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Brookville Raiders football keeps rolling, beats A-C Valley 48-24
BROOKVILLE — An impressive performance by the Brookville Raiders' dynamic offensive trio helped power them to a 48-24 victory over A-C Valley Friday night, improving to a 5-1 record.
Running backs Zach Vroman and Brodie Zacherl and quarterback Cameron Yard combined for 409 rushing yards.
"The more weapons you have the tougher you are to defend, and that's what we're evolving into," said Chris Dworek, Raider varsity coach.
Vroman rushed for 129 yards on 10 carries with a 56-yard TD run and a 70-yard punt return.
Zacherl trotted for 139 yards on 22 carries with a 2-yard TD run. Yard dashed for 141 yards on nine rushing attempts with 3 TD runs (68,45,1). Yard also ran in a two-point conversion and threw a 41-yard TD pass to Braiden Smith.
The Falcons got off to a solid start behind quarterback Kevin Kaufman, but as the game progressed, the Raider defense was able to get the best of him. Kaufman completed 15 of 37 passes with a 50-yard TD pass, two interceptions and a fumble.
A-C Valley received the opening kickoff and Kaufman quickly went to work. On the opening drive he completed 3 of 4 passes for 23 yards, which helped push the Falcons to the Brookville 12-yard line.
Running back Landon Delisio rushed the ball the remaining 12 yards to score the game's first TD 5 minutes into the contest. Damien Wolfe booted in the PAT to put A-C Valley up 7-0.
The Raiders wasted little time responding. On the third play of their opening drive, Yard faked a hand-off to Zacherl, then ran the ball down the left side of field 68 yards for the score.
Yard tried to use his arm to put the Raiders ahead by one with the two-point conversion, but his pass was incomplete. The Falcons were still on top 7-6.
On the ensuing kickoff, the Falcons scored again on a 92-yard kickoff return TD from Josh Suto. Wolfe kicked in another PAT to push the Falcons lead to 14-6 with 5:21 remaining in the first quarter.
Brookville responded to the deficit on its ensuing drive. On first down, Yard could not connect with Nathan St. Laurent. Zacherl then carried on the next three downs, combining for 27 yards and two first downs.
With a new set of downs, Yard looked to hand the ball off to Zacherl again but faked the Falcon defense out of its cleats when he took the ball himself for a 45-yard TD trot.
Yard followed up by running in the two-point conversion as well to tie the game at 14 apiece.
A-C Valley scored again off a Wolfe field goal early in the second quarter to put the Falcons back on top, 17-14.
Jonah Sampson grabbed the ensuing kick and was able to run the ball back to the Raider 44-yard line. That proved to be close enough to the goal for Vroman, as he ran the ball 56 yards for the score on the Raiders' first play of the second quarter. Yard kicked another PAT to push Brookville's lead to 21-17.
Once the Raiders took the lead, they started to get hot on both sides of the ball. Coach Dworek was proud of his players for responding from an early point deficit.
"It is a nice feeling to know that no one is panicking, no one is shocked and no one is going to put their head down.
The guys are smart; they grew up a lot since that first game and they're continuing to learn lessons, which make them just that much more mentally tough," said Dworek.
On the first play of the Falcons next drive, the Raiders forced a fumble on Kaufman, which was grabbed by Zacherl.
Yard tried airing the ball out on the ensuing drive but came up short. He went 0-3 and the Raiders ended up with a turnover on downs.
Kaufman began to find more pressure from the Raider defensive line and cornerbacks on the next drive.
"They (cornerbacks) were breaking a lot better; you could just see them getting more confident with every pass they (AC-Valley) were throwing, they (Brookville) were able to read things better and break on the ball a lot quicker," said Dworek.
On second-and-nine, Kaufman was able to complete a pass to Delisio, who was facing double coverage. Suto tried to run on a new set of downs, but Vroman had other plans, as he tackled him in the backfield for a loss of two yards.
On second-and-12, Kaufman tried to connect with Greg Elliot, but the pass was incomplete. Kaufman tried to connect to tight end Anthony Painter, but Evan Matheny broke up the pass.
The Falcons were forced to punt the ball away, which Vroman was able to return 70 yards for the score. Yard booted another PAT and put the Raiders up 28-17.
A-C Valley was forced to punt again on its next drive thanks in part to some top-notch defensive work by Zacherl. He helped pressure the Falcon receiver core and was able to break up a pass on third-and-10.
On Brookville's ensuing drive, Vroman, Yard and Zacherl alternated carries until eight plays and 79 yards later, when the Raiders were at the 1-yard line. Brookville's O-line was able to push the Falcon defense back, enabling Yard to punch the ball in for the score. Yard's PAT attempt was no good, keeping the score at 34-17 Brookville.
The Raiders scored again on their opening drive of the first half. Zacherl absorbed most of the work load, as he ran the ball for 32 yards on 7 carries. His last carry of the drive was a two-yard TD scamper. Yard connected after on the PAT to extend Brookville's lead to 41-17.
The Raiders followed up their score with a gutsy onside kick call which ended up benefiting them.
Yard's kick was touched by a Falcon player, and Nathan Bonfardine was able to recover the ball for the Raiders at the A-C Valley 41-yard line.
On the first play, Yard was able to find an open Braiden Smith down the left side of the field for a 41-yard TD reception. Yard then kicked the PAT and pushed Brookville's lead to 48-17.
The Falcons were able to score their first points of the second half on the ensuing drive when Kaufman completed a pass to Ryan Bartley for a 50-yard TD score. Wolfe kicked another PAT to cut Brookville's lead to 48-24.
Neither team was able to find the end zone in the fourth quarter, so Brookville held onto its 48-24 lead for the final score.


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"Never mind the fact that the iPod turned the entire music industry on its head. Never mind the fact that most successful notebooks today resemble designs first popularized by Apple. Never mind the fact that the blueprint of the modern day smartphone remains the original iPhone. Never mind the fact that competitors are scrambling wildly to copy the success and design of the iPad. Forget all of these things, because when it comes to Apple, the 'what have you done for me lately?' mentality reigns supreme."
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Well duh...
by galvanash on Fri 18th Jan 2013 23:57 UTC
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For some bizarre reason, Apple is always being chastised for not introducing the "next big thing" at every event, as if innovative and disruptive products are simply formed out of thin air and should be delivered on a timely schedule, like opening day of Major League Baseball.
Im not necessarily saying it is fair, but from average pundits point of view the success of Apple is tied to being innovative and producing disruptive products - and it is, to a point... Therefore, that becomes the yardstick, i.e. when Apple tries to capitalize on the innovative and disruptive product they introduced by actually riding the wave they created, they are viewed as stagnating.
Is this _really_ stagnation? I think the real question that should be asked is how long they can ride a particular wave? I think this is where many industry analysts (including me in the past) get it wrong - Apple has figured out ways to extend such waves by selectively improving their products in unique ways - ways their competitors end up scrambling to match, thus extending the wave for quite a long time... Their ability to do this repeatedly is really uncanny.
Did anyone think, when they bought their original iPhone (which was an ok looking little soap shaped piece of plastic with a shitty screen) that the future success of the entire sector would hinge so strongly on build quality and materials? Apple did that... Is that innovation? Hell no, but it sure worked. Or high density displays? Or voice recognition? None of these kinds of things register as huge innovations, but they are enough to keep the entire industry busy trying to keep up.
I honestly thought the iPhone "wave" would have died like 2 or 3 years ago... But I honestly haven't seen any real, hard evidence of it dying even now... The iPhone 5 to my eyes seems pretty mediocre, but yet sales are still very high and still growing year over year.
My only point really is that Apple seems to (for the last 10 years or so) have a very good idea of how long they can ride such waves and when it is time to move on. And they are very good at moving on...
Look at how smoothly they went from classic iPod to the modern iterations. That used to be their bread and butter. They still make them, but they introduced new products to absorb their loses as the product wave wained. It is still a valuable product in many ways, but it is noise as far as their bottom line goes.
Anyway, rant over. I long ago gave up on critiquing Apple when it comes to product development. Love Apple or hate them, the reason the industry analysts keep getting it wrong is because they don't think like them... Apple will eventually f*ck up, but my guess (and most analysts) guess on when that will be is just about useless. Funny part to me is that when that happens all the "I told you sos" will start flying out of the mouths of idiots who have been wrong over and over and over again for the last 10 years...
RE: Well duh...
by unclefester on Sat 19th Jan 2013 04:35 in reply to "Well duh..."
I honestly thought the iPhone "wave" would have died like 2 or 3 years ago... But I honestly haven't seen any real, hard evidence of it dying even now... The iPhone 5 to my eyes seems pretty mediocre, but yet sales are still very high and still growing year over year.
You must live in the USA. The iPhone is pretty much in terminal decline everywhere else.
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by bowkota on Sat 19th Jan 2013 20:39 in reply to "RE: Well duh..."
You must live in the USA. The iPhone is pretty much in terminal decline everywhere else.
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The PS4 is going to have, at least initially, two more colors in addition to the usual black, Magma Red and Wave Blue. Unfortunately no release date has been mentioned for the two controllers yet.
Shuhei Yoshida just mentioned that they'll come "soon", but not in time for the console's launch.
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who loves to cook? who knows how to cook? :D
and describe your greatest masterpieces or worst accidents behind the stove
i cook, worst catastrophe involved a new cooker, wall and gas in pipe being put it,,, they forgot to tell me not to put the gas directly over the old oven they had and apparently it can hit the pipe to the back of the cooker and explode slightly:(. (luckily no one was injured)
best food, enligh breackfast in my opinion cant be beated home cooked.
hard to make food, idk the name but its italian and took 3 days to make it so be happy and eat it ffs¬¬. (people left some T.T)
greatest masterpiece something akin to a white chocolate base with strawberry cream iceing on top with lots of hills etc then made snowmen children playing etc (aka......... i made a giant christmas sweat one christmas) it looked great and tasted good so it was a success. unfortuneatly i made it a bit too big and we couldnt finish it cuz it was so sweet.
No Season 2 No Life!!!
One time I tried to make mashed potatoes out of the box with only oil, and butter. I added pepper flakes, too. I gave a bowl to some chick, who quickly ran into the turlet and coughed it up. It was a party. Don't eat or drink things Men give you.
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auto44e wrote:
who loves to cook? who knows how to cook? and describe your greatest masterpieces or worst accidents behind the stove
I sure do love to cook and bake. I must say this is probably one of the few best topics I have seen yet. One of my first accidents... mistaking the measurement of salt for the measurement of sugar when I baked a blueberry pie. Turned out real salty. Too bad, I had to dump it.
I don't care for cooking. I just heat stuff up on the microwave.
Might as well not care to live because the microwave is evil.
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cooking awesome .... you can only eat Kraft dinner soooo many times before you get bored of it. Now I can make it with hotdogs too!!!! just kidding but in all seriousness cooking awesome defiantly a must have skill and the best thing i make is eggs Benedict from scratch (cuz I love them)
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auto44e wrote:
who loves to cook? who knows how to cook? and describe your greatest masterpieces or worst accidents behind the stove
I sure do love to cook and bake. I must say this is probably one of the few best topics I have seen yet. One of my first accidents... mistaking the measurement of salt for the measurement of sugar when I baked a blueberry pie. Turned out real salty. Too bad, I had to dump it.
your story reminds me of a time when I accidently mistaken salt for sugar and lets say my oatmeal didn't taste so good :P
I love to cook, was a chef for a few years at a restaurant. My most complicated dish was pan seared duck breast over buttered escarole, baked french bread toast, poached egg, sauce maltaise and cassis reduction.
I dont like typing this stuff, but whoa, here I am typing it..You get it. right?
I do a lot of cooking and baking. My worst experience is forgetting the sugar in homemade brownies. Worst thing that could happen...other than the 5ft gyser of hot oil while cooking home made fries. Luckily, nothing caught on fire. As for a best recipe, I'll have to say Spanish Wedding Cookies which somehow got renamed to "Crackballs" whenever I make them.
I mostly cook Chinese and Japanese cuisine. My favorite stuff to make I'd have to say is a tie between char siu bao or chicken nyumen. To me, food like that is easy to make. I have difficulty making things simple like steak or regular macaroni noodles. Some of my biggest or perhaps most annoying mishaps would be cutting myself peeling the skin off an onion or opening a cup of noodles and somehow the plastic cut me. Both times, the little cut was deep enough that it drew a small drop of blood. I actually have yet to have any serious accident while cooking. Worst so far was slicing my thumb when I was sharpening a knife.
Looking at the start, hope to see a finish
I love cooking. I learned much from my mom and dad since I spent a lot of time in the kitchen when I was younger, so I learned how to prepare just about everything they've ever fixed. It's your basic variety from standard American foods, Italian, Mexican, and Oriental like haumburgers, spaghetti, tacos, and the like.
I've never really had a worst moment in cooking.
My favorite meal to cook are either Chili with butter fried corn cakes or BBQ Chicken on the grill with cucumber salad, pirogies, and corn on the cob.
Simple, I know, but I enjoy fixing them a lot.
I like to cook. I had to learn cooking since my parents aren't home most of the time.
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I love cooking! My specialties are mashed potato, ratatouille and stir-fried noodles. I can also cook a perfect-looking sunny side-up egg. Sadly, my family won't let me cook 'cause I've been told that I'm the slowest cook in the world and that they'll starve to death first before I finish. T_T Whenever they let me cook something though, it always turns out good and they love it.
I love cooking! The one up side of living in a city devoid of decent women is that you have time for a 1000 god forsaken hobbies. Bitterness (pun intended) aside, I generally do Christmas dinner my self every year, and I cook new things every chance I get. The only thing I'm not really decent at is baking, but I'm getting better.
...how bout that...
Edit : Yes, I can cook, pretty damn well actually.
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Words to live by, and I do.
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NEWCON, a global leading provider of Telco core components in the area of OSS and BSS, today announced that the company has deployed its "Intercarrier- & Wholesale Billing Solution" - as part of NEWCONs' powerful "OSS/BSS Integration Layer™" software suite - for Switzerland's leading telecoms provider, Swisscom.
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How to Choose the Right Life-Insurance Policy
As more affluent Chinese families are buying premium life-insurance policies, they are also discovering the complexities of choosing the right coverage. The WSJ's Wei Gu speaks with Feisal Alibhai of health-care consultancy Qineticare about what to look for when shopping around for the right policy.
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West Virginia has released a smart-phone app that brings the anonymous tip line into the digital age but in some quarters has raised fears about neighbors spying on each other.
The Suspicious Activity Reporting Application is a free app for Apple iOS and Android devices that lets users take pictures or video of suspicious activity, tag it with Global Positioning System coordinates, add text and send it to the state's fusion center.
It's not intended for emergencies — officials still want people to use 911 for that — and people submitting a tip have the choice of remaining anonymous or including contact information.
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The tech that makes anti-terrorism tip lines effective
The app, available on the iTunes Apps Store and the Android Market, was developed by West Virginia Interactive as a joint project of the state's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and its Intelligence Fusion Center. It adds a mobile element to the existing methods of reporting suspicious activity — via the fusion center's website or by calling the center.
A method of reporting that includes images and location information reported from the scene would add speed and accuracy to crime reports, which state officials said was important.
"The longer you wait, the less accurate eyewitness information becomes, and evidence fades," said Thom Kirk, director of the fusion center, in a statement. "Enabling the information to be sent at the time the activity is taking place will not only improve the accuracy of the report but also improve the ability of the authorities to respond quickly."
Some news outlets and blogs have taken issue with the app, however, calling it a "spy app" and saying it makes it too easy for people to snitch on each other.
Some observers, such as Clay Dillow of Popular Science, point out that it could be used frivolously, causing police to waste a lot of time sorting through minor, or made-up, infractions. Others, such as the website RT.com, raise the specter of citizen-spies unwittingly working for the government. And there is always the possibility of people using the app against each other in a dispute.
But such abuses have always been possible. People long ago were able to drop a dime on each other from a pay phone, and tip lines and reporting websites have endured; they're even accessible by mobile devices. An app such as this was inevitable in an era when smart phones are replacing computers as people's primary devices, mobile broadband continues to grow, and every gadget has a camera in it.
It's possible the app could see an early flurry of inappropriate reports, but it likely would then settle in to a routine, like other tip lines.
But it could also generate useful citizen participation and help fusion center personnel gather, analyze and share information, which is the purpose of the centers.
West Virginia's Intelligence Fusion Center is one of 72 established around the country by the federal Homeland Security Department and the Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs in wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Opened between 2003 and 2007, the centers are designed to enable information sharing among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, including federal agencies such as the CIA, FBI and the military.
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more like shades of US spying in 60s and 70s via FBI Cointelpro. Why always demonise USSR and other countries for what US is doing all along?
Shades of old USSR, with the pensioner 'grandmothers' on each floor of each apartment block, serving as the eyes and ears of the powers that be.
Having only read the title, I see this as another of "the things we should not fear" coming to be. This was at one time only futuristic myth but now real. Today's young people may know very little of Nazi and FBI information gathering or it's use. For this app to be unleashed willy-nilly is not accidental nor without victim. It will give vigilante status to every 'smartphone' user on earth. There will be no privacy only public domain.
Why would basic crime go to the fusion center? Shouldn't it go to the local police directly?
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Down the Social Meaning of DeCSS: Investigating the Internet Posting
of DVD Circumvention Software
by Kristin R. Eschenfelder
Eschenfelder is an assistant professor in the
This article provides one example of social informatics research, highlighting how the social contexts of information and communications technologies (ICTs) shape their ongoing use. As explained by other authors in this section, social informatics researchers view ICTs as embedded in complex and diffuse webs of technology, institutions and people. Further, they posit that in order to understand phenomenon related to the development, use and ongoing reconfiguration of ICTs, one must analyze the social context in which development, use and ongoing reconfiguration occur. A social informatics perspective builds on the premise that any ICTs uses are situated. This situational factor means that responses to questions of how an ICT is used (or not used) and why an ICT is used (or not used) will vary in part due to the variations in the social contexts of use. A social informatics perspective thus assumes that people will likely come to use similar ICTs in diverse and unexpected ways due to variances in the social context.
While this assumption sounds reasonable, one difficulty that social informatics scholars have is defining what social context means. If we assume that social context entails a tremendous number of potential factors of explanatory interest, identifying and operationalizing those factors most useful to the project at hand can be daunting. And, unlike other areas of research that revolve around a few core theories and their variants, social informatics researchers draw on a wide variety of theoretical frames to provide structure to their investigation of social context and its complex relationship with ICT use. These frames include actor network theory, social network approaches, structuration theory and its variants, and institutional theory. These different theoretical frames tend to emphasize different social context factors and facilitate different types of explanations. So part of the trick of doing social informatics work is finding the theoretical framework that most helps describe and explain the significance of those contextual factors you have determined are most important to your explanatory goals.
An example of social informatics empirical research that emphasizes one aspect of social context the meaning of ICT for various groups and variation in meaning across groups is a project that we carried out at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Communication Technology Research Cluster www.journalism.wisc.edu/ctrc/. Our research draws on both institutional theory and a related set of theories known as collective action theory. One branch of institutional theory suggests that in order to fully explain the actions of social actors, researchers must examine the norms, beliefs or other cognitive frameworks through which the social actor develops meaning, paying special attention to how symbols shape the meanings that social actors attribute to phenomenon and how the values carried by symbols may drive action or attitudes. So the set of social context factors emphasized by this aspect of institutional theory is the role that symbols (broadly defined) play in shaping meaning and action.
Collective action theory is a more narrowly bounded theory that focuses on how individuals develop and sustain collaborative contentious action against power holders. Thus, this theory emphasizes the role of mobilizing structures such as group affiliation or social networks in generating and sustaining participation in collective action. This theory also highlights the importance of collective action symbols such as icons, language or dress in producing consensus, developing shared meaning, mobilizing protest participants and in conjunction with other symbols and slogans communicating a uniform message designed to appeal to current cultural values while portraying a target situation as unjust or intolerable.
The Case of DeCSS
In using this theoretical framework, our investigation of social context emphasized the symbolic meanings associated with ICTs. We sought to explain why certain website authors come to post a software tool known as DeCSS on Internet websites while others do not. DeCSS is a software program that breaks the software-based protection system on commercial DVDs known as CSS (not to be confused with cascading style sheets). Cracking CSS with DeCSS allows users to do a number of things, including play DVDs on computers using free/open source (F/OS) operating systems, skip commercials on the DVDs and circumvent region coding that disallows use of some foreign bought DVDs. It also allows users to make copies of those DVDs. In our analysis we explain observed variance in the Internet posting of DeCSS in terms of variance of the symbolic meaning of DeCSS for different groups.
DeCSS software has several attributes important to understanding its
symbolic value. First, some claim that DeCSS was created to allow
users of computers running F/OS operating systems to play DVDs
without resorting to the use of a commercial operating system.
Second, DeCSS quickly became obsolete as a player for DVDs on
computers running F/OS operating systems when better tools became
available. Therefore, as a tool to play DVDs on F/OS computers,
DeCSS was quickly eclipsed by newer programs although these
newer tools arguably draw on lessons provided by DeCSS. Third,
posting DeCSS is arguably prohibited in the
Given the obsolescence of the software and the legal risks associated with posting it, one might expect that DeCSS would be difficult to find. Perhaps DeCSS would only be available through anonymous peer-to-peer (P2P) sources or via password protected websites for those seeking to collect interesting cracking tools or historic versions of F/OS DVD players. But in fact we find that DeCSS has been consistently available on the Internet since 1999 and that many who post DeCSS clearly identify themselves by name.
One might also assume that DeCSS posting would be heavily associated with piracy or cracking that only people seeking to promote illegal DVD copying or general social disorder would post DeCSS. Yet we found numerous examples of DeCSS posting websites where the website authors specifically denied any desire to promote piracy or social disorder, and we found some DeCSS posting sites where the author specifically requested that people downloading the software use it only for legal purposes.
Why does this (albeit small) group of website authors ignore obsolescence and risk legal action to publicly post DeCSS and in some cases identify themselves as the poster? We posit that their actions are motivated by the symbolic value, rather than the functional value, of the DeCSS software program within some social groups. We argue that the continued posting of DeCSS has little to do with its primary functionality as a software tool either as a DVD player for lawfully purchased DVDs or as a tool to copy DVDs without the copyright owners permission. Rather, the value of DeCSS stems from its value as a symbol in larger social and political debates about the changing relationship between consumers and the digital materials they purchase.
A short history helps provide the context. In October 1999 Jon Johansen and others authored the DeCSS program, and it was available on the Internet soon after. One website to post it was www.2600.com, which was run, in part, by Eric Corley. Immediately movie studios sent out cease-and-desist orders telling websites to remove DeCSS and all links to DeCSS on secondary sites (many sites posted mirror lists). By January 2000 a number of movie studios had brought a formal suit against Corley and others both for posting DeCSS and for linking to DeCSS on secondary sites under the United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Movie studios also engaged in a public relations offensive, portraying DeCSS as an illegitimate piracy tool and DeCSS posters as pirates.
court case, which ran roughly from January 2000 to May 2002, evoked
immediate and strong reaction, including the generation of more
websites posting DeCSS or containing mirror lists of DeCSS
locations. In fact, DeCSS became a sort of cause celèbre among the
technorati, especially those in the F/OS community. For example, we
found that in January 2001, one year after the start of the legal
proceedings, at least 27 English language websites posted DeCSS.
Note that these website authors faced threat of prosecution in the
It is
not surprising that the legal proceedings might inspire some
individuals to post DeCSS out of sympathy for the prosecuted or post
DeCSS to express anti-authoritarian or anti-corporate sentiments.
What is surprising is that more than two years later, well after the
end of the legal proceedings, individuals continue to post DeCSS
both in the United States and in many other nations. Data collected
in spring 2004 comparing the EU and
The Symbolic Meaning of DeCSS
We argue that DeCSS has at least two important symbolic values for DeCSS posters. First, DeCSS posting acts as rhetorical shorthand. In posting DeCSS, authors engage in and contribute to one of the larger public debates about the changing relationship between consumers and intellectual property. Those debates include arguments that digital rights management tools like CSS block fair use of protected material, that the exemptions for legal circumvention for reverse engineering purposes are too narrow and exclude a variety of previously protected or useful activities, and that circumvention prohibitions will stifle professional and scientific communications about tools related to digital rights management (DRM), such as encryption and watermarking and that this chilling of speech will result in a decrease in innovation within the software industry. Other critics argue that DRM allows IP interests to engage in a variety of unfair trade practices and anti-consumer behaviors by giving them undue power over device player manufacturers and by supporting geographical price and release-date discrimination.
The second symbolic value of DeCSS is as a group signifier. We argue that some might post DeCSS as a means of claiming group membership. From a collective action perspective, symbols like dress or slogans are used, among other things, to mobilize and recruit group members. If certain groups adopt certain symbols as important, those seeking to belong to that group might also adopt that symbol.
argue that DeCSS holds special significance for the F/OS software
community. We suggest that people seeking to claim or exhibit group
membership within the F/OS community might be more inclined to post
DeCSS as part of a claim to group membership. Of course, not all
F/OS users feel compelled to express membership in the community by
posting DeCSS. However our data includes evidence supporting a link
between DeCSS posting and F/OS affiliation from websites in the
Examining the role of DeCSS as a symbol provides several insights on why people continue to post DeCSS despite its legal prohibition and technical obsolescence. First, this view illustrates that people continue to post DeCSS because DeCSS is shorthand for certain arguments in larger debates about the relationship between consumers and the digital works they purchase. Because the debates surrounding these issues will continue for some time, it is likely that some people will continue to post DeCSS for some time. Second, a symbolic view suggests that individuals may continue to post DeCSS in order to make affiliation claims with groups whose other members use DeCSS as a symbol.
in Use
also argue that DeCSS does not have the same symbolic value
everywhere. Recall that social informatics emphasizes that an
ICTs uses will likely vary across different contexts. Indeed, we
found variation in the frequency of DeCSS posting across nations,
variation in the context in which DeCSS was presented on websites
and variation in the association between DeCSS and F/OS affiliation.
For instance, we observed that some nations (
also observed differences in the context created by website authors
for DeCSS. For example, authors in the Peoples Republic of
we saw variance in treatment of DeCSS among F/OS developers. We had
expected to see high DeCSS posting in nations with large F/OS
developer communities. We had expected that the F/OS movement would
act as a carrier to educate developers about the issues surrounding
DeCSS and to encourage developers to post DeCSS. But we found that
some nations with high numbers of F/OS developers, such as
We draw several conclusions about the symbolic meaning of DeCSS from this observed variation. First, DeCSS posting can be better understood if one views DeCSS as a symbol laden with meaning rather than as an algorithm or a software tool. But while DeCSS is sometimes used as shorthand for arguments about the changing relationship between owners of digital media and intellectual property owners, DeCSS does not stand as a symbol for those arguments everywhere. In some places it has more value as an example of an audio-visual tool or as an example of a cracking tool. In other places, it seems to have no evident symbolic value, as no one posts it.
while DeCSS posting seems to be used as a symbol indicating F/OS
group affiliation in many websites in the
For Further
K.R., Desai, A.C., Alderman,
K.R., Howard, R.G., & Desai, A.C. (In press). Who posts DeCSS
and why? A content analysis of websites posting DVD circumvention
software. Journal of the
American Society for Information Science and Technology.
K.R., & Desai, A.C. (2004). Software as protest: The unexpected
resiliency of
D., Tarrow, S., & Tilly, C. (2001). Dynamics
of contention.
W. R. (2001). Institutions and
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Estudo de Caso: O Visual Performance Manager proporciona a uma empresa regional de serviços financeiros e bancários visibilidade completa do desempenho de aplicativos e da conexão.
Birmingham, AL
Cadence Bank is a regional banking and financial services company operating more than 100 locations across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. Like many companies in the financial services world, Cadence has been growing through acquisition, which has presented some unique challenges around network integration. Without proper visibility into these networks, the IT team struggles to effectively combine, optimize and manage network resources. In addition, with the company relying heavily on the network and key financial service applications, being able to quickly identify and remediate performance issues are key to business success. Unfortunately, without a window into key performance data, the team can't accurately assess or manage network and application usage.
Netscout Visual Performance Manager™ (VPM)
Combining the networks of previously separate companies into a single, integrated network requires a deep level of understanding about how all of the legacy hosted applications, third-party cloud-based services and users are interacting with the network. Cadence chose Visual Performance Manager (VPM) from Netscout to provide network and application performance monitoring. In addition to quickly helping Cadence identify areas of overlap among applications and services, VPM allows Cadence to uncover the underlying causes of performance bottlenecks resulting from unknown or unplanned application activity. Cadence estimates that VPM will pay for itself in 6-8 months by helping identify poorly utilized or redundant broadband circuits across its branch office network, and allow them to better manage and isolate problems with key applications.
Headquartered, in Birmingham, Cadence Bank is a regional banking company serving consumer, commercial and business customers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. With $5.7 billion in assets and nearly 1,500 employees spread across more than 100 branch office locations, Cadence has a large distributed network. It runs applications for banking, mortgage, trust and other financial services, as well as standard business productivity applications hosted locally and in the cloud.
VPM provides us visibility and access to information that allows our team to save time and money when integrating new networks, optimizing existing ones, and isolating IT problems across the organization. It helps eliminate manual correlations of data and gives us a clear line of sight into network and application performance so we can more easily meet IT objectives and get a better understanding of the landscape and impact to end-users.
– Jonathan Hay, VP, Director of Network Engineering at Cadence Bank
Like many companies in the financial services market, Cadence Bank has grown significantly in recent years through a careful strategy of acquiring and merging with other banks. Combining the networks of these separate organizations with overlapping and often completely different hardware, applications and third-party service providers requires Cadence to have a deep level of understanding about how applications and services are behaving on the network and how users interact with them.
"The network we manage is fairly typical of a company in an industry with a lot of merger and acquisition activity. It's a mixed bag," said Jonathan Hay, VP, Director of Network Engineering at Cadence Bank. "We inherited some smaller networks that were not up to our overall standards, we have some aging equipment, and we also have state of the art platforms including a lot of virtual desktops and servers running on Citrix."
With a wide variety of service offerings for customers, Cadence requires a number of hosted and cloud-based applications. This large stable of applications presents a challenge when evaluating usage, rationalizing support and executing ongoing management.
Cadence is also in the midst of opening a new data center in Birmingham, Alabama. This creates a major new challenge: identifying users that rely on specific applications in order to make the migration process as painless as possible. Mickey Parker, Sr. VP, Director of Network Services at Cadence Bank, noted that while they have a list of all the applications running on their network, they don't know who is running them and when. "We just want to be able to give users notice when we need to shut down their applications in order to move the servers that are running them into the new data center. But, without an easy way to see this data, the migration process has the potential to create a lot of problems."
The most common complaint that Cadence's network team gets is about a "slow network." Users experience delays in opening applications and files or accessing data, and assume it is a network performance problem. Some problems were consistently occurring at the same time every day for weeks or months. Parker knew that those problems could just as easily be utilization issues, with applications creating large amounts of traffic simultaneously or at the wrong times. Unfortunately, the team lacked the ability to easily analyze utilization information.Solution
Cadence selected Visual Performance Manager from Netscout because of its combination of capabilities, price and its ability to be a turnkey solution for a wide variety of visibility issues. "This was something we needed yesterday, and Netscout was clearly going to be able to come in and get us up and running quickly," noted Hay.
Parker was familiar with VPM from using it with a previous employer and knew it was the right tool to help Cadence solve their challenges. In particular, VPM could play a key role as Cadence consolidated networks and applications from a collection of separate and overlapping organizations.
"One of the main reasons we purchased VPM was to give us visibility into applications and connections. We need to be able to map out an application to user connectivity and vice versa so that we were not blind to what was on our network. When we go forward with the consolidation of all of our applications, we need to ensure we've identified all of the users who are using each application so it's seamless," Parker said.
Cadence saw the benefits of using VPM within days, as it was able to identify some unexpected disk-to-disk replication that was causing a network slowdown. In another case, VPM helped to uncover storage replication traffic between three branch offices that was also affecting network performance. The replication was supposed to occur over night during non-business hours, but was taking too long and bleeding into the business day where it impacted users. After using VPM to find the source of the slowdown, Cadence was able to apply some QoS policies to the replication traffic to address the problem.
As Cadence brings more of the responsibility for managing its network in-house, VPM's ability to generate utilization reports is extremely valuable. In some cases, VPM can create reports that third-party vendors cannot. And with a small team – Cadence has just 4 people managing the network across more than 100 locations – the ability to remotely identify and diagnose problems saves on time and travel costs.
By using VPM, Cadence has been able to discover a number of utilization issues that affect network performance. It turns out that many "slow network" complaints are actually the result of things like traffic from automated updates to Microsoft Office applications and virus definition downloads. VPM allows Cadence to identify those issues and apply policies that control when they happen.
And, VPM has helped Parker get a handle on the circuit optimization problem. By taking a close look at application and user behavior with VPM, Cadence believes they can significantly reduce the number of broadband circuits they require. In fact, the savings will be so great that Parker expects Cadence will have payback on the purchase price of VPM within 6-8 months based on circuit optimization alone.
Looking ahead, Parker and Hay see VPM playing a key role in managing and optimizing Cadence's entire network infrastructure. They want to use application fingerprinting to ensure that business critical applications are consistently performing within target parameters and not being slowed down by network latency or server response time issues. They want to create an automated reporting system that will alert them if packets are moving to and from a server in a timely fashion. With a growing base of users and locations, they also expect to use VPM to uncover trends that will allow them to proactively add circuits to sites that are trending toward overutilization and better optimize key financial service applications.
Down the road, Cadence also plans to bring some application development in-house. They plan to use VPM as part of the application testing and network validation process. They even envision an automated help desk process that would use VPM data to quickly identify whether a problem is network, application or server related.
"VPM gives us a level of insight we previously didn't have and will allow our team to work more collaboratively to solve IT challenges. It's already proven itself as an indispensable system and the go-to resource when evaluating problems, planning changes or taking the pulse of the key systems," Parker said.
For a deeper look into how this solution can help you solve problems, check out the eKnowledge page at enterprise.netscout.com/eknowledge


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Trick or Treat: Top 10 Cars for Halloween
BOO! It's that Halloween time of year again, and our thoughts have naturally wandered to cars. Since we can't tell you which ones look best in a costume, we're going to take a more creative tack. Rather than a standard Top 10, what we have here are two trick-or-treat Top 5 lists: one for the coolest tricks on the market today, and another for simple, no-nonsense cars that are just the biggest treats to drive
5. Audi's Levitating Tweeters
If you specify the optional Bang & Olufsen stereo on a high-end Audi product, you're in for a show. Turn on the stereo and watch as two exquisitely constructed tweeters automatically motor upward from their default flush-mounted position. We can remember when power antennas were cool, but this is a whole new level. It almost feels like a bonus that the stereo sounds awesome too.
4. Ford Mustang's Track Apps
You don't necessarily think of American muscle cars as having cutting-edge technological tricks, but the 2013 Mustang will make you think again with its excellent Track Apps feature. Available exclusively on Mustangs with the 4.2-inch color driver information display, Track Apps lets you monitor braking performance and handle g-forces in real time. You even can time your own 0-to-60 runs with the automatic-countdown timer--at a closed facility with a trained driver, of course.
3. Jaguar's Levitating Shift Knob
Like Audi's tweeters, Jaguar's circular motorized shift knob gets pride of place because it's at the heart of the driving experience. You get to watch this futuristic show every time you fire up your Jag, and we doubt we'd ever get tired of it. The knob has a wonderfully high-quality feel to it too, reminding us of ultra-high-end stereo systems. You'll thank yourself for splurging on a Jaguar every time you rotate this precision instrument into Drive.
2. Honda Fit's Magic Seat
The second-generation Fit might technically compete against compact hatchbacks, but its rivals in versatility are much larger crossover SUVs. That's because of the Fit's legendary second-row Magic Seat, introduced on the first-generation model and refined for even more flexibility today. With the rear seatbacks in place, the Fit can carry four adults and their luggage with ease. Fold the seat flat, and you've got a whopping 57.3 cu-ft of cargo space, turning the Fit into a mini cargo van of sorts. The front seatback folds down as well, so the Fit can accommodate objects up to 7 ft 9 inches long. But wait, there's more: The seat's bottom cushion can be flipped up when the seatbacks are upright, creating a unique cubic cargo area between the first and second rows.
1. Ford's Hands-Free Liftgate
Why didn't someone think of this before? Introduced on the new 2013 Ford Escape and now spreading to other Fords, such as the C-MAX Hybrid, the hands-free liftgate enables a driver with an armload of groceries to open the liftgate by waving a foot under the rear bumper. If the vehicle detects that the keyfob is on the driver's person, it automatically releases and opens the liftgate. Trick or treat? Actually, this one might qualify as both.
5. 2013 Mazda2
Most Mazda2 subcompact hatchbacks are rolling reminders that you cheaped out and didn't get the next size up. But this Mazda is different. In typical trim, it has manual climate controls, a basic stereo and that's about it, but there's plenty of Mazda spirit once you get off the beaten path. From its exceptionally low curb weight to its precise steering and slick manual shifter, the 2 is number one for subcompact driving pleasure.
4. 2013 Dodge Challenger R/T
When it comes to tricks, the Challenger has been left behind relative to other Dodge products. Even the compact Dart is now available with the iPad-like 8.4-in uConnect interface, while the best the Challenger can offer is an outdated navigation system with blocky graphics. So here's a suggestion: Skip the Challenger's nav, forget about the latest technology and just get the base R/T with the rental-grade interior. Once you open up the 5.7-liter Hemi V8 and experience the Challenger's luxury-coupe ride quality, you'll be glad for the lack of distractions.
3. 2013 Volkswagen Golf
A quick glance at the entry-level 2013 Golf reveals a surprisingly Spartan equipment range. You have a 2-door body, 15-in steel wheels, a manual transmission and nary an iPod or Bluetooth connection in sight. But while rival automakers might pack their compact hatches with more features, we challenge you to find a better driving experience for around $18,000. The Golf goes down the road with all the poise and substance we'd expect from an entry-level luxury hatchback. Small wonder, then, that the Golf-based Audi A3 has carved out a nice niche about $12,000 up the price ladder.
2. 2013 Scion FR-S and 2013 Subaru BRZ
You knew they were coming, didn't you? Ask most industry insiders today where to find the purest drive on the market, unencumbered by needless technology and weight, and they'll point you toward the nearest Scion or Subaru dealer. We do feel compelled to interrupt this national praise-fest with one cold hard fact: The humdrum 2.0-liter engine doesn't have enough power or character to validate the "Toyobaru" twins' aggressive sports-car styling. But if you throw some tight corners into the mix, there's no sport coupe we'd rather be piloting than one of these.
1. 2013 Ford Focus ST
Yep, you read that right. We just picked the front-wheel-drive Focus ST ahead of the rear-wheel-drive Toyobaru twins for the biggest driving treat of the year. What gives? Well, try driving these cars back-to-back on a track or winding road and see if you don't agree. The Focus ST is perhaps the most neutral-handling FWD car we've ever tested, employing a nifty brake-based cornering system that minimizes understeer in hard driving. It works like a limited-slip differential, but it's actually better than that, allowing you to power through corners as if you had all-wheel drive. Oh, and the Focus ST also cranks out a spirited 252 hp, which puts it about fifty horses ahead of Toyobarus. Treats don't get any better than this for 2013.


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Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.0 -- Configuring E-Mail Notification Retries
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Main page: Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.0
Up one level: Reference Information
You can configure how many times and how frequently the system attempts to resend notifications that have failed.
Note: This configuration also applies to the back-end deployment of Microsoft Outlook integration, which enables Cisco Unified MeetingPlace to send Microsoft Outlook calendar notifications for meetings that are scheduled from the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace end-user web interface.
See one of the following documents, depending on your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace release:
- (Release 7.0.2 and later releases) Enabling Microsoft Outlook Calendar Notifications for Meetings Scheduled from the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace End-User Web Interface
- (Release 7.0.1) Integrating with Microsoft Outlook
- Log in to the Administration Center.
- Click System Configuration > E-Mail Notifications > Notification Configuration.
- Configure the fields.
- Click Save.


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Graduation Matters Meeting Thursday in Missoula [AUDIO]
Graduation Matters Missoula invites area students, teachers, parents and other community members to attend an update on the initiative's progress.
The meeting will be from 4:30-5:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Missoula County Public Schools Business Building, 915 South Avenue West.
Graduation Matters Missoula is a school-community initiative focused on improving area graduation rates and reducing the number of students that drop out of high school before earning a diploma. This year, the initiative is focused on improving student attendance; ensuring positive early childhood development; increasing student engagement; and building resilience and positive attributes in 5th graders as they transition to middle school. The initiative is seeking volunteers to get involved in its committees and support programs that help students succeed in school.
Executive Regional Director of school district one Mark Thane says Thursday's meeting will provide information about recent progress on improving MCPS graduation rates – as well as provide opportunities for community members to learn more about current projects and register to become involved in the initiative.
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Celebrity Cars
MLB All-Star Tejada's SL500: For Sale on AutoTrader
For sale on AutoTrader right now is a 2003 Mercedes-Benz SL500 that once belonged to baseball All-Star Miguel Tejada.
Tejada started his big-league baseball career with the Oakland Athletics in 1997. Over the years he has been selected for the All-Stars six times. He won the Home Run Derby in 2004 and received the All-Star game's MVP award in 2005.
Tejada is currently listed as a free agent, but the star infielder said he would like to return to the A's this year to finish out his baseball career. The A's are currently playing spring training games in Phoenix, Ariz. without Tejada on the roster.
The car is listed for sale in Florida at The Car Shack, just outside of Miami.
Tejada's SL500 is heavily modified with new front and rear bumpers, side skirts, fenders and a rear spoiler. The car is also fitted with an aftermarket exhaust system.
Stock wheels wouldn't do for such a unique car, so Tejada's SL rolls on black 20-inch Asantis that cost around $4,000 for the set.
The car's stereo system received an upgrade, as well; a pair of aftermarket Kicker Solo subwoofers are mounted behind the seats. A set of amplifiers was installed in the trunk to provide extra power, but the original head unit is still being used to maintain the factory appearance.
The SL500 is equipped with a 302-horsepower, 5.0-liter V8 engine that is helps the car go from 0-60 mph in about 6 seconds.
2003 was the first year for this generation of the SL. It received some changes and upgrades in 2009 to keep the design fresh. An all-new SL was introduced at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year. The new car is set to arrive in showrooms in 2013.
The dealer is asking $29,900 for the baseball star's drop-top Benz, which is right around the car's estimated Kelley Blue Book value.
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