
attached to it were norms for theological dissent.
could such a situation have arisen: theologians, laity, even bishops in a
firestorm of dissent from the definitive, binding teachings of the Holy Father?
understand the reaction to Humanae
Vitae, it is necessary to
consider the drama leading up to the encyclical. A principal element in that
drama was the sexual revolution.
the summer of 1968, the sexual revolution was in full swing, both in the United
States and Western culture. What was the dominant ideology of the sexual
revolution? It was the attempt to "liberate" sexuality from the "repressive"
confines of commitment.
was the effort to truncate the meaning of sex to personal pleasure through
ecstatic release. The attempt was made
to obliterate the transcendent, personal dimension of sexual intercourse as a
free self-giving of the entire person in love.
was sought was love without responsibility, pleasure without the gift of self.
were often swept away with the rest of the population in this new hedonism and
the illusory freedom it proffered.
national study done in 1955 revealed that only 30% of Catholic wives were using
contraception. A similar study in 1965 showed the following: "53% of Catholic
wives aged 18 to 39 were either presently using a forbidden means of
contraception or had done so in the past."
1970, fully 68% of Catholic wives in their childbearing years were limiting
their families by a means other than abstinence or natural family planning.
was at stake in the firestorm of dissent with which Humane Vitae
was greeted and in the drama leading up to its reception?
In his 1994 Letter to Families, John
Paul II affirmed that "the family is placed at the center of the great struggle
between good and evil, between life and death, between love and all that is
opposed to love."
different forces enter into that struggle. But at its very core is the ideology
of contraception.
Next week: The Decades of
Silence About Humanae Vitae.
Legionary Father Walter Schu is
author of The
Splendor of Love on John Paul II's theology of
the body,
a course for couples of Familia.


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Here are all LED products SatisLED can provide:
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