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So…the Miami Dolphins think they can dance?
Jared Odrick was born on the very last day of 1987. That's right folks. He's a New Years Eve baby.
That means the Miami Dolphins defensive end wasn't even in his mother's womb when the Pee Wee Herman Dance, which was made popular by Joeski Love in 1986, was hot.
Jason Taylor, the dance snob of the Dolphins locker room, was actually 12 when the dance Odrick has shown off after two of his three sacks this season came out.
The dance has caused quite a stir inside the Dolphins locker room, where the old folks are criticizing Odrick for his dance selection while letting Brian Hartline's horrible catdaddy go unnoticed.
Considering Odrick, the team's 2010 first-round pick, is finally warming up to his role as a pass rusher, the Dolphins and their fans better hope we see plenty more of the Pee Wee Herman dance.


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Friends and neighbors in Van Nuys, Calif. remember fondly the fun-loving, always-hospitable Carmen Zapata, who died on Sunday at her home at the age of 86. She lived in her house on Oxnard Street for nearly half a century.
"Rest in Peace Carman Zapata you're a Valley Girl at heart like me," said Julie Ann Paige, who lived nearby.
"I loved 'Villa Allegre' growing up! RIP"tweeted another neighbor/fan Melissa d'Arabian, mentioning one of the Latina actresses's first jobs on a bilingual children's show. (She was the mayor on the show for nine seasons.)
Zapata, who filmed "Sister Act" and the sequel with Whoopi Goldberg at the local Hollywood United Methodist Church (the one with the big red ribbon on it), is also known for being a semi-regular on the NBC soap Santa Barbara and she played the matriarch on Viva Valdez, a 1976 ABC summer sitcom.
Actress Diana B. took it hard, writing: "Carmen Zapata gave a lot of us young up and coming Latinos our start. I got my Actors Equity working for her."
Zapata had been suffering from a heart condition.
She co-founded the Los Angeles' Bilingual Foundation of the Arts in 1973 and fostered Latino culture in the arts.
In a release from MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the activists say:
MALDEF mourns the loss of Carmen Zapata, an accomplished character actress on TV, film and the stage, MALDEF honoree, and a leading force in showcasing Latino culture in Los Angeles. Ms. Zapata, 86, died Sunday at her home in Van Nuys after complications from heart failure.
In a career spanning more than six decades, Carmen Zapata was one of the most respected and diversified Hispanic-American figures in the arts. Zapata appeared on dozens of other TV shows during her six-decade career, including The Bold Ones, Bonanza, Marcus Welby, M.D., Medical Center, Adam-12, Mod Squad, The Rookies, The Streets of San Francisco, McMillan and Wife, Chico and the Man, Falcon Crest, Married … With Children, L.A. Law and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.
Zapata notably appeared as one of the choir nuns in Sister Act (1992) as well as its sequel. She also held a regular role on Santa Barbara, a soap opera on NBC and also played the matriarch on Viva Valdez, a 1976 ABC summer sitcom which was one of the first prime-time sitcoms to center around a Latino family. She also starred as the mayor on the PBS bilingual children's show Villa Alegre for nine seasons.
Ms. Zapata founded the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts with Cuban-born actress, playwright and director Margarita Galban. For 38 years, the foundation's Spanish-language theatrical productions have introduced Hispanic culture to the English-speaking crowd, while promoting cultural pride in its Spanish-speaking audiences. The Foundation introduced actors Andy Garcia and Elizabeth Peña in its early days at the Inner City Cultural Center. The group's programs included Teatro Para Los Ninos (Theater for Children), Teatro Para Los Jovenes (Theater for Youth) and the Reader's Theater for new playwright development.
Thomas A. Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel, stated, "Carmen Zapata was an icon familiar to all Latinos, including children, seeking to see themselves represented in powerful form on the television screen. Although there is still much progress to be made in securing adequate Latino representation in media, Carmen Zapata made indelible contributions to our ultimate success in that regard. She will be greatly missed."ess Carmen Zapata died Sunday night at her home in Van Nuys. She was 86.
According to her organization, Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, Zapata had been dealing with an illness and a heart condition for some time.
Zapata worked to preserve Latin American culture in our community, but she was also an actress who took on many roles.
In her career, Zapata did Broadway, movies and television. She appeared on numerous TV shows, including "Bonanza," "The Bold Ones," "Marcus Welby, M.D." and "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." She's also known for her appearance on the soap opera, "Santa Barbara," as well as her role as one of the choir nuns in the "Sister Act" movies.
Her resume was as long as her smile was bright. During her career, good roles didn't always come easy for a Latina in show business. But Zapata worked hard to change that.
She lived locally for more than four decades and worked with many local theaters as well. She will be sorely missed.
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My. My. How the world turns.
Shame on me for jumping to conclusions:
It's pretty sad when our delegation plays shadow boxing, in front of the home town crowd, with the Patrick Administration and, then, when Patrick actually throws a punch, they bitch up and run to the Blog of Record.
Grow up, Lowell. Pangy was our last great hope. He bailed. Maybe, just maybe, Tom Golden might make the moves needed to make a difference for us. Sen. Donoghue is in her first term. Frankly, I see her as a better fit for the US Congress, than MA Senate. So, I wouldn't put too much stock in her on Beacon Hill.
Gov. Patrick just stepped over a shadow boxer, laying on the canvas. That's how we roll in Lowell. No?
Now we have "the rest of the story" coming out of the Blog of Record.
Overrides save funding for Lowell
BOSTON — The House on Tuesday overrode three more of Gov. Deval Patrick's vetoes in the fiscal 2013 state budget, including $450,000 in recreation funding for Lowell.
And this!
House Speaker Robert DeLeo denied this week he is the target of any federal probes in connection with a patronage scandal within the state's Probation Department.
DeLeo's comments came in the wake of a Boston Globe report that federal investigators are focusing on allegations that votes for DeLeo's speakership campaign were rewarded with jobs or promotions within the Probation department.
If Dempsey were to become speaker, it could be a boon for Greater Lowell lawmakers who were largely subjected to the House's back bench when DeLeo was named speaker.
Lowell representatives, in particular, lost some of the clout they enjoyed under former Speaker Sal DiMasi when they backed Rep. John Rogers, D-Norwood, over DeLeo for Speaker in 2009.
But Reps. Tom Golden, Kevin Murphy and David Nangle have a good relationship with Dempsey and would likely back him should he aim to become speaker one day.
There is a logic gap, in that the delegation are claimed to be on the "back bench," but then we can see that they just managed to get some earmarks pulled out of the dumpster. Do they have juice or not?
You'll hurt yourself trying to second guess what the hell goes on in the House. It is as crooked as a dog's leg over there.
… Come on fellas! You've shown us that you know how to play this game. It's why we elected you…to do what we are unwilling to do. So please, wink, nod, hold your collective noses and get the job done. We know you can do it!
Oh, fer chrissakes, another Speaker of the House in trouble?
Do we have any nuns in the delegation?
not with Dempsey you don't . Brian Dempsey - December 12, 2003. http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?&articleid=1312983&format=&page=1&listingType=col#articleFull
Blech. Howie Carr is a fucking asshole.
true dat but another lawbreaker in the top spot?
America has a strange fetish for "bad boys." I wonder if there is anyone with a shot, that is a shiney snowflake.
There's Brad Jones, but he's a GOPer. ;v)
I don't think there are too many shiny snowflakes in Boston but … is it too much to ask for someone who hasn't been arrested?
If I understand our justice system, arrested is okay. If "convicted," then there is cause for pause, you'd think.
I'm not sure where Dempsey landed.
Plus, I think many pols get breaks. Even if the cops haul them in, they often get "slither rights." Meaning, if you "slither" away, we won't prosecute you.
Under the terms of the unofficial but nationally recognized "snail rule" a trail of slime is allowed of all slithering creatures so long as mucus viscosity meets local/state/federal guidelines. Generally there is no problem, but on occasion, as when several trails of slime converge, the resulting tower of detritus attracts public attention.
God speed our slithery brethren! May their slimy trails remain unobtrusive.
Dempsey Pleads No Contest to Drunk Driving: The Haverhill representative got a year's probation and lost his license for 45 days after submitting to facts in a Jan. 12 incident. Another motorist saw his car weaving in the early morning hours on I-93 near North Andover. (Source: State House News Service, Weekly Roundup, Week of Dec. 22, 2003)
Why is it always the House Speaker, anyway? I can't remember the last time a Senate President got in legal trouble.
Is it like the Amityville Horror? An ordinary guy goes into the House, and the next thing you know he's growing a beard, obsessively chopping wood, and perjuring himself?
I'm telling you: we need a nun.
There is something inherent in the powers the Speaker wields in regards to offices, committee assignments, and chairmanships, and how they are able to rise up those ranks (play the game, get to be prominent in your chairmanships, be able to wrangle votes yourself some day). Like something about the dictatorial nature of the Speaker position IMHO that invites this crap.
I too in the past have observed that we have a trail of unethical speakers, but no Senate Presidents.
BTW, if there is indeed fire for this smoke, I could have told you when DeLeo got elected that he was one of "those" kind of speakers. He had some…er…questions surrounding him before he got elected. The funny thing is, as far as I remember, the *other* guy, Rogers (?) had an even worse ethical smell…and HE was the guy OUR delegation was backing that got them put in the basement offices, so to speak!!!
"If elected, I will serve. If I serve, then I am convicted…"
Oy. No wonder we get such a bad impression of our politics.
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As the title reads..... Gryphon Callisto 2200 wanted
As the title reads..... Gryphon Callisto 2200 wanted
The Callisto 2200 is a fantastic amp - an improvement on the earlier 2100, and imho better than the Diablo which superceded it.
Loved mine. I even had the optional phono board.
Good luck with your search.
Thanks Myrman.... was hoping to source one locally before I go there....
I would fly out and collect it, but might be worth a look.
hmmm - it does smell a bit "brown and steamy" - i.e. audio for sale on donkiz.co.uk
that said, would not mind a round of golf in malaga & some payella on the beach!!
weekend bump
Unfortunately they are a bit like hen's teeth.
If you've not already done so, try giving Jack at Audio Salon a call. He may know of one that might be available.
I tried auido salon but they can potentially sell me a Diablo as a demo, but this is way over my budget. Also I prefer the Callisto.
I tried to get the one on Adiomarkt in Germany but unfortunately this already sold...
The search will continue.
thanks Ipoci - looks like it was listed today - and already sold.....
Sorry, I did my best for you ... but Callisto is one of most wanted amplifier on the market.
I bought and sold it three times, two weeks ago I got my 4th ( it is not one of the listed above ) ... and this time I decided to keep it longer.
Personally I prefer it against Diablo that it is not my favourite.
May consider a Callisto 2100 or Diablo as well....
2100 - OK. It's obviously very similar to the 2200, but possibly a little 'gentler'.
GJM - what did you not like about the Diable?


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Daytona Beach police: Drunken mother found lying in busy roadway
Published: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 10:56 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 7:19 p.m.
DAYTONA BEACH — A 35-year-old woman was so drunk when she went to pick up her daughters at school Monday that she fell in the street as she tried to get in her car, leaving the girls — ages 4 and 5 — alone by the side of the road near traffic, an arrest report shows.
Lindsey Scanlon was arrested and charged with two counts of child neglect without great harm after an employee at Lourdes Academy on North Halifax Drive called the Department of Children & Families, the report shows. Scanlon showed up at the school after 6:30 p.m. slurring her speech and having difficulty walking, the report shows. A school official called DCF because there is an open case on Scanlon with the state agency, the report shows.
When DCF worker Shawn Gillard arrived at the school, she saw Scanlon's children on the side of the road in the dark attempting to help their mother get up, the report shows. But because the children are so small, they could not lift the 100-pound Scanlon, the report states. Gillard told police that the youngsters were standing less than 5 feet from the road, which had "heavy flowing traffic."
Scanlon had a 2010 conviction for reckless driving, court records show. She is in custody at the Volusia County Branch Jail.
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Super Soil: Designing Soil for the Main Fountain Garden
June 28, 2016
"Great soil is the foundation for a great landscape," explains Claire Agre. A landscape architect, Agre is also a principal at West 8 urban design and landscape architecture, a design firm responsible for the execution of parks, gardens, waterfronts, and public spaces around the world. West 8's latest project is to lead the landscape design of the Main Fountain Garden, including the planting of more than 2,600 boxwood in an exuberant hedge, 168 linden trees in Allee formation, and the development of additional pathways, furnishings, and fixtures for guests to enjoy. Great care was taken in all aspects of planning the Garden, from plant selection to bench design, but perhaps the most intensive aspect of the project was designing the soil upon which the Garden would thrive. But how does one design soil?
Save the Majestic Monarch
June 21, 2016
The Meadow Garden at Longwood is a beautiful space that helps to inform visitors about native and naturally producing flora throughout the seasons. The Meadow Garden also illustrates how native plants can be used in our own gardens both for aesthetic benefit and wildlife habitat. Each habitat in the meadow demonstrates the complex interrelationships of plants, insects, birds, amphibians, and many other small animals. Sadly, in recent years the beloved monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) has been in decline due to habitat destruction. The good news is we can work to reverse this trend in our own gardens.
Introducing Canna 'Longwood Simply Salmon'!
May 25, 2016
Our plant family is welcoming a new addition this summer: Canna 'Longwood Simply Salmon'! This canna was bred here at Longwood and is being released commercially under the Longwood Gardens name. Canna is a genus of large tropical and sub-tropical rhizomatous perennial plants with showy flowers and foliage. Canna 'Longwood Simply Salmon' is a compact, virus-free cultivar with showy, salmon-colored flowers. Cannas have a strong presence at Longwood, as a favorite feature in our summer display. They also have a long history within our Research division.
Native Orchid Conservation at Longwood Gardens
May 10, 2016
When you think of endangered species and conservation programs, you may think of our nation's zoos and aquariums and their work with wildlife preservation. Native flora may not come immediately to mind, but in Pennsylvania alone, the US Department of Agriculture lists more than 600 plants as endangered or threatened. Pennsylvania is home to nearly 60 species of native orchids. Some are among the showiest and most charismatic members of our native flora, but most are rare and threatened in the wild. Climate change, invasive species, habitat loss, and a booming white-tailed deer population have decimated many orchid populations in Southeastern Pennsylvania and across the region. To combat these issues, and to provide critical information about the propagation and growth of native orchids in cultivation, our Research Team at Longwood Gardens is developing a conservation program.
Making Our Blooms Count
May 2, 2016
Phenology is the scientific study of nature's seasonal events—when cherry trees bloom and when birds choose to nest, for example. Studying phenology is a great way of getting outside and observing nature. Longwood Gardens has been observing and collecting the phenological data of when plants boom in our Gardens for many years. The data collected helps predict when plants will bloom each year, when to collect pollen for breeding programs, when to photograph flowers, or to let guests know the best time to visit to see a specific bloom. We are lucky to have a team of 15 trained observers who are dedicated to this important task.


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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 762891, 12 pages
A Novel Fuzzing Method for Zigbee Based on Finite State Machine
1Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
2China Electric Power Research Institute, Beijing 100876, China
Received 6 October 2013; Accepted 18 October 2013; Published 20 January 2014
Academic Editor: Fatos Xhafa
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With the extensive application of Zigbee, some bodies of literature were devoted into finding the vulnerabilities of Zigbee by fuzzing. According to earlier test records, the majority of defects were exposed due to a series of testing cases. However, the context of malformed inputs is not taken account into the previous algorithms. In this paper, we propose a refined structure-based fuzzing algorithm for Zigbee based on FSM, FSM-fuzzing. Any malformed input in FSM-Fuzzing is injected to the tested sensor against a specific initial state. If the sensor transferred to the next state of FMS or crashed, there would be a defect of Zigbee in dealing with the input under the state. The final state of the sensor is verified by an UIO sequence. After a round of tests, the sensor is regressed to the specific state to prepars for receiving the next mutation. All of the states would be traversed in FSM-fuzzing. A fuzzing tool, ZFSM-fuzzer, is designed for evaluating the performance of FSM-fuzzing. Experiment results show that there is a vulnerability of Zigbee in dealing with the frames without destination addresses. Further, the quality of cases of FSM-fuzzing is higher than the previous algorithms. Therefore, FSM-fuzzing is powerful in finding the vulnerabilities of Zigbee.
1. Introduction
Zigbee attracts much attention in recent years due to the growth of the demand for low power consumption [1]. Therefore, Zigbee sensors are lightweight with slow operation speed and low storage ability. Moreover, the sensors are usually deployed in the outside [2]. As a result, Zigbee networks are faced with multiple attacks, such as data monitor, data tampering, and Denial of Service (DoS) attack [3].
Some bodies of literature focused on the security analysis and the security framework of Zigbee. They proposed key management schemes for encrypting data and identifying impersonated nodes with low cost [4]. They also proposed privacy protection schemes [5] and security routing protocols [6] to enhance the security of Zigbee networks. The previous research result shows that there are several vulnerabilities with Zigbee protocol, which would lead to the jamming or even crashing of the networks. Thus, mining the potential defects of Zigbee and refining them are important for the security of networks.
Fuzzing test is widely used in finding defections of network protocols and file applications [7]. Fuzzing test is implemented by injecting malformed testing cases to the target system and detecting the operation status of the target [8, 9]. If the target system crashed, there may be vulnerability in it. Previously, the test cases of fuzzing test were generated in the random algorithm. Time cost and resource cost of random fuzzing test are both huge. Furthermore, little defects are exposed in this way. Some researchers proposed testing cases generation algorithms in different ways for improving the efficiency of fuzzing test. The general refined fuzzing algorithms are structure-based algorithm [10], key-field-based algorithm [11], and boundary-based algorithm [12]. However, the relationship between testing cases and the transformation of operation state of the target system are not taken into account in the refined algorithms. And several vulnerabilities are exposed owing to the interaction between special states and particular testing cases. For these reasons, a refined fuzzing algorithm based on state transferring is proposed.
In this paper, we present a refined algorithm for generating fuzzing test cases for Zigbee, FSM-fuzzing. It combines finite state machine (FSM) with structure-based fuzzing algorithm according to MAC protocol of Zigbee. The sensors transfer from one state to another in line with Zigbee on working. Before checking the defects of Zigbee in one process, FSM-fuzzing makes the tested sensor work in the previous state. Then a test case against the state transferring process which is semicompliance with the frame construction rules of Zigbee is sent to the target sensor. If the semi-compliance case makes the sensor transfer to the next state successfully or makes the sensor or network crash, there may be vulnerability in Zigbee or stack. The unique input and output (UIO) sequence is used for checking the state of the target sensor after dealing with the test case. Finally, the test sequences are regressed to the initial state by regression process so that FSM-fuzzing can implement the next round of test. Regression process improves the automation level of FSM-fuzzing.
In order to verify the advantage of FSM-fuzzing in finding potential defects, a fuzzing framework named ZFSM-fuzzer is designed. ZFSM-fuzzer is implemented on Z-Stack which is a widely used Zigbee stack. In this paper, we take the process of connection and disconnection as an example to verify the usability of FSM-Fuzzing. Experiment results show that there is an abnormality of Z-Stack in dealing with a kind of malformed packets that don not contain the destination address. A series of performance tests are also implemented among random-based algorithm, structure-based algorithm, and FSM-fuzzing. Compared with random-based algorithm, the scale of testing cases and time cost of FSM-fuzzing is greatly reduced. Compared with structure-based algorithm, the quality of test cases of FSM-fuzzing is higher. In addition, it is easier for FSM-fuzzing to locate the reasons of vulnerabilities than structure-bases algorithm.
The rest of this paper is organized as follows. Section 2 introduces some related works in the security of Zigbee. Section 3 describes the theory of FSM and the main idea of FSM-fuzzing. Section 4 presents the framework of ZFSM-fuzzer. After designing the topology of tested network, experiments are conducted and the results are shown in Section 5. Finally, we conclude this paper and point out the future work in Section 6.
2. Related Work
The attributes of poor storage ability and low computing capacity lead to vulnerability of Zigbee networks. The threats against Zigbee networks can be divided into six classifications: attacks against data privacy, DoS attacks, node compromise, side-channel attacks, impersonation attacks, and protocol-specific [13]. These threats may lead to disclosure of sensitive data, increasing of network load, or even communications blocking.
In order to resist primary attacks, four kinds of security services are ordered by the MAC layer of Zigbee.(i)Data encryption: the payload of MAC frame can be encrypted in AES, if the security bit is set to 1 in the frame control field of the MAC frame. There are three encryption modes offering different levels, which are AES-CTR, AES-CBC-MAC, and AES-CCM [14, 15].(ii)Data freshness: every frame owns an increasing sequence number in the head of MAC frame. The receiver checks the freshness of the sequence number. This measure is against reply attacks and data forgery.(iii)Frame check sequence (FCS): there is FCS occupying two bytes at the end of MAC frame. The sequence is unique for each frame. If the FCS does not match with the frame, the frame is probably tampered with by attackers during transmission.(iv)Access control list (ACL): it is an optional security service on MAC layer. The upper layer of MAC maintains a list of authentic nodes. If the access control service is started, the sensor will reject all data from unauthentic sensors [16].
Some researchers paid attention to other schemes to enhance the security of wireless sensor network (WSN) including Zigbee. Mogre et al. [17] researched the security requirement of WSNs and proposed a security framework. They declared that the security of WSN depended on the comprehensive detection of misbehavior, security routing protocol, and reputation management. McCusker and O'Connor [18] presented a symmetric key distribution scheme for WSN. The scheme met the strict energy constraint through porting the pairing component to hardware. Karlof and Wagner [19] summarized the threats against routing protocols, such as selective forwarding, Sybil attacks and wormholes, and suggested countermeasures.
Some researchers also focused on finding vulnerabilities of protocol of WSN. Shin Jung et al. [20] found a defect of Zigbee in beacon networks. The coordinator would not verify the real identity of a node with an authentic ID in a GTS request. The requests from the legitimated nodes would be ignored if the attackers cloned large scale of legal nodes and sent GTS requests. DoS attack was achieved.
In order to increase the automation level of vulnerability mining, fuzzing was introduced by Mendonça and Neves [12] to test Wi-Fi, which was early used in finding defects of wire network protocols. Lahmadi et al. [21] also applied fuzzing on discovering vulnerabilities in 6LoWPAN networks and designed a testing framework. Peng et al. [22] firstly designed architecture for fuzzing test on MAC layer of Zigbee, called ZBCBT.
However, testing cases are generated in random-based algorithm in black-box Fuzzing test. The time cost and resource cost of random fuzzing test are huge. Therefore, improving the efficiency of Fuzzing test for WSN protocols becomes a hot area. Peng et al. proposed a refined algorithm, ZBCA, employed in ZBCBT to generate fuzzing test cases. The subfields of the cases in ZBCA were set with the boundary value so that the probability of exposing vulnerabilities was increased. A vulnerability of Zigbee that would lead to the dissociation between end devices and coordinators was also presented. Cui et al. [23] also proposed a refined fuzzing algorithm based on node clone.
Research results show that the vulnerabilities ordinarily expose in the special state. However, the state transferring of the tested nodes is not taken into account in the above refined algorithms. Several abnormalities in deep paths are not exposed. Therefore, a refined fuzzing algorithm based on FSM is proposed to deal with the problem in this paper.
3. FSM-Fuzzing
Fuzzing test is a frequently used technique for finding vulnerabilities of protocols and programs. It makes exceptions exposed by inserting specific inputs like malformed data or faults into the target system which is monitored by testers simultaneously [24]. Fuzzing test was first proposed by Miller et al. [25] for finding vulnerabilities of UNIX programs in 1990. This test tool generated a battery of inputs randomly and inserted them into the applications, which then caused more than 24% of applications to crash [7]. However random-based algorithm which generates a huge number of test cases is inefficient. In order to reduce the number of invalid test cases and improve the path coverage of target system, smart fuzzing testing frameworks were proposed. At present, for various applications and protocols, corresponding fuzzing testing tools can be used. For example, COMRaider and AxMan [26] are designed for ActiveX controls, as well as SPIKE [27] for network protocols and Peach [28] for files and protocols.
In this section, we propose a refined fuzzing algorithm for Zigbee, FSM-fuzzing. The algorithm is based on the theory of FSM. The testing object in this method is the state transition of the tested sensor. Before sending malformed inputs, the tested sensor is changed to an initial state. Through verifying the final state by the UIO sequence, defects of the tested stack can be found. If the sensor transfers to the next state successfully or even the sensor is out of work, there would be a defect in dealing with the kind of mutations.
3.1. Finite State Machine (FSM)
The essence of protocol is that the sensors transfer from one state to another complying with the rules. FSM is widely used in describing state migration of sensors by a digraph [29]. A FSM M is a 5-tuple , where(i) is a finite set of states,(ii) is a set of inputs,(iii) is a set of outputs,(iv) is a state migration function,(v) is an output function.
At any moment, FSM can only work on one state in . The digraph can be determined by FSM of the protocol. All of the states are taken as the vertices in and the transferring of states is a directed arc.(i) is the set of vertices. The set represents of .(ii) is the set of arcs. It represents a series of state migrations, in which an element means the transferring from to . The input of the event is and the output is .
An example of is shown in Figure 1.
The purpose of building FSM is getting the testing sequences according to the state migration digraph . There are four general methods of generation testing sequences based on FSM, that is, transition tour method (T method), distinguishing sequences method (D method), charactering sequences method (W method), and unique input/output (UIO) sequences method (U method) [30].
is assumed as the UIO sequence of . exists if and only if the output of under is different from the output of any state under ,
The UIO sequence of is represented by . UIO sequence is widely used for verify the current state of FSM. The state of FSM can be sure only if there is an UIO sequence under the state.
3.2. FSM-Fuzzing for Zigbee
FSM-fuzzing is a refined fuzzing algorithm for Zigbee based on FSM. The main idea of FSM-fuzzing is making the tested nodes work on a special state before injecting a malformed frame to it. Therefore, the process of FSM-fuzzing can be conducted as follows.(i)Create FSM for each process of Zigbee [31] and draw the state transition diagram [32]. Each arc of the diagram is treated as a test object. If the sensor successfully achieves the transition or crashes under a malformed input, vulnerability is exposed.(ii)Obtain the UIO sequence of each state. The malformed input and the UIO sequence of the next state form the testing sequence against one arc. The UIO sequence is used for verifying the current state of the sensor.(iii)Implement regression process. Reset the sensor into the previous state so that the next malformed input can be directly injected into it. The regression sequence is also a part of the testing sequence against the migration.(iv)Generate a set of malformed inputs for the migration in structure-based algorithm. The set is the negation of the normal inputs.
According to IEEE 802.15.4, the state transition on the MAC layer of Zigbee can be divided into twelve processes as shown in Figure 2.
The process of association and disassociation is the most simple among the processes. In this part, it is taken as an example to explain FSM-fuzzing. The process of connection and disconnection is shown in Figure 3.
3.2.1. Creating FSM
The states of the tested protocol in the process of connection and disconnection are listed in Table 1.
The inputs of state transitions are shown in Table 2. They are described in the angle of the testing system.
The state transition digraph is shown in Figure 4.
The set of the arcs is shown in Table 3.
3.2.2. Obtaining UIO Sequence
The digraph of association and disassociation is simple. Therefore, the UIO sequence of each state can be obtained manually. The shortest UIO sequences are listed in Table 4. A sequence is represented by a 3-tuple: where presents the verified state. presents the final state due to the unique input. presents the unique input sequences.
The input subsequence for testing each transition in FSM-fuzzing is shown in Table 5. The transition function is represented by . presents the initial state of the tested transition. presents the next state of the tested transition. presents the terminal state under the UIO sequence. presents the type of malformed inputs for fuzzing test.
3.2.3. Regression Process
A transition is tested repeatedly by the malformed inputs in FSM-fuzzing. Therefore, it is necessary to implement regression process. Before implementing the new round of fuzzing test, the tested sensor is set into the initial state of the tested transition from . After implementing the round, the tested sensor should be set into the initial state of the stack . The whole input regression for each transition is shown in Table 6.
3.3. Mutation of Data
There are a series of filter rules to verify the legality of frames on the MAC layer of Zigbee. Most of the testing cases generated in structure-based algorithm are in compliance with the rules. Therefore, FSM-fuzzing is deployed with structure-based algorithm to generate the malformed inputs.
The set of the malformed inputs is the negation of the normal inputs. Except the field of command type, the other fields are fuzzing in structure-based algorithm. The pseudo code of generation malformed is listed in Pseudocode 1.
The pseudocode of generation malformed is listed in Pseudocode 2.
The process of generation malformed is listed in Pseudocode 3.
4. ZFSM-Fuzzer
ZFSM-fuzzer is a fuzzing tool for Zigbee that is deployed with FSM-fuzzing. It consists of two parts as shown in Figure 5. The two parts are fuzzing-controller and fuzzing-executer.
Fuzzing-controller is working on a personal computer (PC). It orders graphical interface for user to control the address of the tested node and the beginning of fuzzing test. It also presents testing results on the interface timely. Fuzzing-executer is working on a Zigbee sensor. It implements a test according to the command from fuzzing-controller. Another duty of this section is listening for communications and transporting the packets to fuzzing-controller for further analyzing.
4.1. Fuzzing-Controller
Fuzzing-controller is designed for comfortably controlling the beginning and the end of fuzzing test. FSM-fuzzing is deployed on it. The testing sequences for fuzzing including the malformed inputs are also generated by this module. Therefore, the burden of fuzzing-Executer is reduced and the rate of injecting testing cases is improved.
Fuzzing-controller is divided into seven sections. UI controller is the top module of fuzzing-controller. It offers the interface for users to configure the parameters of fuzzing, such as the modes of the source address and the destination address, the address of ZFSM-fuzzer and the address of the tested node, and so on. The system also presents the state of the tested node in last field. The interface of ZFMS-fuzzer is shown in Figure 6.
Packet definer is a text file that describes the theory of Zigbee. The structure of the frame and the flows of communications are both defined in it. Testers create FSM of Zigbee according to the definer.
Packet generator is the core module of ZFSM-fuzzing. The testing sequences and the value of the subfields of each case are calculated in this part. The type of testing and the key parameters of the tested network are obtained from the UI controller.
After producing the testing cases, the packet controller informs the serial port controller to send the cases to fuzzing-executer.
The serial port controller deals with the events of the serial port. The controller is in charge of transporting the testing cases to the Zigbee node. It also receives the packets from a sniffer through another serial port and delivers them upper.
The responsibility of packet analyst is analyzing the binary data coming from the serial port according to IEEE 802.15.4.
The analytical results are submitted further to packet decoder. The part picks up the abnormal behavior of the tested network based on packet definer and generates a testing report.
4.2. Fuzzing-Executer
Fuzzing-executer is deployed on the Zigbee nodes. The function of the part is lightweight owing to fuzzing-controller. The primary responsibility of it is injecting testing cases to the tested sensor.
There is a module working on application layer (APL) receiving data from fuzzing-controller. These packets are directly sent to the tested node after setting the FCS.
There is another Zigbee node deployed with fuzzing-Executer. The node plays the role of listener in the network. It is set in the mode of promiscuous mode and captures the packets in the network. The packets are delivered to fuzzing-controller through the serial port either.
5. Experiment
5.1. Topology
Figure 7 shows the basic network topology for implementing fuzzing test with ZFSM-fuzzer.
It needs three Zigbee sensor nodes for implementing the test. One of them is the tested node. And the other two nodes are deployed with ZFSM-fuzzing. One plays as the listener and another is the executer. They both communicate with a computer through a serial port. The IEEE address of the three nodes is listed in Table 7. The type of the nodes is CC2530 produced by Texas Instruments (TI) and the stack employed on the chips is Z-Stack.
5.2. Fuzzing Test
The process of association and disassociation is taken for example as the tested object. The rules of mutating inputs under each state are described in Table 8. The state transition from to is hard to implement in experiment. Therefore, the rules of are not included in the table.
The testing report of fuzzing-controller showed that there were four times abnormal state transition in the fuzzing test. All of the malformed inputs in the four rounds lead to the state transition from to defined in Figure 4. The detail of the four mutations is presented in Table 9. The same point of the four inputs is that the destination addresses are not included in them. Therefore, there may be vulnerability of Z-Stack in dealing with the packets without destination addresses under the state of .
5.3. Performance Test
There are four parameters being used for describing performance of Fuzzing test, which are the total number of testing cases, the rate of VS-Cases, redundant rate of testing cases, and the valid rate of the testing cases. The valid rate of testing cases is calculated based on the rate of VS-Cases and redundant rate of testing cases. The quality of the cases can be described by it in quantitative. The higher the valid rate of the algorithm is, the higher quality of testing cases generated by the algorithm is. In this part, random-based algorithm, structure-based algorithm, and FSM-fuzzing are compared in the four ways.
5.3.1. The Amount of Testing Cases
For a long time, reducing the number of cases in random-based algorithm has become the primary goal of proposing a refined algorithm.
Structure-based algorithm is an example. The key fields such as frame type, addresses, and payload of MAC are specified according the filter rules. The mutated subfield occupies 1 byte in a frame. Therefore, the amount of testing cases covering all possibility is little.
FSM-fuzzing is refined based on structure-based algorithm. Therefore, the number of testing sequences is equal to the amount in structure-based algorithm.
In comparison, the number of Fuzzing test cases in the three algorithms is separately recorded and shown in Figure 8. Abscissa presents the length of the cases . Ordinate presents the amount of testing cases . The three curves in the figure belong to the three algorithms separately.
It is obvious that the curve of random-based algorithm exponentially rises. The scale of testing cases in it is the largest among the three algorithms. The amount of structure-bases algorithm is fixed with the increasing of length. The amount of FSM-fuzzing is almost 4 times more than the amount in structure-based algorithm. The multiple is related to process of UIO verifying and regression. Statistical results show that nearly 3 additional inputs are needed in order to inject one malformed case.
5.3.2. The Rate of VS-Cases
In previous fuzzing tests, reasons for vulnerabilities were hard to locate because the state of sensors was not within the scope of monitoring. Furthermore, the vulnerabilities are always exposed owing to a specific previous state. Therefore, implementing the fuzzing test against a specific state is a solution for locating the reasons for vulnerabilities. However, the abnormal inputs may lead the sensor transfering to an unknown state. Although a defect is exposed during a later test, the previous sensor is also unknown. It is knocked into the previous problem. The rate of VS-Cases is proposed for describing the valid rate of cases in exposing vulnerability.
VS-Case presents the cases generated under a valid state that is specified by testers. For example, is the specific valid state. The purpose of the fuzzing test is finding the vulnerabilities of the sensor in dealing with abnormal inputs under . Only the cases generated under are VS-Cases. Some of the fuzzing cases may make the sensor transfer from to the other states. Until the sensor transfers to again, the cases generated by fuzzer are invalid.
The comparison of random-based algorithm, structure-based algorithm, and FSM-fuzzing is shown in Figure 9. Abscissa presents the amount of testing cases . Ordinate presents the amount of VS-Cases .
According to the testing result, almost 100% of the cases in random-based algorithm are VS-Cases. The vulnerabilities exposed in this method are analyzed.
After a long period of tests, the probability of state transition owing to a testing case in structure-based algorithm is 5%. It nearly needs 15 cases to make the sensor transform to other states in the first time. For this reason, the curve of the structure-based algorithm is almost a constant equal to 15.
The rate of VS-Cases of FSM-fuzzing is nearly equal to 15%. The malformed cases generated by FSM-fuzzing are against the tested state. The non-VS-Cases include UIO cases and regression cases. The result is a match with the previous experiment result.
5.3.3. Redundant Rate of Testing Cases
Redundant rate is the percent of redundant cases. Redundant case refers to the case that is abundant by the tested sensor. According to IEEE 802.15.4, there are a series of rules to filter illegal packets. The abundant cases are not submitted to higher layers of the tested stack. They are redundant for the deep paths of the tested stack. The existence of redundant cases involves the efficiency of fuzzing test greatly. In this experiment, the number of cases that are abundant is counted. The results are shown in Figure 10. In this coordinate, abscissa presents the amount of cases and ordinate presents the amount of redundant cases .
Almost 100% of the cases generated by random-based algorithm are redundant. The amount of structure-based algorithm is the least. Because all of the cases generated in this method are strictly complied with the filter rules. The redundant rate of FSM-fuzzing is 10% lower than random-based algorithm for the reason that most of the malformed inputs are failure in making the tested sensor transform from one state to another and the contribution of UIO sequences and regression sequences is little. The cases of UIO sequences and regression sequences devote a lot in increasing the rate of redundant cases.
5.4. Valid Rate of Testing Cases
Valid rate of testing cases is a comprehensive parameter to evaluate the quality of the cases generated by a fuzzing algorithm. It is commonly determined by the rate of VS-Cases and redundant rate of testing cases. The formula of valid rate is
Therefore, the number of valid packets is
The number of valid packets of the three algorithms is shown in Figure 11. Abscissa presents the amount of cases and ordinate presents the amount of valid cases .
Although the rate of VS-Cases of random-based algorithm reaches 100%, the comprehensive valid rate of it is nearly 0. The efficiency of random-based is extremely poor.
The number of valid cases of structure-based algorithm is a constant equaled to 5. No matter how many testing cases the fuzzer tool injects under a specific state, the number of valid cases is not increased. Furthermore, the valid rate is decreased with the increasing of . Therefore, the state of the tested sensor should be changed manually after receiving 5 inputs. The automation of the fuzzing test is reduced. The efficiency is also negatively affected.
The valid rate of FSM-fuzzing keeps rising with the increasing of the amount of testing cases. And the slope of the curve is constant according to the figure. When the number of cases is beyond 240, the amount of valid cases is larger than the other algorithms. Therefore, the quality of the cases of FSM-fuzzing is the highest among the three algorithms. Overall, the performance of FSM-fuzzing is the best.
6. Conclusion
In this paper, we propose a scheme FSM-fuzzing to generate Fuzzing cases based on FSM. The context of the cases and the state transition of the tested sensor are both taken account into FSM-fuzzing. It is easy for testers to locate and analyze the vulnerabilities of Zigbee. Meanwhile, the process of regression raises the automation level of fuzzing test based on FSM. In order to comply with the filters rules of Zigbee on MAC, the malformed inputs are generated in structure-based algorithm. The methods of generating testing sequences and the malformed packets are explained through taking the process of association and disassociation as an example.
The architecture of fuzzing tool deployed with FSM-fuzzing is designed. The testing sequences are generated by computers so that the burden of the testing node is reduced. According to experiment results, we concluded that there was vulnerability in Z-Stack in dealing with the frames without destination addresses. Thus, FSM-fuzzing is useful in find defects of Zigbee.
We also proposed four parameters for evaluating the performance of FSM-fuzzing, the amount of fuzzing test, the rate of VS-Cases, the redundant rate of cases, and the valid rate of cases. Although the amount of Fuzzing test of FSM-fuzzing is 4 times more than the amount of structure-based algorithm, the amount of VS-Cases of FSM-fuzzing is more than structure-based algorithm. The redundant rate of FSM-fuzzing is almost 1.5 times more than the rate of structure-based algorithm. Yet the comprehensive results show that the valid rate of FSM-fuzzing is more than structure-based algorithm when the number of cases is more over than 240. Overall, efficiency of fuzzing test taken in the context of cases account is more efficient than structure-based algorithm.
In the future work, we will devote to build the FSMs of the other processes and interconnect each part. The fuzzing test is implemented based on the whole FSM of Zigbee. The other deep defects are expected to be found by ZFSM-fuzzer.
Conflict of Interests
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 61170268, 61100047, and 61272493), International S&T Cooperation Special Projects of China (nos. 2013DFG72850), and The National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Nos. 2012CB724400).
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Food was too greasy. Seriously there was cooking oil covering my wings instead of hot sauce. Can we get some decent looking girls? Well, she did voluntarily refund half of the order for the inconvienence. It was the least she could do.
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Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A) has finally found a buyer for its downstream assets in Australia, as the Anglo-Dutch oil major embarks on a major restructuring of its global refining business and plans to sell billions of dollars worth of assets over the next two years.
Shell sells Australian refinery and retail network
Shell today announced that it has reached a binding agreement to sell its 120,000 barrel-per-day Geelong oil refinery and network of some 870 Australian retail outlets to Vitol, one of the world's largest energy and commodity trading firms, for approximately A$2.9 billion (U.S. $2.6 billion).
The company had been seeking a buyer for the underperforming refinery since April 2012. Refineries in Australia, many of which are older and smaller, are simply not generating sufficient returns for Shell and other oil majors because of weak margins and intense competition from newer, larger refineries in other regions.
Geelong, for instance, had extremely thin margins because it was designed to process more expensive light crude oil from the nearby Bass Strait. The only option to revive Geelong's competitiveness would have been to upgrade the facility to process cheaper heavy crude oil -- a highly expensive alternative whose costs simply didn't outweigh the potential returns.
Refining weakness common among oil majors
Shell is not the only oil major suffering from an underperforming downstream segment. In fact, all of its peers, including Total (NYSE:TOT), ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), Chevron (NYSE:CVX), and BP (NYSE:BP), blamed weak refining margins for disappointing financial performances last year. Exxon's fourth-quarter downstream earnings plunged by $852 million to $916 million, while Chevron's international downstream earnings plunged by nearly 80% to $125 million.
Refining margins have deteriorated because of global refining overcapacity and weaker demand for gasoline and diesel in the developed world, especially in Europe, where demand for refined products has fallen by nearly 2 million barrels per day since 2008. At the same time, the construction of newer and larger refineries in Asia and the Middle East has put intense pressure on older, smaller plants in places such as Australia and Europe.
As a result, many oil majors are scaling back their downstream operations in these regions. BP, for instance, is considering selling its network of Australian petrol stations, as well as its refineries in Queensland and western Australia, as the British oil giant seeks to raise $10 billion in asset sale proceeds over the next two years.
What's next for Shell?
The sale of Shell's Geelong refinery and local retail network in Australia is part of The Hague-based oil major's broader asset sale strategy to raise much-needed cash in order to offset its high level of spending. The company expects to sell about $15 billion worth of assets through 2015.
New CEO Ben van Beurden has identified the company's global downstream business as one of two key business segments -- along with its North American shale oil and gas business -- that will be restructured in coming years. The company has vowed to concentrate only on its most profitable businesses, while restructuring those that have been chronic underperformers.
As Shell scales back its global refining business, divests noncore assets, and focuses on its highest-value opportunities over the next few years, its return on capital and financial performance should gradually improve. Furthermore, the start-up of several high-margin oil projects, such as Mars B and Cardamom in the Gulf of Mexico, should provide a big boost to cash flow over the next couple of years, which could mean additional dividend increases.
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The Heidelberg Athletic Training Program (ATP) is strongly committed to providing an excellent academic and clinical education for Athletic Training majors. We believe that the clinical experiences of a student should supplement a solid, but challenging, Athletic Training core curriculum. The core curriculum is based upon the required subject matter meeting Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education Standards and with the 4th Edition of the National Athletic Trainers Association Education Competencies.
Heidelberg's ATP is committed to fostering an open learning environment both in the classroom and clinical settings. It is our intent that the student will become confident and comfortable in the learning process and the application of skills mastered through didactic and clinical preparation. It is our philosophy to instill a strong ethical and moral ideology in an effort to encourage professionalism as well as personal growth. Students are encouraged to embrace diversity in one another and in the active population they will be working with on a daily basis. We firmly support combining a high level of professionalism with strong interpersonal skills in order to generate trust and open communication among the faculty, staff, peers and clientele. Our program aims to promote a natural curiosity and love of learning in our students. The program is designed to expose students to various allied health professions and encourage the pursuit of continued education and/or research, including but not limited to Master's-level programs in athletic training or related fields. Upon successful completion of all ATP requirements, the student will be recommended for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Athletic Training and endorsed to sit for the BOC Examination by the ATP Director.
Students who successfully pass the BOC examination will have the option of working in a variety of settings as a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC). Certified Athletic Trainers are commonly employed in high schools, universities, colleges, Olympic sports, physical therapy/rehabilitation clinics, physician offices, corporations and professional sports teams. As the profession of athletic training expands, Certified Athletic Trainers have become entrepreneurs and found employment working in private industry settings, military settings, and other non-traditional settings.
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It is amazing how a few simple acts, consistently applied, will reap great benefits in today's fast paced and complex environment.
Here is a simple one that, on the face of it, seems so elementary that one would think that the act would be taken for granted, but consistency in this area is so rare that someone who constantly performs stands out from the crowd.
That is the singular act of showing up. I told you it was simple. But think for a moment, how many meetings have been cancelled because someone wouldn't, couldn't or didn't show up? Showing up has become a rare and valued commodity in today's world. The physical act of actually being somewhere adds value almost automatically.
For example, a manager of a widely located sales team can analyze reports and determine a number of factors about his or her employees. However, a visit to the office locations of these folks can reveal a multitudes. It may explain the variance in numbers, the way a team works together, or the flow of customers in and out of a location.
All of this can be ascertained by simply showing up.
Showing up can also mean being on conference calls, answering e-mails, managing social media. It is duly noted when someone develops the reputation of prompt responses to all requests coming in.
Some executives excuse themselves by justifying busyness or importance. However, if they have allowed themselves to be assigned to a meeting and then never show up at that meeting, they can be perceived as not giving value to the meeting or the people involved. Better to get oneself taken off the meeting roster than to miss every meeting.
Showing up has additional meaning as well. Successful people show up at things that make them successful. They show up at seminars, classes, webinars and any number of things that will give value to them and their careers.
They show up as volunteers, coaches, teammates and parents. I once had a teacher tell me that the parents they always saw at PTA meetings were not the parents they really need to see. But perhaps the reason the teacher's successful pupils were successful is that the student's parents showed up!
Reading, studying, writing letters to the editor, calling a member of congress are all ways of showing up.
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College Hockey:Hagelin's Two Goals, Timely Scores Send Michigan Past Bemidji State
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Two goals by Carl Hagelin — one a quick back-breaker to answer Bemidji State's lone tally — helped Michigan advance past the Beavers, 5-1, to face CCHA rival Miami in Sunday's Midwest Regional final.
"I don't think that was a 5-1 game," Michigan coach Red Berenson said. "They were always in the game, when you think about it. It was 2-0 in the third and then they scored a goal to get back in and really the momentum was about to change and that's when Carl scored his goal from Matt Rust.
"That was an important comeback goal that really kept the momentum on our side. And then the third period tilted our way."
Hagelin's first goal came at 12:24 in the third to make it a 3-1 Michigan game, two minutes after the Beavers' Ian Lowe scored on the power play to cut UM's lead in half. It wasn't the only direction-changing goal for the Wolverines; Louie Caporusso scored at 19:22 in the second to put Michigan ahead by two going into the third.
"That was huge, too," said Berenson. "That may be a little bit of luck. I thought the play started with Chris Summers. Chris Summers forced them to take the penalty, using his speed. Then we ended up with a four-on-three. It was five-on-four, then it was four-on-four, and then it was four-on-three. You know that those last-minute goals are tough."
The Wolverines scored in each of the first two periods to take that 2-0 lead. At 6:15 in the first, Luke Glendening tipped in Chad Langlais' shot, and Caporusso's goal was a rocket from the bottom of the right circle from Chris Brown.
"Any time you let in a goal that late in the period, it's a little bit deflating," said BSU captain Chris McKelvie. "That was definitely a preventable goal."
Lowe's power-play marker, his 21st of the season, was a pickup of Matt Read's rebounded shot. When Hagelin answered two minutes later, he took advantage of a broken Bemidji line change. He and Kevin Lynch skated in two-on-one, with Hagelin left passing to Lynch, right. Then Lynch shuffled the puck back to Hagelin, leaving BSU netminder Dan Bakala unable to recover in time to make the save.
"I actually thought their D was going to get the puck because he was so close to the puck but he made a bad change and I, you know, kept skating," said Hagelin. "Lynch was up there with me on the two-on-one and I felt like he was open right away and then he passed me back. I was kind of surprised, but I had a tap-in goal."
Less than four minutes after that, Hagelin scored again, this time on a shorthanded breakaway, to make it a 4-1 game, and from then on there was little the Beavers could do to catch the Wolverines.
"That's a great hockey team we played tonight," said Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore. "They have a lot of octane, and every opportunity, every time we had a breakdown, they took advantage of those opportunities, and that's just a sign of a great hockey team."
Brian Lebler capped the scoring with an empty-netter at 18:02.
Serratore said that even before the difference-making goals, the Beavers squandered opportunities that affected the outcome of the game. In the first, BSU had four consecutive power plays.
"We had those four in the first period, and you'd like to convert," said Serratore. "There's no question about it. As the game went on, we had a few more power plays. At least we had more possession time and we had more shots, but we need to get one in the first period."
The loss caps a 23-10-4 season for Bemidji State in the final season of the CHA. BSU joins the WCHA in 2010-11.
"I'm especially proud of our guys," said Serratore. "I thought we fought until the bitter end. That's just the hottest team in the country, and that might be the best team in the country right now."
The Wolverines (26-17-1) will face off against Miami at 8:05 p.m. Eastern Sunday in a rematch of last week's CCHA semifinal contest, which UM won 5-2. That game, said Berenson, is in the past — but may work in Miami's favor.
"Last week's game just motivated them," said Berenson. "I told their coach yesterday, we did everything we could to help them get ready for this week, and then they did. They had a great week of practice. They're the team to beat. They're the No. 1 seed here."
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I made these brownies 3 months ago and just now found them stashed in the bottom drawer of the freezer! How in tarnation did that happen?! I mean really, who looses chocolate?! I had my husband taste test one for me. At first he didn't respond but soon I found him in the fridge snagging another one. He closed the door and said that he needed one more to really make sure that they were good or not. It's now been four pieces later and I think I have my answer. I guess I don't need to explain that they freeze beautifully now do I. :) I just love using specialty teas in this way. These days some grocery stores have a complete isle dedicated to tea! So don't be afraid to snatch one up and use it in this fudge recipe as a base. Not only do they sound decadent, they are decadent! Enjoy.
Makes 12-24 brownies, depends on how big your eyes are.
These look and sound amazing. Will keep my eyes open to see if I can find any of the t-bags. What else could I use if I can't find them?
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These look awesome.Is there any way to use soaked Wolfberries (Goji Berries) instead of dates? The dates are too high in fructose sugar for me. If so, what do you think would be an equivalent amount? Thanks! Blessings!!!
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The Cardinals have announced this morning that they will be extending the contract of General Manger John Mozeliak for an additional 2 seasons; he'll now be with the club until 2018. A press conference announcing the signing will be today at 11:30 am CST.
"Over the last six seasons Mo has done an outstanding job leading our baseball operations," said Cardinals Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. "By extending Mo's contract with the club, we look forward to continuing our approach which emphasizes excellence at the Major League level, supported by a strong player procurement and player development program."
Mozeliak is in his 19th year with the organization and has been the GM for 6 years. The team has 1 world championship, 1 National League championship, and 4 playoff appearances under his regime. He was the MLB Executive of the Year last season and Baseball America has named the Cardinals the Organization of the Year in 2011 and 2013 while he's been running the club.
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This morning my iPhone 5 was unable to join my home WiFi network. My home computer, iPad 2 and my old iPhone 4 (now my wife's "iPod Touch") worked fine. I tried the normal troubleshooting on the iPhone. I rebooted, forgot the network, reset network settings, and still no connection. Then I decided to log into the router. I could not. A simple reboot of my home router, a Linksys E1000 fixed the issue.
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Almost two months ago, shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) surged after the tech titan reported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results.
CFO Amy Hood elaborated on its performance, saying "We delivered record revenue as demand for our business offerings remains high and we made strong progress in our Devices and Consumer segment."
Now-retired CEO Steve Ballmer echoed that sentiment, also pointing to a "great holiday quarter" for its consumer segment.
Sure enough, even as Windows OEM revenue declined 3% on soft consumer PC sales, revenue from Microsoft's devices and consumer segment jumped 13% to $11.91 billion. To explain that strength, the company can thank 7.4 million Xbox consoles sold during the quarter, 34% growth in advertising revenue from Bing, and -- perhaps most surprising -- Surface tablet revenue, which more than doubled over the previous quarter, from $400 million to $893 million.
Surface sales aren't what they seem
That last statistic seems especially impressive, right? What more could Microsoft investors ask than having sales of their promising tablets more than double over the course of just three months?
Well, I suppose they could ask Microsoft to actually make money on those sales.
Don't get me wrong; that was a big bump by any measure and definitely a step in the right direction. But Microsoft's respective Form 10-Q also lists Surface cost of revenue last quarter as $932 million, which means it lost around $39 million from the tablets despite their growth.
Then again, much of that had to do with the fact that -- thanks to a temporarily low $199 price tag -- Microsoft's first-gen 32GB Surface RT ended up being Best Buy's top-selling item on Black Friday. But is moving bunches of merchandise at rock-bottom prices all that encouraging?
Remember, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) sold more than 26 million iPads last quarter for $11.468 billion. And while that was only a 7% year-over-year increase in iPad revenue for Apple over the same period last year, it also marked an 85% sequential gain from the previous quarter.
What's more, Samsung (NASDAQOTH:SSNLF) simultaneously reported a two-fold year-over-year surge in tablet sales, thanks to the end-of-Q3 launch of its Galaxy Tab 3 and Galaxy Note devices.
Suddenly, Microsoft's own Surface holiday bump doesn't look all that great.
What now?
This also raises the question: With the holiday quarter complete, will consumers still want to buy Microsoft's Surface tablets without the steep discounts?
Maybe, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
To its credit, at least some of Microsoft's tablet strength last quarter can be chalked up to the Oct. 22, 2013, launch of its Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro devices. And though we've seen sporadic reports of Surface 2 supply shortages over the last two months, it's still unclear whether that's a result of actual consumer interest or Microsoft just carefully managing inventory.
I wouldn't blame it if the latter turned out to be the case. Last summer, Microsoft had to take a $900 million inventory writedown thanks to -- you guessed it -- those Surface RT tablets, which finally sold well in its most recent quarter.
Unfortunately, Microsoft hasn't provided any clarity by breaking down its Surface sales numbers, so we can't tell just how many of higher-margin Surface 2 tablets it's actually selling.
In the end, though, combine that with the fact Microsoft only now appears ready to launch Office for Apple's iPads later this month, and I can't help but wonder whether we're seeing the latest signs of desperation as Microsoft's own tablets continue failing to grab any meaningful market share.
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