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So has there been a purchase date set for these bodies? Are you going to wait to do more testing and maybe start selling closer to Tax return time? Between these and the valve caps it looks to be a good spring for automags.
This may be a dumb question, but for the one CF piece design, couldn't the feedneck be built into the top attachment. No need to buy a seperate feedneck and ultra low profile? OR cost for a one off?
Bring on the valve caps...currently have cash!
with a threaded feedneck you have many options for aftermarket feednecks, in case someone does not like your design. Also it is much easier/cheaper to simply thread a hole than to mill an integral feedneck.
If there was an extra inch or so of material required to mill a feedneck it would not only affect the size of the stock ($$$) but also increase the time required to machine ($$$). Usually the cheapest and simplest way of doing things is the best from a manufacturing perspective, and it translates to a reduced cost at the consumers end as well.
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It would be cool to see these with anno'd parts... I think you have some other stuff to send, right? Decided to vote incase I can come up with some cash.
I am still testing the bodies. Gotta but some miles on them and check for wear before i can offer them for sale. Nothing like testing out in the frigid michigan weather! Its going to be time to rebuild the shoebox...its been working overtime filling big SCBA tank.
Just noticed that you have some new pictures since I saw the original post or I missed them the first time. Like it evenmore crossing my fingers that testing goes well...
I voted one piece because interchangable fronts sounds cool but how often are people going to actually change them. Also you would have to buy extras if you wanted different fronts.
Can you get sanded carbon fiber tubes so that they kind of match a DW barrel? Or would you offer sanding them as an option?
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Drat. I'm outside Ann Arbor.
Would you be able to do the one piece pump compatible, or is there not enough material in the insert etc....
Have you had a chance to weigh these bad boys? I'm wondering what a one piece pariah style body would weigh.. could make for an interesting build.
I'll end up buying one of these when you put them up for sale.
Im not real sure how well the carbon fiber would hold up to the pump rod. Ive never seen a pump automag in person but i am familiar with the milling. Its possible to mill the body but not sure the tapered slot in it would hold up.
Carbon fiber bodies made it though testing and the design is a success!!! Pre-order will be up soon in the dealers section
i think the two-piece design would be a more durable part in the long run (screws going into a metal part), so that's what i voted for. the cheaper production cost would be a nice side benefit.
awesome! Looking forward to picking one up.
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I thought I'd never find a good looking alternative to my classic minimag's polished body. I'm totally sold on your 2 piece design, though.
If you make them. I shall buy.
Let's fill up those pre-order slots guys!
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Split-Screen Commercials Come To The Chase
Update 5/24/11: This is a repost of a recent column by request. Comments still open.
Five years of asking why. Five years of missing one-third of the racing action. Five years of angry network executives, PR reps and NASCAR all blaming each other. Five long years of excuses.
The issue is how to solve the sagging ratings for the Sprint Cup Series telecasts. While each of the three TV networks involved produces the races differently, they all share one common problem. A heavy advertising load in a sport that cannot pause for commercials.
The solution seems simple. Use existing TV technology to show the commercial in one video box on the screen and keep the race in another. Fans stay because they can see the racing, but absorb the video and audio from the commercial.
The reality is anything but simple. Stepping into something new that directly affects a multi-million dollar TV revenue stream is like walking across an iced-over pond. It may prove harmless, but most folks would rather someone else go first.
Last week in Dover, FOX ran a single commercial break in the split-screen format. Nothing was mentioned about it in the telecast, it just came and went. Well, the fans noticed and so did the media.
FOX admitted it was an experiment. The following Monday, the NASCAR Fan Council survey came to members with a video of that experiment and lots of questions about what NASCAR fans thought about split-screen commercials. Something big was going on.
Tuesday morning, completely out of the blue, ESPN dropped a little bombshell. The network will use its own version of the split-screen, called ESPN Nonstop, for the second half of all ten Chase for the Championship races.
A picture of that format is above. Click here for a video of just how the transition to commercial happens. Notice that the "header" with all the graphics and the ticker stays consistent while the commercial and live racing action go side-by-side.
There is no word on whether FOX will use any split-screen breaks for that network's remaining two races. A TNT spokesman said that this year five of the six races in that network's package will have full-screen commercials. The July Daytona event will once again have "Wide Open" coverage that features split-screen commercials.
ESPN Nonstop was created in 2005 by the network to solve the very same problem in IndyCar races. Since 2007, when ESPN returned to NASCAR, the network has repeatedly said it would like to use this format but was contractually obligated by NASCAR to show full-screen commercials. Apparently, things have changed.
This finally opens the door to the type of substantive change that has been stalled for years and affecting the sport deeply. Technology is hurtling along at break-neck speed while NASCAR has continued to struggle with innovation inside the telecasts.
There is no going back in sports TV. Once something is tried and works, it becomes part of the landscape immediately. Moving to split-screen commercials for even a part of the Chase races means the pressure is now on for all three Sprint Cup Series TV partners to use this full time in 2012.
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32 comments:
- Adam Wood said...
A step in the right direction for certain. Around the time the second half of the race comes on could be time the NFL starts its late games. Should be interesting to see if fans choose to stay with the race or go to football (assuming football happens....).
- May 17, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- Vince said...
NASCAR has struggled with technology.......well.....since forever.
I'm glad to see this change, but what took so long? The foot dragging on the showing of commercials split screen has NASCAR's finger prints all over it. They have to be dragged kicking and screaming to make any technological changes. Look how long it's taken them to go to fuel injection.
NASCAR is really really in need of new management that has a clue.
- May 17, 2011 at 9:39 PM
- Roland said...
For a long time ESPN hater to say this means a lot: Im excited for the ESPN races now.
Wow can't believe I said that.
Now granted until they remove the incredibly bad Marty Reid for AB Ill still be using MRN and PRN for my commentary, but the side by side commercials at least make me feel better about where ESPN is going. Wish it was for the entire race, for all 17 ESPN races but hey its better than nothing.
Going to be real interesting to see what FOX does. Twitterville, especially Jenna Fryer, made FOX out to be the bad guys today, saying that ESPN had this in the works for a while and that FOX made a pre-emptive strike during Sundays race. Can't wait to see what FOX does at the 600.
Also great news on the TNT side of things. I like the AC/DC theme music, and I like the fact that Phil won't be involved in the broadcast this year. Lets move AA back to pit road, Ralph to the booth, and bring in Jim Noble as the 4th pit reporter. Big fan of Jims work. He may be the hardest working reporter in the field today. PRN, Sirius, Racebuddy, ESPN, guy does it all and very well I might add.
- May 17, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Anonymous said...
So JD, How did this whole thing go down?
ESPN things seemed to be in the works for a while, then the Fox Guys just randomly did it?
- May 17, 2011 at 9:50 PM
- Anon/J said...
I love the concept. What I don't love - especially with a standard def. tv that is pretty small - is all the wasted space being used for crappy wallpaper and crappier "frames" around the stuff.
Let's skip that, make the racing bigger, make the ad bigger, and get rid of the giant Sprint box (as an example) for something that wraps around, perhaps, in a repeating pattern.
If you're gonna do it, take advantage of the available room, and keep in mind that us Nascar fans are of course broke, beer swilling trailer park folk with sub-20" tv's using antennas and tin foil. :)
I don't mind ads. Gotta pay bills. From the standpoint of a designer, when your penultimate goal is to get as much ad and racing on the screen to lock the viewer into both, sacrificing either to pretty it up is counterproductive.
Have already heard complaints that the race screen is too small.
Sommat to think about, but good show on all the participants.
- May 17, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
I was so excited when I read about this this morning! I hope the feedback from the fans show how hungry we are for it!
It'll give us options. Yes we may still take a potty break or make a sandwich, see what's on another channel, etc. but but may not do it as often as now.
It really needs to be FT but if advertisers agree to it for even part of a race I'll take it! I've loved it in Indy & will love it here!
As I stated in the other column, I'm often heading straight to Twitter, TDP, wherever once they segway to commercial but just happened to still be watching when the split screen came and had wondered if they'd been doing it all along & I had missed it in my quick switches. But saw posts from others that showed it was the first time.
- May 17, 2011 at 10:19 PM
- WickedJ said...
Honestly, JD, i think i speak for damn near every NASCAR fan who wants to throw the remote at the TV when they cut away to a commercial during something good
put quite simply, its about damn time
- May 17, 2011 at 11:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
Well at least it is a start!
I totally understand the networks "needing to pay the bills".
But having inane commercials time after time is, well as the saying goes "the definition of insanity is..." You all know the rest.
The same thing goes for broadcasts that NO one likes, and the personalities on those broadcasts that NO one likes.
I could go on and on, but it has been said thousands of times before by many people extremely more talented than I.....
- May 18, 2011 at 12:13 AM
- robbiejr said...
If I were you, I wouldn't get too excited about it just yet.
If you remember, when TNT did it, they ran so many side-by-side commercial breaks, it became more of a distraction than a good thing. It seemed like they were running them back to back, which defeated the purpose they were intended to provide. I was screaming at my TV to stop them. So let's see if this happens again before we start celebrating.
- May 18, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- GinaV24 said...
It's about time. Making this change is way overdue.
It won't fix some of the other problems that tick me off about the race broadcasts, but if they aren't "in break" every 5 minutes, it certainly will help us keep up with the action -- assuming of course that the director is actually following the race.
- May 18, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- Mule said...
I am cautiously optimistic. We're talking about ESPN here. I'm still going to mute the TV and try to dial in on MRN on radio or the web. Definately a step in the right direction, but, IRL was doing it back in 04-05?
Now since Nascar itself has been fighting this so long, when do we get live streams on the internet for our PC's and portable devices?
C'mon here, catch up with technology of today. Should have been working on this since they shed the Winston Cup name.
Ooooopps....My bad. We're talking about BZF here. His father and Grandfather were more forward thinking than he is. Then, I'm not really sure what he's thinking, other than $$$$$$$$$$$.
- May 18, 2011 at 9:10 AM
- MRM4 said...
The question remains whether Fox did it and ESPN decided to react to it or Fox knew ESPN was going to do it and beat them to the punch with their experiment. I guess neither side will admit to anything.
- May 18, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- Andrew said...
I find it really hard to believe that ESPN reacted to an event that occurred just days before.
FOX knew the announcement was coming. They wanted to look like they had done it first, though ESPN has been finalizing this for months.
- May 18, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- KRB said...
I was pissed when I saw the split screen on Sunday. We usually get to see the last 30 laps or so commercial free. Right? We were at about 22 laps to go when the split screen happened. I thought FOX did this because the broadcast was exceptionally short and they wanted to get in as many commercials as possible.
Am I wrong, do we usually only get to see the last 20 laps commercial free?
I completely welcome the shift to split screen and think it will help tremendously.
Now if we could just get those internet streams then we'd be in good shape.
- May 18, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- Anonymous said...
Yup @MRM4 what Andrew said is what I've read yesterday. ESPN had been planning all along to announce it on Tuesday & FOX was a literal last minute deal so it made it look like FOX had beaten ESPN to the punch.
- May 18, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- The Mad Man said...
It's a step in the right direction. Now if they could also straighten up the poor camera work and God awful commentary in the process, a lot of fans just might be tuning back in.
- May 18, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- Anonymous said...
I donno...
I agree that commercials are too long, poorly timed and often just serve to lead viewers away from the broadcast.
However, the photo posted here of ESPN's proposed side by side commercial idea doesn't float my boat.
As someone else pointed out, there's a lot of wasted space there and the "action" is relegated to a fairly small box. The Sprint logo is actually more prominent and is designed to draw the eye away from the on track action. Of course that's what commercials are supposed to do, duh. But it would be a lot less objectionable if there wasn't so much wasted space. There are still a lot of people who don't have 60" TV's.
Also, and perhaps it's the conspiracy theorist coming out in me, but this seems like it could be a slippery slope thing. What if this stuff catches on? Could we be headed to a place where commercials run concurrently with the action during the entire race? Would viewers stand for something like this? Advertisers have been weaseling there way into every little nook and cranny they can. It would seem to me that the ultimate score for them would be to have their junk up there during the entire race.
Yeah, it's crazy. I know.
- May 18, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- KoHoSo said...
I agree that this is definitely a step in the right direction and will be looking forward to see how it turns out. I hate to be negative but I also have to be honest...I have been excited about positive-sounding news from ESPN before and have ended up extremely disappointed. ESPN has lost my trust over the years for many reasons, some NASCAR-related and some not. I'm not doing any sort of a happy dance until I see how this is implemented.
That being said, I still applaud ESPN for making this move and trying to make it work. If they do it right, I guarantee that most Planeteers, myself included, will gush like littel schoolgirls over the change.
- May 18, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Newracefan said...
agree about the wasted space and concern that it gives them the opportunity to have even more commercial breaks but.... About Damn Time
- May 18, 2011 at 1:12 PM
- robbiejr said...
Anon said: "Could we be headed to a place where commercials run concurrently with the action during the entire race? Would viewers stand for something like this? Advertisers have been weaseling there way into every little nook and cranny they can. It would seem to me that the ultimate score for them would be to have their junk up there during the entire race."
That's the point I was making earlier. TNT came very close to that the first time they ran their side-by-side commercials. Not sure how many of you remember that, but I do. It drove me crazy, because once they started, it seemed they ran them every 4 or 5 minutes, and the racing window was so small I had to put my glasses on to see it. So what's to stop the ad's from running continuously this time? Nothing.
And for those of you who don't remember, wait and see how you feel about this idea when it's ads run every 4 or 5 minutes at the least, and non stop ads in the extreme. I'm afraid you won't be as impressed with the idea as you are now.
The only thing that will make my point moot, is if they don't flood the broadcast with ads. But I'm not holding my breath.
- May 18, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Rich said...
It's about time the networks and advertisers get a clue. I haven't watched a "live" race for more than 2 years(when I first got my DVR). With split-screen, I'd probably watch the race start to finish instead of delaying it an hour to watch on my DVR....
- May 18, 2011 at 3:46 PM
- Anonymous said...
Here's the part of ESPN's press release I have to question:
When going to break during NASCAR NonStop, ESPN will utilize a screen wipe tied to an advertiser, with that advertiser occupying the wipe for the rest of the race.
Does that mean the 2nd half of the race we're going to see an advertiser's logo continuously displayed on our screens?
- May 18, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Kenn Fong said...
I only saw a few minutes of Cup this weekend but I keep up by reading you and NASCAR Insiders.
This is great, Fox and ESPN. Better late than never. If I were an advertiser, I'd have been pushing Fox and ESPN to go side-by-side with my spots from the time IRL started it. Why didn't anyone use a bit of common sense? Now I won't use my DVR to skip by the spots.
I might actually watch a race from beginning to end this season.
West Coast Kenny
Alameda, California
- May 18, 2011 at 5:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
This will be interesting. I won't say more until we see the final product.
- May 18, 2011 at 6:38 PM
- Palmetto said...
Regarding running the ads constantly, anyone else seen soccer coverage? Many international networks do just that for 'football', sacrificing 20% or so on the left and bottom for streaming ads while the match runs continuously in a window in the remaining screen space.
Personally, I wouldn't have a problem with that approach; if nothing else, eliminating the commericial 'bumpers' would mean a lot less of Digger.
- May 18, 2011 at 7:48 PM
- Marybeth said...
John, Just read on scenedaily that Michael Waltrip will be in the booth Saturday night instead of Larry Mc. Can you believe...? There is not one comment that thinks this is a good move, my own included. Somebody's head is going to roll, & it needs to. Poor Mike Joy.
- May 18, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Jonathan said...
Sweet! Good to hear like everyone else said ITS ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- May 18, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
The pressue isn't on the TV partners. They would have loved side by side from day 1. It is entirely up to NASCAR and the sponsors to agree to it and still fork over the same amount in ad revenue for a smaller portion of the screen and a distracted audience.
- May 18, 2011 at 11:02 PM
- Anonymous said...
Well, I think I'll schedule my first ever high colonic for Saturday night. Has to be better than a double dose of Waltrip
- May 18, 2011 at 11:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Finally -loving the fact that they (TPTB) listened to the fans. I have no idea how ESPN got NASCAR to move forward and embrace some new ideas,however Not looking the gift horse in the mouth. Thank you ESPN
- May 19, 2011 at 5:45 AM
- Lois Lane said...
At least during "split screen" commercials, thankfully (if FOX goes that way) it will automatically mute ol' DW...
- May 19, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Fed UP said...
Dear Mr/Ms. Advertiser:
Thank you for allowing the race to be shown as the same your advertisement. In years past I would have missed your commercial showing the wonderful quality of your product thingmabob since I would normally use that time to flip to another chnnel bypassing your commerical until the race came on. Now, I don't have to do that..and your product thingamabob makes me want to go out and even buy it.
Thank You,
Racing Fan
Now, I don't expect an actual advertiser to see this, but think of the possiblilites of showing YOUR product to a larger market.
- May 20, 2011 at 10:56 PM

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Here are five sporting events to watch for this week in Lenawee County.
Wrestling regionals
Hudson, Sand Creek and Tecumseh will host team regionals Wednesday looking to punch their ticket to the state finals in Battle Creek. Hudson and Tecumseh hope to continue their streak of Kellogg Arena visits. Sand Creek, meanwhile, can secure its first trip to Cereal City. Individual regionals will take place Saturday.
Blissfield at Onsted girls basketball
Two of the county's best teams and Lenawee County Athletic Association rivals clash for the second time this season Friday. Onsted beat Blissfield 49-36 in the first meeting, handing the Royals their first loss of the season. The matchup features two of the area's best players in Lexi Johnson of Onsted and Claire Denecker of Blissfield.
TCC girls basketball
Two important Tri-County Conference girls basketball games involving county teams will take place this week. Sand Creek and Britton Deerfield are tied for second place in the league standings (9-2) and meet Tuesday in Deerfield. Madison sits in first place (11-1) and travels to Deerfield on Friday to face BD for the third time this season.
Adrian at Tecumseh boys swimming
The county's two swimming and diving teams meet Thursday in Tecumseh. Adrian is coming off a win over Ypsilanti Lincoln on senior night, while Tecumseh rolled to a victory last week over Dundee. Both teams look to build momentum for the SEC championships.
Adrian College PinkZone game
The Adrian College women's basketball team hosts Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association rival Alma on Saturday in its annual PinkZone game for breast cancer awareness. The event will also include a silent auction, a bake sale and a pre-game ceremony honoring cancer survivors.
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I don't really have any questions off hand I can think to ask. So, I'm giving Chiefs Crowd members the opportunity to ask their question through me. This is my thought...post your question you want asked in this discussion thread. On Friday the 12th I will choose a few semi finalist questions I like best, then I'll begin a poll and allow members to vote on which of those semi final questions they like best. The question with the most votes will become the question I ask, assuming I will be allowed to ask a question. :)
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The Changing Face of HIV
Thirty years after the virus changed sexual politics and sexual health forever, the face of HIV/AIDS is no longer what it used to be. Although men who have sex with men (MSM) remain the largest single affected community, representing more than half of all new HIV infections, the virus has also become a serious threat to African Americans, Latinos, and residents of the southern United States.
According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV. An estimated 50,000 are infected every year, a number which has remained fairly stable since the mid-1990s but represents a significant improvement from roughly 130,000 a year at the epidemic's height in the 1980s.
"Our reporting is better these days," said Dr. Marjorie Hill, CEO of the Gay Men's Health Crisis, a leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy. "One might think 30 years ago the epidemic was all gay men, and even 30 years ago that was not true."
Men who have sex with men, although comprising a smaller majority of HIV infections than they did at the epidemic's height, represent an increasing number of new infections, due in large part to a significant increase in transmission among young black MSM. But sex between MSM is far from the only way the virus is transmitted. Heterosexual transmission is responsible for 27 percent of new infections, followed by injection drug use, which causes 9 percent of new infections.
Dr. Hill said, "If one pretends that only gay men have to worry about the virus, women are not going to have important conversations with their partners. The truth is, the demographic that is at risk for HIV is people who are sexually active. A lot of people are having sex. Transmission is not about sexual orientation, it's about sexual activity."
Among the groups disproportionately impacted by HIV are ethnic and racial minorities. African Americans account for the highest number of new HIV infections, followed by Latinos. Although only 14 percent of Americans are black, 44 percent of new HIV infections occur in the black community.
Latinos, meanwhile, account for 16 percent of the U.S. population but 20 percent of new HIV infections. Socioeconomic factors such as lack of access to health care, discrimination and poverty may contribute to placing people of color at greater risk of contracting the virus than white people.
"Social drivers have always been the root cause of HIV," said Dr. Hill. "Poverty, homophobia, sexism, racism -- those factors have always been very highly correlated with HIV incidence. Unfortunately, African Americans experience a higher impact of racism and higher economic challenges. Latinos are disproportionately impacted for similar reasons, and because of immigration and language obstacles."
Transgender people too are disproportionately affected by HIV. Although the group is too small to represent a significant fraction of all HIV infections, an estimated 28 percent of trans women are HIV-positive.
Half of New HIV Infections Come from Southern U.S.
Geography also has an impact on an individual's risk of contracting the virus. The Southern U.S. contains only 37 percent of the country's population, but accounts for roughly half its new HIV infections. The South is the geographic region with the highest number of new infections, although the prevalence of AIDS diagnoses is higher in the Northeast. Both those regions have seen a decrease in new infections in recent years. The Midwest is the only region of the U.S. in which transmission increased between 2007 and 2010. Throughout the country, HIV is most prevalent in densely populated urban areas.
According to the Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI), the HIV-related death rate, as well as the incidence of HIV-related morbidity, is highest in the southern states. These states also have some of the highest poverty levels in the country, and a report from SASI indicates that, "states with the lowest incomes have the greatest HIV case fatality rates." In addition, the majority of African Americans -- the ethnic group most affected by the virus -- live in the South, and are disproportionately likely to be living in poverty.
The cultural conservatism of the South may be another factor in that region's high HIV incidence. A combination of inadequate sex education and stigmatization of behaviors that can lead to infection, such as homosexual sex and injection drug use, may lead to a lack of awareness of prevention strategies and a greater risk of transmission.
"Many people living with HIV are already in marginalized groups in this country -- men who have sex with men, injecting drug users, sex workers, etc.," said Carolyn McAllaster of SASI. "And these groups are particularly stigmatized in the South, in the Bible Belt."
"There's a lesson that sometimes it seems like we must keep re-learning," said James Loduca of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. "HIV thrives in the margins. Whenever you have a community or a population marginalized and isolated, their HIV risk increases significantly, which is why we need to focus on bringing people in from the margins."
Because of the diversity of the communities involved and the methods of transmission, HIV and AIDS prevention is not a simple task, but comprises varying methods of outreach and education.
"A tension exists for the work of organizations like ours," said Loduca. "Destigmatizing HIV, to ensure people are treated with the dignity they deserve, is of paramount importance. HIV stigma can be a barrier to preventing new infections. At the same time, we need to similarly communicate to young people that HIV is manageable, but it is still a very serious disease that you don't want to get."
According to Dr. Hill, "Making a community a safe and comfortable space for people who are affected by HIV goes a long way in terms of managing the epidemic. The more supported individuals are, the more likely they are to succeed in health promotion activities."
"Knowledge and information have always been the best weapons against infection," said Loduca. "We need to have honest conversations with yourself and others about behaviors that can increase risk."
"Just like HIV started one person at a time, it's going to end one person at a time," he added.


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Liar, Lunatic or Lord
The liar, lunatic or lord argument attempts to present a case through process of elimination of all other options, that Jesus Christ must have been god.
Background information
Even a number of theologians have pointed out that the liar, lunatic or lord argument is unsound. Apologists such as William Lane Craig cite this argument as a good example of a bad argument for Christianity. This argument has also been referred to as the "trilemma" by Josh McDowell.
Despite this, the argument is widely used, and widely loved, by the more general Christian audience, as are many of Lewis' other equally flawed arguments such as the argument from desire.
C.S. Lewis version
C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity c.1952:
- "I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: "I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God." That is the one thing we must not say. A man who said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic--on a level with the man who says he is a poached egg--or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."
- p1. Jesus made certain claims
- p2. These claims are of a nature that has certain implications about his character
- a. Lunatic: Jesus was not God, but he mistakenly believed that he was
- b. Liar: Jesus was not God, and he knew it, but he said so anyway
- c. Lord: Jesus was telling the truth and is God
- p3. Through process of elimination we can exclude the possibilities of lunatic and liar
- a. Existential evidence
- b. Textual evidence
- c. Historical evidence
- c1. Therefor Jesus was/is the the lord and God in human form.
Counter arguments
False premise p1: Unfounded Assumptions
The first problem with the argument is that it assumes the efficacy of the bible. It assumes that the depiction of Jesus in the bible is historically accurate and an accurate depiction of his character, including (but not limited to) the words and claims attributed to him.
There is no first hand contemporary evidence that the words attributed to Jesus are his own. Indeed there is no first hand contemporary evidence that Jesus existed at all.
Based on all the best historical evidence we currently have, everything we know about the new testament gospel is completely consistent with it being a fiction written some time in the late 1st and early 2nd Century.
False premise p2: False dilemma
Based on the shaky grounds of the first premise, the argument creates a false dilemma to suggest that Jesus as appearing in the gospels is either telling the truth or not. This of course neglects the obvious possibility that he is a legend, in which case his claims (or those claims attributed to him) are neither true or false, but partially or entirely fictional.
Nearly everything that is "known" about the life of Jesus, or his claims of godhood, come from the Bible, which Christians regard as inerrant but atheists do not. Jesus may not have existed, or he may not have said all the things that were attributed to him.
The premise also ignores hybrid possibilities. For instance, that Jesus may in fact have been a lunatic who said true things (much like an insane person who thinks he's Napoleon may still be able to tell you the correct day of the week or the prevailing weather conditions) or that he might have been the Lord and a liar (unlikely, but inconvenient for Lewis' intended point). At heart, the dilemma commits the genetic fallacy, of assuming that an idea from a bad source is itself inevitably tainted.
Finally, the premise also ignores the very real possibility that if Jesus existed and did say some of the things attributed to him, but may have been misinterpreted. Many believers will refer to themselves as "Children Of God" (or similar phrasings), but they presumably do not mean this literally. In a similar fashion, if Jesus did refer to himself as the "Son Of God," he may have intended it as a metaphor that was misunderstood by subsequent audiences. (In fact "Son of God" meant a righteous man, the Messiah or a prophet. This did not in any way mean the "physical" son of God, a very pagan belief that Jews considered very blasphemous.)
False premise p3: Unsupported evidence
Even accepting the first two false premises, the so called evidence for the exclusion of lunatic and liar possibilities is questionable at best.
Many apologists, including some who are qualified psychologists, attempt to show that Jesus could not have been a lunatic. There are two major problems with this.
- First, is a complete lack of evidence. The idea of performing a real psychological diagnosis on someone that has been presumed dead for 2000 years, based solely a few scarcely descriptive tales, from the very book that purports to reveal the truth of his divinity, is nothing short of laughable.
- Secondly, they make a case of special pleading. Despite the fact that Jesus isn't depicted as a rabid, uncontrollably raving, maniac, doesn't mean he was necessarily sane. Any of the psychologists who attempt to claim Jesus was not insane, would have no hang ups about committing a person today that made similar claims. Indeed if Jesus made his claims today, he would fit right in at the asylums full of other people that think they're God, Jesus, Napoleon etc.
Jesus could also have been a liar. Lewis disregards this because he claims Jesus was a great human teacher. However, much of Jesus' advice was bad advice. And regardless of his lesson content, being a great teacher, doesn't by fiat logically exclude the possibility that he could lie. Jesus also had great motive to lie. Despite the trouble Brian found himself in, there are presumably a great many selfish benefits to being mistakenly considered a human deity.
Additionally, some forms of the liar, lunatic or lord argument further commit the fallacy of begging the question, by accepting the biblical miracles as evidence for the lord option, which of course a priori assumes the conclusion of Jesus' divinity that the very argument attempts to prove.
Other counter arguments
- Lewis makes the straw man presumption that lunatics speak falsely, rave without moments of clarity, never say anything worth paying attention to, etc. In truth, one may suffer from a delusional belief or fixation and function adequately or even superlatively in society.
Additional notes
The reason for the use of dilemma in False premise p2. rather than the titular trilemma, is due to the fact that despite there being three options, two of those have effectively the same outcome as far as the argument is concerned. The multiple options are really nothing more than a red herring as the arguments outcome is that the claims of Jesus are either true or not.
Additionally, formal logic deals exclusively with dichotomies, not trichotomies. The overall argument attempts to prove he is the lord. So to actually express all three options, logistically it would need to be presented as two separate, but hierarchical dichotomies. (lord:(liar:lunatic))
- The main dichotomy: That he is either the lord or not-lord.
- The sub dichotomy if he is not-lord: That he is either a liar or lunatic.
- The main dichotomy: That he is either the lord or not-lord.
See also
External links
- Jim Perry on the trilemma – Article by Jim Perry at infidels.org
- wikipeida:Lewis's trilemma – Wikipedia article on Liar, Lunatic or lord


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Another real estate investment group has joined in the Southwest Florida buying spree, grabbing properties in Sarasota and Manatee for use as rentals.
A Tampa subsidiary of Santa Monica-based CSFR ColFin American Investors LLC has bought 16 properties in Sarasota and Manatee counties since early March, paying $42,500 to $201,400 for those properties, court records show.
ColFin, a private investment fund, also is part of an operating partnership with the publicly traded mega-commercial real estate group, Colony Financial Inc., according to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The entity is just the latest in a series of institutional investment funds — led by the Wall Street giant Blackstone Group — to flock into Southwest Florida's real estate market, where prices of foreclosures remain relatively cheap and demand for residential rentals is nearing record highs.
Colony Financial, trading on the New York Stock Exchange for a price of $22.07 per share in afternoon trading on Monday, also invests in single-family homes and hotels. The company reported $48.1 million in profits during 2012, up 14 percent from the year before, financial records show.
Brokers who scour the foreclosure market say ColFin has become very active in local auctions, paying more than estimated values and outbidding other potential buyers.
"They're like the new Blackstone moving in, and they're paying even more," said Shannon Moore, broker and owner of Green Lion Realty in North Port, who represents foreclosure investors. "They're very active right now."
Across the state, these institutional bulk buyers have absorbed nearly 5,300 foreclosures since the start of last year, records show.
With more defaults expected to enter the foreclosure pipeline in the coming months, these purchasers play a significant role in preventing those distressed properties from become another drag on prices.
But it also has posed a challenge for traditional homebuyers and smaller investors who are now struggling to compete for properties — with inventory levels stuck near decade-lows.
The investors — like Blackstone and ColFin — have followed in a similar buying trajectory, starting in larger and more depressed markets like Tampa and Orlando, then quickly moving through other real estate hot spots across the state.
ColFin also has been ferociously buying up foreclosures in Phoenix, Los Vegas and Los Angeles, records show.
"Now they're going nation because they have this huge war chest of funds they raised to buy up single-family homes," said Jack McCabe, a real estate consultant in Deerfield Beach.
"Every week that passes by now, we're seeing more and more of these (investment) funds enter the competition."
Investor joins Southwest Florida home buying spree
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Nashua airport will assume cost to keep control tower openBy BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
April 04. 2013 10:09PM
NASHUA - The Airport Authority at the Nashua Municipal Airport announced Thursday that it will not let the airport's control tower close Sunday night as scheduled due to sequestration cuts, as the Authority has reached a deal to pick up the tab to keep it open.
At a cost of $34,000 a month, Davidson said the airport has reached an agreement with Midwest Air Traffic Control Services, the company contracted to run the tower, to keep the tower open and its seven air traffic controllers employed on a month-to-month basis.
"We're taking it out of our reserve funds for future improvements. We think this is a crisis; we can't let the tower close," Airport Authority Board of Commissioners Chairman Donald Davidson said.
Despite clearly being relieved that the tower won't close this weekend, Davidson said it is not a long-term fix, as the Authority can only guarantee funding for the tower for another month.
However, during the next 30 days Davidson said the Authority would exhaust every avenue available to them to try to keep the tower open. Davidson said the Authority only has to find a way to keep the tower open for another five months, because he is optimistic federal funding for the tower will kick back in.
Davidson said the Authority has planned for weeks to pay for the tower to stay open but didn't want to publicize that fact and jeopardize discussions with the Federal Aviation Administration about a reprieve.
Now that it is clear the FAA is going to hold fast to its pledge to close more than a 100 control towers around the country, Davidson said the Authority can dedicate its time to securing funding instead of trying to negotiate with the FAA.
With the cost of keeping the tower open so high, Davidson said he is stressing to members of the airport community that everyone will have to help to keep it open.
Despite the potential cost to businesses and operators at the airport, Davidson said, "I am sure they are thrilled to hear we are keeping the tower open."
Davidson said he has been assured by the New Hampshire's congressional delegation in Washington that the tower funding cuts will not become permanent once sequestration cuts run their course. He added that the delegation has been very helpful in trying to keep the tower open, and that they have assured him that they will continue to try to find ways to get the tower federally funded again as quickly as possible.


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- Score the skin of the duck breasts in a criss-cross pattern with a very sharp knife.
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- This may take 8-10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fat.
- Now turn up the heat, and fry until the skin is crisp.
- Turn the duck breasts over and cook the other side for another 3-4 minutes.
- Just before the duck is ready, combine chestnut honey and honey vinegar and drizzle it over.
- Toss and turn the duck in the honey mixture and cook until the liquid has reduced to a syrupy glaze.
- Transfer duck to a warm plate and leave to rest for 5-10 minutes.
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Gene Butcher and his brother Ken of Waterford Township will gather up drums, flags, scarves and smoke bombs in May and head down to Detroit.
There, the brothers, along with hundreds of other roaring fans, will root on their Detroit City Football Club soccer team as the players strive to beat another Midwest club.
"We're more fanatical than fans," said Gene Butcher, who founded the Northern Guard Supporters, the Detroit City club's boosters.
"We sing, play drums, dress head to toe in team colors of rouge and gold — it's insanity."
The supporters, who point out their rowdy enthusiasm is common among European soccer fans, generally gather at Harry's Bar, 2482 Clifford St., Detroit, near the soccer field at Cass Tech High School.
"We walk to the game and even drag people in from the neighborhood to watch with us," said Butcher, a Waterford Regional Fire Department lieutenant.
The young Detroit minor league soccer team, part of the National Premier Soccer League, began playing last year.
The league — sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, the governing body of soccer in the U.S. — operates and is managed as a team-run league. Each team is individually owned and operated, and is responsible for maintaining league minimum standards.
The Midwest boasts 11 teams in cities such as Cleveland; Buffalo, N.Y.; and Erie, Pa.
"A lot of the Detroit club players are from Oakland University," Butcher said.
The season runs from mid-May through July. Last year, the team played six home games and two exhibitions. The Northern Guard attended away games, too,Butcher said, admitting he has been obsessed with soccer since he was 5.
Because of his interest, he spotted a small article last year about the start of the Detroit club. He knows organizing the Northern Guard has been a help to the team.
"Pictures of us (at the games) go across the country. That brings the team a lot of attention and more people in the stands to watch," he said.
Counting the opposition, about 2,000 people attend an average game.
"In the league of 40 teams, we had the second-highest attendance," Butcher said.
The low ticket price of $5 also is a plus, fans point out.
The Northern Guard will gather together in the off-season at a fundraiser for the Guard's charity, Hooligans for Heroes, on March 14.
Butcher said the group had been looking for a charity to support when his friend Chris Monroe, a Northern Guard supporter serving in Afghanistan, suggested helping wounded military.
After two of Monroe's fellow servicemen were severely injured in an attack, the Northern Guard members decided to begin raising money to help them. All donations raised during Hooligans events go to help the servicemen, Butcher said.
He urged people to give the games a try this year.
"It's the best sports ticket in town," Butcher said. "We create a pretty crazy, loud environment and teams play super-hard.
He urges sports fans to "come on down and have a blast, and watch some really good soccer."
For information about the Detroit City Football Club soccer team, visit www.detcityfc.com.
A Shamrocks and Shenanigans fundraiser for the Northern Guard charity, Hooligans for Heroes, will be at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Loving Touch bar, 22634 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. The band 1592 will perform. Admission is $5.
Both the Northern Guard and Hooligans for Heroes can be found on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NorthernGuardSupporters and www.facebook.com/HooligansForHeroesDetroit.
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A Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House Museum
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
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Summoners Ensemble Theatre and the Merchant's House Museum announce A Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House Museum. John Kevin Jones recreates his outstanding solo performance of A Christmas Carol, directed by Dr. Rhonda Dodd, in the intimate Greek revival double parlor of the landmark 1832 Merchant's House Museum (29 East 4th Street, Manhattan).
John Kevin Jones brings A Christmas Carol's ghosts, graveyards, greed, and redemption to life in the manner of Charles Dickens himself. Based on Dickens' own performance text of A Christmas Carol, Jones and Dodd have crafted a work of captivating storytelling that highlights Dickens' stunning narrative imagery and wry humor. Jones' performance is "… like an entire theatre company … under one hat" (as historian Thomas Carlyle remarked of Dickens' famed public readings).


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Following the Senior Bowl and the NFL Combine, teams have started to put together their draft boards and positional rankings in preparation for school pro days. Expect reports and smoke screens to follow in the coming weeks regarding prospects being linked to certain teams leading up to April's Draft.But in the meantime, Kay Adams (@heykayadams) and I (@JoshNorris) ran through my top five wide receivers and tight ends in the 2013 NFL Draft.
Rankings: Top Five Wide Receivers
With an intriguing crop of pass catchers I discuss my top five receivers, including Tavon Austin, Cordarrelle Patterson, and DeAndre Hopkins.
Breaking sports news video. MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL highlights and more.
Rankings: Top Five Tight Ends
When was the last time we considered tight end a position of strength prior to the NFL Draft? I briefly evaluate my top five prospects that project inline or in a Joker receiver role.


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The Southwestern College Art Gallery presents
Post Retirement Survey
Exhibition by BOB MATHNEY
October 17 - November 12, 2013
Opening Receptions: Thursday, October 17, 11 am & 6 pm
SWC Art Gallery Patio
Artist Talk: Thursday, October 17, 12 pm, SWC Art Gallery
Art Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Thursday, 10:30 am - 2:00 pm
Wednesday & Thursday, 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Closed on school holidays. Free and open to the public. Free parking in Lot J for evening reception only.
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A birth chart can look different for a number of reasons - usually, it does so because a different astrological technique was used. The basic information remains the same while a different system can make the drawing look different.
Hindu systems, for example, are based on sidereal astrology, which causes shifts in the planets and ascendant. The interpretation can be different as well.
Sometimes errors are made - the calculation could be wrong, perhaps the wrong place or time zone were used. Please check your data! With a given set of data, there can be no ambiguity. The result you get at Astrodienst is correct. Our calculations for astronomical facts are the most reliable in the whole "industry". For further reference, please see the "Full Documentation" of the Swiss Ephemeris.
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Red aspects belong to the group of "analytical" or "disharmonious" aspects (the main ones are Square and Opposition), blue ones are considered "synthetic" or "harmonious" (Sextile and Trine), and green is used for the minor aspects of Quinkunx and Semisextile.
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Family Fun
Monster Jam
Monster trucks reach astonishing heights when Monster Jam roars into Nassau Coliseum for another round of non-stop action. The spectacle features some of the most popular monster trucks ever assembled – with the legendary Grave Digger topping that list. Joining that behemoth are the other fan favorite mega-trucks on the circuit, including El Toro Loco, Bounty Hunter and Scarlet Bandit. Monster truck fans will watch as these mega-trucks compete in an array of enthralling competitions, including racing and freestyle events, along with a "Wheelie" contest, during the action-packed two-hour show. Standing at 12 feet tall and about 12 feet wide, these trucks sit atop 66-inch tall tires and can fly up to 35 feet in the air. As an added attraction, the popular Pit Party pre-show gives everyone a chance to get a view of the trucks up-close and meet the drivers of the 10,000-pound custom-designed machines.
Friday, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m., with Pit Party, 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with Pit Party, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 27, 2 p.m. $30-$75, with seats starting at $15 for kids. Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale. (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
In Concert
Imagine a concert not defined as classical, jazz, pop or anything else. That is the imaginative and diverse performance awaiting those in the audience when the celebrated Finnish duo of violinist Jaakko Kuusisto and pianist Iiro Rantala bring their musical creativity to the Madison Theatre. Both Kuusisto and Rantala cross musical genres in this relaxed and surprising evening. Kuusisto, who is a conductor and composer, in addition to his acclaimed career as a violinist and Rantala, who is best known as the founder and pianist of Trio Toykeat, Finland's most famous jazz group, have come together for a concert that combines their dynamic talents in an exciting, unusual form. It's a concert that is full of surprises with a program that will enthrall and delight the audience.
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Both awaiting sentencing fo 2012 case where young girl ingested methamphetamine
The second parent accused of willful cruelty to a child in connection with a young Taft girl who ingested methamphetamine last summer has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Christopher Davidson, 32, entered a no contest plea to one count of child cruelty this week in Kern County Superior Court.
Davidson and Gina Barrios, 38, were arrested by Taft Police at a Bakersfield motel on Aug. 31, more than two weeks after their two-year-old daughter was rushed to a Bakersfield hospital where it was found she had ingested the illegal drug.
Barrios pleaded no contest to the child cruelty charge on Nov. 19.
Barrios has been held in custody since her arrest. She was scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday but that has been delayed for 90 days, a court clerk said.
Davidson was released on $60,000 bail and remains free awaiting sentencing on Feb. 14.
Taft Police became involved in the case after the girl was hospitalized Aug. 15 at Mercy Southwest in Bakersfield.
Lt. Pete Aranda said the girl was staying with her mother and father and three half-siblings in a home on the 300 block of Woodrow. The father left for a time Wednesday morning, then returned.
Aranda said Barrios left the home about 11 a.m. and the father then noticed the little girl was starting to show signs of illness.
"He noticed she was not herself and then it progressed to signs of being ill," Aranda said.
The girls condition deteriorated further and she vomited and may have had seizures, prompting the father to call 911 about 2:30 p.m.
The child was transported to Mercy Southwest by Hall Ambulance.
Testing at the hospital revealed the presence of methamphetamine in her system, Aranda said. Child Protective Services was called and they notified Taft Police, who launched an investigation.


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Commenter mikelove says it's the first time (since 1957, maybe earlier) a team has swept a four-game series while scoring 10+ runs in each game. Boston outscored the White Sox 46-7.
The Red Sox lead the Yankees in the East by 7.5 games. New York finishes up against the Tigers tomorrow night, then heads home for Tuesday's showdown.
Julian Tavarez (5.01, 90 ERA+) / Javier Vazquez (3.66, 125 ERA+)
Hi, Javy! It's been a while since 2004, but we remember. And we thank you.
In 23 career AB againat Vazquez, J.D. Drew has hit .391/.440/.870.
Interesting 'toid that means next-to-nothing:
Vazquez is trying to become the only pitcher in the Major Leagues to record at least 10 wins, 30 starts and 150 strikeouts for the seventh straight season. He needs five more starts and three more strikeouts to extend the streak.


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Category:OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set Project
ModSecurity is an Apache web server module that provides a web application firewall engine. The ModSecurity Rules Language engine is extrememly flexible and robust and has been referred to as the "Swiss Army Knife of web application firewalls." While this is certainly true, it doesn't do much implicitly on its own and requires rules to tell it what to do. In order to enable users to take full advantage of ModSecurity out of the box, we have developed the Core Rule Set (CRS) which provides critical protections against attacks across most every web architecture.
Unlike intrusion detection and prevention systems, which rely on signatures specific to known vulnerabilities, the CRS is based on generic rules which focus on attack payload identification in order to provide protection from zero day and unknown vulnerabilities often found in web applications, which are in most cases custom coded.
Detection Categories
In order to provide generic web applications protection, the Core Rules use the following techniques:
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Further development of ModSecurity and the Core Rule Set occurs through mailing list discussions and occasional workshops, and suggestions for improvement are welcome. For more information, please contact us.
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Want to help?
The CRS project is always on the lookout for volunteers who are interested in contributing. We need help in the following areas:
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SVN Repository is here:
CRS Releases are signed by Ryan Barnett. These public keys are available via most PGP key server mirrors.
Manual Downloading: You can always download the latest CRS version here - https://sourceforge.net/projects/mod-security/files/modsecurity-crs/0-CURRENT/
Automated Downloading: Use the rules-updater.pl script in the CRS /util directory
- Get a list of what the repository contains:
$ ./rules-updater.pl -rhttp://www.modsecurity.org/autoupdate/repository/ -l
Repository: http://www.modsecurity.org/autoupdate/repository
modsecurity-crs { 2.0.0: modsecurity-crs_2.0.0.zip 2.0.1: modsecurity-crs_2.0.1.zip 2.0.2: modsecurity-crs_2.0.2.zip 2.0.3: modsecurity-crs_2.0.3.zip 2.0.4: modsecurity-crs_2.0.4.zip 2.0.5: modsecurity-crs_2.0.5.zip 2.0.6: modsecurity-crs_2.0.6.zip 2.0.7: modsecurity-crs_2.0.7.zip 2.0.8: modsecurity-crs_2.0.8.zip 2.0.9: modsecurity-crs_2.0.9.zip 2.1.0: modsecurity-crs_2.1.0.zip }
- Get the latest stable version of "modsecurity-crs":
$ ./rules-updater.pl -rhttp://www.modsecurity.org/autoupdate/repository/ -prules -Smodsecurity-crs Fetching: modsecurity-crs/modsecurity-crs_2.1.0.zip ... $ ls -R rules modsecurity-crs rules/modsecurity-crs: modsecurity-crs_2.1.0.zip modsecurity-crs_2.1.0.zip.sig
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Quick Start
Core Rule Set Quick Setup
To activate the rules for your web server installation:
1) The modsecurity_crs_10_config.conf includes management rules and directives that can control important CRS functions. Pay attention to the SecRuleEngine setting (On by default) and that the SecDefaultAction directive is set to "pass". The 49 inbound blocking and 59 outbound blocking rules files use the "block" action which inherits this setting. The effectively means that you can toggle the SecDefaultAction setting to decide if you would like to deny on an anomaly scoring/correlation match.
Update the PARANOID_MODE variable setting if you want to become more aggressive in your detection. Caution - this will cause more false positives.
Should also update the appropriate anomaly scoring levels that will be propagated to the inbound/outbound blocking files.
Update the TX policy settings for allowed Request Methods, File Extensions, etc...
2) Add the following line to your httpd.conf (assuming you've placed the rule files into conf/modsecurity_crs/):
<IfModule security2_module> Include conf/modsecurity_crs/*.conf Include conf/modsecurity_crs/base_rules/*.conf </IfModule>
3) Restart web server.
4) Make sure your web sites are still running fine.
5) Simulate an attack against the web server. Then check the attack was correctly logged in the Apache error log, ModSecurity debug log (if you enabled it) and ModSecurity audit log (if you enabled it).
- ModSecurity Blog Posts
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- Core Rule Set Content
- ModSecurity Advanced Topic of the Week: Traditional vs. Anomaly Scoring Detection Modes
- ModSecurity Advanced Topic of the Week: Exception Handling
Each ModSecurity Rule in the CRS has an individual rule description page based on the following template file:
- Project participants are encouraged to copy this template and create landing pages for each CRS rule
- Use this template and create a new page using the following format - http://www.owasp.org/index.php?title=ModSecurity_CRS_RuleID-XXXXX (where XXXXX is the CRS ruleID)
The ModSecurity Core Rule Set is provided to you under the terms and conditions of GPL version 2
This directory contains the files for Core ModSecurity Rule Set The rules are compatible with ModSecurity 2.5 (as of version 1.4.3)
Using ModSecurity requires rules. In order to enable users to take full advantage of ModSecurity immediately, Trustwave is providing a free Core rule set. Unlike intrusion detection and prevention systems which rely on signature specific to known vulnerabilities, the Core Rule Set provides generic protection from unknown vulnerabilities often found in web application that are in most cases custom coded. This is what we call "Attack Payload Detection."
Keep in mind that a predefined rule set is only part of the work required to protect your web site. We strongly urge you to consult Ivan Ristic's book, "ModSecurity Handbook" http://store.feistyduck.com/products/modsecurity-handbook and the ModSecurity Reference Manual - http://www.modsecurity.org/documentation/. The CRS is heavily commented to allow it to be used as a step-by-step deployment guide for ModSecurity.
For more information refer to the OWASP Core Rule Set Project page at http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_ModSecurity_Core_Rule_Set_Project
Core Rules Mail-list - Suscribe here: https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-modsecurity-core-rule-set Archive: https://lists.owasp.org/pipermail/owasp-modsecurity-core-rule-set/
CRS < 2.0 - Self-Contained Rules
Older (<2.0) CRS used individual, "self-contained" actions in rules
- If a rule triggered, it would either deny or pass and log - No intelligence was shared between rules
Not optimal from a rules management perspective (handling false positives/exceptions)
- Editing the regex could blow it up - Typical method was to copy/paste rules into custom rules files and then edit rule logic and disable core rule ID. - Heavily customized rules were less likely to be updated by the user
Not optimal from a security perspective
- Not every site had the same risk tolerance - Lower severity alerts were largely ignored - Individual low severity alerts are not important but several low severity events in the same transaction are.
Rules - Detection and Management
Rules logic has changed by decoupling the inspection/detection from the blocking functionality
- Rules log.pass and set transactional variables (tx) to track anomaly scores and to store meta-data about the rule match - This TX rule match data can be used by other 3rd party rules (converter Emerging Threats Snort web attack rules) to more accurately correlate identified attacks with their attack vector locations. - TX data of previous strong rule matches can also be used to conditionally apply weaker signatures that normally would have a high fasle positive rate. - Rules also increase anomaly scores for both the attack category and global score which allows users to set a threshold that is appropriate for them. - This also allows several low severity events to trigger alerts while individual ones are suppressed. - Exceptions may be handled by either increasing the overall anomaly score threshold, or by adding rules to a local custom exceptions file where TX data of previous rule matches may be inspected and anomaly scores re-adjusted based on the false positive criteria.
User can now globally update which variables to inspect and the anomaly score settings in the modsecurity_crs_10_config.conf file.
- PARANOID_MODE setting which will apply rules to locations that have a higher false positive rate - INBOUND_ANOMALY_SCORE setting will be populated in the inbound blocking file and if a transaction score at the end of phase:2 is equal to or greater than this number, it will be denied. - OUTBOUND_ANOMALY_SCORE setting will be populated in the outbound blocking file and it a transaction score at the end of phase:4 is equal to or greater than this number, it will be denied.
The CRS rules themselves are configured with the pass action, which allows all the rules to be processed and for the proposed anomaly scoring/collaborative detection concept to work. The inbound/outbound anomaly score levels may be set in the modsecurity_crs_10_config.conf file. These scores will be evaluated in the modsecurity_crs_49_inbound_blocking.conf and modsecurity_crs_59_outbound_blocking.conf files.
After the transaction has completed (in the logging phase), the rules in the base_rules/modsecurity_crs_60_correlation.conf file will conduct further post-processing by analyzing any inbound events with any outbound events in order to provide a more intelligent/priority correlated event.
- Was there an inbound attack? - Was there an HTTP Status Code Error (4xx/5xx level)? - Was there an application information leak?
If an inbound attack was detected and either an outbound application status code error or infolead was detected, then the overall event severity is raised -
- 0: Emergency - is generated from correlation where there is an inbound attack and an outbound leakage. - 1: Alert - is generated from correlation where there is an inbound attack and an outbound application level error.
In order to provide generic web applications protection, the Core Rule Set uses the following techniques:
HTTP Protocol Validation and Protection
Detecting violations of the HTTP protocol and a locally defined usage policy. This first line of protection ensures that all abnormal HTTP requests are detected. This line of defense eliminates a large number of automated and non targeted attacks as well as protects the web server itself.
Protocol vulnerabilities such as Response Splitting, Request Smuggling, Premature URL ending
- Content length only for non GET/HEAD methods - Non ASCII characters or encoding in headers - Valid use of headers (for example, content length is numerical) - Proxy Access
Attack requests are different due to automation
- Missing headers such as Host, Accept, User-Agent - Host is an IP address (common worm propagation method)
Policy is usually application specific
- Some restrictions can usually be applied generically - White lists can be build for specific environments Limitations on Sizes - Request size, Upload size - # of parameters, length of parameter
Items that can be allowed or restricted
- Methods - Allow or restrict WebDAV, block abused methods such as CONNECT, TRACE or DEBUG - File extensions – backup files, database files, ini files - Content-Types (and to some extent other headers)
Automation Detection
Automated clients are both a security risk and a commercial risk. Automated crawlers collect information from your site, consume bandwidth and might also search for vulnerabilities on the web site. Automation detection is especially useful for generic detection of comments spam.
Detecting bots, crawlers, scanners and other surface malicious activity. Not aimed against targeted attacks, but against general malicious internet activity
- Offloads a lot of cyberspace junk & noise - Effective against comment spam - Reduce event count
Detection of Malicious Robots
- Unique request attributes: User-Agent header, URL, Headers - RBL Check of IP addresses - Detection of security scanners - Blocking can confuse security testing software (WAFW00f)
This rules file is only relevant if you are concerned about comment SPAM attacks. The rules file will run an RBL check against the source IP address at SPAMHAUS and will cache the response for 1 day. If the client sends subsequent requests, it will be denied without having to re-run an RBL check.
This file will also look for comment SPAM posting attacks which submit URL links.
Common Web Attacks Protection
Common Web Attacks Protection Rules on the second level address the common web application security attack methods. These are the issues that can appear in any web application. Some of the issues addressed are:
- SQL Injection - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) - OS Command execution - Remote code inclusion - LDAP Injection - SSI Injection - Information leak - Buffer overflows - File disclosure
- OS command injection and remote command access - Remote file inclusion - Session Fixation
The rules in this file are considered BETA quality as they have not been rigorously tested. They attempt to address advanced attacks such as HTTP Parameter Pollution or use new rule features or techniques.
This rules file attempts to identify all directory traversal variations. It is prone to a high level of false positives so set PARANOID_MODE if you want to run these rules.
- SQL injection and blind SQL injection
- Cross site scripting (XSS)
SpiderLabs received authorization from PHPIDS (http://phpids.net/) to convert their rules and include them in the CRS
- Thanks to Mario Heiderich
Converted version of PHPIDS Converter.php functionality. https://svn.php-ids.org/svn/trunk/lib/IDS/Converter.php These rules look for common evasion tactics.
Converted version of PHPIDS default_filters.xml data. https://svn.php-ids.org/svn/trunk/lib/IDS/default_filter.xml
These rules are *not* PHP-specifc and apply to *all* web platforms
- Filters are heavily tested by the community and updated frequently - ~70 regular expression rules to detect common attack payloads - XSS - SQL Injection - RFI
Due to the high number of rules and the possible impact on performance, these rules have been placed in the optional_rules directory.
SpiderLabs received authorization from ET to convert their Snort rules and include them in the CRS http://www.emergingthreats.net/
Converted the following ET Snort rule files
- emerging-web_server.rules - emerging-web_specific_apps.rules
Identifying attacks against known web vulnerabilities does have value
- Raised threat level - If done correctly, lessens false positives
The issue to overcome is that the PCRE RegExs used in the rules are pretty poor. What we want to do is to combine the *what* of our generic attack payload detection (attack payloads) with the *where* (attack vector - URL + Parameter Name) of the ET known vuln data. The approach we took was to have most of the ET rules look for the attack vector data and then simply check all saved TX data for a corresponding attack vector match.
Trojan Protection
ModSecurity Core Rule Set detects access to back doors installed on a web server. This feature is very important in a hosting environment when some of this backdoors may be uploaded in a legitimate way and used maliciously. In addition the Core Rule Set includes a hook for adding an Anti-Virus program such as ClamAV for checking file uploads.
- Check uploading of http backdoor page - Access detection - Known signatures (x_key header) - Generic file management output (gid, uid, drwx, c:\)
If all fails, the Core Rule Set will detect errors sent by the web server. Detecting and blocking errors prevents attackers from collecting reconnaissance information about the web application and also server as a last line of defense in case an attack was not detected eariler.
- HTTP Error Response Status Codes - SQL Information Leakage - Stack Dumps - Source Code Leakage
Request Header Tagging
This concept is similar to anti-SPAM SMTP apps that will add additional mime headers to emails providing the SPAM detection analysis information. The CRS is attempting to mimic this concept at the HTTP layer by adding additional request headers that provide insight into any ModSecurity events that may have triggered during processing. The advantage of this approach is that it allows a WAF to be in a detection-only mode while still providing attack data to the destination application server. The recieving app server may then inspect the WAF request headers and make a determination whether or not to process the transaction. This concept is valuable in distributed web environments and hosting architectures where a determination to block may only be appropriate at the destination app server.
This rules file will take all of the TX attack variable data and populate Apache ENV variables that Apache can then use to add X-WAF-Event request header data to the request.
Example showing the consolidated X-WAF-Events and X-WAF-Score data -
GET /path/to/foo.php?test=1%27%20or%20%272%27=%272%27;-- HTTP/1.1 Host: www.example.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:18.104.22.168) Gecko/20091109 Ubuntu/9.10 (karmic) Firefox/3.5.5 Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8 Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7 X-WAF-Events: TX: / 999935-Detects common comment types-WEB_ATTACK/INJECTION-ARGS:test, TX:999923-Detects JavaScript location/document property access and window access obfuscation-WEB_ATTACK/INJECTION-REQUEST_URI_RAW, TX:950001- WEB_ATTACK/SQL_INJECTION-ARGS:test X-WAF-Score: Total=48; sqli=2; xss= Connection: Keep-Alive
Presentations and Whitepapers
Current CRS v2 File:OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set.ppt presented at AppSec DC 2009.
Ofer Shezaf's presentation and whitepaper on the Core Rule Set v1 presented at 6th OWASP AppSec conference in Milan, Italy, in May 2007
Related Projects
ModSecurity-Open Source Web Application Firewall
OWASP Securing WebGoat using ModSecurity
OWASP AppSensor Project
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Current Stable Version CRS 2.1.2
Version 2.1.2 - 02/17/2011
Improvements: - Added experimental real-time application profiling ruleset. - Added experimental Lua script for profiling the # of page scripts, iframes, etc.. which will help to identify successful XSS attacks and planting of malware links. - Added new CSRF detection rule which will trigger if a subsequent request comes too quickly (need to use the Ignore Static Content rules).
Bug Fixes: - Added missing " in the skipAfter SecAction in the CC Detection rule set
Version 2.1.0 - 12/29/2010
- Added Experimental Lua Converter script to normalize payloads. Based on PHPIDS Converter code and it used with the advanced filters conf file. - Changed the name of PHPIDS converted rules to Advanced Filters - Added Ignore Static Content (Performance enhancement) rule set - Added XML Enabler (Web Services) rule set which will parse XML data - Added Authorized Vulnerability Scanning (AVS) Whitelist rule set - Added Denial of Service (DoS) Protection rule set - Added Slow HTTP DoS (Connection Consumption) Protection rule set - Added Brute Force Attack Protection rule set - Added Session Hijacking Detection rule set - Added Username Tracking rule set - Added Authentication Tracking rule set - Added Anti-Virus Scanning of File Attachments rule set - Added AV Scanning program to /util directory - Added Credit Card Usage Tracking/Leakage Prevention rule set - Added experimental CC Track/PAN Leakage Prevention rule set - Added an experimental_rules directory to hold new BETA rules - Moved the local exceptions conf file back into base_rules dirctory however it has a ".example" extension to prevent overwriting customized versions when upgrading - Separated out HTTP Parameter Pollution and Restricted Character Anomaly Detection rules to the experimental_rules directory - Adding the REQUEST_HEADERS:User-Agent macro data to the initcol in 10 config file, which will help to make collections a bit more unique
Version 2.0.8 - 08/27/2010
- Updated the PHPIDS filters - Updated the SQL Injection filters to detect boolean attacks (1<2, foo == bar, etc..) - Updated the SQL Injection filters to account for different quotes - Added UTF-8 encoding validation support to the modsecurity_crs_10_config.conf file - Added Rule ID 950109 to detect multiple URL encodings - Added two experimental rules to detect anomalous use of special characters
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed Encoding Detection RegEx (950107 and 950108) - Fixed rules-updater.pl script to better handle whitespace https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/MODSEC-167 - Fixed missing pass action bug in modsecurity_crs_21_protocol_anomalies.conf https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-55 - Fixed the anomaly scoring in the modsecurity_crs_41_phpids_filters.conf file https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-54 - Updated XSS rule id 958001 to improve the .cookie regex to reduce false postives https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-29
Version 2.0.7 - 06/4/2010
- Added CSRF Protection Ruleset which will use Content Injection to add javascript to specific outbound data and then validate the csrf token on subsequent requests. - Added new Application Defect Ruleset which will identify/fix missing HTTPOnly cookie flags - Added Experimental XSS/Missing Output Escaping Ruleset which looks for user supplied data being echoed back to user unchanged. - Added rules-updater.pl script and configuration file to allow users to automatically download CRS rules from the CRS rules repository. - Added new SQLi keyword for ciel() and reverse() functions. - Updated the PHPIDS filters
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed false positives for Request Header Name matching in the 30 file by adding boundary characters. - Added missing pass actions to @pmFromFile prequalifier rules - Added backslash to SQLi regex https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-41 - Fixed hard coded anomaly score in PHPIDS filter file https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-45 - Fixed restricted_extension false positive by adding boundary characters
Version 2.0.6 - 02/26/2010
Bug Fixes:
- Added missing transformation functions to SQLi rules. https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-32 - Fixed duplicate rule IDs. https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-33 - Fixed typo in @pmFromFile in the Comment SPAM rules https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-34 - Added macro expansion to Restricted Headers rule https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-35 - Fixed misspelled SecMarker https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-36 - Fixed missing chain action in Content-Type header check https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-37 - Update phpids filters to use pass action instead of block
Version 2.0.5 - 02/01/2010
- Removed previous 10 config files as they may conflict with local customized Mod configs. - Added a new 10 config file that allows the user to globally set TX variables to turn on/off PARANOID_MODE inspection, set anomaly score levels and http policies. Must have ModSecurity 2.5.12 to use the macro expansion in numeric operators. - Added Rule Logic and Reference links to rules descriptions. - Added Rule IDs to all rules. - Added tag data mapping to new OWASP Top 10 and AppSensor Projects, WASC Threat Classification - Removed Apache limit directives from the 23 file - Added macro expansion to 23 file checks. - Added @pmFromFile check to 35 bad robots file - Added malicious UA strings to 35 bad robots check - Created an experimental rules file - Updated HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP) rule logic to concat data into a TX variable for inspection - Removed TX inspections for generic attacks and reverted to standard ARGS inspection https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/MODSEC-120 - Updated the variable list for standard inspections (ARGS|ARGS_NAMES|XML:/*) and moved the other variables to the PARANOID list (REQUEST_URI|REQUEST_BODY|REQUEST_HEADERS|TX:HPP_DATA) - Moved converted ET Snort rules to the /optional_rules directory - Created a new Header Tagging ruleset (optional_rules) that will add matched rule data to the request headers. - Updated Inbound blocking conf file to use macro expansion from the 10 config file settings - Added separate anomaly scores for inbound, outbound and total to be evaluated for blocking. - Updated the regex logic in the (1=1) rule to factor in quotes and other logical operators. - Updated the SPAMMER RBL check rules logic to only check once per IP/Day. - Added new outbound malware link detection rules.
Bug Fixes:
- Removed Non-numeric Rule IDs https://www.modsecurity.org/tracker/browse/CORERULES-28 - Updated the variable list on SQLi rules. - Fixed outbound @pmFromFile action from allow to skipAfter to allow for outbound anomaly scoring and blocking
Version 2.0.4 - 11/30/2009
- Updated converted PHPIDS signatures (https://svn.php-ids.org/svn/trunk/lib/IDS/default_filter.xml) - Updated PHPIDS rules logic to first search for payloads in ARGS and then if there is no match found then search more generically in request_body|request_uri_raw - Updated PHPIDS rules logic to only set TX variables and to not log. This allows for more clean exceptions in the 48 file which can then expire/delete false positive TX matches and adjust the anomaly scores. These rules will then inspect for any TX variables in phase:5 and create appropriate alerts for any variable matches that exist.
Bug Fixes:
- Added Anomaly Score check to the 60 correlation file to recheck the anomaly score at the end of phase:4 which would allow for blocking based on information leakage issues.
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The CRS is an open source rule set licensed under GPLv2. ModSecurity Core Rule Set works with ModSecurity 2.5 and above.
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- OWASP ModSec CRS Paranoia Mode
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- OWASP ModSec CRS Paranoia Mode Sibling 958980
- OWASP ModSec CRS Paranoia Mode Sibling 960901
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- OWASP ModSec CRS Paranoia Mode Sibling 981049
- OWASP ModSec CRS Paranoia Mode Sibling 981172
- OWASP ModSec CRS Paranoia Mode Sibling 981173
- OWASP ModSecurity rule evaluation framework


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Seeking advice from the mag gurus
Got a leak down the barrel that I can't seem to stop. The leak is small; gun still shoots great & holds solid 275fps. When I hold trigger leak does stop. What i have done so far with no luck.
Changed the level 10 washer & power tube oring
Changed carrier size to 1 line+dot (started with 2 lines)
Changed bolt spring with carrier (1 line +dot) lost RT effect with this
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I am using a SHP ninja reg @ 950psi. What I am missing?
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PHILADELPHIA — It hasn't been that uncommon this preseason seeing Jason Richardson chuck a 3-pointer on one offensive series, then drive the lane and throw down a dunk in the next.
For Richardson, who's entering his 12th season, his game is constantly evolving. He's not the same player who won back-to-back dunk titles. It's not what his new coach is expecting from him, either.
"That's always been me — playing hard, going out there and doing whatever it takes, showing people that I can still jump a little bit and just having fun," Richardson said Tuesday, after the Sixers wrapped up a practice at PCOM.
"I've always been that way, playing hard and having fun."
Richardson came to the Sixers in that four-way deal that added big man Andrew Bynum to Doug Collins' rotation. At the players' introductory press conference, Bynum naturally mugged most of the attention. But Richardson's role with the Sixers is going to be nearly as vital as Bynum's.
Collins has tasked 31-year-old Richardson — as well as fellow newcomers Nick Young and Dorell Wright — with giving the Sixers a perimeter attack they lacked last season. A year ago, the Sixers ranked 24th in 3-pointers made (349) and 25th in 3-pointers attempted (963). All three, led by Richardson, own a .365 or better career percentage from long range.
So while he might not rattle the rim like the dunk artist he once was, Richardson's impact on the offense will be felt in a different way.
Tuesday, the Sixers ended their practice with an intense shooting drill. Perimeter guys were at one end of the floor, post players at the other. Richardson said the outside shooters were working on "their feel," figuring out where each of them likes to receive a pass beyond the arc.
It's not like they're speaking a different language or anything.
"It's a feeling, knowing where guys are at," Richardson said. "Dorell tells me, there was a time when I should've taken a shot and I passed it and he said, 'You're a shooter. Shoot the ball.' And I come back two plays later and the same thing (happened) with him. He caught the ball, was wide open and didn't take the shot."
"That's kind of the language we have with each other."
Richardson, with an in-transition Charlotte club during the 2007-08 season, had the leeway to go nuts from long range. That year, he led the NBA in 3-pointers made and attempted. It was the first season in which Richardson attempted more than a third of his shots from 3-point distance, and it got the ball rolling in helping to transition Richardson into a legitimate perimeter threat.
It's why the Sixers were so adamant in prying him from Orlando in that trade back in August.
What's more, Richardson is the most-tenured player on the Sixers' roster, along with Kwame Brown. Collins said he's counting on Richardson to be his liaison between the players and the staff. So far, it's working.
"He came to me today and said, 'Hey Coach, guys are getting beat up a little bit. Just wanted to make you aware of that.' So I shut practice down an hour early," Collins said of Richardson. "He's a great pro."
Collins said a chunk of the Sixers' offense will come with getting up and down the floor and knocking down transition 3s, with Richardson playing a part in that. It'll also come from the ability of Jrue Holiday and Evan Turner to perfect the kick-and-drive tactic.
"The thing I like is guys who've been in different systems, we run an action we call our Pistol series," Collins said. "(Richardson) ran it a lot in Phoenix with Steve Nash and Grant Hill. As I'm teaching it, he becomes a real mentor because he talks about in Phoenix how they did things — where they caught the ball, how they did things. I ran that in Detroit a long time ago, and I put that in with Grant Hill. So it's been something we've run forever. For him to teach that is great."
NOTES: The Sixers likely will have a light workout today before they hop a flight for Orlando, where they'll open their preseason slate against the Magic Thursday night. That starts a stretch of seven exhibitions in 11 days. Guard Xavier Silas said via his Twitter account that the Sixers released him. It was the second training camp that Silas, undrafted in 2011 out of Northern Illinois, had spent with the team.


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