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"The only important statistic is the final score."
— Bill Russell
In the spring of 2010, as the Celtics were entering a playoff run that would end in the NBA Finals, a team executive approached coach Doc Rivers about a cutting-edge system they had just acquired, something related to six space-age cameras in TD Garden's rafters.
Using Israeli missile-tracking technology, these SportVU cameras — one positioned over each basket, two over each sideline — would capture the movements of the basketball, all 10 players on the floor, and the three referees 25 times per second throughout a game while beaming gigabytes of data into computer servers.
The system offered an ocean of innovative information — everything from how fast a player ran to how many times he passed or dribbled the ball to where they were on every possession. It offered, in theory, a valuable new competitive edge.
Starting this season, the cameras are in all 30 NBA arenas after Stats LLC, the Chicago-based company that owns SportVU, reached an agreement with the league.
But four years ago, the Celtics were the first team to have them installed for testing and development after Mike Zarren, the team's assistant general manager and legal counsel, helped arrange a partnership with Stats that essentially made them guinea pigs.
SportVU had its share of kinks, but it still represented the boldest step yet in the analytics movement that had swept through basketball in recent years.
"Zarren, he came to me and he said, 'These are all the things we can do,' " said Rivers, who now coaches the Los Angeles Clippers. "I said, 'But I don't know what any of that means. You're telling me that Rondo moves 10 miles per hour? I don't know what the [expletive] that does.' "
Rajon Rondo, the Celtics point guard, was the first NBA player to be publicly attached to SportVU data, even if it wasn't explicitly stated. The mention came in the third-to-last paragraph of a May 2010 Sports Illustrated cover story:
"The Celtics have occasionally been tracking each player's mileage during the playoffs, and their basketball operations analyst Mike Zarren told Rondo he ran a team-high 3.65 miles during one of the games against Cleveland. Rondo was disappointed — he thought the number should have been up around six."
Brian Kopp, the senior vice president of sports solutions at Stats, still has a copy of that Sports Illustrated on his desk.
"I kept it because it literally was the first time someone mentioned [SportVU] — again, not by name, but I remember we were like, 'Oh my God, this is awesome,' " Kopp said.
SportVU is everywhere now, Orwellian eyes looking down, tracking every possession on every single night. Fans can even access some of the data online at http://stats.nba.com/playerTracking.html.
"For a long time, you just couldn't get most of the information on players in the league," Zarren said. "It wasn't useful for front-office purposes because I couldn't compare [a player] to these five other guys at his position or whatever.
"It's really drastically different this year than it was before, just because there's so much more data."
However, Rivers's original question about how useful the data is persists, and an answer is hard to find, especially because teams are protective of their methods.
"It's so new," said Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge. "But I do anticipate that it's going to be valuable and that it's going to help us. We do have a couple year headstart on what this information can and can't do."
What that data can and can't do is at the center of a debate about not just SportVU but analytics in general. There are those who believe the secret to winning is in the numbers; many strongly disagree.
Framing the debate
Rondo has savant-like math skills and a well-documented interest in advanced statistics. But he has his doubts about SportVU.
"I don't think it means anything," Rondo said. "It doesn't determine how hard you play. It can't measure your heart. It can maybe measure your endurance. But when the game is on the line, all that goes out the window."
Rivers, on the other hand, considers himself a proponent.
"There's a really good use for it," Rivers said. "There's a use for us, each team, depending on how they play and how they defend. You can find out stuff."
And while Ainge is also a proponent, he remains cautious.
"You have to be careful with how you utilize the information that you have," Ainge said. "It is sort of fun and intriguing and I understand why media and the fans are intrigued by it all, but I think it's blown way out of proportion of how much it's actually utilized."
Ainge's point was echoed by several analytics officials employed by NBA teams who corresponded with the Globe on the condition of anonymity.
Naturally, none of them could speak in specifics about how their teams use the data, but many said that numerous challenges — such as how many variables can affect a player on any play — keep this from being an exact science.
"Our sport is just not a pretty sport for isolating things," one official said.
Above all, several officials emphasized that how the discussion is framed is key, as analytics are often discussed publicly in black-and-white terms — "they're great" or "they're pointless" — when reality is in the middle.
One official wrote in an e-mail, "People don't understand the limitations of the data and only focus on the articles that are written about it and the way it is 'sold' by the NBA and the teams that use it. Some of the data is much more along the lines of trivia as opposed to something that can be useful for an NBA team. But make no mistake, there's plenty of good stuff in there, too."
Another said, "The underlying data, I think, is incredibly valuable in the way that diamonds or gold under a mountain are valuable, but it takes a lot of effort and infrastructure to get at it and then take advantage of it."
Ten years ago, there were maybe two NBA teams that acknowledged having a staff member whose role included data-driven analysis, one official said.
"And now," the official added, "every single NBA team has somebody that has the word 'analytics' in their title or job description."
The Celtics have at least four such staffers, though they also outsource some of their data analysis.
At least part of the increased investment in analytics across all sports, and especially in basketball, is owed to "Moneyball," the bestselling story about the Oakland A's using data analysis to help build a competitive team.
Could a "Moneyball" parallel exist in the NBA? One official doubted it.
"We'll never have that in our league," the official said.
The value of star power
While the A's success was based on an effective combination of undervalued, mid-level players, the difference in the NBA, the official said, is that a single elite player can have such an overwhelming impact on both a game and a franchise.
"Eight exceptionally well-informed decisions by analytics probably don't equal LeBron [James] or [Kevin] Durant or a guy of that ilk," the official said.
Of course, a combination of players who play exceptionally well together does give a team a substantial edge, even if those players aren't considered elite. Consider the 2003-04 Detroit Pistons, who won the NBA title against the star-driven Los Angeles Lakers despite none of their players averaging more than 17.6 points per game. And only one Piston was named an All-Star that season.
However, those Pistons represented a statistical outlier, as they were one of just four teams since 1956-57 to win a title without having a player named to the All-NBA first team during the four years prior to their championship season.
Indeed, star power matters a great deal in any sport, and critics are quick to point out that the "Moneyball" A's have never reached the World Series.
As a prime example of how much star power matters in the NBA, a league analytics official pointed to an end-of-game situation when the score is tied.
"If you have a team of a bunch of scrubs and LeBron against a team of players of great chemistry and great teamwork, well, at the end of the day, if you're in a one-possession game, LeBron is far more valuable over guys with great teamwork and heart and hustle and chemistry," the official said.
"In terms of breaking a defense down on one play and getting a high-value look, because of the way our league is officiated, because of the way our league is played, having elite shot-makers is a huge deal. There's no other way around it.
"The real moral of the story is, if you have LeBron, [Dwyane] Wade, and [Chris] Bosh, it basically doesn't matter who you surround them with. And that's part of why analytics will never be perceived as having the same level impact — and probably won't."
A different ballgame
Gauging a basketball player's value is complicated because of the numerous variables that can affect it.
"Baseball has been basically solved analytically," an official said. "The WAR metric [wins above replacement] basically describes player value and it describes it at a really high level of accuracy and predictive value. And baseball is such a clean, binary sport whereas our sport isn't that way at all.
"Part of the problem is, if you look at, let's say, Ray Allen in Miami right now. If you could 99 percent describe or quantify his value on offense and defense, that's nice, but that doesn't mean you can sign him and put him on your team and he would do the same thing. Right? Context drives so much of what occurs on the court."
NBA players are often discussed in terms of their PER — player efficiency rating — which calculates per-minute productivity. Still, one official said, some contextual factors aren't calculated.
"When people are arguing about player value, like 'This guy's PER is this and that guy's PER is this,' OK, well, they have different roles on different teams and different teammates," the official said. "Those numbers are not just the player. It's the player, the coach, the team, the teammates."
However, data can often be portrayed as complete.
"It hinders the progress of analytics because the analytics folks become somewhat triumphal or evangelical — 'Oh, I found some truth here,' " an official said. "No, maybe in a snapshot, looking at last year, that was something resembling truth, but that's not actionable or useful looking forward because there's so many variables."
Celtics coach Brad Stevens is noted for having an analytical approach (which he disputes), but he said, "The biggest thing is more what you can pick up on the film."
Ainge agreed and said the human element is by far the most important aspect when it comes to basketball analysis.
"Sometimes with the analytics and all the other information that's out there, it sometimes leads to shortcuts that coaches can't do," Ainge said. "Coaches need to watch their teams, watch the film, communicate with their players, get the players to play fundamentally sound.
"I think sometimes numbers lead to shortcuts. We're trying to make sure that that doesn't happen."
Rondo appreciates Ainge's cautious approach to analytics.
"I think that's why Danny is one of the best GMs around," Rondo said. "He's a player that played the game. It's not just about business aspect — well, then again, it is — but you still have to have a feel for the game, have a feel for players, know personnel.
"You just can't look at a number and say, 'OK, this guy is shooting 50 percent from the field, 90 percent from the free throw line, put him on this team and have a great season.' It doesn't work like that.
"You've got to know personalities. I think you've got to know the locker room. I think that's why [Heat president] Pat Riley has done a great job. I don't know who the GM is for the Spurs, but [him, too]."
Applying the data
Stevens often recites statistics during interviews, and before a January morning shootaround in Salt Lake City, the coach pointed out, "Well, we all know that a 33 percent 3-point shooter is better than a 47 percent 2-point shooter."
That belief is accepted throughout the NBA. As proof, consider that teams are shooting more 3-pointers than ever — a record 19.9 per game in the 2012-13 season.
But that strategy was borne out of data analysis, which concluded, essentially, that making one-third of your 3-point shots is equal to making half your 2-point shots.
Analytics have led to other revelations: teams shoot 3-pointers from the corner better than anywhere else from behind the line; a defense's best chance to limit an offense from scoring on a given possession is to clog the paint.
"Progress has been fairly slow, but if you look at the way the game is played now and the way it was played five years ago or 10 years ago — it is quantitatively different," one official said.
Progress figures to remain slow because teams won't share their secrets. But if a team devises a new in-game strategy, other teams eventually notice and copy it, which is to say that whatever impact SportVU makes could be felt over time.
One official said it could help significantly when it comes to player evaluation. That doesn't mean a team will find a top-five player with the data.
After all, you don't need a spreadsheet to know that James and Durant are elite. But the data should be able to help identify rotation players who might be undervalued, especially on defense.
"We have a fairly accurate sense of what guys contribute on the offensive end, meaning you could grab a hard-core fan at random, and he would have a reasonably good sense of the relative value of offensive players," an official said. "Defense is all over the map.
"I think that as teams get a better handle on what players are contributing defensively and start making better personnel decisions on that basis, those are the things that are easier to hide and sustain as competitive advantages.
"That will become a fairly good way of telling which teams are doing better back-room analysis — they're the ones that get guys people are indifferent to but it turns out they're really good defenders: your Bruce Bowens or guys like that."
With the data about how far/fast players run, teams can also devise more specific training regimens for individual players.
But in general, Zarren said, one significant benefit of SportVU is that the cameras simply gather information that otherwise would require so much time and effort to collect.
"That's one of the biggest effects that people aren't talking about," Zarren said. "There were a bunch of things that teams already had. But getting that stuff was hard, and it took a lot of hours."
No magic to it
The system has certainly eased the workload on Drew Cannon, who said that when he worked in a data analysis role for Stevens at Butler University, most of his time was spent on data collection.
"It was just sitting there, figuring out who was in the game, figuring out what play we ran, and then typing a whole bunch of stuff into a giant spreadsheet," said Cannon, who works for the Celtics in a similar role.
Now, Cannon said, "I just wake up and that information is in my inbox."
Stevens receives a daily analytics report, but he doesn't try to access SportVU data on his own.
"I can't do that and all the film," Stevens said. "But they do a great job of summarizing it for me, which is pretty intense. And then I have to summarize it for our team."
Ainge emphasized that the data haven't yet provided breakthrough information; rather, they reinforce what the team already knows.
"Very rarely has there been something that's been shocking information that's transformed a way that we view things," he said. "I think it's all things that you can tell, if you're with your team every day, if you're watching the film every day, if you're at practice every day.
"It might be information where, let's just say a player doesn't think he's not doing certain things right. I mean, it's pretty hard to dispute [the numbers]."
Said Zarren, "Having everyone's location by itself doesn't mean anything. It just says, he was here. That doesn't tell you something.
"The trick is saying, well, what things happen on the court that we want to know about? And can we tell those things from this information?"
A slicker operation
How teams use SportVU data will change, just as the system itself has changed since the Celtics first used it four years ago.
Back then, the servers had to be flown to Chicago for data processing, and it could take days before the Celtics received any information.
Even then, Zarren said, "The data wasn't very accurate. It would've been impossible to automatically recognize all the pick-and-rolls back then. Guys moved around too much. It was too jittery."
If there were problems with the system on a game night, there could be lengthy delays in fixing it because much of the development staff was based in Israel.
"There used to be comments like, 'We've got to wait for Israel to wake up,' " said Jay Wessel, the Celtics' vice president of technology.
Initially, the cameras had trouble with the Garden floor, which is darker than others in the NBA, leaving a developer unfamiliar with team history to ask, "Do you think there's any chance they're going to change the court?"
Kopp replied with a laugh, "No, I don't think they'll be changing the parquet any time soon."
The system is much smoother now. Ethernet cords power the cameras, each about as large as a fist, fixed to a metal catwalk on the 10th floor, above the championship banners.
Data are funneled into two black Hewlett Packard servers sitting on a dolly in a booth on the floor below. Information is available almost instantly.
But the debate about how useful the data are continues, though Rivers, who raised that question years ago, offered a simple analogy.
"It's all part of the gumbo," he said. "And the guys who use the most ingredients make the best gumbo."Baxter Holmes can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @BaxterHolmes.


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Many in the agriculture community were expecting some action from the U.S. House of Representatives by Sept. 14. Now that could be postponed for a lengthy period of time as members of Congress focus attention on the nation's terrorist crisis.
"Prior to the terrorist attacks, the farm bill was a high priority. But now, with this crisis, it has just not happened. It's important at this point to remember that no matter what may happen in terms of a new farm bill, the current law will not expire for another year, so we do have some flexibility," Veneman says.
The Bush Administration expects international trade to continue on a normal basis, meanwhile, despite the nation's new war against terrorism. "We don't at this point anticipate major disruptions of trade flow. We have not adjusted our trade numbers for the coming year," Veneman says.
The Secretary spoke at a Washington press conference to release the Bush Administration's review of the food and agriculture system, "Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century." The 111-page document is designed to be a broad look at U.S. farm policies and the nation's role in the global agricultural economy.
It contains few specific Administration proposals, however.
"It is not a farm bill book. It will give us a means by which we can frame the debate for food and farm policy for the future," Veneman says.
She says policy makers should examine past programs and, where necessary, define new goals and principles to guide the growth of the industry. "Our challenge today is to address the vital forces of change while at the same time modernizing the foundations of our farm and food system to ensure continued growth and development for the 21st Century. Farmers today operate in a global, technologically advanced; rapidly diversifying, highly competitive environment that is driven by increasingly sophisticated consumers. The various policies, programs, and supporting infrastructure that serve our food system will require updating to meet future needs," Veneman says.
Old policies designed for what she terms, "an isolated economy," won't work for the new, rapidly expanding food and agriculture system, she says.
One key, she says, is to make certain that farm and trade policies are fully compatible. "We want domestic policy to be consistent with trade policy. It means we have certain commitments under the World Trade Organization's Uruguay Round, based upon a historical level of government farm support. We want to make sure we don't have programs that put us over the limit in terms of our World Trade Organization commitments," she says.
The report does contain hints of what the Bush Administration considers important in farm policy. It says that many federal farm programs implemented since the 1930s did not work, and implies that neither did the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996, which was designed to give farmers cropping flexibility and decouple program benefits. The current law inflated land prices, the report says, and directs program benefits to only 40 percent of the nation's farms.
Calling for what it terms, "a market-oriented economic safety net for farmers," the Administration seems to want to extend help to farms beyond those traditionally benefiting from federal programs. Veneman notes that while 150,000 farmers produce 70 percent of nation's food and fiber, an additional 2 million meet the federal criterion of selling at least $1,000 worth of product annually.
"The commercial operations make up only one segment of our farm community. The number of farms has actually increased slightly because people want to take advantage of the opportunity offered by the rural lifestyle. We're also seeing a lot of small acreages producing for niche markets. As biotech increases, we're going to see more growers producing specialty crops. We're going to see more specialty chemicals derived from plants, like soy ink. The change is tremendous," Veneman says.
"Farm policy must promote sustainable prosperity for farmers and agriculture and rural communities without engendering long-term dependence on direct government support."
Some of this support may come through conservation policy designed to protect water quality, wildlife habitat, wetlands, and topsoil. Observing that the 150,000 farmers producing 70 percent of the nation's farm output only own one-third of the land, Veneman says she expects conservation programs to be broadly applicable to all agriculture sectors.
"It doesn't matter how big or small you are, we need programs for all of agriculture," she says.
Veneman says she does not anticipate additional land retirement programs. "When looking at conservation programs, we traditionally look at taking land out of production. But I don't think we'll do that. The question is, how do we design programs to help farms enhance conservation on existing land?" she says.
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The Red Sox had Justin Masterson on the ropes in the first inning but left the bases loaded without scoring. That turned out to be the key point in the Sox 3-2 in Cleveland. Masterson settled down and pitched seven shutout innings.
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We both love lobster but never really eat it because let's be honest, it can be rather expensive. We are two college students and just can't afford that kind of stuff on a regular basis. Since moving here almost a year ago now we've had lobster once and that is because my dad bought it for us when we went to visit him one weekend. We always say "if it goes on sale for a good price we'll pick one or two up". The only problem with that idea is we NEVER remember to actually do it. So when I got this weeks grocery ad's in the mail I noticed that Shaw's had the chicken lobsters (up to 1.5 lbs) on sale for $5.99 a pound. We decided to break down and get two of them.
Lobster is one of those food items that can be enjoyed in many different ways: steamed or boiled then served with butter, baked, grilled, mac-n-cheese, lobster ravioli's etc. I tend to be a purist when it comes to lobster – I like mine steamed and served with a little butter on the side (usually garlic butter). I prefer the steaming method for two reasons, one it's a little harder to over cook them that way and two because it leaves more of their natural ocean fresh taste. Today however, I broke from away from that purist side of me and steamed my lobsters then removed all the meat, cut it in to large chunks, sautéed quickly with olive oil, butter and a clove of minced fresh garlic then served it atop a nice plate of Parmesan Risotto=delicousness.
In my post "Light and Delicious" I posted a quick recipe costing breakdown at the end showing how inexpensive meals made at home can be. The recipe was for Pesto Pasta with Zucchini and Shrimp – the recipe yield was for two portions. The total recipe cost was $5.34 (yes including the shrimp and store-bought pesto!) which made each serving just $2.67. A good number of my recipes on here are for two portions because, we are just two people. However, if you look at my soup recipes that is for a larger quantity because we love soup leftovers. I also posted a survey yesterday asking my you, the lovely readers of my blog if this kind of information is useful to you because I received a few comments and e-mails asking for more of this. With all the positive responses to the survey, the e-mails and comments I decided to keep doing this…so below the recipe you will see the recipe cost breakdown with a little explanation.
Please note that I am a HUGE sales/coupon person. I really don't like to pay full price for just about anything so I only buy certain items such as shrimp and lobster when there is a good sale going on. If you've noticed this is the first lobster recipe I've posted on here.
Lobster and Risotto
2 Chicken Lobsters (about 1-1.5 pounds each)
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1 Garlic Clove – Minced
2 Cups Low Sodium Chicken Broth (I used Pacific Natural Food's)
2 Tablespoons of Butter
3/4 Cup of Arborio Rice
1/4 Cup Dry White Wine (I used Gewurztraminer because it is what we had)
1/4 Cup of Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese
1/4 Teaspoon Sea Salt
1/8 Teaspoon Freshly Ground Black Pepper
For the Lobsters – start these first so they have time to cool down
In a large stock pot place either a steaming basket or upside down colendar at the bottom and fill with water until it just barely comes over the top of the basket or colendar. Bring to a boil and add lobsters. Make sure your pan has a very tight-fitting lid to keep the steam inside. Lobsters that are about 1.5 pounds should be steamed between 7-8 minutes (do not over cook!). You will know they are done when they turn a very vibrant red color.
Remove from the pan and cool by placing them under cold running water. You just want to cool them enough to be able to get the meat out. Remove meat, cut into chunks and set aside.
When the risotto is almost finished heat medium/large sautée pan over medium heat and add olive oil, 1/2 tablespoon of butter and garlic. Cook for 1 minute, add lobster and toss until lobster is coated and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes until lobster is heated throughout, again be careful to over cook.
For the Risotto
In a small saucepan, bring the broth to a simmer. Cover the broth and keep hot over low heat.
In a large heavy saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat. Add the rice and stir to coat, add the wine and simmer until the wine has almost completely evaporated, about 2 minutes.
Add 1 ladle (or 1/2 cup) of the simmering broth and stir until completely absorbed, about 2 minutes. Continue cooking the rice, adding 1/2 cup of broth at a time. Stir constantly and allow each addition of broth to be absorbed before adding the next. Continue this until the rice is tender but still firm to the bite and mixture is creamy, about 10-15 minutes total.
Remove from the heat and stir in the Parmesan cheese and the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of butter. Season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
To plate the dish spoon half of the risotto on each plate, top with sautéed lobster, serve with a lemon slice/wedge and chives as a garnish. Enjoy with a glass of Gewurztraminer.
Below is the costing breakdown including all of the ingredients used (remember that the prices might be different depending on where you shop, your local specials etc.). For each of us to have risotto and a chicken lobster for $10.87 I would say that isn't too shabby of a price, especially since you would probably pay between $19.00-$24.00 and not have the same amount of lobster if you were to order this at a restaurant. Cooking delicious (and gluten-free) meals at home isn't just a way to control what you are eating but choosing the ingredients yourself it is also a great way to save money. Many of the ingredients of these recipes you already have in your pantry so it is just buying a few of the key ingredients. For example, the only ingredient we had to buy today was the lobsters themselves.


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With President Barack Obama declaring June the official Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month, Facebook /quotes/zigman/9962609/delayed /quotes/nls/fb FB has made it possible for its users to splash their chat messages in rainbows and same-sex cuddles.
It's called the "Pride" pack and it comes with 28 different emoticons. The description says: "Love is universal." There's a leather guy walking his leather dog. A dad embracing his gay son. A disco dancer. Mom and mom with two kids. A football player and his balloon-wielding boyfriend. Is that RuPaul?
"We're celebrating Pride by adding these free Facebook Messenger stickers to the Sticker Store. We see this as one more way we can make Facebook a place where people can express their authentic identity. Happy Pride!"
That from a Facebook Diversity spokesman, per New Now Next.
If you're suddenly feeling overcome with gay emoji envy, don't fret. Just head over to your Facebook messenger screen and click the happy face in the right corner, then the shopping cart.
In a matter of minutes, you too can can add some sparkle to your messages.
Facebook isn't just now jumping on the pride bandwagon. Earlier this year, for example, the company offered custom gender options, allowing users to be identified by 50 different ways, such as trans female, androgynous and intersex.
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About Dave Bremner
Dave Bremner – Husband – Father – Martial Artist – Poet – Singer/Songwriter – Reiki and Meditation practitioner and all round good egg.
Dave used to run companies but found that he couldn't run these and follow his love of music and martial arts. So approx. 10 years ago Dave "left the rat race" to follow his heart fully supported by his best friend and wife Julie. He now lives a good life with his wife of near 20 years and their son Ryan, teaching martial arts to both kids and adults and writing songs and has just started on a novel and kids books. The spare time he has had during the day has allowed Dave to write a variety of songs and get these to release status.
This writer has been around the music business for more years than he would want to admit and success has been hard to find. However, this has never cut into the passion of writing and/or performing. Playing solo and/or in bands Dave has always been happiest playing his own compositions, but will cover songs folks know and want to hear as long as they fit with his own style and can produce a decent cover of the song. The typical gig will include songs by Marc Bolan, Ian Hunter, Vince Gill, Bruce Springsteen, John Denver, Pink and several other folk/rock artists as well as his own writings.
Dave's own songs have been recorded either as solo projects or with a band of eclectic musicians called Luna Reklipse. This combo produced a superb album of rock arrangements of a number of Dave's songs called NEW BEGINNING. However not long after this epic album was recorded and released, their incredible bass player JOHN THOMSON, sadly passed away. This affected Dave badly and he closed down the journey of LUNA REKLIPSE and took time off away from the music scene to give him some breathing space.
As the months passed by Dave couldn't even pick up a guitar never mind get the creative juices flowing until he was asked to play at a private function. He played just 6 numbers and the response he got – especially to his own songs - told him the time was right to get going again. Realising that he was now favouring a more relaxed sound – he started writing again and has come up with a new more country-based sound. However, the influence of the 70s Glam and Heavy rock era won't be far away.
Later this year Dave will be re – releasing a Celtic Rock track called Highland Home – with any profits going to a Scottish cancer relief charity called very aptly CLAN. A wonderful organisation that cares for those who need their help. Dave was once one of those souls in need, and never forgets the support he got.
This hard working jobbing songwriter has always dreamt of having someone notable in the industry record and perform his songs – and he will keep the fight going to make this happen going until the final bell – more songs already in production awaiting final producer input. Different sounds on the way from this writer of memorably singable melodies that sit behind /support his rock poems.


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Beware of what you download. Recent purported CEIEC document dump booby-trapped.
In recent weeks thousands documents have been released online by a hacktivist going by the online moniker of "Hardcore Charlie." These documents appear to have potentially been sourced and possibly stolen from various businesses and governments in different countries including the United States, the Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam, and others. In particular Hardcore Charlie has been attempting to draw attention to some of the documents that apparently relate to U.S. military operations in Afghanistan. The twist in all of this is that the documents are purported to have been stolen by Hardcore Charlie from the Beijing based military contractor China National Import & Export Corp (CEIEC). If true, that would mean that the documents were stolen at least twice. These are allegations that CEIEC has strongly denied and condemned in a post on their website.
This entire turn of events has raised more questions than they have answered. Are the documents legitimate? Where were they originally stolen from? If these were really stolen twice, who stole them first? We unfortunately do not have the answer to any of these questions. However, one thing we do have are words of caution and some interesting information about a handful of the documents found in this dump. Within the document dump in a folder related to Vietnam are 11 malicious documents (8 unique) that exploit vulnerabilities (CVE-2010-3333 and CVE-2009-3129) in Microsoft Office to install malware. These documents installed four different types of backdoors that reported back to six distinct command and control servers. Two of the backdoors were unfamiliar two us and the other two were the well known Poison Ivy RAT and the Enfal/Lurid. At least one hostname could be tied back to a known set of persistent actors engaged in cyber espionage.
Malicious Documents Details
The initial file CEIECOWNED_PT1.rar contained over 1200 documents split up into multiple folders. All 11 of the malicious documents were found in a folder named MONRE_VIETNAM_PT1. Below are the details of each of the malicious documents along with the hostname or IP address that the dropped backdoors attempt to communicate with. Note that each command and control server that used DNS utilized a free China or US-based dynamic DNS provider.
Filename: CV gui bao cao LD.doc
File size: 49980 bytes
MD5 hash: 2e454ea0c0d3fadfc478e8695400df40
SHA-1 hash: 0dc324cf2efae2bc7dc29fe26f616decd765d66a
SHA-256 hash: 8c26bf867e70f2e3511bd295c2c56abca51ab008b88d7a9e80b99ca240f79773
Exploit: CVE-2010-3333
Additional Filename: CV gui bao cao LD(1).doc
CALLBACK/C2: kullywolf.gicp.net:81
Filename: Danh sach.doc
File size: 53052 bytes
MD5 hash: 32f5ad4f09135fcdde86ecd4c466a993
SHA-1 hash: d3311b97aa10d759bbf704c0a3c4c2cef3f997a6
SHA-256 hash: 15f9f9f3e617d84083e6ac3652dfa9090f236ca8879a66654464a5b781318df5
Exploit: CVE-2010-3333
CALLBACK/C2: congtytancang.uicp.net:81
Filename: Computer virus attacks on rise.doc
File size: 71931 bytes
MD5 hash: d824988793146a25d026eb12759dbab0
SHA-1 hash: 3ce24923dc478afb30d8105303f51c958856da52
SHA-256 hash: e4e123a6757e041a5c1c053e2770f89b08ad2b58661e0044b29965d480f5100e
Exploit: CVE-2010-3333
CALLBACK/C2: www.ollay011.zyns.com:7000
Filename: Danh sach can bo tham gia du tuyen thac sy 2011.xls
File size: 87063 bytes
MD5 hash: 1423113c5b7176cef19f989f76a020c4
SHA-1 hash: 608ed5cb5b8497f3bc483d1c2a91a34a09abd828
SHA-256 hash: 761d8cbb4cd95bf520584ca5ec3036ae9fd9a9cefdf4ae9e79b060db3a673b28
Exploit: CVE-2009-3129
CALLBACK/C2: 22.214.171.124:80 (Backup: 18.104.22.168:8089, 18.104.22.168:8089, 18.104.22.168:8089, 18.104.22.168:8089, 184.108.40.206:80)'''
Filename: De an 928.doc
File size: 250880 bytes
MD5 hash: cd80a451990f17f6684d5b100de6ece0
SHA-1 hash: 436047e74948181d8a2ba91f0c044c4b4e9e1865
SHA-256 hash: 51f495acd08195a04671fb7eb808a5697f3be8877e9d5254d38241147d2b51f1
Exploit: CVE-2010-3333
CALLBACK/C2: l1x.lflinkup.net:80
Filename: Hop dong cung cap thiet bi(done).doc
File size: 162304 bytes
MD5 hash: 2332ebd103a963d5494ddb431e8b05b7
SHA-1 hash: bc289ea12d9afdae9f7503309a9d142b0c247ca7
SHA-256 hash: cff1035db0c190081fc78dde2323a04a39ded675b2029f2572b3c084240aaedb
Exploit: CVE-2010-3333
CALLBACK/C2: www.ollay011.zyns.com:7000
Filename: bao_cao_cong tac_thang 2&ke_hoach_cong_tac thang_3.doc
File size: 89916 bytes
MD5 hash: 336420283e047155bec94a549cd60ac8
SHA-1 hash: 4b8d6693dc6c127ac9f649f3428de6cd6f8aa8e7
SHA-256 hash: 2c28cf467d9e42f0182174943ec9e8dc467901020465b2354fdb27ccdaafa0c0
Exploit: CVE-2010-3333
Additional Filename 1: bao_cao_cong tac_thang 2&ke_hoach_cong_tac thang_3(1).doc
Additional Filename 2: tong hop nhan su bo nhiem cap phong cap vu.doc
CALLBACK/C2: front11.gicp.net:81
Filename: tt_cap nhat danh sach moi.doc
File size: 66364 bytes
MD5 hash: d916409f960d3fc3263b32fe32b4bf20
SHA-1 hash: 42a767745bff3e8a1f5f42d1340eb4db4ed3e57c
SHA-256 hash: 8e8f15980af335727dec14d9c2fed218cbc699aa7f41dae42d9cf96e7b663da4
Exploit: CVE-2010-3333
CALLBACK/C2: front11.gicp.net:81
A Look at the Dropped Malware
Poison Ivy
Two out of the nine unique samples installed the popular Poison Ivy RAT upon successful exploitation. Both samples beacon back to www.ollay011.zyns.com, which at the time of this writing and since last Thursday has resolved to 220.127.116.11 (Hurricane Electric, US). A closer look at the configuration of this Poison Ivy instance shows that it was setup to use the default password of 'admin', wrote itself to C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe and started a keylogger that gets saved as C:\WINDOWS\explorer.
One of the samples installed the far less common, but very well known, Enfal/Lurid trojan. This particular trojan has been frequently associated with targeting of the Tibetan community, the India Government, and other governments and industries in specific geo-locations. It's previously been discussed over the last four years in theISC Sans Diary, the Shadows in the Clouds Report, and the Trend Micro Lurid Downloader Report. The sample from these files used l1x.lflinkup.net as the command and control server to report in information about this system. At the time of this writing the hostname resolved to 188.8.131.52, a dynamic IP address pool in China. Tracking this hostname back for several months, we can see it has resolved to numerous other short-lived dynamic IP addresses in China. It is also interesting to note that along with the Vietnamese file names, this malware samples installed itself as C:\Program Files\UniKey 2000\UniKey.exe. UniKey is a software-based Vietnamese keyboard for Windows. We can speculate that there is likely actors utilizing the Enfal/Lurid trojan to engage in persistent targeting of Vietnamese interests.
A backdoor for which we do not have a name was observed in six out of the nine samples, all using the CVE-2010-3333 exploit to drop their payloads. Once installed the malware seemed to copy itself into the User's Application Data folder, as well as at least one other location on the system (often in Program Files). The malware always appears to write a configuration file with the name name msgslang.db. A search for this file name on the web shows several other similar or related samples. The samples that installed this backdoor all beaconed back to one of these DNS names front11.gicp.net, congtytancang.uicp.net, or kullywolf.gicp.net. Only the last two have resolved recently congtytancang.uicp.net and kullywolf.gicp.net has actively changed IP addresses several times since last week. At the time of this writing the two hosts names resolve to 220.127.116.11 and 22.214.171.124 respectively. It is worth noting the the third-level of the DNS name congtytancang.uicp.net, appears to be written in Vietnamese and may translate back to something having to do with "Newport" or "Seaport" in English.
The single Microsoft Excel exploit in the packet dropped malware that beaconed back to 184.108.40.206 and likely a variety of other embedded IP addresses. This malware samples was not one that we recognized. However, the sample contains several interesting strings, to include "Welcome To TANTOUMA Version 2.2 BY ICU @20110210" and others that indicate the backdoor is designed to collect information from an infected system and provide remote access to it. The sample also had www.google.com.vn in its strings output, lending further credence that some of the files may be related to concerted efforts to persistently target the Vietnamese.
Connection to the Google and RSA Breaches
Did your eyes just get big or roll? Good. Sorry we are just kidding — there's no connection.
Vietnamese Targeting and Timeline
These nine unique samples from the document dump from Hardcore Charlie appear to lead to multiple different attack campaigns targeting Vietnamese interests. The malicious documents have Vietnamese names and will open legitimate clean versions of the documents in Vietnamese upon successful exploitation. At least one of the trojan samples even saves itself as a file that might blend in on a Vietnamese computer. Another has strings related to the Vietnamese version of Google, while another uses a DNS name that is in Vietnamese as well. We would suspect this may just be the tip of the ice berg.
As for timing — several indicators seem to point to these documents being approximately a year old. The most obvious and more tamper proof piece of evidence being aVirusTotal submission from April 2011. You may note the document from this submission was named BC cua chi binh voi BCS.doc. However, this file has the same MD5 hash of of32f5ad4f09135fcdde86ecd4c466a993, which matches the file was saw named Danh sach.doc. This indicates that his activity is not new and these files may have been unknowingly included in this document dump.
These malicious documents within the data dump raise several questions and can lead to plenty of speculation. Were these malicious documents resident on victim systems from previous targeted APT campaigns and exfiltrated alongside the legitimate documents as part of another cyber espionage operation? Could it be that they were intentionally placed into this data dump? Anything is possible and we do not have all the answers. However, we can tell you that a few of the malware samples had previously been submitted to VirusTotal in early 2011. Additionally meta data of the clean documents dropped by a few of the malware payloads showed that the documents were also created in 2011, indicating that the malicious documents have likely been circulating in the wild for more than year.
Although many questions remain, the following facts are clear:
- A small subset of the documents contained in the purported CEIEC dump are malicious.
- These malicious documents drop a mix of malware families including Poison Ivy, Enfal/Lurid and two unnamed families.
- Some of the malware samples extracted from the CEIEC dump connect to infrastructure used in previous APT campaigns.
These documents just go to show that malicious files can end up pretty much anywhere. We are stating the obvious but remember to exercise caution when viewing files you downloaded from the Internet. Microsoft patched the two vulnerabilities used in these attacks quite some time ago. They patched CVE-2009-3129 with MS09-067 and CVE-2010-3333 with MS10-087. Malicious documents that exploit vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat [Reader], or components loaded by these pieces of software are still some of the most common ways in which cyber espionage attacks are conducted. Staying current with the latest versions and security patches for any software you run is highly recommended.


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It seems to me that if it takes a new law to force school policies to more closely resemble common sense, then there's definitely a problem with those policies. The question remains as to why this couldn't be changed at a school administration level. Zero tolerance weapons policies are somewhat mandatory, seeing as they're tied to school funding. But there's nothing in that stipulating that situations not involving actual weapons need to be handled in the most asinine fashion possible.
Since the story broke about the suspension of a 7-year-old student for biting his breakfast pastry (a Pop-Tart, for all intents and purposes) into a gun-like shape and making gun-like motions, legislation has been introduced twice to address this incredibly stupid problem.
The first bill was passed in Maryland, the state in which the dangerous Pop-Tart gun was first brandished. Florida is now the second state attempting to step up and reaffirm its schoolchildren's right to carry (and deploy) non-functioning, non-weapons that may or may not resemble actual weapons, depending on your level of paranoiac imagination and/or adherence to zero tolerance policies. Its unofficial name is the "Pop-Tart bill," and it aims to ensure that the Anne Arundel, MD school will never live down its brush with deadly pastries.
Here's the text that specifies exactly what administrators won't be allowed to portray as policy-violating weapons in the future.
Simulating a firearm or weapon while playing or wearing clothing or accessories that depict a firearm or weapon or express an opinion regarding a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is not grounds for disciplinary action or referral to the criminal justice or juvenile justice system under this section or s. 1006.13. Simulating a firearm or weapon while playing includes, but is not limited to:This would seem to cover a majority of incidents covered here and elsewhere. It still gives the schools leeway to make dumb decisions if they feel "learning" has been "disrupted" enough, and it also allows them to implement school uniform policies if the thought of screenprinted guns wandering the campus is too terrible to contemplate.
1. Brandishing a partially consumed pastry or other food item to simulate a firearm or weapon.
2. Possessing a toy firearm or weapon that is 2 inches or less in overall length.
3. Possessing a toy firearm or weapon made of plastic snap-together building blocks.
4. Using a finger or hand to simulate a firearm or weapon.
5. Vocalizing an imaginary firearm or weapon.
6. Drawing a picture, or possessing an image, of a firearm or weapon.
7. Using a pencil, pen, or other writing or drawing utensil to simulate a firearm or weapon.
As for the kid who originally drew the suspension for his Pop-Tart gun, he's still dealing with the outcome of that school's suspension decision, as Katherine Mangu-Ward at Reason points out.
But the boy at the center of that controversy is still caught in the zero tolerance web. The Washington Post reports that school officials in that case are saying the suspension was really about general disciplinary problems, despite the fact that the brief citation includes the word gun four times and the parents say administrators made no mention of other concerns at the time of the suspension:The policies are not only bad, but they're enforced inconsistently. So, a kid who defiantly chews a Pop-Tart into a gun shape is treated as just as much of a problem as someone with an actual weapon in their possession. The school has yet to back down from its decision, proving it's still trying to portray itself as the real victim.
For more than a year, the Anne Arundel boy's family has been asking school officials to clear the episode from his boy's records, saying that it unfairly tarnishes his file with a gun-related offense....
At Tuesday's hearing, school officials said the boy also had nibbled his pastry into a gun shape a day earlier. But his teacher, Jessica Fultz, testified that on that day he was more compliant when admonished. On the day he was suspended, she said, he was not responsive when she told him to stop.
Oh, and it has a real problem with the media's inaccurate portrayal of this event.
Laurie Pritchard, Anne Arundel's director of legal services, said that the object central to the case had been misportrayed, as well as the reason for the discipline.Well, that's what happens when you blow the budget on legal assistance rather than food. You can't afford name-brand goods. And shame on all of us for believing that the object cited the most in the suspension report was the actionable cause, rather than the barely-mentioned and overly vague "general disciplinary problems" the writeup couldn't even be bothered to enumerate.
"First of all, it wasn't a Pop-Tart," she said. "It was a breakfast pastry."
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The two most athletic plays belonged to Notre Dame-Fairfield -- Joe Cantey's layup over Fairfield Prep's 7-foot-2 all-stater Paschal Chukwu and Clinton Davidson's balancing act to keep the ball inbounds -- but most of the other fancy plays, as well as the bulk of the soundly-executed basics of dribbling, passing, shooting, rebounding and defending, belonged to the Jesuits Saturday night at Fairfield University's Alumni Hall. Prep built a double-digit lead in the first half of the first quarter in the finals of the annual Fairfield Prep Holiday Classic, and the Jesuits beat Notre Dame 83-52.
Prep, employing a nasty pressure defense, improved to 4-0 overall and the Lancers fell to 1-3. Fairfield Warde's 60-50 victory over Fairfield Ludlowe in the consolation game earlier in the evening left the Mustangs and Falcons each with 1-3 records.
"We had way too many unforced turnovers," Notre Dame coach Vinny Laczkoski said. "You have to give them credit. They took away a lot of our passing lanes. They just have a lot of answers as a team."
Prep senior co-captain Dave Zielinski was named the tournament's MVP. He was joined on the all-tournament team by teammate Tommy Nolan, another Jesuits' captain, as well as by Notre Dame's Davidson and Jaylen Jennings, Warde's Nick Cotto and Ludlowe's Mark Malone.
Zielinski scored a team-high 18 points, one of six Jesuits to reach double-figures. Ryan Murphy, Ray Featherston and Chukwu, recovering from a back injury, each scored 11 points and Keith Pettway and Tommy Nolan both added 10 points.
In the first game, Cotto scored 20 points, 11 in the second half, and sophomore Giacomo Brancato scored 16 points. Warde's Brandon Bisack scored all 11 of his points in the second quarter when the Mustangs erased a 13-9 deficit entering the period and took a 30-23 lead into the half. Malone scored 12 for Ludlowe, which was second highest to teammate Darren Lee's 15.
The Lancers could not handle Prep's pressure in the championship game. "I thought we played better defense tonight than we did in the first game (Thursday)," Prep coach Leo Redgate said. "I was proud of our full-court and half-court defenses. We thought CJ (Davidson) would be a game-changer potentially for Notre Dame. We did a good job with the players we had on him. Jaylen Jennings had a great game."
It was the work of Prep's deep rotation of guards --in setting the tone for its presses and in moving the ball upcourt in the Jesuits' quick-paced offense -- that took control of the game. The four primary guards were Zielinski, Nolan, Keith Pettway and Murphy.
"All four of our guards have improved dramatically since last year," Redgate said. "I was proud of Dave (Zielinski). I thought he brought it consistently in both games. The year of maturity of Keith has been huge."
Prep held a 25-8 lead after the first quarter and was up by 53-20 after the first half. Notre Dame faced a 72-35 deficit entering the fourth quarter. The Lancers outscored Prep by 17-11 in the final period that was dominated by each team's reserves.
"We tried to double-team Chukwu down low," Laczkoski said. "I'd rather be beat from 20 feet than from two feet, particularly when he dunks from on top of your head. When you add him to the mix, they're a pretty good team. He just kicked it out to their guards and they made most of their shots. And their guards were able to penetrate and they threw him (Chukwu) alley-oops."
Warde's strong defense limited Ludlowe to 10 field goals -- and no 3-pointers -- in the Mustangs' first win of the season. The Falcons were ahead by 9-4 after 5 minutes and 9 seconds of the first quarter. The Mustangs got hot and outscored Ludlowe by 16-4 to end the first half for a 30-23 lead. Before Warde's run, the Falcons held Warde scoreless for a span of 4:20 that began in the first period and continued into the second quarter.
Ludlowe outplayed Warde in the third quarter, cutting the deficit to 42-38 at the start of the fourth quarter. A basket by Lee got the Falcons even at 42-42 in the second minute of the fourth quarter and a steal by Matt Doyle leading to a Chad Peterson layup forged a tie at 46-46 midway through the fourth quarter.
The Mustangs responded with composed and aggressive play. Cotto's drive for a bucket gave them a 50-46 lead with 2:36 to go. Ludlowe's attempts to rally were met with more tight defense by the Mustangs and good ball movement by them. Another layup by Lee cut it to 50-48 as the final minute began.
"We put pressure on them," Warde coach Ryan Swaller said. "We figured if we put pressure on them, we'd have a good shot at it. We did a good job with our help-side defense.
"We're excited about the win. I felt we had been working hard. Turnovers had been a problem for us. Tonight we had 13."
Warde was bolstered by the return of senior co-captain and guard Mike Pehota, who has been bothered by a chronic injury to his shoulder. He played close to half of the game.
"We expended a lot of energy in the third quarter getting back into the game," Ludlowe coach John Dailey said. "They were really ready for us. They had a good game plan. I think they wanted it more than us tonight. We didn't get a lot of stops tonight in the fourth quarter. We missed some layups. They took us out of our game.
"We showed a lot of fight tonight," Dailey said. "We've got to utilize our size a little more. It's going to take some time. We'll get better."
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Fairfield Prep 83, Notre Dame 52
Jordan Pettway 2 0-0 4 CJ Davidson 2 3-6 7 Jesse McIntosh 1 3-4 5 Jaylen Jennings 5 11-12 21 Jake Heaton 2 1-2 5 Joe Cantey 1 4-4 6 Anthony Gadsden 2 0-0 4 Raphael Torres 0 0-0 0 Justin Federici 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 22-28 52.
Paschal Chukwu 5 1-2 11 Dave Zielinski 7 0-0 18 Keith Pettway 4 0-0 10 Rich Van deBerghe 1 1-2 3 Tommy Nolan 4 2-3 10 Ryan Foley 1 0-0 3 Ray Featherston 3 3-3 11 Ryan Murphy 5 0-0 11 Patrick Harding 1 0-0 2 Bobby Haskins 0 2-2 2 Matthew Gerics 0 2-2 2 Drew Rolapp 0 0-0 0 Joe DiGennaro 0 0-0 0 Tate Duran 0 0-0 0. Totals: 31 11-13 83.
3-pointers: FP--Zielinski 4, Pettway 2, Featherston 2, Foley, Murphy.
Fairfield Warde 60, Fairfield Ludlowe 50
Matt Doyle 2 0-0 4 Darren Lee 6 0-0 15 Mark Malone 5 2-2 12 Chad Peterson 3 2-2 8 Kevin Hickey 3 0-2 4 Hayes Kelchner 2 0-2 4 Chris Howell 0 1-2 1 Jonah Rosner 0 0-0 0 Jack Armstrong 0 0-0 0 Kiran Prakash 0 0-0 0 Steven Zembruski 0 0-0 0. Totals: 21 5-10 50.
Michael Pehota 1 0-0 3 Nick Cotto 7 5-5 10 Brian Kerrigan 1 0-0 2 Giacomo Brancato 4 8-9 16 Brandon Bisack 4 0-1 11 Chris Smaldone 2 2-2 8 Terrance Walden 0-0 0 Tommy Luckner 0 0-0 0 Kavon Polk 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 15-17 60.
3-pointers: FL--Lee 3; FW--Bisack 3, Smaldone 2, Pehota, Cotto. Fouled out: FL--Lee.