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With estimates of botnet infections continuing to gain in momentum, botnets are the latest scourge to hit the Internet and are the latest challenge for IT personnel. Each new botnet discovered reveals the use of more advanced technology and the use of quality software processes that are challenging the defense strategies of current intrusion detection systems (IDS). Thus, we begin this article with an overview of the state of the art of botnets and stealthy malware. We first describe the botnet lifecycle and highlight the advanced capabilities and stealth techniques in use today by botnets; we also examine and strategize about future advances in this area. We then go on to present several promising anti-botnet defense strategies, notably a collection of real traces to calibrate normalcy, the development of techniques that analyze communication with remote nodes with the goal of identifying botnet command-and-control (C&C) channels, and the application of various forms of correlation to amplify accuracy of detection and to root out stealthiness.
Botnets Defined
A botnet is a collection of distributed computers or systems that has been compromised, that is, taken over by rogue software. As a result, these machines are often called zombies or bots. Bots are controlled or directed by a bot-herder by means of one or more C&C servers. Most commonly, the bot-herder controls the botnet with C&C servers, delivered via protocols such as internet relay chat (IRC) or peer-to-peer (P2P) networking communications. Bots typically become installed on our devices via malware, worms, trojan horses, or other back-door channels. Further information on botnets can be found in [1].
The statistics for the size and growth of botnets differ widely, based on the reporting organization. According to Symantec's "Threat Horizon Report" [2], 55,000 new botnet nodes are detected every day, while a 2008 Report from USA Today states that "…on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses and to mine for sensitive personal data" [3]. USA Today also reports a tenfold increase in 2008 in the code threats reported over the same period in 2007, signifying the increase in threat surface area for botnet-style infections [3]. Various sources estimate that the best-known botnets -- Storm, Kraken, and Conficker -- have infected staggering numbers of machines. These numbers range from 85,000 machines infected by Storm, to 495,000 infected by Kraken [4], to a staggering 9 million nodes infected by Conficker [5].
The Underground Economy and Advances in Botnet Development
Like any money-driven market, botnet developers operate like a legitimate business: they take advantage of the economic benefits of cooperation, trade, and development processes, and quality. Recently, botnets have begun to use common software quality practices such as lifecycle management tools, peer reviews, object orientation, and modularity. Botnet developers are selling their software and infection vectors, providing documentation and support, as well as collecting feedback and requirements from customers.
Common economic goals are driving innovation, collaboration, and risk reduction in the Botnet communities. On-line barter and marketplace sites have sprung up to service this underground community with barter and trade forums, on-line support, and rent and lease options for bot-herders. This cooperation has led to a fairly mature economy where botnet nodes or groups are bought and sold, or where several bot-herders can cooperate when targeting an entity for attack. Botnets can be rented for the distribution of spam. Stolen identities and accounts are traded and sold among the participants.
The Botnet Lifecycle
The lifecycle of a botnet typically includes four phases: spread, infection, command and control (C&C), and attack, as shown in Figure 1. We describe each phase.
Spread Phase. In the spread phase in many botnets, the bots propagate and infect systems. Bots can spread through a variety of means, including SPAM e-mails, web worms, and through web downloads of malware that occur unbeknownst to users. Since the goal of the spread phase is to infect a system for the first time, bot-herders attempt to either trick the user into installing the malware payload or exploit vulnerabilities on the user system via applications or browsers, thereby delivering the malware payload.
Infection Phase. The malware payload, once on the system, uses a variety of techniques to infect the machine and obfuscate its presence. Advances in bot infection capabilities include techniques for hiding the infection and for extending the life of the infection by targeting the anti-malware tools and services that would normally detect and remove the infection. Botnets employ many of the standard malware techniques in use by viruses today. Polymorphism and rootkitting are two of the most common techniques in use.
- By polymorphism, we mean that the malware code changes with every new infection, thus making it harder for anti-virus products to detect the code. Further, the use of code-hardening techniques often employed by SW developers to protect from SW piracy and reverse engineering, are in turn used by botnet developers. These techniques include code obfuscation, encryption, and encoding that further hide the true nature of the malware code as well as making it harder for anti-virus vendors to analyze it. There are indications that malware and botnet developers are beginning to look into advanced rootkitting techniques to further hide the malware.
- By rootkitting, we mean the stealthy installation of malicious software—called a rootkit—that is activated each time a system boots up. Rootkits are difficult to detect because they are activated before the system's operating system (OS) has completely booted up. Advances in rootkit techniques include hyperjacking and virtualization-based rootkits as well as identifying and using new targets for code insertion such as firmware and BIOS.
A virtual machine monitor (VMM) or hypervisor runs underneath an OS, making it a particularly useful means for botnet and malware developers to gain control of computer systems. Hyperjacking involves installing a rogue hypervisor that can take complete control of a system. Regular security measures are ineffective against this hypervisor, because the OS is unaware that the machine has been compromised, and software anti-virus and local firewalls are unable to detect them.
Another technique that is currently used by botnet developers is to actively target the anti-virus, local firewall and intrusion prevention and detection software (IPS/ IDS) and services. Some of the techniques employed by botnets have included attacking the anti-virus and firewall software by killing its process or blocking its ability to get updates. Two examples that we know of show how botnets blocked the security software from getting updates:
- A botnet changed the local DNS settings of the infected system to disable the anti-virus software from reaching its update site.
- botnet was actively detecting connection attempts to the update site and blocking them.
These update-blocking techniques prevent the security software from getting potential updated signatures from the vendor that identify the newer version of the botnet or from being able to communicate with a central vendor server for anomaly correlation and update.
Timing the infection to strike between malware detection services scan times is another infection technique employed by botnet developers. The bot slowly infects a system without generating alarms in the intrusion detection software services.
Other advanced bots spoof the local and remote scans performed by the IDS/IPS and anti-virus software. In this case, the botnet's malware presents a false image of memory or hard disk to the anti-virus software to scan, or the malware disrupts vulnerability scans by dropping packets, spoofing the network response, or redirecting traffic coming from vulnerability scanners.
Command and Control. Botnet C&C servers use one of several protocols to communicate, the most common of which up to this point has been IRC. Recently, however, a trend towards the use of protected or hardened protocols has begun to emerge. For example, the Storm botnet uses an encrypted P2P protocol (eDonkey/Overnet). Advances in C&C techniques are crucial for bot-herders to keep their Botnets from being detected and shut down. To this end, botnets have begun to leverage protocols such as HTTP and P2P that are common across networks, thus making the botnet harder to detect. HTTP is particularly advantageous to botnets because of the sheer volume and diversity of HTTP traffic coming from systems today. Also, botnet software can take advantage of the local browser software for much of its functionality and communications stack, leveraging HTTP's ability to transit firewalls. Other techniques on the horizon include the use of VoIP, web services, and the use of scripting within the HTTP communications stack. Another advanced technique uses a blind drop, a site on the Internet such as a forum, BBS, or a newsgroup, where users can leave anonymous messages. Botnet nodes can post messages to these sites, and bot-herders can anonymously check for messages from their nodes and post instructions. The botnet nodes can then poll the site for new instructions and other communications as part of a messaging-based C&C. Social networking sites are a prime target for this kind of C&C.
A key feature of modern botnet development is the ability to re-program or update the botnet node software after it has infected a system. The C&C directs the node either to download the update directly or to go to a specific infected site hosting the update. Botnets with this reprogrammability have a higher value in the underground economy, as they can be augmented to perform new and advanced attack and stealth missions as they are developed.
As mentioned previously, stealth is a key feature of botnet technology. Kracken and Conficker Botnets both target and disable anti-virus software resident on the system. Other botnets deliberately try to hide from threshold-detection software by customizing the timing of infections and the frequency of communications to hide activities from both local and network security products. Steganographic techniques are the next method by which botnet developers plan to evade detection. They include the use of covert channels for communications and steganography-based messaging, such as mimicry and stegged content (i.e., embedding messages in content such as images, streaming media, VoIP, and so on).
Attack Phase. The final phase of the botnet lifecycle is the attack phase. In many cases the attack is simply the distribution of the SPAM that is carrying the infection, and when the attack is successful, the size of the botnet itself increases. Botnets also often have been used to send SPAM as part of barter and rental deals, whereby phishers, hackers, spammers, and virus writers use the botnet to sell information and services. Botnets also have been used to perform massive distributed denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against a variety of targets including government, corporate systems, and even other botnets. Some of the newer botnets can be upgraded to use various hacker tools, fault injectors (fuzzers), and so on, to further attack the networks they have infiltrated. For example, the Asprox botnet included an SQL injection attack tool, and another botnet included a Brute Force SSH attack engine. In addition to performing remote attacks, botnets can engage in persistent local attacks to phish for identities and accounts from the infected system and its users.

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LOS ALTOS — The lovely bride wore white. The groom, who couldn't stop smiling, was dashing.
The horse looked great, too.
"This is just a wonderful ceremony," Anupam Pathak said before climbing aboard a magnificent white mare that would transport him to the love of his life in a festive procession at the Los Altos History Museum. "It represents a fusion of both of our families."
Sunday's marriage between Pathak and Theresa Bruketta also was unique. June is the heart of the busy wedding season, but what made their union newsworthy is that it required the approval of the Los Altos City Council. Well, at least when it came to their request to have a horse be part of their ceremony.
The happy couple wanted the wedding to be a symbolic combination of Western and Indian cultures in a way that captures the spirit of multicultural Silicon Valley.
In India, the groom customarily rides in a baraat, or wedding procession, to greet the bride's family. But there was a problem: Los Altos has an ordinance that prohibits the riding or leading of large animals on city streets or public property.
It was left to Police Chief Tuck Younis to be the bearer of bad news: the municipal code said the horse was a no-no.
"My job is to apply the law, so I don't get to pick and choose how we follow the code," Younis said. "But fortunately, I knew that the council could make an exception. I knew this is a very important part of their culture, and they really wanted a horse to be part of their ceremony."
Pathak's parents, Saroj and Jagdish, wrote to the council, explaining how they have lived in the Los Altos area for 30 years, raising three children, and that the community had helped shape their family.
Anupam is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose work includes founding a company that uses technology to improve the quality of life for people suffering from tremors, like the kind resulting from Parkinson's disease.
In February, Pathak and Bruketta, a Concord native who is the director of student services at International Technological University, appeared before the council to make their case with a PowerPoint presentation.
Impressed, the council approved the request with a unanimous vote. Councilwoman Jeannie Bruins, however, did quip that she was thankful that they hadn't asked permission to use an elephant — another Indian tradition.
So while there are 52 couples getting married this year at the history museum — providing a vital revenue stream for a facility that opened in 2001 — this wedding stood out.
"We've been calling it 'the one with the horse,' " said Laura Bajuk, the museum's executive director. "We're so excited because this is really who we are. We're a diverse community with a strong influx of people from elsewhere, and we value what they bring."
On Sunday, Dora, the sweet-natured mare, took center stage. Dora is the ultimate wedding crasher. She already has been part of 20 ceremonies this year in other Northern California towns that aren't as picky about equine transportation.
"She's such a docile horse, and she loves people and the music," said Leilani Gibbons, owner of the Vintage Carriage Company. "These ceremonies are such fun, and she's the perfect horse for them."
Wearing ornate blankets and a mask of red, gold and silver, Dora stood patiently as Pathak climbed aboard, dressed in traditional garb. He was joined by a little boy, 6-year-old Shalin Taksali, who later doubled as the ring-bearer.
Then, to the joyous beat of two drummers, members of the procession danced their way from a nearby parking lot to the museum. In the middle was Pathak, with Vintage Carriage employee Sara Braden carefully holding Dora's reins and Gibbons using a tall umbrella to provide shade from the blazing afternoon sun.
Once Dora had delivered Pathak to Bruketta's family, the mare's job was done. A few minutes later, Bruketta would make her grand entrance, descending down stairs for the ceremony, which was held in the museum courtyard.
"There are so many, many different cultures here," Pathak said. "That's what makes this such a special place. There's such a respect here for all of them, and this is an example of that."
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For years, the ability to manage your cattle has been limited by the ear tags used to identify these cattle. While using blank tags and marking pens offer maximum flexibility in numbering cattle, ink fades over time and makes it hard to read tags in the pasture. The pre-numbered tags at the local supply stores are laser-engraved for long-term readability but lack the flexibility needed for many cattle identification systems.
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The Faison Firehouse Theatre was created as an incubator for creative projects. It is dedicated to engaging young people in the preservation and dissemination of Harlem's historical past while teaching them how to develop the technical skills needed to entertain a 21st Century audience. It is a place where community youth are nurtured to promote their artistic development and expression.
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Dr. Faison, along with co-founder Tad Schnugg, established The Faison Firehouse Theatre in 2000. The theater, located in the heart of Harlem, New York is in a decommissioned firehouse. It is one of the only privately owned theaters in Harlem. The media branded the theater, "HOLLYWOOD IN HARLEM." It is a digitally advanced performing arts and cultural center which includes a 130 seat venue. The Center has a fine arts gallery, a private library and museum, a rehearsal facility and a cabaret theater.


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Patrick Blais, CFA FSA, Senior Portfolio Manager, Canadian Equities
Although equity markets have recently pulled back on global trade tensions—and the bond markets have flashed recession warning signs—we think the most relevant tail risks to Canadian equities are missing from current market headlines. Patrick Blais, CFA, FSA, senior portfolio manager, describes what he sees as the key threats to markets and where current challenges pose less potent risks to stocks with higher cash returns.
Key takeaways
At present, our base-case projection for the economy and markets sees low interest rates and the renewed dovishness of central banks helping to stabilize the global economy, pushing the world back into more or less synchronized low-growth mode. This would imply a modestly positive set of conditions for global stocks; however, we're increasingly concerned that downside risks are mounting, which could severely affect equity markets.
What if consumer credit runs into trouble?
In our era of multidecade highs in consumer leverage, we think the housing sector, the credit environment for banks, and the broader economy face a significant tail risk in a potential consumer credit downturn. Should consumers' aggregate ability to spend and borrow hit a wall—despite flat to declining costs to service their debt—the economy would have to navigate some significant difficulties. Home builders and home improvement retailers, for example, would suffer from any deterioration in consumer credit, while the more exuberant Canadian housing markets could continue to deflate. Banks, which are generally attractive at the moment from a valuation perspective, might be particularly vulnerable in the short to medium term. At a time when declining interest rates are putting downward pressure on banks' net interest margins, a slowdown in loan growth and a pickup in defaults would threaten more difficult conditions. With historically low loan loss provisions, the banks are poorly prepared to handle any potential spike in customer defaults or renegotiated loan terms. Lower net interest margins resulting in reduced net interest income would hinder the banks' ability to generate earnings and attractive free cash flow.
Banks may not be prepared for a consumer credit downturn (%)
Loan loss provisions (provision for credit losses) among major banks, Q1 2007–Q2 2019 (%).
What if China stumbles badly in its ongoing trade battle?
While the risks related to an overlevered consumer are high, these tend to be overshadowed by current issues around global trade. Of course, it's anyone's guess what happens next in the games of brinkmanship playing out on the global stage. But as for the economic skirmishes between China and several Western nations, certain structural imbalances in China could, if pushed just enough, result in particularly strong economic tremors.
It's not uncommon for China to represent a majority of total demand for another country's materials and goods. For Canada, China is currently the largest trading partner after the United States. For the machinery-intensive industries, which are Canada's forte, China is one of Canada's top buyers after the United States in mining, automobiles, and agricultural products. If China's demand gives way in any number of sectors, that would be bad news for Canada.
Other related tail risks that could begin to unravel in the face of a China-intensified global slowdown include the potential for substantial oil price weakness, which would not only pressure the energy sector but place the Canadian economy on much less stable footing. Against the backdrop of these risks, we think it's important to focus on the long-term sustainability of companies' free cash flow returns, which we think offers a prudent way to maintain both the quality and resiliency of a portfolio regardless of prevailing market conditions.
Looking for low dispersion of cash returns
In today's market of low interest rates and low inflation, investors haven't totally abandoned growth, but they're increasingly drawn to the perceived safety of utilities, real estate, and energy pipeline stocks. However, in these market segments, valuations have risen materially and appear elevated as deflationary risks continue to increase.
From our perspective, a variety of companies in property and casualty insurance, energy, and telecommunications can offer a valuation advantage over these more traditional safe havens. Companies that have demonstrated an ability to produce sustainable, robust free cash flow—and that may add something to a portfolio because they've shown a pattern of not performing in line with broad market fluctuations—merit close attention.
With property and casualty, we believe it's important to assess companies' exposure to environmental, social, and governance risks such as underwriting exposure to fossil fuels and vulnerability of commercial underwriting to entities with high exposure to physical hazard risks associated with climate change. But where these risks are properly disclosed and mitigated, the high cash-returning profile of certain insurers stands out—and this is generally underappreciated.
Another area that's often overlooked is energy exploration and production (E&P) companies, largely because of the perceived risk in the price of oil. Oil prices are famously driven by a complex web of factors: U.S. shale markets OPEC; China's growth; Russia's shaky alliance with OPEC; geopolitical hotspots such as Venezuela, Libya, and Iran; carbon tax developments; electrical vehicles and changing regulations over emissions—any combination of these factors could drive oil price volatility in either direction. Given this uncertainty, investors have been drawn to Canadian pipeline stocks for their yield characteristics, but this may miss an opportunity in some E&Ps, such as major oil sands operators, which we think could prove relatively resilient to macro-driven oil price volatility.
Some energy E&Ps could withstand an oil shock
Relative returns of two large Canadian energy companies versus index and WTI (indexed to 100)
Today, the range of outcomes for the oil price is extremely wide. For most E&Ps, this translates into a significant risk: If the price of oil drops below the marginal cost of production, the companies may be left with an unsustainable business. But when volatility spikes and the price of oil falls, the most resilient E&Ps are those that can withstand the volatility and buy attractive assets at low prices, further enhancing their resilience to future oil price fluctuations.
Among the so-called bond proxy sectors, we currently prefer some telecoms over utilities, real estate, and pipeline stocks. While investors have poured money into these market segments, telecoms have tended to offer better value, higher free cash flow yield, and lower sensitivity to yield changes than these other bond proxies, an important consideration during today's low-yield environment, in which bond yields can quickly back up.
Telecom stocks have relatively low cash flow dispersion
Tangible cash flow yield (%)
Against a backdrop of volatile markets, we think the most relevant tail risks to Canadian equities aren't on the radar of many investors. In our view, the overlevered Canadian consumer is perhaps the most relevant factor putting the domestic economy at risk, while China's structural imbalances—which an uncontrolled trade war could push toward a disastrous collapse—pose a more ominous set of challenges to the global economy than is generally appreciated.
This has made it relatively harder to find what we think of as undervalued opportunities. In this way, value-oriented investors may need to consider stocks that that are more fairly valued, but that may show the potential to outperform due to their unique features and lower overall exposure to macroeconomic risks.
Senior Portfolio Manager, Canadian Equities
Patrick Blais, FSA, CFA, is a senior managing director and senior portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management and head of the Canadian Fundamental Equity Team, responsible for Canadian Core Equity strategies. Previously, Patrick was a member of the Growth Equity team responsible for the Large Cap Growth mandate. Prior to joining Manulife Asset Management, Patrick was a growth portfolio manager and analyst at KBSH Capital Management, focusing on international equities. Previously, he was a global senior equity and corporate debt analyst at Sun Life Financial. Patrick is a CFA charterholder and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
Education: London Business School, MF (Honours) 1998; Laval University, BSc (Actuarial Mathematics), 1993
Joined Company: 2010
Began Career: 1998
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Savio Named Patriot League Rookie Of The Week
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Following the a career-high performance on Saturday afternoon, Loyola University Maryland freshman faceoff specialist Graham Savio was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week.
Savio helped the top-ranked Greyhounds (11-1 overall, 7-0 Patriot League) control the possession game Saturday against Boston University in a 15-6 victory that clinched the Patriot League Regular-Season title and earned Loyola the right to host the 2014 Patriot League Championships, April 25-27, at Ridley Athletic Complex.
The freshman from Greenwich, Conn., won 17-of-25 restarts and picked up six ground balls. He did so against the Terriers' Sam Talkow who entered the game second in the League in faceoff percentage.
Savio's 17 faceoff wins and six ground balls were both career-highs. This season, Savio has won 55.6 percent of faceoffs he's taken (110-of-198), and he leads the Greyhounds with 55 ground balls.
He is the third Loyola player to win Rookie of the Week honors this season, joining midfielders Romar Dennis (February 10) and Brian Sherlock (February 24). Overall, the Greyhounds have won 17 weekly honors from the conference this season.
Loyola wraps up its Patriot League regular-season schedule on Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m. when it hosts Bucknell University. The game will air live on CBS Sports Network.


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Let's get all of the misconceptions about Terraria out of the way immediately. Minecraft and Terraria are two very different games. Though they certainly share a few of the same elements, such as building and customizing, Terraria is a lot more combat-oriented and plays more like a side-scrolling action-adventure game. Now let's talk about why you need to play this game!
Terraria is like one big playpen. The first step in getting your hands dirty with this virtual toy is to create your very own in-game character. The options are a bit limited here–strange considering the vision of the game–but there are enough customizable attributes to make your character stand out. You can choose a hairstyle, hair color, skin color, and clothing color, and then it's off to the world of Terraria.
You begin your life in Terraria with the bare essentials. An axe for chopping wood, a pickaxe for mining, and a guide giving you some basic knowledge are all you have at your disposal upon beginning your adventure. You must use these tools to learn about your environments and begin collecting resources. At first, your custom world may seem massive and even a bit daunting, but after about an hour or so of play, you should be comfortable exploring the land.
Your first course of action should be to create your very own dwelling. Wood can be chopped from trees and can be used to make all sorts of items. You can craft a work bench which can in turn be used to make walls and doors for your very own abode. And in order to have a community of thriving NPCs, it is your job to build a few houses with walls, a light source, a door, and a chair. Of course, getting NPCs to show up to your town relies on whether or not you fulfill a handful of requirements, as well.
During the day, you can hunt slimes and chop wood or pick mushrooms (health). Along the way you'll come across plentiful resources and possibly even money. Once nightfall comes, though, you're going to want to get your character home because zombies and Demon Eyes roam the environment. And as you've probably guessed, these creatures are far deadlier than slimes. Of course, braving the land at night has its perks. Stars frequently fall to the ground, and collecting 10 of these increases your mana. Zombies and Demon Eyes offer more cash than slimes, so if you want to stock up to buy some sweet swag when the merchant moves in, killing these nocturnal beings pays off.
Not all of the action takes place above ground. By using your pickaxe, you can burrow deep beneath the depths of the earth. This is where Terraria gets extremely interesting. Underground are various caves with monsters and treasure. You can collect money, crystal hearts to increase your health, and ore. This mineral can be combined with other resources to make even better weapons and items. Upgrading your weaponry is key to succeeding while engaging in combat. You can also craft some heavy duty armor and add an extra layer of protection for your character. Digging beneath the surface seems to go on forever at times, but it is incredibly addictive to reach insane depths and encounter new monsters.
Aside from basic monsters, Terraria also has a couple of major bosses. These battles are tough and can only be beaten if you have good twitch reflexes and strong weapons. It's this constant emphasis on exploration and combat that really makes Terraria stand out. Though it may be a sandbox game–encouraging you to do what you want in whatever manner or pace you choose–there are plenty of reasons to go exploring and hunting, and doing so makes the whole experience even more rewarding.
You can explore on your own or you can join up with other players and check out their custom worlds. Up to eight players can team up in chat-enabled sessions, and this is definitely a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the game relies on servers, which makes the process of joining other users' games a bit tedious a lot of the time. It took several tries and constant scanning of the official Terraria forums for me to finally find a non-Hamachi server that I could join. Another issue that arises when playing online is the unpredictability of the other players. If you play online a lot, chances are you'll run into gamers who are complete jerks and like to mess around by destroying players' creations with bombs. If you've got a group of friends to play with, you won't have to worry about any of that nonsense.
The controls in Terraria may take a little getting used to for some players. You use the mouse to move an on-screen cursor and make selections, move items in your inventory, and attack. The WASD keys are used to move, while the space bar makes your character jump. If you frequently play PC games using the mouse and keyboard, you should have no problem getting the hang of Terraria. If you're more accustomed to a traditional controller, however, it will definitely take an hour or so to really get the hang of things. Once you get it, you should have no problem taking out enemies and moving freely about the environments as you enjoy everything that this beautiful game has to offer.
Terraria features a charming 16-bit visual style that presents well thanks to the use of bold colors and cheery sprites. NPCs look friendly and welcoming while enemies and bosses look fierce and sometimes even a bit creepy. Due to the use of pixelated graphics, pretty much any PC can run Terraria, which should be good news for people like myself who don't exactly have the best graphics technology on their computers. But the visuals do more than just allow anyone to play. By featuring a retro art style, Terraria harks back to games like Metroid and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. It doesn't play entirely like them, but the visual style coupled with the action-adventure gameplay certainly put this game right up there with those classics.
Terraria can be enjoyed in several ways. You can treat the game like a classic action-adventure game and explore its depths, rigorously searching for materials and hunting enemies. You can take your time and see the sights at your leisure. You can even play architect and build houses, mansions, and lairs galore. Terraria is your sandbox, and you can play in it however you like. Re-Logic has given gamers the opportunity to either enjoy Terraria as a side-scrolling action-adventure title or like a toy that they can play with for hours on end. Either way you look at it, Terraria is a sandbox that you won't be able to get away from regardless of whether or not you've already invested entire days.


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by Scott Boyle
With a resurgent Big Four tractor providing motivation, the Pioneer Day celebration crowned many champions last Saturday, including the other Big Four: softball, basketball, golf, and running.
In a last hurrah for long time player, manager, and sponsor, Randee Bayles of Bayles Exploration, loyal ball players rallied for a final Blue Mountain Invitational Fast Pitch Softball Tournament win.
Bayles, whose teams have won 15 of the approximately 30 BMS tournaments, expressed before the tournament this would be his last effort. And after finishing second the last four years, the boys of Bayles skipped to the 14-team tourney title undefeated, triumphing over Gore Construction in the championship game.
In the drop-down tournament, two Monticello teams vied for the consolation honor with Daron coming out on top over LaBroc.
3-on-3 basketball
A Monticello High School alumini team consisting of Ian Burtenshaw, Scott Frost, and Tony Pehrson, bested all rivals in the 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Adam Black, Terek Esplin, Jake Duncan, and Rylan Goodwine were the best school-age group, while Team Freestone – Matt Freestone, Eli Johnson, and Andrew Torres – won the elementary division.
A golfing dozen
Over 150 attempts were made in the closest to the pin contest on the number three hole at the Hideout. No one got closer than 12 year old Tanner Eardley, who used a seven iron from the white tees to get within 15 and a half feet.
Eating Loyd's dust
Jeff Hunt reports a highly successful Blue Mountain 5K race. He reports, "It looks like Macee Nielson gave a high school cross-country preview this year as she won the 5K with a time of 19:16.
"The next closest time was the male winner, Daniel Washington of Athens, GA, with a time of 19:45. There were 80 runners and walkers in the 5K, with 16 kids in the kid's race.
"We had runners from as far away as New York, Indiana, Georgia and Las Vegas. Tyler Bird and Sara Musselman were the winners of the kid's race. Even the Cave Guy and his too-kind-and-loving wife got in on the action, both winning their age group. I won't tell you what group that was, we will just say it was in the higher numbers."
13 & Under: Brandon Ramsey & Kayla MacArthur.
Under 20: Daniel Washington & Macee Nielson.
20-29: Micah Burleson & Annie Green.
30-39: Scott Wilmont & Aleigh Redd.
Stone age: Gary Torres & Deidree Torres.
50 & Over: Joe Peterson & Becky Peterson.
I see heaps of people out running, jogging, or walking every morning in Monticello and Blanding trying to get or stay in some semblance of shape.
Thinking about the Olympics are you? What does an elite athlete, such as Lindsey Anderson, a member of the 2008 US Olympic team, do?
In part 2 of the Lindsey Chronicles, discover what it takes to be an elite athlete. Try comparing your training schedule with hers.
Q. So Lindsey, what is your training schedule?
During my regular training weeks, I'm running somewhere around 80-85 miles per week. I do two or three hard workouts each week, usually on Tuesday, Thursday and sometimes Saturday.
These hard workouts are when I do my interval training, tempo runs, power runs, intervals with hurdles, etc.
On Monday, Wednesday and Friday I'll do distance runs of 60 minutes and afterwards I'll do speed drills, stairs, and strides. Saturdays are my long run days when I'll go for 90 minutes. Depending on the week, I may or may not do a tempo run in the middle of it (that's where the third hard workout would come from).
Besides my interval workouts and distance runs, I also do 30 minute morning runs five days a week. So in sports terms I'm doing five two-a-days each week.
I only run once on Saturday, when I have my long runs. I take Sunday's completely off. (My day of rest! I definitely look forward to this day!)
I also lift weights twice a week and do a different ab workout/routine every day. As for recovery, I get ice baths (water is around 42-50°) 4-5 times per week. They are hard to get in at first, but really help in recovery.
And I see a sport specific massage therapist usually once per week to help keep my body injury-free and it also helps a ton with recovery. With all of this I usually average around 4 hours per day doing all this stuff!
Q. Who are your sponsors. How does that work?
I'm sponsored by Nike. I have a shoe contract with them, which means that they give me all my running equipment: shoes, clothes, watches, sunglasses, etc. I also have a travel budget and I'm on a salary from which I get paid quarterly. Nothing like Tiger Woods or anything, but it definitely helps!
Q. In your initial orientation about China, what were some of the interesting things you learned about the culture and does and don'ts?
Basically I just remember that they are very respectful of the elderly and you don't say their first name when they introduce themselves. Call them by their last name, not their first unless you are really good friends. When you order at a restaurant it's ok to point to someone else's dish to let them know you want. I guess a lot of Chinese people order this way.
Q. Any sight-seeing adventures while in China?
I really want to see the Great Wall! I don't know how much I'll be able to see before my race(s), but I'll have a few days afterwards to see some things. I also would love to go to some of the other sports events if possible!
Q. Any heads-up on the US opening ceremony outfits?
They haven't shown us anything. Our uniforms are mostly dark blue except the lettering.
Q. Remember those berets from the SLC Olympics?
I'd actually forgotten about those! I kinda hope we won't have to wear them!


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Hike Date: May 2-6, 2009
Distance: ~ 25 miles
Trail(s): Offroad mostly
Where's it at? North of hwy 50 toward Tahoe, near Kyburz, CA
Dangers: Bears, Giardia
I don't think I'll ever forget this backpacking trip. This was my very first solo backpacking trip and set the stage for what is probably a dangerous new hobby. Don't get me wrong, I do like having company but there's also something to be said for being able to setup camp wherever I want, eat whenever I want, take a break when I want, head home when I want, etc. If you can get beyond "social" for a few days I highly recommend to everyone to try at least one solo backpack trip in their lifetime.
This would never have been the location I would choose but I went in early May and the snow at higher levels, Desolation Wilderness for example, kept me limited to lower elevations. I've camped around in Crystal Basin a lot over the years so it was a good choice for me in terms of being sure I wouldn't get lost at least! All said and done, I'm happy with this location choice.
Never before, and hopefully never again will my backpack be THIS heavy. I brought about 4 books, several pairs of shoes, meals to last over a week, and way too much clothing. I do almost always pack heavy but this time I admittedly went overboard. I was pretty happy to get that pack off at the end of this one for sure.
Silver Creek, along which most of my trip traveled, was RAGING with fresh snow runoff, and it didn't help that it rained REALLY hard on me for 2 days on this trip. My new rain gear and backpack cover definitely came in handy. Also having waterproof boots was crucial…there was still a fair amount of snow on the ground in pockets here and there.
I do have a good scar on my left thumb to always remember this one by. I had my super-sharp multitool in my hand and was opening up a package, with my teeth for some odd reason, and when the package gave my knife swung down and landed on my left thumb slicing halfway in just below my thumbnail. It was probably one of the more painful cuts I've gotten. Definitely would've gone in for stitches if I could've. Instead I wrapped it in my bandana and Ace bandage with a butterfly bandage and left it like that the rest of the trip. It was quite a challenge to unpack, setup, cleanup and put away all my gear which already barely fit in my backpack. I was happy to have brought the leftover Vicadin pills with me from a dentist adventure prior.
So get out there and try a solo backpacking trip sometime, it's an interesting experience!


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Summer is a time for vacation, outdoor activities and time away from the familiar grind of daily routines.
But the leisure-packed, hot season presents an annual challenge for blood banks as donations and blood supplies dwindle. Many would-be donors would rather lounge near the pool than alongside a syringe, blood vial and a tray of cookies.
In recent months, the number and rate of donations dipped so low, the Red Cross issued an emergency call last week for blood and platelet donations.
Right now, there are 61,000 fewer donations of blood than needed, which is a 33 percent drop from this time last year when there were 39,000 fewer donations than needed, said Kelly Isenor, external communications manager of the Red Cross Massachusetts Blood Services Region.
The shortfall is equivalent to the Red Cross halting collection efforts across the country for five days, she said.
"There's always a little bit of a drop, but this year is significant," Isenor said.
Blood and platelet donations are commonly given to accident and burn victims, patients undergoing heart surgery, organ transplants and those receiving treatment for cancer, leukemia and sickle cell disease, she said.
The effect of the summertime slump is not lost on MetroWest and Milford area medical professionals either.
The large number of potential donors who are on vacation this time of year means that the mobile blood drive visits to local businesses and schools slow down for the MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, said Karen Seekamp, manager of blood bank and donor services.
Though 5 percent of its blood supply is purchased from the Red Cross, the hospital collects most of the blood it uses, which means walk-ins and external blood drives are critical for keeping the supply well stocked.
"It's always difficult because people go on vacation and people have other commitments over the summer," Seekamp said.
At the Milford Regional Medical Center, officials purchase 100 percent of their blood supply from the Red Cross, which hosts blood drives at the hospital's donation center a few times a month, said Camille Williams, blood bank manager.
"This summer compared to last summer hasn't felt as bad yet but we still have two months to go," Williams said. Patient care, she said, has not been affected this year because of the lack of donors.
Beyond a dearth of donors, there are other obstacles to maintaining a well-stocked usable blood supply.
Plasma has a shelf life of up to a year while red blood cells last 42 days. Platelets must be used within five days before they are rendered unusable. All this adds up to a constant need for donations, Isenor said.
The MetroWest Medical Center experienced an overall decrease - about 33 percent - in donations in recent years, Seekamp said. The number of annual donations dropped from 6,000 to 4,000.
She attributes the cause to a variety of reasons, including an aging population of committed donors. They can no longer give blood when they hit their 70s and 80s.
Drumming up interest from older teens and twenty-somethings has been difficult.
Furthermore, the list for blood donation deferrals and exemptions has only gotten longer, according to Seekamp and Williams.
With global concerns about the zika virus and mosquito transmitted illnesses such as chikungunya and dengue fever, Seekamp said potential donors who travel outside the country and Canada are given a one-month deferral.
Seekamp thinks the deferral could limit the number of people who come through the blood donation center's doors, particularly as international travel increases in the summer.
"There's so much out there," she said.
A rising number of tick-borne illnesses likely brought on by a growing tick population in Massachusetts means hopeful donors recently bitten by one of the blood suckers are given a 10-week deferral, too, she said.
There is, however, somewhat of a backbone to the donation system thanks to a number of local, routine donors such as Mark Stetson of Framingham.
He makes his way to the MetroWest Medical Center nearly as often as the eight-week waiting period between donations allows.
Stetson has been giving regularly since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, though he admitted Thursday he was overdue.
"I said, 'I should just go in and give,'" he said. "'I have to give.'"
More frequent donors tend to be those who know someone who benefited from a blood transfusion, or even received one themselves at some point in time, Seekamp said.
It puts the importance of blood banks and supply in a different light.
"I think you have a little more of a passion for donating," she said of those instances. "I think that's what the key is."
The hospital held a "Week of Giving" last week - where the staff step up outreach efforts to draw in donors - so it's possible some of the burden of drawing blood this summer was eased for the Framingham hospital.
According to Seekamp, the week-long initiative has been fairly successful in the past. Last time the staff did it, 125 donations were collected in one week.
Among those who stopped by to check their eligibility was Ken Masterson, of Medway.
He has donated blood to the hospital for about 20 years, visiting as often as he possibly can.
"I think it's a great way to give of yourself. It doesn't cost you too much. Most of the other charities charge me money," he said with a chuckle.
Christopher Gavin can be reached at 508 634-7582 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @c_gavinMDN


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Boy's twin removed from his stomach
Parasitic fetus inside 2-year-old Chinese boy was 10 inches wide
A 2-year-old boy in China recently underwent surgery to have his twin's undeveloped fetus removed from his stomach.
Xiao Feng was brought him to the hospital in Huaxi after his parents noticed he was having trouble breathing and his stomach was extremely bloated, Inquisitr reported.
Doctors there made a disturbing find: the boy was carrying the undeveloped fetus of his twin in his stomach.
Acting as a parasite, the fetus had grown to 10 inches wide and was taking up two-thirds of the boy's stomach, according to Inquisitr's translation of a newscast from China Central Television, a state-run media outlet.
Its spine and limbs were fully formed.
Doctors surgically removed the fetus, saying Feng would have died if they had not.
Conjoined twins like this occur when a fertilized egg begins to split in two, but fails to do so completely. In Feng's case, the fetus was his conjoined twin that had been absorbed into his body inside the womb, according to The Huffington Post.
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Robina Asghar honored for her strength and courage
STOCKTON, CA–Robina Asghar, the executive director of Community Partnership for Families (CFR) was among ten women who were honored with Susan B. Anthony Awards this Monday by the San Joaquin County Commission on the Status of Women.
As director of CPF, Asghar has developed programs that strive to break the cycle of poverty. Her current activity is to create a new agency that will help Muslim and Hmong women become leaders in their community.
She is working with government agencies, nonprofit organizations and faith-based organizations in collaborative partnership, pursuing social and health service reform. She advocates for System Change to improve programs, including health care, juvenile justice, child protection and violence prevention, in order to improve and strengthen conditions for families. She has received numerous awards and recognition for her work with diverse cultures throughout California, the US and other countries. During the Sierra Health Foundation Leadership Fellowship, she developed a program for Muslim Women's Leadership, "Journey Across Culturesâ€, which has received international recognition and has been adopted by other agencies in order to serve a variety of ethnic groups in a culturally competent manner.
She is mother of three boys ages (32, 29, and 17) and has been married for 34 years and lives in Stockton Ca.
Robina received a B.A. in developmental psychology from the California State University at Stanislaus, and a Masters in Child Development from the California State University at Sacramento.
Santa Clara mosque plans put on hold
SANTA CLARA, CA–The economic downturn is taking a toll on communal life as well. In Santa Clara county plans to build a new mosque have been put on hold partly due to lack of adequate funds.
"We are still pursuing our mosque and community center project with the county,†said South Valley Islamic Center spokesman Sal Akhter in an interview to Morgan Hill Times. "However, due to the adverse economic conditions we have encountered some delays and we hope to get back on track in the near future.â€
Submitted to the Santa Clara County Department of Planning and Development more than two years ago, the builder's applications for land-use and subdivision permits have expired. Applications to build a place of worship, community center, school, and other facilities on 15 acres near Monterey Road and California Avenue were submitted in May 2007.
Santa Clara County Principal Planner Bill Shoe said the applications were incomplete, and the SVIC, a nonprofit religious organization, did not update them before they expired several months ago.
Nashville mosque opens doors after vandalism incidents
NASHVILLE, TN–The Islamic Center of Nashville opened its doors for an open house Saturday.
This follows a string of incidents where Islamic centers have been the target of vandals. Last week someone painted "Muslims go home†in bright red paint on the front of the Al-Farooq Mosque. A letter left behind called Muslims "the enemy.â€
So, leaders felt it was important to clear up some of misconceptions about Islam and share the message of peace practiced by Nashville's Muslim community.
The center also hosted speakers as well for a panel discussion. Kathy Chambers, who attended the event told the WSM-TV , "The idea that there was defacement on the mosque just breaks my heart. I wanted to come out and hopefully be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem.â€
Chambers is getting her PhD in religion and feels the biggest problem is widespread generalizations.
"It's very easy for people to say 'all Muslims are blank, they are all one way or another' and the fact is, as there are many different ways of behaving and acting and living out Christianity or Judaism, the same goes with Islam,†said Chambers.
Columbus Muslim youth raise money for Haiti
COLUMBUS, SC–The youth of Masjid As-Salaam in Columbus raised $1,200 for Haitian relief through a variety of projects. Encouraged by Imam Omar Shaheed, they hosted dinners and sought donations. Taliah Shabazz, a senior at Fairfield Central High School, led the effort, along with Kiyanna Muhammad, a junior at Ridge View High School, and McArtha Thompson, a junior at Columbia High School. The money will be donated to the Red Cross.


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For the most part, it was a very nice three-day weekend here.
On Saturday, the roofers came around 8 a.m. and got started stripping the old shingles off the roof. Ava managed to sleep through all that noise for about an hour and a half before waking up. Lucky. Then I headed to my photoshoot that went pretty well, though – a word to the wise – a three-week-old baby will NOT fit into a belly cast done when mom was 36 weeks pregnant no matter how you try to bend her/him. 😉 Thankfully, I wasn't the one doing the bending.
The rest of the day was spent listening to the roofers drop things LOUDLY (making all of our hearts jump), hammering and just making noise in general. I was so glad when they finished around 9 p.m., though wasn't pleased that they saved cleaning up the yard until it was pitch black outside. Go figure that we've found nails out there the next couple days. I think I'm going to ask that they come back out with their big magnet and try to find the rest of the nails. I DON'T want one ending up in either of the dogs' feet or Ava's! The good news is the roof looks great! 🙂
On Sunday we went to a couple stores looking for the Naturally Playful Sand and Water Activity Center for Ava's 2nd birthday (which is coming up in less than a month!). I was just going to order it from Amazon (cuz they had it on sale), but the shipping was outrageous. We managed to find a store that had them in stock and picked one up. It's going to be hard to NOT set it up before her birthday. Both Jody and I want to play. 😉
Yesterday we packed up a lunch and had a picnic on a blanket at a park in town. The weather was perfect and we had a good time. After lunch, Ava played on the playground there with a couple of older girls who seemed like they wanted to adopt her, and we also spent some time throwing (and skipping) rocks into the lake. I think we're going to have Ava's birthday party at that park. It's really pretty with the lake and great views of the mountains, and it has a picnic shelter, bathrooms, playground, and lots of open space for running around.
After that we came home at watched "Ray," which was really good. And then we had a cookout of Tofurky Beer Brats (which were quite tasty with grilled onions and mustard) and yams for dinner.
In baby news, I had an appointment with my doctor of choice (the one I will be sticking with) last week. We heard the heartbeat again and got the OK to schedule our ultrasound anywhere between 18 and 22 weeks. I'll be 16 weeks on Thursday, so it's coming up soon! It's kind of weird that we haven't seen the baby at all yet, because we'd already had a few ultrasounds at this point with Ava. Of course, the first was because we were under the care of a fertility doctor when we got pregnant with Ava. Then I had a subchorionic tear (bleeding) at 11 weeks with her and we had an ultrasound that day as well as a few after to make sure everything was going OK. So it's been wonderful to have not had to worry about anything with this baby so far (knock wood) and to be having a "normal" stress-free pregnancy. And, while it's nice to see the baby as it grows, I'm glad we haven't had a need for any ultrasounds because I've been reading/hearing more lately questioning their safety. Anyway, the appointment went well, the doctor took her time with me and was sure to answer any questions I had, and I just like her a lot. I'm so glad I took the time to interview her and not stick with the other practice just because that's who I started with.


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All good points Lauri. The excuses just don't fly when you consider there are other large operations out there that aren't having the same problems even though they also serve the hobbyist beekeeper. I also don't have anything against Dr Russell. From what I've seen he makes a great contribution to this field and goes out of his way to share his knowledge with others and I appreciate that. I'm not here to trash him personally and I don't think anyone else is. But being a great beekeeper doesn't make one a great business person. Those who don't like to hear others complain (and why are they even bothering to read these threads if they are so bothered by it?) will not hear me complaining in the future because I will be taking my business elsewhere until I have confidence that this one has taken seriously and resolved the customer service issues.
If what this companies defenders are saying is correct it doesn't speak well for the company they are defending. Buyer beware, if you are a small time beekeeper your business is not important enough or valued enough for you to be provided customer service. You'll get your bees when you get them and should be thankful you got to order from this company at all. If these are acceptable terms for you then maybe this is who you should do business with. It's not acceptable for me and I'll be taking my business to a producer that actually values me as a customer.


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BANGOR, Maine — Garelick Farms' decision to consolidate its operations and close distribution facilities for its dairy products in Hermon and Caribou is not expected to have far-reaching effects on Maine's dairy industry nor will it have much impact on its host communities' coffers.
The move will result in the layoff of 30 employees — 26 of them working at Garelick Farms' facility in Hermon and another four working in Caribou.
Product distribution in Maine will be contracted through a third-party distributor, according to Jamaison Schuler, spokesman for Garelick's Texas-based parent company, Dean Foods. He declined to identify the new distributor but said that it indicated it intends to hire most of the laid-off workers.
Affected workers still will receive a severance even if they are employed again by the new company, Schuler said, adding that the transition likely will be completed in early October.
"Obviously, it's never good to lose jobs, but I'm glad to hear that most of them will be rehired," Caribou City Manager Austin Bleess said Wednesday.
The Maine Department of Labor plans to meet soon with the 30 employees affected by Garelick Farms' decision.
Julie Rabinowitz, spokesman for the Department of Labor, said Wednesday that a representative from the department was working to set up a meeting with affected Garelick workers but had not set a date.
Ellis Additon, director of the Bureau of Agriculture Food and Rural Resources, said the announcement of the closure was unlikely to have any impact on dairy farmers.
"Those two facilities are simply drop-off points," Additon said. "They bring the milk in there and pool it onto bigger trucks and send it off to be processed, and we don't see it having an impact on the producers and farmers."
Additon said he hasn't heard from any producers directly about the announcement.
The company does not have any production facilities in the state after closing its Bangor plant in 2012.
In Hermon, the tax impact of the distribution facility's closure is relatively small. That's because Garelick Farms operated out of space at 1703 Hammond St. leased from Maine Trailer, so it did not pay property taxes.
However, town tax records did show that the company was assessed $16,400 in personal property taxes for its business equipment, machines, furniture and fixtures, Deputy Town Clerk Donna Shorey said.
The only other source of town revenue from Garelick's parent company is the $3 fee the town receives for processing tractor-trailer registrations, she said.
The tax impact in Caribou will be even less. The town's 2013 online personal property tax commitment book shows that Garelick Farms' tax bill amounts to $461.25.
The real estate tax commitment book shows that the warehouse that Garelick operates out of at 1101 Presque Isle Road is owned by Benjamin Grant of Holden.