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In an earlier article, Understanding Rootkits, we talked about how to guard against system intrusions and rootkits. Although it is best to have a server that nobody can break into, in real life every server connected to a network is a potential target.
If a server is compromised, it is equally important to realize this before it's too late and take measures to survive the attack.
Usually, the first sign that a server might be compromised is simple anomalies in the behavior of the server. One of the more common anomalies one might notice is a change in how one or more of the core system utilities behave. For instance, a command-line switch to 'netstat' or 'ps', which you used to use without a problem everyday, might start returning an error message. The reason for this is that intruders replace these utilities with versions designed to hide their malicious activities. The utility they replace your original one with might be a different version, or it could have been compiled with different options, and as a result, it does not have the same options you are used to.
Another anomaly that should raise a big red flag is a change in your bandwidth-usage patterns. If you or your hosting company routinely monitors your bandwidth usage, you might notice an increase in the amount of traffic your server is pushing compared with your normal traffic patterns. This is usually caused by intruders using your server to distribute copyrighted software, commonly known as 'warez'. Remember that you might be the target of a legal action as a result of such activities on your servers.
Ideally, a server administrator should not wait until all the alarms go off before a server is checked for signs of compromise, because the less time an intruder has the opportunity to spend on a server, the less damage he or she will be able to inflict. (Although a very malicious intruder can potentially wipe out the whole system seconds after gaining root-level access.) For this reason, it is important to conduct server-security audits periodically, and to know as soon as possible when a server is compromised.
An intruder will almost always try to install a backdoor on a server in order to have easy access to it at a later point. Because the local system utilities will probably be infected, they can't be trusted to detect the intruder. However, a port scan initiated from an external machine might reveal open ports that should normally be closed. The de facto standard port scanner in the Unix world is nmap. A command line as well as a GUI version is available. Without going into the details of the tool itself, here's how to scan all ports on a server for listening services:
[root@leeloo root]# nmap -p 1-65535 192.168.0.1
Starting nmap V. 2.54BETA22 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
Interesting ports on (192.168.0.1):
(The 65531 ports scanned but not shown below are in
state: closed)
Port State Service
21/tcp open ftp
22/tcp open ssh
80/tcp open http
111/tcp open sunrpc
Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned
in 169 seconds
[root@leeloo root]#
This particular variation of the command scans all available ports (1 to 65535 inclusive) on 192.168.0.1. While the open ports above can be trojaned versions of ftp, ssh, or http, a real trouble sign is when you have ports with numbers higher than a few thousand where very few legitimate services normally listen to incoming connections. It is possible, and advisable, to periodically scan your whole network and identify any differences there might be between the outputs for different time periods.
RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) is a popular packaging system used by some of the major Linux distributors including Red Hat, Mandrake, and SuSE. Every time an RPM package is installed, the package manager puts information about the package and the individual files the package contains into a central RPM database. Although not foolproof, this information can be used for performing quick and easy system audits. You should not rely on the RPM method when it claims the system is clean, but there's little need to doubt when it reveals the system binaries have been modified.
RPM records and tests the checksums of all files in a package, including files that are expected to change over time such as various configuration files and other files such as passwd, shadow, and group files. This makes it hard to conduct a full check and make sense out of the results. You can make this task easier by running the test on a handful of important core packages. These packages include net-tools, fileutils, util-linux, procps, psmisc, and findutils, among others.
Here's how to check the signatures on an RPM package:
rpm -V procps
If there are no changes to the package files, you will be returned to the command line. If there are changes you will get an output like this:
S.5....T c /root/.bash_profile
The first column shows what kind of a change has been made to the particular file listed on the last column since the package was originally installed.
The meaning of the symbols are as follows (from the man page):
M Mode differs (includes permissions and file type)
5 MD5 sum differs
D Device major/minor number mis-match
L readLink(2) path mis-match
U User ownership differs
G Group ownership differs
T mTime differs
There's also an easy way to test all It can be used to detect
changes in files not part of the base packages listed above. You can use
rpm -Va > filename.txt to redirect the whole report to a file and try to identify any important changes using your own judgment.
You can also use the RPM utility to see if a particular file belongs to a package. This comes in handy when you find well-known binaries in unusual places.
rpm -qf /path/to/file will either tell you the file is not part of any package, or give you which package it is a part of. You can then run
rpm -V on that particular package to detect changes.
Please keep in mind that you can only trust RPM when you get negative results. It is possible to modify the RPM binary, the operating system, or the RPM database so that the changes will not be detected. For this reason, it is a good idea to use the RPM method along with "chkrootkit".
chkrootkit is a collection of small utilities used to detect the presence of known rootkits on a system. Although it is possible to find stand-alone detection scripts for almost all rootkits, chkrootkit differentiates itself by its ability to detect a large number of different rootkits using a single application. In addition to detecting known rootkit signatures, it also runs some generic tests that might aid in discovering a rootkit that is not actually supported by the application.
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The chkrootkit package contains seven small applications. The main progam, chkrootkit, is used to detect known rootkit signatures. In addition to searching for a rootkit's default files, it also checks core system binaries for malicious content. The remaining applications in the package are ifpromisc, which helps to find out whether a network interface is in promiscuous mode (remember you can't trust netstat), chklastlog, chkwtmp, and check_wtmpx, all of which detect deletions in various log files, chkproc, which detects Loadable Kernel Module (LKM) trojans and hidden processes, and finally strings, which is a simple implementation of the Unix strings utility.
Before going into how to use chkrootkit, let's see how to obtain and install it. The official chkrootkit site is http://www.chkrootkit.org. Download the latest .tar.gz file from this Web site. After getting the file, put it in a temporary directory and decompress it (
tar xfvz chkrootkit.tar.gz) and
cd into the newly created directory (
cd chkrootkit-0.35). Finally, type
make sense to compile it. Almost always the application will compile without a problem, but if you get error messages try building the software on another, similar machine and moving the binaries to the server you want to scan. Although it is possible to copy the newly created binaries to a central location in order to install them, this is not recommended because the software is updated frequently with new capabilities and it's best to get a new copy each time.
After building the binaries, my personal preference is to run
./ifpromisc right away to see if any of the interfaces are in promiscuous mode, because in such a case I might want to pull the server off the network immediately. It is also a good idea to run
./chkproc right after ifpromisc to see if there are any hidden processes or LKM trojans on the system. After running these two stand-alone utilities, you can run the main program
./chkrootkit without parameters. This will perform the rootkit tests as well as the tests provided by the rest of the utilities in the package, including ifpromisc and chkproc, which we had run earlier.
Here's some sample output from chkrootkit:
[root chkrootkit-0.34]# ./ifpromisc
eth0 is not promisc
eth0:0 is not promisc
eth0:1 is not promisc
eth0:2 is not promisc
eth0:3 is not promisc
eth0:4 is not promisc
eth0:5 is not promisc
eth0:6 is not promisc
eth0:7 is not promisc
eth0:8 is not promisc
[root chkrootkit-0.34]#
[root chkrootkit-0.34]# ./chkrootkit
ROOTDIR is `/'
Checking `amd'... not found
Checking `basename'... not infected
Checking `biff'... not found
Checking `chfn'... not infected
Checking `chsh'... not infected
Checking `cron'... not infected
Checking `date'... not infected
Checking `du'... not infected
Checking `dirname'... not infected
Checking `echo'... not infected
Checking `egrep'... not infected
Checking `env'... not infected
Checking `find'... not infected
Checking `fingerd'... not found
Checking `gpm'... not infected
Checking `grep'... not infected
Checking `hdparm'... not infected
Checking `su'... not infected
Checking `ifconfig'... not infected
Checking `inetd'... not infected
Checking `inetdconf'... INFECTED
Checking `identd'... not found
Checking `killall'... not infected
Checking `login'... not infected
Checking `ls'... not infected
Checking `mail'... not infected
Checking `mingetty'... not infected
Checking `netstat'... not infected
Checking `named'... not infected
Checking `passwd'... not infected
Checking `pidof'... not infected
Checking `pop2'... not found
Checking `pop3'... not found
Checking `ps'... not infected
Checking `pstree'... not infected
Checking `rpcinfo'... not infected
Checking `rlogind'... not infected
Checking `rshd'... not infected
Checking `slogin'... not infected
Checking `sendmail'... not infected
Checking `sshd'... not infected
Checking `syslogd'... not infected
Checking `tar'... not infected
Checking `tcpd'... not infected
Checking `top'... not infected
Checking `telnetd'... not infected
Checking `timed'... not found
Checking `traceroute'... not infected
Checking `write'... not infected
Checking `aliens'... no suspect files
Searching for sniffer's logs, it may take a while... nothing found
Searching for t0rn's default files and dirs... nothing found
Searching for t0rn's v8 defaults... nothing found
Searching for Lion Worm default files and dirs... nothing found
Searching for RSHA's default files and dir... nothing found
Searching for RH-Sharpe's default files... nothing found
Searching for Ambient's rootkit (ark) default files and dirs... nothing found
Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while...
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/mod_perl/.packlist /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-
linux/auto/MD5/.packlist /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/Quota/.packlist
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/XML/Parser/.packlist /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-
linux/auto/Devel/Symdump/.packlist /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/auto/Image/Magick/.packlist
/usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/.packlist /lib/... /lib/.../BitchX/.config.h
Searching for LPD Worm files and dirs... nothing found
Searching for Ramen Worm files and dirs... nothing found
Searching for Maniac files and dirs... nothing found
Searching for RK17 files and dirs... nothing found
Searching for Ducoci rootkit... nothing found
Searching for Adore Worm... nothing found
Searching for ShitC Worm... nothing found
Searching for Omega Worm... nothing found
Searching for anomalies in shell history files... nothing found
Checking `asp'... not infected
Checking `bindshell'... not infected
Checking `lkm'... ./chkrootkit: [: integer expression expected before -gt
not tested
Checking `rexedcs'... not found
Checking `sniffer'...
eth0 is not promisc
eth0:0 is not promisc
eth0:1 is not promisc
eth0:2 is not promisc
eth0:3 is not promisc
eth0:4 is not promisc
eth0:5 is not promisc
eth0:6 is not promisc
eth0:7 is not promisc
eth0:8 is not promisc
Checking `wted'... nothing deleted
Checking `z2'... user ap deleted or never loged from lastlog!
As you can see, on this system the interfaces are not promiscuous, but there is an infected file. Chkrootkit also detected a suspicious file in a '...' directory (
/lib/.../BitchX/.config.h). It is common for intruders to create directories whose names start with a decimal dot character, which makes them invisible or hard to find. You should also be looking for ' .' (space dot) files, which are difficult to differentiate from a '.' (current dir) on a terminal screen. The error on the 'Checking lkm' line is nothing to worry about because that's the error message you get when your kernel does not support loadable kernel modules, and there's nothing wrong with that--it is an almost desirable configuration for a server. Finally, the last line shows that a user 'ap' has either not logged in or was deleted later on from the log. I strongly recommend reading the FAQ on the chkrootkit Web site for more information.
The only way you can be 100 percent sure your system is clean after a rootkit infection is if you format your drive and reinstall the operating system again from the original media. However, real-life conditions can force you to keep an infected system running at least for a little while. In such a case you should at least clean up your server and get rid of the rootkits and trojans.
Although the chkrootkit output is clear and to the point, it doesn't give you any pointers as to how you get rid of any given rootkit or trojan once it's detected. You need to familiarize yourself with the way rootkits work. You can do so by frequenting security-related Web sites such as cert.org or sites that explain how a specific rootkit works. This article at Teep's site has a comprehensive report on the anatomy of a particular rootkit that also provides a lot of valuable information applicable to other rootkits. Another way to familiarize yourself with rootkits is to find and install them on a test environment and compare the effects by using before-and-after snapshots of the system. If you know what a rootkit does, which directories and files it creates, and which binaries it infects, you can go to the infected server and remove the trojan files and replace the infected binaries with clean ones.
On RPM-based systems you can identify the infected packages as described earlier in this article. Once you have a list of the infected RPM packages, you can reinstall them using your original source.
The following syntax will force an RPM package to be reinstalled, overwriting the old files in the process:
rpm -U --force rpm_package_name.rpm
After reinstalling all infected RPM packages, run the RPM and chkrootkit checks again to see if there are still any unresolved issues. If your system doesn't use RPM, you can follow a similar procedure that applies to the particular operating system you're running. If you're not using any packaging system at all, you'll need to recompile those applications from source and overwrite the old ones.
After reinstalling packages that are supposed to be on your system, you need to clean up alien files that are introduced to your system by the intruder. The chkrootkit output will help you identify the location of these files. Also, after cleaning up core system utilities such as ifconfig, netstat, find, ls, top, and ps you can gather more accurate information that might reveal even more alien files and processes. You should go through and remove all these files and directories. If you take a few minutes to read the config files that might be included in the rootkits, you might find clues as to what other trojan files and processes exist on the server.
After removing all the alien files you can identify, run 'top' and 'ps' again to identify and kill undesired processes that are still running. You can also use 'netstat -nap' on most systems to see the process name and ID that started a daemon. You might also want to check your initialization scripts and make sure no alien process is started using those scripts. Intruders usually place their startup lines at the bottom of these scripts but they can also hide them in the middle of the file to make it harder to identify. Some common locations that intruders use to place their startup calls are the inetd.conf file, rc.local file, and any other file in the initialization directory for the run-level you run the server at. You should also pay special attention to helper function files such as
/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions, which other initialization scripts include, thereby allowing any valid command in them to be executed indirectly when the system is rebooted.
When you're confident there are no sniffers or trojans left running, change all the passwords on the server. If this is not possible at least change the passwords for users who have root or equivalent access to the server. Also go through your password file and remove any users that you think shouldn't be there, especially those with root equivalency. You may optionally reboot the server and perform another security scan to see if you were able to clean up all startup scripts and infected binaries.
Related article:
Understanding Rootkits -- Hackers have many tools that allow them to remain undetected during an attack. Understanding these tools is key to recognizing and cleaning up after an attack.
In theory, it is possible to detect and clean up all effects of a rootkit or a trojan on a compromised machine. However, it is extremely important to secure a system so that rootkits and trojans can't be introduced to the system in the first place. Most of the intrusion activity on the Internet targets servers that respond positively to a network scan probing for a specific operating system or software weakness. If you keep up with software patches and updates, you are less likely to be targeted in the first place because a potential intruder will usually pick a server that he or she can get into with the least effort, and there's never a shortage of these weak servers on the Internet.
Furthermore, if your server still gets broken into, you must unplug that server from the network immediately, reinstall the OS, and apply all security patches before introducing it to the network again.
The information I provide is not meant to replace common security practices, but might prove useful when used in conjunction with these practices.
May your servers always be rootkit free.
Oktay Altunergil works for a national web hosting company as a developer concentrating on web applications on the Unix platform.
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On July 27, 2012, the New York State Police in Liberty announce the arrest of Everton Lawrence of South Bellwood Place, Westchester, Jamaica, for Assault in the 2nd Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 4th Degree.
On July 27, 2012, the New York State Police investigated an incident at Camp Na'aleh, Camp Rd., in the town of Rockland. The incident involved two employees of the camp, both from the country of Jamaica. The suspect, Everton Lawrence, did strike the 19-year-old victim.
The defendant was arraigned in the town of Rockland Court and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail on $10,000 cash bail.

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When the call went out at approximately 1:50 p.m. on April 16, the Lava and the Narrowsburg fire departments were directed to 351 Grassy Swamp Road, seven miles south of Narrowsburg on the river side of Route 97. The fire, according to Narrowsburg chief Dave Casey, who was the first to drive down the steep one-lane dirt road, had been spotted from Pennsylvania and the coordinates were not confirmed.
Eventually, the company located the fire about a mile and a half inland in the woods by Camp Kunata, a camp that is part of the Ten Mile River Boy Scout reservation. By 3:30 p.m. additional companies at the scene included Beach Lake, Cochecton, Highland Lake, Lake Huntington and Yulan. Tusten EMS was called around 4 p.m. to provide support at the scene.
By the fire's end, which was estimated to have burned 30 to 40 acres, 13 companies were involved in the incident, 10 at the scene and three on standby at neighboring stations. Yulan's Ladies Auxiliary provided rehabilitation support. A NY state forest ranger was also on the scene.
Tankers drew water from Rock Lake and shuttled it back along the Newburgh Cochecton Turnpike onto the one-lane roads in the camp. From a staging area, firemen with tanks on their backs and on ATVs fitted with water headed off into the woods. Hoses were laid to control the fire around the pumper trucks.
Twelve-inch flames spread slowly across the dry forest floor, as firemen with rakes moved leaves away from the fire to lessen the fuel load.
Fire fighters had the original fire out by approximately 6 p.m. Under the auspices of the state forest official, a controlled backfire was lit to exhaust any additional fuel load. Firefighters returned to their stations around 11 p.m.
Early reports indicated that the fire started due to a downed electric line that sparked as the scout camp was returning electricity to the camp in preparation for the upcoming season.
The fire was one of dozens that have been breaking out across the East from Virginia to Maine because of the warm winter, which provided little to no snowpack, and an unusual lack of spring rainfall.
The National Weather Service (NWS) had issued a Red Flag Warning on April 16 and 17 for the region, which includes Pike and Wayne counties in Pennsylvania and Sullivan in New York.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures will create explosive fire growth potential.
A break may be coming this weekend, when the NWS and meteorologist predict that a large storm will move into the region, possibly dumping an inch or more of rain on the dry earth.


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Dordt College News
NAIA National Track and Field-Final Update
May 23, 2013
Dordt College's Lauren Opp earned NAIA All-American status with an eighth place finish in the 10,000 meters on day one at the NAIA National Track and Field Championships hosted on the Indiana Wesleyan in Marion, Indiana.
Opp ran a 36:58.49 to earn the eighth spot in the standings of the event and was the final Dordt competitor of the day.
Earlier in the day Briana Vander Woude established the top score after four events in the women's pentathlon. Vander Woude, NAIA National Champion in the heptathlon at the Indoor Championships, has 3,220 points after completing the 100 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200 meters. She had times of :14.57 in the hurdles and :25.70 in the 200. She cleared 5-7 in the high jump and heaved the shot put 38-5. The second place competitor has 2,947 points with the 800 meters, long jump and javelin on Friday completing the event.
Vander Woude also competed in the long jump on Thursday and jumped 18-1.75 and claimed 13th in the event.
The women's 4 x 100 of Jasmin Schelhaas, Robyn Blount, Marisa Broersma and Vander Woude finished 17th in the prelims of the event with a time of :48.89 and do not advance.
The women's 4 x 800 qualified for the finals with a time of 9:25.43. The foursome of Kayla Byl, Lillie Koerner, Renee Buikema and Merissa Harkema had the seventh fastest time in the event and will run in the finals on Friday at 5:30.
The men's 4 x 800 squad qualified for the finals in 7:49.76. Stephan McNamara, Tim Bierma, Trent Kischer and Ryan Tholen have the eighth fastest time heading into the finals on Friday at 5:30.
Friday, May 24
Day two at the NAIA National Track and Field Championships in Marion, Indiana was highlighted by a national title and three other All-American performances.
Briana Vander Woude won the second national title of her career with a win Friday, May 24 in the heptathlon at the 2013 NAIA National Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Marion, Indiana. The meet is hosted by Indiana Wesleyan.
Vander Woude entered the day with a 273 point cushion after four events and maintained that lead by totaling 5,098 points in the seven event program. Her nearest competitor totaled 4,829 points.
Vander Woude started Friday with a jump of 17-8 in the long jump. She followed that with a throw of 118-2 in the javelin and held a 206 point lead heading into the 800 meter run, the final event of the program. Vander Woude ran the two-lap race in 2:35.80 for 622 points while her nearest competitor in the standings mustered a 2:41.20 for 559 points.
On Thursday Vander Woude established the top score after four events. She had times of :14.57 in the 100 meter hurdles and :25.70 in the 200 meters. She cleared 5-7 in the high jump and heaved the shot put 38-5.
The women's 4 x 800 team of Merissa Harkema, Lillie Koerner, Renee Buikema and Kayla Byl ran a time of 9:15.94 in the finals to claim sixth place.
Moments later the men's 4 x 800 quartet of Stephan McNamara, Tim Bierma, Trent Kischer and Ryan Tholen ran a time of 7:42.36 to equal the sixth place performance.
Adding to the points for the Defenders was Christy Sikkema as she triple jumped 38-9.5 for a sixth place finish.
Katie Bonnema advanced to the finals of the women's 400 with a time of :55.90 and has the seventh fastest time heading into the finals on Saturday.
Bonnema also had a hand in helping the 4 x 400 team to a spot in the finals as Jasmin Schelhaas, Robyn Blount and Marisa Broersma clocked a 3:50.72 and have the eighth fastest time out of the prelims. The finals of the event will be run late Saturday.
Ryan Tholen also ran in the 800 meters and finished 17th in the prelims, clocking a 1:55.27 which wasn't low enough to get him through to the finals.
The NAIA National Championships conclude on Saturday at Indiana Wesleyan.
Saturday, May 25
Briana Vander Woude capped her collegiate track and field career with a fourth place in the high jump where she cleared 5-6. Vander Woude cleared her first two heights on the last attempt at each height before missing at 5-8. Vander Woude actually tied for second in terms of height but fell to fourth by virtue of misses.
Katie Bonnema ran a :55.59 in the 400 meters to claim sixth place after entering the finals with the seventh fastest time of the prelims. Bonnema and Vander Woude earned NAIA All-American status with their finishes. Top-eight finishers at the National Championship meet are named All-Americans.
Bonnema joined with Jasmyn Schelhaas, Robyn Blount and Marisa Broersma to take fifth in the 4 x 400 to end the day and the meet for the Defenders. Bonnema took the baton in seventh place and was able to make up two spots in the final lap to finish a run of 3:49.37.
All of Dordt's competitors earned All-American status in at least one event. Below are the finishes for Dordt's athletes.
Briana Vander Woude -1st Women's Pentathlon
Briana Vander Woude-4th Women's High Jump
Jasmyn Schelhaas, Robyn Blount, Marisa Broersma, Katie Bonnema-5th 4 x 400 Women's Relay
Christy Sikkema-6th Women's Triple Jump
Kayla Byl, Lillie Koerner, Renee Buikema, Merissa Harkema-6th 4 x 800 Women's Relay
Stephan McNamara, Tim Bierma, Trent Kischer,Ryan Tholen-6th 4 x 800 Men's Relay
Lauren Opp-8th Women's 10,000 meters
Briana Vander Woude-13th Women's Long Jump
Ryan Tholen-17th Men's 800 Meters
Jasmin Schelhaas, Robyn Blount, Marisa Broersma, Briana Vander Woude-17th 4 x 100
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We've seen this kind of thing happen in our hometown before. David Sale, a 28-year old Phillies fan, was beaten to death in a parking lot outside of Citizens Bank Park in July 2009. It wasn't a Phillies-fans-against-others type thing, Sale was a Phils fan and accidentally spilled beer on another group of fans inside McFaddens. He was then pummeled to his grave out in the parking lot. So much for rooting for the same side.
Philly is used to hearing and feeling the backlash caused by a small number of jackasses. Now, Los Angeles is dealing with it. And soon, hopefully, a small town newspaper in Western PA feels it.
Bryan Stow, a 42-year old Giants fan wearing his Giants gear, was severely beaten March 31 at Dodger stadium by two men wearing Dodgers clothes. He remains in a coma. No arrest has been made in connection with the attack.
Stow was simply out rooting for his team at another stadium and that was just too much for two Dodgers fans to handle.
Now, everyone has an opinion on this sad topic, including a writer from the Observer-Reporter south of Pittsburgh in Washington County, Pa. John Steigerwald suggested that Stow was partly to blame for the beating because he was wearing Giants gear and was too old for it.
Maybe someone can ask Snow, if he ever comes out of his coma, why he thought it was a good idea to wear Giants' gear to a Dodgers' home opener when there was a history of out-of-control drunkenness and arrests at that event going back several years.
Remember when it was the kids who were wearing the team jerseys to games? It was a common sight to see an adult male coming through the turnstile dressed as a regular human being with a kid dressed in a "real" jersey holding his hand.
Are the 42-year-olds who find it necessary to wear their replica jerseys to a road game, those kids who are now fathers who haven't grown up?
Are there really 40-something men who think that wearing the jersey makes them part of the team? It was cute when a 10-year-old kid got that feeling by showing up at Three Rivers Stadium in a Pirates jersey, but when did little boys stop growing out of that?
Here's tip for you if you actually think that wearing your team's jersey makes you a part of the team:
It doesn't.
We hope and pray that Bryan Stow recovers from this savage beating, no matter what jersey he wears. We also hope that Steigerwald has thought long and hard about the words he has printed for all to see forever and ever. They come off as irrational and ridiculously insensitive.
As a gentle reminder to Phillies fans, who, at times, take things a little too seriously at the ballpark, check your tough guy act at the door. Give the other fans a good ribbing (especially Mets fans of course) but leave the fighting to those on the field. Because no one deserves to lose their life over a jersey.
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Truly appalling. And this guy is a regular columnist? This idiot who can't even spell the victim's name right, or get the victim's hometown right? Truly, this is the reason why journalism is a dying profession.
why don't they put those emergency call boxes out in close proximities all over the parking lot areas at these large venues??? they should also have "teams" ready for call in emergencies like this unfortunate attack
Quick, change the heading to "Pittsburgh" writer. People are going to read the story and assume a Philadelphia writer is the one blaming the victim. Congratulations, John Steigerwald… your asinine article has earned you 16,000+ hits and your 15 minutes of fame. Hopefully it earns you a place in the unemployment line too.
What a turd, this Steigerwald guy! I think it's beyond insensitive… it's insulting and disrespectful. He says "Maybe someone can ask Snow, if he ever comes out of his coma, …" –I find that part particularly disgusting.
Great to be back on Phillies Nation. I had a great six month vacation in New Zealand and Australia. Great to be back watching the Phils. It was a damn shame that Dodger fans acted so brutally. That behavior is expected from Mets fans and Yankee fans…..but Dodger fans !!!
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Hey Bart! Good to see you.
The writer that wrote that needs to have his head examined. God bless Mr Stow and family.
Hello Bart. Great to have you back. We thought you were dead or angry with us. Looking forward to your input.
This writer is a moron, This is AMERICA you can go to another teams stadium wearing your team's jersey without being beaten to death or almost death. This man is going to be forever harmed for this senseless act by two cowards. IT'S a FREAKIN GAME for crying out loud.
I hope they catch these guys who did it and they are sent away fro a long time.
How can you EVER blame the guy who wore the jersey, why do you have to wear regular clothes to a sporting event.
I can't even believe I am reading this, the writer is a dipsh*t!!!!
I pray for Bryan Stow and his family. This so called "columnist" is an idiot and heartless. He couldn't even spell Bryan Stow's last name right so, you know he doesn't have any brains. I wear my Phillies gear because I'm proud of it to every game I go to regardless if the Phillies are playing or not. There are scumbags out there that all they want to do is start trouble and seek attention no matter what team are playing. God Bless my fellow Phillies fans and the Stow's family.
What a dick.
This is really sad.If you go to the Observer-Reporter.com link to read the whole article you'll find this guy is getting hammered for this column and deservedly so.
What scares me is the fact that there are some Phillies (and Eagles) fans who let their frustration with what happens on the field turn into stupid behavior off it. And we know that those types hate to be outdone in the idiot department. Those two assclowns (I won't elevate their status to fans) at Dodger Stadium have set the bar pretty high with beating a guy nearly to death and getting away with it, but you know some chucklehead from the Delaware Valley will certainly feel the need to outdo them at CBP or LFF. I just hope that the authorities are doing everything they can to avoid that sort of thing. I'm going to Washington D.C. next month in full Phillies regalia (I'm 54 and I refuse to grow up completely!), wish me luck!
u idiot how the h*ll do u spell the guys name wrong u must be the one who just got out of a coma!


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Dordt College departments in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are helping host STEM Fest, an educational event for children ages 9 to14 on Saturday, February 16. The second annual festival is organized by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the 4-H Youth Program.
This year Dordt is taking a much bigger role in STEM Fest, which is hosted on campus.
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Music fans from across the U.S. converged upon the small town of Pryor, Oklahoma for the annual Rocklahoma music festival on Memorial Day weekend. The three-day event took place Friday through Sunday, May 25-27, and included its best lineup to date. Prior incarnations relied on 80s hair-metal bands, whereas the 2012 bill featured artists that varied from old-school bands such as Queensryche and Megadeth to Southern rockers Jackyl and Black Stone Cherry to Christian artists P.O.D. and Red. Creed, Rob Zombie and Chickenfoot were featured as Main stage headliners over the three respective days.
Major artists were spread over two adjacent stages, Main and Hard Rock, such that music alternated virtually non-stop from 4:00 p.m. until well past midnight every night. A pair of smaller stages, Retrospect Records and Axis Campground, provided additional performances from smaller local and independent bands. VIP tickets offered reserved bench seating and standing room pit access for the Main stage, while the remainder of the festival grounds were grass-covered, general admission spaces open to all ticketed patrons. Roughly 20,000 fans graced the wide open fields each day.
Adelitas Way returned to Rocklahoma and opened the Main stage on Friday with a full-throttled set that got the early crowd primed for a weekend of music. They played at their typical frenzied pace despite a heat index over 90-degrees. Frontman Rick DeJesus got more people moving after he staid, "Fill this front up so I can jump off the f–king stage." They did and he kept his promise by crowd surfing after they closed their set with "Invincible". Cavo followed with a 45-minute set but lacked Adelitas' enthusiasm despite an otherwise solid performance. Chevelle brought back the energy but suffered from sound problems near the front. Vocalist Pete Loeffler was often drowned out from the bass that resonated from concrete slabs that defined the Main stage pit.
Friday's highlights were appearances by Slash [show review], featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, and Creed [show review] who each produced sets of the highest caliber. The lineup was wrought with irony in that Myles Kennedy also performs with Alter Bridge (a.k.a. Creed sans Scott Stapp). Mark Tremonti, guitarist for both bands, later tweeted, "Great to hang with Myles and Slash. This was the first time Scott and Myles had a chance to meet!"
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Main stage artists Pop Evil, 10 Years and Theory of a Deadman provided a more mainstream rock experience for those not wanting to mosh. Pop Evil put in a strong ten-song set with hits "Hero," "100 in a 55," "Boss's Daughter" and "Last Man Standing."
10 Years always play with an acute determination and Saturday was no different. Both vocalist Jesse Hasek and bassist Lew Cosby were shirtless by the end of their set in the blazing Oklahoma sunshine. They performed a couple songs from their forthcoming album, Minus the Machine. Hasek joined the crowd to sing "Shoot It Out" amongst the fans, at least as far as his mic cord would take him.
The Darkness reunited recently and the English outfit turned out their trademark 80s-meets-90s hairmetal laced with Justin Hawkins uber-falsetto vocals. Hawkins appeared in his Evel Knieval-styled leather pants and strutted about with a smile that went ear-to-ear. For many it was a new experience but others were stoked to see The Darkness back together.
Megadeth and Rob Zombie closed out the Main stage with a vengeance, while Volbeat was sandwiched between on the Hard Rock stage. Megadeth's technically challenging riffs have been a mainstay of their sound for the past three decades. Guitarist Chris Broderick is the perfect complement to Dave Mustaine's over the top fretwork. Dave Ellefson returned to his rightful place on bass for the last album. They gave a headline-worthy show and primed the crowd for Zombie.
Volbeat took charge of the Hard Rock stage and lit up the crowd for 45-minutes. The Danish rockers finally broke through to U.S. audiences with their latest Beyond Hell/Above Heaven. Their style can best be described as Social Distortion meets Slayer, with catchy hooks and uptempo transitions that pairs like fine cuisine. Their live show takes it to the next level and they impressed a huge crowd.
Rob Zombie's music from the macabre capped the night in spectacular fashion. Lights, fire, smoke and a stage-show that showed the Hollywood side of Zombie was a feast for the senses. This was a set that was best seen from a distance, those sitting too close had to constantly move their heads back and forth to keep up with Zombie's frenetic pace.
Sunday saw Rocklahoma return to its roots, leaning toward classic rock with some Southern rock thrown in for good measure. Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry paired well with Jackyl. Both had the crowd begging for more.
Puddle of Mudd usually give an upbeat performance, frontman Wes Scantlin has been known to climb scaffolding during their show. However, Scantlin was anemic, barely moving beyond center stage during their 45-minute set. Despite his lethargic presence, his voice was sharp and they gave an otherwise solid set.
One of Sunday's highlights was an early evening appearance by Aranda. They hail from Oklahoma and rewarded their local fans who made the trek to Pryor. Brothers Gabe and Demeon Aranda share vocal duties, each garnering a hit with rock radio with their current, independent release Stop the World.
Art of Dying have been moving up the rock food chain with heavy rotation on rock radio and an abundance of touring (2011 UPROAR, 2011 and 2012 Avalanche). Good music with matching personalities, Art of Dying are living a dream and show no signs of slowing down.
Sunday closed with Seattle rockers Queensryche leading into Chickenfoot's headline set. Geoff Tate's operatic vocals are the basis of their sound, but their intricate melodies punctuated by Scott Rockenfield's incessant pounding on the kit are intricately tied to Queensryche's unique style. Rather than opening with an upbeat track, they chose to start with the slower-paced "Get Started." Tate's vocals were completely lost to the music, showing up only briefly during the quieter "Silent Lucidity." Tate was obviously flustered, shrugging to the crew at side-stage between songs. He was obviously belting it out but his voice just wasn't projecting beyond his monitors.
Supergroup Chickenfoot had a huge fan presence. Sammy Hagar (vocals), Joe Satriani (guitar) and Michael Anthony (bass) were joined by Kenny Aronoff on drums. Founding member Chad Smith is currently on tour with his Red Hot Chili Peppers, a valid reason to be excused. Hagar is known for his dynamic performances and that's exactly what Rocklahoma received. Satriani is a guitar legend and a treat to watch perform. Hagar and Anthony have a chemistry that dates back to their time together in Van Halen. Calling their live show rock solid would be an understatement. No need for fancy effects, Chickenfoot simply came out and put the the rock in Oklahoma.
Though Rocklahoma lowlights were far and few between, the primary issue that frequently occurred was sound quality from Main stage vocal performances. Given that some artists had pristine sound, our conclusion was speaker placement coupled with the concrete channel directly in front of the stage greatly affected vocal sound quality. Chevelle, 10 Years, Megadeth and Queensryche were adversely affected, even prompting Queensryche vocalist Geoff Tate to comment how this year's crowd "sucked" relative to their 2009 set. Many in the front were calling out for the band to "turn up the mic" to no avail.
Several guitars, signed by an entire band, were auctioned for charity each day between the later sets on the Main stage. Creed, Slash, Chickenfoot, Rob Zombie and Motley Crue (from the previous year) fetched thousands of dollars apiece, ranging from over $4000 to $7000 apiece, with Slash pulling in the most money for the cause. The final item for bid was a 2012 Rocklahoma tour poster that was signed by every band member that performed on the two large stages over the three days, generating another $5000 in donations.
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Ann Pittsley was a nomad for more than three months. She lived with her niece for a while before being transferred to a temporary apartment filled with her son's furniture after flooding struck the Boscobel area.
Tuesday, she started moving back to Willow Ridge.
"It's been all right, but it's not home because I was over there for almost seven years," Pittsley said.
Pittsley watched from her walker as throngs of volunteers moved all of her belongings to her old apartment. The complex is subsidized for low-income residents, but she was able to live in the building just across a parking lot with the help of donations.
Pittsley remembers the day: June 22. It was the day rain submerged her apartment building, not to mention much of her town. The flooding prompted Gov. Scott Walker to tour the area and apply for FEMA relief.
"Everybody says this is the first time that this has ever happened," Pittsley said.
Bea Randall couldn't even wait for the volunteer movers and Grant County Emergency Management to come and help pack her things. As if she were Santa, she loaded up a plastic sled multiple times and dragged it across the grass and pavement and back home.
"I couldn't sleep nights just wondering how, when it was going to happen," Randall said.
Randall's living room is now covered in boxes and random belongings, but she knows it will all find its way back to the proper place.
"I just got used to this, and I liked it," Randall said. "Now I like it better because everything is new."
The entire Willow Ridge building had to be renovated for months after being flooded by about a foot of water in June. Randall and her neighbors got new carpets, fresh paint, and new cupboards.
Grant County Emergency Management director Steve Braun said there are still six or seven families that need to be moved in to that complex alone.
"The community's really come together to help make people whole again," Braun said, "But we're not finished yet. There's still some work that needs to be done."
Braun said he's hoping for good news in the coming weeks. Both Grant County and the city of Boscobel applied for housing grants, each $500,000. That federal money would go toward repairs for people whose houses have serious structural damage.
Braun said because Boscobel isn't on the flood plain, many people didn't have flood damage covered in their insurance.
"It's something that can happen anywhere, and I think that's one of the messages that people need to get out of this is," Braun said. "Flash flooding is something that can happen in neighborhoods you wouldn't expect it in."


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This afternoon, on a Sunday hike, I had a portentous encounter with a yellow-and-black-striped spider about the size of an infant's hand!
I was sufficiently moved to do a bit of looking around arachnology websites (to find out about the brute's toxicity for one) and finally found out that the spider was a Giant Wood Spider also known as a Golden Orb Weaving Spider.
It is common here in Japan, where they call it "O-jyorou gumo" which I'm told means, roughly: "big femme fatale".
It's Latin name is Nephila clavata. It's this last that I am unsure of. Can anyone tell me what it means?
I'm guessing that "clavata" is related to the Latin "clavate" (meaning thicker at the apex than at the base) but "Nephila"? I haven't the foggiest, unless it has something to do with "nymph" ?
Edited by Homo Loquens (10/09/05 11:43 AM)_________________________
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#148794 - 10/09/05 11:54 AM Re: Nephila clavata
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By the way, this is the Nephila clavata_________________________
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#148795 - 10/09/05 12:20 PM Re: Nephila clavata
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Well, the ph in nephila is a tip that its roots lie in Greek and not Latin. It might be related to Gk nephos 'cloud'. I'm not really sure. (Your best bet is to look at a scientific dictionary that lists roots used in coining new species names.) The Latin verb clavo (past particple clavatum) has a secondary meaning of 'to furnish with purple stripes'. I looked at pictures and see that it is different from the garden orb weaver we have in California._________________________
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#148796 - 10/09/05 12:56 PM Re: Giants were in the land.
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It seems to be related to the Hebrew "Nephilim":
2 entries found for Nephilim.
\Neph"i*lim\, n. pl. [Heb. n[e^]ph[=i]l[=i]m.] Giants. --Gen. vi. 4. Num. xiii. 33.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
(Gen. 6:4; Num. 13:33, R.V.), giants, the Hebrew word left untranslated by the
Revisers, the name of one of the Canaanitish tribes. The Revisers have,
however, translated the Hebrew gibborim, in Gen. 6:4, "mighty men."
btw, I'm not familiar with any translation of "gibborim" that would have it "giants" and not "strong or powerful men."
Edited by inselpeter (10/09/05 02:47 PM)
#148797 - 10/09/05 05:58 PM Re: Nephila clavata
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...The Latin verb clavo (past particple clavatum) has a secondary meaning of 'to furnish with purple stripes'...
I would have expected some relation to clave/key (but maybe I'm just being naive) Edit: "naïve" - right on! option-u-i and ï both work.
[aside: Is there an ASCII # or even an &# for i-with-a-dieresis for "naive"]
Edited by wofahulicodoc (10/09/05 07:55 PM)
#148798 - 10/09/05 06:13 PM Re: Nephila clavata
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I would have expected some relation to clave/key (but maybe I'm just being naive)
I was concentrating on the secondary meaning. Latin clavo is from clavus 'nail' as opposed to clavis 'key' (whence our clef).
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#148799 - 10/09/05 06:33 PM Re: ï
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[aside: Is there an ASCII # or even an &# for i-with-a-dieresis for "naive"]
Wofa, you're still on a Mac, yes? option u + i
#148800 - 10/09/05 06:41 PM Re: ï
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Or Alt-0239 (on the number pad) under Windoze: ï. Still Unicode characters beyond 255 don't seem to render, e.g., small letter e with macron ē, with breve ĕ, or with caron ě._________________________
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#148801 - 10/09/05 06:48 PM Re: ï
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Or Alt-0239 (on the number pad) under Windoze: ï. Still Unicode characters beyond 255 don't seem to render, e.g., small letter e with macron ē, with breve ĕ, or with caron ě.
Which is nothing compared to the fact that your Great Old One looks distinctly more pachydermish than cephalopodic, thanks to the avatar being squished._________________________
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That's what option-u i gives
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Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?LoganK Nov 19, 2011 12:22 PM (in response to NookGardener)
Battery life has been better than my Nook Color ... maybe an extra couple hours of reading. Browsing didn't really seem to use much extra in terms of battery.
I haven't tried to turn on Power Save mode yet.
It does seem that it loses substantially more power while sleeping than my Nook Color. I'm guessing this would go away if I were to turn off WiFi. Since the wireless is always available immediately when I turn it on, I think it's not truly going to sleep.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?Perry_Mason Nov 20, 2011 6:20 AM (in response to NookGardener)
The Verge reports the Fire gets around 5 3/4 hours and the Tablet right at 7 hours.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?_the_ Dec 7, 2011 7:21 AM (in response to NookGardener)
Just curious to see what you early-early adopters are seeing for battery life now after a couple of weeks of use. I just got mine this weekend and was alarmed to see the battery die the next day, and then need charging once again later that day. I figured out quickly that turning wifi off every time I wasn't doing anything solved all my battery issues, but this seems extreme - shouldn't the OS be smart enough to do that itself? I have Power Save on and am not real thrilled with the dim screen, but I'm living with it to give it some time to see how well it works. With turning wifi on and off every single time, NOW it behaves like I expected it to. Is this normal?
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?patgolfneb Dec 7, 2011 8:45 AM (in response to NookGardener)I have seen a slight increase over my CNK. one of the things I do is for apps like weather I set them to only update when tablet wakes. The main wi fi drain is from apps and email notification etc. The rest of the time they only update if I open them.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?ramiro9 Dec 8, 2011 9:35 AM (in response to NookGardener)
Actual reading, I get maybe 6-7 hours. This is complicated by the fact that the stand-by time is very poor--I get 2-3 days maximum of stand-by time with Wi-Fi turned off. So if I read for a few hours one day, the next day, after discharging all night, I won't get more than a couple of more hours.
I went to B&N to try and get this resolved, and the lady at the Nook counter told me, "I turn mine off every night to conserve the battery." Thinking I had a defective unit, I pointed out to her that the manual claims "With a fully charged battery and with Wi-Fi turned off, your NOOK has enough power to last in a suspended state for several weeks." I just got a blank stare, and then she repeated that she turns it off every night.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?NookGardener Dec 9, 2011 4:33 AM (in response to ramiro9)
So, I went to just "look" at the NT and..... yes, came home with one. Have had it about 2 weeks now. Initially wasn't pleased with the NT battery life (my NC was getting longer times.) Was losing ALOT of battery life when device wasn't in use which didn't make any sense. (By a lot, I mean 2-3% per hour. It just didn't make sense.) So took a hard look at what I was doing differently that could be causing this result. Was still backing out of apps with a built in "back" button, and turning off wi-fi when not in use, so that wasn't it.
Turned out that I had set up email on the NT which was using a lot of battery.(Never used this feature on the NC.) Default settings when I set up email were to check for new mail every 5 minutes. (My bad, I didn't even bother to look at this when I set it up.) Changed the setting to Never (ie Manual) and am now getting battery life closer to what was advertised. Also have gotten in the habit of Backswiping out of any program that doesn't have a built in "back" button (which ironically seems to be the built in B&N apps! at least for me.)
Now, if anyone has figured out a way to get to the internet without hitting the "n" button, please do tell!
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?_the_ Dec 9, 2011 8:05 AM (in response to NookGardener)
I'm going to have to check my mail settings too then, because I didn't alter them at all, so it's almost certainly updating all the time.
As a test, I left wifi on last night when I went to bed and it lost about 30% overnight (7 hours or so.) That works out to 4-ish% an hour, which seems a bit high since the screen's not on, but I may have a couple things running (I sideloaded an email app from Amazon for comparison, K9 Mail - not sure which is better, they both have their up and downsides.)
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?Scott0487 Dec 9, 2011 11:16 AM (in response to ramiro9)
I bought an NT a few weeks ago and it was losing significant battery life during standby (the charger cord also always showed a green N rather than the orange charging color). I took it back and got a new NT and can say that I lose virtually no battery life during standby. Something was clearly wrong with the first unit.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?deemure Dec 10, 2011 7:42 AM (in response to Scott0487)What I have noticed is it seems wifi does disconnect when the NT goes to sleep. It usually connects fast once I wake it up. I did once let it go to sleep while in the shop area. When I woke it up, it very briefly had the message that wifi was disconnected, but it connected by itself and that went away. Now I've been paying attention and when I wake it up the wifi icon shows it's not connected, but changes to connected quickly. My battery life has been great, but I can't give any stats to back this up.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?AVID-JT Dec 10, 2011 9:00 AM (in response to deemure)
Maybe I'm not doing this right but, I unplug my WiFi when I'm not using it. I live in Florida where we have A LOT of thunder storms during the night so I always disconnect my electronics before I go to bed. My son says that I shorten the life of the devices by turning them on and off every day. I wonder which wears out the batteries and devices more, constant use or turning on and off? Let me hear what you think?
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?ramiro9 Dec 10, 2011 4:37 PM (in response to ramiro9)
My battery life problem has been resolved by doing a factory restore, also called a "Hard Reset".
I fired up the Chat window on the support page, and spent approximately 25 minutes convincing the agent that a 3-day standby battery life was a Problem. At that point, he suggested I perform the "Hard Reset."
I did so, reregistered my nook, redownloaded my books and apps, and everything's been fine since. My battery drops about 4-5% of its capacity per night, which should give me a couple of weeks of standby time.
The hard reset/factory restore procedure WIPES YOUR NOOK. Caveat Emptor.
To perform a "Hard Reset"
1) Hold the power button down until NOOK TAblet is powered off, ignoring the "Power off" prompt.
2) After Your NOOK TAblet is powered off hold the "NOOK Home Key" down then simultaneously hold down the "Power" button, release the buttons immediately after the "Read Forever" logo disappears.
3) If successful, a grey NOOK Logo will appear and the screen will refresh momentarily and flash yellow. A prompt will appear asking if you would like to perform a "Factory Reset," Tap the "NOOK Home key" to confirm. Tap the "Home key" again to begin the process.
4) After a few minutes your device will reset and re-install all necessary software. Once completed, you will have to register the device again.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?empens Jan 1, 2012 10:15 AM (in response to NookGardener)
How are your Nooks doing in sleep mode after a couple weeks? Because my NT seems weird. I had great battery life in sleep mode for the first couple weeks. It would lose 1% or 0% when I had it in sleep mode over night. Then, after about two weeks, it started to lose 5% over night, and then 10%. Now I'll walk away from it for a few hours, come back, and it will have lost 7% in sleep mode with wifi off.
Also, the only app I've downloaded was Quickoffice Pro. I archived it and restarted just to see if it might be that app. The app didn't seem to affect the battery. I'm just confused because it didn't used to lose hardly anything in sleep mode the first couple weeks. Is this normal?
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?NookGardener Jan 2, 2012 3:32 AM (in response to empens)
No, that's not normal. Sounds like something is running in the background. Do you power down at least once a week? Try that and checking your email settings as outlined above.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?keithlm Jan 2, 2012 9:43 AM (in response to empens)
empens wrote:
How are your Nooks doing in sleep mode after a couple weeks? Because my NT seems weird. I had great battery life in sleep mode for the first couple weeks.
Do you use a microSD card?
I had almost the same experience as you until I removed the microSD card. I was putting bunch of side-loaded PDF files onto the external card and would leave a file opened in the reader when the unit slept. This happened with or without the wi-fi activated.
It is my theory that having something open on the microSD card somehow keeps something from sleeping properly or it keeps waking up; As soon as I removed the microSD card then the battery life went back to draining only a percent or so overnight.
After that I put the card back in but did not load any files onto it and the battery life was good. Then at some point in time an installed app put some files onto the card and battery life may or may not have got worse again. So my initial problem might not have been leaving a side-loaded PDF files left open in the reader program... it might have been a different app that periodically accesses files it saves on the card?
(I took the card out again and went to slow draining again... I haven't yet done any more testing again. Actually I want to try some apps that "call home" and see if they properly sleep without an external card... but I enjoy the longer battery life so much I don't really want to mess around because I do need battery juice for reading....)
BUT THEN: My experiences might just be placebo... it could be my imagination and perhaps I just think it lasts longer without the microSD card. But I swear that one morning I saw the battery drop like 40%-50% in 5 or 6 hours while the unit was "sleeping". It hasn't done that again without the microSD card.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?ZombiePete Jan 3, 2012 8:23 AM (in response to keithlm)
Just for S&Gs while sitting at work today, I decided to see how the battery would hold up while streaming via Netflix. My NT is brand new out of the box as of yesterday afternoon, and has only been charged once (overnight last night), so it still needs to go through a couple of charge cycles to reach optimum performance (based on previous experience with lithium battery-powered devices).
I selected a 45-minute episode of the original Star Trek series (The Corbomite Maneuver for any other Trek fans out there who might have been curious); was connected to wifi via a Verizon LTE mifi device. I have the screen set to about 25% brightness and power save mode is turned on.. Battery was at 99% when I opened Netflix and started the episode.
I set the NT aside and worked while it ran, but checked on it three times during playback. Each time I checked the battery life it paused the show, which I would then have to start again. All in all the screen was probably on for about 48 minutes from start to finish. The video was fluid; looked crisp and very nice, even at a low brightness.
When the test concluded after I closed Netflix, I had 88% battery life. Not bad at all, IMO, especially for such a small and thin device.
Not scientific by any means, but thought that some people might be interested in hearing about it. It will certainly only get (marignally) better with a few charge/discharge cycles. :-)
EDIT: BTW, I do not currently have an SD card inserted. I have no need for one as of yet.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?bobstro Jan 3, 2012 8:31 AM (in response to empens)
empens wrote:
How are your Nooks doing in sleep mode after a couple weeks? Because my NT seems weird. I had great battery life in sleep mode for the first couple weeks. It would lose 1% or 0% when I had it in sleep mode over night. Then, after about two weeks, it started to lose 5% over night, and then 10%. Now I'll walk away from it for a few hours, come back, and it will have lost 7% in sleep mode with wifi off.
Keep in mind that the battery gauge on most of these devices is only moderately accurate. For some reason, if I track usage on an hour-by-hour basis on mine, I get a 10% drop when I hit roughly 70% and another at 30%. Mind you, my actual battery life is still good overall. The gauge is just off. I once streamed audio for 3 hours on a device that was indicating I had 1% charge left.
In other words: I'd only stress about it if you're actually seeing less battery life than you expected, whether in actual usage, or in standby. If you're getting weeks out of it, I'd say you're doing well!
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?blueyedirishgrl Jan 13, 2012 12:27 PM (in response to empens)
I'm having the same problem. My battery is discharging way too quickly in sleep mode. When I put it down for the night Wednesday night it was at 54% battery left-- the next evening I picked it up to read it & it was totally dead. Wouldn't even let me turn it on until I charged it. It had been asleep that whole time, less than 24 hrs. Wifi wasn't on either. It was not like this when I first brought it home. It's gotten increasingly worse the last few weeks.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?cnmidwife Feb 10, 2012 12:24 PM (in response to blueyedirishgrl)
Late to the party, but SO glad to read all the posts. I have been having a HUGE problem with the battery draining while my 1 week old tablet is in sleep mode (WITH wi-fi off and pwer-save on!) I've been having to re-charge on a DAILY basis, even when I only get to use it for a couple of hours. It was at 100% charge when I went to bed last night, and at 70% when I woke up this morning. Customer service tells me that this is not a problem that they hear about, which had me thinking it was me! I have actually swapped it for a new one (because the guy in the store didn't know what else to do), and done a factory re-start because the woman on the phone didn't know what else to do (which means that I had to re-load all my books, apps, etc THREE times - lots of books because I had the first edition). Should have checked in with y'all first! I did have a scandisc chip in because I thought I had to in order to side-load docs and photos. It is now out, and I will see how the charge does. Hopefully I will have the success you mention.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?empens Jan 3, 2012 4:42 PM (in response to NookGardener)
Thanks for all of the suggestions. My battery life is back to normal. Does anyone else have the Quickoffice Pro app? I suspect it was that app draining my battery life in sleep mode. I let my battery drain to 15%, unarchived and rearchived the Quickoffice app, shut down and restarted my NT, and then charged it back to 100%. It's been fine ever since.
Also, no, I haven't used a microSD card in it yet.
When sleep mode was giving me trouble, I had to charge every two days. Now I'm squeezing four days out of each charge with lots of reading and some light internet surfing. I haven't watched video on it yet.
Battery life for tabletMBSunshine Jan 10, 2012 3:55 PM (in response to NookGardener)
my battery is way worse then the nook color. I have to recharge it every other day. I only use it for maybe 20min at a time x2 or three times a day and the battery is weaker and weaker. from 100% in the morning, 20min use, to 49% in the evening and then again 20min use and by morning i only have 20% left.... I'm very disappointment. I sold my nook color and I wish i had it back.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?SandyCWV Feb 12, 2012 6:43 PM (in response to NookGardener)
I must be living right. I recharged on Friday, turned the wifi on to check out the Free Friday book and let any magazines/apps update. I normally turn the wifi off after doing that.
I just checked after reading about the problems some people are having. Turns out I didn't turn off the wifi so my NT has been on standby with the wifi on since Friday morning. The battery is at 95%. I guess my point is, if you have more lose than that just on standby and the wifi turned off, there may be a problem.
BTW, on the app side, I don't have Words with friends, I do have Lost City (no exit button), Taptu, all my emails linked in, and not a lot else that could be a problem. I do have a small SD card installed.
I am sorry other people have problems. I really like my NT. It is the only mobile that I have and I really like being able to have it with me.
Re: NT: Battery life? How is it?LoganK Feb 14, 2012 2:28 PM (in response to SandyCWV)
SandyCWV wrote:
I must be living right. I recharged on Friday, turned the wifi on to check out the Free Friday book and let any magazines/apps update. I normally turn the wifi off after doing that.
I just checked after reading about the problems some people are having. Turns out I didn't turn off the wifi so my NT has been on standby with the wifi on since Friday morning. The battery is at 95%. I guess my point is, if you have more lose than that just on standby and the wifi turned off, there may be a problem.
There is ... something ... that triggers the problem, but I just can't narrow it down. 4 times out of 5, my Tablet is ready to go when I turn it on. That fifth time, though, it's completely dead. I use only four applications, Reading, Hulu, Netflix, and ezPDF, but it isn't like I can say "I run X and then it dies". That's the frustrating part: the conditions are so unknown, and I hate not being able to read when I want to.
The solution is to reboot the device every time I'm done reading for a while, but then it doesn't feel like a quality product to me and I resent the purchase.
If it wasn't for the Nook reading software being the best out there at the moment (not that it's perfect), then I'd have ditched it by now for a Galaxy Tab Plus where I can at least diagnose and correct the sleeping issue.


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November 1, 2012 —
The lyrics to Bob Dylan's anthem ring in my head as I sit down to muse on what's coming down the pike. "How many times must a man look up, before he can see the sky?" As a general rule, I don't think of myself as an alarmist, but Hurricane Sandy is presently working my nerves. By the time this hits the newsstands, she will be a thing of the past, but the aftermath... who knows? Meanwhile, the reports are dire as I write this and I'm keeping one eye on the news and one on the eye on the hurricane. I'm walking a tightrope here in my trailer (yes... I live in a trailer!) of attempting to stay calm, keep my wits about me and above all, my sense of humor intact, as the winds begin to pick up.
Multi-tasking my fool head off, I've combined emergency preparedness and attending events over the past few days, happy to have galleries and pumpkin carving contests to keep me occupied. "How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?" Walking the dog this morning, I observed darkening skies and wind gusts, feeling fairly manly. Thinking back on my visit to the BrookHouse Gallery (www.brookhouse
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The Marietta City Board of Education took the first step Monday toward a project that would improve security by gathering all Marietta High School students under one roof.
At its regular meeting in the district administrative offices, the board voted 5-0 to authorize the development of specifications and advertisement for bids for a project to build an addition on the Academy Drive side of the school and enclose the walkway between the main building and the gym and auditorium facility. Ideally, it would be completed by the fall.
"It's probably one of the biggest things we could do in the district to improve security," board President Greg Gault said.
The project had been discussed prior to the Dec. 14 murders of 20 students and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., but Superintendent Harry Fleming said that event "escalated" interest in the project.
The addition would allow for additional space so students do not have to go to the administration building for classes. Enclosing the walkway prevents them from having to go outside to access the auditorium and gym.
Together, those steps would allow access to be controlled since students would no longer need to enter and exit the building just to reach their everyday classes.
Fleming said an architect is still preparing options for the district's building and grounds committee to consider so an estimated price is not yet available. The project would be paid for out of funds from the district's permanent improvement levy.
In other business
The board unanimously approved the creation of a career exploration course at the high school. The semester-long, half-credit class would be required of all sophomores. It would include exams to determine what fields a student might be interested and do well in, a review of post-secondary education options and career-readiness opportunities like job-shadowing and learning skills like resume-writing, interviewing, banking and more.
"'Survival skills' would be another name for this course," high school Principal Bill Lee said.
Lee's outline of the course came at the end of a presentation by members of the Building Bridges to Careers collaboration between the district and the Washington County Family and Children First Council. Focused on improving career-readiness among students, participants discussed potential strategies like developing summer camp programs to expose students to specific career fields at earlier ages, reviving and redesigning the Partners in Education program that has fallen by the wayside in some cases and providing a clear path for students to learn about potential careers, take the necessary classes and gain experience in their fields of interest.


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I went in 2 days ago and had the mirena (iud) and at the same time I spoke with my physician about treatments for post partum depression but didn't feel comfortable taking zoloft as this was the only drug he was willing to prescribe since I am nursing. I asked for other options and he suggested therapy (which is all good but I have 3 lil ones and needs something to help now) or hormone therapy ie. estrogen shot along with a b6/b12 complex shot for energy. He mentioned that there was a 30 to 40% chance that milk supply would go down but since I had an established flow (exclusivly nursing and pumping an extra 6-8 oz a day) he didn't think it would affect me that much. So I made the decision to proceed with the estrogen shot....and now almost 48 hrs after I am hardly producing anything! Every feeding she's sucking me dry and when I pump I'm only getting .5 an ounce out of one and almost an ounce out of the other. I started taking fenugreek, blessed thistle, and alfalfa yesterday afternoon to help and I'm pumping after each feeding for 10 minutes or more. I emotionally feel worse as now I feel like a horrible mother and am dealing with guilt of making the wrong choice.
Has anyone else ever delt with this and if so how did you deal. DD is only 10 weeks old and since my breasts aren't as full she seems to not want to nurse from me. So far she has enough wet diapers and poo but I can tell she is starting to get fussy as I have not supplemented with reserve and I think she's getting hungry
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So, I need help from any mom who has used an SNS. (Supplemental Nursing System). Does it normally increase your supply rapidly, then decrease a bit, and then come back up?
I ask because when we first started using it, he was needing less formula in it (not enough EBM) and was getting TONS of BM, half the time he didn't take anything from the supplementer. Now, for some reason, he is getting less from me and more from the supplementer. I know they have different tubes, and I'm thinking of going back to the medium or small tubes to see if he will suck more from me than from the tubes. We shall see, but has this happened to anyone else? Will it go back up?? We were going great there for a bit, and now it has gone down... What should I do? (I rented a scale, so I can measure how much he is getting and subtract how much formula he got from the SNS to determine how much he got from me and the number keeps going down...) this just doesn't sound right! Isn't it supposed to go the other way????


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