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Tighter SSH Security with Two-Factor Authentication
ssh-add allows you to lock and/or confirm using private keys. Use the -x and -X options to lock and unlock a key. You will create a password to lock the key, and use the password to unlock it. Using the -c option directs ssh-add to prompt you every time ssh-agent is asked to use a key. The prompt is displayed on the machine running ssh-agent and effectively prevents unauthorized users from using your keys.
Static passwords are quickly becoming more trouble than they're worth. We need to break the static habit and start using two-factor authentication. OpenSSH is a powerful system that provides the tools necessary to make that step. By using public/private keys, agent forwarding and removable media, we can use OpenSSH as a key "safe". This, in turn, allows us to create a simple, inexpensive and effective host-based, two-factor authentication system.
This two-factor system requires a moderate amount of work to configure and use, but it is well worth the extra security. However, using the tfssh script makes the process easy to use. Using the script means you get all the benefits of two-factor authentication but almost none of the hassle.
Two vs. 2.X Factors
Some people count the locally stored SSH keys and their passphrases as two factors. This view is reasonable, but I feel more comfortable physically separating the key storage device from the computer. Keeping your keys on removable media reduces the opportunity for intruders to capture and crack them.
Now, it's important to realize that keeping your keys on devices like USB pendrives doesn't eliminate the ability of an intruder to spy them. Your keys are vulnerable while mounted, and you should take precautions to harden the workstation from which you connect to other computers. Use good passwords for local (console) logins, keep your workstation patched and so on.
So, you're better off using public key authentication than static passwords, as long as you adequately protect your workstation. How safe you want to be depends on your paranoia.
Storing Keys
You can store your keys on any type of removable media. I'm using a USB pendrive in these examples because it's easy to work with and carry around. Feel free to use writable CD-ROMs or DVDs or even floppies if you want.
Paul Sery has been a UNIX and Linux System Administrator for more than 20 years. He's written several Linux books, including Network Linux Toolkit and Knoppix for Dummies. He's also co-authored several Red Hat Linux for Dummies and Fedora Core for Dummies books with Jon "maddog" Hall. Paul lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Agree with Nicholas above. An ssh key + "passphrase" is indeed, not "two-factor" because, as he mentioned, the presence of a passphrase is never validated on the server.
Furthermore, an ssh key (something you have) which is stored onto a USB thumb drive (something you have) is still, technically speaking, single factor authentication. Much like requiring multiple "chained" passwords is still single-factor authentication.
A possible workaround is to use an SSH key which "forces" a command of "sudo /bin/login". By doing so, one would first authenticate with the SSH key (something you have), and then need to authenticate through the "regular" PAM stack (Something you know.) This has the added bonus that the "pam stack" authentication would enforce other rules such as password complexity, fail counts, and so forth.
This is single factor, not two factor authentication
RSA key authentication is a single factor authentication. The server only verifies your RSA key, which is the only authentication factor. The key's passphrase is only relevant for protecting your private key in your client machine. You can set empty passphrase, the server doesn't care.
The authentication would have been two factor, if the server verified both the key and a static password independent of the key.
mv not quite secure :)
Don't move cryptokeys using "mv". Use "cp", then "shred" or "wipe".
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The Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society Archive Project
Archive Report 2009: The MIAS archiving project has the aim of creating an online catalogue for the historic manuscripts of Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi and his school.
The Society now has a unique collection of digital and microfilm copies of manuscripts of works by Ibn 'Arabi, as well as copies of a number of manuscripts of works by his companions and early commentators.
The purpose of the archive is to ensure the safety of historic manuscripts of these works, and to help establish accurate texts for publication.
Since the Society's archive project got under way there have been important developments in the Turkish library system, with moves to centralise the manuscript collections and the establishment of a digitisation unit.
The genuinely historic manuscripts of works by Ibn 'Arabi known to exist number between 60 and 100 e.g. manuscripts in his own handwriting, or certified as having been read aloud in front of him, or signed by him, or having belonged to somebody known to have been close to him. To these may be added some manuscripts where the copyist has noted that the copy was made from an original. The vast majority of the known manuscripts are in Turkish state libraries, with a few in museums and university libraries. They were preserved for centuries in collections of books given into the care of mosques, such as the library of Sadr al-Din Qunawi, which, after his death in 1274, was preserved in the mosque next to his tomb.
In 1964 Osman Yahya published his monumental bibliography of Ibn 'Arabi's works, Histoire et Classification de l'Oeuvre d'Ibn 'Arabi. This was based on the examination of more than 2,900 manuscripts, in particular those in Turkey, Syria and Egypt. Although the Histoire was invaluable in measuring out the ground for a catalogue of the manuscript base and what can be deduced from that, it includes errors of detail, and scholars have made revisions to a number of entries. The only people to have undertaken a systematic examination of a large part of the manuscript base since Osman Yahya have been two people acting for the Society, Stephen Hirtenstein and Jane Clark.
The Society's involvement
From the early 1980s the Society began to apply to the Turkish authorities for microfilm copies of various historic manuscripts, but the process was very slow. Two events highlighted the need for greater urgency. One was the earthquake which struck western Turkey in 1999, which was a reminder of how fragile the storehouses could be. The other was the discovery in 2000 that manuscripts of unique value relating to Ibn 'Arabi, Sadr al-Din Qunawi, and Niffari (among others) had been stolen from a library in Konya. One of these manuscripts was put up for auction in London in 2001, and the Society played a part in halting the sale. It was clear that the Society should actively seek to have archive copies made of all the historic manuscripts. The broad objective was to identify and obtain copies of the three best manuscripts for each work, to preserve them, and to enable the preparation of a critical edition.
In winter 2002 Stephen Hirtenstein and Jane Clark went to Istanbul with the intention of doing a preliminary survey of the catalogue of the Suleymaniye Library. From this point matters progressed much faster than might have been imagined, and they returned to England with digital copies of many outstanding manuscripts. The Society appealed to its members for financial support for this project, and since then they have made several visits to the Turkish manuscript libraries, not only in Istanbul, but in Bursa, Ankara, Konya, Manisa, etc. It is hoped that this process will be expanded to include other major collections (e.g. Cairo and Berlin). To the copies acquired in Turkey have been added a number made from manuscripts in private collections elsewhere. A first draft of the catalogue was completed in 2006.
In 2006 the Society became one of the founding members of The Islamic Manuscript Association.

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No stranger to op-eds and not willing to let the media tell a one sided story, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has stepped up to defend BlackBerry and their more than 80 million customers globally. In direct response to the article by the New York Times titled BlackBerry As Black Sheep, Thorsten highlighted many of the points BlackBerry
users customers themselves addressed:
"BlackBerry as Black Sheep in Smartphones" lacks the balance your readers expect.
With more than 80 million customers globally, BlackBerry is growing and remains one of the world's most popular smartphones. I've just come from visiting carriers and partners in all parts of the world, and they have told me that there are millions of BlackBerry fans out there who not only find great value in their device, but also pride in being a BlackBerry owner.
While any report of dissatisfaction among our users is a cause for concern that I take very seriously, the comments supporting BlackBerry both online and in calls we've received from our customers in response to your article are encouraging to me.
BlackBerry remains the leader in providing security for corporate customers, which is why more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500 rely on BlackBerry. It's true that some companies put restrictions on accessing certain applications for security reasons, but applications like Yelp and OpenTable are, in fact, among the approximately 100,000 apps available in BlackBerry AppWorld.
We've received excellent feedback from carriers, developers and partners for our upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform and are on track to deliver it in the first quarter of 2013. We appreciate the customers who have remained loyal to the BlackBerry platform and look forward to winning back many who have left.
This isn't the first time Thorsten has had to deal with the media directly and it certainly won't be the last. Personally, I like seeing the CEO take on the misinformation and hit and run articles that come up.
It does make me wonder though how many people agree. Should Thorsten be addressing these articles directly? I'm sure you all have some strong thoughts on it. So please, sound off in the comments how you all feel about.
Source: NYT
BerryPotter Oct 17, 2012 at 5:40 pm
yes, address these idiot journalists directly. And do it quickly. And do it on as many channels as possibile.
+1000. Someone needs to confront this journalism propaganda... It is complete B. S. and I'm not talking Black Sheep (it is bull sheister)!
I read the article (link below) and it is pathetic garbage. They make it sound like all BB phones are useless. I do more with my BB than most people do with their iPhone and Android phones, faster and more accurately! The article is so far off the mark it is hogwash anti-BB lies...
They say one guy with a BB is ridiculed and publicly humiliated because he depends on all his iPhone and Android friends for navigation, sport scores, restaurant search, feels his browser is too slow, poor GPS, sh!tty camera, and so on, and then they quote a guy who goes off insulting Alec Saunders just because he is showing support to developers, saying it is signs of a desperate company and that because of that he won't buy a BB.
This article deserved a response. It is nothing more than paid bashing probably sponsored by a competitor, or so it seems. Sure I can go out and find somebody who absolutely hated the iPhone and write an article about it too. So Nicole Perlroth, the writer, decided to focus on a few people who have no idea how to use their BB or have 10 year old models and never updated anything on them.
Apple has journalists eating out of the palm of their hand. Nothing can be trusted anymore. These guys must get so many kickbacks from industry, one way or the other... Reviewers are mostly paid vultures these days who are totally biased because if they write an honest review that doesn't agree with the company, they never get a device to try ever again. You have to look hard for a reviewer or company that says it like it is and isn't under the influence of industry.
The article link:
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Oct 18, 2012 at 12:30 am
i agree this NY imes article is compleete BULLSHIT. I've seen a few doosies in my day but it keeps getting worse. Now they are using personal opinions, and interviewing two others as representing the whole population of blackberry subscribers??? There is no integrity left in journalism, its just about agreeing with the most people possible so the editor keeps publishing your articles
benthe1 Oct 18, 2012 at 12:44 pm
You guys are funny. The article is pretty much how all the people who left BlackBerry felt before they left it. So the article is pretty accurate. If this article was complete "bullshit" you wouldn't have to defend BB so religiously. You would just laugh it off and move on. I do have high hopes for BB10 but BB in its current form is outdated and failing.
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Oct 18, 2012 at 6:13 pm
American centric assumptions. Typical
Jonathank Oct 18, 2012 at 1:41 pm
crackcookie Oct 18, 2012 at 2:24 am
That is great and all but you are aware he didn't really say anything right? This article touted that BB users often times can use the smartphone for smartphone activities, and he brought up Yelp and the future.
The truth is, there is some sadness and at the same time, there is a lot of hope! Rim needs to focus less on dissing people back in the media, ignoring them would be best, and focus more on delivering their product on time and letting the world know about it once it does happen.
metz9444 Oct 18, 2012 at 7:10 am
He is the CEO, it would be far worse for him to get scrappy over an ill thought out article. He made his point simply by replying at all. The NY Times and their readers will see that things are changing and RIM is not acting like they have in the past.
Techno-Emigre Oct 18, 2012 at 11:00 am
Exactly. You don't want your CEO slugging it out in the back alley or it would look like desperation.
That said, calling The NY Times on this will accomplish two things. First, that reporter will think twice before putting out poorly researched garbage. Second, other reporters will take note. I am reguarly amazed over articles by supposed "tech experts" and how uninformed they can be.
Balti43 Oct 18, 2012 at 4:11 am
I hope what even when BB10 becomes successful and begins winning marketshare by the end of 2013-14 mr Heins continues to be close to the Blackberry nation and continues addressing us as people not just people who buy his products but as people that continue to strive to be known as people that have stuck with BB
ferre_kun Oct 18, 2012 at 9:18 am
just another bump, the onslaught continues :p
if nyt changed their 'news' from "Quick Hide The Blackberry, It's Too Uncool" to "The Blackberry As Black Sheep" when lots of people defended blackberry on comments, now it's wsj's tech blog made a comic strip about blackberry:
it is us now the target. what they called "blackberry sheep" lol.
as for me, i'm not blackberry sheep. i'm not brutally fanatic about blackberry. i am #blackberrybychoice. if android has what blackberry have i would buy android and become a robot. if iphone can go back to earth by making it's fullprice reasonable, then i would buy it and be an isheep.
i choose blackberry, because i need it, when I can afford it. i wanted to buy a blackberry since 2008, and just got one last year. i'm not blinded by trends/hypes. i buy what i need to buy, i use what i need to use. i'm not a fanboy. i defend blackberry so they can keep giving services to me, and to other people, because i need it. not because i worship it.
EchuOkan1 Oct 18, 2012 at 5:12 am
I agree 100% with your comment. The NYT biased article needs to be corrected by Thorsten.
Looks like its only the NYT because if anybody saw the last presidential debate CNN was all about BlackBerry, flashing it and mentioning it!
BB by choice!
Kevin Michaluk Oct 17, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Is this clear enough for you, NYT?
louboutins Oct 17, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Oh god, LOL.
cvdburgh Oct 17, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Brilliant! THAT's why you are our fearless leader...
And OT: Yes, every once in a while you should let them know you care and that mindless dribble has no place in print if you take your readers seriously.
Jake Storm Oct 17, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Love it!
Snap51 Oct 17, 2012 at 6:01 pm
What is ironic in this situation is that the NYT is one of the companies listed as currently working on a App for BB10, I do believe. Kind of makes you smile.
Jimcmf Oct 17, 2012 at 7:22 pm
He needs to start SUING for misleading news articles.
Eskibo Oct 18, 2012 at 1:38 am
yes. yes. YEESSS!!!
padamssm Oct 18, 2012 at 12:20 am
Absolutely address negative, misinformed articles!
Maxey05 Oct 17, 2012 at 6:05 pm
As Kevin would say, "if you don't like it, you can suck it!" haha
costas1966 Oct 17, 2012 at 6:12 pm
...which reminds me...where can we order those shirts? Or at least get a hold of the pic file to have some made locally?
Drenis Oct 17, 2012 at 7:01 pm
F ya Kevin.
I need one of those shirts. Where do we get them locally?
HabsSuck Oct 17, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Hilarious, wonder what's Thorstein Heins reaction
Kiddo_24 Oct 17, 2012 at 7:07 pm
YEAH! Made my day!
springbok Oct 17, 2012 at 7:43 pm
Love the pic! xD
I won that T-shirt last month but never got it in the mail. I guess it must've been lost in transit. Boo-urns!
Awesome!! Lol
CarBob Oct 17, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Kevin, you are the best cheerleader BlackBerry/RIM has ever had. Keep it coming!
Personally, I have always loved BlackBerry and will continue to love my BlackBerry. Why? Because it is the best of the best! It always does what I want it to do. Am so looking forward to "THE 10."
gregerator Oct 17, 2012 at 10:04 pm
It's Thorvin Bla1zeis!!
davidanthony999 Oct 17, 2012 at 10:37 pm
OMG!!!...I need one of those shirts!!!....especially since I'm the ONLY Blackberry Fan in Ottawa Ontario!!!...(grin)
Android Market for QNX Oct 17, 2012 at 11:24 pm
omg, lmao!
AlexBC Oct 17, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Ok, another stupid article... BUT, we NEED BB10 OUT, and we need it YESTERDAY!
Honestly, despite ALL of the delays so far, this last 3-4mos delay is THE WORST and might be the deciding factor.
Q4-2012 is the MOTHER of all Smartphone launches, Galaxy S3, Note2, iPhone 5, Lumia 920, HTC 8X, all of new Windows 8 devices, and possibly another Nexus phone (oct. 29).
Missing the Q4, to NOT being in the discussion, reviews, comparison, on the shelf, as a CHOICE in the corporations BYOD or as available phones is HUGE. I mean it's absolutely devastating.
Our company of 45,000 employees with 30,000 phones, is *considering* to DROP BB from the list of available phones, while they've added iPhone, Galaxy, and in 2 weeks, the Lumia 920 to the list... more companies may follow, WHEN they start to plan their 2013.
I seriously think even if the Apps weren't there at the launch, as long as the OS is stable, and the phone specs and design are up to par, they MUST release BB10 ASAP or the game might be lost before the *perfect launch*. :(
Techno-Emigre Oct 18, 2012 at 10:54 am
I worry about all the Q4 2012 launches as well, and RIM has certainly addressed this.
I think one way RIM could position themselves better before launch is an onslaught of ads ASAP that show what is coming. Ads targeting both the business and the general consumer.
Hopefully corporate purchasers would decide to wait rather than buy now or open BYOD. Every time I see another U.S. state Dept of Education decide to buy iPads I can't believe it. PlayBooks fit that need so much better for less $$.
For the general consumer, if my contract is up and I am thinking new device for Christmas, I am open to ads. If I have pretty much decided what I want, but then see a RIM ad that makes me drool, I am going to delay.
Hopefully we will hear soon about some kind of upgrade promotions that would also help.
EchuOkan1 Oct 18, 2012 at 5:53 am
Good one!
AntL85 Oct 18, 2012 at 6:46 am
Fuck yeah Thor! I just emailed NYTimes on their yellow journalism, sent them this picture of Thor also with our fingers!
Emu the Foo Oct 18, 2012 at 2:29 pm
LMFAO!!! Yeah that's pretty clear. Let's hope the ppl at nyt can understand it since they put out the nonsense anyways. Good shet kevin!
ayekon Oct 19, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Since sliced bread sir
billsterjito Oct 17, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Agreed! Good job Thor!
Actions speak louder than words. Just get back to work and release the BB10 phones already!
CDLacey Oct 17, 2012 at 6:39 pm
Exactly! Best way to defend Bberry... is to release BB10. Even better if that happens in November 2012 instead of March 2013.
Skeevecr Oct 17, 2012 at 7:57 pm
This is what he is meant to be doing, they have dozens or hundreds of developers all working hard to get bb10 done.
shampisang Oct 17, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Hahaha.. Very hilarious Kevin. Good one :)
jenks5150 Oct 17, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Love to see Thor kicking ass and taking names. If I were the NYT author who wrote that article I'd be feeling pretty dumb right now.
123berryaddicted Oct 17, 2012 at 5:48 pm
Hahaha... Kevin... Love the photo, that's pretty bold if ya ask me! Hahaha
AngryEdmontonian Oct 17, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Thor is fighting on our behalf, because he believes in us, the Blackberry By Choicers.
We fight on behalf of Blackberry because we believe in Blackberry
I appreciate Thor stepping in for us when this happens, as I'm sure if the NYT, iBGR, CNet or Venturebeat, get any more "correspondence" from me, I may end up in jail.
Thanks Thor.
I Bleed Black and Berry.
codemaker Oct 17, 2012 at 6:02 pm
For this NYT thing, BGR properly called out the new york times for their light on facts article. Maybe they have decided to be more neutral.
P.S. "I Bleed Black and Berry." LOL, that's epic.
Hello Mr. Pot? This Mr. Kettle calling.
As for the rest. There are few more viscerally satisfying emotions than to see a darkened ego awash in sunlight.
birdman_38 Oct 17, 2012 at 5:57 pm
The top 5 things RIM needs to do to make a comeback:
This can be done through in-store displays and advertising. If you walk into an Apple authorized reseller, you'll see a special section for iPhone with distinguished signage that is hard to miss. It raises the brand's profile above anybody else. There's no reason why RIM can't do the same for BB10 devices at no expense and/or hassle to resellers.
You'll recall seeing two TV spots on CrackBerry, one showing a woman relying on her BlackBerry to assist in successfully setting up her business. The other showed a man creatively using bridge to propose to his girlfriend (a moving spot, even for guys). They're two of the best advertisements not only for handset manufacturers, but ever. Yet they never saw the light of day outside social media. They could still run those commercials worldwide since there is no dialogue. RIM faces a monumental task to get the message through in a meaningful way.
Gone should be the days of BlackBerry users saying, "I wish they made that app for BlackBerry". Enough! RIM must creative a generous, meaningful, innovative revenue sharing model for developers. This, in essence, is paying devs to create apps for the new platform. It will most certainly get their attention and encourage most to develop for BB10, instead of developing for the other three platforms then stopping.
There has been little mention of gaming on BB10. Face it, that has become a huge component of the industry. All other platforms are seriously growing this offering and reaping the rewards. Research in Motion should do the same. That would also demonstrate the diversity of BB10...overcoming the public's perception that BlackBerry is simply a messaging device.
Offer specific one-on-one training sessions in person for resellers. Put the devices in the hands of every single salesperson in the world during the learning curve (with the option to keep it for free; if not they hand them in as a previously used device). Retailers would order a specific amount of handsets exclusively for their frontline staff. RIM would provide them free of charge. If it means supplying one handset to sell three or four more, so be it.
There are surely more things that can be done. RIM needs to leave no stone untouched to see tangible growth in 2013.
RubberChicken76 Oct 17, 2012 at 6:02 pm
I agree with all your points, though I think they've got a good start on #4 actually. PlayBook has a bunch of games (and good ones) that will run on this.
Whenever people see my PlayBook and assume it's like an old BlackBerry, they fall over when they see the gaming on it.
annon91221 Oct 17, 2012 at 7:10 pm
Yeah, this other day i was thinking that they should have a display, like tv connected to through the hdmi, for in store demos, 'cause it would attract people to come and have a look...
birdman_38 Oct 18, 2012 at 11:45 am
That is an excellent idea.
chuckkdaduck Oct 17, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Yeah I believe he did a great job of defending blackberry user out there. It shows how dedicated and how he cares for his customers. Honestly, I wattched some of the old blackberry world and devcon when the previous co-ceo's were in charged, and he is doing one awesome job. Heinz's speeches and performance on stage is way better than when mike did them.
I just wished he would have made a reply to the articles about the so called march release to clarify that. But guess not haha
bigbadben10 Oct 17, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Keep doing what you are doing TH. This man has things under control! RIM is in great hands now and he will deliver the goods.
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Oct 17, 2012 at 5:59 pm
Do one on the sexy n I know it screen shot body lol
NamelessStar Oct 17, 2012 at 6:03 pm
your damn right he should be addressing these it shows he cares i know RIM past and i dont ever remember the CEO's Mike and Jim being so vocal and it made it hard to feel that they cared anymore. I feel a great change in RIM and Heins for his efforts i get the feeling he cares and does want a huge turn around not just for him but to help bring a comapny back to the top where it belongs.
thats my 2 cents anyways lol
moonfalle Oct 17, 2012 at 6:04 pm
TH response is excellent and deals head on with disinformation. I don't think a communications strategy has included dealing with things like this the last few years, so really glad to see. It was professional/objective too which was good. Don't want to see that NYT app get pulled before it even launches for BB10. :)
anthonybaker Oct 17, 2012 at 6:04 pm
IM loving RIM these days. Scrappy, underdog, best with dev team. they are a start up in my mind and one thats going to rise to the top. #teamblackberry!
digitalman101 Oct 17, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Thorsten as the good black sheep shepherd, he needs to protect them (us)!! X-)
We have been a Blackberry family for years. I have tried android phones but I have come back to Blackberry. Currently we are using the 9930 and 9850 smartphones. They really are the best.
Jonathank Oct 17, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Hell ya... Get em Thorsten
D2bleD Oct 17, 2012 at 6:23 pm
I want a "I bleed black&berry" shirt.
Azeron Oct 17, 2012 at 6:29 pm
I haven't remained loyal, but I am ready to come back as soon as RIM launches an LTE BB10 Berry with a full Qwerty.
sk8er_tor Oct 17, 2012 at 6:37 pm
Go Thor!
Rather be a Blacksheep than an iSheep
livejam Oct 17, 2012 at 6:47 pm
I love the tag :)
theage Oct 17, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Reading this article makes me mad. I'm blackberry for life, use a 9900 curerently and a playbook. This arcticle really makes me laugh since when my GF and I drive around to new restaraunts or on a vacation to a new town, we ALWAYS use my my blackberry to navigate and find places to go. She uses a GSIII. I can accomplish tasks on my BB much faster on my blackberry then she can on her android. My battery also lasts longer then hers. Maybe someone should write an artcle about our phone usage, lol.
wirelessgal Oct 17, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Go Thorsten!! I have mad respect for Thorsten for sticking up to us LOYAL BlackBerry users.
I can't wait for BB10 to be released. The NYTimes can kiss my ass!!! Peirs Morgan tweeted yesterday that he's NOT ashamed of his BlackBerry. Good for him! We need more high profile celebrities to stand up for BlackBerry. I think Thorsten should use someone like Kim Kardashian to promote BB10. I don't care for the Kardashian's but I will admit she is a beautiful woman, she loves BlackBerry and sex does sell.....just sayin...:p
Kevin, I think you need to sell some t-shirts. Like "BlackBerry for life" or BlackBerry Rules. I'll wear it loud and proud!!!
Darlaten Oct 17, 2012 at 6:54 pm
Your damn right that he should be addressing the utter garbage that spewed forth from the NYTimes article. And good on him, and on RIM in general, for beginning to push back and defend themselves.
Oh, as for the NYTimes - subscription cancelled and no thank you, I don't a BB10 app. You can spread your "truth" elsewhere.
ioannis_bbe Oct 17, 2012 at 6:56 pm
+1 Thor
i love my blackberry XD
Mhatham Oct 17, 2012 at 7:14 pm
Thorsten has a mullet in Kevins photo.
On a side note, my son was watching TVO Kids, and right after one of the shows was done an advertisement for TVO apps in BlaskBerry App World came on. It even had a PlayBook. It was specifically for BlackBerry with no other tablets mentioned; it was nice to see for a change.
NaijaBerry Oct 17, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Yeaaah! You go Thor and Kevin!! :D
morganplus8 Oct 17, 2012 at 7:21 pm
BB 10 will speak for itself.
Jimcmf Oct 17, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Kevin for Board of Directors.
I couldn't agree with him more.
He is tired of all these lying articles.
He will be a famous tech writer down the road. .... non bias. That is what people want.
the_kid_hartford Oct 17, 2012 at 7:29 pm
Mess with the bull and you get the horns......nice baby! Take them on directly and stand up for yourself, your customers, your brand and your company!!!!!!
berry4life99 Oct 17, 2012 at 7:50 pm
Any person who sees my username knows how I feel. In a sea of iOS and Android devices which are good for what they're used for, I feel safely anchored with my 9810 and my Playbook. I never say the devices are perfect, but they're perfect for me.
My only gripe with this article is the tone that many of my friends who were former BlackBerry users took when Android came out. The writer makes it sound like BlackBerry hasn't changed at all in the last 5 years. What devices were the interviewees using? I can almost guarantee they weren't using current BBs if they were saying they were ashamed of them. The 9900 is gorgeous, the 9810 is beautiful, the 9850 is slick! The only current BB I wouldn't be caught dead with is the 9981 (personal opinion, that thing's ugly as sin).
Best thing ever, when the CEO of a company comes out to retaliate or defend his company. It shows he cares for the company, the product AND its users. The Mighty Thorsten has been quite open and forthcoming since he took the job. Classic how he called our fearless leader Crackberry Kevin and told him the job was taken!
Unless someone blows up RIM and all BlackBerry devices in existence simultaneously, I'm always gonna be BERRY 4 LIFE!
ultra07 Oct 17, 2012 at 7:58 pm
The CEO is always better than a pr team statement!
rcm1301 Oct 17, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Isn't this the job of the PR department? More so, RIM should proactive 'promote' their products, not waiting for negative media and then trying to do damage control! Too late, damage is done.
TheBlackberryUser33 Oct 17, 2012 at 8:08 pm
I'm sticking with BlackBerry! Go Thorsten! Contrary to being ashamed of my BlackBerry I mock iPhone users daily for using a product for "tech n00bs"!
Proudly a member of TeamBlackberry, and in it for the long haul.
Thorsten Heins as CEO was simply one of the best moves ever by RIM. This guy not only gets it from a technology perspective but he has the discipline to execute as a manager. The truth,however, my crackberry colleagues is that you will have to endure more silly articles like that of the NYT for the next few months. It is pretty clear that Apple, Android and MS have absolutely nothing left in the innovation gas tank while BB10 is well, miles if not world's ahead of this crowd. History reminds us that it is the deadwood that always tries to kill off the inventive/creative before it gets started. The problem is that the revolution has already started.
nabil114 Oct 17, 2012 at 8:21 pm
He needs to make the RIM the profitable.
Thorsten Heins as CEO was simply one of the best moves ever by RIM. This guy not only gets it from a technology perspective but he has the discipline to execute as a manager. The truth,however, my crackberry colleagues is that you will have to endure more silly articles like that of the NYT for the next few months. It is pretty clear that Apple, Android and MS have absolutely nothing left in the innovation gas tank while BB10 is well, miles if not world's ahead of this crowd. History reminds us that it is the deadwood that always tries to kill off the inventive/creative before it gets started. The problem is that the revolution has already started.
red_devil_fan_1999 Oct 18, 2012 at 1:49 am
have you actually used a bb 10 phone for an extended period of time. how do you know that it is "worlds ahead". just because thorsten heins said so?. if steve jobs told apple fans something like that bb fanboys (the zealot fans) would be bombarding them with names like isheep and commenting on jobs' kool aid
Dude, just look at the numerous videos here and on YouTube. Think of the concept of a hub, flow, and balance. These are huge innovations in OS and UI design. How about real multi-tasking and then there is the enhance security of the microkernal design and invocation abilities of QNX. Does Apple have anything close to these abilities. No, Zip. Crickets.
Then how about expandability and cross platform compatibility. Apple is a closed system where an iPhone can barely communicate with an iPAD. What's up with that? BB10 is an open platform that is easily expandable. Look at the ease at which NFC is being added and how QNX is already running in car systems worldwide! And what about apple? Nothing, just silence.
And let's not forget the communication side where Apple is simply desperately behind and will never catch RIM.
The iPhone is a mobile computing platform which has an APP store of considerable depth. That is its primary selling feature. People want this and RIM needs to strengthen its showing in this area. That is it. From all indications, RIM is putting alot of resources in this area and it looks like the 3rd party support will be strong. So, tell me why would you buy an iPhone in 6 months?
Dude, just look at the numerous videos here and on YouTube. Think of the concept of a hub, flow, and balance. These are huge innovations in OS and UI design. How about real multi-tasking and then there is the enhance security of the microkernal design and invocation abilities of QNX. Does Apple have anything close to these abilities. No, Zip. Crickets.
Then how about expandability and cross platform compatibility. Apple is a closed system where an iPhone can barely communicate with an iPAD. What's up with that? BB10 is an open platform that is easily expandable. Look at the ease at which NFC is being added and how QNX is already running in car systems worldwide! And what about apple? Nothing, just silence.
And let's not forget the communication side where Apple is simply desperately behind and will never catch RIM.
The iPhone is a mobile computing platform which has an APP store of considerable depth. That is its primary selling feature. People want this and RIM needs to strengthen its showing in this area. That is it. From all indications, RIM is putting alot of resources in this area and it looks like the 3rd party support will be strong. So, tell me why would you buy an iPhone in 6 months?
ferre_kun Oct 18, 2012 at 8:23 am
@red_devil_fan_1999, I don't know where the term 'isheep' came from but I am #blackberrybychoice. I don't visit apple's websites,I visit blackberry sites and neutral/general sites. I don't come to apple site and badmouthing/bash/insult them there.
I'm here (on blackberry sites and neutral/general sites) defending my future (continuous use of blackberry) against those who come and bash/insult/badmouthing/etc blackberry (which is a threat for my future).
But I don't come to apple/android sites and say bad things about them there.
Fish Crackers Oct 17, 2012 at 8:28 pm
Society feeds off of bad news because it's ussually more interesting then the bad news. If these articles are not addressed then people start thinking its fact and not just some rumour. I think companies should pay attention to how Thorsten is dealing with the media. How many other companies jump on the air ways and address any negative news? GOOD JOB MR. HEINS!
I'm getting more and more frustrated with my Galaxy... it's great for media stuff. But it fails me when it comes to messaging (like emails being stuck in the outbox... what the?), battery life is poor, and the filing system is frustrating (how many folders do you need for downloading docs?), and I miss my BB shortcut keys and universal search....
I read the nyt article and yes there is mockery out there, but as I mentioned before the old BB OS still out does Android and IOS in some crucial areas, and in the other areas? wait till BB10 is here...then we'll talk.
koboss Oct 17, 2012 at 9:15 pm
Love to see it addressed and want blackberry to start getting the advertising a lot more out front and in your face noticeable as well. I am BlackBerry proud and will own nothing but
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Oct 17, 2012 at 9:21 pm
I support anyone who switched to android or iphone to switch back when this finally comes out. Once they buy bb10 though I will show no mercy in questioning them. So why did you leave and then come back???? So are you admitting that you were wrong and blackberry is better???? So I stayed the whole time but you left and came back. Who was right?????
rickda1 Oct 17, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Waayy to go boss man! Loyal bb user for about 5yrs straight! Bb10 is going to rock on Q1! BB Is going to take over!
i want a tools not a toys.
cevag Oct 17, 2012 at 10:11 pm
This is f'n awesome, way to defend your current and near future. TH knows what needed to be done and they went to work. NYT is a huge deal accross the world, nothing better than the CEO to come out and stick it.
Kiddo2050 Oct 17, 2012 at 10:13 pm
He can't chase every article, but this was the New York Times. RIM needed to address the total fabrication of the truth and they needed the CEO to do it. Well done!!!!!!!!!
stickyiki Oct 17, 2012 at 10:14 pm
marko868 Oct 17, 2012 at 10:47 pm
MISINFORMATION??? Fact! Anybody with a blackberry device now sound off and tell me what is good about it besides BBM! Browser no, Apps hell no! Fluid No, easy to use no.
Simply put RIM is playing catch up in the worst way and BB10 should of been released instead of the incremental upgrade from OS6 to OS7.
TRlPPlN Oct 17, 2012 at 11:41 pm
we've accepted the truth already. with that being said, get out and dont let the door hit you on the way out. actually i hope the door does hit your @ss.
marko868 Oct 17, 2012 at 11:49 pm
Oh how I wish you would try and say that to my face but like a typical coward you do it behind the safety of a pc screen.
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Oct 18, 2012 at 2:51 am
900 guelph street. Kitchener waterloo, ontario, canada. Come and get me. Or if not hope the door hits you on the way too
marko868 Oct 18, 2012 at 6:58 am
6 Piccadilly lane, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago come for the island life and when you ready the beat down.
TRlPPlN Oct 18, 2012 at 1:40 pm
apparently its not going to happen since were all international..lol listen, i would say it to your face since with out any problems. but since youre getting all butt hurt about it...ahhahaha get a life and move on.
stevepar Oct 17, 2012 at 11:58 pm
Buh Bye...
currentuser Oct 18, 2012 at 12:11 am
I tried iphone 4s and switched back, but have an iPad2 issued by work. Currently using 9930 and a 32gb Playbook.
Why? Answer to your request to tell you what is good about a Blackberry device:
1) Keyboard prevents swearing and improves accuracy
2) Phone works; almost never a dropped call
3) Combination touch screen and keyboard versatile
4) Battery life is sufficient
5) E-mail simply works
6) Texting simply works
7) Bridge function: a) allows me anywhere access to the internet without monthly service charges (the Playbook has paid for itself). b) Allows me to type notes unobtrusively, quickly and accurately on a keyboard. c) Playbook has a simple, clean and elegant HDMI connection and powerful speakers to show movies or powerpoint presentations, controlled by the 9930. d) Full access to the internet and related document production/editing apps via Google Docs, Sugar Sync, Dropbox, and others.
8) Built-in task manager for the phone (unlike iphone 4s; perhaps the 5 has it, I don't know)
9) Sufficient apps to do what I need to do
10) Fluid, yes (especially with the Playbook). In comparison with the iphone and ipad, in which I was and am continually having to back out of apps, dive into apps, back out again, switch over, back in...Feels like I'm doing the butterfly.
11) I don't have to think like Steve Jobs used to.
pauln281 Oct 18, 2012 at 12:25 am
Ahhh but there are a few more !
12) Don't have to buy a connector to do anything useful (SD, HDMI)
13) Networking is brilliant, simply turn on sharing, open up Windows Explorer
14) No stupid home button
15) SD card and removable battery
16) Best of both worlds secure email communication while using open source tools
17) Better quality apps than droid
18) BB10 will have best UI of all mobile platforms
19) BB10 will have #1 browser on the planet
20) BB10 has Flash support
ok folks jump in and add another dozen !
Camfella Oct 18, 2012 at 1:30 am
You guys are funny, you're so far behind, you think you're in front,:)
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Oct 18, 2012 at 2:54 am
Then go hang out on imore. You clearly have interest in blackberry. You dont see me over at imore on the comments saying everything i dont like.
Camfella Oct 18, 2012 at 12:40 pm
That's true, you and the other iPhone bashers do it here, in the comfort of your home base. It seems like there should be somebody here to confront them.
Ronstermadness Oct 18, 2012 at 2:25 am
Three year iphone user. Lost a bet . Had to use blackberry for three weeks I'm on week two. Now that I know how to use it. I LOVE IT NOT GOING BACK BLACKBERRY FOR LIFE!
I use BB9900. Ios4s . G111 my BB files everything faster and easyer. I would never bring my ios or andriod to my under job. It simple would not be aloud to enter do to no encryption and no real sacureity. The BB has better sound when listing to music via Bluetooth . It emails faster and simpler. Its a joy to type with I can do allmost 26 wpm now lol I know not fast but I'm at about 11 or 13 on the others.the short cuts on the keyboard are amazing the other have nothing that compares . when emailing or texting or surfing the net everything "cut,copy,past,select,spell check,send " is allways one button away. For people like me who do the BB is so far ahead of the other platforms there is no real comparison. Its like they(competitors) said let's try to distract the stupid people with angry birds and touch screen and mybe they won't notice our phones are toys. And hey those stupid people do make up 70 percent of the population we can make a lot of money of them.......ya good ideal but we better make it simple . One button only. . Yeah it has more then one button if that frightens you changes are your a part of the 70 percent and this is not the phone for you. Hey don't feel bad play some angry bird and forget all about it. Lol I truly love the blackberry now that I know how to use it. I learn somthing new everyother day.blackberrys are for people that get things done p.s its really good at chattin wit ya friends to lol. Still play games on my ios and watch movies on andriod. Bigger screens if BB10 is what I thing it will be I well have no use for my ios or the google OS. P.s.s everything I have mentioned above from what I have read BB have been doing for a decade or more so who's playing chatch up? Come q1 the others well look silly once again.
YourMobileGuru Oct 17, 2012 at 11:12 pm
This isn't some jerk.with a blog. High profile misinformation and outright slander most definitely needs to be addressed swiftly and efficiently just as Thorsten has done.
The marketing and media relations departments do need to present the company in a positive light yes, but they need to be backed by the CEO and other members of the executive management teamas needed.
marko868 Oct 17, 2012 at 11:31 pm
If its slander where is the lawsuit?
PostMortem Oct 18, 2012 at 12:08 am
Kevin, since we're on that topic, what happened to the celebrity pics? Is the news calling celebrities Black Sheep too, or do they not have the cojones?
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Oct 18, 2012 at 2:57 am
Kim kardashian and beyonce use blackberry. I guess they are black sheep outcasts
pauln281 Oct 18, 2012 at 12:18 am
Hey I kinda like being part of the Black Sheep Family....
I had a 1983 Blacksheep Civic it was a great car, drove it like a wild horse, and then there is the Black Sheep Squadron TV show, hey they were a special team in the south pacific !
BlackBerry Sheep by Choice !
sf49ers Oct 18, 2012 at 2:06 am
go Thor!
Superfly_FR Oct 18, 2012 at 2:56 am
This is where RIM has to grow.
Other brands (name them in your head) have armies of "trend makers", "forum watchers", "community managers" and e-reputation contractors that make their image brighter.
We're in the "real-time" spread here. Media like twitter, G+, FB ... are instantly duplicating "informations" any reader can find relevant, mostly because it serves his ego ("I'm aware of latest news, I read it on the webz, so it's true"), without any precaution. Also, brands can use it as a counter-fire when they are in trouble; "too much info kills the info" is now a well known technique.
This particular article went all around in minutes (even here @CB; I think there is 3 or 4 threads related to this).
It is worldwide but also country specific, that's why you need some kind of "army" of "preachers", some being hired by RIM, some - like many of us - doing their best with no reward expected to straighten the reality, or at least break its distortion.
Almost 8 months ago, I wrote here that RIM needed a team of identified/certified "evangelists" outside the sole perimeter of developers (in this area Saunders did an excellent job and his team of "software evangelists" is really efficient and visible). It seems easy but it's a real challenge; it must be organized, monitored and moderated, arguments must be somehow "standardized" in order to manage a coherent corporate institutional social communication. More, a C.E.O shouldn't expose himself to direct fight. Instead, he should inject only selected themes (therefore the monitoring), just like the "busted" campaign Saunders did in various conference. A PR job that should be diluted with subtle injections in each and every interviews or conferences. Again, that's really a challenge.
So, Mister Boulben : "c'est l'heure de mettre le paquet". I believe this is what you're doing right now, as you stated that "online communities and social media" will be one of the prioritized communication action. I believe it's time to deliver. Now.
P.S : I'm available. Anytime.
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Oct 18, 2012 at 3:00 am
Well said my friend
vidit_chaudhary Oct 18, 2012 at 3:12 am
Wow. Well written. E-mail it to the CEO.
DiggerB9 Oct 18, 2012 at 5:28 am
I doth my cap to you!
If you are embarrassed of having a blackberry, then don't get one.
Sure it doesn't have a lot of apps, but you should know that before buying a BB
Blackberry is all about the security and all the awesome Blackberry jizz that RIM has to offer, lol
wuulfy Oct 18, 2012 at 7:38 am
What is it with you americans and phones?
Why do you get so ...so...emotional?
ferre_kun Oct 18, 2012 at 8:59 am
Why so serious?
If it threatening me (to be able to continuously using blackberry) why wouldn't I be serious? I'm not american either lol.
You should read what android fans does and still doing at my country. Android fans in my country are way more emotional than people at crackberry. Plainly insulting other OS is their daily meals. I stopped coming to that one site,though it's one of the biggest neutral/general tech site in my country. Too much junk on the comments,plainly only insulting each other, with the site owners/mods turn a blind eye. Or whatever the term.
So regarding your comment, it's not country related. It's people related.
BoldBuddha Oct 18, 2012 at 9:01 am
The author of the article must be a nut case...... he summarized the the sales rep's frustration with her BlackBerry, such as being embarrassed and wanting to hit it with a bat, as someone speaking about a embarrassing relative. Come on, would you really club your relative or anyone for that matter, just because you are either embarrassed or frustrated with that person.
Secondly for someone like The New York Times for even publishing this as a noteworthy article in the Technology section of their website is beyond comprehension. It should have been in the BGR, where some random sales person's opinion could be credited as an expert analysis.
By the way, Ms. Crosby how shallow can you be to be embarrassed by the type of phone you carry. There are meant to be a means of communication not a personal character matrix........
neoberry99 Oct 18, 2012 at 9:30 am
My thoughts exactly. Jeez o peez its just a phone.
klingon Oct 18, 2012 at 9:15 am
Certainly he needs to keep addressing the nonsense been sprouted by these guys who are trying to bury the bb nation.
Nick Shadow Oct 18, 2012 at 10:08 am
Someone may have pointed this out, I am time constricted so I didn't read every post. If I am doubling up, sorry.
The Blacksheep thing could be a very effective theme, the more it goes viral, the better. There are many ways to play it, could be just the thing.
The Consigliere Oct 18, 2012 at 11:40 am
I personally love my Blackberry & I'm not one of these die hard "fanboys" either. I'm still using a 9700 & honestly think its one of the best phones I've had. Like the one person mentioned in the article when you ask people about the iphone it's always "we have this app or that app" but it's all games & stupid stuff they mention. I don't have time at work to sit & play angry birds for hours on end. I've never had a problem with my browser & at times it's beaten my friends iphones. I also love how 2 people were "interviewed" who hate their phones, well go get another one if it's that bad. Ashamed, I think not, it's a phone, when did it become some sort of status symbol? I have an ipad (not by choice, Lord knows I'd never buy one) but thru work. Do I like it? I guess so, I think that some things are better with my Playbook, like running multiple screens. I can't believe the ipad doesn't come with a "word" type app already on it when my Playbook has DocsToGo. All in all it breaks down to what a person likes & enjoys using. I'll never be ashamed of my Berry, it works for me & does what I need it to.
HartfordWhalers Oct 18, 2012 at 11:48 am
1 billion smart phone users in the world. 80 million BB users. I am a proud user but there are merits to the piece
Jaredius Oct 18, 2012 at 12:55 pm
An article which was picked up by Yahoo and I most certainly left my comments about how BS NYT is in the first place. That paper is so freaking biased it's pitiful. NYT has very little credibility to me. I only read it when it's the only thing available to read in the sh!tter.
mattmers Oct 18, 2012 at 1:01 pm
I don't think the article was even well written. It lacked any real information and the Quoted comments felt staged. I read through the comments and they are quite blind. One said "I bet more than one BB Exec carries an iPhone or Android." I doubt that. Blackberry and Nokia are the companies with a lot of corporate pride, They back the company they work for. I can't say that for Nokia anymore though, they have changed.
DuexNoir Oct 18, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Someone said to ignore media articles like this but I don't quite agree. RIM in the past had ignored ill media reports like this and that really didn't help them. Thorsten is right to speak up and defend his company and his customers in a semi-neutral way that he did. However, I wonder if he's taking on too much himself. That is, I think it would have been better if Boulben or whomever in charge of PR, should have been the one to speak out instead of the head CEO.
~I am BlackBerry by choice~
Journalists don't write articles in a vacuum. Especially not for a journal like the New York Times.
Somebody wanted negative publicity about BlackBerry and was willing to pay a journalist to create an article - the question is who?
This article might actually be a good thing, it certainly hit a few nerve's of the BlackBerry faithful. The pendulum may be starting to swing the other way now, bring on BB 10 FTW !
danjv1 Oct 18, 2012 at 2:13 pm
I rather be singled out with my bb then be seeing with an Iphone.
You have to have balls to own a bb....
Berries forever!!!!!
iluvtrinisoca Oct 18, 2012 at 2:59 pm
I am die hard blackberry!!! As I said to the isheep users "I will own the last blackberry available cause I will be using a blackberry as long as Rim is in business. Now can I have my bb10 please? I am so proud of Thorsen representing blackberry as well as he has....
l3ittersweet Oct 18, 2012 at 3:59 pm
I think the writer of the article has a bad agenda, did you realize that he said blackberry phones lacks of social media?
If you never touched a blackberry you won't see what it is about, the keyboard and shortcuts are killer!
press m then c then type email fast in keyboard then send (2 press on bb button) = email sent in 10 sec.
for bbm, press n press click then type then enter, = message sent to gf in 4 seconds.
press L press c then write, = appoinment made in 3 seconds.
do you really think that you can do all this things that faster without keyboard? I tried and failed, I am very happy with my 9900 before i got my bb10keyboard phone!
Rootbrian Oct 18, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Good that thorsten kicked ass and corrected that misinforming article which had a bunch of blantant lies. NYT can kiss my sharty ass after I got up from the can to wipe it off. Lol


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A new study to be published in Astronomical Journal suggests that the subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa may be an abode of life. This conclusion is based on recent observations of an Earth-bound telescope in Hawaii.
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Space Daily reports that a paper to be published by Mike Brown, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., and Kevin Hand from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, also in Pasadena, provides the strongest evidence yet that Europa's ocean, trapped beneath a crust of solid ice, may contain life because of its chemical composition and its temperature caused by tidal forces. The paper is the result of studies done by the Keck II Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and its OSIRIS spectrometer.
Chemical composition of Europa ocean similar to Earth's oceans
The observations detected the presence of magnesium sulfate salt on the icy surface of Europa, according to Space Daily. The material seems to have been generated by sulfur ejected by one of Jupiter's other moons, Io, plus magnesium chloride salt coming up from Europa's subsurface ocean. With chlorides such as sodium and potassium chlorides thought to also exist on Europa's surface, scientists now believe that the subsurface ocean is very similar to that of Earth's oceans.
Options being considered for exploring Europa
With attempts to find microbial life on Mars so far not bearing any fruit, some scientists are increasingly turning to Europa as a possible target of exploration. The European Space Agency Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer, in which NASA is a participant, will conduct a number of flybys of Europa, but is more focused on another of Jupiter's moons, Ganymede. While NASA has studied an Europa orbiter for some years, recent Obama administration budget cuts have forced a descoping of such a mission to consist of a number of flybys of the icy moon in a mission called Europa Clipper, according to Space.com. The probe would include a number of instruments, including an ice-penetrating radar, a topographical imager, a magnetometer, an infrared spectrometer, and a neutral mass spectrometer. If approved, the Europa Clipper would launch in 2021 and would cost $2 billion.
Landing on Europa
Further into the future, NASA dreams of sending a probe to land on Europa. According to a Space.com story published on the NBC News site, the holy grail of a robotic mission to Europa would consist of a small submarine that would somehow penetrate the icy crust of the moon and explore the subsurface ocean, finding out once and for all whether life exists there. That mission will occur, if at all, further into the current century due to NASA's lean budget.
Mark R. Whittington is the author of Children of Apollo and The Last Moonwalker. He has written on space subjects for a variety of periodicals, including The Houston Chronicle, The Washington Post, USA Today, the L.A. Times, and The Weekly Standard.
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2:40pm Tuesday 26th June 2012 in Business By Sian Davies, Education Reporter
HAMPSHIRE suppliers are being called on to help a Southampton firm that has just opened a base in the city.
As part of an ongoing agreement to provide maintenance on board P&O cruise ships, Mivan has just opened an office in Southampton with the creation of five posts.
From there it will be coordinating the work for ships such as Azura, Adonia, Ventura and Arcadia, and is looking for local suppliers to work with.
General manager Kevin Lock said: "The Southampton base will help the company to further service the ongoing maintenance and interiors requirements of our cruise ship clients.
"We look forward to the prospect of working with local suppliers on the south coast of England that can offer solutions for cruise ship maintenance contracts."
Mivan delivered more than £10m to the cruise ship outfitting market during 2011 and has a 2012 order book of more than £3.5m.
Other Mivan clients include Princess Cruises, Cunard Line, Crystal Cruises and Pullmantur Cruises.
The Southampton office adds to Mivan's other UK offices in London and Antrim, Northern Ireland.
The company employs more than 350 staff globally.
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There's capitalism and there's crony capitalism: they share a name, but they're very different creatures. Crony capitalism thrives when government controls a large share of the economy, because then the politicians and bureaucrats have more goodies to share with their "capitalist" cronies. The bigger the slice of the pie controlled by political leaders and unelected regulators, the better the situation for the favoured companies — and that usually means the biggest of the big corporations. In the US government, one of the best examples of institutionalized crony capitalism is the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im): it exists to allow big corporations like Boeing to sell their products to foreign buyers at highly favourable interest rates, with the taxpayer picking up the risks and the American corporation creaming off the excess profits.
This system works so well — for the businesses being subsidized and the politicians who control the process — that it's difficult to see it being stopped any time soon. Ex-Im's enabling legislation is due to be re-authorized later this summer, so this is one of those brief chances to stop it. The problem is that it isn't just Republicans who support it (because "what's good for
General Motors Boeing is good for America"), but also Democrats … sometimes the very same Democrats who make a lot of speeches about the evils of Wall Street. Jonah Goldberg explains why:
The Left's anti-big-business populism is very different. It doesn't want to cut the government's incestuous relationship with big business; it simply wants to bring business to heel. Big business should do what Washington tells it to do, and when it does, it will get treats. When it doesn't, it will get the newspaper to the nose. But big business will never be let off its leash, if the Left has its way.
"[Senator Elizabeth] Warren doesn't have a problem with big banks or corporations," the Federalist's David Harsanyi writes. "She has a problem with banks and corporations that make profits in ways that she finds morally intolerable. She is an opponent of dynamism, not cronyism."
This has always been the central idea behind progressive economics. Bureaucrats and other planners need — or at least want — ever more power to decide how economic resources are arranged and allocated. That doesn't mean they're socialists, it just means that corporations need to follow their lead. Indeed, good "corporate citizenship" means acquiescing to the priorities of progressive state planners and whatever their latest idea of "public–private partnerships" might be. The one constant in such partnerships is that business is always the junior partner.
This was the vision behind Woodrow Wilson's "war socialism," FDR's New Deal, LBJ's Great Society, Bill Clinton's "Third Way," and virtually all of Barack Obama's economic policies. What is Obamacare but an attempt to turn the entire health-care industry into Washington's well-fed lapdog?
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Justin Bieber and Masters golf champ Bubba Watson, BFFs? Who knew?
"Justin Bieber is the only person I talked to on the phone that night after I won," Watson told E! News over the weekend.
Justin Bieber and Masters golf champ Bubba Watson, BFFs? Who knew?
"Justin Bieber is the only person I talked to on the phone that night after I won," Watson told E! News over the weekend.
"He called me and I talked to him on the phone and he and Selena [Gomez] were congratulating me, and it was a big honor that they would both call me and talk to me," he said.
Watson, who won the legendary green jacket a week ago Sunday, was part of the red carpet frenzy at the Tim Tebow Foundation Charity Celebrity Golf Classic in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., where on Friday he gave his No. 15-emblazoned Masters players badge to the man the event was named after.
"I knew I'd see Tim in a week," Watson told the Florida Times-Union. "I told my caddie, I'm going to keep it unopened, and I'm going to hand it to him. I just felt like I should give it to him. It's his football number, and I thought he might want it more now that I won."
Aww! The new dad even earned a red-carpet man-hug from the quarterback.
But enough of the Tebowing — let's get back to the Bieber-Bubba bromance. How in the world would Justin even have Bubba's nmber? Well, as loyal fans will recall, the goofballs hit the links together in September, with Watson tweeting a photo as proof.
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MoBots are small applications that you can build in your phone using a very simple graphical interface. They act automatically on specific events like small robots. This is why we call them Mobile Robots or MoBots.
They are so simple, that only contain three types of bulding blocks:
|Yellow block that represent events capable to awake up your MoBot, like clock, incoming calls and sms, or enter a cell location or a bluetooth range..
|Green blocks that represents conditions that should occur when the MoBots receive previous event, to allow the execution of the task, like the active profile, time, or location...
|Blue blocks that represents the actions will take place automatically when the above is true, like ring, vibrate, place a misscall, send an sms or mms.. etc.
So you can create several MoBots that responde by you to different daily situations and all are independently active or sleeping. To get more powerful, some MoBots actions may be to activate or disable others MoBots, so complex behaviours like games, can be created.
Imagine you what to make a misscall to your girlfriend, everytime you´re arriving to her house during the evening, to advise her so she comes out. This is a very simple task for a MoBots, that awake when it sens the cell-id of your girlfriend house, see if is evening, and then place a miss call. Only three blocks of MoBots :-)
If your mobile has accelerometer, you can leave a handset in your car, and if you create a MoBots that if notes movement, then place a call to your other handset, you´ve create an alarm that your car is being stolen with only two blocks of MoBots.
You name it..! there will be thousand of great ideas and uses cases for MoBots, that will be share here, at www.mobots.org community.
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Getting Started Guide
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| Building Your City | Recruiting | Researching | Spying | Raiding | Conquering | Character | Stock Market | War Zone | PVP |
RegisteringThe first time you run your game, you will be required to make an account. It will ask for a username, which faction you would like to be a part of, (Dragon or Phoenix) and a password. As expected, put the name you would like to be known as in the username slot. For the faction you would like to be a part of, it's your choice. Keep in mind, if you have friends that play the game, if you are on the opposite faction from them you can't interact with them. Create a password. The password is used to recover your city if get a new phone. Once you're done, finish it.
When you get inside the game you will see nine green squares. At the top you should see a currency counter, "Food" and "Gold". You will need a steady flow of both of these resources in order to do things in your cities. The large number is the amount you have, the little green number is how much you have coming in per hour (this counter may turn red if your production cannot support your troops). To begin, lets build a castle. In order to do so, tap one of your free green squares. A menu should come up with a list of buildings that you can make along with requirements for each one. In order to build a castle, you'll need to have 1000 gold and food, as can be seen in it's requirement box. Along with the 1000 gold and food, you will also have to wait one hour for the castle to build (real time). This castle will give you an extra square that you can make a farm on or make a gold mine on.
While your castle is building, let's review the Shop Tab and the Lord Tab. First, open your tools by pressing menu (you can also tab the Cities Name) and go to the "Shop" button with the shopping cart icon. At the bottom right, you will have a gem count. This gem count will tell you how many gems you have. (see the Shop link for more information) You can now back out using the phones back key or hitting the "Close" button on the far right Tab.
Now, open your tools by pressing Menu and go to the "Lord" button with the Crown icon. You should now be presented with some infrmation that will come in handy throughout the game. Now tap on the middle tab labeled "Items". You should have a Civilian's Pack. Click on this pack and you will be given a few items to help you get started. Select each of the Resource upgrades and Build Management options and click Use (individually). Refer to the Lord link for more in depth information. You can now back out to your City View.
Castle - Barracks
By now your castle should be finished. You should now have a place to build a farm or gold mine on the outside of your wall. Tap one of them and create either a farm or a gold mine. This should take only a few minutes. After it's done your gold or food per hour should increase depending on which you made. There should also be another open square outside of your castle. Use that to build the other thing you didn't make. (i.e. if your first was a gold mine, make a farm or vica-verca.)
Now that you've got them going, you can upgrade them by tapping them (when they're finished) if you have the right amount of food, or the amount of gold. (It takes gold to upgrade your farm, and food to upgrade your mine.) The time it will take is listed in the upgrade box. If you don't want to upgrade, then don't worry about it. Upgrading will just increase the amount each one earns per hour (Which scales with the extra 25% of miners or farmers if you have the items).
Regardless of whether you upgrade it or not, we will now build a command center (since it's the next thing you're required to build.) When you have the required supplies, create one. This should only take a few minutes. After it's done, all your units can be stored inside of it. The next thing you'll want to make is a barracks. This will make approximately 10 minutes and 100 gold / 100 food. When it's created, you will have 4 units total that you can make over time. But first, what do the terms discussed in their table mean?
Health - their health.
Damage - How much damage they do each.
Damage Type - What kind of damage do they deal? (i.e. Piercing, Brunt, Normal, ect. You need to know this to upgrade it in the Blacksmith)
Armor - How much mitigation does each unit have for blows dealt to them?
Armor Type - What kind of armor do they have? (i.e. Light, Medium, or Heavy. You need to know this to upgrade it in the Blacksmith)
Range - From how far away can your units attack the mob.
Can Carry - How much food / gold can they carry back to you after defeating the mob / spying on the mob. Also counts for items (i.e. chests) and applies to treasure found from treasure hunts.
Speed - Measured in fields per hour (all that you can see on one square of the map at a time)
Upkeep - How much gold/food per hour the units siphon while they're settled in your command center. When they are out spying/fighting/looking for treasure, they are not using upkeep. The more there are, the more upkeep they require.
Now click the Barracks link and you can go over the Troops that can be built here.
Now that you've got a basic understanding of your barracks units, and the units you'll be able to get in due time, it's time to move on. We're now going to build a blacksmith. Find an empty square, and build one, it should only take a few minutes. The blacksmith is used to upgrade armor types, damage types, unit types, wall armor, and vehicle types. Lets go over all of the things you can get in the blacksmith by clicking the link.
Archery Range
For right now this guide is going to be in a time lapse while you get all of the requirements to build an archery range. You must update your barracks to level 5 and at least one gold mine to level 5. I would also suggest leveling up your castle when you have the time. Assuming you're up to the point where you can build your archery range, click the link and we can view the Archery Units.
Research Lab
We're about halfway through everything that needs to be explained now. The next building you should build is the research lab. I'm not going to go too far in to detail in to it, but there are a lot of upgrades for building faster, less cost on building, less mana for faster building, less mana for faster recruits, less cost on most everything, and a few little perks too, so check it out.


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THE Parish Games crosscountry at Pershore High School with 67 runners from 13 parishes taking part.
Winners for the second year running were Fladbury with 72 points.
In second place, over 100 points behind were Broadway with 177, with last year's runners-up, Little Comberton, third with 188.
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I have a Question for all of you Bronco fans whom are "In the Know."
What is the status of "Bronco recruit" Rory Connop (DT from Canada)? ESPN.com has him listed as a 2012 recruit, but not signed, only a verbal commit as of 9/14/2011, and the BSU roster has him on it, but he is listed as a Jr.?? And no other recruiting news or articles mentions Rory Connop. So is he a member of the 2012 class or already on the team or what?? Does anyone know? I know BSU is in need of solid DT's after losing both starting DT's from last season, and he is rated as a 3-star big (6'3 270) DT which would be a nice addition to the D-line. So is he on the team ready to go for the Fall? Anyone know by chance??


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Peterborough has a rich pool of artistic talent that has traditionally had very few options for exhibiting and developing new working practises and audiences. Fortunately there are a number of groups and individuals that go all out to make the city a better place to be for the arts and we want to help create even more opportunities for the city's art and culture to grow.
Overground also provides first step learning, and signposting to further learning, for adults interested in the creative industries. We hope to inspire the young to take up new creative endeavours and also to provide support to emerging artists in the city, so that they can gain new skills, new friends and new confidence to produce and exhibit new work. We also aim to provide a platform for more established artists to showcase - and sell - their work to the public. By bringing local and national artists together for the Live Art Jam and other events, we hope to generate new ideas, with artists picking up new skills and techniques from watching people work. Sometimes seeing the creative process in action can help you see how your process could improve or change. Or maybe just confirm that you're on the right track.
It's also a really great day out... :)
2011's Jam (on the 16th July) will be our second year and we're still growing. We don't have all the answers, but we do have a very strong desire to make positive difference in Peterborough. We welcome support and ideas and if you want to help make the city (or maybe even the world) a better place for the arts too, then Join Us!
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jP American Bistro - Closed [MSP]
Aw, that stinks. I saw it in Igger's blog in the Rake earlier this week, but I was hoping it was just closed for the night for a private party or something... Such a bummer.
Here's a link to JP's website announcement: http://www.jpamericanbistro.com/
re: The Dairy Queen
I'm not surprised. With the endless construction at Lyndale & Lake, it was a challenging area to drive in.
My wife and I ate there last fall. We thought it was good, but not really memorable. With the influx of new, interesting restaurants we've seen in the last few years, that may not be enough for survival.
OH NO! i was JUST trying to get a group together there for happy hour (i know, not a great way to support a place, but hey - im poor). now this is really pissing me off.
jP's food was spot on. i had several really great meals there, not just great-for-uptown but really tops.
hopefully he and the crew will find work elsewhere?


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