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What is a mandrake and why is it said to have
supernatural properties?
What animals are used most frequently in scientific and
medical experiments?
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What are the six types of devils as proposed by
Michaelis Psellus (and written down by
Friar Francesco-Maria Guazzo in 1608)?
Most of us have heard about the different levels of angels
(seraphim, cherubim, etc.). But according to the
Compendium Maleficarum, published in 1608 by
Friar Francesco-Maria Guazzo, there are also several
levels of devils:
-- Fiery devils, who live in the upper atmosphere and
supervise the other devils (never appearing to man) --
Aerial devils, who live in the air and are therefore all
around us -- Terrestrial devils, who live in rural areas --
Aqueous devils, who live in lakes, oceans, and other
bodies of water -- Subterranean devils, who live in
caves and beneath mountains (one wonders how much
harm they can do, hidden away like that) -- Heliophobic
devils, who appear only after sunset.
What is an imp?
Imps are small demons that, according to legend, could
assume any form. They were easily stored (small enough
to live in a bottle) and fed on blood as well as other, more
acceptable, food items. They were said to be employed
by certain evil humans to do everything from carry out
pranks to commit murder.
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PART 4 of 5
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STRANGE BITS AND PIECES!
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Tips And Tidbits
Does IM stand for insecure messaging?
Published: March 22, 2005, 4:00 AM PST
By Matt Hines
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
When Jimmy Kuo gave his 13-year-old daughter permission
to begin using America Online's AIM Express, he warned
her that if she managed to download any viruses, the
result would be no IM for a long, long time.
Of course, since Kuo is a research fellow at IT
security specialist McAfee, he's significantly better
informed about the risks of instant messaging than the
average parent. Because teenagers as a group are among
the most active regular users of IM, lax habits at the
keyboard on their part could result in a serious
problem, Kuo said.
At the heart of the matter is the growing number of
IM-borne threats, most of which rely for their
proliferation on ignorance of their existence among
users and IT administrators.
"I sat her down and made her read a story about attacks
before I let her log onto IM," Kuo said.
"Unfortunately, the average parent isn't going to be
aware of this problem, and a person unaware of the IM
threat is the biggest risk that exists for these
viruses to have some success."
Rapid development in the sophistication and frequency
of IM-borne attacks is almost guaranteed, security
industry experts have said.
Nearly all agree that all IM users--whether adults or
teenagers, whether on a home computer or a corporate
network--need more education in how to protect
themselves.
This month, two offshoots of the rapidly evolving
Bropia IM worm emerged, called Kelvir and Serflog. In
less than three months, 2005 has already established
itself as a watershed year for attacks. Since January,
antivirus researchers have identified more than a dozen
of the threats, which typically are Trojan horses
rather than flaw-exploiting viruses. That's more than
three times the number of similar attacks seen on
public IM networks in the same period last year,
according to figures from IM security company Akonix
Systems.
To Phillip Hallam-Baker, principal scientist at
VeriSign, which sells network security software, the
only thing that's surprising about the IM threats is
that the malicious code has taken so long to
materialize.
"It's actually been interesting how few attacks there
have been up to this point," Hallam-Baker said. "I
think one of the things that's going on here is that as
e-mail systems are being secured, there's a
displacement effect and people are moving their efforts
over to IM."
The vast majority of these attacks--in particular, the
Bropia worm variants that use Microsoft's MSN Messenger
to spread--come cloaked in messages that appear to have
been sent by a known IM contact. They encourage the
targeted individual to click on a Web link or to
download an attachment enclosed in an IM message. In
reality, these hide some form of malicious code.
Once sprung, the infectious message forwards itself to
all of the names on the victim's IM buddy list, without
ever giving the person who opened the threat any sign
that they've launched malicious software. Some variants
of Bropia also hide themselves on a PC, only to
re-emerge at a later date.
One notable aspect of the recent Kelvir and Serflog
offshoots of Bropia was that they bore signs that
attackers have begun to use the malicious code to
communicate with one another, in the same way street
gangs use graffiti tags to mark their territory.
A text file deposited on infected machines by Serflog
features a message to "Larissa," the name for the
hacker thought to be responsible for a worm known as
Assiral.A, which attempted to disable the Bropia worm.
A social, not software, glitch
Microsoft is quick to point out that Bropia and its
offspring don't take advantage of any vulnerability in
its IM client software. The software maker said that it
is already working hard to combat the spread of the
Trojan threats.
Stephen Toulouse, security program manager at
Microsoft, compared today's IM-borne attacks to early
e-mail viruses from the mid-1990s. When it comes to
keeping IM infections from rivaling e-mail epidemics,
he believes that educating customers could have a
bigger impact than building better safeguards into IM
applications.
"Most of the threats we've seen with IM aren't that
new. They're the same sort of attacks we saw with
e-mail, just delivered on a new medium," Toulouse
said. "We're already employing technological measures
to help fight the problem in the next version of
Messenger. But at the end of the day, it's really a
matter of trying to help people to better protect
themselves."
But the attackers don't have to look for new ways to
formally hack IM applications while the current
software remains open to Trojan-based infections, said
Shimon Gruper, vice president of technology at
antivirus specialist Aladdin Knowledge Systems.
"There's no need for hackers to attack the IM software
yet, because unlike in e-mail, where applications have
been set to block the dangerous types of attachments,
there's little to no security built into IM," Gruper
said. "The IM protocol, especially for Messenger, is
very open and easy to use, so people can exploit that
without a lot of effort, and they won't stop until the
methods they're using now become less effective."
America Online, another leading provider of IM
software, said that it is working to add new
protections to its applications. It also said that
getting the word out to consumers about the threats
could have the biggest effect in alleviating the
problem.
"In some cases, there are technological fixes we can
use to help protect members, such as putting some
automated blocks in place to keep the bad links from
going through," said Andrew Weinstein, an AOL
spokesman. "But we feel the best solution for
protecting people is installing a healthy dose of
caution among users. Even if an IM looks like its
coming from someone they know, people should check with
buddies to try to ensure everything is what it appears
to be."
Yahoo, another major provider of instant messaging
software, did not return calls seeking comment for this
story.
Until now, all the IM threats reported have been Trojan
attacks that sit on top of IM software code, rather
than a worm that takes advantage of a flaw to penetrate
the applications themselves. But some experts believe
that it's only a matter of time before such worms are
released.
"We haven't seen attacks on the IM code yet, but won't
surprise me if it does happen," said Ero Carrera, an
antivirus researcher at security software maker
F-Secure. "All it takes is for people to find one IM
client that has some small code error for things to
develop very quickly. Any application has some holes,
and history has shown us that someone usually finds a
way to hack those flaws."
Smart phone risk
There's another potential IM time bomb. The
communications software is becoming popular for
exchanging messages between smart phones and computers,
which means it could help viruses spread from PCs to
mobile devices.
Vincent Weafer, senior director of Symantec's Security
Response organization, said that once IM threats begin
to spread rapidly, it will be hard to keep them off
wireless gadgets.
"A huge amount of IM is now translated onto smart
phones, especially in Europe and Asia," Weafer said.
"So when you start looking at the problem, there's the
reality that some of these threats could merge with the
mobile threats."
Weafer contended that even when IM software makers
address new viruses, it will be very hard to get people
to update their devices, especially mobile phones.
"It's a social engineering issue," he said. "It's not
so difficult to correct software flaws, but it's a
monumental task in order to get people to download
patches, or even to be aware that they need to get the
necessary changes."
On the other hand, viruses that spread through PC-based
IM clients might not be able to infect phone-based IM
software, Weafer pointed out. In addition, most handset
makers download automatic software updates to their
models, which means they could protect devices without
telling consumers they were doing so.
Neither AOL or Microsoft have made plans to launch
marketing campaigns to alert people to IM threats,
representatives for the companies said.
The increasing popularity of public IM applications in
workplaces has opened corporate networks up to the
threat of attacks too. But businesses tend to be less
vulnerable targets than consumers, experts said,
because most companies already have already installed
firewalls and other protective technology. In addition,
many companies won't allow employees to download
certain files, such as attachments, over public IM
networks.
Despite all this, some experts have predicted that a
sharp increase in instant messaging virus attacks could
cause many businesses that do not use corporate IM
systems, or customized software meant just for in-house
use, to reconsider whether to let workers install the
applications.
According to these industry watchers, the best way to
help people protect themselves is to instill the same
distrust regarding Web links or attachments sent via IM
that they have been taught to apply to e-mail.
"People will need to relearn what they've been told in
the past about e-mail, but there are some new things,
and it will take time to get the message across," said
Shane Coursen, senior technology consultant for
antivirus researcher Kaspersky Labs. "Software
companies can only do so much to inform their
customers. You have to convince them to look at every
link or attachment with suspicion."
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MEDICAL COLUMN - - - -
by Karin Henderson
Why Do We Have To Be Healthy?
PART 4 of 5
I want to present you with an unusual idea and then a
challenge. I am now convinced we can maintain health.
We can prevent degenerative conditions. We can nurture
our bodies in ways to keep them healthy…to BE healthy.
To get your health back in all ways: physical, mental,
and social. Even the AMA has agreed it can be done.
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/287/23/3127
But the way I see it, many people, including some in
the medical community, don’t know it’s possible. If
they do, they don’t produce tools or resources for
their patients that make this information easily
accessible. If they would like to believe it, they
don’t know how to find helpful information. So wouldn’t
it make sense for you to do research on what your body
needs to BE healthy, and then find ways to give it
those “ingredients”? Here is one place to start your
research. http://www.macwilliam.net This will be one of
the best and most effective resource tools for your
“library”. For example, if your workshop was short on
some supplies, you would make a list and get it filled.
If your kitchen cupboards had some empty spots, you
would make a list and shop for them, and replace them
into the cupboard. I see this as being entirely
possible for your body. So how do you go about finding
out what is missing? If you are able to do all the
things in the definition of health, then you are fine.
If not, you need to look at your lifestyle and do some
research on the mental, physical, or social deficits.
But I’ll tell you now, that in my experience, once the
physical part is looked after and made “better”, the
rest seems to fall into place very quickly and with
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THE SAGA OF PINEHILL
by Ken Darby
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Eloise Henry, age 18 when the story began
and David Wylie, age 20, were selected by a
stranger in town to take a dangerous trip,
together. The idea was that each was to take
only the clothes on their back and go
anywhere in the world where the stranger
took them. They were to be left there to find
their own way home. They had no money,
no identification, and no idea where they
were. If they arrived back home, there
would be a million dollars waiting in each
of their bank accounts
The story deals with their adventures along
and leads to the only way they could survive.
The story leads to many friends, many
adventures and many places.
As you read enjoy. It continues . . . . . . .
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These people had gathered as a result of the
house explosion. They had been coming from all
around the lake. Some of them knew the Henrys and
when all the fun was happening at the pier it was
natural for them to gravitate over to the Henry
cabin.
Alewka was in her glory. Besides her family,
Alewka loved nothing more than company. She had
been given so much in her life she only wanted to
share as much as she could. She was well known
throughout Pinehill as a marvelous hostess.
The day was a busy one, with a lot of people
coming and going.
"Mom, I was talking with Maz. We thought we
might go visit Brock and Mary Stanley tonight if
you and Dad don't mind looking after the kids."
Eloise was making both a statement and asking a
question. She knew her Mother had been busy all
day, yet she also knew that living by higher law
meant Alewka could manifest what she needed and
that entertaining was as much fun for the hostess
as it was for the guests.
"That's fine, dear. You two go ahead. This
crowd will thin out as the evening comes upon us."
Eloise had earlier "looked" in on the
Stanleys. They didn't know it. Eloise wanted to
make sure they were not going anywhere this night.
It appeared they were staying home.
Around 7:30 p.m. She and Maz transported
themselves to the sidewalk in front of the
Stanley's. Brock was outside with what looked like
their oldest, a boy, and they were mowing the
lawn, doing yard work.
The house was a modest house, middle class. It
was very attractive and it was clear Brock and
Mary took pride in looking after it. There was a
driveway beside the house that led to a garage at
the rear of the property. Beside the garage they
had installed a pool so there was no backyard lawn
or garden. The house was a two story, giving it a
smaller footprint, and that allowed for greater
front yard and rear yard.
When Brock's lawnmower shut down Eloise and
Maz could hear voices and splashes coming from the
rear of the house. The voices were those of
children obviously having fun in the pool. That
was a great activity for a warm evening like this
one.
"Hi El. Glad to have you come over. We weren't
expecting you. At least we knew you would visit
but we just didn't know when. Come on in. I'll get
Mary. You must be Eloise's husband. My name is
Brock Stanley. I went to school with Eloise."
"Hello, Brock. My name is Mazunta. You can
call be Maz. Bueno told me all about you. I'm glad
to meet some of her friends." Maz stuck his hand
out to shake Brock's.
"I hope she didn't tell you any lies. She was
always the one who thought it was fun to tease."
"I know, Brock. She still does."
"Listen you two. Stop talking about me in the
third person. I'm standing right here you know."
Maz responded, "Brock, did you hear someone
talking. I thought I heard a noise." Maz put his
hand behind his ear in an emphasized attempt at
listening.
Eloise laughed and slapped him. "You think I'm
a tease. See, Brock, what I have to put up with?
Everyday?"
All three of them laughed. "This young man is
Steven. He's our oldest. Steve is very good at
giving me a hand with the yard work. Next year he
graduates to running the lawnmower. I've been
showing him some of the mechanical functions, and
talking about safety. Next year I think he'll be
ready to start it. If he can then he can run it."
"Good for you Steve. Not many young men like
helping their Dads. I'm impressed. My name is
Eloise. I used to go to school with your Dad." and
then Eloise leaned down to whisper in Steve's ear,
"That was a very long time ago."
Steve laughed. He enjoyed being a part of a
secret. Laughing more he took off running around
the back to tell his Mother about the guests.
"Come. Let's go around back. That's where Mary
is. She's watching over the kids while they're in
the pool. That's one thing about swimming pools.
You have to be on guard all the time."
They walked around the house on the driveway
side until they came to a fence that separated the
pool area from the driveway. Brock opened a gate
and they all walked into the pool area.
The pool was surprisingly large. Both Eloise
and Mazunta were impressed. At the moment it had
six kids in it. Three were Stanley kids and the
rest were neighbors.
Brock walked directly over to his wife, Mary,
bringing the guests with them.
"Hello, Mary. It has sure been a long time
since we've seen each other."
"Eloise. You don't look a day older than the
last time I saw you. That was in the motel
restaurant before you went away on the terrible
journey."
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TOMORROW - - - Visiting the Stanleys
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The case was scheduled to be tried before the justice
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After the rancher had signed the release and took the
check, the young lawyer couldn't resist gloating a little
over his success, telling the rancher, "You know, I hate
to tell you this, old man, but I put one over on you in there.
I couldn't have won the case. The engineer was asleep
and the fireman was in the caboose when the train went
through your ranch that morning. I didn't have one
witness to put on the stand. I bluffed you!"
The old rancher replied, "Well, I'll tell you, young feller,
I was a little worried about winning that case myself,
because that durned bull came home this morning."
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