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RIM CMO says 70,000 apps will be available at BlackBerry 10 launch
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Frank Boulben, RIM's CMO, says that he joined the company to take part in the greatest comeback in tech history and in an interview he adds that when the BlackBerry 10 models launch, BlackBerry App World will have 70,000 apps available, about one-tenth of what it is available in the Apple App Store and in the Google Play Store...
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1. Kal-el (Posts: 96; Member since: 14 Dec 2012)
If they have a stable operating system... with better integration, as well as the normal most common apps that i use alot and a half decent camera vs the blur fest lens they had in the past....i might consider this
2. androidisbaws (banned) (Posts: 74; Member since: 17 Dec 2012)
DoA. iOS and windows phone are going down soon too. The sooner it's android only, the better.
3. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
Android is good and will stat as a strong OS. but there is a large number of customer base who will prefer WP or iOS. They won't die.
WP is, as you can obviously see, keeps getting better. And real FAST. Apps selection is also growing. With next gen Lumias, WP has a bright future.
iOS is currently a fail, but I guess Apple will manage to come up with something next year. They know that if they won't do this, they are gonna die quick.
5. androidisbaws (banned) (Posts: 74; Member since: 17 Dec 2012)
Yes, windows phone is getting better, but the consumer demand isn't there. Apple is past their prime by a longshot. But at least if they both fail, it's a win for the consumer getting more choice from android. Maybe we'd see a Nokia android phone.
6. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)
Future will tell. Among my friend circle and wandering around social n/w sites I see more and more people are getting interested in WP. More credit goes to Lumia line though, than the OS itself. Me and my 3 friends at least will be buying 920 as soon as it's launched in my country.
Can't predict about iOS really.. same goes for BB. But android will no doubt will be a major player always.
7. androidisbaws (banned) (Posts: 74; Member since: 17 Dec 2012)
Enjoy your lumia :) hopefully Microsoft doesn't pull a wp8 with wp9 where the existing handsets won't be able to get the update, that'd be bad :/
17. goos2134 (Posts: 19; Member since: 11 Dec 2011)
so tell me how only one os is more choice ? besides skins all android phones are the same . ram hogging , lag infested , force closing , ugly , phones. not sure how this would be good for consumers .
22. androidisbaws (banned) (Posts: 74; Member since: 17 Dec 2012)
It's quite simple. These amateur OS's fail which no consumers wants and these OEM's make kick-butt android phones bringing better choice to the consumers.
4. sarb009 (Posts: 316; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Fart app, pop a pimple, talking cat and what more 69997 apps ?
8. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
Please name every app you actually use frequently on your phone and not just apps that are "nice to have".
The average consumer uses 10 apps on their phone.
12. sarb009 (Posts: 316; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
+ Bad piggies
9. MC1123 (Posts: 1256; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
I'm excited about blackberry 10 even more! haters gonna hate but BB10 will be an awesome platform for all...
i laugh about these Android people keep on hating bb10...i think they see it as a threat
10. androidisbaws (banned) (Posts: 74; Member since: 17 Dec 2012)
You sure are living in the past. If it works for you though...more power to you. Ill enjoy my modern and flexible OS.
11. nwright94 (unregistered)
Can you android fans on this website honestly accept people have differing opinions than you? You guys are getting ridiculous.
16. quakan (Posts: 1398; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
Oh no, they've been ridiculous for a long time.
19. AliNSiddiqui (Posts: 382; Member since: 19 Sep 2012)
Every kind of fanboy is ridiculous... including BB Fanboys like yourself!
24. quakan (Posts: 1398; Member since: 02 Mar 2011)
I've never even owned a BB device...nice try.
13. Arthurhkt (Posts: 582; Member since: 19 Apr 2012)
Not really know much of the BB 10, but i really hope they could success, although to me i guess in the next few year Android will still be the major player in the industry while WP will keep climbing up, but if Apple iOS still keep in this way, i may afraid they will really get outdated..
14. andrew1953 (Posts: 176; Member since: 13 Nov 2011)
I bought a Note 11 to replace my defunct N9 and read newspapers, text. A great portable pocket tablet. My 9800 still works very well but needs replacing with a BB10 version or an Aristo. Very much looking forward to release of BB10 and strong RIM comeback.
15. sinple (Posts: 132; Member since: 04 Nov 2011)
most app except whatapp. failz
20. stychill (unregistered)
windows phone 8 didn't have whastapp at launch either, guess what they do now. i can't see it being absent from the app catalog for too long after launch. after all its on the bbos 5 - 7 and still receives support.
27. MC1123 (Posts: 1256; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
remember the word "yet"!
and i mean people buy BlackBerry coz of BBM!
and the guy above me "stychill" is right! WP dont have whatsapp at launch and whatsapp is scrambling to bring its apps on WP! but a BB10 app of whatsapp wont be a problem since they could actually just port thier android app to BB10!! no re writing is needed!
18. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
RIM has some built in advantages:
-excellent name recognition.
-still respected among the casual cell phone user.
-a still fairly large, extremely loyal fan base that will make demand for the first BB10's strong.
-a still strong revenue stream.
If they can toss in a strong app selection at the start, and 70,000 with a good list of top apps would qualify, they will be fine. But I still worry for the future only because they will still need to do all the software and all the hardware themselves. If in a year or so they are having trouble pushing new devices and software upgrades, they will be right back in the same boat they were in with BB06/07. The other major players will be passing them by in innovation and improvements.
RIM doesn't just need to change their OS and hardware, they need to change their entire culture and business strategy.
26. MC1123 (Posts: 1256; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
you do know that most essensial apps will be available on BB10 right? even games like dead trigger coz DT was available on the Playbook...and most playbook apps are ported for BB10! thats why 70,000 apps will be available at launch!
21. stychill (unregistered)
The software looks a hell of a lot better than apple's offering...all they have is apps and build quality. The l series device in my opinion has on par build quality to the iphone, if BB10 does have the backing of major developers as they say. they will make a comeback and bring the fight to android, i've already written off ios.
Windows Phone 8
Blackberry 7
BB10 can take windows phone 8 and ios, the only real fight is with android since it has the superior os to the others on the list. come this time next year we will see what kind of impact BB10 really has, i do hope it lives up to its potential.
25. MC1123 (Posts: 1256; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
android was never superior...it was just superior coz of the support of the big companys like samsung and others....
technecally, symbian can do the very same thing that android can! it is good at persolization!! but symbian isnt supported like android is thats why it was killed!
28. stychill (unregistered)
i honestly don't know much about symbian all i remember from nokia was the crap that was on the n-gage, but symbian is dead and this is about what is and what can be. Like it or not android is the top player in the market for multiple reasons. Honestly i don't know if BB10 can gain more market share than android. there are a lot of factors to consider and price will be a major one. when the entire BB10 portfolio launches Rim will really be ready to compete.
23. Googlethis (Posts: 179; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Really can't wait for this device to release this is starting to shape up to be a great device.


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Is it right that DD should be bringing books home without words in at this point in the year? She's doing well at phonics, and can sound out many three letter 'green words'. Why wouldn't she have a book with words?
She can blend which is great, but prehaps her teacher want her to be able to blend longer words and I know some tricky words.
Its almost five years ago, but ds didn't take home a book until feburary and his reading is excellent.
I suggest you enjoy reading lovely stories to her and not worry about her bringing home books.
I see, you're right, perhaps I need to relax a bit!
I don't know. I've been talking about this kind of thing till I'm blue in the face for ten weeks. Luckily we now have words. At first the words were very, very stupid:
Tom got a pot. Dot got a pot. Tap tap tap. Pat pat pat.
Then they were a bit less stupid:
Dan the man can ban a pan and a van.
And once they were brilliant in a non phonics (Ginn the publisher) Zoom SetB reader, when they had words like Wednesday 22nd June, Thursday 23rd June
in them. Unfortunately the rest of the Zoom SetB readers just had ordinary words like "Joe got wet." "Jane got wet."
I was hoping for: "Then having conquered Neptune the heroes regathered," in the next book. But was disappointed.
It seems school progress must be slow.
But I have a subversive message. Take a marker pen and some blank paper and write your own stories. Get the child to read those and throw the ones from the school in the bin. It's a strategy which is working for me at the moment.
Does she pick her own books, I remember my DCs would choose one without words as they were in the same box as the first level ones. In fact I remember quite a wide range of books on the first level. Have you had a parents evening yet?
learn what are you on! op I detest books without words, but some schools love them. There is a serious reason for this, in an educational way, but I didn't really believe in it so have cast it from my mind. Sorry.
Learn and say,
Really enjoying your comments again!
'I've been talking about this kind of thing till I'm blue in the face for ten weeks'
Really learnandsay? I hadn't noticed
OP, it might be worth asking the teacher. I know some schools don't send 'proper' reading books home until after Christmas.
In the meantime, have a look at the Oxford Owl website for books with simple words
Hi SlinkyPebbles:
I agree with some who have suggested that in YR 'proper' levelled reading books often don't come home until after Christmas. Many schools use this first term to settle children into school (remembering there are all sorts of backgrounds/ abilities) and to start getting them to learn how to behave in small reading groups and introducing them to concepts about books: authors, illustrators, characters, etc.... During this period the teachers are carefully working out where each child is at in terms of their ability to read and starting to organise reading groups by ability level (whether this is openly explained to you or not it's unlikely that reading will be taught as a whole class, although some literacy activities will be for whole class).
At this stage, the teacher's strategy may be to give everyone in the class the same book (or type of book) thereby not making any child (and by extension) parents feel they're not doing well. Sometimes parents can be more keen to start learning to read than the school - but please remember that elsewhere in the world children don't formally start school until the year they turn 7 - so England is very unusual in starting so early and as far as the world league tables go it doesn't look like it results in any substantial educational advantage long term. Picture books are used to teach children to 'read' clues about the story in the illustration - this is a very useful tool with early reading - and it may be that your school has found this approach to work well for the benefit of the majority of pupils.
As someone who had a child seriously struggle to learn to read (DD1 now Y5 and doing very well - reading books appropriate for her age) please spare a little thought for the children and parents of struggling readers - It's very hard to hear your 4 year old say they're the worst reader in class, everyone can sound out words but me. But it isn't a race or a competition - it's also not just about learning to read out words. It really is about appreciating meaning and beyond that 'getting' the subtext of stories or clues about where the story is heading. So this is an on-going thing that can take a few years.
In the meantime, as numbum suggested - try reading your own things as well.
Link to Oxford Owl here: www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Reading/
Oxford Owl also has very useful information on how to support learning to read here www.oxfordowl.co.uk/GetReading.
Join a library.
Start exchanging books with friends with children of similar age.
Check out charity shops children's book sections.
Many schools allow children to take books from their class library or the school library - find out if your daughter will be doing this as well in Class R.
DS has been bringing home books with words from the start & I would so much prefer him not to. Just telling me stories from the pictures would be hugely much better for him. He is only just starting to be able to blend & to hear blending. He can recognise maybe 6 or so words he knows from shape, not from sounding them out. He could just as easily pick them out from the story books I read to him.
DS is my DC4 so I know jolly well by now what is & isn't a good way to learn to read from what starting point/skillset they currently have. DS is not that articulate, so he needs to learn to speak better first, really.
"Picture books are used to teach children to 'read' clues about the story in the illustration - this is a very useful tool with early reading" no they aren't
Wordless books, according to the publishers, "are designed to develop understanding how books work" as if you couldn't do that with a book with words [sigh]
So it's things like holding the book the right way, turning the pages front to back, left to right scanning ...
They are a useful tool for children with language delay or limited vocabulary if used with an adult but for the purpose of teaching reading they aren't at all necessary.
I'm a bit confused, how do you use a book with no words in in to teach a child to read?
You don't is the simple answer
Having had 2 rather inarticulate children I get how wordless books can help learning to read. I am probably not articulate enough to explain it well myself! But it has to do with the poor mastery of the mechanics of story telling (and most early readers are stories not facts, so children need to follow and tell stories to really comprehend what they're reading).
DS2 is 8yo and still struggles to tell stories coherently. The mechanics of decoding & phonics are easy enough, but narrative is a huge challenge. So comprehension isn't great. He's the kid who asks all the "stupid" questions (loudly, at annoying moments) when he watches drama on telly. He can't connect one event to the next so he really can't follow what's happening very well. Luckily DS3 seems not so afflicted, but only time will tell.
It's funny. The first book we got had no words in it. My daughter opened it and said where are the words. So I folder A4 paper, copied the main illustrations and she dictated a story to me. The book was The Ugly Duckling. The story my daughter made up was nothing like the fairy tale. But it was her understanding of the picture story. And she then read it to me and we put it in the book bag. The result was that we got the Julia Donaldson Tom got a pot. Dot got a pot. Pat pat pat. Tap tap tap book. It's so funny. I've never seen my daughter so confused by text. She read it, looked at me and said what does that mean? I said I don't know, darling. And I put it in the book bag.
My dd teacher in parents eveninG said that it is important to read the pictures as well to enable the child to read with more expression and confidence.
I think you are supposed to get them to read the pictures, and talk about what is happening, and teach them to pick up clues from the pictures to help them when reading unfamiliar words later on.
Also taking time to look at the pictures means that the child is thinking about the story they are reading, and will read with comprehension. Some children rush through the story, read all the words, but don't think about the story and can't answer the comprehension questions afterwards.
My DDs never had wordless books - they started getting books home after autumn half term in YrR, and hey had words from the start. Mrz is right - the whole 'how a book works' can be taught just as well with a book that has words.
My DDs started
chewing on being interested in books by about a year old and knew how to leaf through them and point out pictures of things they had words for from the moment they started talking. Even through the layers of drool.
Or the mum and child could draw stick pictures and make up their own story.
Having had 2 rather inarticulate children I get how wordless books can help learning to read. do the books help them to read or help language development?
Then with respect Leafmould your daughter's teacher is an idiot ... when did you as an adult last read the pictures in a book.
Inarticulate doesn't mean inexpressive, though, does it? My 18 month old loves the The Lion King. She can't speak yet, but shouts rah every time a lion appears. So that's nearly all the time. And she doesn't know what a hyena is. So we call them bow wows. And if I ask her where the tweet tweet is she points at the bird. I'm trying to work out if she can actually follow the developing story or if she's just responding to individual pictures. I can't tell. There's a lot going on there but I don't really know what. (We do use nouns as well. But she doesn't respond accurately to them. But to animal sounds she does. I guess she has known them longer.)
guys just to say I'm not defending this approach to wordless books in YR - just a parent - I was just trying to explain to SlinkyPebbles what the thinking might be.
I don't think it can hurt personally - but if you feel very strongly about this - isn't the professional thing to do to make a motion at a teacher's convention that wordless books are abandondend in YR in England & Wales rather than rant on Mumsnet?
Mrs z. Do you not read the pictures in magazines? Or you an entirely un- visual person?
I which case, recognise that there is a whole field which you cannot appreciate, and therefore are missing out on, and don't call people idiot just because they do.
Actually that's wrong. She does respond to nouns accurately. She knows baby in both the context of her doll and The baby in John Burningham's book. She says baby and will collect either. She has a toy badger and will bring it when asked for the badger. But she doesn't respond to nouns at the speed they occur in the Lion King, and no wonder; she only 18 months old. But she does respond to animal sounds at that speed.
No Leafmould I don't read the pictures in magazines I read words and actually I've been assessed as a visual learner
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These "teasers" are such a waste of time in that few moments before I start a work day when I really look for and try to target the most helpful new pieces of information needed to help those with whom I come into contact throughout that day. I wasted a full minute of that time on this article and now another minute telling you about the waste because I think it is important you realize that you do have an integral role, in what you post and choose to leave out, in how smoothly, and how well, our day can go in the "field". There is no way I will share this information because I have heard similar all too often only to see nothing materialize or to be substantially let down by the findings..
Dr. Herrington
What was the point of this article?.
penny setterfield RN
I think another angle to this is that if a drug manufacturer can market a obviously readily available medication it will mean higher profits for them. I hate this whole marketing business. Why do you think treatment for CCSVI is not recommended for MS patients - you guessed - loss of MONEY from selling medications..
Cathey Thomas
Wow. well, as an MS patient, all I can say is THANKS FOR NOTHING!.
peg rosen
Wow! Crazy coincidence: I was at the gym this morning and the guy on the treadmill next to me said he's "this close" to finding a cure for pancreatic cancer. And all it involves is a certain food that everyone has right in their pantry. I'm not going to share what that ingredient is. Not yet. I don't want all those patients getting too excited. I also want to see a little more evidence.....
Well, every day there seems to be less and less research money for things that could yield a great deal of intellectual/human benefit, but no monetary gains. With the government shut down, we see a number of time sensitive studies and years of fieldwork being flushed down the proverbial toilet. This may be a symptom of a bigger disease; it may be a gimmick to build excitement. There was a time when human imagination (and more government dollars) drove research. Findings that sent us to the moon yielded satellites, artificial limbs and those scratch resistant lenses you're wearing. Science was driven by curiosity and dreams, not by money. Something about removing the dream from the equation and inserting money that kills the intuition and drive of the researchers. That earnest enthusiasm we once saw is dying. This is its sad, desperate bid to bring it back..
scott knutson
This type of story is far below Med Page's usual standards. I'm embarrassed for you that you'd post something so unprofessional and sensationalized..
Anthony C. Geraci, DO, FACP
Dr. Gupta, as editor, you should be sheepish now for allowing this to be written here on your page..
Anthony C. Geraci, DO, FACP
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25896 Older article with OTC preparations that may be the drug the article is referring to..
sidney mitchell
And your point is? I get tired reading articles ... Found new ... Will be five years ... Need to be DB studied ... But soon after that ... Blah, blah, blah. Just do it and break the news when something concrete comes out of it. All talk no action. Typical..
tami mcgregor
Very disappointing. It isn't science nor is it newsworthy. What exactly is it besides a loss leader?.
m smith, M.B.A., B.S. Health Sciences
Having my teeth pulled cured my MS..
robert biles
Well...colleagues here have said it all. MedPage needs to be more thoughtful about printing catchy headlines that lead to worthless articles, but get people's attention. This is what the main-stream print media does every day...and it is bad there too..
mike anderson
As a caregiver of an MS patient, this is very irritating! I try to keep up on what might help my wife, but this is baloney!! This should have never been published!.
tom hennessy
One might think it may be related to iron, since removal of iron has shown remyelination in the brain, which is why I think a study of induced iron deficiency would be apropos. "apotransferrin (aTf)" "Intranasal administration of aTf" "potential to be used for clinical treatment to protect myelin and to induce remyelination" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22736466 "apotransferrin was very similar to that of deferoxamine at a concentration that provided equivalent iron binding capacity" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21034753.
tom hennessy
This is what the most recent study showed. "Iron depletion induced by bloodletting and followed by rhEPO administration as a therapeutic strategy in progressive multiple sclerosis" "iron depletion (ID) induced by bloodletting and followed by recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) administration could be a therapeutic strategy in progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS)".
Disgusted MD
Mr. Hennessy: I have no idea what your training is, but once again you cite a study in your first post that has NOTHING to do with the medpage topic at hand, this time a possible novel treatment for MS. The subject of your link: "Intranasal administration of aTf protects and repairs the neonatal white matter after a cerebral hypoxic-ischemic event." has nothing to do with MS. Its conclusion: "...these data suggest that iN administration of aTf has the potential to be used for clinical treatment to protect myelin and to induce remyelination in demyelinating hypoxic- ischemic events in the neonatal brain." Forgive me, but, "Huh"? How do you extrapolate this study to treatment of MS? In your second post, you provide an interesting quote from "the most recent study", a shame you leave out the source. I found it: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0987705313001950. It is a tiny study of 4 subjects, with improvement shown in 2. Again, your posts are misleading and can lead to many false hopes and 'teases', as many felt with the medpage article at hand. I personally feel medicine is an evolving science, with many new theories and paradigms that one cannot and should not simply blow off. I truly wish you would cite significant and relevant articles in your posts to illustrate your points. I suspect you might just have some really great contributions to make for many of us who always love to learn something new, yet I have seen nothing but sarcasm and offensiveness when I have asked for further information. So how 'bout some teaching and no insults when pressed for further information on something that is NOT widely known?.
tom hennessy
"How do you extrapolate this study to treatment of MS?" Since destruction of myelin is a hallmark of MS, one might think a study resulting in remyelinatioin would be pertinent, but that's just me, obviously. I"t is a tiny study of 4 subjects, with improvement shown in 2. Again, your posts are misleading and can lead to many false hopes and 'teases'" Actually the two who responded probably would disagree with the 'false hopes' and 'teases' remark, but again, that would be MY impression and take home message. "yet I have seen nothing but sarcasm and offensiveness when I have asked for further information" It is my knee jerk reaction to condescention, I'll have to look into that..
Disgusted MD
Tom: When I first questioned a post of yours, I was genuinely interested in how you were so sure of your conclusions. I asked for supporting information. That is my training. Rigorous background information was required of us as students and residents. I can laugh now, but I was made to cry in front of everyone once because I did not know the answer to a question. I learned I could not take it personally or get defensive. Just give the information required if possible. Having seen several of your posts, all of which proposed iron overload as the etiology of various disorders, I asked for information. My intent was not condescension, but understanding. I felt your citations were not completely relevant, did not understand how you applied the citations to the point at hand. I researched hypoxia and MS as MS is generally known to be an autoimmune disorder. I found two articles, just for starters. 1. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/msi/2013/598093/ Concludes that hypoxia might be either a causal factor or a consequence of MS and proposed improved perfusion to deliver more oxygen to the brain as possible treatment. 2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24038279 Part of their results: "Notably, oxygen administration significantly restored function within 1 hour, with improvement persisting at least 1 week with continuous oxygen treatment.". Part of their conclusion: "The neurological deficit was closely correlated with spinal white and gray matter hypoxia." I do not see that 'bloodletting', phlebotomy, induced iron deficiency, etc., would help as it would remove red blood cells important in the delivery of oxygen to the tissues. So I am either missing your point and misunderstanding your perspective or we simply have studies citing totally opposite conclusions. Unfortunately, when writing as opposed to talking, it is all too easy to misinterpret what is being discussed. Perception of the writer and the reader can be totally different. So, perhaps when you are questioned, you perceive it as condescension, when in reality, questions were asked in an effort to further understand and either learn something new or agree to disagree. Peace and respect, whether we agree or not?.
tom hennessy
"I do not see that 'bloodletting', phlebotomy, induced iron deficiency, etc., would help as it would remove red blood cells important in the delivery of oxygen to the tissues" Hyperviscous blood reduces oxygen perfusion so iron reduction when implemented increases oxygen perfusion. "Serial phlebotomy works to reduce blood viscosity by hemodilution, as the plasma is restored by hydration more rapidly than are the red blood cells. The study co-authors wrote that the subsequent reduction in viscosity leads to an increase in the delivery of oxygen to the body's tissues by two physiologic mechanisms: (1) increased cardiac output and (2) reduced oxygen shunting that occurs normally between arterioles and venules.".
Disgusted MD
Would you please cite which study you are referring to in your last post? Thank you..


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Scan of the Month Challenge - Scan 23 - Beginner Analyst
Writeup: Curtis Sloan ([email protected])
The Challenge:
Members from the South Florida Honeynet team manually generated five different types of portscans from the Internet to a single honeypot. These are not portscans captured from the wild. The term "the wild" is used to describe any host we don't know about outside of our network. In other words, any host other than our own connected to the Internet involved in reconnaissance, an intrusion, and/or system compromise is a system in the wild. During each scan, our network intrusion detection sensor captured each scan and saved it to a binary log file. We used snort to capture each scan in tcpdump format. It's important to note that tcpdump and snort use the libpcap library to capture and store packets from off the wire. So you can learn more about the packet capture technologies used to capture the portscans during this challenge, we have provided links to help get you on the right foot. It is up to you-the beginner analyst-to pull the binary file into a packet decoder such as tcpdump, or ethereal to analyze each scan. Your mission, if you choose to accept it is to answer the questions below the best that you can.
Questions and Answers:
1) What is a binary log file and how is one created?
A binary log file is a log file (which is a record of a program's or system's actions or activities) recorded in binary format (i.e. the data which is logged is recorded without conversion). The data is captured in binary form and perhaps marked up by the program with some log formatting in binary format, e.g. date and time, sequencing numbers, etc.
Binary logs usually take up less space than a text or ASCII version of the same information, since ASCII characters represent data instead of actually _being_ the data (for instance, it generally takes 2 or more bytes in ASCII to represent 1 byte of binary). Binary logs capture the actual data, as opposed to an ASCII representation of the data; e.g. when you capture actual packets and their payloads, any binary data (programs, files, etc.) transmitted are actually stored in the log, instead of ASCII translations of those bytes into human readable "English" format.
The binary format is useful in that the data can be manipulated in a number of ways in its native format, including, but not limited to: viewing, replay, extraction, saving, reverse engineering, compilation, execution, etc., etc.. In contrast, a text translation or rendering of the binary data would no longer be actual data, it would simply be letters representing what the data once was before we converted it. It would still be viewable, and sometimes more easily so, but it would lose much of the functionity of its previous format. In any event, a binary file would be much more compact than even a single text file.
In our specific scenario, snort (www.snort.org) was used in packet logging mode to capture each scan in tcpdump binary format. tcpdump (www.tcpdump.org) is a very common program and it uses a binary capture format that is also very commonly used in packet capturing. tcpdump format is a binary log of packet headers and data recorded using libpcap library. Also, when snort logs in binary mode, the entire packet is logged, not just sections of it.
How is a binary log file created? Well, by configuring a program to redirect or copy the data it deals with to an appending binary file. In our example, snort (which captures in text by default), is configured to log to a binary tcpdump format file. Here is an example: ./snort -l ./log -b. The -l switch tells snort which directory in which to store the file. The -b switch tells snort not to log in default ASCII text mode, but rather to log in binary tcpdump format. (http://www.snort.org/docs/writing_rules/chap1.html#tth_sEc1.3)
2) What is MD5 and what value does it provide?
MD5 is a digest algorithm that is used to verify data integrity through the creation of a 128-bit message digest from variable data input (which may be a message of any length). The message digest is claimed to be as unique to the specific variable data input as a fingerprint is to the specific individual. (http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci527453,00.html)
Basically, MD5 takes any number of strings as input, reads the strings, and uses a special algorithm to create a "fingerprint" that reflects the unique combination of data contained in the strings. For instance, if you specified a filename as the input string to a program utilizing the MD5 algorithm, it would produce a 32 character (128-bit) "fingerprint" based on the file's contents. Here is an example:
md5sum.exe SotM_September_submit.txt returns: dae8878d48dad096f7fa12441c4d8a3d *SotM_September_submit.txt
The program md5sum.exe took the contents of the file SotM_September_submit.txt and created a unique fingerprint based on the contents of the file at the moment of processing. That was before I wrote the previous two sentences. Here is the result now:
md5sum.exe SotM_September_submit.txt returns: 841a006d49e11c3692b978859fda57d0 *SotM_September_submit.txt.
Because the contents changed, the fingerprint changed to reflect the unique combination of letters and numbers saved in my text document.
MD5 was created for use with large compressed and/or encrypted archives of sensitive data slated for transfer over the Internet. MD5 ensures that the data has not changed in any way since the author made the data available, either by accidental or malicious modification or corruption. In our specific case, MD5 ensures that the scan's binary log file has not been changed since it was posted by the Honeynet Project team.
The value of MD5 is that it provides a consistent, secure method of "fingerprint checking" on large or sensitive files.
3) What is the attacker's IP address?
It is unlikely that the IP address has been spoofed due both to the private IP address block in use and the recorded TTLs (later on we will see that the attacker's connect() scan RSTs have a TTL=255 which probably means the attacker was on the same physical network as the scan recipient in this case). Later, the attacker spoofs or decoys the following addressess as well:
4) What is the destination IP address?
As we will see later, the destination IP address is verifiably so, since it never sends any initial communications during the length of the captured scan. The destination IP address only responds to communications initiated from the attacker's IP addresses.
5) We scanned the honeypot using five different methods. Can you identify the five different scanning methods, and describe how each of the five works?
Method #1: SYN "half-scan"
"TCP SYN scanning: This technique is often referred to as "half-open" scanning, because you don't open a full TCP connection. You send a SYN packet, as if you are going to open a real connection and wait for a response. A SYN|ACK indicates the port is listening. An RST is indicative of a non-listener." (http://www.insecure.org/nmap/nmap_doc.html#syn)
SYN scanning, or "half-scanning" as it is called, is somewhat stealthy due to the fact that a full 3-way TCP handshake is never completed. However, SYN scanning is far from being clandestine. The term 'stealthy' is being used in these descriptions of scan types as a relative term between each of the scan types.
Method #2: NULL scan
FIN, NULL, and XMAS scans are all classified as "negative" scans since they look for the absence of a response in order to determine whether a port is open or not. They are considered stealthy since they do not set up the initial portion of a 3-way TCP handshake. However, as noted in the previous description, NULL scans are probably easily identified on most firewalls and/or network intrusion detection systems these days.
A NULL scan sets all TCP flags to 0, which is abnormal TCP behaviour. Certain firewalls have difficulty detecting or filtering these packets, and let them through.
"FIN (-sF), NULL (-sN) and XMAS (-sX) scans are all similar. They ... work by getting either a RST back (closed port) or a dropped packet (open port). Of course, the other situation where you might get back a dropped packet is if you've got a packet filter blocking access to that port. In that case you will get back a ton of false open ports." (http://www.insecure.org/nmap/data/nmap_manpage.html)
Method #3: XMAS scan
See above for background information.
An XMAS scan is the converse of a NULL scan in that all (or most of) TCP flags are set to 1 (FIN, PSH, URG). The effect is the same as the NULL scan. The name "XMAS" comes (presumably) from the fact that so many TCP flags are set, comparable to "being lit up like a Christmas tree".
Method #4: SYN connect()
Also known as vanilla connect() scanning, or just vanilla scanning, this method gets its name from being very run of the mill as far as it compares to other scanning techniques. This is becuase connect() scanning, as mentioned above, uses a standard OS system call to attempt to totally complete a 3-way TCP handshake in order to discover whether a port is opened or closed. This is method is not stealthy, but it is fast and effective.
"If the port is listening, connect() will succeed, otherwise the port isn't reachable. While making a separate connect() call for every targeted port in a linear fashion would take ages over a slow connection, you can hasten the scan by using many sockets in parallel. Using non-blocking I/O allows you to set a low time-out period and watch all the sockets at once. This is the fastest scanning method supported by nmap, and is available with the -t (TCP) option." (http://www.insecure.org/nmap/nmap_doc.html#connect)
Method #5: Decoy scan (XMAS scan with -D "decoy" option)
Decoy scans use additional real or spoofed IP addresses as source IP addresses in order to confuse the scan recipient as to the true source IP address of the scan. Decoy scans are somewhat stealthy in that they provide "camoflauge" for the attacker. In addition, they can sometimes be effective in eluding network intrustion detection systems since the source IP address changes so much -- thereby not triggering alerts that a similar scan from a single source IP address would have set off. It is likely that this capability has been largely negated in current NIDS rulesets, but it is also likely that counter-strategies are being invented and implemented as well. :-)
-D <decoy1 [,decoy2][,ME],...>
Causes a decoy scan to be performed which makes it
appear to the remote host that the host(s) you
specify as decoys are scanning the target network
Note that the hosts you use as decoys should be up
or you might accidently SYN flood your targets.
Also it will be pretty easy to determine which host
is scanning if only one is actually up on the net
work. You might want to use IP addresses instead
of names (so the decoy networks don't see you in
their nameserver logs).
It is worth noting that using too many decoys may
slow your scan and potentially even make it less
accurate. Also, some ISPs will filter out your
spoofed packets, although many (currently most) do
not restrict spoofed IP packets at all.
6) Which scanning tool was used to scan our honeypot? How were you able to determine this?
Nmap. Just a good guess. ;-)
There were 3 correlating factors that confirmed my initial educated guess regarding (which host operating systems were in use and) the scanning tool that was used:
#1 - Common usage and feature set. Nmap is a standard utility for port scanning/OS fingerprinting (at least in the Open Source world as I know it). ;-)
#2 - Scan types used (and OS fingerprinting). I recognized the scan type options being used in the scan from my very limited experience with nmap.
#3 - Confirming evidence in a couple of general port scanning overviews.
I started by brainstorming and researching a list of a number of well-known and other various port scanners:
- telnet - definitely not telnet :)
- nc (netcat) - i haven't used nc for real, but from my reading on nc usage, i don't think netcat is capable of this kind of diversity in techniques.
- SATAN - again, another tool i haven't used for real, but i don't think SATAN's got all these features; i think nmap got the features from SATAN, et al. :)
- hping - hping is a powerful utility from what I've read on hping usage, but by the same token, this isn't hping.
- NetScanTools
- IPEye
- SuperScan
- Atelier Web Security Port Scanner (AWSPS)
- PortScan Plus
- wGateScan
- YAPS (Yet Another Port Scanner)
- PortScanner
- UltraScan
- SiteScan (Rhino9)
- CyberCop scanner
- SARA (Security Auditor's Research Assistant)
- strobe - Class B only
- Port Scanner
- PortFlash
- knocker
- WUPS - Windows UDP Port Scanner
- Blue's Port Scanner
- Local Port Scanner
Then I cross-referenced the scan types (and OS fingerprint tests) from Question #5 with available switches for nmap (http://www.insecure.org/nmap/data/nmap_manpage.html). The likelihood of a -sS -O type option scan became evident as I analyzed the OS fingerprinting techniques being used in between a couple of the scan types.
During my research, the following overviews of nmap's capabilities confirmed my suspicions:
"NMAP does three things. First, it will ping a number of hosts to determine if they are alive or not. Second, it will portscan hosts to determine what services are listening. Third, it will attempt to determine the OS of hosts. The default behavior of NMAP is to do both an ICMP ping sweep (the usual kind of ping) and a TCP port 80 ACK ping sweep." (http://www.insecure.org/nmap/lamont-nmap-guide.txt)
"Starting TTL and source port numbers can also give us a hint of what port scanner type (for 'stealth' scans) or operating system (for full TCP connection scans) is used by the attacker. We can never be sure though. For example, nmap sets TTL to 255 and source port to 49724, while Linux kernel sets TTL to 64." (http://www.cs.wright.edu/~pmateti/Courses/499/Probing)
Here is the location of a couple of the OS fingerprinting examples or -O option in nmap being used in conjunction with each of a few of the different scans:
Packet #150639 - #150672 - The SYN|ECN caught my eye. After some reading on ECN, I read on a web board somewhere that the ECN bits are often used in port scans because certain firewalls basically ignore ECN under the wrong and outdated assumption that they are not used. Next, a NULL packet follwed by an XMAS packet. Then it spends a lot of time on port 22 (that's SSH - and, it was shown to be an open port earlier...). Only a few different source ports being used, but the initial TCP seq # is changing... I expect there are a number of different modifications to each different TCP packet... maybe a fingerprint? Yup! That's nmap OS fingerprinting alright. :)
Packet #153149 - #153165 - Another one of those ECN and then SYN packets - heh, strange to see that bit set. ;-) Looks like more fingerprinting.
7) What is the purpose of port scanning?
The purpose of port scanning is to determine what ports are open, and hence what services that may be running on a system are available to the attacker. This result is utilized for good by network and system administrators as a part of network security audits, and for evil by attackers who wish to compromise a box by using an exploit for one of the discovered running services on its open port. Port scanning also provides a number of additional applications and the added bonus of possibly being able to determine what OS a system is using (due to inconsistent or peculiar responses each OS's implementation of the TCP/IP stack returns). Port scanning's additional applications can also tell us what hosts are up on a network and various other network topological details, such as IP addressing, MAC addressing, router and gateway filtering, firewall rules, IP-based trust relatbionships, etc..
8) What ports were found open on our honeypot?
In order to determine which ports were open, I used a display filter in Ethereal (tcp.flags == 18) to find all the SYN|ACKs sent by the honeypot.
The following ports were found to be open:
53 (DNS domain name service)
80 (http)
111 (sunrpc)
443 (https - SSL)
32768 (In this case, rpc.statd (for NFS file locking, called the Network Status Monitor (NSM) RPC).
SYN|ACKs represent an open port because the system responds is responding to an initial Synchronization packet with a Synchronization Acknowledgement packet (which is the 2nd stage of the TCP 3-way handshake). This essentially is saying, "I'm here -- I got your request to start a conversation and I'm listening on this port. Go ahead with what you want to say". Also, since our honeypot is presumably not trojaned (yet?) :-), it shouldn't be initiating any outbound connections, just replying to inbound connection requests. In congruence, all of the source IPs for the SYN|ACKs were 192.168.0.99. No SYNs were recorded from 192.168.0.99. Any ACK|FIN|PSH|NULL|URG? Nope. Nothing that wasn't an expected response (not an exhaustive search, but conclusive).
Some information on the service running on port 32768:
"This rpc based service for nfs has the following function:
The rpc.statd server implements the NSM (Network Status Monitor)
RPC protocol. This service is somewhat misnomed, since it
doesn't actually provide active monitoring as one might suspect;
instead, NSM implements a reboot notification service. It is used
by the NFS file locking service, rpc.lockd, to implement lock
recovery when the NFS server machine crashes and reboots.
9) Bonus Question: What operating system was the attacker using?
The attacker is using a machine running Linux using a kernel v2.4.1 - v2.4.14.
I started out by looking at what information the attacker was disclosing during the scan. This was primarily the RST packets in the vanilla connect() scan which had a TTL=255.
SYN = 48 (attacker)
RST = 255 (attacker)
After turning up very little information using Google, I was initially led by this to believe that this meant it might be a Solaris box attacking. However, I eventually realized that the RST TTL=255 because the attacker is on the same physical network segment as the scan recipient (which is the other scenario where the RST packet will have a TTL=255).
I decided to narrow it down by answering the question: "What OSs does nmap run on?"
"The primary focus of Nmap development is on free operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD). Solaris is also a first-tier supported platform because Sun now offers source code to their OS, and also because the Sun GESS Security Team sent me a new Ultra workstation. ... Mac OS X, SunOS, HP-UX, AIX, Digital UNIX, and Cray UNICOS" (http://www.insecure.org/nmap)
This helped to narrow down the candidates, but didn't provide any specifics. So I did some research into learning exactly how nmap implements OS fingerprinting.
After that, I found I was caught in a feast or famine scenario: no specific information available via Google, but a plethora of specific information available in the scan if I wanted to evaluate the nmap fingerprint templates manually. :-P
I narrowed my search on Google for specific information regarding TTLs, Window Sizes, etc., and I eventually found this document via Google: http://www.giac.org/practical/Matthew_Fiddler_GCIA.doc
This document had enough specific examples to make an educated guess from the data in the scan log. So I did some more Ethereal display filtering and found that most of the attacker's TTLs are 64 which indicated a Linux install. Finally, I used this display filter: tcp.window_size == 5840 && ip.src == 192.168.0.9 which revealed enough of the attacker's packets with a Window Size of 5840 which corresponded in the document to Linux kernel versions 2.4.1 - 2.4.14.
In addition, I think the scan recipient OS is running Linux, too, but then I haven't examined the results of the scan log's OS fingerprinting closely enough to confirm (I ran out of time to do that). Suffice it to say that it's running a *nix/*BSD style OS because of the NFS rpc.statd running. :-P
Tools used: Ethereal, Google. I tried p0f, but didn't use it in the analysis. I also referred a lot to nmap's own documentation.
P.S. I could do a lot more analysis work on the road if someone ported WinDump to the Pocket PC. ;-)


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It appears a majority of the Hernando County Commission does not support expanding the administrative operations of the Withlacoochee River Water Supply Authority. That consensus should be dutifully relayed to the other members of the multicounty water authority when it convenes to discuss the issue at a meeting tonight in Inverness. The will of the full authority will prevail in due time.
However, a suggestion made Tuesday by Commissioner Jeff Stabins that Hernando County discontinue its membership in the water authority was an impetuous reaction, and his colleagues on the board should not even entertain such a shortsighted idea.
Stabins, along with Commissioners David Russell Jr. and Chris Kingsley, expressed determined skepticism at the proposal to make the water authority's contracted executive director job full time, and to hire a two-person administrative staff to assist him in running the agency. In addition to some well-placed curiosity about why there is a sudden need to make the change, as proposed by longtime contracted executive director Jack Sullivan, the trio of doubters pointed out it is difficult to justify the expense of expanding an agency at a time when most governments are cutting back.
Stabins said the notion "turns my stomach'' and that he wanted the commission to explore the ramifications, if any, of separating from the water authority.
There are, no doubt, others who agree with Stabins that expanding the water authority is a classic case of bad timing. Commissioner Russell took similar umbrage at what he called another effort to "grow government.'' Such indignation is neither unexpected nor unreasonable from elected representatives whose ears are ringing from the shouts of residents who want taxes lowered and spending cut.
But it would be rash to allow an ill-timed request to supplant what is an inevitable and important debate. Whether that debate takes place now or in a few years, Hernando County, with very limited alternative water resources, should have a seat at the table. To pull out now would be impulsive and not in the long-term interest of residents.
Hernando County will pay $31,401 this year to belong to the water authority, based on a formula of 20 cents per resident. That is a nominal investment to remain active in an organization that is dedicated to the thoughtful development and allocation of water resources from a regional perspective. Granted, the current proposal assumes a sizeable taxpayer contribution from the Southwest Florida Water Management District of $2-million over 5 years, and a portion of that will come directly from the taxes paid by Hernando County taxpayers. But residents from 15 other counties in the district also will help fund that regional improvement effort.
Still, this proposal may be premature, or there may be more modest possibilities to consider. One might be an intermediate step to hire a full-time administrative assistant to free up Sullivan's time as he continues his contracted job as director of the water authority.
But this much is sure: Hernando County's voice needs to be heard as that discussion takes place. Quitting to make a point, as Stabins suggested, eliminates that opportunity irrationally.


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Tommie Hoban is today playing in his first semi-competitive match in almost a year – in a game which also sees new signing Mathias Ranegie have a run-out.
Watford are currently taking on Reading in a Premier League Under-21 Cup tie at the Royals' Hogwood Park training ground.
Hoban damaged his Achilles in January last year and although he returned for one game in February, he missed the rest of the season with the problem.
The Watford Academy graduate, who made 18 consecutive starts last season before injury, was forced to have surgery in the USA in late April.
Hoban and Ranegie, who signed for Watford from Udinese permanently earlier this month, are joined by another three professionals in today's line-up. Gary Woods is in goal, with Luke O'Nien and Reece Brown completing the defensive trio. Ranegie is joined up front by Under-18s striker Alex Jakubiak.
First-year pro Bernard Mensah is on the bench as he is allowed to play in the Under-21s and Under-18s games as part of his loan agreement with Braintree Town.
Reading line-up: Moore, Long, Griffin, Kelly, Sweeney, Keown, Stacey, Kuhl, Ugwu, Tanner, Fosu-Henry.
Subs: Lincoln, Hyam, Fridjonsson, Shaughnessy, Murombedzi.
Watford line-up: Woods; Hoban, Brown, O'Nien; Barnum-Bobb, Hope, Byers, Dillon, Kyprianou; Jakubiak, Ranegie.
Subs: Johnson, Martin, Doherty, Rosenthal, Mensah.


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José Cárdenas: "Portraits of Opportunity" is a unique exhibit and fund-raiser where all proceeds will benefit critical programs for young children. Joining me to talk about this event is Rick Gayle, one of the photographers involved in the exhibition. Also here is Laura Chasko, Director of Marketing and Development for Southwest Human Development. Thank you both for joining us. Laura, we've talked about Southwest Human Development before, but just give us a general overview.
Laura Chasko: We're a nonprofit agency, we are celebrating our 30th anniversary this year. We serve about 135,000 children and families a year, and what makes us really different is our focus on very young children. So our children are about ages birth to 5, and what we're trying to do is really get them off to the best start in life. So help create a solid foundation for the rest of their development.
José Cárdenas: This is the third year in a row you're using this photographic exhibition to kind of showcase the different aspects, there's so you can't capture them all, but at least a number of the aspects of the programs you operate. Give us a sense for this photographic program.
Laura Chasko: Well, we're such a large complex organization that we were trying to figure out a way to really tell the story of what we do there. And so we are -- we pair eight photographers with eight families we serve and let the photographers tell the family's story and how they were helped by Southwest Human Development Services through photographs. And then we have an exhibition where people can come in and look at the photos and read the bios that go with them.
José Cárdenas: And Rick this is your third year, you've been participating, every year this program has been going on?
Rick Gayle: Yes, exactly.
José Cárdenas: You come, you look at the bios, decide which family?
José Cárdenas: I read the bios and select one that seems to give me a sense of there's a lot of possibilities in terms of making photographs. And then I'll go meet the family, talk to them, basically do a location scout and come back, maybe a week later and spend practically a day there photographing them.
José Cárdenas: This year it wasn't necessarily a family, but it was a day care center?
Rick Gayle: Right. It was a day care center started by a young mother, I think her sister also worked with her, there were about five kids in there that I spent time with photographing. And thoroughly enjoyed it.
José Cárdenas: We're going to go through the photos, but first, why would a day care center or child care center be one of your clients, so to speak?
Laura Chasko: Well, our focus is really early childhood. And so those can be services that take place in the children's home, or where they spend a lot of their time which is child care centers. And so we have a number of programs that are working to improve the quality of child care here in Arizona.
José Cárdenas: And that was the case with this one particular center. We've got some photographs we want to put up. These were the four photographs that you selected. This first one, tell us about that.
Rick Gayle: Well, essentially in order to tell a story, I always find it's important to get some photographs of the environment and in this case, the kids were eating Cheerios and fruit in the morning and the way the light was coming through the window, it was just fantastic. So I thought it was worthy of photographing. So I photographed the kids in a lot of little still life images.
José Cárdenas: You've got a little fella here is giving you quite a quizzical look.
Rick Gayle: I basically saw him, he was sitting by himself, and I said, "Hey, smile!" And the guy looked at me like I was half crazy, and that's when I took a bunch of pictures. He was very, very curious with the camera.
José Cárdenas: Another one, speaking of cameras, who was giving you the treatment with his own camera.
Rick Gayle: Exactly. As soon as I picked up my camera he grabbed his toy camera and we had a shootout.
José Cárdenas: And finally we have another one. Very typical childhood experience, kids not wanting to brush their teeth.
Rick Gayle: I love this image because you have this typical thing, kids don't like toothpaste and the child in the background is out of focus and sucking his thumb. I thought it was an interesting contrast.
José Cárdenas: You do this for free?
Rick Gayle: Yes. And I think myself and other photographs find they do their best work when they can do pro bono work.
José Cárdenas: Tell us in more detail what happens to the photographs that you get from these professionals.
Laura Chasko: Well, we set this up sort of like a gallery exhibit. So it's an open house format. So it is a fund-raiser, people pay a fee to come view, and we've got eight photographs in the eight families, and they come in and look at the photos, there is food, wine, silent auction, and they can actually purchase the photos.
José Cárdenas: We've got some information about the exhibition on the screen, people will come and on October 20th?
Laura Chasko: Yes.
José Cárdenas: And they have the opportunity to -- the photographs are fixed prices.
Laura Chasko: yes.
José Cárdenas: So they can get some professional work at a pretty reasonable price.
Laura Chasko: M-hmm.
José Cárdenas: This is a major fund-raiser for you?
Laura Chasko: Yes, it is.
José Cárdenas: We've only got a little bit of time left, but tell us about some of the other things that go on with southwest human development.
Laura Chasko: We have a lot of services for young children with disabilities, we have a lot of kids coming in with really complicated issues and families are going from one doctor to another to another, and really trying to piece together the picture of what's going on with their family and now we've start a new children's developmental center where they can actually come and work with a team of professionals that includes a developmental pediatrician, physical therapist, mental health professional, the whole gamut, all in one room, working to try to figure out what is going on with this child.
José Cárdenas: We appreciate you both joining us to talk about the program. Good luck on the event. That's it for our show for tonight. From all of us here at "Horizonte," I'm Jose Cardenas. Have a good evening.


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this is very nice! its the kinda theme you would expect in a game menu! it is verrry nice! though, next time, when you remix the battlefield theme, make it more.. powerfull. as if it was to be played in a battle =P real powerfull n stuff. i hope you ARE gonna make another one =P
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Its pretty cool I enjoyed it. I agree that it needs to feel a little more powerful seeing as it is a war game theme.
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i like this but i think the main instrument should be the piano. As in implement it more, that distorted synth you put in throws it off a bit. a piano or a soft instrument would give it more power in my opinion. but its still pretty good. needs more power!!!
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A proposal to ban people under the age of 18 from using indoor tanning beds could get a House vote next week after its approval by a subcommittee Wednesday morning.
Current law bans children under 14 from using tanning beds except with a physician's prescription. Teens 14 to 17 need a parent's permission.
House Bill 18, the Youth Cancer Prevention Act, is a flat ban with no exemptions for permission or prescriptions.
Several members of the House Regulatory Reform Subcommittee on Business and Labor expressed reservations about the ban but said they were persuaded to support it because of the weight of scientific evidence in its favor.
"This was a bill I was not excited to vote on, supporting freedom," said Rep. Susan Martin, R-Wilson. "But looking at all the data, it clearly is a health concern and growing."
Rep. Brian Brown, R-Pitt, said he was backing the ban because of a friend who's battling skin cancer at the age of 32. "It's clearly defined that she received that from a tanning bed. There's no other explanation for it," he said.
But opponent Rep. Marilyn Avila, R-Wake, said teens who can no longer use tanning beds will instead lie out in the sun without supervision. "I firmly believe that doing this is going to increase skin cancer because there's nobody looking after that child, there's nobody caring about that child," she said.
Avila said the ban takes away parents' rights to make decisions for their children. "We are not a nanny state."
Rep. Bert Jones, R-Rockingham, disagreed. "If you follow that line of thinking, we probably shouldn't have any laws in this state banning minors from going out and purchasing cigarettes," he responded. "But we do have laws that say a minor cannot go out and buy cigarettes because of the health concerns."
Indoor tanning industry spokesman Joseph Levy told the committee the state's current rules are adequate. He insisted that the science linking ultraviolet radiation to melanoma "is not straightforward" and said he fully expected the ban would "increase the incidence of sunburns."
But North Carolina Dermatologists' lobbyist Rob Lamme derided Levy's skepticism, saying the research linking UV rays and skin cancer is "literally about 3 feet high these days" and is accepted by virtually every medical group in the state.
Lamme also assured the committee that banning teens from tanning beds won't put tanning salons out of business. In fact, he said, the industry is already seeing a shift from tanning beds to spray-on tans, which have a higher profit margin for salons.
"This bill is going to speed up a process that's already occurring in this industry," he said. "These kids will migrate their dollars away from indoor tanning – they're already doing that – and into spray tans."
The bill won approval easily after about 20 minutes of debate. Only two members voted against it: Avila and Rep. Tim Moffitt, R-Buncombe.


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Tuna-Potato Casserole
- 2 cups thinly sliced raw potatoes
- 1 can (6 1/2 oz) chunk light tuna, drained
- 1 cup sweet peas
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley (optional)
- 2 tablespoons margarine
- ¼ cup flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1 ¼ cups American Cheese
- 1/3 cup diced onion
- ¼ teaspoon dried mustard
- 1 ½ teaspoons season salt
Cook potatoes until tender-crisp. Save potato water to reconstitute non-fat dry milk. Layer potatoes, tuna, peas, onions and parsley in a shallow, greased 2 quart casserole dish. Melt margarine in a heavy saucepan. Blend in flour. Add milk. Heat until thickened, stirring constantly. Add cheese, mustard and salt, stirring until smooth. Pour over tuna-potato mixture. Cover and bake in 350°F oven for 30 minutes.
Makes 8, 1 cup servings
Per Serving: 233 calories; 15gm protein, 11gm fat, 18gm carbohydrate; 66mg sodium
This program is funded, in part, from the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), which is supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Pennsylvania (PA) Department of Human Services (DHS) through the PA Nutrition Education Tracks, a part of USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). To find out how SNAP can help you buy healthy foods, contact the DHS toll-free Helpline at 800-692-7462. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.


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The Science of Happiness: What data & biology reveal about our mood
While true happiness may have a different definition to each of us, science can give us a glimpse at the underlying biological factors behind happiness. From the food we eat to room temperature, there are thousands of factors that play a role in how our brains work and the moods that we are in. Understanding these factors can be helpful in achieving lasting happiness.
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How happy would you say you are?
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You might not be able to directly control all of these factors, but by being aware of them all you can engage in activities that will boost your happiness meter.
What You Can Do To Be Happier
Did you know that spending 20 minutes outside in good weather each day can improve your memory, broaden your thinking and help maintain a positive mood? It can! Participating in activities like exercising is another way that you can boost your happiness. Walking for just 20 minutes releases endorphins and proteins that make your brain more active, keeping you happier. Why not take a 20 minute walk on your lunch break? It'll keep you feeling energized and positive throughout the day.
In terms of brain chemistry, the neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin play a large part in how happy, affectionate and positive you feel. Eating foods like fish, bananas and poultry help boost your dopamine levels, while foods like turkey have been suggested to boost serotonin levels. Therefore, eating foods like these can help you improve and maintain happy feelings and a positive outlook.
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One of the best ways to keep a bad mood at bay is to get your 8 hours of sleep each night. Studies show that sleep-deprived people have a harder time remembering positive ideas and, instead, focus on the negative. By keeping your mind and body well-rested you'll help the positive ideas flow and keep the negative ideas away.
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2/10 previous photo next photo What to Make with Thanksgiving Leftovers
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Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and President Gary Cohn have exercised more 10-year-old stock options, boosting their total gains to more than $5m each.
Bloomberg reports that David Viniar, 57, who is set to step down as CFO in January, made $11.9m by selling 100,000 shares yesterday for $118.77 apiece, according to a filing last week. He also gave 50,000 shares to an unidentified recipient, the filing showed.
In the meantime, Reuters reports that Goldman Sachs has hired Omar Mohammady to run the its Saudi Arabian investment banking business, a key role for global banks operating in the Gulf Arab region, three banking sources said.
Saudi national Mohammady, previously with Barclays Plc (BARC.L), will replace Rayan Fayez, who moved to J.P. Morgan in June.
And The New York Post reports that embattled Rochdale Securities may find it tough to hang on to one of its most prized assets: star bank analyst Dick Bove.
Bove is being courted by a bevy of rival firms with Rochdale teetering on the edge after it was rocked by $1bn worth of unauthorized Apple trades.
Finally, Bloomberg reports that Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is seeking to regain the top spot in Samurai bond underwriting next year by hiring bankers and encouraging staff at its partner Morgan Stanley to attract more foreign issuers of yen debt.
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., the joint venture between Japan's biggest bank and the Wall Street firm, will hire 'several experienced bankers' in Tokyo next year, said Hajime Suwa, head of debt capital markets. It is also pitching companies, banks and government agencies in the U.S., Europe and Asia to issue yen bonds, he said.
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The Re∆ction Región Metropolitana, Chile
The Reaction begins as a band on the year 2010 with the end of several personal and musical phases of its members. But as a concept, The Reaction began long before, growing within all of them as an expression that needed a means to come out to the light, a concept that integrates a view of the world, a perspective of how to understand music and a way to face a new world stage for bands. ... more
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STEVEN Burke's hopes of a second Commonwealth Games medal were blown away in the 4,000m individual pursuit.
Burke, who was a member of the England team who won silver in the team pursuit yesterday, could only record the 10th fastest time at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
The Colne rider clocked 4mins 31.752secs in his heat where he was 'lapped' by Welsh rider Owain Doull who will contest the bronze medal ride this evening.
Jack Bobridge, a member of the Australian team that beat England in the team pursuit final, was fastest in 4mins 19.11 secs.
He will go head-to-head with Aussie team-mate Alex Edmondson – who was also a member of the winning quartet – for individual gold.
Doull, who was third fastest, was ride against Kiwi Marc Ryan for the bronze medal.
Burke, who won Olympic gold in the team pursuit at London 2012, had to settle for silver this time as an England team that included Sir Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy and Andy Tennant, were well beaten by Australia in last night's 4,000m team pursuit final.


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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – As the Class of 2017 began its four-year journey with the official Move-In Day at Merrimack College, many of the school's student-athletes were out in full force helping the newcomers move into their dorm rooms.
Student-athletes from the football, field hockey, men's soccer, volleyball, men's lacrosse and cross country teams assisted approximately 800-members of the Class of 2017 on Friday, taking time away from their practices, training and preparation for their upcoming fall seasons.
Merrimack's 2013-14 season kicks off Thursday night when the men's soccer team hosts Dominican at 7 p.m. at Martone-Mejail Field.
Merrimack Athletics 2013 Fall Home Openers
Men's Soccer: Thursday, September 5, at 7p.m. vs. Domincan
Women's Soccer: Saturday, September 7, at 1 p.m. vs. Molloy (Marriott Kickoff Classic)
Field Hockey: Tuesday, September 10, at 7 p.m. vs. Saint Anselm
Volleyball: Tuesday, September 17, at 7:00 p.m. vs. Saint Anselm
Football: Saturday, September 28, at 1 p.m. vs. Pace
Cross Country: Saturday, September 7 at Skacklette Invitational
Men's Tennis: Saturday, September 29 at 2:30 p.m. vs. Assumption
Women's Tennis: Tuesday, September 17 at 3:30 p.m. vs. Holy Cross
For continuing coverage of Merrimack College Athletics, visit MerrimackAthletics.com and follow the Warriors on Twitter and on Facebook.


text: Ancient Vibration - Solfeggio Tones / Sacred Geometry Music - Out Now at UnifyMusic.com by Builder published on 2012-06-18T21:33:23Z Grab the full album: http://unifymusic.com/product/hearts-minds-digitalfolk/ Sacred Geometry in Music! By re-tuning each of the twelve keys on the piano we can create a custom tuning that hits all nine solfeggio tones (frequencies which rearrange physical matter into sacred formations). This tuning puts the music in alignment with the universe, the ultimate harmony. This song is composed in the perfect circle of sound and hits every solfeggio tone in a 3 octave range. This is a sacred experience from my heart to yours. Enjoy. Out Now: http://digitalfolkmusic.com http://youtube.com/watch?v=05Io6lop3mk http://hydrosonics.org Genre Midtempo Bass Music Comment by Solstice Records Would love to release this tune. 2014/11/20 02:13:25 +0000 Comment by Builder Out now at http://digitalfolkmusic.com :-) 2013/10/20 03:45:33 +0000 Comment by PERICLES gorgeous! 2013/09/05 17:28:19 +0000 Comment by Moonfireg I'll use this when I tune my chakras with their matching stones. 2013/09/02 23:45:18 +0000 Comment by Dr. SKitzo wow i can deff feel a effect i like this where can i buy or download some? 2013/08/19 01:46:22 +0000 Comment by Fahad Hasan Pathik awesome maan 2013/07/05 20:45:22 +0000 Comment by Moseljack Sick! 2013/05/12 04:45:37 +0000 Comment by JemInEye Incantations Awesome song! 2012/12/15 07:06:55 +0000 Comment by Benny Fishel @wix-com: oh wow 2012/11/05 21:51:15 +0000 Comment by consciousbassmusic @kasura: This version is missing a lot of sounds that the new version has. Stay Tuned... 2012/10/02 12:14:52 +0000 Comment by consciousbassmusic @dj-ekom: Had a good time too! Thanks!! 2012/10/02 12:14:11 +0000 Comment by wix.com @virgincavalier: High Vibe...I Feel and Love it! THank you! 2012/09/26 23:41:53 +0000 Comment by Mind's Medicine such a dope song live :) 2012/09/25 17:09:49 +0000 Comment by Samuel Alder can you make more like this? i love it 2012/09/24 01:38:21 +0000 Comment by herbalife$ Yo whaats good builder.. Nice work man. Had a blast chillin with u at bass mtn. Keep up the work bro Killin it 2012/09/21 19:08:32 +0000 Comment by kalOPsia Vibe beautiful man mad respect 2012/09/15 19:45:29 +0000 Comment by HerHighnessPrincessLala love that you played this at HeadToHead 5 Hope to see you soon, be beautiful! :) 2012/09/13 04:19:27 +0000 Comment by peircebruh happy belated birthday dan. 2012/09/10 03:02:20 +0000 Comment by GOOSENSEI wicked strings!!!!!!! 2012/09/07 00:31:07 +0000 Comment by DJ Klinz Great Track, cant wait until its available for download/purchase. 2012/08/21 18:56:52 +0000 Comment by PERICLES gorgeous 2012/08/18 18:42:30 +0000 Comment by VirginCavalier Great 2012/08/16 21:12:13 +0000 Comment by HΔϟH#ϟQƱΔTCH☢ absolutely amazing! keep up the good work! bass mtn was epic. any chance of a dl for my birthday? 2012/08/13 21:10:36 +0000 Comment by Alex Mooshi Hey Dan your set was DOPE at bass mtn. keep your great work up I love it! Way too original just soo amazing 2012/08/13 02:32:51 +0000 Comment by dRedzilla Great work, determined, perfectly paced, great energy! 2012/08/01 01:27:11 +0000 Comment by Launchpad Infinity beautiful music. thank you. 2012/07/01 23:12:23 +0000 Comment by Aphiliate this track is hypnotizing 2012/06/29 06:44:45 +0000 Comment by thekontenderswin Feel good vibe... 2012/06/26 18:29:01 +0000 Comment by Elder (Kontur) groovy as f*ck 2012/06/20 22:11:43 +0000 Comment by TRUSTFALL REALLLLLLY diggin this :) :) :) 2012/06/20 00:29:54 +0000


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Cricket Discussions
New phones
Jayzus 03 Aug 2012, 15:10 posted on 0 0
hey, i've heard alot of rumors that a couple of new smartphones will be heading into the cricket wireless by the 2012 back to school season. i currently have the old crappy huawei ascend and was wondering if any of you knew if this was true? i know that they just released a new huawei but i personally don't like it.
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1. bluedemon91 (Posts: 5; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
Yes, It true, as of right now they have the HTC One V and there will be a new LG Optimus, not sure what model yet. and a Hauwei P1 witch is the very nice phone! it is as slim as the droid razr with 1.5ghz dual core and nice 4.5in HD screen. there are some exciting phones coming to this network. yet some i still dont approve of do to the fact that its not as great of a service for some of the phones. like apple.
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North Dakota Grain Dealers Educational Foundation Announces Scholarship Winners and Elects Officers
Date Posted: October 11, 2013
The North Dakota Grain Dealers Educational Foundation has announced the names of its scholarship winners for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Nine students will receive $750 scholarships.
Award winners, hometowns, colleges and curriculums in which the students are enrolled are as follows:
Bismarck State College
John Denning IV, Mohall, ND, Agriculture Transfer
North Dakota State University at Fargo
Kelvin Anderson, Stillwater, MN in Agribusiness
Kenneth Bahm, Mandan, ND in Agricultural Economics
Ty Bruner, Drake, ND in Agricultural Economics
William Klose, Hoople, ND in Crop & Weed Sciences
Brooks Larson, Cando, ND in Agribusiness
Stacie Urbach, Englevale, ND in Crop & Weed Sciences
Katherine Woodbury, Ross, ND in Agricultural Economics
Wahpeton ND State College of Science
Lacey Gilsdorf, Dumont, MN in Crop Production Sales and Technology
The Foundation also awarded a grant of $600 to the Soils Department at NDSU for the purchase of two compound microscopes.
Current Directors and Officers were re-elected at the Foundation's recent annual meeting.
Paul Lautenschlager was re-elected President.
Paul is the Manager at Beach Co-op Grain Co. at Beach, ND and a Director of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association.
Roger Wagner was re-elected Vice President.
Roger is the Manager at Grafton Farmers Co-op Grain Co. at Grafton, ND and a Director of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association.
Re-elected as Directors were Steve Hepper, Grain Merchandiser at Hubbard Feeds, Inc. at Bismarck, ND and Second Vice President of the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association; Joel Janke, Public Relations Officer of the ND FFA Foundation, Bismarck, ND; and Elton Solseng, Instructor, Agricultural Systems Management at NDSU.
Steve Strege and Cheryal Welle both of Fargo, serve as Executive Vice President and Executive Assistant respectively.
They each hold the same offices with the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association.
The Foundation was incorporated in 1980 by the North Dakota Grain Dealers Association to promote agribusiness education in North Dakota.
Primary emphasis is on students entering the grain marketing industry or other agribusiness.
The Foundation has awarded over $191,000 in scholarships and instructional aid grants over thirty-three academic years.
Students interested in obtaining more information or applications for next year's award should contact the Foundation office at 1325 23rd Street South Suite A, Fargo, ND 58103-3723.
For more information, call 701-235-4184.
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