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1 , pp Cloud Security Mechanisms for Data Protection: A Survey Allen Oommen Joseph 1, Jaspher W. Kathrine 1* and Rohit Vijayan 1 1 School of Computer Science and Technology Karunya University Coimbatore, India. Abstract Cloud computing has evolved over the years in providing various services to the end users. The cloud features makes it acceptable by the industries in leveraging most of its applications in to the cloud. Security concerns exist in most cloud platforms and are prone to various attacks. This paper focuses on various security mechanisms that are provided in the enterprises and also discusses few of the common security mechanisms like authentication, authorization, encryption and access control. The methods deployed within each security mechanisms are also analyzed. Keywords: cloud computing, authorization, authentication, access control, encryption 1. Introduction Cloud Computing has evolved over the past from utility computing, autonomic computing and grid computing through the sharing of resources, computation and storage capabilities. According to National Institute of Standards and Technology [1] cloud is a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on demand network access to shared pool of resources which can be provisioned rapidly with minimum management and service provider interaction. The virtualization technology has brought a great revolution in cloud computing by making it different from the various other computing platforms. Virtualization has made the logical systems to appear like the original physical systems or resources. Virtualization provides for the maximum utilization of the various resources. Various features like scalability, availability, elasticity, multi-tenancy, flexibility, and ease of use has made cloud a dominant platform in today s world. Cloud computing security is an apprehension that needs great courtesy. Cloud has been prone to various security issues like storage, computation and attacks like Denial of service, Distributed Denial of Service, Eavesdropping, insecure authentication or logging etc. The cloud needs to address the various security concerns in order to meet the users demand in providing them with high quality service and also offer essential amenities to the users meeting the various cloud standards and ensuring quality of service. End user migration into the cloud recently has brought about an increasing demand for shifting the various resources, photographs, files, remote servers etc in to the cloud and also accessing them with the help of an internet connection. Cloud computing has an intended power to profoundly rethink and redesign the enterprise business and Information Technology architecture. This paper provides an overview of the various cloud computing security concerns and solutions provided to overcome the security glitches. * Corresponding Author ISSN: IJMUE Copyright c 2014 SERSC
2 1.1. An Overview of Cloud Computing Cloud computing can be a cluster of computers held together to perform various tasks, computations and other operations and is a substitute for distributed computing in which many number of applications or programs can be run simultaneously [2]. The various feature of cloud computing includes scalability, availability, flexibility, multi-tenancy, resource pooling, reliability and high capacity. The cloud usage is based on a payment basis in which the users have to pay for the resources that have been used by them. According to a recent study cloud vendors are growing rapidly at a rate of 90%. The cloud computing can be classified in to various types and different models based on the various services they provide. The cloud computing types includes private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud and community cloud. The service delivery models can be classified as Software as a service (SAAS), Platform as a Service (PAAS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS). The descriptions of each of these models are described below Types of Cloud based on Usage Private Cloud: The private cloud is meant for or devoted to a single organization, in providing the various services necessary for its working. Many small developing organizations can use the private cloud for achieving low cost set up or little investment in developing. They can also scale well in to the next step or higher levels based on the capital investments and company profits. The cost in setting up a private cloud can vary. Some of the private cloud service providers includes Cloud stack, Rackspace, Red Hat cloud etc Public Cloud: The public cloud is meant for organizations sharing their resources or various infrastructure, softwares and platforms with the public. The sharing of resources and storage may take place over the internet. Bluelock, Microsoft and Google are examples of public cloud providers. The public cloud provides various features like scalability, flexibility, cost effectiveness and location independence [3]. The various public cloud vendors include Google, HP and Dell Inc Hybrid Cloud: Hybrid cloud model deploys the use of both public and private cloud. The main feature of hybrid cloud includes scaling across various clouds. The use of hybrid cloud may require the need for an on-premise as well as off-premise resources. Fault tolerance can be achieved at a very high level in hybrid clouds. The workload has to be balanced between the public and private cloud in order for the Hybrid cloud to become a realism.voxen, VMware and Western Digital (WD) are some of the service providers for hybrid cloud Community Cloud: According to National Institute of Standards and Technology community cloud is defined as a subclass of public cloud in which various resources and services like Softwares, platforms and infrastructures can be shared among various users [4]. In a crowded cloud market place various service providers can distinguish themselves using community cloud. In a research conducted by Cisco about 90% of the CIO s admit that the community cloud will be the most noticeable on demand model [5]. The community cloud providers include Intel Corporation and Cisco. Service delivery models can be defined as a set of rules, standards and various guidelines that are provided for the various services in cloud. The services can be in terms of infrastructure which includes servers, networks, routers, switches etc as well as softwares and platforms which may include operating systems and other platforms like open stack, open nebula, Hadoop, and eucalyptus. 82 Copyright c 2014 SERSC
3 1.3. Types of Cloud Based On Service Delivery Software as a Service: The software as a service (SAAS) model provides all the required softwares necessary for performing the various operations which meets the needs of the users. The users have to make a payment based on the usage of the software. The softwares are made available most of the time in cloud. According to a survey most of the public cloud sales are subjugated by the SAAS platform [6]. The various providers of SAAS include Salesforce.com, ZOHO and Google, Intuit etc. Intuit [7] provides various security measures such as Advanced Encryption Standards using 256 bit encryption, video alarm monitoring and disaster recovery. Intuit is prone to outage at times which in turn affects the quality of service and cost is also a major concern that needs to be addressed. Sales force [8] one of the most innovative company in the United States provides security for its data stored in the cloud by firewall protection, intrusion detection, third party validation, and also periodic architectural reviews are conducted by security professionals. It is prone to phishing attacks and moreover privacy remains to be concern in Salesforce with respect to the data stored in its cloud Platform as a Service (PAAS): Hosting of various applications in the cloud in a fast and scalable manner and enabling the users to gain the advantages of using cloud computing model. The platform as a Service model manages the various administrative tools, softwares and a variety of applications which are required in building a cloud environment [9]. It also helps in developing applications that are nimble. It provides various features like auto scaling, extensibility, supports multiple hosting environments also openness in selecting from a set of choices. When moving in to the cloud data management is a major concern and the data transparency in the cloud has to be maintained by the provider itself. Microsoft [10] is a leading platform as a service provider which provides the main security features like load balancers, firewall, third party attestation, security incident management and Transport layer security for secure transferring of data. A major drawback was that during data hosting outside the customer jurisdiction, data sovereignty issues might occur. Google [11] has provided an automatic encryption of the data in which it uses the 128 bit AES encryption standard, which provides security from unauthorized access that is when some entities tries to access the stored data and read the contents, an automatic encryption of data will take place. Google provides some security measures which include internal audits, Rat Proxy, debugging and maintenance based on Secure Shell Connection (SSH) cloud locks and also examination of logs. The major disadvantage was that there is a limit for storing data in Google and also outages and downtimes could also occur. Amazon S3 provides for storing large amount of user data can be stored at various storage servers located at various parts. The major security features provided by Amazon [12] includes Amazon Identity and access management, Amazon Cloud watch used to monitor Amazon resources and applications. Amazon Web Service management console, Hash- based Message Authentication Code (HMAC) and Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA 1) signature is used for authentication. Although, Amazon provides the best storage provider S3 and is reliable the web interface for uploads or downloads is slow and unreliable. Maintaining the data privacy is a concern and Amazon still needs its attention to address few of these challenges when becoming the leading storage provider Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS): According to Margaret Rouse Infrastructure as a service model includes the various resources like hardware, networking components and devices, storage etc which are needed for the proper operation of an organization. Various features for IAAS includes utility computing models, policy based services, desktop virtualization and automation of administrative tasks. Some of the real time providers include Qwest, EMC and Verizon Terrimark. Qwest provides security measures like web Copyright c 2014 SERSC 83
4 defence, PCI compliant hosting and contact center solution, secure IP gateway, DDOS mitigation service and professional security services [13]. Other preventive methods like anti-virus/anti-spam, compliance auditing policy enforcement, hosted IVR for inbound call management, firewall, backup and storage. EMC provides various security solutions like multiple recovery points for continuous data protection, RSA data loss prevention, RSA identity Protection and verification which provides fraud protection by preventing cybercrime identity theft. RSA secure ID which uses two factor authentication and secure tokens for ensuring the authenticity of a user [14]. Data at motion is encrypted through the Secure Socket Layer Version 3 and data at rest is encrypted using the 256 bit Advanced Encryption Standard. Verizon [15] provides the inbound and outbound scanning which are used for anti- virus, anti-spam, URL filtering and image control. A network based DDOS protection scheme is also enabled. Tape encryption and Incident response management are the other major functionalities provided by Verizon. The disadvantage of Verizon includes its user transparency in which the user doesn t get to know the various operations. The configurability of different server hardware is also a concern. The Cloud platform needs to be maintained at an accepted cost which is not possible in Verizon. Verizon s Hybrid Cloud solutions have not yet addressed the key management problem. 2. Security Issues in Cloud Storage Security is one of the main reasons that most of the industries are still holding back its data to be stored and processed in the cloud. Security can be varied in the cloud like storage security, computation security, network security etc. The figure 1 illustrates how the security is applied in a corporate network. The cloud technology is a jargon computing which is deployed on top of all these corporate networks. The industries leverage their computing tasks and services to the cloud, wherein the data is accessed based on a pay-as you-use measure. Figure 1. The Cloud Security Architecture Figure1 illustrates the various users connected to the network components through which the packets are routed and information processing and various computations are done. The network indeed is connected to the server on top of which the various applications run. Some of the reasons the industries have adopted cloud computing involves, 1. Short period requirement / adhoc requirements 2. Companies do not want to do a capital investment rather it wanted to take the service which is at an opaque cost. 84 Copyright c 2014 SERSC
5 3. Availability of Platforms 4. Cost of Operations. 5. Skilled Resource Avoidance 6. Better Turn around Time (TAT) on capacity enhancement and application hosting. Various types of attacks are possible in cloud. Most of the attacks focused on real time industries and also are applicable for cloud environments. Some of the attacks include IP Spoofing, IP ports, IP counts, DDOS, phishing, modification of messages, masquerade, traffic analysis etc. Some of the security measures adopted by the cloud in securing its data include authentication, authorization, access control and encryption. These methods are discussed below with the various solutions they provide for the cloud storage security. The table 1 provides an overview of the various security solutions applicable to network and cloud at the desktop, server and user/ application levels. Table 1. Security Measures Adopted for Cloud and Network in Real Time Industries Security Solutions OS Hardened (not required services or ports to be blocked) Antivirus, Malware, Spyware Vulnerability assessment and fixing for OS/App Patch Management (updates) Desktop (user) Server (Application User Windows 7 Platform) Windows 2008 Application Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Access Control No No Yes Segregation of Duties No No Yes Auditing No No Yes 2.1. Authentication in Cloud Authentication is the process of ensuring that the right entity is accessing the data. In cloud authentication refers to making sure that the user is storing the data by giving a valid user name and password which is a single factor authentication method employed. The user has to prove his/her identity to the cloud service provider to access the various data stored in the cloud. RSA [16] considers that the private and public cloud has different authentication schemes. A single login using trust policies and strong authentication methods are used. It has proposed a centralized virtualization management console which is used to safeguard the private clouds from unauthorized access. Some of the authentication schemes adopted by the RSA includes knowledge based authentication, two factor authentication and adaptive authentication. Reduced cost and improved security is provided. The In- Sync cloud [17] provides authentication by checking in the Active Directory server. The end point authentication is done through corporate firewalls. Some of the authentication schemes include password, username and an authentication key used to authenticate the users which is reset after every use. The demilitarized zone is deployed in which the access is provided using the public IP address. Copyright c 2014 SERSC 85
6 Amazon Web Services (AWS) [18] focuses on the exchange of confidential information between the browser and the web server in which an Amazon virtual private cloud is used. The various authentication techniques like multifactor authentication and AWS identity and access management are being addressed. Open ID [19] used for user authentication doesn t require the separate adhoc networks and is an open standard. A third party service is used to maintain the different identities by authenticating the various users. Shibboleth [20] is another standard that is used for authenticating to different entities using only a single piece of information. The various resources of clients that lie within or outside an organization can be accessed by others using the open standard Open Authentication (OAuth). The main advantage of OAuth is its interoperability. The strong authentication server (SA Server) verifies the user s certificate with the local certificate authority. Various attacks such as phishing, SQL injection, cookie tampering and session hijacking can be prevented. In [21] a method which allows users to be authenticated to multiple services using only one password has been proposed. This method was proven to be secure against dictionary attacks and honeypot attacks. Companies like Microsoft, Google and Facebook has adopted this method. The use of Proxy settings allows for the needed IP addresses to be authenticated to an external site. The proxy URL will white list the various contents and will provide access to trusted sites only. The Table 2 illustrates some of the authentication schemes that are used for securing the data contents. Table 2. Authentication Mechanisms Adopted for Securing the Data in Cloud Vendors Authentication mechanisms Advantages RSA Knowledge based authentication Reduced Cost Two factor authentication Improved security Adaptive authentication AWS Multifactor authentication Identity Management Access Management Facebook Single password authentication Secure against dictionary attacks and honeypot attacks Authorization Authorization ensures that the user submits its user identity in order to login to a particular service. This method is the step followed after authentication. Oracle [22] has proposed an Oracle Database Vault which protects the application data from various administrative users and also provides authorization. An access control mechanism based on Role Based Access [23] was proposed for multi-tenancy method of protecting the data in cloud environments. The segregation of duties of various administrators is provided such that an administrator in a particular domain will not be able to access the other domain. A policy based authorization scheme [24] which can be run as an Infrastructure as a Service model in order to protect the users privacy by ensuring that they can set their own privacy policies in order to protect the user data from unauthorized access. The OASIS cloud authorization [25] has provisions for the management of authorizations in the cloud service delivery models. It maintains a log of where the users are and the details of the devices that are being used by them. VMware [26] has provided a strong authorization scheme by integrating the corporate directories and various policies with the policies of the service providers. Two factor hard or soft tokens or certificates are provided to ensure that the end user is authorized in a secure manner. The table 3 indicates the various authorization schemes adopted for securing the data that is stored in cloud environments. 86 Copyright c 2014 SERSC
7 Table 3. Authorization Schemes Adopted for Securing the Data Vendors Authorization Technique Advantages ORACLE Oracle Database Vault Secure the administrative data OASIS Maintaining of user logs CloudAuthZ CLOUD Management of authorization schemes VMware Two Factor hard or soft tokens Secure authorization 2.3. Encryption Encryption is the process of making plaintext in to an unreadable format by a user or a third party. The conversion is made in to cipher text which has to be decrypted at the receiving side. The data is encrypted before it is stored in to the cloud to ensure that the cloud service providers does not read or modify the data contents stored in the cloud. The cloud service provider may either sell the data or view the contents by violating the security of the user. Dell [27] data protection/encryption has allowed for protecting the various user data that is being stored on an external drive or media. Software and hardware based encryption schemes are deployed. The main advantage being that the user intervention is not required to enforce policies and they are easy to deploy and manage as well. Dell also has employed the Transparent File Encryption in which a control over the various users accessing the data is maintained. In this method a white list of users are created who will be given the access to services and to share files. The monitoring of the usage, auditing of events and report creation and the workload of the compliance is also reduced. The Wuala cloud [28] provides for the encryption of data in personal computers before sending or transferring it to the cloud. This ensures that only the user has access to the data and not even the provider. A Hierarchical Attribute Based Encryption method has been proposed in [29] where fine grained access control and also high performance is achieved. A predicate encryption method is proposed in [30] using various search operations and privacy of the users is also ensured. This method enables the owners to control their own data and its lifetime. Online Tech [31] has given solutions to provide cloud security by encrypting the data by methods such as Full Disk Encryption which encrypts the data stored on a hard disk during the booting operation and Whole Disk Encryption which encrypts the data at rest using the Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm. A bit locker password is encrypted that ensures that the data is safe if the device has been stolen. The Linux disk encryption is used to encrypt the data which lies within the kernel. The main advantage being that the partitioned data can be encrypted. Table 4 gives an overview of the various encryption techniques available for protecting the data stored in the cloud. Table 4. Encryption Techniques Adopted for Cloud Security VENDORS ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE ADVANTAGES DELL Hardware based Encryption Software based Encryption Transparent File Encryption User Intervention is not required. Easy to deploy Control over the users accessing data Compliance workload reduced WUALA Encrypting data in personal Only user has access to the data ONLINE TECH computers Full Disk Encryption Whole Disk Encryption Partitioned data can be decrypted Encryption of data at rest Copyright c 2014 SERSC 87
8 2.4. Access Control Access control is the method of ensuring that the access is provided only to the authorized users and hence the data is stored in a secure manner. Various access control mechanisms such as firewall, Intrusion detection and segregation of duties are enabled at various layers of the network and cloud. Various access control Lists (ACL) are created in which users are classified as white list and black list for separating and providing access based on a Defence in Depth method. The firewall is deployed in the network to allow only the filtered contents to pass through which can be set up by the users based on a certain set of policies. The Demilitarized zone is put in to the firewall wherein, it provides an extra layer of security and make sure that the data is safe. On accessing certain sites, automatic will be send to the monitoring team. In this method, a threshold value on the various IP addresses of certain sites is set. An SMS or will be send to the nominated group, once the value has exceeded beyond its limits. Weekly reports and alerts are sent to the respective providers and also a log is maintained on the various visited sites. The industries use the BMC Remedy software which is integrated in to the incident management tool, which raises an alert when an incident occurs. The cloud police method provides access control to the various hypervisors. The cloud security is provided to the multi-tenant cloud environments. Various access control policies such as inter tenant communication, Fair- sharing among tenants and Rate limiting tenants existed. The main advantage provided by the paper includes the scalability and simplicity. MacAfee has provided access control by using various methods such as MacAfee Web Gateway, MacAfee Single Sign on (CSSO) and MacAfee one time password. Fujitsu has provided security from unauthorized access and problems like injection attacks and crosssite scripting. The various authorization schemes like Central Management Authorization and Virtual System Management Authorization has been provided by Fujitsu. The table 5 illustrates the security solutions provided by various organizations in protecting its data stored in the cloud. Table 5. Security Solutions Provided for Access Control Mechanisms VENDORS ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUES ADVANTAGES MacAfee Web Gateway Policy Management MCAFEE MacAfee Single Sign On Data loss is prevented. MacAfee One Time Password FUJITSU 3. Conclusion Central Management Authorization Virtual system Management Authorization Prevents Injection attacks and Cross-site scripting Cloud computing has brought about a big revolution in the information technology field, business and various other applications. Cloud offers benefits such as scalability, elasticity, multi-tenancy, cost effectiveness and reliability. Even though cloud offers a lot of benefits, there are various disadvantages in cloud like security, downtime, and technical issues and are also prone to a variety of attacks like Denial of Service (DOS), Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS), Man in-the-middle, IP Spoofing, etc. The various security mechanisms provided to overcome these attacks like authentication, authorization, access control and encryption techniques are discussed and also the various measures adopted by these mechanisms with respect to the use in industry for protection from attacks are also taken to 88 Copyright c 2014 SERSC
9 consideration. The data transmission over the channels needs to be secured in the most effective manner in order to avoid attacks and leakage of data that is sent to the cloud. The future work focuses on protection of the messages transmitted over an insecure channel by providing various security measures like encryption and also digitally signed certificate generation. References [1] P. Mell and T. Grance, The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing, National Institute of Standards and Technology, (2011), pp [2] A. Merrihew, Cloud Computing: How to explain it to others in your organization [DB/OL]. [3] B. Butler, Are Community Cloud Services the Next Hot Thing, [DB/OL]. [4] M. Samuels, Community Clouds: why they re a step too far for Organisations, [DB/OL]. [5] D. Linthicum, SaaS is Cloud Computing s quiet killer app [DB/OL]. [6] A. Chriss, Intuit Customer Solution Case Study [DB/OL]. [7] ( ) [8] D. Juengs, What is Platform as a Service [DB/OL]. [9] file:///c:/users/staff/downloads/cloudsecurityconsiderations_microsoftoffice365.pdf ( ) [10] https://cloud.google.com/files/google-commonsecurity-whitepaper-v1.4.pdf (2012). [11] D. Todorov and Y. Ozkan, ( ) [12] ( ) [13] ( ) [14] ( ) [15] E. Baize, Cloud and Virtualization: Surpassing Current levels of security [DB/OL]. [16] (2014) [17] J. Barr, A. Narin, and J. Varia, Building Fault-Tolerant Applications on AWS, Amazon Web Services (2011), pp [18] U. Khalid, A. Ghafoor, M. Irum and M. Awais Shibli, Cloud Based Secure and Privacy Enhanced Authentication and Authorization Protocol, Procedia, (2013), Vol.22, pp [19] D. Zissis and D. Lekkas, Addressing Cloud Computing Security Issues, Future Generation Computer Systems, (2012), Vol. 28, Issue 3, pp [20] T. Acar, M. Belenkiy and A. Kupcu, Single Password Authentication Computer Networks, (2013), vol. 57, no. 13, pp [21] Oracle, Private Database Cloud [DB/OL]. [22] J. B. Bernabe, J. M. Marin Perez, J. M. Alcaraz Calero, F. J. Garcia Clemente and G. M. Perez, Semantic- Aware multitenancy-authorization system for cloud architectures, Future Generation Computer Systems, (2014), vol. 32, pp [23] D. W. Chadwick and K. Fatema, A privacy preserving authorization system for the Cloud, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, (2012), vol. 78, no. 5, pp [24] A. Saldhana, R. Marian, A. Barbir and S. A. Jabbar, OASIS Cloud Authorization (CloudAuthZ) TC [DB/OL]. [25] PCSA%20whitepaper-ex-41 (2012) [26] ( ) [27] ( ) [28] G. Wang, Q. Liu, J. Wu and M. Guo, Hierarchical Attribute Based Encryption and Scalable User Revocation for Sharing Data in Cloud Servers, Computers and Security, (2011), vol. 30, no. 5, pp [29] C. I. Fan and S.-Y. Huang, Controllable Privacy Preserving Search Based on Symmetric Predicate Encryption in Cloud Storage, Future Generation Computer Systems, (2013), vol. 29, no. 7, pp [30] (2014) [31] L. Popa, M. Yu, S. Y. Ko, S. Ratnasamy and I. Stoica, CloudPolice: taking access control out of the Network, ACM Sigcomm Workshop, (2010). Copyright c 2014 SERSC 89
10 Authors Allen Oomen Joseph, He received his BE (CSE) from Anna University, India and his Masters in Network and Internet Engineering from Karunya University, India. Currently he is working as a desktop security administrator at ZS Associates, Pune, India. His interests include Network Security, Information security and Database management. G. Jaspher Willsie Kathrine, She received her BE (EEE) from Bharathiar University, India and her Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, India. Currently she is pursuing her PhD in Karunya University, Coimbatore, in the area of Grid Security. Now she is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science and Technology, Karunya University. Her interests include computer security, grid and cloud computing, image processing. Rohit Vijayan, He received his Masters in Network and Internet Engineering from Karunya University, India. His interests include cloud computing, Information security and Database management. 90 Copyright c 2014 SERSC
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Rising prescription drug prices have been a point of contention in the United States for decades. Questions such as who should shoulder the cost and what role the government should play in setting drug prices are central to the debate. Other nations face similar concerns and have developed prescription drug plans that incorporate various cost containment strategies. An analysis of prescription drug coverage in other nations may help educate domestic lawmakers on the complexities of these cost containment strategies. The United States could benefit from the lessons learned abroad.

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Milan Paul and Sriramakrishnan are best friends who have been together since college. The intensity of their friendship has not faded though the carefree days of college have long past gone. Now Sree is an ASP (Assistant Superintendent of Police) of Kottayam and Milan is a renowned reporter in the same city.
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Okay Moms.. name some things you wish you would have added to your baby registry.. can be anything.. trying to think of things I am forgetting :)
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Baby monitor, bottles, pacifiers. I say bottles and pacifiers because even if you don't end up using them, you can take them back. At least you have them just in case things don't go as planned. Also, don't count out small things like sock, booties, towels, and onsies, lots of onesies.
Ooo thanks! I did lots of onesies, leggings (Winter baby), blankets, burp cloths, booties.. but I heard not to buy a TON of pacifiers or bottles.. because you really aren't sure which ones they will take?
What I did was I registered for one of each kind. I figured there had to be one my baby would take. Lol.
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Desitine and LOTS OF BABY WIPES AND SOAP.
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Ooo I was wondering about this.. is it too TMI to register for? Sometimes I feel weird at the thought of people buying those things FOR me? Maybe I am weird?? lol
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I found that I prefer the Target brand diapers over even Huggies. They work great and you get more diapers for the dollar.
We plan to do cloth diapering.. my bff is a pro and giving us everything we need - new covers.. the whole nine yards! But for starters.. YES.. I will need teeny tiny diapers! Eeek!
When we cloth diapered I still kept disposable on hand. We would cloth diaper when we would go out but to be honest it was more convenient to use disposables. Make sure you have a supply of bags on hand to keep your soiled cloth diapers in.
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Entrepreneurs bring unique 'Shark Tank' pitches to South Philly – Football cannons, 'Kidzgoo' and talking stuffed animals among products vying to be featured on ABC show. Bluebee Pals Auditions on Shark Tank – Please VOTE!
What motivates someone to try and get on ABC's reality television show "Shark Tank"?
Surely, first, you need to have an idea, one that you believe is worth an investment from the show's panel of celebrities and entrepreneurs. But – and pardon the cliché here – you've also got to believe in yourself .
Appearing before the likes of Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran and pitching your business plan to not only them, but to a national audience, is a daunting task. You've got to have some showmanship to accompany your pitch.
Among the 100 or so people patiently waiting in line outside XFINITY Live! in South Philly on Friday morning for the show's open casting call, there was no shortage of personalities, and certainly no shortage of ideas — which ranged from intriguing to fun to bizarre. Here are four of the most interesting pitches from hopeful entrepreneurs looking for a chance to appear before the Sharks:
Laura Jiencke and Adam Taub of Kayle Concepts hold up a pair of Bluebee Pals, interactive toys designed to educate and entertain children. Growing up, most kids had at least one toy that could talk, so to speak (think "There's a snake in my boot!"). But that toy was probably limited to a number of phrases and words, triggered by a button inside the doll or action figure. Bluebee Pals are seemingly the next step in the R.O.B. to Sherriff Woody evolutionary chain. Bluebee Pals are the first educational, plush learning tools, said Laura Jiencke, founder and CEO of Kayle Concepts, which developed the Pals and is looking to the Sharks to help with inventory and distribution.
They sync with a phone or tablet and through the device, a person can make his "Pal" tell a story, speak in different languages or sing a song, among many other things. Jiencke demonstrated how the toy works, showing how once the Pal is paired using Bluetooth, the mouth moves and does whatever its instructed to do through the device (thankfully, the moving mouth feature is not as nightmarishly creepy as the Louis Armstrong bust my late grandfather used to keep in the living room).
You can watch Jiencke's demonstration below
Kidzgoo (aka, natural sunscreen and children's books) Jenn Cheifetz, of Upper Dublin along with her husband, Larry, wrote and illustrated a children's' book about the importance of wearing sunscreen in response to the serious skin cancer problem in America. But after writing their book — "Sunscreen Irene: A Great Book About Sunscreen" — they discovered the products on the market were "terrible," citing concerns about some of the chemicals used in many commercial sunscreens. So they worked with a local formulator to develop a mineral-based sunscreen, and voilà: Kidzgoo. "It's really about creating a movement for kids," Cheifetz said.
They want to get money from the Sharks to not only keep pushing Kidzgoo, but also other natural products and accompanying books they're creating. For example, the couple's next book "Nighttime With Gracie" is going on the market soon paired with a natural toothpaste.
Arthur Dodger (aka, the aspiring teenage rock star) – The New York City family trekked to South Philly to pitch Arthur's music career during an open casting call for ABC'sNancy and Andrew Shapiro's 14-year-year-old son Arthur (who goes by his stage name, Arthur Dodger, seemingly a play on Artful Dodger), stood quietly as his parents sung his praises.
The New York City couple said didn't want to put Arthur on Ritalin when he was diagnosed with ADHD. Instead, she and Andrew allowed Arthur to try and focus his energy on music. The result? "Shoaled Out," Arthur Dodger's debut album recorded at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
The album features some surprisingly notable cameos – like the record's bassist Dave Hood, who is in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, a fact Nancy and Andrew were anxious to point out. They also highlighted Arthur's performance at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem during an amateur night.
The BallCannon (aka, Nerf Football on steroids) Fred Hafer of Reading, Pennsylvania, claims his invention is the first of its kind: a Nerf Football cannon that can launch one of the spongy pigskins up to 100 feet. With adjustable speeds and angles, all you need are batteries — oh, and $499.
Hafer started selling The BallCannon online in March, and he's already got a patent, a trademark on the name and a license with Hasbro to use Nerf Footballs. He has sold 50 units, so far, he said, and now he's looking for $200,000 for 10 percent equity in the company. Hafer would use the additional funding to do more marketing, such as securing endorsements from professional football players. It's perfect for tailgating and the beach, Hafer said. I can confirm that the contraption works, as I just barely missed knocking over a group of people waiting in the line outside while trying to catch a pass from The BallCannon.


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Knox High School Principal Dr. Elizabeth Ratliff was recently named to the Indiana State School Music Association Board.
"This group does support marching band competitions, solo and ensemble, jazz band, orchestra – all of those different competitive events that our kids in Knox flourish at," said Ratliff. "This is the board that helps to organize those events and manage them."
Ratliff explains how she was chosen for the position on the board.
"One of our Knox band directors had previously been on the board at ISSMA and when they were looking in Zone Three for an administrative representative, he knew that I had an extensive background in band and choir in high school and college. I am a music lover and it seemed to be a good fit as an administrator to help represent our area," Ratliff said.
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Lindsay is a Program Officer in the Effective Philanthropy Group at the Hewlett Packard Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation she served as Executive Director of the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2). At SV2, she worked closely with donors and grantees to help identify strong nonprofit organizations and then to strengthen those organizations with long-term funding and additional assistance in management, governance, and internal operations. Before leading SV2, Lindsay ran business development for Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties. Lindsay holds an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with a certificate in Public Management, as well as an M.A. in Education, M.A. in Sociology, and B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University.
Dana recently served on the Site Council at Walter Hays Elementary, working to develop school goals and allocate School Improvement Funds. She is also an active parent volunteer, taking on fundraising leadership roles for both the PTA and PiE. She recently completed six years of board service for Palo Alto Community Child (PACCC), three years as Treasurer. Prior to moving to Palo Alto to raise three children, she had a 12-year career in finance as a commercial banker with Citibank in New York, and Wells Fargo Bank and Union Bank of California in San Francisco. She left banking as a Vice President and Credit Officer in Union Bank of California's Retail Industries Group.
Mike has been a partner for over 20 years at WP Investments, a real estate investment and development company. WP Investments owns and manages approximately 2,600,000 sq. ft. of industrial, office and retail space in the Bay Area. Mike graduated with a BSME from the University of Washington and obtained an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also on the Board of Directors for NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Silicon Valley Chapter.
Mike has over 20 years of experience in new business creation, general management, and strategic planning in the semiconductor industry. In 2012, Mike founded Inertia Technology, an early-stage startup that uses mobile technology to provide social benefit organizations a platform for outreach and engagement. He is a partner with SV2 (Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund), a venture philanthropy organization whose partners pool money and skills to make a bigger, more meaningful impact on growth stage nonprofits. Mike received his BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Texas and his MBA from Southern Methodist University.
Melissa is a CPA and currently consulting on various accounting and finance related projects. Prior to consulting, Melissa worked for both Restoration Hardware and Virgin America as a Technical Accounting Manager. She has also worked in London for the IASB and started her career at Ernst & Young in public accounting. Melissa also serves as an Ambassador for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. Melissa has a B.A. in Corporate Finance and International Business from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business.
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Viacom Inc. (VIA.B) reported excellent financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2011. Both top line and bottom line were well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimates. Strong viewership rating for Viacom's cable channels resulted in higher advertising revenue. In addition to the domestic market, advertising revenue from the U.K. and Latin America also witnessed double-digit growth. Viacom has sold its loss making Harmonix video game businesses that will help the company to further improve its bottom line going forward.
Improving advertisement expenditure by several enterprises as a result of an improving U.S. economy will enable Viacom to maintain profitability in the long run. Several automakers, toy companies, technology companies, and retailers are raising their advertisement budgets. This, in turn, is benefiting the media companies and Viacom is no exception. In the second quarter of fiscal 2011, the U.S. advertising revenue grew 11% year over year while international advertising revenue inched up 12% year over year.
However, the company's advertisement revenue growth was far below its closest competitors. In the second quarter fiscal of 2011, Viacom's domestic advertisement revenue grew by 11% compared to a massive 31% of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) and 14% of News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS).
In the last quarter, Theatrical revenue of Viacom's Filmed Entertainment division was up 50% to $401 million. This was mainly attributable to higher number of picture released. We believe this trend will continue in the near future since Paramount Picture entered into a feature-film animation venture.
Meanwhile, the stock price has soared over 69% last year and is currently trading at the high-end of its 52-week price range. We believe the company is currently fairly valued and therefore maintain our long-term Neutral recommendation on Viacom.


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City Focus: New York
New York was rated as the World's Best city for Business, Life and Innovation by the Atlantic News in 2011. New York has a vibrant culture of work and lifestyle with urban, entrepreneurial and commercial environment. New York is all about attracting the fresh talent, making the most of innovative ideas and taking initiatives. It is for this reason that it is known as the fastest city of the world. It is a city that never sleeps!
New York enjoys a wide variation of climate throughout the year. Winter temperatures fall below freezing point in January- February, whereas June- August prevails summer like conditions. New York is attached to the Atlantic coastline making the city even more beautiful.
New York is the most populated city of the United States and most of the people travel by public transport. Therefore, it is no surprise that the city has a streamlined and well regulated public transport system. Public transport includes taxi, subway, buses, ferries and cruise. Taxi is available 24 hours in the city, but it can be an expensive option as the metered fare is $2.50, which increases 40 cents every fifth of a mile. The City's rail and bus system is run by Metropolitan Transport Authority. Visit their website for exact train/ bus times and fare. It is the most eco-friendly and budget-friendly way to travel in the city. The trains and buses function 24 hours a day and seven days a week, so commuting by public transport would never be a problem.
New York has an extensive transport system in its water body with cruises, water taxis and ferries which connect New York to Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and New Jersey.
Being in the world's busiest city, you wouldn't run out of things to do and places to go. Sightseeing is a must do for the international students as the beautiful city has landmarks work witnessing including the Times Square, Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, City Hall, Lincoln Centre, Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty.
There is a large number of free events in the city at all times including concerts, festivals and summer movies viewings which makes it great for students. New York is also known for its shopping and nightlife. New York is the home of all the big labels and brands. It's a shoppers dream come true.
If you are a sports person, you are in for a treat. Baseball, bull riding, volleyball, wrestle mania, soccer and golf are among the most celebrated sports in New York.
Dwelling in New York are the world's best research institutes including Cornell University, New York University, Columbia University and many more. There are over 150 educational institutes for higher education in the city and the study experience has much more than just academics to offer. There are many opportunities for getting work experience while studying, and training at multinational firms. Although, competition in the job market is fierce.
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When you picture a vacation to Las Vegas, you probably imagine staying in one of the mammoth, glittering Las Vegas hotels and resort casinos that line Las Vegas Boulevard, popularly known as "The Strip." Or perhaps your imagination has been captured by classic images of Downtown Las Vegas, talking a walk in The Rat Pack's shoes (er, wingtips?) Or, if you're following modern Las Vegas trends, you seek a sprawling resort casino, golf and spa off the strip in areas like Summerlin, Lake Las Vegas, Henderson or Boulder City. Wherever you decide to stay, the magic of the Las Vegas desert awaits just a half-day's drive from the West and South Rims of Grand Canyon National Park.
Although Las Vegas is a world-class vacation destination in its own right, it has taken a major role as a gateway to Grand Canyon National Park. Many of the best Grand Canyon tours from Las Vegas depart daily, which include Grand Canyon helicopter tours, Grand Canyon rafting trips, and bus tours. Tours are often packaged with the opportunities to experience Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, the Grand Canyon Skywalk and other exciting and beautiful places of interest. There are Grand Canyon tour options from Las Vegas available to fit every schedule. So take some time to leave the bright lights of Las Vegas and explore one of the world's greatest natural treasures.
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Term Assistant Professor in Ecology and Microbiology
The George Mason University Department of Environmental Science and Policy (ESP), within the College of Science, is seeking an enthusiastic and energetic individual for a Term Assistant Professor in Ecology and Microbiology to supplement departmental existing strengths in applied ecology and conservation. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason's academic and culturally inclusive environment.
This position includes teaching responsibilities for lecture and laboratory courses within the B.S. in Environmental Science program, including Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Bioinformatics, and Coral Reef Ecology and Conservation. Service activities within the ESP and the College of Science are also expected. The successful candidate would have access to significant resources at the Science and Technology Campus in Manassas, Va., including the Shared Research Instrumentation Facility, as well as resources at the new Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center (PEREC). The department also partners with the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation to offer graduate-level courses in biodiversity conservation.
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George Mason University is an innovative, entrepreneurial institution with national distinction in both academics and research. Mason holds a top U.S. News and World Report "Up and Coming" spot for national universities and is recognized for its global appeal and excellence in higher education.
Mason is currently the largest and most diverse university in Virginia with students and faculty from all 50 states and over 135 countries studying in over 200 degree programs at campuses in Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William, as well as at learning locations across the commonwealth. Rooted in Mason's diversity is a campus culture that is both rewarding and exciting, work that is meaningful, and opportunities to both collaborate and create.
If you are interested in joining the Mason family take a look at our current opportunities and catch some Mason spirit at jobs.gmu.edu/!
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Walgreens has secured the exclusive rights to sell hot dog-flavored Pringles in their stores, and are now hoping to secure money from curious foodies.
There's no word on how the "Hot Diggity Dog" chips actually taste just yet, but we're guessing they won't dethrone the tubular mystery meat that is the undisputed king of summer.
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