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[16 October, 1643.]
The Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, taking nto their serious consideration the Treacherous and bloody Plots, Conspiracies, attempts and practises of the Enemies of God, against the true Religion, and Professors thereof, in all places especially in the Kingdomes of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ever since the reformation of Religion, and how much their rage, power and presumption are of late, and at this time increased and exercised. Whereof the deplorable estate of the Church and Kingdome of Ireland, the distempered estate of this Church and Kingdome, and the dangerous estate of the Church and Kingdome of Scotland, are present and publique testimonies: And finding that their supplications, remonstrances, protestations, and treaties, have nothing at all prevailed, but that the averse party doth still endeavour the destruction of our Religion, Lawes, and Liberties, by force, and open violence. And finding the same popish and Jesuited counsels, and practises, which have brought the two Kingdomes of England and Ireland, into the lamentable condition, under which they now groane, to have in the intentions of the Authors and Contrivers of them, extended likewise unto the Kingdome of Scotland; In this common distraction and danger of all the three Kingdomes, as an effectuall meanes of their preservation; They have thought it necessary that all the well affected to the true Protestant Religion, and just Liberties of the Subjects, in the three Kingdomes, should enter into a neerer union, and association for the mutuall defence of each other; And in pursuance thereof, a solemne league and covenant for Reformation and Defence of Religion, the honour and happinesse of the King, and the peace and safety of the three Kingdoms, hath been agreed upon by the two Kingdomes of England and Scotland; Which by the members of both Houses of the Parliament of England, the Members of the Assembly of Divines, and the Commissioners of the Assembly of the Church of Scotland hath been already taken, and subscribed; and is now taking, and to be taken in the Cities of London, and Westminster, the Kingdome of Scotland, and all other parts of this Kingdome, and in the Realme of Ireland. And whereas each person who hath taken or shall take the said Covenant, is bound according to his place and calling, in this common cause of Religion, Liberty and peace of the Kingdoms, to assist and defend all those that enter into the same, in the executing and pursuing thereof; And that it cannot be expected that the contrivers and authors of our present troubles, will thereby be any whit moved to desist from their wicked enterprises, but rather that their malice will be the more encreased; Therefore, for the better resisting thereof, and the speedier setling of a blessed peace there are likewise certaine Articles agreed upon by the two Houses of Parliament, and the Kingdome of Scotland; whereby, among other things our Brethren of the Kingdome of Scotland for our assistance in this present war, are speedily to send an Army of one and twenty thousand Horse and Foot, and a traine of Artillery sutable, into this Kingdome: And whereas the charge of levying, arming and bringing those Forces together furnished: As likewise the fitting the traine of Artillery, will necessarily require great sums of money, which our Brethren of Scotland by reason of the many charges that have laine upon them of late by their Irish Army, and late Warres, are not able for the present to raise within that Kingdome, And so much the rather, by reason that the brotherly assistance is not yet paid unto them, we are by these Articles presently to pay unto them the summe of one hundred thousand pounds by way of advance, towards, the monethly payments to be made to their Army, after such time as they shall make their first enterance into this Kingdome; and by those Articles our brethren of Scotland, to manifest their willingnesse to their utmost ability to be helpfull to this Kingdome in this common cause, have agreed to give the publique Faith of the Kingdome of Scotland, to be joyntly made use of, with the publique Faith of the Kingdome of England, for the present taking up of two hundred thousand pounds sterling, in the Kingdome of England, or elsewhere, for the speedy procuring the said 100000 pound sterling, as aforesaid; as also a considerable summe for the satisfying in good proportion, the arreares of the Scottish Army in Ireland.
Public Faith for repayment of moneys lent with interest; £30000 lent for payment of Arrears of Scottish Army to be repaid.; Also £40000 more out of Sequestration Moneys.; Proviso.
The Lords and Commons likewise since the sending of those Propositions or Articles from the Kingdome of Scotland, being credibly informed, that nothing in humane probability can delay their speedy march into this Realme, but onely the want of money; and considering the great advantages that by delay of their comming, will be lost, and the dangers that thereupon are likely to ensue, not being otherwise enabled to the speedy raising the said summes, as the exigencie of the occasion requires; They have made a Committee to procure by loane, or otherwise, the said summes of money; and whereas divers well affected persons have lent and subscribed to lend divers sums of money for that purpose, and as they believe divers others well affected to our Religion, and the Liberties of the Subject, will doe the like; Now for the security of such persons and provision for the repayment of such summes, the Lords and Commons now assembled in Parliament, doe hereby Ordaine, Order, and Declare, That the severall summes of money so lent, and to be lent as aforesaid, shall together with the consideration of eight pound per cent. for the time of forbearance, be repaid unto the persons that shall lend the same; for performance whereof, they do hereby engage the publique Faith of this Kingdome, being confident that our Brethren of Scotland, according to the agreement in the said articles mentioned, will in like manner joyntly engage the publique Faith of that Kingdome; And for the further encouragement of such persons who have lent, or shall hereafter lend any sums of money to the uses aforesaid, the Lords and Commons doe further Ordaine, Order and Declare, that the thirty thousand pounds heretofore Ordained and appointed by an Ordinance of the Lords and Commons towards the payment of the Arreares of the Scottish Army in Ireland shall be paid unto the persons so lending; and doe likewise Ordaine, Order and Declare, That forty thousand pounds more over and besides the said thirty thousand pounds out of the Rents, Issues, and profits that shall be first received upon the Ordinance or Ordinances of Sequestration of the estates of Malignants throughout the Realme of England, shall be paid unto the persons that have and shall lend the said summes of Money: provided alwayes, that this Ordinance shall not in any sort be prejudiciall to any former assignments, or designations of Money, to be paid to any other uses upon the said Ordinance, or Ordinances of Sequestrations.
In case of Reduction of Newcastle, delinquents' Coals to be disposed of for repayment of those that lend Money.; Rates on Coals for 3 years from time of Reduction.; Coal Trade during same time to be under order of Committee of Parl., etc., for Loans.; Sequestered Estates to be employed for repayment.; Also moneys borrowed abroad; Directions for loan and repayment of £200,000 in equal instalments.; Treasurers; Treasurers Allowance.; Money may be sent to Committee in Scotland.; Money may be raised by voluntary loans or contributions.
And whereas by the blessing of God it may be expected, that upon the comming in of our Brethren of Scotland, the Townes of Newcastle, Sunderland, and the members will be reduced to the obedience of the King and Parliament, they being credibly informed, that great quantities of coals belonging to Delinquents, and others, within the Ordinance of Sequestration, are already digged and fit for sale, They doe hereby Ordaine, Order and Declare, That such Coales, as likewise the profits that shall hereafter be made of any Coale-pits, belonging to such persons shall be and remaine and shall be disposed of for the repayment of the persons that shall lend such summes of Money; And they doe further Ordaine, Order, and Declare, that upon the Coales of all other person and persons within the said Townes of Newcastle, Sunderland and the members, two shillings six pence shall be paid out of every Chaldron of Coales that shall be carried by Sea to any part of this Realme; And thirteen shillings and foure pence upon every Chaldron that shall be transported to any parts beyond the Seas; The said Rates to continue for and during the space of three years, from the time that the said Townes shall be reduced to such Obedience; And to the intent, that the profits aforesaid arising upon Coales, may be applyed to the purposes aforesaid, the said Trade of Coales shall, during the time aforesaid, be wholly under the Order, regulation, and surveigh of the Committee of Parliament and City of London already appointed for raising of the said loanes and sums of Money; And whereas no summes of money are by the true intent of the said Articles to be paid towards the maintenance of the Scottish Army, for above the space of three moneths after their comming into this Realme, other then as aforesaid, whereby during that time, great summes of Money may be expected out of the estates of Papists, Delinquents, and others within the Ordinance of Sequestration. It is further Ordered, Ordained, and Declared, That the Rents, Issues, and Profits of such estates during that time shall likewise be imployed for and toward the repayment of the sums of Mony lent, and to be lent as aforesaid; And for that purpose shall be wholly, during the time aforesaid, under the Order, regulation & surveigh of the said Committee of the Parliament & Citie, & of such persons as shall bee appointed to Order the Sequestrations, those parts: And in case any sum of mony shall be borrowed in the parts beyond the Seas upon the joynt publique Faith of both the Kingdomes, The said Loanes & sum of money shall, out of the same, bee repaid unto the persons that shall lend the same; And it is further Ordered, Ordained, and Declared, that the said summe of two hundred thousand pounds, to bee lent as aforesaid, shall be divided into three equall and even payments, each payment amounting to sixty six thousand six hundred sixty six pounds, thirteene shillings foure pence, And that the persons that shall first advance and lend the summe of 66666. li. 13.s. 4.d. shall bee first satisfied and paid, the said payment to be made in manner following, that is to say, by six equall and even payments, whereof each summe amounteth to eleven thousand one hundred eleven pounds two shillings two pence 3 farthings. The said summe of 11111.li. 2.s. 2.d. 3 farthings to bee proportionably paid to the persons that lent the first summe of 66666.li. 13.s. 4.d. And after the payment of the first 11111.li. 2.s. 2.d. 3 farthings. Then the like payments from time to time to be made until the whole summe of the first 66666.li. 13.s. 4.d. shall bee paid; And the other two payments of the residue of the 200000li. shall be paid in order of time, proportion and manner as aforesaid; And it is hereby Ordered, Ordained and Declared, That Richard Waring of London Grocer and Michael Herring of London Merchant, shall be, and they are hereby appointed to be the Treasurers for the receiving of all such summe and summes of Mony as shall bee lent to the purposes aforesaid, and that any writing under the hands of the said Richard Waring, and Michael Herring, testifying the receipt of any such summs of Money to bee lent as aforesaid, shall sufficiently inable the persons that shall lend such summes of Mony, to demand and receive the same; And the said Richard Waring, and Michael Herring, for their paines and attendance upon the said Service shall bee allowed one penny in the pound, out of the moneyes received by them upon the Loans before mentioned: And it is further Ordered, Ordained, and Declared, That the Committee of Parliament, and Citie of London, appointed for raising the said summe and summes of Money or any five of them, shall have power from time to time by bills of Exchange, or otherwise to returne or send such summe and summs of Money as shall bee lent for the purposes aforesaid, unto the Committee now residing in Scotland, appointed by the Lords and Commons, or to any other person that may with most convenience pay the same unto our Brethren of Scotland: And it is hereby further Ordered, Ordained, and Declared, That the Committee of Parliament and of the Citie of London, shall have power and Authority to advance the Service of raising the said summs of money by voluntary Loans or contributions, in such manner, and by such meanes as they shall finde to bee most conducible thereunto.


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Councillors in Tower Hamlets have refused a planning application by developer Exemplar for the conversion of the 1920s Fruit and Wool Exchange building in Spitalfields. 06 Jun 2012
The plans, which involved the regeneration of a 2.4 acre site into a 300,000 square feet office and retail complex, were opposed by local residents.
The residents' group objected to the proposed partial demolition of the Exchange building. The building's facade was intended to be refurbished, with a new pedestrian street being opened to the public. However, the development would have seen the demolition of a multi-storey car park, the Gun Pub and a bank.
Tower Hamlets had put the application on hold in March pending the outcome of discussions with Exemplar to address the need for improved job and housing schemes. Exemplar had worked with the Council to amend the proposed scheme.
"We are very disappointed that Tower Hamlets Councillors have decided to refuse the application against the recommendation of their officers," said Exemplar director Clive Bush, according to Property Week. "For more than two years we have consulted extensively to create a scheme of the highest architectural quality with a mix of uses that would add to the vibrancy of Spitalfields".
"Stirling prize-nominated architects Bennetts Associates have designed a building of exceptional quality which directly addresses the character and history of the area," he said. "Refusal of the application is a missed opportunity to create more than 3,000 jobs and bring significant investment to Spitalfields that is strongly backed by council policy."
"From the support received we know many local people will be disappointed that this site will potentially remain empty for years to come. We will review the reasons given for refusal and consider our next steps in due course," said Bush, according to the report.
Exemplar was appointed by the City of London Corporation in August 2010 and entered into a development agreement for the regeneration of the site, including the London Fruit and Wool Exchange building and the 1960s White's Row Car Park. Public consultation then took place, including meetings, workshops and public exhibitions which helped form the future proposals.
The planning application was first submitted in late 2011, and then amended following input from the Council and local community. The proposed scheme would have delivered new grade A space including 260,000 sq ft of office and 40,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, café, SME and community space. Completion was scheduled for early 2015.
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March 2013 Gold Star Recipient Susan Rogers, Administrative Specialist from the Department of Integrative Physiology and Anatomy, receives her award from Provost Tom Yorio.
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Bodley: Trade difficult for Tigers
A few feet away, in the audience of mostly reporters and TV cameras, Tigers manager Jim Leyland listened and watched as his boss related how difficult a telephone call it was to tell center fielder Curtis Granderson he'd been traded to the New York Yankees.
"I said it was one of the most difficult phone calls I've made in my career," Dombrowski, Detroit's CEO, president and general manager related. You could see the sadness in his eyes and hear it in his voice.
The Tigers, Yankees and D-backs put the finishing touches on their blockbuster trade with the announcement. It was the headline event of these meetings which close up shop Thursday with the celebrated Rule 5 Draft of unprotected players.
In a perfect world, Granderson, talented player and solid citizen, would maybe never leave the Motor City.
But baseball's world is far from perfect when it comes to the business of the game causing difficult and unpopular decisions.
New York is elated to get the talented Granderson, Arizona has strengthened its starting pitching and Detroit is receiving premier young players to build around.
In the long run, the Tigers might be true winners in this three-way deal, but that's tomorrow's story.
As Dombrowski spoke, I remembered years ago when he was completely dismantling the Florida Marlins. They'd just won the World Series, and as fire sales go, that one was an inferno. And not so coincidentally, Leyland was Dombrowski's skipper.
But the then young Dombrowski made shrewd moves, demanding blue-chip prospects in return -- many of whom matured and helped the Marlins win the 2003 World Series over the Yankees.
The economic meltdown has been more severe in Detroit than most cities. Attendance in 2009 took a hit at Comerica Park, and when the Tigers blew the AL Central title in their playoff game against Minnesota, changes were in order.
"We are making some adjustments and it's a business decision," sighed Dombrowski, who probably uttered those same words after his '97 Marlins won. "Hopefully, we are bringing in people that people [fans] will fall in love with."
He said Granderson "is an individual that's meant a lot to our franchise, a lot to the city, to the state, and he's been a Tiger, so it's very tough, very difficult. I know he's well-loved, and [the public concern] is deserved."
Not only are the Tigers saying goodbye to their center fielder, but Gold Glove second baseman Placido Polanco has left to sign a free-agent contract with the Phillies, while relievers Fernando Rodney (37 saves) and Brandon Lyon are testing the free-agent waters and may not return. Edwin Jackson, a 13-game winner and relative newcomer to the Tigers, was involved in Wednesday's trade.
Several hours before the announcement which made the three-team deal official, Leyland sat at a table and chatted with the media.
Not-so-surprisingly, he talked more about players who're leaving than those he hope will carry him to another division title.
"Certainly, we wanted Polanco back," Leyland said. "We're talking about a guy who had almost 600 hits in three years. Now, we're going to play a rookie at second base. If you think that you're going to get Scott Sizemore to beat Polanco in his first season, that's not going to happen."
Leyland's eyes were red when he said, "I think, in my opinion, Curtis Granderson is one of the things that's good about baseball in today's baseball world."
The superlatives continued, Leyland's message loud and clear.
You have to wonder. Before Detroit watched a commanding lead in its division dwindle, causing the one-game playoff with Minnesota, it's possible Dombrowski could have kept the team intact.
But the Twins were 20-4 down the stretch and won Game 163, a 12-inning, 6-5 masterpiece that took 4 1/2 tense hours to complete in the Metrodome.
"I think there's no question, in a lot of ways we blew it," said Leyland. "But at the same time, I think that everybody has forgotten to give Minnesota credit. If Minnesota goes 19-5 down the stretch, we win. Yet we beat them three out of the four games. It was one of the greatest games I've ever seen."
So now the Tigers are regrouping and reducing payroll, a necessary move that's causing them to watch some of their best and most popular players leave.
"We haven't done this very much since I've been in Detroit, but this has been done a lot in my career," said Dombrowski. "It's amazing. You can make good decisions on young players and their abilities; you can shape the franchise and help it very well for the future."
Swallowing hard, he added: "But you have to be willing to take the criticisms and the pains that are attached to the media."
Dombrowski kept coming back to Granderson: "You have to make those decisions and be prepared for [criticism]."
He added something again about these types of moves never being popular with fans. Unless your team is on the receiving end.
Hal Bodley is the senior correspondent for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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After getting my first smoke pole last fall, and loving it, I just picked up a TC ProHunter FX. The price was right as my buddy needed cash and hadn't ever fired it. Anyone have any experience with this ML or have any loads that I can start with?
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Assuming the black powder bbl. on the FX and the Encore are the same as far as length twist and bore dimensions(and i believe they are), you may want to try the Hornady SST's over about 90-95grns. of powder for starters. I prefer American Pioneer powder.
Course as you probably know, you'll have to fine tune your load to your rifle's liking.
I've not heard of anyone claiming their Prohunter will not sling the SST's accurately...
...but then again, sure as I posted that, someone will chime in with that claim.
|March 31, 2013, 08:38 AM
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The Encore and Pro Hunter are the same, only difference is you can't switch barrels on the Pro Hunter.
The T/C packaged sabots are made by Hornady. They shoot great. I have 3 T/C rifles. A Black Diamond, Encore and Triumph. All 3 like the same load and sabot. Mine prefer a 250 gr sabot and 120 gr powder. I use T7 magnum pellets (60 gr each) for easy, quick reloading in the field. Where I hunt, I have taken many deer out 200 yds and beyond. I've tested every sabot and powder combination possible and this is what these guns seem to "like".
I also prefer the Barnes Spit-Fire TMZ, MZ, or Expander MZ in 250 gr for hunting. Being solid copper, they have rapid expansion but yet hold together so there's no fragmentation in the meat and deadly on game. I like a sabot that is quite tight fitting in the barrel. A sabot you can load with one hand do not give me the accuracy I want.
I also like the Winchester T/7 209 primers. They are "toned down" a bit from a regular shotgun 209 primer. A regular shotgun 209 will work but it was discovered early after it's introduction as a BP ignition, they were a bit too hot. Some experienced pellet and sabot "jump" in the barrel just prior to powder ignition.
I like to swab the barrel between each shot (even in the field) with 2 or 3 pre-soaked patches followed by a few dry ones before loading. This has proven to give me superior accuracy and each shot is the same. I've found there is a bit of plastic left behind from the sabot and it's easiest to get out while the barrel is still warm. If you hunt in freezing weather, keep a dozen pre-soaked patches in a Skoal can in your pocket.
If this gun is new it may need time to settle in a bit. 2 of my 3 shot perfect right out of the box. The 3rd gave me fits in the beginning. After I shot about a box of sabots, it "broke in" finally and shot great. All I'm saying is if you experience this, keep shootin!
This "formula" should give you 1 inch groups @ 100 yds. (or even better depending on the shooter).
Good luck and let me know how you do!
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Very good post BirchOrr.
You are right as well about the T/C packaged sabots being made by Hornady. You will usually pay less if you just buy the Hornady's.
As I re-read my post, I did not post the grn. weight of the Hornady bullet I was referring to . That would be a 250grn.
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My T/C load isn't terribly different from BirchOrr's. It likes a 250gr Hornady SST in the low-drag sabot, 100grn of loose 777, and a 777 primer. Like was said earlier, the T/C Shockwave is the same bullet as the Hornady SST but with a different color tip - but the T/C's are more expensive. Save yourself some money and buy the Hornady branded bullets.
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Thanks guys!
Yes the T/C's are more expensive. Indeed, why pay more for the same thing in a different box and color. I would suggest the "bonded" sabots. The copper jacket is bonded to the lead core. If there is any fragmentation, it's little to none.
I just looked at a box of Barnes Spit-Fire MZ's and I paid $30.95 for 24 sabots! Talk about expensive!
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Jordan Adams scored 22 points and Tony Parker added 21 for UCLA Tuesday in the 24th-ranked Bruins' 91-60 romp over visiting Oakland.
Parker also grabbed a dozen rebounds for the Bruins (2-0), who won the battle of the boards 49-28.
Norman Powell had four rebounds to go along with his 18 points.
Oakland (0-2) was led by Travis Bader's 19 points. Tommie McCune added 12.
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Partners in Prevention recognizes three efforts to help curb drug and alcohol abuse among area teens during ceremonies at Blackhawk Technical College Wednesday morning.
Rock County Youth2Youth has been an active coalition for 20-years. Since the inception of Youth2Youth over 2,500 Rock County teen's have served as peer-to-peer advocates and have reached thousands of local youth with a drug free message. Edgerton Schools Health Teacher Barb Gausman was recognized for developing an alcohol and drug curriculum that was presented at the State Adolescent Health Symposium in Green Bay this past February. Before Gausman's efforts, such curriculum did not exist for local high school instruction. The City of Milton Police Department was recognized for their initiative in procuring a permanent prescription drop-box and developing a city ordinance prohibiting synthetic marijuana.
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Powercakes' June Powermeal Challenge is almost over! If you missed any of the earlier round ups, you can check them out here, here, and here. Here are days 16-21:
Day 16: power smoothie (almond milk, frozen berries, vega energizing smoothie in tropical tango, and PB)
Day 17: beverage (I am a water girl but when I am craving something naughty I go for ROOT BEER – Zevia is a healthier alternative because it is sweetened with stevia and has 0 calories!)
Day 18: side dish (sweet potatoes and zucchini grilled on the BBQ)
Day 19: protein (quinoa, tofu, tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado, and lemon juice)
Day 20: carbs and Day 21: don't fear the fat (Chocolate Covered Katie's blueberry pie pancakes topped with all-natural PB)
Soooo about that gym dilemma. My membership ends in a couple of days and I'm not sure what to do. I still have a few weeks left of James Wilson's program that I want to finish and am wondering if I can do it at home. I have the entire summer off (so does Dean) and know we will be taking a lot of our workouts outside. I've got free weights, Lebert Equalizers, a sandbag, a treadmill, and a TRX system (review coming soon). We are also looking into joining a Crossfit gym (scary) for a few weeks until we have to go back to work in September (which is when I would join the regular gym again). I love the gym. Love it. But I also love trying new things. I AM TORN.
Is anyone else doing the James Wilson program at home? I'm sure I can do it with modifications but there are certain machines and exercises (leg press, lat pull downs, hack squat) that I will not be able to simulate.
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Joystiq - The State of Western RPGs
Joystiq looks over the state of western RPGs in an article that makes some general (and sometimes questionable) observations about the genre:
Though the consistent historical importance of the RPG seems to be clear enough, there are some major trends that I expect I'll spend a great deal of time discussing. There was indeed a dramatic shift in the mid-1990s, but it was not the collapse of the PC RPG as often heralded – games like Fallout, Diablo, Daggerfall, and Baldur's Gate are rightly considered all-time classics. It was instead a shift from party-based systems to single character-based systems. In each of those games, which include early entries from BioWare, Bethesda, and Blizzard, you create a single character to be your avatar in the world.
This has had wide-reaching consequences in the world of RPGs. In narrative terms, a party of player characters cannot have a single ethical system, but ever since Fallout, those lone characters do have their ethics – and party members who agree or disagree with those ethical choices. Romance existed in at least one of those old party-based RPGs – Treasures Of The Savage Frontier (1992) – but it's been refined consistently since then.
But it's not just storyline. RPGs have become more action-oriented than the turn-based games of the past, and that wouldn't be possible without the focus on a single character instead of a whole party. Instead, games from Baldur's Gate to Fallout III offer indirect control over party members in various forms, but generally complete control over the player, with Mass Effect 2 perhaps the pinnacle of the form.


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GREENBELT, Md., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Using a telescope in Hawaii, astronomers say they've observed the lowest-mass planet ever detected around a star like the sun using direct imaging techniques.
Using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope, they've determined the distant planet weighs in at about four times Jupiter's mass, NASA reported Monday.
"If we could travel to this giant planet, we would see a world still glowing from the heat of its formation with a color reminiscent of a dark cherry blossom, a dull magenta," said Michael McElwain, a member of the discovery team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "Our near-infrared camera reveals that its color is much more blue than other imaged planets, which may indicate that its atmosphere has fewer clouds."
The planet, GJ 504b, orbits its star at nearly nine times the distance Jupiter orbits our sun, which poses a challenge to theoretical ideas of how giant planets form, astronomers said.
Under the most widely accepted model of planet formation, known as the core-accretion model, Jupiter-like planets get their start in the gas-rich debris disk that surrounds a young star at a fairly close distance.
GJ 504b lies at a distance from its parent star more than 43 times the average distance of our Earth to the sun, far beyond the point where the core-accretion model should account for it.
"This is among the hardest planets to explain in a traditional planet-formation framework," team member Markus Janson, a Hubble postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University, said. "Its discovery implies that we need to seriously consider alternative formation theories, or perhaps to reassess some of the basic assumptions in the core-accretion theory."


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Avanti Center offers therapeutic services for all ages at new site
Avanti Center, formerly known as Special Children Center, opened this fall in a brand new 13,400-square-foot building, giving it 40 percent more square footage than their previous location, which was in St. Croix Business Park.
The new facility is located at 742 Sterbenz Drive, just northeast of I-94's exit four.
The increased space offers the administration and staff the opportunity to serve more young clients but to also add services for adults. It is now a Medicare-certified facility.
Avanti Center, which is a 501C3 non-profit, primarily offers speech, physical and occupational therapy to pediatric clients with severe to mild disabilities. Therapy programs for adults are offered as well.
"There is a misconception out there that we treat only clients with severe disabilities," said Linda Ewing, executive director.
According to Dede Wanzek, clinic administrator, the process to become a client begins with a simple phone call to Avanti Center.
"The client is assessed. That would determine the need for therapy," said Wanzek. "The assessment would also determine the need for a prescription from a physician which is required for insurance.
"What we offer is a lot of complementary resources," said Olin Morrison, marketing director.
"The integration of therapies is helpful," said Ewing.
One of the newest therapies called motor intensive requires physical therapy for three hours a day, five days a week for three weeks.
"This would be great for adults as well," said Ewing. "It is researched based." According to Wanzek, it is going to be the model for the therapy of the future."
The facility also offers a therapeutic pool which means the water is kept at a temperature of 92 degrees. The 40- by 20-foot pool offers three different depths: three, four and five feet plus a whirlpool area as well.
"The advantage is that it is relaxing and a great medium of exercise," said Wanzek. "It is great sensory therapy as well."
Avanti Center plans to add swim packages in the future.
According to the website, the term "children's therapy" can be used to describe therapy caring for children with many challenges, including attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, sensory processing and other sensory issues, oppositional and defiant disorders, head trauma, fetal alcohol syndrome, cerebral palsy, and autism.
For 20 years Special Children Center was a leader in developing and creating therapy for these issues. Avanti Center continues that by offering both traditional and nontraditional intensive therapy to help with a child's development.
"We know that the kinds of therapies we offer are not available in many parts of the country," said Ewing. "Our clients include people who live in this area and as far away as Iowa, North Dakota, Alabama and Arizona.
Avanti Center is open from Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. From September to May it is also open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. For more information about the center and the services they offer call (715) 386-2128 or go to www.avanticenter.org
Avanti Center is holding an open house Saturday, Oct. 23, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.


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Lisk wins bodybuilding competitionHer first ever competition was a victory
Fairfield resident Summer Lisk has always been passionate about fitness.
For 16 years she has ran marathons and long distance races. Two and a half years ago she became a personal trainer because she wanted to share her passion of exercise with others. It was only recently that she decided to become a bodybuilder.
"I was ready to change my body," Lisk said. "I set a 90 day goal and then saw the amazing things that weight training did for me."
Lisk participated in her first natural bodybuilding competition, the NANBF Best of the Midwest, which was held Oct. 12, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She took away four first place trophies in the categories of Beginner Figure Short, Beginner Figure Overall, Novice Figure Short, and Novice Figure Overall. She also won an award that only one person in the entire 70-athlete competition could win: the sportsmanship award.
"I loved the experience," Lisk said. "I made friends with everybody there and I had so much fun.
Her quest began when her coach and trainer, Frederico Gama, mentioned the competition to her five months ago. Her effort in the gym persuaded him that she had the focus and the drive to be great at competitive bodybuilding.
"So I said 'why not'," Lisk said." I'm a person always willing to try anything and take risks. So I trained with him for five months, trusting the process, changing my eating, my mind set, etc."
It paid off for Lisk with a victory in her first ever competition. Lisk was nervous early on, but once she got used to being on stage she began having fun.
Lisk will compete in April in Davenport before the national competition in Des Moines in May. Summer is the wife of Shawn Lisk and has three children.


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As part of our regular season Saints coverage, we'll be doing once-a-week (or maybe more) podcasts where we talk to local and national football experts about the Saints. Here is our first ever podcast featuring Bradley Handwerger of wwltv.com. You can read Bradley's work over at the Eye on the Saints blog. Music is graciously provided by the local band Sick Like Sinatra, and I sincerely recommend checking out their MySpace.
Also, please excuse the excessive "ums" from me and that we haven't nailed down a name. All of these things will be smoothed out shortly. This is why it's still the preseason.


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Baseball is hardly the first thing that springs to mind when Canadian sports are discussed. Hockey is king in Canada, and slap shots and glove saves stoke the nation's fire more than home runs or diving catches ever could.
The Toronto Blue Jays' World Series wins in 1992 and 1993 sparked celebrations, but the day one of the NHL's seven Canadian teams brings Lord Stanley's Cup home might just be deemed a national holiday. The 1993 Montreal Canadiens were the last team from Canada to win the NHL title.
Canada prides itself on its hockey prowess, but baseball has its niche and the number of Canadian ballplayers is not only growing, but also beginning to spread to other parts of the world.
Even Japan is not exempt, Nippon Ham Fighters reliever Dustin Molleken becoming the first Canadian player to participate in the Japan Series. Molleken entered Game 1 during the fifth inning, after the Giants roughed up starter Mitsuo Yoshikawa.
He won't last very long as the only Canadian to play in the Japanese version of the Fall Classic. Yomiuri reliever Scott Mathieson is expected to pitch at some point during the series.
"It's pretty cool actually," Mathieson said before Game 1 at Tokyo Dome. "We just had our picture taken together, so we're going to send that off to Baseball Canada. They wanted a picture of both of us. At least one Canadian will be going home with a ring this year.
"Hopefully me. I told him I hope we win this in four."
There have been 11 Canadian players in Japan, a fact discovered through the painstaking research of longtime Japan Times columnist Wayne Graczyk, but none had played in the Japan Series.
Molleken grew up in Regina, the capital of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, partially known to the nation's sporting community for its curling teams as well as being the home of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Like many Canadian youths, Molleken played hockey growing up, "I was an enforcer, a tough guy," he says, but he got into baseball through his father, Doug.
"I'm from an area in Saskatchewan," Molleken said. "It's straight, flat land. Hockey's big there. My dad (Doug) was actually a pitcher. So I just hung around the baseball park with him and then I just got started throwing baseballs and just got better and better."
The right-hander was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2003 and touched just about each level of their minor league system before spending 2011 and the first part of 2012 in the Colorado Rockies organization before joining Nippon Ham in July.
Mathieson was also a hockey player growing up.
"I wasn't bad," he said. "I was a goalie. I always played at the highest level. I don't think I would've ever made it as high as I did in baseball, but I'd like to think I was pretty good."
It was the experience of playing in the national baseball system that inspired the Aldergrove, British Columbia, native to pick up a baseball for good.
"I was 17 when I first joined the junior national team," Mathieson said. "That was definitely a turning point in my baseball career. I always played hockey growing up. Baseball was always kind of second; it wasn't very big where I was. Then when I got with Team Canada, that's probably when I realized I had a chance to play pro ball. When I was 17 and we got to go down and play all the rookie ball teams, I proved to myself that I could compete and have some success in pro ball. It definitely gave me the confidence."
Mathieson was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2002, making 15 appearances for the team over parts of three seasons. He spent most of his time in the Phillies' farm system before joining the Giants this season.
He credited Baseball Canada as a big influence on his career.
"It's definitely getting better and better," Mathieson said of Canadian baseball. "There's not a ton of baseball players in the (majors), but Greg Hamilton, who is the director of Baseball Canada and pretty much started the program, has really done a great job and really helped promote a lot of Canadian players and get them into professional baseball."
Mathieson and Molleken are living proof of that, and one of them will head back to Canada with a championship. Mathieson hopes that honor is reserved for him; Molleken, however, had other ideas.
"He and I went to dinner, and I said we're going to beat you either in four or five," Molleken said half-jokingly. "He's an unbelievable guy. He can throw the ball well, outstanding guy, but I told him, four or five."


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Farrell calls for image rights issue to be tackled
GPA Chief Executive Dessie Farrell has called on the GAA to present a united front with his organisation on the issue of image rights.
The topic is in vogue at the moment after Clare hurler Diarmuid McMahon -- who recently returned to the county panel after a stint in Australia -- brought a case against 'The Clare People' newspaper, who he says, used his image on promotional material without his consent back in 2005.
As part of the membership, the players group ask members to sign over image rights and Farrell confirmed that the GPA was advising the Clare man throughout the process.
However, the matter was struck out last week at Ennis District Court in what is believed to be the first case of its type.
"It was struck out because it became apparent that the publishing house involved were going to challenge the issue and that there would have been a protracted court case that would have possibly gone to the High Court," Farrell said.
"With the championship just around the corner, Diarmuid didn't want the distraction. But it is something he was upset about."
A costly court case was avoided on this occasion, but Farrell acknowledges that it is an issue that will have to be tackled head-on in the near future.
"It's a grey area and we're monitoring it closely. The law is still developing there. We will continue to advise players on these issues and possibly take a case (on their behalf) if it arises."
The former Dublin footballer denied that the decision not to pursue this case will damage any future claims the GPA may make on behalf of players.
"It doesn't damage it at all. It's something that will have to be discussed with the GAA as part of our ongoing official recognition talks," Farrell stated.
"But I'd like to see a united front on this. That we send out a clear and strong message that images can't be used without compensation."
Meanwhile, Tony Griffin has also returned to the Banner's hurling squad for the coming campaign.
Griffin has only been available to the squad sporadically due to exam commitments and he missed the championship last season due to his charity cycle exploits in Canada, but he is now a part of Mike McNamara's panel.


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Christmas in July campaign raises money for Salvation Army
GREEN BAY - The familiar sound of Christmas bells arrived months early on Green Bay's east side Saturday.
The Salvation Army is hosting its Christmas in July campaign.
Bellringers were on hand at Festival Foods to help raise money. Among those taking part was FOX 11's Emily Deem.
This is the second year the Salvation Army has held the mid-summer fundraiser. The campaign, which started Friday, lasts nine days and the hope is to raise $30,000.


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Students Visit Recycling Plant in Philadelphia for Campus Sustainability Day
From left, Patty Barthel, Laura Seplaki, Kerrin Toner, Jessier Fornal and Lori DeTuro
At Rider, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to keep green initiatives in mind as they go about their daily lives. In addition, the community is offered numerous ways to continue to learn best practices in green living.
Last week, during the week of Campus Sustainability Day activities, Laura Seplaki, Associate Director for the Center for the Development of Leadership Skills (CDLS), brought Rider students on a field trip to the Waste Management Single Stream Recycling Center in Philadelphia to illustrate first hand how even simple recycling choices can create lasting change.
Students were given an overview of the history of recycling and provided an opportunity to tour the facility. Among the valuable takeaways was the importance of not including disposable plastic bags with other recyclable materials since they are not processed the same way as other plastics (such bags should be brought to supermarkets that offer plastic bag recycling programs). And the fact that pizza boxes can be recycled even if the box is less than pristine.
Students were offered the opportunity to tour the facility through Rider's Center for the Development of Leadership Skills. Waste Management is the largest residential recycler in the country and recovers and processes over 8.5 million tons of plastic, paper and metal each year.
Most importantly, students learned the many strides made in recycling during their lifetime and encouraged to spread the word to their classmates.
For ongoing updates on campus green initiatives, subscribe to the Green Blog, join the green team by contacting [email protected] and save the date for the next feature in the Green Film Series, Vegucated on November 12 and 13.


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Synchronizing Data with IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 6.1
An IBM Redpaper publication
Published 16 July 2007
IBM Form #: REDP-4317-00
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Authors: Axel Buecker, Eddie Hartman
The basic goal of data synchronization is to detect changes in one data source and then propagate these to one or more targets.
Discovering and then applying changes is not as easy as you might think. Some systems provide change event notifications, most do not. Many maintain some sort of modifications list, but the level of detail available here varies greatly. A few systems allow you to incrementally modify the values of selected attributes. However, the majority require you to build a full data entry with all updates in place and then write this in a single operation.
So how do you deal with the differences in both feature sets and change resolution found in the systems you want to sync? Who will you call? Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) gives you a framework for handling this at a comfortably abstract level. To take full advantage of these capabilities a certain amount of understanding is still required.
This IBM Redpaper outlines the (updated) features in Tivoli Directory Integrator 6.1 that are designed for building data synchronization solutions. It also provides insight into how to use them.
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Here you will find a range of papers aimed at system administrators and security specialists on a variety of topical issues. Some of these papers have been presented at security seminars and technical conferences around the world.
In this report, we review malicious activity SophosLabs analyzed and protected customers against in 2017 and use the findings to predict what might happen in 2018.
Sophos data scientists have written several articles about how machine learning works, how it will be applied to Sophos, and what that will mean for customers. This is a handy guide to that content.
A look at how Sophos develops its machine learning models. Here, we explain the concepts and show the development and evaluation of a toy model meant to solve the very real problem of detecting malicious URLs.
Kits available on the Dark Web allow the least technically savvy among us to do evil. Philadelphia is one of the slickest, most chilling examples.
The normal lifecycle of an Office exploit starts with the initial use in targeted attacks. Then, at some point, the information leaks out and cybercrime groups start using it more widely. Offensive security researchers then start experimenting with AV evasion, and the exploit finally ends up in underground exploit builders. Normally this cycle can take a few months. In the case of the CVE-2017-0199 Word exploit, we have observed this in a much more accelerated time scale.
This paper explores the inner workings of Betabot, including capabilities of the associated botnet server components and technical detail on how to extract and decrypt configuration data.
Attackers set their sights on the Internet of Things, Android and MacOS devices in this look ahead for 2017.
Document exploitation remains a favorite attack technique for distributing malicious content because it is easier to trick victims into opening document attachments than executables.
Exploited documents have the added benefit of not requiring victims to manually enable macros, as is often the case for VBA downloaders.
As of this writing in late 2016, the most popular of the Office exploit builders is a tool called AKBuilder.
This paper delves into the evolution, internal working and end effects of this toolkit.
Document exploitation is a popular method of distributing malware in the malware community. Even though it was never the most prevalent infection vector, document exploitation has been on the rise for the last few years, hiding in the shadow of the more seasonal VBA or JavaScript downloaders. This technical paper explores why we're seeing more document exploitation malware in the wild, as well as the long-standing popularity of the document exploitation generator Ancalog, which is widely commercially available,
and its various applications in cybercrime.
A couple of years ago, coin mining was a bubbling story. There were many threats that used infected machines to mine cryptocurrencies at the expense of the victim. The idea was perfect from the criminal's
point of view, but as time went on the average PC was no longer powerful enough to mine even a single coin. It was time to give up on this type of attack and turn the attention to other ways to make money, like ransomware. Recently a new malware family has found a way to use PCs efficiently to mine new types of cryptocurrency. In this paper we examine this new trend.
For many years the top Office vulnerability was CVE-2012-0158, which dominated our Office exploit prevalence charts; however, the past weeks have shown an interesting reorganization in the document exploitation scene. The four-year-old classic exploit appears to have been dethroned by two newer vulnerabilities. In this paper we take a look at what's happened and why things have changed.
Arguably one of the most exploited vulnerabilities of the last decade, the story behind CVE-2012-0158's longevity is one of constant adaptation. In this paper we dissect all aspects of the vulnerability: how it works, why it's been so popular, how it's changed form, who it's commonly utilized against and what the future holds for it.
This paper provides a technical analysis of the most recent variant of the banking malware Vawtrak, which we dub "version 2." We describe alterations to the code, such as changed encryption, increased obfuscation and modularization. We give a breakdown of the financial institutions and other organizations that are currently targeted. And we also present data gathered from a sinkhole of a Vawtrak version 1 command and control server.
In our research we examined the attack reports related to Microsoft Office documents to figure out which exploits are the most common and what malware they are most actively distributing. CVE-2012-0158 has been topping our document exploit charts for many years. It seems that nothing endangers the reign of this dinosaur, even though challengers have appeared over recent years.
Cybercriminals have realized that Microsoft Office documents offer an excellent way to spread their malware, as users wrongly consider them safe. As a result, recently we have seen a resurgence in document malware. Office exploit generators play a crucial role, making Office exploitation available to common cybercriminals. In this paper, we look at some of the most impactful Office exploit generators.
This paper gives an insight into the current state of ransomware, and presents a detailed analysis of the four most prevalent variants – CryptoWall, TorrentLocker, CTB-Locker and TeslaCrypt – as well as an analysis of more obscure variants that employ novel or interesting techniques.
Android 5.0 is trying to set itself up as a safe corporate mobile operating system by touting SEAndroid and containerization. The enforcements of SEAndroid and containerization have been changing the way OEMs and Security vendors respond to security issues. This paper by Rowland Yu and William Lee will prove that, even with these security enhancements, you can still be infected; still have data stolen; still have corporate data leaked; or experience exploration of kernel vulnerabilities. Presented at the Virus Bulletin 2015 conference.
In this paper presented at Virus Bulletin 2015, James Wyke explores how we can provide more holistic protection against the new families of banking Trojans such as Vawtrak and Dyreza. He explains our sandboxed-based system for automatically extracting and storing valuable data, in a scalable way.
In this paper presented at Virus Bulletin 2015, Gabor Szappanos addresses some of the challenges related to the testing of APT protection software suites and devices. He first looks at the subjective and confused range of definitions of what an APT even comprises. He then looks at some of the objections raised to testers' measurements of APT protection efficacy in light of these definitions. Finally, he offers some simple guidelines for those who are attempting to construct or interpret tests of APT protection.
Presented at the Virus Bulletin 2015 conference, this paper by William Lee and Xinran Wu describes the feasibility of new cross-platform mobile malware, analyzes the package structures of such malware, discusses the technical issues and suggests a solution to the problem.
This paper describes the mechanics of the Microsoft Word Intruder (MWI) malware creation kit that was used by dozens of cybercrime groups in a series of campaigns between May and August 2015. It explains the history of malware creation kits, how they work, and dives into the infection mechanism of the MWI generator, pointing out the key characteristics differentiating the MWI samples from other exploited malicious documents.
Since the demise of the Blackhole exploit kit in October 2013, when its alleged operators were arrested, other exploit kits have certainly flourished and shared the marketplace. In this research paper we take a close look at Angler, which first appeared in late 2013 and since then has grown significantly in popularity and in 2015 became dominant.
The notorious PlugX APT group is continuing to evolve and launch campaigns, most recently a five-month-long campaign targeting organizations in India. PlugX now uses a new backdoor technique – hiding the payload in the Windows registry instead of writing it as a file on disk – according to this new technical paper from SophosLabs Principal Researcher Gabor Szappanos. Although not unique to PlugX, this backdoor approach is still uncommon and limited to a few relatively sophisticated malware families.
Many highly effective hacking groups associated with malware and advanced persistent threats (APTs) appear to lack an understanding of the technical exploits they use. They also fail to adequately test their exploits for effectiveness before unleashing them on their victims. Gabor Szappanos of SophosLabs Hungary evaluated the malware and APT campaigns of several groups that all leveraged a particular exploit — a sophisticated attack against a specific version of Microsoft Office. Gabor details how none of the groups he analyzed were able to modify the attack enough to infect other versions of Office, even though several versions were theoretically vulnerable to the same type of attack.
In this paper we will highlight the main infection vectors for Vawtrak. We will describe how it gains control on an infected machine and what functionality it is capable of. We will then demonstrate how that functionality is being used, what organisations are being targeted and how the mechanisms that are employed vary between targeted banks and targeted geographies. Finally we will show how the Vawtrak botnet is apparently being used as part of a Crimeware-as-a-Service (CaaS) business model where the output of the botnet can be adjusted on demand, with financial data effectively being stolen to order.
This technical paper by SophosLabs Principal Researcher Gabor Szappanos explores the malware campaign called Rotten Tomato, in reference to the Tomato Garden campaign - and because some of the samples were rotten in the sense that they were not effectively executed - and shows how several different groups used the same zero-day Microsoft Word exploit. The term "used" means that they somehow get hold of a document that exploited the vulnerability, and then left the exploiting document part and the shellcode intact, and only changed the appended encrypted executable at the end.
This document is an overview of work done to attempt to rank some commonly used analytically-focused database technologies against our currently used infrastructure and traditional data storage approaches. We will attempt to improve our current systems based on the work done here which will enable us to make an informed decision as to which technology to adopt in the future.
In this paper, presented at the Virus Bulletin 2013 conference in Berlin, SophosLabs researcher James Wyke examines the secret communications channels used to administer the ZeroAccess botnet.
In this paper, presented at the Virus Bulletin 2013 conference in Berlin, independent researcher Paul Baccas documents some pitfalls of the file formats that make detection problematic, with particular attention placed on high-profile attacks using Microsoft vulnerability CVE-2012-0158. Baccas used tools based on the proprietary Sophos Virus Description Language (VDL) in this research.
This paper by SophosLabs researcher Rowland Yu, presented at the Virus Bulletin 2013 conference in Berlin, gives an overview of three generations of the GinMaster family, examines their core malicious functionality, tracks their evolution from source code, and presents notable techniques utilized by specific variants.
This paper by SophosLabs researchers Vanja Svajcer and Sean McDonald introduces a structured PUA taxonomy for mobile apps, which can be applied both by security vendors and by mobile app developers. It was presented at the Virus Bulletin 2013 conference in Berlin.
In this paper, SophosLabs researchers Numaan Huq and Peter Szabo demonstrate combining URL information, e.g., keywords, patterns, paths, etc., with file properties to create web-context detections (WCD). It was presented at the Virus Bulletin 2013 conference in Berlin.
Ransomware may often be compared to fake antivirus in the way it operates and the motivation behind it. However, fake antivirus plays on the security fears and calls for the user to take actions in self-preservation, whereas ransomware works either as extortion or punishment. This paper describes in detail our findings about the motivations, strategies and techniques utilized in creating and propagating ransomware.
The first part of this paper concluded in the deobfuscation of the server code which, while not complete, was still sufficient for a general understanding of the operation. It enabled us to follow the procession of the events both from the client and server side. The client side events we have already documented in detail. This paper attempts to fill in the missing server side piece.
Without exception the most actively deployed exploit kit in the past year was the Blackhole exploit kit. Now that the much heralded 2.0 version of the kit is out, it is safe to gradually release information about the previous 1.x version. The first portion of this paper will concentrate on the stolen 1.0.2 version of the exploit kit. A more comprehensive version of this material was published in the October issue of the Virus Bulletin magazine.
Since our last paper on ZeroAccess the authors have made significant changes. In this paper we will examine those changes and take a closer look at the ZeroAccess botnet itself, exploring its size, functionality and purpose. We will explain in detail how the peer-to-peer protocol works, what network traffic is created, and how the bot phones home during installation. Then we will examine the plugin files that the botnet downloads: what these files are, what they do and how they work.
This paper lifts the lid on the Blackhole kit, describing how it works and detailing the various components that are used to exploit victim machines infecting them with malware.
In this paper we will explore the ZeroAccess threat; from the distribution mechanisms used to spread it, through the installation procedure, memory residence and payload. We examine how ZeroAccess works and what its ultimate goal is.
In this paper, we study the evolution of FakeAV over the last three-and-a-half years. We analyze the major FakeAV events, infection vectors and some important anti-emulation/anti-reverse engineering (RE) tricks used by FakeAV packers.
This paper explores the continued distribution of the exploit CVE-2010-3333. By examining the differences seen the paper will explore the reasons for the continued prevalence.
New rootkits always garner attention from the malware research community and often panic among end-users. This paper dissects the workings of Popureb and explains how to safely restore affected computers to their original state.
This paper will explore the various components of the Zeus kit from the Builder through to the configuration file; examine in detail the functionality and behaviour of the Zbot binary; and assess emerging and future trends in the Zeus world.
This paper discusses the abuses of digital signatures and possible approaches to turn the criminals' investment in their fraudulent reputation into additional protection mechanisms.
This paper was presented at Virus Bulletin in Vancouver, 2010
This paper, presented at Virus Bulletin 2010 in Vancouver, shows tips and tricks to help with classification and detection of malicious PDFs.
Fraser Howard of SophosLabs describes the tactics that attackers use to hide malicious JavaScript from detection and analysis.
Fraser Howard and Onur Komili of SophosLabs describe in this paper recent research by SophosLabs into how attackers are using blackhat Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques to stuff legitimate websites with content designed to rank highly in search engine results, yet redirect users to malicious sites.
In this paper Dmitry Samosseiko of SophosLabs Canada discusses and analyzes the Russian 'partnerka' networks, their economic model, and their relation to spam and malware. It will reveal some 'insider' statistics and information, show the tools used for 'black SEO' (search engine optimizations), and explain its terminology and techniques. This technical paper also discusses how traditional email spam evolved into a complex web-based industry, creating new challenges for law enforcement, user education and for security labs.
This paper was presented at the Virus Bulletin Conference in Geneva, 2009.
This paper will attempt to show some straightforward affiliate networks, with more detailed analysis of some affiliate malware delivery systems.
This paper was presented at Virus Bulletin in 2008.
This paper describes the steps that Mac users can take to improve the physical security of their laptops — away from the safety of the corporate environment with its security controls and into new environments with new risks and threats — discussing the context and benefits of each change.
In this updated paper Fraser Howard, principal virus researcher at Sophos, discusses some of the common ways that web servers are attacked, the reasons why they are targeted, and details various techniques in which they — and the websites they host — can be protected.
In this paper, Fraser Howard, principal virus researcher at Sophos, explores how modern malware uses the web to infect victims. The increased use of compromised websites in attacks is discussed and illustrated with examples of real attacks. Finally, methods to defend against such attacks are discussed.
This paper analyses the many modern anti-anti-spam techniques, with statistical reports and real-life examples. Methods of combating these often highly effective and 'popular' spam techniques are explored.
This paper was presented at the VB Conference 2006
Leading anti-malware expert, Paul Ducklin, addresses the following questions: can strong authentication (especially so-called two factor authentication) sort out phishing and fraud? Will smarter technology leave us safe from organized crime, or are there aspects of phishing and on-line fraud which will allow the bad guys to keep stealing from unfortunate victims no matter what we do?
In this paper, Jason Bruce, Detection Development Manager at SophosLabs, discusses scanning techniques for detecting and removing threats that have been installed on computers, with a focus on the difficulties faced in removing threats that are comprised of many installed components. Jason concludes by highlighting that the measure of success of threat removal is not always as clear cut as the measures used in the detection tests the industry has become used to.
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Wednesday, 16 February, 2000, 12:23 GMT
Schaeuble ready to quit
The leader of Germany's scandal-hit Christian Democratic Union party is resigning, according to party leaders.
Wolfgang Schaeuble is expected to quit as both leader and chairman - his other position in the party.
A formal statement is to be made at 1330GMT.
CDU Vice-President Volker Ruehe said there would be changes in both posts, adding to the pressure on Mr Schaeuble.
Mr Schaeuble has come in for heavy criticism over his handling of the illegal funding scandal that has engulfed the party, and brought disgrace on the former Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
The head of the regional government of Thuringia in eastern Germany, Bernhard Vogel, had also said he expected the CDU leader to resign.
Mr Vogle is now being touted as a possible successor to Mr Schaeuble.
The BBC Berlin correspondent, Caroline Wyatt, says Mr Schaeuble is a man closely associated with Mr Kohl and that the CDU needs a untarnished leader to restore its credibility.
Unprecedented punishment
The announcement came after the party was told on Tuesday to forfeit state funding, worth more than 40 million marks ($20m) as a punishment for failing to declare campaign funds - a ruling the party says it will challenge in the courts.
The fine, unprecedented in German politics, means the CDU is being penalised for its failure to declare campaign contributions for 1998 by being made to forfeit the matching funds it would have received from the state that year.
Further fines will be levied when an investigative committee finishes its inquiry into the party's illegal secret funding under the former chancellor.
Parliamentary President Wolfgang Thierse said there was "no room for manoeuvre" in the matter, and that the party must pay the full sum.
'Grave mistakes'
Mr Thierse said he wanted to make it clear that no party was above the law.
The CDU has a month to pay, but its leaders say they will challenge the ruling in the courts.
CDU general secretary Angela Merkel said the party had made "grave mistakes", but would nevertheless challenge the decision in court as it viewed the amount as excessive.
However, as question marks still hang over other elements of the CDU's funding, correspondents say it may eventually be ordered to pay back even more - as well as face the prospect of heavy fines.
Secret accounts
The CDU, which has admitted operating a system of secret accounts under Mr Kohl, has so far made provision for less than 10 million marks in fines.
Mr Kohl's reputation as a leading European statesman and architect of German unification has been destroyed by his admission that he accepted 2 million marks ($1m) in illegal donations.
In addition, the CDU in the state of Hesse has admitted keeping about 20 million marks ($10m) in Swiss bank accounts, and ignoring a requirement to declare the funds.
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What does Stepheney mean?
Stepheney as a girls' name is of Greek origin, and the meaning of the name Stepheney is "garland, crown". Stepheney is an alternate form of Stephanie (Greek): feminine of Stephen.
VARIANTS Stevonna, Stevena, Stevana
RELATED FORMS VIA STEPHANIE Stefenney, Steffaney, Stefinney, Stephaine, Stephana, Stephane, Stephani, Stephania, Stephany▼, Stephene, Stephine, Stephney, StephoneyCREATIVE FORMS
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How popular is Stepheney?
Stepheney is an uncommon given name for women. Stepheney is a rare surname too for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Stepheney (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) are Stephanie (#208 THE PREVIOUS YEAR), Stephany (#1472), Stephania, Stephani and Stephaine. These forms of Stepheney were at the apex of their popularity 35 years ago (USAGE OF 1.95%) and are now significantly less conventional (USAGE 0.11%, DOWN 94.6%), with forms such as Stephany going out of style. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2015)
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Bethaney, Betheney (see Bethany), Daphney, Selene, Serene, Shaney, Shene, Sherey, Sherlene, Sophey, Starlene, Steffenie (see Stephanie), Stepahnie (see Stephanie), Stepania, Stepfanie, Stepha, Stephanina, Stephanine, Stephannie, Stevey and Stevonne. These names tend to be more frequently used than Stepheney.See names in meaning and etymology.


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The father of brave cancer sufferer Merryn Lacy (aged four) - who this week has been undergoing further chemotherapy to eradicate traces of Neuroblastoma from her bone marrow - says he's been overwhelmed by the support his family's received over what's been a harrowing nine months.
Michael Lacy was speaking after dozens of Merryn's friends, families and supporters cycled from Londonderry to Dunfanaghy to raise money for a contingency fighting fund to help pay for Merryn's future treatment in the United States in the event of a relapse.
Mum Jenny (née Robinson) - originally from Kilfennan - returned home for the event (see picture), which was organised by Jenny's aunt and uncle Natalie and Graham Cummings.
"People have been so kind and brilliant," Michael told the Sentinel. "All over. In Derry and down here and all over Ireland and in the UK. It's been a great help."
Natalie said: "The cycle was unbelievable, the way 96 people got on board and cycled the fifty miles, and the money we've been able to raise.
"Whilst at the beginning we thought we'll never get to two thousand euros, it's definitely marching in the right direction."
Michael said the current chemotherapy is aimed at getting rid of residual traces of disease following surgery to remove the cancer and Merryn's kidney on March 28.
But in spite of such gruelling trials for a little girl, her mum and dad still can't keep up with her.
"All kids are different. But it's strange with Merryn because she has so much energy. She's the one that drags as all out of bed. We were told after her treatment that she really shouldn't be as well as she is," said Michael.
To get involved in fundraising for the Merryn Lacy fund visit the fund's website, http://merrynlacy.com/ and its Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/merrynlacy
Merryn's mum and dad have described their daughter's brilliant spirit on the dedicated site.
In their own words: "Merryn is like most other four-year-old girls. She plays with her dolls, likes dressing up as a princess, dancing to music and will most likely be wearing something pink and she always seems to be creating - painting, colouring, drawing or making stuff.
"She gets excited about school and learning. She just adore life. And has the most infectious giggle. But unlike most four-year-olds, Merryn has one almighty battle to face.
"At the start of August last year she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma - an aggressive childhood cancer of the nervous system. This disease can be beaten, but due to its high rate of relapse (seventy per cent), it will forever haunt her and her family. Merryn's family will be seeking treatment beyond the course she is on, to prevent it coming back."
Her friends and family from Londonderry, Dublin and Wicklow have several fundraising events planned over the coming months.
Almost 300 women have volunteered to donate their proceeds from the 10K women's mini-marathon in Dublin on June 2 to the Merryn Fund.
Then on June 14 and 15, volunteers will be taking part in the Hell and Back endurance event in Bray, for Merryn.
The organisers of the Dunfanaghy cycle want to thank the sponsors of the event, The Taxi Company, Centra, Trench Road, Centra, Strand Road, The Sandwich Company and Dawson Hinds Office Furniture.


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Semantic Retrieval Based on SPARQL and Fuzzy Ontology for Electronic Commerce
Information retrieval is the important work for Electronic Commerce. Ontology-based semantic retrieval is a hotspot of current research. In order to achieve fuzzy semantic retrieval, this paper proposes an approach using Resource Description Framework (RDF) and fuzzy ontology. First, the authors apply RDF/RDFS data model to represent ecommerce information on the Semantic Web. Then, introducing new data type referred as fuzzy linguistic variables to RDF data model, the semantic query expansion in SPARQL query language is constructed by order relation, equivalence relation and inclusion relation between fuzzy concepts defined in linguistic variable ontologies.
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Bert Jüttler and Bernd Simeon, "Isogeometric Analysis and Applications 2014"
English | ISBN: 3319233149 | 2016 | 306 pages | PDF | 10 MB
Isogeometric Analysis is a groundbreaking computational approach that promises the possibility of integrating the finite element method into conventional spline-based CAD design tools. It thus bridges the gap between numerical analysis and geometry, and moreover it allows to tackle new cutting edge applications at the frontiers of research in science and engineering. This proceedings volume contains a selection of outstanding research papers presented at the second International Workshop on Isogeometric Analysis and Applications, held at Annweiler, Germany, in April 2014.
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On this week's Consuelo Mack WealthTrack, Great Investor Michael Hasenstab, Morningstar's 2010 Fixed-Income Manager of the Year. Although only 37 years old, Hasenstab has shepherded the Templeton Global Bond Fund through ten years of market and competition beating performance. Consuelo asks Hasenstab why he is avoiding the U.S. and focusing on emerging market currencies and debt.
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Research Topics
M Minnerop
Affiliation: University of Bonn
Country: Germany
Detail Information
- Sporadic adult onset ataxia of unknown etiology : a clinical, electrophysiological and imaging studyM Abele
Dept of Neurology, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
J Neurol 254:1384-9. 2007..The sporadic adult onset ataxias of unknown etiology (SAOA) denote the non-hereditary degenerative adult onset ataxias that are distinct from multiple system atrophy (MSA)...
- In vivo voxel-based relaxometry in amyotrophic lateral sclerosisMartina Minnerop
Dept of Neurology, University Hospital of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
J Neurol 256:28-34. 2009..Larger prospective studies are necessary to evaluate the usefulness and relevance of VBR and ROI-based analysis of R2 maps in clinical practice...
- Grey and white matter loss along cerebral midline structures in myotonic dystrophy type 2Martina Minnerop
Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn, Germany
J Neurol 255:1904-9. 2008..The reduced size of the corpus callosum further extends the spectrum of white matter changes in DM2 and may represent the morphological substrate of neuropsychological abnormalities previously described in this disorder...
- Voxel-based morphometry and voxel-based relaxometry in multiple system atrophy-a comparison between clinical subtypes and correlations with clinical parametersM Minnerop
Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Neuroimage 36:1086-95. 2007..In MSA-C, there was a stronger reduction of gray matter in the basal parts of the cerebellum, of white matter in the brainstem and of the relaxation rate R2 in the cerebellum and brainstem...
- Bell's palsy: combined treatment of famciclovir and prednisone is superior to prednisone aloneMartina Minnerop
Dept of Neurology, University Hospital of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
J Neurol 255:1726-30. 2008..7 % vs. 47.1 %; Cochran-Armitage trend test, p = 0.03). These results suggest that the combined treatment of famciclovir and prednisolone should be considered (at least) in patients with severe BP...
- Imaging of central nAChReceptors with 2-[18F]F-A85380: optimized synthesis and in vitro evaluation in Alzheimer's diseaseJ Schmaljohann
Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, 53105 Bonn, Germany
Appl Radiat Isot 61:1235-40. 2004..These findings suggest that 2-[18F]F-A85380 is a promising PET-ligand in the diagnosis of AD...
- A simple and fast method for the preparation of n.c.a. 2-[18F]F-A85380 for human useJ Schmaljohann
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany
Appl Radiat Isot 63:433-5. 2005..After deprotection, adjustment of the pH and sterile filtration n.c.a. 2-[18F]F-A85380 was applicable for the use in human studies with a high specific activity and an overall radiochemical yield of 55% in 35 minutes...
- A randomized pilot study of stochastic vibration therapy in spinocerebellar ataxiaO Kaut
Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
Cerebellum 13:237-42. 2014..Thus, future work is needed to understand the mechanisms of whole body vibration. Finally, the use of stochastic WBV could provide a supplementation to treat ataxia in SCA and can be combined with physiotherapeutical motor training. ..
- Dopamine transporter SPECT in patients with mitochondrial disordersM Minnerop
Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn 53105, Germany
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:118-20. 2005..Objective : To investigate the dopaminergic system in patients with known mitochondrial disorders and complex I deficiency...
- [The genetics of spinocerebellar ataxias]H Jacobi
Klinik und Poliklinik fur Neurologie, Universitatsklinikum Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, 53105, Bonn, Deutschland
Nervenarzt 84:137-42. 2013..In some subtypes the genetic background is currently unknown. Age of onset, typical clinical findings and geographic distribution may help to reach a correct diagnosis; however a definitive diagnosis requires molecular genetic testing...
- Putamen dopamine transporter and glucose metabolism are reduced in SCA17M Minnerop
Ann Neurol 58:490-1. 2005


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