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But my point still stands that for what SAFE MMA is offering (not *just* the blood tests), it represents very good value for money. I believe it's a better system and more cost effective than the medical licensing required in most of the US states.
(If you want stories about being really ripped off, ask me sometime about what happened in Vegas...)
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You can get a documented blood test done at your local GUM clinic for £50, I know two guys who did it for ISKA shows.
I'll be interested to see where this goes in the next 6 months and how many promotions use it.
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I'm glad I read through most of this thread because it has painted the outline of a potrait for me.
A portrait that we are all adding lines and shading to, which might become a masterpiece if some idiot doesn't come and scribble on it.
I see the short term like this:
This system (or idea/company) will start seperating promoters, gyms and fighters into various tiers; such as where a fighter can afford to fight and/or where a manager and/or gym might send their fighters because of financial calculations.
It might end up messy to begin with but I genuinely believe that sometimes you need to make a mess just to know how to tidy up properly.
Longer term, you will have (or hopefully) an organisation or body that will be trusted and setting a benchmark for anybody else who might (want to try and) follow. Reality will bite in that a lot of pro fighters might start accepting that unless they are absolute prodigies or make it on TUF to the big show; they will realise that you will be fighting at a loss or just covering training overheads if they are really lucky.
I mean, I'd love every promoter to come on here and openly start a thread about how much a first timer or (up to) fourth timer makes for a bout. After you've paid your 6 - 10 weeks of training and maybe taken time off work, then paid your fee for Safe MMA; covered your own fuel or travel costs - just how many Tesco Value beans can you buy with your change?
I think this will be an eye opener for fighters to realise that if you are fighting as a profession - there isn't a "Pass go" sign or community chest for you funding. You'll be scraping a living by and you'll have to give it all you have unless you are a massive ticket seller.
And if you are wondering what the heck I am going on about - you might need to eat some hash cakes this evening to be on my mystical plane.
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Thanks for that Rosi, so just to clarify, at the moment your medical forms do not ask the doctor to check the identity of the person presenting for the medical?
As an aside, I hope that you don't think that I'm against this organisation cos I'm not. You know me and know my credentials and I'm all for fighter safety, and you also know that I'm pushing for more testing than SafeMMA is at the moment. But we have to clarify things for everybody concerned.
I have a number of questions for SafeMMA, unfortunately I have prior work arrangements and cannot attended your press conference next week and thank Marc publically for the personal invitation. So I'll ask the questions now and may be you could answer them on this forum and also during your press conference.
1. SafeMMA is owned by 76 Harley Street, which is a private medical entity providing private medical services. SafeMMA comprises of medical specialists who are part of 76 Harley Street and one of them is the clinical director of the private medical company. Some people may think that there is a conflict of interests here. As SafeMMA advertises itself to be a not-for-profit entity, what steps has it taken to separate itself from the profit making side?
2. Why are fighters compelled to have their blood tests done by SafeMMA, why can't they try and save themselves some money and go elsewhere for their HIV, hep B and C tests and send the results to yourself to put into your register. As people have said, they can probably get the test done far cheaper than the price quoted by SafeMMA.
3. Who analyses your blood samples? Will the testing be done on site by 76 Harley Street or do you subcontract it to a third party? If it is done by the parent company will they charge SafeMMA for the testing?
4. Why does the GP have to do the medical? Why can't they get a registered doctor other then their GP to do it? May be a team doctor for example or a doctor at work if they are health professionals.
5. Why does SafeMMA not advocate MRI MRA brain scanning as part of pre fight testing once a year? I have emailed SafeMMA but have not received an explanation. I am aware that one of your medical advisors works for the ABA and one reason given is that scanning is not required on the amateur boxing side. However, with respect, amateur boxing is a completely different sport in which the objective of a fight is to accumulate points during a bout and not to cause a concussive injury to the opponent. Also in that sport they use head protection to reduce impact from punches and the gloves are specially design to absorb and not transmit shock. The argument that the ABA does not scan brains is invalid as they also don't insist on blood testing.
MRI MRA is the gold standard imaging technqique looking at brain abnormalities and they is why it is used in the UFC and also professional boxing. I agree that scans do not necessarily correlate to impaired brain function, but I put it to you that if you do find abnormalities of neurological functioning then you are too late, that damage has already been done! Some of these guys have been training and fighting for years and many may have received many episodes of concussion. Damage from these concussive episodes and repeated trauma from head punches may accumulate, and brain damage from this accumulation is only picked up on MR imaging. You have to realise that aneurysms are not the only things we look out for. MR scans also give us a base line to which subsequent images over the years can be compared. If changes are found on scanning the boxer can then be advised to stop competitive fighting to prevent further damage.


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1.1. Kansas City Chiefs select QB Geno Smith, West Virginia
I think the Chiefs would be best suited to trade down, but I just don't see a huge market for it this year. This pick could go a few ways including picking Tyler Wilson, but I think Smith fits better. Wilson seems to have Carson Palmer syndrome, in that there's not a throw that he won't make, resulting a ton of interceptions. The Chiefs lost the majority of their games due to turnover, and Geno is the safer pick. I expect Albert to be their LT for 2013 and beyond.
1.2. Jacksonville Jaguars select DT Star Lotulelei, Utah
As much as I agree with the Jags needing an upgrade at defensive end, I think Lotulelei is too much to pass up. He's already a NFL athlete, he just needs to improve his technique a bit. This isn't a Dontari Poe pick based purely on athleticism, because this kid can play immediately. The comparisons to Haloti Ngata are completely warranted.
1.3. Oakland Raiders select DE Damontre Moore, Texas A&M
The Raiders need help all over their defense, and in todays NFL, a pass rush can make all the difference. It's impossible to ignore Moores production in the SEC, and I think he's definitely an early-candidate for DPOY regardless of who selects him. He's a sideline-to-sideline player who will give the Raiders some solid play from the end.
1.4. Philadelphia Eagles select LT Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M
A slight fall for my number one prospect, but the Eagles are lucky to have him. Peters is still an elite left tackle, but their right side is definitely struggling. Not only will Joeckel lock down the right tackle spot, he's the eventual replacement for Jason Peters at left tackle down the road.
1.5. Detroit Lions select DE Bjoern Werner, FSU
This might not be a popular pick, but I don't think there's much choice. The Lions are going to need a defensive end as bad as anyone in the draft, and they'll need one early. Avril probably won't be back, Vanden Bosch is awful, and they need someone for the future. Werner is a high-motor player, and could become a leader for their defense.
1.6. Cleveland Browns select OLB Jarvis Jones, Georgia
I keep hearing from random "draft sources" that Jones will drop in the draft. I don't buy it. Here's a player that had 12.5 sacks, and 24.5 tackles for loss in the SEC, and until I hear concrete evidence that his health is a concern, he's a top-5 talent. The Browns could easily be one of the top-5 defenses for the 2013 season with this selection.
1.7. Arizona Cardinals select LT Eric Fisher, Central Michigan
If I would have been the quarterback behind that offensive line in 2012, I would have considered retirement; it was that bad. The Cards had by far the worst offensive line in football, and they need to upgrade. Fisher has all the tools to be an anchor at left tackle for the next 7-8 years. Chance Warmack could be the pick here as well, but Fisher presents more value.
1.8. Buffalo Bills select QB Tyler Wilson, Arkansas
With no clear-cut number one quarterback in this draft, I think the Bills would be best suited to wait it out. Wilson could easily challenge Smith for number one overall, but falls to the Bills at eight. Fitzpatrick isn't the answer for them, and I think Wilson is the most NFL-ready quarterback available for them.
1.9. New York Jets select DE Ezekiel Ansah, BYU
Ansah is a player that could rise even higher than this when it's all said and done. Single-handedly took over the Senior Bowl with 1.5 sacks, 3.0 TFL and a batted pass. I expect him to tear it up at the combine, and put himself in the conversation for the top-DE.
1.10. Tennessee Titans select DT Sheldon Richardson, Missouri
Dee Milliner could be the choice here, but this is a pretty deep draft for CBs. Everyone is looking for the next Geno Atkins, and Richardson is a very similar player. His athleticism is ahead of his technique right now, so he doesn't light up the stat-sheet, but he's a great talent. I think as he improve his technique, you'll see an eventual pro-bowl defensive tackle.
1.11. San Diego Chargers select LG Chance Warmack, Alabama
I fully expect the Chargers to attack free agency to find a starting tackle, if they don't, Lane Johnson could easily be the selection here for a team desperately in need of a good tackle. Warmack is a plug-and-play LG that can make you forget about the position for the next decade. At 21 years old, he's got a lot of great years of football ahead of him.
1.12. Miami Dolphins select CB Dee Milliner, Alabama
Seems a bit low for someone Ive seen mocked as high as #5, but I think this is a reasonable spot for him. The Dolphins face the loss of Sean Smith, and would love to find a #1 cornerback in either the draft, or free agency. Milliner has great size, and good athleticism. Should immediately become their #1 corner.
1.13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers select FS Kenny Vaccaro, Texas
As much as they would love Milliner, I don't think Vaccaro is too shabby himself. Great fluidity for a safety, and should come in and form one of the best safety duo's in the league immediately. The Bucs remain an up and coming team, but need some serious help in the secondary.
1.14. Carolina Panthers select DT Jonathan Hankins, Ohio State
I really can't see another possibility here in all honesty. After seeing the Panthers get completely dismantled by Bryce Brown near the end of the season, it seems almost inevitable to select a defensive tackle. Hankins is a huge body with surprising athleticism, and should improve the run defense quickly.
1.15. New Orleans Saints select DE Dion Jordan, Oregon
With the Saints changing to a 3-4 defense, I think this pick makes a ton of sense. Jordan would play a similar role to SF LB Aldon Smith, and become a pass rushing linebacker. His weight at the combine will provide a good insight into how well he'll perform at a higher weight, but I think his athleticism trumps any concern behind his issues with gaining weight.
1.16. St. Louis Rams select WR Cordarelle Patterson, Tennessee
The Rams could look into either Lane Johnson, or Jonathan Cooper, but athletes like Patterson just don't last in the draft. Whether Amendola returns, I don't know, but Patterson would give Bradford a legitimate deep threat. At 6'3 with an expect 40 time in the 4.4 range, he's got a similar build to AJ Green minus the polished skills.
1.17. Pittsburgh Steelers select CB Jonathan Banks, Mississippi State
OLB remains the top need for the Steelers, but Banks is the BPA here. After Ike Taylor went down, things got really ugly for the Steelers. Even though Taylor will be back next season, he won't be there forever, and it'd be huge to have another big, physical corner that could match up with AJ Green, and Torrey Smith.
1.18. Dallas Cowboys select LG Jonathan Cooper, North Carolina
Cooper is another very, very good guard prospect in this class. In any other class, he'd likely be the #1 guard prospect. I haven't seen an interior lineman with the quickness that Cooper has in a long time. He could stand to bulk up a little to handle the stronger linemen in the NFL, but I think he has a very bright future in this league.
1.19. New York Giants select LB Alec Ogletree, Georgia
A former safety, Ogletree has the tools to be an all-around player at linebacker. The Giants defense took a step back last year, and their linebacker struggled as a group. In a pass-heavy league, Ogletrees coverage skills will prove to be a huge selling point for him in the draft.
1.20. Chicago Bears select OT Lane Johnson, Oklahoma
There's perhaps no player that has benefited more from a weak tackle class than Lane Johnson. A two-year starter at tackle, there's still some holes in his game, but he's the only remaining player worthy of a first round selection at his position.
1.21. Cincinnati Bengals select LB Arthur Brown, Kansas State
I still have no idea how he does it, but Arthur Brown plays so much bigger than his listed size. I've seen him take out guards, and single-handedly blow up a running play. His coverage skills are among the best of the linebacker in this class, and he has great instincts. If the Bengals move Burfict inside, I expect Brown to start at WILL, with Howard playing SAM. I expect Brown to be one of the biggest risers following the NFL combine.
1.22. St. Louis Rams select RB Eddie Lacy, Alabama
Another surprise here, the Rams pick up their future star at running back. With the uncertainty of Jackson returning, I think the Rams need to start looking at other options. Lacy actually compares pretty favourably to Jackson himself, and will help Bradford out in the passing game as well. Ideally, a good offensive lineman is sitting here, but that's not how the draft falls.
1.23. Minnesota Vikings select MLB Kevin Minter, LSU
If you think this is too high to Minter, you need to turn on the Texas A&M game where he almost single-handedly shut down Johnny Football. One of the most impressive single performances of this past season, I think it shows what he's capable of. A leader for the Tigers, he'd be a great fit for the Vikes.
1.24. Indianapolis Colts select DE Shariff Floyd, Florida
The Colts need to find more talent up front, and it could start with Floyd. Their defense was a pleasant surprise in 2012, but they could easily improve up front. Floyds best fit is at DE in the 3-4, and could slide inside to rush the passer on 3rd downs. Should improve the pass rush for the Colts.
1.25. Seattle Seahawks select DE Alex Okafor, Texas
The selection of Okafor would make a ton of sense for Seattle in my opinion. With Clemons possibly not being ready to start the season, Okafor would help fill the void left behind. Having a good defensive end would increase the value of a rush specialist like Bruce Irvin. Tight end is also possible here with Miller due to have a cap hit of $11M, but he was way too effective in the playoffs.
1.26. Green Bay Packers select OLB Barkevious Mingo, LSU
Ignores bigger needs, but can you imagine Clay Matthews AND Barkevious Mingo as your rush linebackers? What better person for Mingo to learn from, than from Matthews himself. Offensive line is a concern here as well, as well as running back, but I don't think the Packers could pass on Mingo.
1.27. Houston Texans select WR Keenan Allen, Cal
I'm sure inside linebacker is their main concern this offseason, but Andre Johnson isn't getting any younger, and they lack a real threat opposite him. Look at the effectiveness of Atlanta for proof that having two good receivers can seriously benefit an offense.
1.28. Denver Broncos select CB Desmond Trufant, Washington
Wouldn't be surprised if Trufant was the #2 CB by the time the draft comes around. Was turning heads at the combine, and has the bloodlines that NFL teams covet. As much as Broncos fans don't want to hear this, Bailey is declining. Harris has been a very promising player, and Trufant could set them up at CB for a long time.
1.29. New England Patriots select WR DeAndre Hopkins, Clemson
Time is running out for Tom Brady, and picking a wide receiver would go a long way for improving for next year. The future of Wes Welker is up in the air, and he's going to need all the weapons he can get. I expect them to look defensive line as well, but the addition of Armond Armstead could make them wait until a later round.
1.30. Atlanta Falcons select DE Sam Montgomery, LSU
The Falcons are one of the most complete teams in the NFL right now, but they're not perfect. They could improve their pass rush with Montgomery from LSU, and get them back to the NFC Championship, and possibly further.
1.31. Baltimore Ravens select FS Matt Elam, Florida
Ed Reed isn't going to be there forever, although it seems like it already has been forever. Elam fits what the Ravens look for in a safety with his big-play ability, and aggressive play style. Would greatly benefit from a year behind Reed, and has the tools to develop into an elite safety in time.
1.32. San Francisco 49ers select CB Xavier Rhodes, FSU
My prediction for the Superbowl champion. 49ers are en-route to be the next big NFL dynasty, and it's all in thanks to the NFLs best defense. An eventual replacement could be possible for Justin Smith, but cornerbacks are a premium position in this league. Rhodes is a big, physical corner that fits the 49ers style of play.
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Meant to post it there, not sure how I messed that up....
Can a mod move it please? Thanks
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Do you think Ziggy Ansah can play 3-4 OLB? Because if he can't, the Jets have absolutely no need for him.
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Do you think Ziggy Ansah can play 3-4 OLB? Because if he can't, the Jets have absolutely no need for him.
Ziggy comes from a 3-4 defense in byu. Ansah has experience playing OLB, DE, and NT, since he played all 3 in college
My issue is that ansah is kinda raw, but its not horrible value... Just not great value as of now (IMO)
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Do you think Ziggy Ansah can play 3-4 OLB? Because if he can't, the Jets have absolutely no need for him.
Last I read, the Jets were looking into some 4-3 looks on D, which I think would fit them better anyways. Pouha wasn't good at NT, and Coples' best fit would definitely be in a 4-3. Coples, and Ansah and end, with Wilkerson playing 3-tech on passing downs would be a pretty devastating pass rush, no?
Anyways, if they stick to the 3-4, Dion Jordan could be worth a look.
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Great Bears pick
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green24 wrote:
Do you think Ziggy Ansah can play 3-4 OLB? Because if he can't, the Jets have absolutely no need for him.
Last I read, the Jets were looking into some 4-3 looks on D, which I think would fit them better anyways. Pouha wasn't good at NT, and Coples' best fit would definitely be in a 4-3. Coples, and Ansah and end, with Wilkerson playing 3-tech on passing downs would be a pretty devastating pass rush, no?
Anyways, if they stick to the 3-4, Dion Jordan could be worth a look.
We're sticking with a 3-4. We did use a good amount of 4-3 looks this past season, but our base defense will remain a 3-4.
We have Kenrick Ellis to play NT.
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We're sticking with a 3-4. We did use a good amount of 4-3 looks this past season, but our base defense will remain a 3-4.
We have Kenrick Ellis to play NT.
Ok, Rex.
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Fine pick for the falcons. D-line be it DE or DT should be out #1 priority in this draft.
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Don't love the Vikings pick, Minter isn't bad, but Keenan Allen is available, and I'd strongly consider him with how pressing the need at WR is.
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green24 wrote:
We're sticking with a 3-4. We did use a good amount of 4-3 looks this past season, but our base defense will remain a 3-4.
We have Kenrick Ellis to play NT.
Ok, Rex.
Well all this 4-3 speculation is from last offseason, so we kind of already know the answer. We used it mostly against teams that run a spread offense.
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Good 1st rounder
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I'm fine with Star
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Love it for the Bengals
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If you recall I had the 3 lower bones removed last January (called a PRC) in my wrist. This recovery is one year for my grip to return (85%)-the physical Therapy is all about painful stretching of tendons as they are all ½ longer now that that my wrist is shorter. It takes time to shorten them back to normal length. I will loose about 30% mobility on wrist as well. I will add my choices were get my wrist fused to arm or this PRC (proximal row carpectomy). Neither sounded good but this one works best for a potter. Seems I injured right wrist 25-30 years ago and it all came to a head last summer/fall as the wrist came apart with pain and lack of mobility.
I'm not looking for sympathy just telling my story.
Now I'm slowing back into the studio after month's away-
Clay work is good therapy for fingers and hand/wrist.
We shall see if I can glaze it all up-I really am lucky to have an assistant who can help out.


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Life is Not a Checklist: What I Learned from Girl Scouts
By Yadira Noelle Harrison, Girl Scouts of Greater New York Leadership Advisory Board Member
Thinking back to my 16-year-old self, I can only marvel at how sure I was of the life plans I had written in my journal hidden in my desk. How each step of my life, starting with my college selection, had been thought out in detail and researched thoroughly. How perfect my life would be once I checked off each of the steps along the way – high school graduation, college, job, marriage, kids, etc. Is that not what we are taught? To create goals and then work tirelessly to cross them off our to-do list?
Nothing was wrong with this except that I figured out very quickly that life is not just a collection of steps, but takes place in the times between those check marks. It is the way one reacts to the highs and lows while on one's life adventure that will give one the clarity, strength, and wisdom to determine the next steps. Of course, it feels great to look back today and see all those goals crossed off the list. But what I remember much more are the people, stories, and struggles it took to cross each of those tasks off the list.
Every Wednesday we met for our weekly Girl Scouts meeting, where we were taught the skills and values that help us become leaders who think critically and solve problems. What we learned there gave me the confidence to make the best choices and the conviction to remain optimistic no matter the assignment or endeavor. There were times when I wanted to quit the Girl Scouts because my friends thought it wasn't so cool or when I got too busy with other activities – but I stayed the course, and I am glad of it now. Little did I realize that every meeting, every camping trip, every cookie sale taught me a new skill that I have applied ever since.
After I graduated from High School I was all set to go to my first choice college, but a financial hiccup meant that I had to defer for a year. I was heartbroken and disoriented – this had not been the plan. Moving out of my dorm room while everyone else was moving in was the hardest thing I've ever done. But I recovered, and in the process had a rewarding experience during this time. I've come to believe that all things happen for a reason; now I realize that I was not ready to go off to school in New York; rather, I needed time for reflection and personal growth. Being derailed from my plan could have been a major turning point in my life – it could have caused me to give up on college altogether. But I prevailed, and a year later returned to my dream college with a new attitude; ready to meet new friends, learn new theories, and become a leader in campus activities. Without Girl Scouts, I am not sure I would have made it back to that college and be as successful as I am today.


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Ohio's average gas price has remained above $3 for 1,000 days
(Columbus) - Monday marked the 1,000th consecutive day that Ohio's average gasoline price has been above $3.00 per gallon. The current streak began on Dec. 22, 2010. Nationally, the average price of gasoline has been above $3.00 per gallon for 999 days.
This is the longest stretch of time on record that gas prices have been above $3.00 per gallon. AAA forecasts the national average will remain above $3.00 per gallon for at least another thousand days, barring a major economic recession.
"It looks like really this is the new normal," said AAA Ohio's Kimberly Schwind.
Not only have prices been above $3.00 per gallon, on average, they have remained above $3.50 per gallon for the majority of days during the current streak.
Prices have topped $3.25 for 869 days, $3.50 on 568 days, $3.75 for 201 days, and $4.00 per gallon for 15 days.
Gas prices first surged above $3.00 per gallon in the days immediately following Hurricane Katrina, in 2005. Previously in Ohio, the longest streak above $3.00 per gallon was 236 days, from Feb. 19 to Oct. 12, 2008.
Schwind says there is some good news: gas prices should continue to drop a bit through the fall and winter.
"Hopefully we continue to see this trend and maybe we can get down closer to that $3.00 mark," she said.
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The 14-track set was recorded last July at Les Arènes de Nimes in France. The show was part of a global trek behind the duo's previous release, 2011's Audio, Video, Disco.
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The U.S. Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL) conducted a study on The Value of Provider-to-Provider Telehealth Technologies. Assuming some specific healthcare settings such as emergency departments, correctional institutions, nursing homes and physician offices the cost-benefit analysis focused on three technology systems, i.e. store-and-forward, real-time video, and a hybrid model combining the first two.
The CITL study found that benefits outweighed costs for all three systems, but the research organization recommends the hybrid model as the most cost-effective one for the U.S. The report is available at citl.org.
John Kenneth Schiefer, a 26-year-old computer security consultant from Los Angeles has admitted to hacking into computers entrusted to him to create a botnet of as many as 250,000 PCs, which he used to steal money from and identities of unsuspecting consumers and corporations. "Schiefer agreed to plead guilty to four felony charges in connection with the case and faces up to 60 years in prison and a $1.75-million fine, according to court documents filed Friday in federal court in Los Angeles." According to Assistant U.S. Atty. Mark Krause in Los Angeles, Schiefer is the first person to be accused under federal wiretapping law of operating a botnet.
Schiefer stole user names and passwords for EBay Inc.'s PayPal online payment service to make unauthorized purchases and passed the stolen account information on to others. According to the plea agreement, a conspirator named "Adam" who is allegedly a minor was involved in Scheifer's scam. Scheifer and his accomplices were reported to have used illicit software which they planted on people's PCs to spirit account information from a storage area in Windows-based computers. A Dutch Internet advertising company also hired his services to install its programs on people's computers when they consented, but he installed it on more than 150,000 PCs without permission, earning more than $19,000 in commissions.
The federal investigation began in 2005, and the indictment includes "four counts of accessing protected computers to commit fraud, disclosing illegally intercepted electronic communications, wire fraud and bank fraud." Schiefer's initial appearance in Los Angeles will on Nov. 28 and his arraignment on Dec. 3. There is a similar case in May 2006 involving a Downey man, Jeanson James Ancheta who was sentenced to almost five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to four felony charges for using botnets to spread spyware and send spam.
To read the full article, visit the Los Angeles Times.Related article also availabe here.
Microsoft releases the Asia Pacific Legislative Analysis: Current and Pending Online Safety and Cybercrime Laws, a study providing a high-level snapshot of the status of computer security, privacy, spam and online child safety legislation in the Asia Pacific region. Detailed analyses of these laws specific to Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam are also provided in this paper. For more information regarding this document, contact Julie Inman Grant, Regional Director, Corporate Affairs of Internet Safety and Security at Microsoft Asia Pacific. More Cybersecurity Legislation and Enforcement related resources are available at the CYB website.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organizes the first conference in the ITU Arab region on "Sharing experience on best practices in ICT services for persons with disabilities", in cooperation with the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean of the World Health Organization (WHO/EMRO). The conference will take place in Cairo (Egypt) on 13 - 15 November 2007 under the auspices of the Ministry of ICT of the Government of Egypt and H. E. the Minister Dr. Tarek Kamel.
The conference is open to administrations, policy makers, regulators, and all industries involved in the development of dedicated information and communication technologies (ICTs) for persons with disabilities in addition to physicians and doctors from the public health sector. The main objective of the conference is to raise awareness on the importance of accessibility to all, including persons with disabilities, to ICTs.
For more information, please click here.
Baltimoresun.com reports on Bush's announcement of a plan to prevent cyberspace attacks on U.S. interests. A $154 million budget was requested as preliminary funding for the initiative, which current and former government officials say is expected to become a seven-year, multibillion-dollar program to track threats in cyberspace on both government and private networks. Lawmakers who recently received briefings on the initiative, however, continue to have many questions, and some remain concerned about the legality of the program and whether it provides sufficient privacy protections. According to a former government official familiar with the proposal, the total start-up costs of the program are about $400 million. "The proposal 'will enhance the security of the Government's civilian cyber networks and will further address emerging threats,' Bush wrote
to Congress as part of his request for additional money for cyber security and other counterterrorism measures. The initiative would first develop a comprehensive cyber security program for the government and then do the same for private networks, the former government official said."
Read the full article here.
Email Submission Operations: Access and Accountability Requirements by Carl Hutzler, Dave Crocker, Pete Resnick, Eric Allman, and Tony Finch has recently been released as Best Current Practice (BCP) 134. This document provides recommendations for constructive operational policies between independent operators of email submission and transmission services to mitigate the propagation of spam and worms. Its goal is to improve lines of accountability for controlling abusive uses of the Internet mail service. This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. For more information, click here.
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the government's infrastructure sectors' plans lack protection against cyberattacks and disaster, pointing out that none of the sectors included all 30 cybersecurity criteria, such as key vulnerabilities and measures to reduce them. Among the 17 sectors of the government, information technology and communications had the strongest cybersecurity plans, and the agriculture, food and commercial sectors were the least comprehensive, according to David Powner, director of GAO's information technology management issues.
The Homeland Security Department provided a national plan last year for the sectors as a guide for their individual plans. Greg Garcia, DHS assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications, said that DHS acknowledged the shortcomings based on GAO's findings, but he explained that these sector plans, released in May, represent only early efforts. Garcia further added that "sectors are not meant to be uniformly comprehensive in their cybersecurity efforts, and they must balance cybersecurity risk against other risk management efforts and unique aspects of their infrastructure 'based on its dependence on cyber elements.'" GAO recommended that DHS fully address the cybersecurity criteria by September 2008.
Read full article here.
Roger A. Grimes of InfoWorld interviewed Paul Laudanski, founder and leader of CastleCops which is a volunteer organization dedicated to fighting malware, spam, and phishing. Paul talked about the effects of DDoS and provided pointers on how to mitigate and ride the attack. He said that the primary thing to be decided in cases of attacks is whether the company wants to stay in business during the attack or not. If so, all the attack traffic need to be absorbed along with the legitimate traffic, meaning the broadband connection, routers, firewall, Web servers, and back-end databases have to be able to deal with the attack. He also suggested knowing ahead of time how the company's ISP handle DDoS events. They further discussed how to possibly pursue criminal charges after the attacks. "To be honest, being able to locate and prosecute the DDoS attacker is a long shot. The lack of cohesive communications between all the parties that need to be involved in an investigation, the legal implications of the global nature of the assault, and the growing sophistication of bot nets all fight against a successful prosecution. But as Paul and CastleCops can tell you, it can be done."
Read the full article on InfoWorld.
"Buses equipped with wi-fi are being used to deliver web content to remote rural villages in the developing world. In rural India and parts of Rwanda, Cambodia and Paraguay, the vehicles offer web content to computers with no internet connection." United Villages is an initiative that provides communties in Asia, Africa, and Latin America with a digital access to locally-relevant products and services using a low-cost, store-and-forward "drive-by WiFi" technology. Mobile Access Points (MAPs) are installed on existing vehicles (e.g. buses and motorcycles) and automatically provide access for
WiFi-enabled Kiosks along the roads. Whenever a MAP is within range of a real-time wireless Internet connection, it transfers the data from and for those Kiosks. The United Villages project also allows users to request specific information or content for a few additional rupees. The wi-fi vehicles also deliver as well as collect e-mails, and brings e-Commerce to the villagers.
Read the full article on BBC News.
More on United Villages on their website.
The article, Myth of privacy busted; Web advertisers scan e-mails, by Louise Story published on the International Herald Tribune, reports on the issue of online advertisers probing on privacy for marketing puposes. "At a meeting of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission about online privacy
Thursday, the regulator's commissioner, Jon Leibowitz, said the agency
would be exerting a tighter grip over online advertising. Leibowitz said that rules about the privacy policies of sites may
need to be established... But some people from the online industry said the FTC should stay out." According to Randall Rothenberg, president and chief executive of the Interactive
Advertising Bureau, if the FTC regulates online advertising, this could limit recent ''extraordinary pattern
of innovation.''
After eight years since the FTC's public
workshop on the use of consumer data in online ads, a lot of the
hypothetical scenarios described back then are now a widespread reality. However, many executives in the advertising industry do not see anything
wrong with online targeting, arguing that the practice benefits
consumers, who see more relevant ads. They add further that for
consumers, providing some innocuous personal data is a small
trade-off for free access to the rich content of the Internet, much of
which is ad-supported. A growing concern, even among online companies, about what information is being used to deliver ads to people is quite evident however.
''The market is getting edgier and edgier, and what is accepted in
the marketplace gets dodgier and dodgier,'' said Martin Abrams, the
executive director of the Center for Information Policy Leadership. ''We have
really moved to a world where we say consumers need to police the
market, and, increasingly, it is a harder world to police.''
After the infamous Estonian cyberattack early this year, CyTRAP Labs proposes the 7 lessons learnt from the attacks, and points out how Estonia responded accordingly to these issues. Among the lessons and issues pointed out were:
This list was made in reference to the presentation of Hillar Aarelaid, eSStonia - the case of the Estonian DDoS attacks, given at the GovCERT.NL IT Security Symposium, Response & Responsibility, in Noordwijk, Netherlands.
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee recently states that the UK government has failed to understand the threat to the continued growth of the internet posed by cybercrime as evident in their response to the committee's report on personal internet security, published on 10 August. The Lords' report had warned of the danger that public confidence in the internet would be lost, due to "perception that the internet is a lawless 'Wild West'." In the government's reply, presented to Parliament on 24 October, the government rejected this as well as the recommendation that there should be a data-breach notification law to provide businesses with incentives to take better care of customer data. According to the government, this kind of law that forced companies to admit when they had been the victims of cybercrime does not prove to be effective, but reassures businesses that they will consider finding "more formal ways" of reporting security breaches to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) "when problems arise". The government also rejected calls for software and hardware vendors to be liable for the security of their products, and for banks to guarantee e-fraud refunds.
Read the full article at ZDNet.co.uk.
Wiley InterScience recently launched the journal Security and Communication Networks.
The topics of interest in this special issue include, but are not limited to:
For more information on submission, dates and peer review, please visit Insecure.org.
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, together with other partners, demonstrated how using information and communication technologies (ICTs) and telecommunications networks could result in considerable savings in power-grid infrastructure and electricity consumption, reported the Network World on 22 October.
The test network allowed consumers to select their usage preferences via a web portal. Smart controls-based devices such as virtual thermostats were interconnected with a service-oriented architecture (SOA) through middleware, and using broadband internet. The so-called GridWise project showed that both the power demand at the SOA electricity marketplace could be managed more evenly and customers were in better control of their energy consumption.
For more information on the project, please click here.
The 2008 Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS), founded on "a strong and growing interdisciplinary tradition, bringing together
information technology academics and practitioners with social scientists and business and legal scholars to better understand security and privacy threats," will be held on 25-27 June 2008 in Hanover, New Hampshire. This workshop will be hosted by the Center for Digital Strategies at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business, in partnership with the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P). For more information about this event, visit the WEIS 2008 website.
A bogus email is circulating claiming to be from the Federal Trade
Commission and referencing a "complaint" filed with the FTC against the
emails recipient. The email includes links and an attachment that
download a virus. As with any suspicious email, the FTC warns
recipients not to click on links within the email and not to open any
attachments. This mailcious email appears to have a phony senders
address, "email@example.com" and also
spoofs the return-path and reply-to fields to hide the emails true
origin. While the email includes the FTC seal, it has grammatical
errors, misspellings, and incorrect syntax. Recipients should forward
the email to firstname.lastname@example.com and then delete it. Emails sent to that address are kept in the FTCs spam database to assist with investigations.
More information on this spam report at the Federal Trade Commission website.
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) last Friday launched a project aimed at helping farmers in Gabon diversify their incomes by developing and marketing new products from staple crops and by obtaining better access to value chains for products with significant market potential. The project aims to directly benefit 28,000 farmers, half of whom are women and a third young people.
Through training, farmer exchange visits and a new market information system, the project will also help farmers organizations better defend the economic interests of their members and market their goods more efficiently, according to IFAD's press release.
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria launched a new website, MyGlobalFund.org, to foster sharing of best practices in the fight against the three pandemics; spreading ideas and stimulating research; and encouraging partnerships.
For more information on the Global Fund, please click here.
World War 2.0, a news video on Wired Science, presents the realities of internet warfare and how a botnet attack against Estonia might have been a manifestation of this new war technique. Botnets are so powerful, and hackers are very skilled and experienced that they can "destroy servers of a whole state." Josh Davis traced back when the attack against Estonia started and how security officials in Estonia fought back. Bill Woodcock, founder of Packet Clearing House, provides a brief explanation on how a botnet operates and how the attack against Estonia happened. Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian Defense Minister, Ago Väärsi, technical manager at Postimees.ee, and Hillar Aareland, head of the Estonian CERT, were also interviewed as well as Russian internet security expert Emin Azizov and IT director of the United Civilian Front Eugeni Grigorian. Learn more about the attack by watching the video report here.
John E. Dunn of Techworld reports on the Austrian Police's intention to use specially-crafted Trojans to remotely monitor criminal suspects.
"According to reports in Austrian media, the minister of justice Maria Berger, and Interior Minister Gunther Plater, have drafted a proposal that will be amended by legal experts and the cabinet with the intention of allowing police to carry out such surveillance legally with a judges warrant... According to Berger, Trojans would only be used in cases of serious crime, such as terrorism and organised racketeering. The Swiss authorities have declared the intention of using the same controversial technique, but only in cases of the most extreme nature, such as terrorism... The Austrian, German and Swiss governments have yet to explain how they would circumvent security programs that might be used by criminals to protect themselves, whether this would involve collusion with security software companies, and what would happen if such software-busting Trojans were subsequently reverse engineered and deployed by criminals
Read the full article on Techworld.
Brandon Enright, a network security analyst at University of California, San Diego, recently presented his findings at the Toorcon hacker conference in San Diego indicating the steady shrinking of the Storm Worm Botnet. According to Enright, it is now about 10 percent of its former size. Enright has been tracking Storm since July. "He has developed software that crawls through the Storm network and he thinks that he has a pretty accurate estimate of how big Storm really is. Some estimates have put Storm at 50 million computers, a number that would give its controllers access to more processing power than the world's most powerful supercomputer." Enright asserts that the numbers are far less terrifying though saying that in July, Storm appeared to have infected about 1.5 million PCs with 200,000 of which being accessible at any given time. He said that "a total of about 15 million PCs have been infected by Storm in the nine months it has been around, although the vast majority of those have been cleaned up and are no longer part of the Storm network."
According to Enright, the Storm Worm botnet started to dwindle in July when antivirus vendors began stepping up their tracking of Storm variants and got a lot better at identifying and cleaning up infected computers. With Microsoft's added Storm detection (Microsoft's name for Storm's components is Win32/Nuwar) into its Malicious Software Removal tool available with every Windows system, which was released on September 11, Storm infections dropped by another 20 percent overnight. Enright's most recent data counts 20,000 infected PCs available at any one time, out of a total network of about 160,000 computers.
To read the full article, click here.
The International Herald Tribune reports on Russian hackers being one of the biggest threats to internet security.
"Internet security experts say that only the United States and China rival Russia in hacker activity. But Russia has only 28 million
Internet users, according to rough estimates, compared with 210 million in the United States and 150 million in China, meaning that Russia has a higher percentage of scammers. VeriSign, the Internet services company, considers Russian hackers to be the worst, in part because they tend to have ties to organized crime outfits that embezzle money with stolen bank and credit card information... While the West has complained about Russian laws and enforcement, some Russian officials take issue with the criticism. Aleksei Likhachev, a member of Parliament, acknowledged that there had been fewer criminal cases in Russia than elsewhere, but said officials were still learning how to conduct such inquiries. 'It is just that this work is much younger and much less developed in Russia,' he said."
Read the full article, Russian hackers: On the right side of soft laws.
After Japan's Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry signed a joint statement with the German Federal Economics and Technology Ministry in
July, Japan continues to exert concerted effort to tackle the issue of spam. "The ministry has regularly exchanged opinions on the issue at multilateral meetings, such as those of the International Telecommunication Union and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference... France and other countries, with which Japan has established a close partnership on the issue, have gone a step ahead of Japan by introducing an "opt-in" system, under which people are not permitted to send ad e-mails without the prior consent of the people to whom they intend to send them." Opinions concerning fines and punishment for spammers appear to be quite divided among countries though with some countries charging heavier fines than others.
An article on CIO, Who's Stealing Your Passwords? Global Hackers Create a New Online Crime Economy, provides a detailed account of Don Jackson's discovery of Gozi, 76service.com and the new online crime economy. It also illustrates the evolution of online crime from trojans to sophisticated networks selling bot services. Don Jackson is a security researcher for SecureWorks, one of dozens of boutique security firms that have emerged to deal with the Internet security. From an executable file, Gozi, that Jackson discovered on a friend's computer, he was led to this professionally-run business-like network, later identified as the 76service.com, where he uncovered a "3.3 GB file containing more than 10,000 online credentials taken from 5,200 machinesa stash he estimated could fetch $2 million on the black market." It was also mentioned that "Lance James company Secure Science discovers 3 million compromised login credentialsfor banks, for online email accounts, anything requiring a username and password on the Internetand intercepts 250,000 stolen credit cards. On an average week, Secure Science monitors 30-40GB of freshly stolen data, 'and thats just our company,' says James."
Read the full account of Don Jackson on the CIO website.
Economist.com recently features a report discussing innovation and how industries have become more open to and involved with it. Among these industries are the automotive and the IT industries. Larry Page, co-founder of Google, "had earlier hosted a gathering of leading environmentalists, political thinkers and energy experts to help shape an inducement to get things moving: the Automotive X Prize, expected to be unveiled in early 2008." This project urges both automotive and IT experts to develop the clean, software-rich car. "The organisers will offer at least $10m to whoever comes up with the best 'efficient, clean, affordable and sexy' car able to obtain the equivalent of 100 miles-per-gallon using alternative energy."
The article further discusses the current situation regarding Research and Development around the world, and continues to stress the importance of innovation. "Analysis done by the McKinsey Global Institute shows that competition and innovation (not information technology alone) led to the extraordinary productivity gains seen in the 1990s. 'Those innovationsin technology as well as products and business processesboosted productivity. As productivity rose, competition intensified, bringing fresh waves of innovation,' the institute explains."
On an interview with Interpol by CNN, Kristin Kvigne, assistant director of Interpol's trafficking in human beings unit, discussed how Interpol currently addresses the growing concern on child pornography and child abuse online. A brief rundown on investigations related to the recently identified child pornographer Christopher Paul Neil was also discussed. According to Kvigne, the latest technological tools utilized by Interpol have greatly aided in the progress of their on-going investigation and manhunt. The Interpol officer further stressed that "Interpol has got great tools in place for preventing people with prior convictions, et cetera, to enter into countries unknown. Countries can use the notice system that Interpol has in alerting other countries as to their traveling potential sex offenders. And Interpol would like to see that used more by law enforcement globally." According to the interview, "Interpol has half a million more pictures of child sex abuse. In fact, more than half a million, with maybe 10,000 or 20,000 kids in them -- 10,000 or 20,000 victims. They've rescued roughly 600." More on Interpol related news here.
Incidentally, Facebook, a popular social networking website, recently expressed its renewed efforts to protect its users from online predators. "The precautions will include a new safety disclosure for parents and a more efficient complaint process to report unsolicited sexual advances and inappropriate content, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday at a news conference. Facebook will also allow an independent examiner -- chosen and paid for by the company, but approved by the attorney general -- to report on its compliance for the next two years." According to CNN, this recent announcement followed an investigation into Facebook launched by Cuomo wherein tests conducted by investigators "revealed 'significant defects' in safety controls and the company's response to complaints." Read the full article on the CNN website.
BBC Hardtalk interviewed the international president of the growing UK-based Internet company, Bebo aimed at young people. The interview tackles the current issues regarding internet security among young people on social networking sites amidst concern about numerous registered paedophiles in such websites.
More details on this interview here.
A paper on wealth of Internet miscreants, "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Internet Miscreants," is available online on the ICSI Center for Internet Research website. The paper discusses "an active underground economy which specializes in the commoditization of activities such as credit card fraud, identity theft, spamming, phishing, online credential theft, and the sale of compromised hosts. Using a seven month trace of logs collected from an active underground market operating on public Internet chat networks, [the researchers] measure how the shift from hacking for fun to hacking for profit has given birth to a societal substrate mature enough to steal wealth into the millions of dollars in less than one year."
To access the paper, click here.
John Leyden recently reports on the WabiSabiLabi, an IT company providing space for auction of vulnerabilities and exploits, on The Register. According to the report, "it has exceeded expectations with the submission of more than 150 vulnerabilities in its first two months of operations." Among the vulnerabilities in the marketplace are 51 bugs in Windows, 19 flaws in Linux, 29 web application vulnerabilities, two Mac-related flaws, 10 flaws in enterprise software from SAP, and one IBM-related vulnerability. The company, however do not accept all submitted vulnerabilities. It has recently rejected 40 due to the use of "illegal methodology." Selling prices range between 100 to 15,000 euros each, and currently, 1,000 researchers have registered on the site.
Read the full article on The Register.
The Washington Post recently reported on the Russian Business Network, an Internet business based in St. Petersburg which has become a world hub for Web sites devoted to child pornography, spamming and identity theft. Cybercrime groups including those responsible for about half of last year's incidents of phishing are said to be operating from the company's computer network system.
"The company 'is literally a shelter for all illegal activities, be it child pornography, online scams, piracy or other illicit operations,' Symantec analysts wrote in a report. 'It is alleged that this organized cyber crime syndicate has strong links with the Russian criminal underground as well as the government, probably accomplished by bribing officials...' But Alexander Gostev, an analyst with Kaspersky Lab, a Russian antivirus and computer security firm, said the Russian Business Network has structured itself in ways that make prosecution difficult. 'They make money on the services they provide,' he said -- the illegal activities are all carried out by groups that buy hosting services... In addition, Gostev said, criminals using the Russian Business Network tend to target non-Russian companies and consumers rather than Russians, who might contact local authorities. 'In order to start an investigation, there should be a complaint from a victim. If your computer was infected, you should go to the police and write a complaint and then they can launch an investigation,' Gostev said. Now, he added, his company and the police both have information, but no victim has filed a complaint."
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Fox makes a mockery of its own news/opinion distinctions
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Whenever Fox News is in the mood to pretend that its "fair and balanced" slogan is anything more than a punchline, it resorts to drawing distinctions between its "straight news" and "opinion" broadcasts -- distinctions that are, basically, phony.
Still, given how frequently Fox pretends to take seriously the differences between news and opinion, it's amusing how frequently Fox obscures those differences when it suits their partisan needs.
Take this Fox Nation item, for example:
Click through and you'll find an excerpt from an "article" declaring that Christie "like Ronald Reagan before him, has an uncanny ear for what troubles Americans" and insisting that "super-slick Obama" has "enraged so many Americans."
That sounds more like an opinion column than a news report -- but Fox Nation goes out of its way to present it as an objective news article:
Notice the lack of a byline? The link at the end referring to the "full article" -- article, not column?
Well, if you actually do click through to the original "article" you find that it is, in fact, a column by right-wing activist Kevin Hassett, director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Fox's portrayal of an opinion column by a conservative AEI employee as a straight news article is not only deeply dishonest, it also makes a mockery of the cable channel's insistence that people not conflate its (purportedly) neutral news reporting with its opinion shows.
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Well im sick of trying everything, and im about to give up of bt4
I had win7 and ubuntu on my laptop so i did this:
- run bt4
- run install
- in partitions deleted the ext3 and swap from ubuntu, created the 2 new for bt4
- install successfull and rebooted
-on grub loader, appeared the ubuntu lines... and not the bt4 ones
Tried many ways to solve this shit, and my desperate one
So lost all, instaled win7 againCode:# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=1
installed fresh new bt4
and guess what, in grub still appear Ubuntu in the list... wth?
So how can i really remove grub so bt4 install make a fresh new one, or how to fix the current grub?
Thanks in advance.
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Box Tech Talk: Psychology of Testing
by Miško Hevery
Imagine you are an evil developer and you want to write hard-to-test code. What do you do? Would you declare everything private? Put everything in one big method? Give nondescript names?
Turns out none of that is hard to test, but some things which we do every day are. Will writing tests cost you double the development time? How can writing more code be faster? Is testing really just for QA?
Find these answers and more at Miško Hevery's talk on the Psychology of Testing.
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Post subject: SLF's official prediction for the first 63 picks. Jersies.
Per tradition, here is my positional big board:
1. Andrew Luck
2. Robert Griffin III
3. Ryan Tannehill
4. Brock Osweiler
5. Brandon Weeden
1. Trent Richardson
2. Lamar Miller
3. David Wilson
4. Doug Martin
5. Chris Polk
1. Michael Floyd
2. Justin Blackmon
3. Alshon Jeffry
4. Stephen Hill
5. Kendall Wright
1. Coby Fleener
2. Dwayne Allen
3. Orson Charles
4. Ladarius Green
5. Michael Egnew
1. Matt Kalil
2. Riley Reiff
3. Mike Adams
4. Jonathon Martin
5. Bobby Massie
1. David DeCastro
2. Cordy Glenn
3. Peter Konz
4. Amini Silatolu
5. Kevin Zeitler
1. Peter Konz
2. David Molk
3. Phillip Blake
4. Garth Gerhart
5. Michael Brewster
1. Melvin Ingram
2. Quinton Coples
3. Whitney Mercilus
4. Vinny Curry
5. Ronnel Lewis
1. Fletcher Cox
2. Devon Still
3. Dontari Poe
4. Michael Brockers
5. Jerel Worthy
1. Dont'a Hightower
2. Luke Kuechly
3. LaVonte David
4. Mychal Kendricks
5. Bobby Wagner
1. Morris Claiborne
2. Stephon Gilmore
3. Brandon Boykin
4. Dre Kirkpatrick
5. Janoris Jenkins
1. Harrison Smith
2. Mark Barron
3. Trumaine Johnson
4. Brandon Taylor
5. Markelle Martin
1. Indianapolis Colts - Andrew Luck QB Stanford
2. Washington Redskins - Robert Griffin III QB Baylor
3. Minnesota Vikings - Morris Claiborne CB LSU
Adam Schefter said it. When it comes to the high picks in the draft, the man is gospel. Many speculate the Vikings rumblings of taking Claiborne is a smokescreen, but I dont think Schefter to be one falling for a smokescreen. I think its real.
4. Cleveland Browns - Trent Richardson RB Alabama
Ive gone back and forth on this a lot. At this point, it comes down to whether or not the Browns feel Tannehill is the best guy to take the reigns at QB for them. Right now, I dont believe thats true. I think they are targeting Weeden in the 2nd round, and will go BPA here. And no question that BPA is T-Rich here. He also fills a big need, as the Browns really struggled running the ball last year.
Buffalo trades their 1st and 2nd round picks to the Bucs for their 1st pick
5. Buffalo Bills - Matt Kalil OT USC
The Bills know it isnt likely Kalil gets beyond the Rams, and they are desperate for an OT. Theyve talked about acquiring a CB, but LT is a bigger need right now, and they dont want to let a blue-chip franchise LT prospect in Kalil go to another team.
6. St. Louis Rams - Fletcher Cox DT Mississippi State
And here we have our first upset of the draft. While Blackmon is a fine prospect, Cox should be right up there on most big boards, and while the Rams need a WR more than a DT, we know Jeff Fischer likes to load up his defensive line, and right now the Rams have very little at DT. Also, there will be an abundance of WR prospects at 33, while they would have to hope a guy like Jerel Worthy is there at 33 or settle for a lesser prospect at the later 2nd round pick.
7. Jacksonville Jaguars - Justin Blackmon WR Oklahoma State
If the Jags are serious about building around Blaine Gabbert, they will make this pick. And we know Gene Smith is committed to Gabbert, so I cant see them passing on Blackmon here when they have pretty much nothing of value at WR.
8. Miami Dolphins - Ryan Tannehill QB Texas A&M
The world must truly be ending in 2012, because the Dolphins finally draft a QB in the first round. Thank goodness. I love Tannehill to the Dolphins more than any other team because he fits the system perfectly and has a great coach to develop him in Philbin. The Dolphins also have Matt Moore, who can start for a year, so Tannehill doesnt get pressed into playing too early ala Blaine Gabbert.
Dallas trades their 1st and 2nd round picks to the Panthers for their first and 4th round picks
9. Dallas Cowboys - Mark Barron S Alabama
Barron's stock has really gone up for whatever reason. Either way, it doesnt look like he will get down to the Cowboys spot, so they overpay a bit to move up and ensure getting him.
10. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Luke Kuechly ILB Boston College
With their two options off the board at 5, the Bucs move back, get some value, and still fill one of their biggest needs. We know they were looking at getting a new MLB when they almost signed Lofton, so its hard to imagine them not picking him here. If they cant trade out, I still think they go with Kuechly at 5.
11. Kansas City Chiefs - Dont'a Hightower ILB Alabama
Here we have our first upset of the first round. Seems everyone has Hightower pegged in the 17-24 range, but I think he is going to go higher than that. He has all the qualities Scott Pioli loves, and he is a perfect 3-4 player, as he plays ILB very well (obviously) and can get pressure on the QB from the inside or the outside. Perfect compliment to Derrick Johnson inside.
12. Seattle Seahawks - Quinton Coples DE North Carolina
Coples could be an elite DE in the NFL, and if Pete Carroll can get the guy motivated (which he probably thinks he can), I think he will take a chance on him here and try to tap into that potential. A lot of people have Coples falling out of the top 15, but I dont buy it.
Detroit trades their 1st, 2nd, and 6th round picks to Arizona for their 1st pick
13. Detroit Lions - Stephon Gilmore CB South Carolina
Gilmore has been rising a lot recently. So much so, this could be seen as a steal. He has a lot of developing left, but if he reaches his ceiling, he will probably be the top CB from this class, and one of the best in his class.
14. Carolina Panthers - Michael Floyd WR Notre Dame
The Panthers were targeting Gilmore here, with Brockers or Floyd being a backup plan. While the upside of Brockers is very tempting here, pairing up Cam Newton with a dynamic receiver like Floyd is more appealing. The yare building around Cam, but they still dont have a long-term #1 WR on the team. They get that player here.
15. Philadelphia Eagles - Michael Brockers DT LSU
The Eagles biggest need is by far DT, and we all know Andy Reid loves drafting DTs. Brockers has huge potential, and while it might take a bit to develop, he could be the anchor of the Eagles' defense.
16. New York Jets - Melvin Ingram DE South Carolina
The Jets supposedly love Ingram and think he is a perfect fit at OLB opposite Calvin Pace. If the Jets want to get that #1 defense back, they need to rebuild the talent. Scheme can cover a lack of talent for only so long, as weve seen by the regression of the Jets defense.
17. Cincinnati Bengals - Courtney Upshaw OLB Alabama
I dont like believing in pre-draft rumors that dont make sense to me, but Im going to do just that here simply because Ive heard it so much and from all over the place. The Bengals want to go with the top defender at #17, and it seems they believe that player is Courtney Upshaw.
Green Bay trades their 1st and 2nd round picks to the Chargers for their 1st and 4th round picks
18. Green Bay Packers - Whitney Mercilus DE Illinois
The Packers jump over rival Chicago to ensure they dont get Mercilus and that they do. Mercilus has a ton of potential and if a team at the end of the first round wants him, they should trade up for him. He is a good fit at 3-4 OLB and could play an Aldon Smith type of role for Green Bay.
19. Chicago Bears - Chandler Jones DE Syracuse
Im buying the Jones rising exponentially hype. The Bears reportedly want to adress the defensive line early, considering the great depth of the WR class this year, and they can get a slot type receiver in the 2nd round.
20. Tennessee Titans - Devon Still DT Penn State
The Titans' biggest need is DT, and the value is here with Still. Pretty simple marriage, as the Titans look to rebuild the defensive line.
21. Cincinatti Bengals - Stephen Hill WR Georgia Tech
The Bengals bite on the potential of Hill and continue building around Andy Dalton and AJ Green. If Hill reaches his potential, the Bengals will be having flashbacks of the days with Palmer, Ocho Cinco and Housh.
22. Cleveland Browns - David DeCastro G Stanford
The Browns stop the fall of DeCastro here, getting a steal. Guard isnt a huge need, but its hard to pass on the chance to pair a RB like T-Rich with a guard as good as DeCastro.
23. Arizona Cardinals - Riley Reiff OT Iowa
The Cards have needs across the offensive line, so they take the best one on the board here in Reiff. He is the BPA here and Reiff could start at LT, RT, or G, so he gives them a lot of flexibility.
24. Pittsburgh Steelers - Dontari Poe DT Memphis
The Steelers arent afraid to go after a risky prospect like Poe. Casey Hampton's days are numbered, the Steelers will need to find a future NT ASAP.
25. Denver Broncos - Dre Kirkpatrick CB Alabama
The Broncos will be tempted to go with a DT like Worthy here, but the value of Kirkpatrick is too good too pass up. Also, the Broncos have a big need at CB, and Kirkpatrick could challenge for a starting spot.
26. Houston Texans - Coby Fleener TE Stanford
Tough for the Texans to pass on Fleener here. They need a dynamic receiver because Andre Johnson is all they have. Fleener is a mismatch nightmare and could add another element to the Texans' offense.
27. New England Patriots - Shea McClellin DE Boise State
The Pats love versitale players, and McClellin is very versitale. He can get pressure on the QB from the DE spot or OLB. The Pats will be looking to replace Mark Anderson.
The New York Jets trade their 2nd round pick and 1st rounder next year to the Chargers for their 1st
28. New York Jets - Amini Silatolu G Midwestern State
The Jets pay a premium to move up and get the fast-rising Silatolu to start right away at guard. The Jets like this guy a lot, they might even consider him at 16. They grab him here, hoping he can add more physicality to the offensive line.
29. Baltimore Ravens - Cordy Glenn OT Georgia
The Ravens are looking to fill the void left by Ben Grubbs here. Glenn presents great value at this point.
30. San Fransisco 49ers - Kevin Zeitler G Wisconsin
If Hill isnt on the board, they will probably take the highest ranked G on the board. That has to be Zeitler here. He is a good fit in the 49ers physical offense.
Tampa Bay trades both of their 2nd round picks to the Pats for their 1st and early 2nd round picks
31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Doug Martin RB Boise State
The Bucs want T-Rich, but cant get him. As an alternate, they move up a bit to take Martin, who is a lot like Richardson.
32. New York Giants - Jonathon Martin OT Stanford
A pass rusher is viable, but Martin is too good too pass up here. The Giants O-line wasnt very good last year, and they are looking to rebuild the offensive line.
33. St. Louis Rams - Alshon Jeffry WR South Carolina
The Rams need a WR for Sam Bradford, as he doesnt have much of anybody to throw to. I think his lack of reliable targets is as big a reason he got sacked so much as their O-line.
Cleveland trades their 2nd and 5th round picks to the Colts for their 2nd and 7th round picks
34. Cleveland Browns - Brandon Weeden QB Oklahoma State
Knowing the Pats like to trade down, the Browns move above them to ensure a team like KC doesnt move up and take their QB. Colt McCoy is a serious weak spot on the team, and Weeden could be their franchise QB. Even though he is old, he could start as a rookie (an old rookie, but a rookie noentheless)
35. Minnesota Vikings - Reuben Randle WR LSU
The Vikings need to give Ponder targets to throw to. A big receiver like Randle will help the development of Ponder a lot.
36. New England Patriots - Brandon Boykin CB Georgia
Again going for versitale players, the Pats adress the secondary with Boykin, an underrated prospect who fits their scheme and will excel.
37. Indianapolis Colts - AJ Jenkins WR Illinois
The Colts need to give Andrew Luck guys to throw to to maximize his potential.
38. Jacksonville Jaguars - Kendall Wright WR Baylor
Weve seen the Jags double up on positions early before, so they do it again here. Adding Wright and Blackmon will really promote Gabbert's success.
Tennessee trades their 2nd and 3rd round picks to the Rams for their 2nd round pick
39. Tennessee Titans - Peter Konz C Wisconsin
We all know how badly the Titans' interior O-line struggled. They said they wont go there in the first, but with Konz slipping here, they pull the trigger and move up to improve their biggest weakness.
40. Carolina Panthers - Jerel Worthy DT Michigan State
Itll be tough for the Panthers to pass on the value Worthy has here. DT is a big need for them, and Worthy is a first round prospect.
41. New England Patriots - Harrison Smith S Notre Dame
The Pats go back to the secondary, adding Smith, who could start from day 1.
42. Miami Dolphins - Dwayne Allen TE Clemson
The Dolphins need to build around Ryan Tannehill and give him receivers to throw to. We all know TEs are great for young QBs to develop (see: Matt Stafford with Brandon Pettigrew), and Allen is the most complete TE in the draft.
43. Seattle Seahawks - Bobby Wagner LB Utah State
The Seahawks need to come away with an ILB in the first two rounds, otherwise Barret Ruud could start. Thats not good. Wagner might be a reach here, but he fills their biggest need.
44. Kansas City Chiefs - Alameda Ta'amu DT Washington
The Chiefs are desperate for an answer, and Ta'amu is the best NT behind Poe in the draft. He needs to become more consistent, but if he is able to play at a consistent level, he will be a very good NT for the Chiefs.
45. Carolina Panthers - Mychal Kendricks ILB Cal
Kendricks is under the radar, but can play MLB or OLB, and can also get to the QB. With the injury concerns at ILB and OLB for the Panthers, he fits well.
46. Philadelphia Eagles - LaVonte David LB Nebraska
The Eagles cant keep ignoring their LBs. David is a steal here and the Eagles would be foolish to pass him up here.
47. San Diego Chargers - Andre Branch DE Clemson
The Chargers start their draft by adressing a big need with a player who is pushed down from being in such a deep DE class.
48. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Jayron Hosely CB Virginia Tech
The Bucs CB corps are a bit of a mess. They need to get a rookie who fits the system in there to help solidify the position.
49. San Diego Chargers - Trumaine Johnson S Montana
The Chargers desperately need a safety opposite Eric Weddle.
50. Chicago Bears - Mike Adams OT Ohio State
The Bears catch the falling Adams here to continue their fixing of the offensive line. He could challange for the starting LT spot.
51. Philadelphia Eagles - Kirk Cousins QB Michigan State
It seems the Eagles are set on drafting the future replacement of Mike Vick. They opt for Cousins here.
52. St. Louis Rams - David Wilson RB Virginia Tech
With Steven Jackson about to be 30, the Rams prepare for his decline.
53. Cincinatti Bengals - Janoris Jenkins CB South Alabama
The Bengals are the ones to take a risk on Jenkins. HE is talented, and will probably start, but how long can he stay out of trouble?
The New York Giants trade their 2nd and 3rd round picks to the Cardinals for their 2nd round pick
54. New York Giants - Nick Perry DE USC
The giants considered him in the first round, and seeing him fall, they promptly move up to get him.
55. Atlanta Falcons - Bobby Massie OT Ole Miss
The Falcons go BPA here, adding Massie who falls a bit. He played RT in college, but has good feet and I think he could be a LT in the NFL.
56. Pittsburgh Steelers - Kelechi Osemele OT Iowa State
The Steelers must draft an offensive lineman early. They have room for improvement all across the line except center.
57. Denver Broncos - Brandon Thompson DT Clemson
The Broncos need to find a starting caliber DT in the draft, because they dont have much of anything there right now.
Washington trades their 3rd and 4th round picks to the Texans for their 2nd pick
58. Washington Redskins - Brian Quick WR Appalachian State
The Redskins move up to get their choice of the best WRs remaining. Quick has a lot of potential and could be a reliable target for RGIII
59. San Diego Chargers - Brandon Brooks G Miami (OH)
The Chargers look to replace Dielman here. Brooks could surprise many, I think he will be a very good player.
60. Baltimore Ravens - Mohammed Sanu WR Rutgers
The Ravens go BPA, adding a young target for Flacco to throw to. He is a good compliment for the deep threat Torrey Smith.
61. San Fransisco 49ers - Marvin McNutt WR Iowa
The run on WRs continue as the 49ers look get Alex Smith real receivers to throw to.
62. New England Patriots - Vinny Curry DE Marshall
The Pats drafted McClellin earlier, but its hard to pass on Curry's value here.
63. Arizona Cardinals - James Brown OT Troy
The Cards again go O-line. Both Reiff and Brown look like they could play either guard or tackle spots in the NFL. That kind of flexibility is nice for a re-building offensive line.
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Passing on DeCastro for inferior prospects = automatic fail.
I truly believe the Upshaw rumors are pure smokescreens, something the Bengals do very well. If they aren't, well God help us all in Bengaldom.
I'd go DDC then Hill there, and then Perry in round two. Jenkins is great value there, but I really believe we're trying to shake our image we built in the mid-late 2000's.
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Other than Cousins I like it for the Eagles. I think they will address CB with that selection or a pass rusher
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Give us Perry in the second. And we aren't going to draft Trumaine Johnson. He has a huge list of problems, a lot more than just the taser incident. A lot hasn't been reported, but I've talked with someone who went to Montana and he said that Johnson basically does whatever he wants and feels entitled because he's the best player.
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Give us Perry in the 2nd & its perfect
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Most Jag fans probably won't like getting two receivers in the first but I think that seeing how the board fell it makes alot of sense. We would just have too cross our fingers and hope that a guy like cam johnson or jake bequette is around in the first.
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Passing on DeCastro for inferior prospects = automatic fail.
I truly believe the Upshaw rumors are pure smokescreens, something the Bengals do very well. If they aren't, well God help us all in Bengaldom.
I'd go DDC then Hill there, and then Perry in round two. Jenkins is great value there, but I really believe we're trying to shake our image we built in the mid-late 2000's.
Absolutely agree. And that draft would be amazing
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Excellent trade and pick for the Bills. Not giving up too much, and getting a franchise LT is a terrific scenario.
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Love it for the Rams. Trading back, adding a 3rd and landing Wilson was beautiful.
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IF the draft turns out like you have it for the Giants I will be ecstatic. Martin is a stud tackle and Perry is a prototypical Giants d-end. Perry and JPP for the next decade? SIGN ME UP!!
Rase on the signature.
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We aren't drafting Brockers!!!!
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Passing on DeCastro makes me cry
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We aren't drafting Brockers!!!!
Well atleast I hope not.
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I'm actually a fan of Mychal Kendricks, but I don't think he fits in well with what we have at linebacker. I love the first 2 picks, I'd chagne that one to
Josh Robinson
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Normally I love drafts with Bobby Massie.
But Nick Perry going 1 pick earlier crushes my soul
Awesome mock overall though.
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