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Locating ICS and SCADA Systems on .EDU Networks with SHODAN
I wrestled with a myself for a long time about whether or not to publish this article, but the time has come for education and action regarding exposed SCADA/ICS in the .edu sector.
The goal of this post is to encourage security teams at .edus to proactively discover, enumerate, inventory and classify SCADA/ICS devices on their networks in order to mitigate risk. I assume no responsibility for misuse or impact arising from this sharing of information.
The following Information is derived from public resources. While the strategy was developed by me, it is important to understand that any motivated individual with Internet access could leverage these resources to target SCADA/ICS not only on .edu networks, but also against any public Internet facing devices.
Further, SHODAN is simply a database of scanned devices and indexed banners, and is one of several scan repositories available to anyone, for example Internet-wide Scan Repository hosted at the University of Michigan and located at https://scans.io – put simply, SHODAN is a tool, and should not be disparaged, but rather used for the public good.
The following strategy is neither exhaustive nor comprehensive for several reasons, including:
- SHODAN does not scan all ports
- Some SHODAN results may be purged or incomplete
- SHODAN does not scan all networks
- SHODAN does not scan IPv6, etc.
It is important to realize that SHODAN is one man's project, and as such should be viewed as merely the beginning of your .edus quest to identify SCADA/ICS devices on your network.
To wit, this is your responsibility, and you should develop, with proper authority and top management support, a holistic strategy that includes policy, technical measures like targeted and tactical scanning, security assurance contracts (i.e. 2nd and 3rd party implementers like Siemens and Johnson Controls), hardening, remediation, collaboration with and a push-back against vendors' product insecurities and (if push comes to shove) authority for .edu IP takedown.
The first step is to register for a free account at http://www.shodanhq.com – I strongly suggest that you also purchase the SHODAN extras that include Telnet and HTTPS and also allow you to export results in CSV format so you can incorporate findings into reports and other tools.
I receive zero compensation or 'kickback' for any purchases of SHODAN extras, therefore, this is recommendation is of benefit only to .edus. For a few ports to get started in doing searches on your own see the SCADA ports list here:
If you have utilized Google search limiters such as site: this search strategy should be intuitive. As a reference of available SHODAN search limiters, see:
Also of use, though they are user-submitted and not 'clean' or vetted, the "Popular Searches' located here:
They may help to provide some insights into not only what SHODAN users are searching for, but also what the more popular search terms are.
To begin, you would enter into the SHODAN search box the following: hostname: limiter as youruniversityname.edu, and then the SCADA/ICS port limiter as port: xxx.
A key point here is that the above search only located systems in the SHODAN database that have assigned DNS names with youruniversityname.edu, and it's likely that other systems on your network just have an IP address and no DNS entry, so I strongly recommend you conduct net: limiter searches with all of youruniversityname.edu networks – you probably have a class B, so an example search would look like net:xxx.xxx.0.0/16 and stack the port: in the same search.
Also key is to search for the DNS and class Bs for open Telnet, as well as HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, etc. since some devices will not have SCADA/ICS ports open, but are systems that are gateways from TCP to Modbus, etc. These usually have a port like 80, 443 or 23 open, port 21 for FTP, and on occasion 161 (snmp).
Another strategy is to conduct SHODAN searches using your youruniversityname.edu and CIDR block and also add in common vendor names such as Siemens, Niagara, Lenel, etc. And yet approach is to search for SCADA/ICS device functionality, such as PLC or BMC. Again, visit the DigitalBond reference which has common vendor names:
SCADA/ICS systems on public IP in .edus pose a serious and oft-overlooked safety threat to the university community as most .edu security teams are burdened with compliance-oriented tasks and often lack the skillset and knowledge that comes from this kind of specialized enumeration.
Bear in mind that not only are the systems often tied to critical institution infrastructure devices like power, water, lab equipment, refrigeration, building controls, door control systems and the like, but also are quite often embedded devices with poor security measures like clear-text protocols, well-known hard-coded passwords, extraneous services, backdoors, leftovers from developers like open debug ports and the like.
It's important to recognize that the robustness of these devices when subjected to aggressive probes and scans makes them susceptible to severe impact from the very simplest of attacks. One must exercise restraint and utmost caution when enumerating or accessing these devices.
For example, I have seen firsthand SCADA/ICS devices reboot from mere Nmap scans. If you subject an embedded SCADA/ICS device to a full Nessus scan, it will most certainly be impacted. Therefore, this kind of device enumeration should take place outside of your normal scanning practices, if they exist.
Put simply, if you approach this task with the ignorant, cavalier attitude of "anything should be able to handle a Nessus scan" (and I have been told this directly by former 'security' colleagues who should have known better), I have little doubt you will severely impact that device, with your best hope that the device reboot and mostly recovers… mostly.
Bear in mind that this strategy applies only to Internet-facing devices and does not even begin to address what a malicious attacker can do once gaining a foothold into an .edus internal network via pivot or other means. Addressing those risks requires an entirely different level of scope, policy, tactics and skillsets.
What I've outlined above are, quite frankly at this stage of the game, baby-steps. In case you're wondering, my expertise in this analysis stems from personal research as well as a multi-year volunteer effort as lead contributor to Project SHINE (SHODAN Intelligence Extraction) managed by Bob Radvanovsky of http://www.infracritical.com.
See the following media stories to get an idea of Project SHINE's findings and outcomes:
- http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/10/dhs-warns-of-hacktivist-threat-against-industrial-control-systems/
- http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/011513-dire-warnings-dont-yield-better-265830.html
- http://www.belden.com/blog/industrialsecurity/Project-SHINE-Are-Control-Systems-REALLY-Connected-to-the-Internet.cfm
On a side note, MFP (multi-function printers) exposure on .edus networks is abhorrently rampant and poses significant risk via simple and advanced attacks that includes loss of PII/PHI and allowing anyone on the Internet to print whatever they want to your printers.
In my recent SPC presentation (http://www.educause.edu/events/security-professionals-conference/2014/using-shodan-edu) I outlined a threat vector that includes sending child pxxnography to .edu printers, and the potential ramifications including lost productivity, extraordinary investigative costs, negative press, hostile work environment, employee lawsuits and the potential cost of security and IT leadership jobs for due diligence failures (just ask Target's former CISO, CIO and CEO) .
There is a slide that if you bring to top management I am sure you will gain support to remove these from public IP, or at least it will motivate you to mitigate the risk to your job by notification of the risks and assigning responsibility via contract to the responsible department choosing to host MFPs on public IP.
I wish you the best of luck in tackling this task. Be vigilant and be careful… there's a lot at stake here. Finally, I am available for Shodan consulting and training for security and network teams and provide this service only to .edus, law enforcement and InfraGard.
About the Author: Shawn Merdinger is a healthcare security researcher with 13 years' of experience in information security. He is founder of MedSec, a LinkedIn group with a technical focus on medical device security risks with more than 500 members and worked with Cisco Systems, TippingPoint, a university academic medical center and independent security consultant. A proponent of responsible disclosure practices, he collaborates frequently with organizations like ICS-CERT and CERT/CC and has served as a technical editor for 12 titles from publishers Cisco Press, Pearson, Wiley and Syngress. Shawn has presented original security research at security conferences such as DEFCON, DerbyCon, Educause, ShmooCon, CONfidence, NoConName, O'Reilly, IT Underground, CarolinaCon and SecurityOpus and earned a graduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and undergraduate degrees from the University of Connecticut.
Editor's Note: The opinions expressed in this and other guest author articles are solely those of the contributor, and do not necessarily reflect those of Tripwire, Inc.
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About La Merveille
A friendly welcome awaits you…
La Merveille in Normandy, has a wide variety of bed and breakfast accommodation and facilities to cater for most needs, with friendly English and French speaking hosts…
Bed and Breakfast – Location
La Merveille is ideally situated midway between Mont St Michel (to the south) and the D-Day beaches (to the north) in the quiet village of Le Luot, a few kilometers north of Avranches.
To see a map and full travel directions – click here.
Bedroom & Breakfast Accommodation & Prices
(All prices include Continental Breakfast)
- Large Family Rooms (sleep 5-6 persons): from €95 per night
- Twin & Double Rooms: €60 per night
- Small Single/Double room €40 per night
Evening Meal including wine (3 courses)
€25 per adult / €15 per child (15yr or under)
Evening Barbecue (Summer) inc. drinks –
€15 per adult / €10 per child (15yr or under)
(Meals/Barbecue needs to be booked before visit)
Check availability of our rooms using our online form
At La Merveille we welcome group bookings:-
- from €1700 per week (low season)
- from €2200 per week (high/holiday season)
Includes all bedroom accommodation and sole use of all other facilities.
(Bookings are subject to room availability)
Contact us for further details
All groups have use of the extensive house facilities:
- Main Lounge area with table football, TV, wi-fi, information area and a bar.
- Fully equipped Kitchen
- Garden – with barbecue area, patio, pool, trampolines and petanque piste


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With the change in the world's environment, many are going back to the basics. Many folks are not sure how to handle all of the problems including pollution, depletion of natural resources and over population. People don't need to be heroic, just do some small things, like make use of solar and wind power.
Wind power gets its energy from the wind and air while solar energy gets its energy from the sun. A home can be heated by direct sunlight or the energy can be saved in batteries. Wind energy may be used to generate electricity or utilized to run mechanical devices. They both have their benefits, chiefly by supplying free-of-charge energy after the initial installation expense is paid for. You can depend on having to do little maintenance and get great use out of it for about two decades. These alternative energy systems work very efficiently, as long as they are cleaned frequently.
Neither one creates any pollution, and they don't add anything to global warming. Use of land for wind turbines has been a huge concern but crops and farm animals are able to coexist with these wind systems.
These green energy systems are efficient based on where they are placed. Even though there is not a great deal of sun in Japan or Germany, they are at the top when it comes to solar energy technology. The wind turbines, although clean, makes a landscape appear unsightly and are noisy. To generate a lot of energy, there has to be numerous solar batteries and wind turbines installed. Generating the necessary energy, it is vital to have the right size. In an inaccessible place, you can utilize solar energy at daytime, and wind at night.
Neither solar or wind systems are hard to set up, and you can easily find DIY kits on the Internet. These instruction manuals provide you with all of the needed information to construct a system over the weekend. As long as you have the materials and you follow directions, it should be easy. You will need a big space for the wind turbines, but with the latest ones being less noisy, they are ideal for your house.
Whether or not you should set up a wind or solar energy system is dependent on space, money and your energy demands. It's wonderful that you can have free electricity once the initial investment is made. Even though that sounds fine, it nevertheless is a matter of how long it takes to get back the initial investment. original investment.To see if it is worth installing setting up a solar or wind energy system, you need to see how long it will take to get back your investment. Sometimes the original expense is something that most people are not able to come up with. It nonetheless would be nice to have a pollution free system.
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Surprise Anniversary Party – The Setup
This past weekend, my sisters and I hosted a SURPRISE 30th Anniversary Party for my parents. Let me just say, I'm never doing a surprise party again! While the planning was SO much fun, the stress of keeping it all a secret and telling fibs was just too much! And to top if off, Old Man Weather was so cooperative with a week full of rain, that we had to change venues the day before! Alas, the party went off without a hitch and was, well, a surprise! They didn't have a clue! Stay tuned to see their reactions in Part 2 tomorrow!
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I couldn't resist… My printer is going like mad printing these onto iron on transfer paper so I can give them to everyone I see between now and 4am when the Royal Wedding starts… I know, ridiculous, but I couldn't help myself! Click here for the downloadable template.
A First Birthday Party!
I had to share the pictures from Etta's adorable First Birthday Party – they were just too cute to not! Haute Papier worked hard to create a fun and playful theme based around unique colors and funky fonts. Some of our favorite elements were the cake pops inspired by Bakerella, personalized plates from Boatman Geller, and polka dot garland, sewn by yours truly! Stay tuned for a tutorial on the garland!
Happy Thanksgiving…
I'm headed to Spain for Thanksgiving to visit my little sister, but before I left, I wanted to share this great promo that Haute Papier is running for the next week… Get 150 coasters for the price of 100. Simply enter the promo code "thankful" when ordering on our website here. These coasters make a great hostess gift during the holiday season!
I've been M.I.A. the last couple of days as I've been in Buffalo purchasing our second letterpress for Haute Papier. I'll be back tonight. Here are a couple of pictures of the new press to tide you over!
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Daily Candy's Holiday Gift Guide
The District Domestic & Haute Papier's Recipe Box made it into Daily Candy's Holiday Gift Guide! They said, "an insatiable appetite may never be filled, but it can be organized with Haute Papier's new recipe boxes." For color options and to order, please email info (at) hautepapier (dot) com or call 202.337.1623.


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$1,135—$1,775 Studio—2 bed 130 Sharon Ct, Charlotte NC, 28211
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Commute to Downtown Charlotte
The rent at Mezzo1 Apartments ranges from $1,176 for a studio to a $1,775 two bedroom. Apartments in this building are about as expensive as the Myers Park average. This is a pet-friendly apartment.
This apartment is in the Myers Park neighborhood in Charlotte. The closest park is Park Road Park.
Mezzo1 Apartments has a Walk Score of 72 out of 100. This location is Very Walkable so most errands can be accomplished on foot.
Discover the charming lifestyle at MEZZO1, the latest boutique-style apartment community in SouthPark. Experience the life of SouthPark's hidden gem, featuring studio, one and two bedroom apartment homes. It is more than just an address in SouthPark. It is a way to experience Charlotte the way it is meant to be, tucked under beautiful wooded shade, walking distance to some of Charlotte's and full of resort style amenities. Enjoy an intimate lifestyle with all of the luxuries including granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, large pool with gas grills, outdoor fireplaces and dog spa. Be close to everything while living in a boutique style apartment community, all at MEZZO1. We are excited to offer a variety of Signature Services to each and every resident to make living at MEZZO1 as enjoyable as possible. We strive to create exceptional experiences, starting the very first day with our Move-In Orientation, and throughout your residency with customized services such as ...
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There is an ongoing debate that discusses whether or not it is safe and appropriate for women to perform any inverted postures during menstruation. With regards to yoga, many people say that inverted position such as shoulder stands, alleviate menstrual cramps and other symptoms while other say there is a potential for back flow (retrograde flow). This is still a theory, and has not yet been proven by credible research. In addition, most of the concerns people have are about staying in inverted postures for a long period of time. Ultimately, this is a personal decision and depends on your own opinion.
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..encouraging women in their high calling of being keepers at home, help meets to their husbands, and nurturing, loving mothers to their children..
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
DIY Hair Sticks
Here are the needed supplies (all from Wal Mart)...
and some craft paint and glue.
First, I asked my hubby to drill a small hole through the end of the corn skewer, like this...
Then I painted the skewers different colors - 2 of every color. It will probably take 2 coats of paint.
Next, I chose color co-ordinating beads for each pair of sticks.
For the black sticks, I put the beads on the do-hickey and put them into the holes drilled into the ends of the sticks (I used a few drops of contact cement to hold them in place), like this..
I did the red ones the same way..
The pink, purple, and silver ones had the holes in the side of the stick, so I threaded the beads onto the do-hickey, put it through the hole, and wrapped the excess wire around the stick and secured it with a drop of glue, like this..
Here are some close-ups so you see more detail...
And I made a red pair of sticks, too...
These hair sticks were made at a fraction of the cost of the ones I have seen online. And there were so much fun to make! As you can see, my girls love wearing them...
I hope this gives you some ideas for making your own hair jewelry.
Have a blessed day, friends!
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What a fabulous idea! And so affordable! Thank you for sharing this tutorial...you should think about making some to sell!
Sweet blessings,
How lovely! They turned out so sweet! I've always admired hair pieces like this, but I never buy them :) Thanks for sharing your project...I would love to try this out with my daughter :)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2012 at 10:47 AM
cool idea, you can also sand chop sticks :) I use to make my own knitting needles from chop sticks LOL ,ReplyDelete
to make them slide in hair a little easier try putting clear nail polish on them :)
Very cute! My AnnaLynn would love a set of these; would make a terrific project. I do wonder how the hole was drilled into the end -- that's a tiny hole! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Lisa :)
very nice :) Especially when you have long hair...ReplyDelete
What a wonderful idea! I've often looked at the daunting prices of handmade hair sticks on etsy - this is great - especially for my post-baby-hair-loss! THank-You!ReplyDelete
wow!! this is such an awesome idea!ReplyDelete
Great blog! I just signed up to follow. I love your hair jewelry posts. My 10 year old daughter has made a few quilts and is really into sewing crafts. It's great to see another young girl with similar interests.ReplyDelete
We really like AO and looking at your blog it seems like it would be a great fit for you too. I have links to a few other Charlotte Mason websites on the right-hand side of my blog if you're interested.
What a great tutorial! These would make great gifts, too! Thanks!!!ReplyDelete
These are so cute. I think we can make them, too. I like the black ones best!ReplyDelete
I admire your homemaking and mothering skills and think your girls are so blessed to have such a talented Mommy! When we can get a sewing machine, I'm aching to make a quilt with my girls. Loved that post, too. You bless me so, Lisa!ReplyDelete
Hi Lisa,ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your sweet comment! (I do love comments.) :) This is a great tutorial. Alison wears hair sticks almost every day -- the same pair, which were a gift from a friend. It will be fun to make her some for a special occasion... or just because I love her. :)
I'm now following you, too!
Thanks for stopping by and following me, Sally! Have fun making the hair sticks! :) (And I love comments, too. :))ReplyDelete
good blog post.i really like it.Hair sticksReplyDelete
Thanks so much for stopping by. I love to hear from my readers, and your thoughts are welcome. And I try my best to respond to each and every comment. :)


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Wooden Block and Marble Study, Charcoal on Paper, 5x7 inches
I've been busy setting goals for 2009 and reviewing last years accomplishments. Some highlights for 2008 are showing with the Principle Gallery, having a drawing demo featured in The Artist's Magazine (shown above), and being chosen for the book Strokes of Genius 2 which will be published this year. I'm greatly looking forward to 2009 and I hope you are too.
Happy New Year!
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A back slab is a temporary cast used in the early treatment of injuries such as an ankle fracture. The back slab contains plaster for the back bracing near the Achilles tendon but has no plaster in the front. This allows the natural amount of swelling to occur without excess pressure within the cast. Traditional casts may create blood restriction, added pain and discomfort. Your doctor will follow certain protocol in using a back slab for an ankle fracture.
X-ray the ankle to confirm the fracture. The X-ray will show how severe the fracture is and the exact location. This helps your doctor properly set the ankle for healing.
Set the ankle in the back slab. This protects the ankle from excess movement that may impede the proper healing of the bones.
Examine the ankle in two to four days. The first 24 to 48 hours is when swelling may be the worst. Once you have passed this threshold, your doctor will review your progress to see if a full cast is the next step.
Replace the back slab with a full circumferential cast, a cast that has plaster all around the ankle, when excess swelling is no longer an issue. Your ankle should be back to its normal size, or very close to it, to go into a full cast.
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- Overcasting leads to unnecessary atrophy of the muscles around the fracture. It is common for doctors to use a back slab for no more than a few days and a cast for up to six weeks according to Skylark Medical Clinic.


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I was thinking recently that I've been blogging for over 2 years now, so it was about time that I did a blog post about what blogging has taught me during the past two years. I'm hoping that the bloggers among us will completely understand these or for those who are new to blogging/want to start blogging, it could be some helpful hints and tips!
Be YouI cannot stress this one enough but unless you are planning to make a blog as an anonymous blogger like the lovely Sassy Bird (formally the Scouse Bird), be you! Don't feel that you need to write a certain way or write certain blog posts that other bigger, more popular bloggers have done to get seen and get out there. Of course you can take inspiration from someone else's blog or posts they've got (be sure to always credit if you take inspiration from someone else's blog posts!). People will like you for you, not because you are trying to be like someone else.
Get Organised
Now depending on how you choose to run your blog, whether you want a schedule (I aim to post twice a week, on Wednesday and Friday) or you post blog posts whenever you fancy/whenever the inspiration hits.....get organised. As a blogger on a schedule, I definitely find getting organised with a diary (paper or electronic, take your pick) helps tremendously as you can decide what blog posts you want to put up so that you can have photo taking/editing days where you can take all the photos you need for the next month or spend a day writing a bunch of blog posts for the month.
Notebooks Everywhere
Don't say I didn't warn you with this one, but you will constantly be buying notebooks. I always try and keep one with me in case I suddenly get an idea of something I would like to feature on my blog. Bloggers also love making lists! I'm serious, ask the next blogger you meet! They are also super handy for using as blog props.
Blogging is NOT a Competition!
You are going to go on to twitter, blogs, youtube channels and see bloggers/vloggers who may have more followers, a bigger following or more opportunities. It is natural to be envious of them but don't make it a competition between your blog and other bigger, more popular bloggers. At the end of the day, they might have been doing it longer, they might be blogging about completely different things to you. STOP making it a competition and use the people you deemed more successful and bigger than you as inspiration and motivation to push your blog to the next level!
Don't Obsess Over Numbers
When you first start out it might feel like the numbers are the most important thing, it's not. The interaction is the important bit, the people that take the time to leave you a comment or send you a tweet are the most important bit. Yes it's useful to keep a track of your numbers (I keep track monthly in my planner). It may be exciting to see that you've had 200 people visit your blog in a day, but the select number of people that leave you a nice comment is what makes me the most excited.
Get Involved in Twitter
I used to have a beauty/lifestyle blog before I started this one and I must say this blog has turned out much better and more successful (in my opinion) because I utilised my social media. Get involved with twitter, join in chats and connect with fellow bloggers. I have made some of my closest friends this way, they also completely understand everything that comes along with being a blogger!
Heavily Invested
Whether you start your blog has a hobby or as a full time job, you will soon find out that you will put all your spare time into your blog! Weekends, days off, time after work, you will spend it taking pictures, drafting blog posts, editing, tweeting, replying to comments.
Blogging Community
You will no doubt find this out within no time, but the blogging community is absolutely lovely and so supportive. I'm not going to lie, you may encounter some people who give bloggers a bad name but 90% of the blogging community are really lovely and will even give you advice and support if you ask them!
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You've probably known or have heard of people who have had the extremely unpleasant experience of dealing with an ulcer. Maybe you suspect you're dealing with ulcer-like symptoms right now and want to find out if what you're dealing with is, in fact, an ulcer. In any case, you've come to the right place.
So what, exactly, is an ulcer?
Ulcers are basically eroded sores that develop on the body's skin and mucous membranes. They can be quite painful, and can appear anywhere in the body.
If not treated, ulcers can even start to bleed, and while ulcers typically aren't life-threatening, they can cause extreme discomfort and be very painful.
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Candace Rosado can speak with more than a dozen different inflections, she can contort her face into numerous positions – but the 15-year-old Heritage High School freshman insists there is nothing wrong with her.
"My whole life, I've loved being the center of attention and I've always mocked people for different voices," Rosado said. "I've become accustomed to doing that, so now I walk around talking in different voices. I'm not schizophrenic. That's just how it is."
Rosado's unusual talents have served her well in her debut with Heritage's 3-year-old speech and debate club. After taking second place in the humorous interpretation category during the Southern California district finals last month, she earned a change to compete in the National Forensic League's national speech and debate tournament in Birmingham, Ala., in June.
To help raise money to make the trip to nationals, Heritage High School freshman Candace Rosado will perform her set at Aces Comedy Club in Murrieta at 8 p.m. on May 17. Say you're there to support Rosado and a portion of the ticket proceeds will be donated to her trip.
One of 500 students at that tournament at Carlsbad La Costa Canyon High School, Rosado put her voices and faces to work in a 10-minute interpretation of "The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon" in which she ran through more than 290 infamous stories at a breakneck pace. Teammate Emerita Walther, a junior, also earned a trip to the national tournament with a humorous interpretation of "Oedipus For Kids" -- yes, you read that right -- rounding out ground-breaking accomplishments for a program that teacher William Cloo has pushed to new heights over the last two years.
Cloo competed for a similar team in high school. Now he's imploring the kids who walk into his classroom to learn how to speak in public, whether his students are called on for a class presentation, a eulogy or one-woman acts like Rosado and Walther have excelled in this year.
"We want them to throw off that nervousness and engage in the moment to move people," Cloo said.
The results speak for themselves.
Two years after Emily Schupp became the first Heritage "Statesman" to qualify for the state tournament, Cloo sent five representatives to the California High School Speech Association finals this year. Seniors Crystle Reid and Vince Vanterpool competed in the student congress and Lincoln-Douglass portions, respectively, while senior Alex Richards joined Rosado and Walther with humorous interpretation entries.
For Walther -- who will only compete in the nationals if Rosado is unable to -- qualifying for both the state tournament and the National Forensic League's nationals is proof of tremendous development for a girl who walked onto the team two years ago as a freshman.
Walther didn't exactly know what she was getting into then -- just that she had always liked to make people laugh, she said.
"Saturday nights, I'd just stay home and watch Comedy Central," Walther said. "I've always liked comedy and acting and stuff like that. When I found out about the speech and debate program, I wanted to check that out. I just fit in. I was at home."
Her development makes sense, too, Cloo said.
"She's that hard worker (type), and she's grown a lot this year," he said. "It's very easy to be a caricature, but that doesn't make it funny. As wacky as Ace Ventura is, there's almost a sense that he could be real. You could see him walking down the street. It's that element that I try to establish with the kids, because if people don't believe that character, they are never going to laugh. Emerita has learned that this year."
Rosado has had Cloo believing her characters since the moment he met her earlier this year. The voices, the faces, there's just something natural about Rosado's delivery, he said.
"Right away, I could tell that she was extremely talented," Cloo said. "If you just sit and talk with her for two minutes, you know she's funny. She's naturally funny. She has a knack for timing, for pun, for twist, for reversal. And she does great impressions."
Indeed. One minute, her voice turns nasally as she morphs into Sarah Palin observing the wonders of her Alaska backyard -- or is that Russia, she says. The next, she's an older Jewish woman complaining about her son obsessing over his computer.
Rosado, of course, hopes her June trip to compete in front of 3,000 people is a launching pad toward a career along the lines of those she grew up watching on "Saturday Night Live" sketches.
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- Throw communists out of helicopters 10 hours back
"You look like such an idiot."
- Olive Creamer 11 hours back
- Tom Hazelden 3 days back
'You can get up, and you can hug it out, bitch'
- D MCG 5 days back
Id like to see how these 2 act together behind closed doors or not on camera.
- I'm actually the Stig 6 days back
Such a mans way of resolving a dispute. "Hug it out bitch".
Women just hold grudges with each other.
- Louis Gardiner 6 days back
"She's my ex-lover....ish"
- Blues 6 days back
I just realized that Dwight said that his granddad spent the rest of the war in an ALLIED prison camp 💀💀
- MrFantocan 7 days back
Michael is an amazing boss.
- Prison Mike 1 weeks back
4:22 😂
- Austin Alexander 1 weeks back
😂😂😂 Had to come watch this scene after they compared the current NFC East division standings to this scene.
- Johnny Dunn 1 weeks back
Dwight got his ass kicked
- Jack Freni 1 weeks back
- lib tard 1 weeks back
Captured in an Allied prison camp. :)
- Drawful Neutral 2 weeks back
dwight wearing the purple belt to work lmao
- Mr. Spade 2 weeks back
Where's their fight on the junkyard in season 6?
- lazyperson2000 2 weeks back
I need the bloopers for that fight scene
- Luka Hays 2 weeks back
Dwight's grandfather was definitely a Nazi.
- Matthew Hastings 2 weeks back
Toby: "Hey Michael...
Michael: "Hey I have an idea, why don't you leave right now?"
- Travis Morgan 2 weeks back
Michael Scott= 90 percent terrible/10 percent redeeming
- Travis Morgan 2 weeks back
Is it alright that i hate Michael. He is kind of abusive. He is aware of the power difference so he uses it to make the office his vanity project. I cant remember who said it but they had thought that if it came to lay offs or Michael was having a bad day that the first person not to laugh at his joke when he got off the elevator would be fired. Plus, telling the whole office to not make plans or cancel plans so he could trick jim was awful. I would have turned him down just cause that is an aweful thing to do.
- legendary default 2 weeks back
Dwight:my grandfather killed 20 men then spent the rest of the war in a allied prison camp
Me:I wonder what side the 20 men were on
- jay jay 2 weeks back
I love when dwight is crying and angela looks in disgust and walks away.
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3rd grade friends fighting compilation
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So Dwight's ancestors are nazis
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"my maternal grandfather killed 20 men and then he spent the rest of the war in aN aLlIeD pRiSoN cAmP!
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I wanna truly know how much work got done in that office 😂😂
- Michael McAuley 2 weeks back
When does it get funny? maybe i just missed it
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who even are you
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elevatePRIME Your humour is fucked
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I feel sorry for ppl that don't see the humor in this tbh.
- Ana Delaney 2 weeks back
And you can hug it out bitchXD and Angela crying when Dwight's on the floor lolll
- Cadee Haugsness 2 weeks back
Is it bad that I have a real dentist named Crentist
Crentist Denton
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I haaaaave a laundry machine!
- Michael MC 2 weeks back
Bro looks like the UFC got really lax on their rules. Refs really just looking right past the illegal head gear move that Michael did.
- Tee Jay 2 weeks back
Did Micheal really plan this many steps ahead? To put Dwight in a position of false power and have him beg on his knees when its revealed that he knew about the converstaion, all in front of the rest of his employees, who didn't know, just to show his authority? THEN forgive Dwight and hug him to show he's a compassionate leader?
- KAYOf TheWILLS 2 weeks back
Who voice is that at 9:24??
Like I'm actually scared
- dominator0877 2 weeks back
Michael did the pre Myles Garrett on Mason Rudolph
- HitmanSavi 2 weeks back
The pay is due chen
- Drakulas Kuroyami 2 weeks back
Hug it out bitch must be one of those black guy things that Darryl taught Michael.
- Juan Hernandez 2 weeks back
That what she said
- Jones 2 weeks back
Everyone has that one friend that asks
"You know a ton of fourteen year olds?" 😁🤣
- Em. bby05 2 weeks back
Me and my sister fighting.
This literally happened one time
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Better love story than every love story
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"What? You're at the dentist?" Lol
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A punch at 6mph can tear the liver. The average male punch is 5mph. Jus sayin lol
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In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, Yakuza boss need new heart. I do operation. But, mistake! Yakuza boss die! Yakuza very mad. I hide in fishing boat, come to America. No english, no food, no money. Darryl give me job. Now I have house, American car, and new woman. Darryl save life. My big secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose. I good surgeon. The best
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At first, Michael should have shown his dangling participle to Dwight as he deserved to see it even more than Pam did))
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In that dojo fight with Michael and Dwight you can here the instructor say "Rainn!" instead of "Dwight!"
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Dwight: "Now let me take you from behind.."
Kelly: "WHAT"
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in the Thats what she said compilation, you missed one in the episode 'Here comes Treble' after they sang to pam, clark says "where is the band! There is no way you are making this magic with your mouths!" Creed mutters in the background, Thats what she said. Its barely noticeable!


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Necessary Weather / Baryshnikov Art Center: Jerome Robbins Theater, NYC / October 27-29, 2011
Light–silent and impalpable–is almost essential to theatrical dance. Jennifer Tipton has been its master for over four decades, creating atmospheric marvels for drama and opera as well. In 1994 she dared to ask herself, What if light were not just a significant accompanying element but a star player in the show? The answer became Necessary Weather, in which she collaborated with two distinguished postmodern dancers, Dana Reitz and Sara Rudner, for an hour-long piece presented at the Kitchen. In a quiet way it became legendary and was finally revived last year at the Baryshnikov Art Center. This year it has been incorporated into Lincoln Center's White Light Festival.
Sara Rudner (l.) and Dana Reitz (r.) in their and lighting artist Jennifer Tipton's Necessary Weather
Photo: Stephanie Berger
Note: All photos show the present production.
I skipped last year's revival because I couldn't imagine anything as beautiful and moving as the original production. Finally, last night, I succumbed and showed up at BAC's sleek Jerome Robbins Theater–and now regret the move. Why? Because 17 years later, everything has changed considerably: I've aged; so have the dancers. All three of us are surely aware of what the Beatles considered old in their charming song "When I'm Sixty-Four." What's more, the culture has shifted enormously. Innocence, wonder, and vision have lost yet another chunk of the popularity they enjoyed in the Sixties.
Here's what I said about Necessary Weather in New York magazine back in '94:
Downtown at the Kitchen, a distinguished trio comprising the dancer-choreographers Dana Reitz and Sara Rudner and the lighting designer Jennifer Tipton presented a haunting hour-long work called Necessary Weather. An evocation of subtle atmospheres, the piece was an equal collaboration of the three (early in her theatrical life, Tipton was a serious dance student). Still, their specialties were evident: Rudner's and Reitz's sharp, delicate articulation and sensuous fluency; Tipton's ability to make illumination create a world of wonders.
The raw materials were rigorously simple: rough charcoal walls and smooth slate-gray floor, light almost exclusively untinted, the two performers dressed in oversize translucent white shirts and loose white trousers, no aural accompaniment beyond ambient sound. The light spilled–from overhead, from the sides at various heights, from half-hidden sources at the edges of the floor–in soft, wide washes, in tight columns ending in sharply defined circular spots; now dim, gentle, and mysterious, now glowing with ever-increasing brightness as if to reveal bare-bones truth. Each luminous landscape, anchored by the motion of the women–who themselves began to seem impalpable–was like a different potent dream.
At one point, the two figures skirted the perimeter of a large disk of light, cautious but intrigued, like members of a tribe approaching the sacred arena of their ritual. Then Rudner moved into the bright space and suddenly, shedding its ominous aura and acquiring gaiety, it changed into a circus ring. There she seemed to enter a private world of release and delight, though Reitz was duplicating her moves in the near-darkness just an arm's length away. For me, passages like this recalled childhood episodes in which my mood was profoundly affected–and my imagination activated–by the light conditions at different times of day and night, in different seasons and weather. As this singular work proves, theatrical artifice can be the means of recapturing primal experience.
Here are a few of the thoughts I had about the current production:
Rudner (l.) and Reitz (r.) illuminated by Tipton in Necessary Weather
Photo: Stephanie Berger
Sara Rudner, surely the silkiest dancer of her generation, was for many years, as a colleague of mine recently called her, Twyla Tharp's muse. Miraculously, she's retained a good bit of her earlier fluency, but now you see some of the effort involved, especially when she moves from the softness and calm that pervade Necessary Weather into a spate of the crazily swift, complex dancing she did for Tharp.
Tipton's encyclopedia of light effects constitute a telling tour de force on their own. They really do demonstrate how lighting evokes mood in the theater, just as it does in nature. Even more amazing is the fact that she works almost exclusively with black and white (light and dark) and all the many grays in between. Technicolor effects don't enter the picture. A little peach, a little gold–that's all you really notice. Meanwhile, the shifting intensity of brightness and dusk leaves you breathless and conjures up memories of events in your own life that occurred under just such states of illumination.
The choreography itself is not very interesting. Its vocabulary isn't large, and too much attention is given to the arms (wafting airily) and hands (overactive, as if they were trying to defect from the arms to which they're attached). The torso has little to say. The legs and feet are vastly under-challenged. Both Rudner and Reitz pace the floor sensitively (they've perfected the cat's-paw tread and the rhythms of walking), but anything in the hop, skip, jump department has been avoided.
Tipton is acutely aware of how light falls on dancers, not just in terms of how it makes the audience see them and interpret their action, but what it "tells" the dancers themselves. Professional dancers learn from performance how to accept its embrace or hide from it–or in it. From Paul Taylor in the modern wing and Irina Kolpakova on classical ballet's turf, I've heard detailed, impassioned advice to dancers about being aware of how the light strikes the cheekbone.
Rudner (l.), Reitz (r.), and Tipton's collaboration, as seen in Necessary Weather
Photo: Stephanie Berger
Rudner and Reitz wear the all-white costumes I recall from the original Necessary Weather: sheer, loose tunic-length shirts over a torso-hugging singlet and easygoing trousers. Their feet are bare. In one segment of the dance Tipton's lighting turns them into pale, barely visible wraiths, moving around restively, like the ghosts that frighten your four-year-old at night, just after you've fallen asleep. As I write this, I realize that the piece hasn't completely lost its enchantment for me. And I hope that others may have the experience the choreographer Christopher Caines described to me today: "I was the rehearsal-process light-board operator for the original production of Necessary Weather, a life-changing experience. I have never had the same eyes since."
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CLASS 2A BASEBALL REGIONAL: Shells' Vandiver guns out EA-WR's Blacklock to end 1-0 Roxana win
ROXANA — Roxana Shells pitcher Tanner Davis earned the complete-game shutout on a rainy Monday afternoon at Roxana Park.
It came only after Blake Vandiver delivered a game-ending strike from center field that was worthy of a save.
Vandiver's defensive gem enabled the Shells to finish off a 1-0 victory over the East Alton-Wood River Oilers in a quarterfinal baseball game of the Belleville Althoff Class 2A Regional.
Roxana improves to 15-17 and advances to play top-seeded Althoff (13-11) in a semifinal on Wednesday. The Oilers, who still have a Prairie State Conference date left with Bunker Hill, is eliminated from the regional at 13-19.
Roxana scored a run in the first inning and that 1-0 lead held up for victory after the Oilers lost the game-tying run at the plate for the final out. The hard-charging Vandiver fielded Zach Wells' single and hit catcher Chad Mott on the fly to easily gun down EA-WR's Cody Blacklock, who tried unsuccessfully to leap over Mott who applied to tag to send the Shells to the semis.
"I'm just trying to put everything I possibly have into that throw," Vandiver said. "Chad's in the perfect spot, props to him. … (Blacklock's) a quick kid, so getting him out is pretty cool,"
EA-WR coach Kyle Duncan had no regrets over sending Blacklock home with two outs. "Especially with the weather the way it was," Duncan said. "Wet grass, (Vandiver's) got to make a perfect throw. He did."
The victory is the fifth straight for Roxana, which takes its longest winning streak of the season to Belleville.
"This is what we're capable of doing," Roxana coach Scott Harper said. "We've had a lot of hiccups during the season as we've gone through. I think we're playing to our potential, finally. We've gotten on a little roll here."
Roxana had to take out its neighboring rival to extend its season after twice losing to EA-WR — 12-6 in Wood River and 10-3 in Roxana – in two regular-season dates. "Third time's a charm, I guess," Davis said.
After posting double-digit run totals in two wins over the Shells, the Oilers were silenced by Davis. EA-WR had runners in scoring position in five innings, but lack of a clutch hit – until Wells came through – and stellar Roxana defense beat the Oilers.
Before Vandiver made the game's headlining play, shortstop Chance Foss twice ranged deep in the hole and showed off a strong arm to rob the Oilers of hits. Roxana also turned two double plays and Mott threw out a runner trying to steal second base for the first out in the seventh inning.
"They saved me countless times," Davis said. "Our defense made the score today."
Davis allowed six singles, walked three and struck out four while improving to 4-6 and lowering his ERA to 2.71.
"Tanner, big-game pitcher," Harper said. "He's improved so much for us and that was huge for him, big battle and he did everything he could."
A shutout was required for the Shells against EA-WR ace Blake Marks, whose 7-1 record included two wins over Roxana. "Wood River played a great game, I knew it was going to be a pitchers duel," Harper said. "Marks is so tough."
Marks (7-2, 0.59 ERA) went the distance for the Oilers, allowing only a first-inning run on three hits, four walks and five strikeouts. Two of the Shells' three hits came from Foss and Vandiver to lead off the bottom of the first inning.
With the No. 3 hitter up and nobody out, Harper opted for a sacrifice bunt and Davis executed to move runners to second and third with one out. Then Trace Gentry, a .455 hitter, delivered a fly ball to center field that easily scored Foss for the game's lone run.
"Getting runs off of Blake, you knew it was going to be tough," said Harper, who also cited the uncertainty both teams faced with the weather as a factor in deploying the bunt early. "Just trying to get on the board and make something happen. Obviously, that's what we had to do."
The Shells conducted their Senior Night in the rain after the victory, adding a memory to an already memorable day bringing a victory over their rival and – in Vandiver's case – friend.
"I love Marks, he's one of my best friends," Vandiver said of his future college teammate at LCCC. "He's a great player. Something like this is special. We finally get to beat those kids.
The Oilers will regroup and try to earn a conference championship later this week. But after shaking off an 11-game losing streak early in the season, EA-WR closed strong.
"I couldn't be more proud of my boys," Duncan said. "They played well. They put together a great stretch of games – being down 2-13 at one point – we rattled off a lot of wins."
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EA-WR (13-19) – Hunter 1-3, Marks 2-2, Blacklock 2-2, Z. Wells 1-3. LP-Marks IN-7.0 H-3 R-1 ER-1 BB-4 K-5.
Roxana (15-17) – Foss 1-2, Vandiver 1-3, A. Presley 1-2. WP-Davis IN-7.0 H-6 R-0 ER-0 BB-3 K-4.
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Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816
James Kingston Tuckey (1776-1816) was a British naval officer who, after service in the Caribbean, Asia, and Australia, was asked by the British government to command an expedition to explore the Congo River. He was to ascertain, in particular, whether the Congo was connected to the Niger River. Tuckey traveled 480 kilometers up the Congo, mapping the river and gathering ethnographic and geographic information. Before he could complete his mission, he died of fever (on October 4, 1816, near Moanda, in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo). This work consists of his journal, which he kept until shortly before his death, supplemented by observations by other members of the expedition. An appendix offers a basic vocabulary of two African languages, Malemba and Embomma.
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Confucianism was the religion that was dominant in China during the Han Dynasty. This religion not only influenced the belief system of the empire's subjects, but it also influenced the way that emperors within the Han Dynasty ruled. It was said that an Emperor was selected by God. Therefore, they had the responsibility to rule following the dictates of God. This meant that they could not overtax the people, they should avoid war when possible, and they should encourage education among the people. When an Emperor was thought to have abandoned the way that God has set out for him, he was subject to being overthrown.
Roman emperors owed much of their power to religion. They were said to be installed on their thrown by the power of Roman gods. When the Roman military went to war, victory was attributed to the power of their gods. When an Emperor fell from grace, it was assumed that he had somehow displeased the gods, and as such no longer had the right to rule the people.
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With Australia's popularity as a travel destination for adventure seekers, InterExchange has created yet another option for young people who wish to work while they travel. The Au Pair in Australia program is a cultural exchange program that matches young, responsible Americans with Australian host families who need live-in childcare. Families agree to host the participant for six months, in exchange for approximately 25 to 45 hours of childcare per week. Participants receive a private room, meals, a weekly cash stipend, two days off every week, and the freedom to explore Australia for up to six additional months after their program ends.
The program is currently open to young people between the ages of 19 and 30. "This is an inexpensive way for young people or college students to spend up to a year in Australia." says Tara Cavanagh, Working Abroad Program Manager. "It gives them a steady income, a reliable place to live, and a chance to make new friends while they live abroad." During the second six months of the program, participants are free to set out for their dream Australian adventure. Since these young people are far away from home, Ms. Cavanagh adds, "Their parents also really appreciate knowing that InterExchange is there to provide 24-hour support for them if they should need it during their trip."
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