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Jim Whitehurst delivers Ted Talk about the information revolution
Education is the new oil that will drive the information revolution
Jim Whitehurst presented on Saturday morning at the 2012 installment of TEDxRaleigh, speaking to a sold-out crowd in Raleigh's Lincoln Theatre. Now in its third year, TEDxRaleigh has brought together local innovators, researchers and thought leaders to give local flair to a wildly successful national event.
This year's fifteen speakers represented the diversity of Raleigh's industries, both established and fledgling. Fitting the chosen theme of "alchemy", TEDxRaleigh organizers asked "What are the elements, processes, and reactions that turn ideas into reality?" and received answers from a variety of sources including Larry's Beans, Symbology Clothing, the NC Film Institute, and the BioFuels Center of NC.
During his speech, Whitehurst wove the story of the "Information Revolution" beginning with the assertion that current advances in technology will reach farther beyond gadgets, software and tangible results, ultimately affecting our lives and society. As Whitehurst described the "major players" in the Industrial and Information Revolutions, including the auto-lathe, transportation systems, microprocessors, and cloud computing, he noted an important difference that the Industrial Revolution was about making things more efficient, while the Information Revolution will hinge on more efficient use of what society has already made.
"This may sound subtle, but the results are profound. Many economists estimate that well over half of all activity is waste. In reducing this waste lies the next great leap forward in human welfare," Whitehurst said.
Whitehurst then described different shifts that will accompany the Information Revolution, changes that would occur when rote tasks become automated and an evolving workforce will be challenged to leverage initiative, creativity and agility to create value in the workplace. "This will require an entirely new leadership paradigm, as traditional command-and-control systems are efficient at directing rote tasks, but notoriously poor at generating creativity," Whitehurst said. These shifts, he added, would be assisted by emerging and current networks that surround us every day, as networks are able to self-organize and leverage the power of rich information to coordinate everyday activities in an efficient manner.
The speech concluded with a focus on the role of education and its transformations, where Whitehurst predicted that learning how to collaborate, taking initiative, and applying critical reasoning will shape the growth of a knowledge-capable population. "Education is the new oil", Whitehurst asserted at the conclusion of his speech, closing with a slide of "Information = Massive Change" over an interconnected, constellation background.
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I don't see the talk on the TEDxRaleigh site- any idea when it will be posted?
The talk was literally an hour ago. I'm not sure the TEDxRalelgih folks have had time to post the video's yet. So for now, we've only got the summary for you.
Hated to miss this today. Look forward to seeing more info online.
I went to this yesterday. I believe they said the videos will be posted on their YouTube channel in about 2 weeks.
It's how we USE what we have. This idea is catching on with my generation like wildfire, in ways that relate to technology AND to the general mindset. In addition to putting technology to work for me, to better my career and output, I've been seeking out secondhand items instead of buying new whenever possible -- it feels great and is an adventure! Jim's subtle revelation speaks volumes: "This may sound subtle, but the results are profound. Many economists estimate that well over half of all activity is waste. In reducing this waste lies the next great leap forward in human welfare."
"Education is the new oil" This will only be the case if the education system on all fronts confronts itself with this idea. A lot of the time research is stifled only because it does not support the systems already in place and on the ground. In a lot of instances we already know how to transform, innovate, collaborate and reason, all at cost that most institutions won't want to bear. The case in point is that I'm aware of PHDs that have left the country, because the monies offered to retain them was less than 50 grand a year. They are now all happily employed in their respective research fields by foreign competing entities.


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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - What a lonely feeling, maybe the loneliest in all of sports.
There's really no gray area in the life of a kicker. It's often hero or goat, with very little or nothing in between.
Sam Ficken took the field with a chance to write a storybook ending to a nightmare day.
Make the kick, he's a hero.
Miss the kick, he's the ultimate goat, leaving many people feeling he single-handedly lost the game for Penn State. He didn't, of course, but Ficken undoubtedly feels that way.
He missed. Not just once. Or twice. Or three times. Or even four.
Ficken missed four field goals and an extra point, costing the Nittany Lions 13 points. His last attempt came from 42 yards out on the game's final play, and when it sailed left, it gave Virginia a 17-16 win before 56,087 fans at Scott Stadium.
"Sam did not lose this game whatsoever," quarterback Matt McGloin said.
"I'm sure he felt bad, heartbroken about it," tight end Kyle Carter said. "But I didn't really see him like that after the game."
"We're all brothers here, so we say it's all of our faults," defensive end Deion Barnes said.
Penn State did have a total team effort in losing.
The defense forced four turnovers and gave the Lions a chance to win, but it also struggled on third down once again and gave up a go-ahead 86-yard TD drive in the closing minutes.
The offense came up with a big touchdown in the fourth quarter to take the lead, but it also fizzled four times - going backwards a combined 14 yards - after the four Cavalier turnovers.
There's blame to go around, to be sure, as Penn State dropped to 0-2 for the first time since starting 0-4 in 2001.
A lot of the mistakes, however, get overshadowed when a kicker endures the kind of disastrous day that Ficken did.
Virginia took a 17-16 lead on a 6-yard TD pass from Michael Rocco to tight end Jake McGee with 1:28 to play. McGloin, who overcame a first-half elbow injury, then marched the offense 47 yards down the field in 80 seconds to give PSU a chance to win.
Ficken trotted onto the field in a steady rain on fourth-and-11 from the Virginia 26 with one second to go. The snap from Emery Etter was a bit low, and holder Ryan Keiser did his best to give the kicker a solid play on the ball.
From the time his foot hit the ball, it was immediately clear Ficken's kick was going left, and the Cavaliers celebrated winning an ugly game and starting 2-0.
"We have to work on that, the whole operation," PSU coach Bill O'Brien said of the field-goal unit. "It's never always about the kicker. The kicker is always the one to get blamed, but it's the whole operation: the snap, the hold, the kick."
O'Brien said the kicking game will be addressed this week but also added, "Sam is our kicker."
The Lions lost standout running back Silas Redd to USC, but many people felt the departure of kicker extraordinaire Anthony Fera to Texas would be a bigger loss. Fera was 14-of-17 on field goals last season and was a bona fide team MVP candidate for his kicking versatility.
Ficken is on scholarship, which is rare for a kicker, and if he's the best the Lions have to offer, it's going to be difficult for the team to win close games unless he improves dramatically.
Ficken missed wide left from 40 yards midway through the first quarter. He missed wide right from 38 yards midway through the second. He missed wide right from 20 yards late in the third. He had a PAT blocked early in the fourth, which turned out to be a huge point.
Ficken delivered on a 32-yard field goal with 10:55 to play, giving Penn State a 16-10 lead. He then missed his fourth and final field goal to finish 1-of-5 for the day and bring his career total to 2-of-7 (he made a 43-yarder last season).
O'Brien and the rest of the team refused to pin the blame on the sophomore from Indiana.
"One player doesn't make or break a game or one play,'' guard John Urschel said. "We're all responsible. He obviously is hurting right now. We all are. He's really an aggressive player. He wants to win. At the same time, we're a team. We're all there for him and this isn't on him.''
Several Penn State players said Ficken has been consistent in practice.
"He does it in practice each and every day," McGloin said. "He's very consistent. ... You just have to remind him of how good of a player he is and he's capable of making big kicks when we need it."
The Lions haven't been listing a backup kicker on the depth chart. Receiver Evan Lewis was the place-kicker early last season when Fera was suspended, but he went just 1-of-5.
For better or worse, Ficken appears to be the Lions' best option.
"We need to see what things we can do to help Sam get better," O'Brien said. "Again, it's not all on the kicker. We had some plays in the red area we could have called better. I could have called better plays. We could have executed better. So it's never always on the kicker. It's a team sport, and we have to figure out other ways to improve."
Scoring summary
Penn State 7, Virginia 0: An eventful 17-play, 75-yard drive that lasted 6:27 ended with Matt McGloin hitting tight end Kyle Carter for a score on third-and-goal from the 8 with 8:33 left in the quarter. The Lions converted two fourth-and-1s on the drive, burned two timeouts and got a big personal foul penalty on Virginia defensive end Jake Snyder for continuing to play after his helmet came off. The Lions missed a golden opportunity to stretch the lead minutes later. On Virginia's first play, Michael Mauti forced a fumble by tight end Paul Freedman, and Stephen Obeng-Agyapong picked it up and returned to the Cavalier 17. McGloin was sacked for a 9-yard loss on third-and-5 from the 12, a big play as it pushed back a field-goal attempt, and Sam Ficken missed a 40-yard try wide left.
Penn State 7, Virginia 3: The Lions missed another golden opportunity after defensive tackle Jordan Hill made a terrific play intercepting a pass at the line of scrimmage and getting to the Virginia 19. The drive went nowhere, and Ficken missed wide right from 38 yards. The Cavaliers took over at their 21 and drove 50 yards for a field goal. Michael Rocco had pass plays of 16 and 15 yards to Darius Jennings, and when the drive stalled at the 29, Drew Jarrett made a 46-yard kick with 3:56 left in the half.
Virginia 10, Penn State 7: The Cavaliers got their passing game going and had targets wide open as they drove 77 yards in 12 plays for a go-ahead score. Rocco hit tight end Jeremiah Mathis from a yard out on second-and-goal with 9:22 left in the quarter. Rocco connected with tight end Colter Phillips for 16 yards early in the drive and tight end Jake McGee for 26 yards to the PSU 39, then found receiver Dominique Terrell for 20 yards to set up first-and-goal at the 7. Kevin Parks carried for 6 yards to get the ball to the 1. Penn State countered with an impressive drive, getting to the Virginia 3, but Ficken missed a 20-yard field goal.
Penn State 13, Virginia 10: The Lions got a big play in the passing game as McGloin hit Allen Robinson on a 30-yard TD strike with 13:10 to play. Robinson made a nice diving catch and was shaken up on the play, but he just had the wind knocked out of him and returned to the game. Ficken missed the PAT, which was blocked, and that point turned out to be very costly for the Lions.
Penn State 16, Virginia 10: Defensive end Deion Barnes forced a fumble from backup QB Phillip Sims, and linebacker Michael Mauti recovered at the UVa 26. The Lions initially were going to go for it on fourth-and-7, but they called timeout and decided to try a field goal. Ficken made it from 32 yards out with 10:55 to play.
Virginia 17, Penn State 16: The Cavaliers took over with 8:04 left and drove 86 yards for a winning touchdown. Rocco converted a third-and-16 from his own 22 as he found tight end Jake McGee for 44 yards to the PSU 34. There was pass interference on the play, but McGee came up with the catch anyway. On third-and-8 from the 32, Rocco hit Jennings for 25 yards to the 7. Rocco then found McGee in the end zone on third-and-goal from the 7 with 1:28 left. PSU drove down and had a chance to win, but Ficken missed a 42-yard field goal on the final play.

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The Stetson University women's basketball team has been picked to finish second in the 2013-14 Atlantic Sun Conference preseason coaches poll, which was released on Thursday.
Senior Sasha Sims (Fayetteville, Ga.) was tabbed as the Atlantic Sun Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, and she was also selected to the preseason all-conference team.
"I have always said Sasha is the most versatile player in the league," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said. "She can do everything. She can go out on the perimeter, she can play the post, and we use her in a variety of ways. She also blocks a lot of shots for someone who is not extremely tall. She is well-deserving of both honors."
Last season, Sims averaged 12.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game and earned second-team all-conference honors. Sims averaged better than 17 points per game during the Atlantic Sun Championship and was named to the all-tournament team. She has already surpassed 1000 points for her career and is just 16 blocks shy of breaking the school-record in that category.
The Hatters received 86 points in the coaches poll, trailing only preseason favorite FGCU (97 points). Following Stetson in the poll was Mercer (83 points), Northern Kentucky (66), ETSU (49), UNF (49), Jacksonville (43), USC Upstate (41), Lipscomb (22), and Kennesaw State (14).
The Hatters were also picked to finish second in the league's media poll.
Fresh off a school-record 24-win season, a second conference championship in three years, and #14 seed in the NCAA tournament, Stetson will open the 2013-14 campaign on Nov. 8 at Oklahoma in the Preseason WNIT.
Season tickets can be purchased online at GoHatters.com/tix or by calling the Stetson ticket office at (386) 738-HATS.
Note: College Sports Madness also selected Sims to its Atlantic Sun preseason all-conference team.
Atlantic Sun Preseason Poll
2. Stetson 86
3. Mercer 83
4. Northern Kentucky 66
T5. North Florida 49
7. Jacksonville 43
8. USC Upstate 41
9. Lipscomb 22
10. Kennesaw State 14
Atlantic Sun Preseason All-Conference Team
Sarah Hansen, FGCU (Player of the Year)
Queen Alford, Jacksonville
Kendra Grant, Mercer
Sasha Sims, Stetson (Defensive PoY)
Destiny Mitchell, ETSU
Whitney Knight, FGCU
Briana Williams, Mercer
Precious Bridges, Mercer
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COLUMBIANA - A group of locals are doing what they can to keep the United States out of Syria.
The group flanked the state Route 7 and 14 intersection Monday holding protest signs and getting honks of approval from passing motorists.
They hope to influence the votes of their local congressmen, Bill Johnson, a Republican who serves Columbiana County and Tim Ryan, a Democrat who serves Mahoning County.
Congress is soon expected to weigh in on President Barack Obama's request to airstrike the country that borders Iraq. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was quoted by CNN on Monday saying his country would lash out in "potentially unpredictable ways" after a U.S. airstrike. He said the U.S. lacks the evidence his government was behind he August poison gas attack.
Obama responded he doesn't believe the country has the capability to carry out a significant attack and believes it is "no threat" to the U.S., according to the CNN report.
At least three of the local protesters disagreed and believe U.S. involvement could be the start of World War III.
"When you go into a country and cause harm and damage, that is war," Loretta Price of Salem said.
She and Candy Davis of Mahoning County and Shawn Flowers of Struthers believe the involvement could be disastrous for the U.S.
"Our country is broke. There are two ways to bring down a country. One is by war and one is by devaluing currency and we are in the middle of both," Price said.
Davis said it could lead to World War III, and that while she supports the military she doesn't believe they should be put in harm's way unless there is a clear objective, and she doesn't believe a clear objective is present for attacking Syria.
"There is a big difference between defending our country and having a military presence in 70 percent of the world. We shouldn't be the world's policemen. That's not one of the powers of our federal government," she said.
Davis was holding a sign that read: "Not Another Endless War."
The group has not yet spoken with Ryan, but visited Johnson's Salem office earlier that day and even spoke with him via a conference call, as he was in Washington D.C. all day.
Flowers, who is a former Columbiana County resident, said he opposes involvement because the country has been in war long enough.
"We've had over a decade of war. It's just gotten us more enemies and more debt. I think the American people have had enough. I think the soldiers have had enough," he said.
He voted for Obama in 2008, but the president's decision to lead the country into Libya without approval from Congress in 2011 changed his mind. He did not support the president in the 2012 election.
Flowers also believes the Obama administration has "credibility issues" and did not approve of the administration's support of indefinitely detaining U.S. citizens and foreigners suspected of being affiliated with terrorists.
The detaining is allowed under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 and Congress granted the president authority to arrest and hold individuals accused of terrorism without due process.
With regards to Syria, Flowers believes it is not any concern of the U.S. or national defense and described it as a "civil war."
Davis said the U.S. should be making commerce with other countries, not war. "War has become our industry," she said.
The group is hopeful Johnson will vote against the airstrike.
Mollie Reister, the congressman's Communications Director in Washington D.C., said he phoned in to speak with the group after learning they were at his Salem office.
"He did a conference call with them to hear their concerns and let them know how he currently feels about the issue in Syria. He has been very vocal about his opinion on Syria. As of right now he doesn't feel there is enough information to justify a military strike over there," she said.
She went on to say he has conducted a few interviews on both the local and national level in an attempt to make a case.
As of Monday evening, "He hasn't made a formal decision because he is keeping an open mind and letting administrations voice their concerns," she said.
USA Today reported that of the 533 lawmakers that make up the House and Senate only 44 are already in support of the airstrike while 149 oppose. The rest remain undecided.
The roughly half-a-dozen protesters began their efforts at 3 p.m. and left the intersection around 5:30 p.m.
Flowers said the group got together for the protest through a local meet-up group.
Price said while they were not representing any one particular group or organization, most are associated with Campaign for Liberty.


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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Goose Creek High School offensive lineman Dylan Steele is known by his teammates as one that generally has plenty to say.
He hit the nail on the head on Monday night.
The community-wide celebration in the school's gymnasium that drew about 600 people was a special sendoff for the seniors and a memorable moment for the players able to come back next football season.
"It showed us all the love one more time," said Steele, who will move on to Brevard College. "I got the same feeling, running out of that helmet tonight, that you get when you do it out there on the field with all those fans… For me, it was that one last high. It showed us how much they love us."
The Goose Creek football season was cut short by the South Carolina High School League when the Gators were ruled to have competed with an ineligible player during a 41-point win over Conway in the opening round of the playoffs.
A circuit court judge enabled them to play the second round against Bluffton, a 35-25 win, but the Gators were booted again by the league's executive committee two days later.
They finished with a 13-0 mark and were ranked as high as 11th in the country. The seniors won 26 straight games and 40 of their last 42, all marks celebrated on Monday.
The whole team also received rings with the word "integrity" inscribed on the side.
Local legislators read a resolution proclaiming the 2012 Goose Creek football team as Athletes of Distinction.
A 15-minute video produced by a local marketing company entitled "Undefeated" chronicled the season and included heavy doses of commentary from Steele.
Each player and coach received a copy of video on DVD.
"They say the City of Goose Creek is one of the best communities in the whole country to raise a family in and I think this football team has a lot to do with that," he said. "It brings the whole community together."
Senior fullback Rico Blanding said the video gave him chills.
"I moved here in 10th grade and I love it," he said. "It's one big family."
Gators football coach Chuck Reedy expects the ceremony to galvanize his players as they look forward to spring practice and summer workouts. He said it was one of the most overwhelming things he's been a part of in his 11 years at the helm.
"Our kids are working very very hard," he said. "Something like this motivates the kids because they realize the support they've got. They realize what this football team means to this community. They'll come out tomorrow and have a great day in the weight room."
"That first home game next year - running through that helmet with the smoke and fog – is going to be a great scene," Goose Creek junior quarterback Dantez Bennamon said.
Goose Creek boys basketball coach Blake Hall also got a chance to speak. Led by Bennamon, his Gators are playing for a state championship on Friday against Irmo.
Senior Rashard Alston, a fullback during the fall, is one of the basketball players that was crushed by the sudden end to football season.
"They took it away from us in football but we get a fair shot in basketball," he said. "We want to bring it home for the community of Goose Creek."
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The participants started with a march to raise awareness around the role of volunteers worldwide. A community event (umuganda) followed, with the planting of trees on Ruhira Mountain in Nyagahinga Cell. Around 10,000 trees that were planted will not only serve to protect the soil against erosion, but also as land fertilizers and food for domestic animals. The equipment used in planting trees was later donated to the Municipality of Kibuye to help them in future endeavors in preserving the environment, one of the targets under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
"These equipment are of utmost importance for our town in our efforts to ensure environment sustainability," said Vianney Nkurunziza, vice-mayor in charge of economic affairs in the City of Kibuye. The equipment donated was worth 1,500,000 Rwandan francs.
Widows and children heads of household associations were given goats to help them improve their standards of living through animal husbandry. Ten goats were given to each group, one goat per family under the promise that the first offspring will be given to one of the other families that didn't receive a goat.
UN Volunteers visited and supported the Hospital of Kibuye with food items to be distributed to the resident patients who badly need assistance. According to reports, the hospital of Kibuye each week receives between 30 and 50 patients who cannot afford to pay for treatment. The food donated included sugar, rice, maize and wheat flour, cooking oil, soaps and beans worth 2,000,000 Rwandan francs.
The youth was one of the target audiences of the IVD activities. A visit to the Youth centre of Rubengera, a project supported by UNFPA and the Ministry of Youth Culture and Sport, was organized and the youth trained in reproductive health and HIV/AIDS.
"The International Volunteer Day is a good opportunity for people in all regions to consider the great work done by volunteers and their contribution to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals", said Jean de Dieu Kayiranga, representing the UN Resident Coordinator at this event. He invited the government, private sector, civil society, media and others to support this work.
The province and district authorities praised the work done by UN Volunteers. "We shall start from what you did, whether protecting the environment or helping others," said Rutamunuga Obalde, representative of the Kibuye Province, thanking UN Volunteers and local volunteer organizations for choosing Kibuye as the venue for the IVD commemoration.
As part of the commemoration, a new "League of Volunteer Associations in Rwanda", set up a week ago with technical and financial support from the UN Volunteers, was also launched. The league will lead local volunteer organizations in their efforts towards achieving the MDGs.


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Foie Gras Brulee
Skate With Chateau Chalon Sauce
Gulf Shrimp With Smoked Bacon
Red Snapper Crusted with Nuts and Seeds, Sweet and Sour Jus
Pork Loin? Veal? Some Sort of Meat with Bleu Cheese
Fried Sweetbread
Petits Fours
The meal as a whole was good, but to me, it's quite disappointing for a three Michelin Star restaurant. There truly wasn't a memorable dish, which probably was the main reason I passed on dessert in the first place. Now, some may argue this was only their lunch service and their "A" team wasn't present in the kitchen, but shouldn't the food quality remain the same? I thought about returning to Jean Georges for my upcoming NYC trip, as the lunch prix fixe is truly a great deal for a restaurant of this magnitude. Will I discourage people from trying Jean Georges? Of course not, but for me, at least this time, I feel there are other places worth checking out instead of Jean Georges.
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The company reaches 40 million registered Avast users with only 38 employees, for a ratio of one million users per employee, which the company will maintain over the coming years. ALWIL Software transforms into a joint stock company. New product launches: Avast Mac Edition and Avast Windows Home Server Edition.
The Avast user base doubles twice, first to 10 million and then to 20 million by year's end, in large part due to the availability of more language versions and a number of industry awards for quality. Avast sweeps the SC Awards categories with Best Antivirus, as well as Anti-Malware (European) and Readers' Choice (USA). New product launch: Avast Linux Home Edition.
As a great way for Avast to reach new users at a time when the internet does not have such high penetration, ALWIL begins cooperation with SanDisk. Thanks to this partnership, Avast needs language localization for all SanDisk markets. Thus, ALWIL hires the first people for in-house localization and support – this is the first step toward Avast becoming an international success in terms of supported languages. New product launches: Avast U3 Edition (for SanDisk) and Avast 4.6.
Only 30 months after its first user registration, the free version of Avast reaches one million users. Until this time, it remains uncertain as to whether giving for free what others sell will work, but reaching one million users confirms a successful increase in visibility for the company. ALWIL implements an international reseller channel for its paid-for security solutions. New product launches: Avast Linux version, Avast 4.5 Home/Professional edition, Avast Distributed Network Manager (ADNM), and Avast BART CD 2.0.
The growing free Avast user base generates a need to offer other paid-for solutions effectively online. Thus, ALWIL turns to Digital River's online sales distribution share-it! New product launches: Avast Bootable Antivirus & Recovery Tool (BART) CD and the (free) Avast 4 Home Edition (under Ondrej Vlček's R&D supervision).
Co-founder Eduard Kučera implements an innovative user-community growth strategy based on the principle that all computer users deserve protection from harmful threats, and that computer safety should not be a luxury some cannot afford. Thus, on June 1, ALWIL Software launches a free antivirus solution for home (non-commercial) use. Six months later (January, 2002), a new registration system sees the very first user registration of free Avast antivirus Home Edition.
ALWIL Software provides the Avast antivirus engine to McAfee, which licenses it for use in its own line of McAfee antivirus products – proving the effectiveness of Avast antivirus technologies with the "Powered by Avast engine" logo on the McAfee VirusScan boxes. Also, ALWIL hires its first tech-support specialist, Pavel Mourek.
Avast antivirus is one of the first three antivirus programs globally to win Virus Bulletin's VB100 awards in all testing categories. Virus Bulletin magazine is highly recognized as a leading independent authority on computer security, and even a single VB100 award is difficult to attain.
A young Ondrej Vlček (current Avast CTO) joins ALWIL while completing his university studies. He writes the first antivirus program for Windows 95.
Founders Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera, free from the socioeconomic constraints of the former regime, finally transform ALWIL Software from a 'cooperative' into a joint partnership 'company'.
The Velvet Revolution and new Czechoslovak independence from the Soviet Union bring economic freedom to business endeavors. In the preceding years, organizations were not allowed to have 'company' status and had to remain only a 'cooperative'.
Pavel Baudiš, then a researcher at Prague's Mathematical Machines Research Institute, encounters a sample of the Vienna Virus and, intrigued by it, writes a program able to remove it. He then shows it to colleague Eduard Kučera and, together, they start ALWIL Software cooperative, which releases the first Avast antivirus. Due to the oppressive regime, they are unable to form a 'company' at this time.
In the last 30 days,
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Our management team
Vincent Steckler has served as our Chief Executive Officer and one of our Directors since 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Steckler was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Consumer Sales at Symantec Corporation. Mr. Steckler joined Symantec in 2000 as Vice President of Public Sector Business and started Symantec's business of serving U.S. local, state, and federal governments. Mr. Steckler also served over two years as Symantec's Vice President for Asia/Pacific and Japan and was responsible for all enterprise and consumer business in that region. Prior to joining Symantec, Mr. Steckler had 20 years of experience in software development, systems analysis and engineering, project management, and business development. Mr. Steckler holds two B.S.'s from the University of California, Irvine, one in Mathematics and the other in Information and Computer Science.
Ondřej Vlček has served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 2014. Before that, he was from 2007 our Chief Technolog Officer. Mr. Vlček joined us as a software developer in 1995, and was made a chief developer in 2003, when he was part of the team that developed our first antivirus program for Windows. Mr. Vlček holds an M.S. in Mathematics from Czech Technical University in Prague and commenced post-graduate studies in non-linear optimization at Charles University in Prague's Faculty of Mathematics and Physics.
Rene-H. Bienz has served as our Chief Financial Officer since October 2014. Previously, Mr. Bienz was the CFO at Fastweb in Milan, a subsidiary of Swisscom and Italy's main alternative telecommunications provider. From 2005 to 2011, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Bakcell, the 2nd largest mobile operator in Azerbaijan. Mr. Bienz has had a long career in Finance and has held senior positons in Italy, Azerbaijan, Switzerland and at Czech Telecom (nowadays O2) in the Czech Republic. Mr. Bienz holds a Master in Business Administration (major in Banking and Finance) from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and a title from Harvard Business School.
Robin Selden joined Avast Software in October 2015 and is responsible for global brand development, demand generation and customer loyalty for Avast,
a leading global security Company for both the consumer and business markets. Prior to Avast, Robin was the CMO at NETGEAR where she was part of the executive team that took the company to the #1
market share position worldwide for home WiFi and Smart Home Video Monitoring. Ms. Selden was responsible for advertising, content marketing, marketing information systems and social media strategies
around the world. She also had responsibilities for customer experience and ecommerce revenue growth on Amazon and other e-tail sites in multiple countries.
Before joining NETGEAR she was the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Dolby responsible for the product marketing, Hollywood studio relationships, cinema marketing and corporate communications.
While at Dolby, Robin developed their first Advertising and Social Media campaigns bringing the Dolby brand to life to a new younger audience. Robin's last position at Logitech was VP & General Manager of the
Streaming Media Business Unit where she grew the business 3X in two years. Prior positions at Logitech include Worldwide Marketing VP developing consumer marketing strategy, television advertising and brand
management for Logitech. Robin has over 20 years of experience in General Management and Marketing in technology, consumer products, business products and Mobile industries
Robin has served on the Board of Advisors for Santa Clara University Graduate School of Business, is a recipient of the Silicon Valley TWIN award honoring Women Executives, and was recognized by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as one of the "Top Women in Business for 2003". She holds a Masters in Business Administration from Santa Clara University and graduated with honors with a Bachelors of Science from California Polytechnic State University.
Glenn Taylor has served as our Chief Strategy Officer since January 2014. Before that, he was from 2011 our Vice President of Sales. Prior to joining us, from 2006 to 2010, Mr. Taylor served as Senior Director of eCommerce Sales at Symantec Corporation, where he led the e-commerce retention and partner sales teams. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Taylor served as Senior Director of Public Sector Sales at Symantec, where he led the state and local government and education sales team. Prior to Symantec, Mr. Taylor was a Director of IT Acquisition & Combat Support in the United States Air Force, where he led major IT initiatives, including setting up the first Air Force portal for business systems, and negotiating all enterprise-wide agreements for commercial technologies. Mr. Taylor holds a B.S. in Operations Research from the United States Air Force Academy and an M.S.S.M. from the University of Southern California. .
Alan Rassaby has served as our General Counsel and Company Secretary since February 2013. He has been our Head of Human Resources since April 2016. From 2000 to 2012, he was the General Counsel of RightNow Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ RNOW) where he also spent several years as Company Secretary and SVP of Global Human Resources. Before that, Mr. Rassaby was SVP and General Counsel both of Powerhouse Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ PWRH) and Anchor Gaming, Inc. (NASDAQ SLOT) after Anchor's acquisition of Powerhouse. Prior to becoming in house counsel to software companies, Mr. Rassaby practiced law in Australia, where he was a partner in Phillips Fox, Lawyers. Mr. Rassaby received his initial law degree from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics and Political Science of London University in England. He is a member of the State bars of NSW and Victoria (Australia) and Oregon (United States).
Gagan Singh has served as our President of Mobile since Oct 2015. Previously, Mr. Singh was VP of Mobile Strategy, Engineering & Solutions at Moovweb, a Software-as-a-Service company focused on cloud-based mobile experience optimization in San Francisco. From 2012 to 2014 he was Executive Vice President and CTO at VIZ Media, a global multi-media company. Prior to that he was founder and CEO of West Side Labs Inc. with offices in New York City and Tokyo. Mr. Singh has more than 15 years of experience leading product, engineering, and marketing teams in both enterprise and consumer software companies.
Mr. Singh holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
Board of Directors
Eduard Kučera, one of our co-founders, served as our Chairman of the Board from the incorporation of AVAST Software a.s. in December 2006 until January 2014. Since 1991, Mr. Kučera was responsible for the activities of our predecessor entity, ALWIL Software partnership. From 1991 to 2009, Mr. Kučera also served as our Chief Executive Officer, directing day-to-day operations that included the transition to a free software distribution model in 2002. Prior to co-founding Avast, Mr. Kučera was a computer hardware specialist at the Czech Computer Research Institute (VUMS). In 2009, Mr. Kučera was named Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year 2009" for the Czech Republic. Mr. Kučera holds a Doctorate of Natural Sciences degree in experimental physics from Charles University in Prague.
Pavel Baudiš is one of our co-founders and served as one of our Directors from the incorporation of AVAST Software a.s. in December 2006 until January 2014. In 1988, Mr. Baudiš wrote the original software program from which our current portfolio of security solutions has developed. Since 1991, Mr. Baudiš has played a leading role in the development of our business with our predecessor entity, ALWIL Software partnership. Prior to co-founding Avast, Mr. Baudiš was a graphics specialist at the Czech Computer Research Institute (VUMS). Mr. Baudiš holds an M.S.c. in Information Technology from the Prague School of Chemical Engineering.
Vincent Steckler has served as our Chief Executive Officer and one of our Directors since 2009. Prior to joining us, Mr. Steckler was the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Consumer Sales at Symantec Corporation. Mr. Steckler joined Symantec in 2000 as Vice President of Public Sector Business and started Symantec's business of serving U.S. local, state, and federal governments. Mr. Steckler also served over two years as Symantec's Vice President for Asia/Pacific and Japan and was responsible for all enterprise and consumer business in that region. Prior to joining Symantec, Mr. Steckler had 20 years of experience in software development, systems analysis and engineering, project management, and business development. Mr. Steckler holds two B.S.'s from the University of California, Irvine, one in Mathematics and the other in Information and Computer Science.
Scott Collins has served as one of our Directors since August 2010. Mr. Collins is a Managing Director of Summit Partners, L.P., a global growth equity firm. Mr. Collins joined Summit in 1996 and founded the firm's London office, which he currently manages. Prior to joining Summit, Mr. Collins worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company and served on a variety of positions with the U.S. federal government. Mr. Collins currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Actix Limited, a mobile network analytics and optimization company, Acturis Limited, an information technology and services company, Bigpoint GmbH, an online gaming company, Multifonds (IGEFI Group Sàrl), a fund accounting and transfer agency software company, Ogone SA/NV, an online payment service provider, vente-privee.com SAS, a members-only online provider of high-end consumer products, and Welltec International, provider of precision robotic solutions for oil and gas wells. Mr. Collins holds an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
John G. Schwarz has been on our Board since December 2011.In January of 2014, he became Chairman of the Board for AVAST Software s.r.o. Since May 2010, Dr. Schwarz has served as co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Visier LLC, a business analytics software firm. Dr. Schwarz previously served on the executive board of SAP AG from March 2008 to February 2010. From September 2005 through its acquisition by SAP in January 2008, Dr. Schwarz was the Chief Executive Officer of Business Objects S.A., a provider of business intelligence software and services. Before joining Business Objects, Dr. Schwarz served as President and COO of Symantec Corporation from December 2001 to September 2005. Prior to joining Symantec, from January 2000 to November 2001, Dr. Schwarz served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Reciprocal Inc., which provided business-to-business secure e-commerce services for digital content distribution over the internet. Before joining Reciprocal, Dr. Schwarz spent 25 years at IBM Corporation where most recently he was General Manager of IBM's Industry Solutions unit, a worldwide organization focused on building business applications and related services for IBM's large industry customers. Dr. Schwarz serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Information Technology Association of America's Software Board. A native of Prague, Dr. Schwarz has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba, a Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Toronto, and an honorary PhD from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Ondřej Vlček has served as our Chief Operating Officer since January 2014. Before that, he was from 2007 our Chief Technolog Officer. Mr. Vlček joined us as a software developer in 1995, and was made a chief developer in 2003, when he was part of the team that developed our first antivirus program for Windows. Mr. Vlček holds an M.S. in Mathematics from Czech Technical University in Prague and commenced post-graduate studies in non-linear optimization at Charles University in Prague's Faculty of Mathematics and Physics.
Erwin Gunst has served on our Board since October 2012. From July 2008 to March 2010, Mr. Gunst served as Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG where he was responsible for global operations, information technology, human resources, and the management of all SAP Labs worldwide. From October 2004 to July 2008, Mr. Gunst served as a Corporate Officer of SAP AG and President of Customer and Solutions Operations for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. From 1988 to 2004, Mr. Gunst served in a variety of positions with SAP, including Managing Director of SAP AG subsidiaries in Belgium, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and, previously, positions in Finance and Controlling at SAP International AG in Switzerland. Mr. Gunst holds a M.S. in Commercial Engineering from the Free University (Solvay) in Brussels, Belgium.
Ulf Claesson has served as one of our directors since October 2012. Since 2009, Mr. Claesson has served as a Partner at BLR & Partners AG, a private equity firm located in Zurich, Switzerland. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Claesson built up and ran one of HP's product divisions as a General Manager and Vice President after having one of his companies acquired by Hewlett-Packard Corporation. From 2002 to 2006, he was Co-Founder and Chairman of Silverwire Group (now a Hewlett-Packard Company). Prior to co-founding Silverwire Group, in 1997 he founded Whitecap GmbH and Whitecap LLP, where he also serves as Managing Director to this day. From 1977 to 1997, Mr. Claesson served in various European and global management and executive positions at IBM Corporation, where he, among other new business segments, built up IBM's global Distribution business and its OEM business in Continental Europe. He also serves as a member of the board of the Swiss Federal Commission for Innovation and Technology and is a lecturer, teaching Entrepreneurship at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Mr. Claesson holds a M.Sc. from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Managing Director, joined CVC in 2010. Sid is a member of the CVC Telecommunications, Media, and Technology team and is based in London. Prior to joining CVC, he was with Apax Partners, where he spent nine years in the Technology and Telecommunications team leading or co-leading transactions across the sector. Prior to Apax, he worked at Monitor Company. Sid holds First Class MA and BA Degrees from the University of Oxford.
Partner, joined CVC in 2008. Lorne is the Head of the CVC Telecommunications, Media, and Technology team and is based in London. Prior to joining CVC, he worked for UBS, where he was Joint Global Head of Telecommunications and Head of the European Communications Group, and Swisscom AG as Head of Swisscom International. Lorne holds an MA in Computer Sciences from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from IMD, Lausanne.
Warren Finegold joined the Board of Avast in February 2015. He has been a member of the Vodafone Group Executive Committee since 2006 and is currently Group Strategy and Business Development Director. Previously he was a Managing Director of UBS Investment Bank where he held a number of senior positions, most recently as Head of the Technology Team in Europe. Before that he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs International in New York and London, advising companies on Mergers and Acquisitions and raising capital. He began his career as an Executive in the Corporate Finance Department of Hill Samuel and Co. Ltd. Warren holds an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and a Masters degree in Business Administration from London Business School.
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MORGANTOWN -West Virginia's 69-34 victory over Marshall had to be most pleasing to Mountaineer fans.
I thought it was one of the most explosive - and impressive - seasons openers that I can recall.
With quarterback Geno Smith calling the plays, this might well be the most productive offense WVU has ever had. Time, perhaps, will tell as the team gets into the meat of the Big 12 competition.
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The 2012 schedule certainly shapes up as the toughest in West Virginia's football history.
The Mountaineers have so many weapons. They spread the ball around against the outclassed Thundering Herd, with several players making contributions - big contributions.
Of course, Smith was the main one. He completed 32 of 36 passes for 323 yards and four touchdowns. Keep in mind, too, that those fancy figures were posted in just three quarters - not four.
What's more, the 6-foot-3, 225-pound senior signal-caller from Miami proved he can run with the ball. Geno gained 65 yards and scored a touchdown on eight keeper plays.
That was even more pleasing to me. So was Tavon Austin's starting strong in all-purpose yardage again with a total of 173 yards in his four specialties.
Shawne Alston led WVU's rushing attack with a career-high 123 yards on 16 carries, and he scored two touchdowns. Last year, early injuries limited him in the first five games.
Stedman Bailey topped the deep receiving corps with nine receptions, 104 yards, and two scores. Austin had 10 catches for 55 yards and one touchdown.
Dana Holgorsen, WVU's second-year head coach, paid tall tribute to Geno. He said:
"It's good to have a number of different players. That's what makes this offense pretty good. It's about everyone - not just one guy.
"But Geno is so seasoned and so experienced that he completed 90 percent of his passes and didn't turn the ball over at all. He got us into a bunch of good plays.
"Pretty much every play we called, in one direction or the other, he could get us into the best play.
"He manages a game as well as anybody I've ever been around."
For Smith's last two games, including that 70-33 crushing of ACC champion Clemson, he has completed 69 of 79 passes for 730 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Amazingly, he didn't throw an interception.
Could that be a modern-day WVU record for two back-to-back games?
Meantime, the Mountaineers have started preparing for their Sept. 15 game against James Madison. That contest will be played at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. It will be known as "Sam Huff Day."


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Alliance Balsa Bees, Warbirds Fly-in, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., northeast end of Barber Airport, three miles north of Alliance off Route 225.
Community Family Fun Day, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Connecting Point Chapel,12275 Beloit-Snodes Road; free event features bouncy houses, dunk tank, face painting, food, beverages, balloon animals, boomerang man.
"Arsenic and Old Lace," 8 p.m., Crown Theater in Main Street Theater. Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/238910; $13 for adults, $10 for 10 and under.
Log House Museum, open 2-4 p.m. featuring doll appraisals with Mitzie Hauenstein; 330-482-2983.
Family Fun Night, 6 p.m., Zion Hill Church of the Brethren, 14550 New Buffalo Road.
All-you-can-eat breakfast, 7-11 a.m., Damascus United Methodist Church.
Kingdom's Kupboard Food Pantry, 49345 Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road, open 9-11 a.m.
Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center, open 2-6 p.m.
Toys For Tots Charity Ride, Big Dog's Bar and Grille. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.; first bike out at 10 a.m. with last bike in at 5 p.m.
Toys for Tots Car Cruise, noon-6 p.m., downtown East Palestine. Registration, free with a monetary or toy donation. Pre-register at www.EastPalestineChamber.com
Greenford School Alumni Banquet at Angels for Animals, 4750 W. South Range Road, Canfield. Social hour, 5 p.m.; buffet dinner 6 p.m.; 330-702-1161.
Alfred Hitchcock movie, 1:30 p.m., Leetonia Community Public Library.
ROCC Fest's fund raiser for Columbiana County Humane Society, at Guilford Lake Grille, 7094 Eastlake Road. Music provided by Zach Paxson, 8-9 p.m.; Rock & Blues, 9-10 p.m.; The Knowledge Dropout, 10-11 p.m.; The Breezeway, 11 p.m.-midnight. Admission $10. Bring chair, doors open 7 p.m.; 330-332-2600.
Farmer's Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., downtown at McCulloch Park between Troll's Jewelry and MacMillan's on State Street.
Salem Public Library's used book sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., St. Paul School gymnasium, 925 E. State St.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 892, kitchen open 5-7:30 p.m., serving fish sandwiches, fish and fries, burgers, etc.
Cowboy action shoot, safety meeting, 9 a.m. Spectators encouraged to attend with eye and ear protection, lunch available, $5, Salem Hunting Club.
Angels for Animals, rabies and microchip clinic at Busy Beaver, 2340 E. State St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Family Fun Fest, 1-3 p.m., Little Friends Preschool at First Friends Church, 1028 Jennings Ave.; 330-332-4905.
Ghost Walks, each hour beginning at 4 p.m. Ghost Trolley Tours 7:30 and 10 p.m. Reservations 330-205-3923.
Friends Disaster Service Chicken BBQ, indoors at First Friends Church on Jennings Avenue, 4-8 p.m.; chicken dinner $10; children's hot dog meal $4. Advance tickets at the church office and door, 330-332-0001.
Yellow Creek Long Rifles, Primitive Skills Youth Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 11153 Opal Road; 330-853-4979.
Picnic in the park, 2 p.m., hot dogs, dunk tank proceeds for the park.
Columbiana-Mahoning County Beekeepers, meeting, 2 p.m., home of Don Kovac's parents, 322 S. Turner Road.; potluck lunch 1 p.m.
"Arsenic and Old Lace," 2 p.m., Crown Theater in Main Street Theater. Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/238910; $13 for adults, $10 for 10 and under.
Log House Museum, open 2-4 p.m.
Firestone Park Summer Concert Series welcomes "Little Rock," at the gazebo, 2-4 p.m.; canceled in case of inclement weather.
Pioneer Village's Friends of Beaver Creek State Park, pancake breakfast, 8 a.m.-noon, barn, 12021 Echo Dell Road.
Car Show and Family Fun Day, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Ohio Valley Home Health Services, 15679 state Route 170; free admission. Registration for car cruise, 9:30 a.m.-noon, $5.
Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center, open 2-6 p.m.
David Anderson High School Class of 1960, lunch, 1 p.m., Chef's Table.
Bluegrass music by Get Out and Push, 4-6 p.m., Scenic Vista Park on Wayne Bridge Road.
Country music jam, 6-9 p.m., Rogers Community Auction dining room.
Salem Historical Society Museum open 1-4 p.m., 208 S. Broadway Ave.; air-conditioned, admission fee.
Arby's benefit cruise for Bill Greenamyer, 2320 E. State St., 3 to 8:30 p.m. Band from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Summer Concert Series, Orashan Memorial Civic Center Band Shell at Waterworth Memorial Park, 6-8 p.m.; John Reese and Backbeat.
South Range Local Board of Education, 7:30 p.m., K-12 campus Band Room.
TOPS 720, Presbyterian Church, weigh-ins-9-9:35 a.m.; 330-482-5946.
Freshman Focus orientation program for Crestview freshmen students and their parents, either 10 a.m. or 6 p.m., CR Performing Arts Center. To sign-up for a time call 330-482-4744.
Lupus support group meeting, 7 p.m., Damascus Friends Church; 330-509-9015.
Columbiana County Port Authority board meeting, 9 a.m., port authority office, 1250 St. George St.
Clothes Closet, open from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., First Church of the Nazarene; enter through the Minerva Street door.
East Palestine High School 2012 yearbooks available for pick-up, 9 a.m.-noon. guidance office.
Nonfiction book discussion, Scott Farris' "Almost President," 6 p.m., Leetonia Community Public Library.
Columbiana County Board of Elections, regular session, 10 a.m., board office, 7989 Dickey Drive, Suite 3.
Al-Anon meeting, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Fleming House, 7300 Rose Drive.
Alateen meeting, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Fleming House, 7300 Rose Drive.
Assumption Village is recruiting full and part-time STNAs and dietary and housekeeping staff, 8:30-11:30 a.m., at Mahoning County One-Stop, 141 Boardman-Canfield Road (Route 224); bring up-to-date resume, be prepared to complete online application and face-to-face interview.
Food distribution, 9-11:30 a.m., Salem Community Pantry, 794 E. Third St.
R-Weigh's Hit and Runs losing baseball team will provide a picnic at Faith Chapel for the afternoon group, following weigh-ins from 1-1:30 p.m.; bring table service and beverage.
Salem Public Library, regular board meeting, 4:30 p.m., board room.
Emotions Anonymous, 2-3 p.m., Salvation Army; 330-332-1045.
Banquet in Salem, 5-7 p.m., Memorial Building; meat loaf, scalloped potatoes, green beans, applesauce, fresh vegetables, fruit and ice cream sundaes.
Cutting Edge Styling Salon, Relay for Life Team's bus trip to Rivers Casino, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; seats available at 330-337-9688.
Police practical combat, 6 p.m., Salem Hunting Club.
City Board of Education, work study session, 6:15 p.m., high school library. City Board of Education, monthly meeting, 7 p.m., high school library, will include executive session for personnel with no action to be taken.
TOPS 1380, 6:15 p.m., Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 251 S. Broadway Ave.
Bingo, 6:45 p.m., Salem Little Quakers Hall, 1688 S. Lincoln Ave.; 330-332-2152.
Salem Area Visiting Nurse to provide blood pressure, oxygen saturation and pulse free checks, 1-3 p.m., Canfield Public Library.
Crestview High School computer distribution/orientation for 10-12th grade students and their parents, 10 a.m. or 6 p.m., Crestview Performing Arts Center.
"Handy Home Repairs: Fix-ups You Can Do Yourself at Home" workshop and picnic luncheon, 6 p.m., Pavilion #1 in Thompson Park; reservations, 330-385-9050 or 330-385-8896.
Village of East Palestine Legislative Committee meeting, 7 p.m., East Palestine Police Department.
Elkrun Township trustees, 7 p.m., township administration/garage building.
United Local Class of 1961, lunch, 1 p.m., Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
New Leetonia Middle School students and students entering the fifth grade, orientation, 10 a.m., Leetonia Schools auditoria. New Leetonia High School students and students entering the ninth grade, orientation, 11:30 a.m., auditoria.
Special storytime with Lindsay, 1 p.m., Leetonia Community Public Library.
Veterans Outpost and Home front (family) support meeting, 7 p.m., Point Man's LZ Refuge, 116 1/2 Oak St.; 800-877-8387.
Overeaters Anonymous, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Fleming House behind McDonald's; 330-337-0940.
Lisbon Area Amateur Radio Association, monthly meeting, 6:30 p.m., Columbiana County EMA, 215 S. Market St.
Columbiana County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board, Operations Committee, 5:45 p.m.
Deming Retirees, breakfast, 8 a.m., Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
Salem High School Class of 1943, breakfast, 8:30 a.m., Adele's Place; out-of-state classmate expected to attend.
Goshen High School Class of 1941, breakfast, 9 a.m., Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
Bank One retirees and former employees, lunch, noon, Pondi's Restaurant in Lisbon.
Free lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Salvation Army, 1249 N. Ellsworth Ave.
Rotary Club, lunch, 11:45 a.m., Salem Community Center.
National Senior Citizens Day, Realife Church, 12824 Salem-Warren Road, free luncheon for all senior citizens, noon. Reservations, 330-332-0011.
Food distribution, 5-7:30 p.m., Salem Community Pantry, 794 E. Third St.
Salem Lions Club, 6 p.m., Memorial Building (second floor).
Service rifle shoot, 6 p.m., Salem Hunting Club.
Deadline for school supply drive at Leetonia Community Public Library.
Leetonia High School Class of 1950, breakfast, 9:30 a.m., Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
Beaver Township's Music in the Park Concert Series, Woodworth Park, 7-8:30 p.m.; Loren Coler.
Salem High School Class of 1950, breakfast, 9 a.m., Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
Wednesday Nite Ladies Bowling League, meeting, 6:30 p.m., Hunt Club; new bowlers welcome.
Salem Senior Citizens, meeting, noon, Memorial Building; bring canned food items for bingo prizes.
TOPS 777, weigh-ins 5:30-6:15 p.m., meeting 6:20 p.m., Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 251 S. Broadway Ave.; 330-332-1280.
Area Singles Group, 6 p.m., Ponderosa Restaurant in Calcutta.
Rifle .22 bench-rest shoot, 6 p.m., Salem Hunting Club.
Salem Jubilee Chorus practice. Male singers wanted, 7-8:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 244 S. Broadway Ave.; 330-337-6682.
Adult Children of Alcoholics (Al-Anon), 7:30 p.m., Episcopal Church; 330-831-4983 or 330-332-8233 after 6 p.m.
Al-Anon meetings, Pine Lake Christian Church, 636 Pine Lake Road. Beginner's meeting, 6:30 p.m.; regular meeting, 7 p.m.
"Sit Down with Seniors" visit with Congressman Bill Johnson, 10:15-11:30 a.m., Whispering Pines Village, 937 E. Park Ave.
East Palestine Middle School's Meet and Greet, 5-7 p.m., high school auditorium.
TOPS Chapter 1329, 9 a.m., Damascus United Methodist Church; 330-525-7785.
Leetonia High School Class of 1962, tour of Leetonia School, 3 p.m.; meet at the front entrance.
Hunger Games movie, fun and trivia game, 5 p.m., ages 13 and up, Leetonia Community Public Library.
Friends of the Library, 6 p.m., Leetonia Community Public Library.
Help Hotline Crisis Center's support group meeting of the Survivors of Suicide, 6 p.m., Columbiana County Counseling Center on Route 154; 330-424-7767.
Alzheimer's Association's caregiver support group meeting, 7 p.m., Common Ground Church Community, 2310 W. South Range Road; 330-650-0552 or 800-272-3900.
Kaiser/National retirees and past employees, breakfast, 8:30 a.m., Adele's Place.
TOPS 1598, 9:50 a.m., First United Methodist Church. Weigh-ins, 8:45-9:30 a.m.; 330-332-1127. Handicap accessible.
Free lunch, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Salvation Army, 1249 N. Ellsworth Ave.
Overeaters Anonymous, 6 p.m., Faith Chapel, 511 E. Pershing St.; 330-853-9311.
Pistol League, 6 p.m., Salem Hunting Club.
Bluegrass/gospel concert with Dan Garrett and Limited Edition, 6:30-8 p.m., on the lawn at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road; free admission.
Rummage sale, bake sale, lunch bar, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Damascus United Methodist Church, 300 Valley Road.
Leetonia High School Class of 1962, breakfast, 9 a.m., Das Dutch Haus in Columbiana.
Food distribution, 9-11:30 a.m., Salem Community Pantry, 794 E. Third St.
Salem High School Class of 1963, lunch, noon, Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
Ladies .22 rifle league, 6 p.m. Mixed Doubles, 6:45 p.m., Salem Hunting Club.
Bingo, 6:45 p.m., Salem Little Quakers Hall, 1688 S. Lincoln Ave.
Addiction recovery, open meeting, 7 p.m., Faith Chapel, 511 E. Pershing St.; 330-332-8573.
Log House Museum, open 2-4 p.m.
Rummage sale, bake sale, lunch bar, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Damascus United Methodist Church, 300 Valley Road.
Family movie, 1:30 p.m., Leetonia Community Public Library.
Centaur Club's Warbird Fun Fly, County Home Road. Pilot's meeting, 9 a.m.; 330-222-2629 or email@example.com.
Concealed carry class, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Pre-registration required, 330-332-9847, Salem Hunting Club.
Farmer's Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., downtown at McCulloch Park between Troll's Jewelry and MacMillan's on State Street.
Poker run benefit for Brayden Delp, 4-8 p.m., AMVETS Post 45. Sign-ups 10 a.m.-noon; $10 per single, $20 per couple, $7 for non-riders. Raffles, Chinese auction, food and dancing to DJ Mikey Mike from 9 p.m.- midnight.
Sesquicentennial of the Civil War celebration, 1-4:30 p.m., Wellsville River Museum.


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The 5 Most Ludicrously Expensive Items in Online Gaming
Video games are pretending that their coins are real, and it's working. People are paying real money for pretend items. That's like catching STDs just from watching Jersey Shore. Paying for video game items is like paying child support for a wet dream.
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"Can't afford tissues now that I have to dream of a college fund."
Virtual goods can be worth money. A new level pack a year after release extends your game. And if someone spends a week designing a 3D My Little Pony cock for your Second Life avatar, I am fully in favor of any transaction that keeps you both safely indoors. But modern game developers have become Bizarro kidnappers, hacking off parts of your favorite things and sending them if you do give them money. The second type of downloadable content (DLC) scam is even worse, selling "better" weapons that do more damage. You should only get money for changing a few numbers in a computer if you're a hacker in the '80s. Behold, purchases of stupider imaginary things than Tila Tequila's virginity.
#5. The Unseen Sword -- Age of Wulin
Age of Wulin is a massively multiplayer game set in the world of wuxia novels. That's the best idea ever. Wuxia fiction is martial arts soap operas where the only thing more shocking than discovering that your mortal enemy was your true love's father was the Heavenly Lightning Fist you mastered to defeat him. Wuxia makes fantasy settings look like a load of underevolved, unimaginative idiots running around banging bits of scrap metal against each other. Which, thanks to Orcs and Conan, is 90 percent of the case.
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Orcs, saving monster designers the bother since the vaguely Middle Ages.
It's such a good idea that Age of Wulin made over $20,000 at a virtual auction before it even existed, at which point the term "good idea" is destroyed more tragically and expensively than spontaneous combustion in a bank vault. Because 16,000 of those dollars were spent on the Dragon Slaying Sabre and Scabbard.
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Note the reporter wearing extra layers to insulate herself from the crazy.
The blade was expensive because it would be the only one in the game. The game that no one had played yet. Spending $16,000 on an item in an unreleased game is like buying your unborn child a human-leather masturbation glove: crazy, premature, and making all kinds of terrible assumptions for a self-involved waste of money. And that would still be a better purchase, because the glove won't disappear when (not if) the developers switch off the servers.
Legendary blades are a huge part of wuxia novels, usually as swords so sharp, they stabbed the deus ex machina to take its place, but buying one is how you become the bad guy. If this were a real wuxia story, everyone else's first and only quest would be "defeat the fool who gilds the grip of a warrior's blade." For that much money, the sword had better be Excalibur, complete with a lake and genuine mermaid to hold it. And even if it taught real sword fighting, it wouldn't be worth it because we have guns now.
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"I called 'no shootsies,' so put those guns down and take your stabbin's!"
#4. A Wagon of Smurfberries -- Smurf's Village
Capcom has used the Smurfs for Smurf's Village, and it was a less brutal screwing than when Hustler used them for porn.
Which was still more faithful to the source material than Transformers.
Capcom is known for milking every possible dollar out of any possible franchise, but this time they didn't even bother to create one. Smurf's Village is FarmVille with two-thirds of the RGB cable unplugged. It's a clicking-on-things game for people who incorrectly think they have too much self-respect to play with an old Simon game.
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And this didn't make you wait 15 minutes to push the next button.
If you don't want to sit around waiting until the next time you're allowed to click on something, you can spend money on Smurfberries, which means you're paying for the exact same benefit you would get by stopping playing. The berries are available in bundles, up to a wagon for $100.
It would be less despicable if they were selling crack, because at least that's a product that takes labor to prepare.
This has to be a psychological experiment to see how disconnected people are from the reality of money. If I found out this was a phishing operation to fund a military takeover of my house, I'd still be relieved that it was actually doing something. Of course children have bought them. Loads of them! Because the Apple purchase password stays valid for 15 minutes, kids have racked up bills of $1,400. But that's like a machine gun accidentally shooting someone 14 times. It's not a mistake; that is exactly what that device was designed for, and it should never have existed in the first place.
Capcom obviously pulls the "We recommend parental guidance" excuse, but if the parents had time to actually deal with the kid right now, they wouldn't have given them an OCD simulator to shut them up. This is the app equivalent of a windowless van with the locks on the outside. It could not be more brutally harvesting children through games without starring Ender Wiggin. The last company to extract money from children so viciously was a Victorian coal mine.
#3. Zeus Combat Drone -- Dark Orbit
Dark Orbit is a free-to-play multiplayer 2D space combat game where you click on things to shoot at them. That's all. If you've ever rearranged the applications on your desktop before launching them, you've already played it. The keyword is "free-to-play," meaning that you'll be utterly dominated by richer people. Which is weird, because these games aren't meant to be realistic.
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"I now require that you prance for me."
It's set in a world where entropy acts on your account instead of your energy. Everything costs one of several game currencies that can be bought for real money. One of the very first options you have in the tutorial is paying for a better beginner mission. It's a multiplayer space shooter where you have to pay to repair your ship when you're shot, unless you stick with the beginner ship, which respawns for free but blows up every time it even suspects an enemy laser beam. So playing for free is volunteering to be the waves of Space Invaders in the game someone else has paid for. If Super Mario Bros. were free-to-play, it would cost more to rescue the pretend princess than to marry a real one.
"Maybe she is, but I've only got 37 coins. You doin' anything inexpensive tonight, baby?
I think you mushroom chicks could really grow on me."
As with all free-to-play games, the top-level items can technically be earned by playing, in the same way Mount Everest can technically be whittled into an attractive paperweight. Everyone who's ever played free-to-play games has had sessions ruined by some douchebag cruising in with a platinum tank firing diamond shells, but in Dark Orbit, that's the entire point. Developer Bigpoint announced that they were going to flat out sell the most expensive and powerful unit in the game for the Uridium equivalent of $1,300, which is well-named, because if you buy it, you have indeed been ridden by the developers. In other games, there's an illegal market for currency, and players are banned. In Dark Orbit, the developers give them a receipt.
"With 10 drones, you have reached maximum level -- thank you for shopping Dark Orbit!"
Drones enhance weapons and shields. Ships can only be fitted with eight regular drones, an elite ninth, and this incredibly difficult to acquire 10th. Bigpoint was flat out selling a permanent 11 percent advantage over every other player in the game, and over 2,000 players took them up on it, using real money and existing in-game currency. Even worse, millions more players continued playing a game so obviously broken that the developers just publicly said "Give us more money and we'll let you win." People have done less humiliatingly obvious and un-fun things for money while married to Hugh Hefner.


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Courtesy of Mark Esper/Silverton Standard & the Miner
Building a treatment plant to remove heavy metals from abandoned mines along Cement Creek may cost $6.5 million, and operating it could cost another $910,000 a year, according to a Sunnyside Gold Corp. consultant.
Sunnyside Gold Corp. last October offered to contribute up to $6.5 million to address water-quality issues in Cement Creek and the Animas River, including up to $5 million to operate �a cost-effective� treatment plant to process tainted water spewing from the mine portals above Silverton.
But that $5 million for operations would keep the plant running only for about five years, according to the report by MWH Global, of Boise, Idaho.
However, Larry Perino, reclamation manager for Sunnyside Gold Corp., said the report �does not suggest that other less-expensive methodologies may not be feasible.�
Perino said the purpose of the MWH Global report was not to suggest the ultimate determination of what may be the best alternative. �Rather, it is the goal of the report to set forth feasible alternatives against which other methodologies or alternatives may be measured.�
Sunnyside Gold Corp. operated the Sunnyside Mine, accessed by the American Tunnel portal at Gladstone. The mine closed in 1991 and the portal has long since been bulkheaded, but is nonetheless leaking tainted water into Cement Creek.
The MWH Global report looked at five alternatives, with construction costs estimated at between $4.5 million and $6.5 million, and operating costs pegged at between $876,000 and $1.4 million.
MWH Global said that two of the alternatives stood out as �superior to the others� on a �nonfinancial screening criteria.� But it said one of those two alternatives has lower operating costs and thus �is financially superior.�
The project is seen as a possible solution to heavy metals loading in Cement Creek from acidic mine drainage.
The problem is considered so serious that the Environmental Protection Agency found the site eligible for Superfund listing last year.
But lacking community support, the EPA backed off its proposed listing in April and agreed to proceed with a collaborative process with the Animas River Stakeholders Group.
The four mine portals that are the focus of attention are the Mogul, Red & Bonita, Gold King No. 7 and the American Tunnel.
�Those four discharge about 600 to 800 gallons of acid mine drainage,� said Peter Butler, coordinator for the Animas River Stakeholders Group. �That�s a lot. There are not many sites in Colorado with that kind of discharge.�
Butler said that about 57,000 pounds (28.5 tons) of zinc come out of the four main draining adits each year.
�That is about 50 percent of the zinc that is carried by Cement Creek in Silverton,� Butler said.
Approximately 241,000 pounds of zinc is carried down the Animas River at the monitoring station just below Silverton.
�So the four-adit loading is about 25 percent of the loading in the Animas below town,� Butler said.
A water-treatment plant near Gladstone was operated from 1978 to 2003.
The MWH Global report says the plant �was successful in providing the desired water-quality results in Cement Creek and the upper Animas River.�
From mid-1996 through 2003 when the Gladstone treatment plant was in operation, as much as 1,600 gallons per minute of Cement Creek flow was diverted for treatment at the facility. The treatment plant increased the pH to 9 or higher. Lime-precipitated metal solids were allowed to settle within four flow-through earthen settling ponds prior to discharge back to Cement Creek.
�The facility was relatively simple,� the MWH Global report states.
The alternative MWH Global found superior involved collection of the flow from the American Tunnel, Gold King and Red & Bonita drainages plus some flow from Cement Creek into a single influent source that would be treated in a mechanical water-treatment plant. For planning purposes, the system was sized for a flow of 1,000 gallons per minute to represent a maximum average high monthly flow from the drainage sites and some Cement Creek drainage treatment during lower flow periods.


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when you hit someone with your penis and leave a mushroom shaped mark
That girl got mushroom stamped!
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Verb: An act occurring after anal intercourse, where the man removes his "Mushroom"-headed warrior from his female participant's rectum or balloon knot, and proceeds to take his poo-stained man-pole, and slaps his partner in the face or forehead (whatever preferred), leaving a mark (or stamp) in the shape of the tip of the distributor's dong (mushroom-esque);
When I was finished penetrating her poop shoot, I used her rectal leftovers to give her a Mushrrom Stamp
by Tony Cooper August 31, 2004
slapping a penis on top of someones forehead or on a car window
we gotta get out of here i just mushroom stamped that cops car
that guy parked so close to me i mushroom stamped his window
that guy parked so close to me i mushroom stamped his window
by ass master January 18, 2003
To slap a female in the forehead with intent to leave a mark with your cock
The bitch was pissing me off, so i Mushroom Stamped her.
by Lady Tiger January 07, 2003
To leave an impression of ones penis on another persons skin(Face preferably). 2. To Dick slap.(really hard)
The hoe was back talkin so i mushroom stamped her across the forehead
by don weezy July 12, 2006
The Slapping of an erect penis aginst a womens face or ass.
After cumming on her titties, i mushroom stamped her ass!!!
by WhiteRebel09 December 23, 2007
To slap someone with your penis in the face leaving a mushroom shaped red mark on the victims face.
That girl was so drunk when I gave her a mushroomstamp it knocked her out cold!
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If enough offenders can be kept out of jail without impacting public safety, perhaps building a new county jail can be avoided.
Those are the hopes of county officials faced with soaring inmate numbers and a proposal to spend $40 million on a new prison.
But before making that decision, they are looking to programs that provide alternatives to keeping people in jail.
Lycoming County was an early adopter of diversionary courts, which ask offenders to meet rigorous reporting and counseling requirements in exchange for less jail time.
"Ninety percent of our cases are drug and alcohol or mental-health related," said county President Judge Nancy Butts. "The worst is when they're both."
Drug treatment court began in 1998 and has had 220 graduates out of the 438 who have entered the program. DUI court was established in 2004. The county's mental health court has averaged about 10 cases per year.
"We're mandating they address underlying issues that got them in trouble in the first place," said District Attorney Eric Linhardt of treatment courts.
"We're saving tons of jail days in DUI court," said public defender Nicole Spring. "Those in that court get up to six months on electronic monitoring of their mandatory year."
"People are not just drinking for the taste," Butts said. "They're medicating for some pain with treatment we can get to the root of the issue why this person recidivates. Otherwise we're dealing with symptoms and not the underlying disease."
Butts has mentioned on several occasions that the county jail is sometimes used to "dry out" someone with a substance problem, a practice that should be avoided with so many inmates.
"Absolutely with people who are using controlled substances sometimes 30 days off the streets is good to break the connection," she said.
Offenders on treatment courts, under county policies, still do some jail time, and they are not for everyone.
Spring recommends DUI court most frequently to third-time convicts, unless those set to serve 30- or 90-day mandatories on first or second offenses "really, really want to get clean and not just avoid jail," she said.
Electronic monitoring is an alternative to incarceration used for those on treatment court. Finding ways to get more nonviolent offenders on an ankle bracelet or on in-home detention could relieve some of the jail crowding.
"For something like a simple assault, the quality of life kind of crimes disorderly conduct, probation violations - we could roll through (a treatment court) to go through these issues," Butts said.
A track for veterans within the county's diversionary courts is under consideration.
"We're seeing more and more who have served and were either being exposed to IEDs or were involved in some kind of concussive injury which changes their personality," Butts said. "We owe this population an enormous debt of gratitude. When they come back and need our help, to turn a blind eye is unthinkable."
Besides making allowances for veterans, the county may expand its use of electronic monitoring, add more probation officers and create a day reporting center to try to stem the tide of inmates, but those are about the only options left, according to Butts.
"When you look around the Commonwealth, there's not much more that we don't have," Butts said.


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