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VIRUS AND OTHER STINKY STUFF Researchers warn of infectious Web sites June 25, 2004, By Robert Lemos Staff Writer, CNET News.com Security researchers warned Web surfers on Thursday to be on guard after uncovering evidence that widespread Web server compromises have turned corporate home pages into points of digital infection. Intruders are using compromised Web sites to infect visitors' PCs though two Internet Explorer flaws. The Bottom Line: This method of attack is increasingly being used by the Internet underground. While it's unknown how many Web sites carry the malicious program, Windows users should turn their IE security to the highest setting or install a third-party browser. This time, however, the flaws affect every user of Internet Explorer, because Microsoft has not yet released a patch. Moreover, the infectious Web sites are not just those of minor companies inhabiting the backwaters of the Web, but major companies, including some banks, said Brent Houlahan, chief technology officer of NetSec. "There's a pretty wide variety," he said. "There are auction sites, price comparison sites and financial institutions." The Internet Storm Center, which monitors Net threats, confirmed that the list of infected sites included some large Web properties. "We won't list the sites that are reported to be infected in order to prevent further abuse, but the list is long and includes businesses that we presume would normally be keeping their sites fully patched," the group stated on its Web site. The group also pointed out that the malicious program uploaded to a victim's computer is not currently detected as a virus by most antivirus software. With no patch from Microsoft, that leaves Internet Explorer users vulnerable. A representative of the software giant was not immediately available for comment on when a patch might be available. Researchers believe that attackers seed the Web sites with malicious code by breaking into unsecured servers or by using a previously unknown vulnerability in Microsoft's Web software, Internet Information Server (IIS). When a victim browses the site, the code redirects them to one of two sites, most often to another server in Russia. That server uses the pair of Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerabilities to upload and execute a remote access Trojan horse, RAT, to the victim's PC. The software records the victim's keystrokes and opens a back door in the system's security to allow the attacker to access the computer.
Friday, June 18--Friday, June 25 According to Sophos, a leader in Anti Virus Software development, 13 new/improved viruses which required Anti Virus upgrades were released into cyberspace via email. This is the lowest number of new virus releases for a one week period in quite a few months. & KCnet's antivirus program caught and "defanged" 17,129 email viruses while 231,441 spam messages were refused. Spam and viruses are still coming in by the big buckets.
PE_ZAFI.B From Trend Micro Virus type: File Infector Destructive: Yes Damage Potential: High Distribution Potential: High Description: This memory-resident file infector propagates via email and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications. It drops copies of itself using random file names and with either of the following file extensions: * EXE * DLL To propagate via email, it sends itself to addresses it finds in files that have particular extension names. It specifies a mail server by attaching certain strings to the given domain in a target email address. It also avoids sending email messages to addresses that specific strings. To spread through P2P file-sharing applications, it drops copies of itself in folders that contain the following strings in their names: * share * upload It attempts to infect .EXE files, which it finds in random folders, by overwriting them. It deletes the files and then drops copies of itself using the same file names of the deleted files. It also opens a random link previously visited by an infected user. This file infector is compressed using FSG and runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP.
WORM_KORGO.T Exploits LSASS Vulnerability, Downloads Worm - From Trend Micro. WORM_KORGO.T is a memory-resident worm that propagates by injecting a thread into the Windows Taskbar process that exploits the Windows LSASS vulnerability, which is a buffer overrun that allows remote code execution and enables an attacker to gain full control of the affected system. If injecting the thread fails, WORM_KORGO.T attempts to access one of several Web sites, including some located in the Russian Federation, to download a copy of the worm. Once inside a system, WORM_KORGO.T drops a randomly-named copy of itself in the Windows System Folder, adds itself to the Windows registry to execute at every system startup, and attempts to delete the file FTPUPD.EXE. The worm also leaves a marker under the Windows registry that signifies that a system has already been infected. The worm is also capable of removing autostart entries of other worm programs. WORM_KORGO.T is currently in-the-wild and affects Windows NT, 2000, and XP operating systems.
IF YOU SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE A VIRUS OR IF YOU HAVE NOT SUCCESSFULLY SCANNED YOUR DRIVES FOR VIRUSES LATELY... THIS NEXT SITE IS FOR YOU. Free Virus scans. Trend Micro, more commonly referred to as Housecall, offers free virus scans and in most cases can fix damage down by a virus or worm that your computer may have contacted. The program works well. The first time one uses the free program it is necessary to download a small program. Trend Micro walks you through the process. Then the virus scans are quite simple for each return. You should disable any anti virus program that you have running. If you do not have a virus program I recommend that you use this program first and then download one of the free programs listed above of install any anti virus program you have purchased. Go to http://housecall.antivirus.com/ then choose the link "Scan without registering". Follow the directions.
Computer Associates, another reputable and reliable anti virus developer introduced a new free program which allows anyone to do a virus scan without downloading any software or registering for an anti virus program. You must use Internet Explorer for access to Computer Associates and to perform the scan. This is a good one and very simple to operate The address is http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Free Virus programs to download Quite a few KCnet members use these programs and like them. Be careful if you download a virus program and you already have one installed on your computer. You need to at least disable the program already installed. http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php Another good free program to take a look at is: http://www.free-av.com/
This list from Trend Micro represents the top 10 reported threats June 11, 2004 to June 18, 2004) 1. PE_ZAFI.B 2. WORM_NETSKY.P 3. HTML_NETSKY.P 4. WORM_NETSKY.D 5. WORM_NETSKY.Z 6. WORM_NETSKY.Q 7. WORM_NETSKY.B 8. WORM_NETSKY.C 9. JAVA_BYTEVER.A 10. WORM_SOBER.G
True Viruses and Warning Letters of Impending Doom. Believe it or not, the amount of harm done by sending false computer virus alarms and letters of impending doom to your thousand closest friends can be just as damaging as the alleged virus (if it even exists!); if you remember the story of the boy who cried wolf, you understand why. If you think you've got the scoop on the latest new devastating virus or latest doom warning, check it out at the Web sites below before taking it on yourself to alert the world. If the virus is as terrible as you think it is, odds are the virus fighters already know about it and -- good news here! -- your antivirus software provider probably knows about it too and already has an update for it. Sophos supplies this current information about actual hoaxes. Look at them. Read about them. If you are sent one of them, delete it.
Here are a few sites of many that can help you determine if an email is a hoax or real. http://www.quatloos.com/ http://www.snopes.com/ http://www.urbanlegends.com/ulz/ http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBHoaxIndex.html http://vil.nai.com/VIL/hoaxes.asp http://kumite.com/myths/ http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html http://www.scambusters.org/VirusHoaxes.html http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/ http://www.truthorfiction.com/
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING: Who's crashing your favorite Web sites? Robert Vamosi, Senior Associate Editor, ZDNet June 21, 2004 The latest Computer Security Institute (CSI)/Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Computer Crime and Security Report shows a drop in the overall dollar value in losses associated with cybercrime over the last few years. The CSI/FBI report also shows the previously first-place type of loss, theft of intellectual property, slipping to the second-highest position on the list. In first position? Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Surprised? I am, too. But this may be bittersweet news. Speaking at last week's CSI/NetSec 2004 conference in San Francisco, Robert Richardson, editorial director for CSI, suggested that the shift from outright theft to disruption is, relatively speaking, a good thing. If data inside the network isn't being stolen, that shows that corporate security is improving However, as security measures improve, less-sophisticated criminal hackers (crackers ) often turn to easier, but still quite disruptive, practices, including denying visitors service to specific Web sites. Anatomy of an attack A denial-of-service (DoS) attack takes advantage of the way Web sites work: When your browser tries to reach a Web site, it sends out a SYN packet. The Web site server receives that packet, sends back an ACK packet, and holds open a session for your browser to complete the connection. One method of denial-of-service involves sending repeated SYN packets with no intent to follow up. The result is that the server holds several sessions open with no one completing the transaction; soon, after all the available sessions are open, legitimate users get a message saying that the server is busy and asking them to try again later. If one computer sends hundreds of SYN packets per second to a target, try multiplying that attack by a thousand or so. As a result of recent virus and worm activity, we know that some new Trojan horses have compromised a number of computers around the world, forming them into a private network of so-called zombies. A cracker need only send his DoS app to all those infected computers to orchestrate a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS), where thousands of computers simultaneously take down a specific target. Any script kiddie or wanna-be criminal hacker can now download DDoS tools from a variety of clandestine Internet sites, then piggyback those tools on a widely spreading virus or worm. The direct approach We saw a recent demonstration of this practice in February, with the MyDoom worm, which failed to take down Microsoft's Web site but succeeded in shutting down SCO Linux for several days. The Netsky virus followed in April, taking out several file-sharing sites. Of course, these attacks pale in comparison to the attacks first launched in February 2000, when eight major sites, from Amazon to ZDNet, were all taken offline for several hours. Arrested for that attack was a then-15-year-old with the nickname MafiaBoy, although he was charged with attacking only a few of the eight sites. The less-than-direct approach But now, it seems that DDoS crackers are getting craftier. Last Tuesday, between 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. ET, someone tried to take down servers used by Akamai, a distributed computing solution and services company. Never heard of Akamai? This company is the middleman that distributes the load on major Web sites by caching pages of frequently requested information on servers located around the world; the result is that your browser needs fewer hops to reach these sites, so you get a faster response time. Customers of Akamai affected by the attack included Apple Computing, Google, and Yahoo. And I suspect that recent attacks on university supercomputers in April were part of the preparation for the Akamai attack last week. Two years ago, someone attempted to take down the 13 domain name servers , servers that translate a common name, such as www.company.com, to its numerical Internet address. Once again, had the attack lasted long enough, the resulting damage would have been spread across many--if not all--sites on the Internet. As it was, the 2002 attack slowed traffic slightly; it failed, mostly because smaller and more local DNS servers maintained the load while the larger and strategically placed servers were under attack. Who's doing this? It's my guess that the more sophisticated crackers are attempting to wreak havoc behind the scenes by taking out DNS and Akamai servers, while the less-sophisticated script kiddies are targeting Microsoft and SCO Linux. Why anyone would want to shut down the Internet--other than the obvious "because I can" argument--eludes me, however. So far, luckily, the Internet has proven to be incredibly robust (by design), by withstanding these behind-the-scenes attacks. I have a feeling it'll stay robust for the foreseeable future. You can do your part to stop these attacks with up-to-date antivirus protection and a personal firewall. Antivirus and firewalls will keep backdoor Trojans off your PC. If we can't stop these attacks outright, we can at least weaken them.
What is the difference between Downloading, Uploading and Installing? Worldstart for this one. Downloading - This is moving a file that's on the Internet (or over a network) onto your computer. For most of us, downloading is just a matter of clicking a download link on a web site and saving the file to disk. If you want more info on downloading, be sure to check out our download guide at http://www.worldstart.com/guides/download.htm. Uploading - This is the opposite of downloading. With uploading, you take a file from your computer and send it to a computer on the internet (or a computer / server on a network). Usually this is done with an FTP client, but some web sites you'll come across will allow you to send files to them with your web browser. Installing - This is often confused with downloading, but it's a different animal. When you install something, you basically "put" the program on your computer so you can use it. Normally this is done via a setup program or "wizard" to make installation easy. Once you're finished installing a program, you can usually run it from your Start Menu, Programs area.
Further Authoritative Info On CD/DVD Life This followup from a recent Langalist It's been a long time coming, but there really does finally seem to be a consensus on the care, handling, and expected longevity of CDs and DVDs. Unlike the first crude guesstimates, much of this new work is based on accelerated aging tests and real-life experience, prompted in part by librarians, museums, and other agencies who have come to depend on optical media for long-term data storage, as we reported in http://langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-05-20.htm#5 . Now, the US National Archives and Records Administration requested that the National Institute of Standards and Technology generate data that could be used to develop authoritative care and handling instructions for optical media. That report is now available for free (well, not really free: but US taxpayers have already footed the bill at: NIST Special Publication 500-252: Digital Data Preservation Program http://www.itl.nist.gov/div895/carefordisc/ There's also third-party reporting, such as this: Gov't Computer News' headline article for 8-Mar-2004 was on the storage lifetime of CD-Roms. The article can be located at http://www.gcn.com/23_5/storage/25166-1.html - one thing that I found interesting was that a CD-R will last up to four times as long as a CD (as the aluminum used on a CD deteriorates faster). Interesting read -- and the sidebar has 7 steps to prolonging the life of a CD (including do *not* use paper labels, but use a felt-tip pen). ---Steven Foust Thanks, Steven.
Tourbus, Patrick Crispens Newsletter, recently featured a very informative section on finding things and people. There are some suggestions I never knew existed. So I'm copying you in!! By the way you can access and "Subscribe, Signoff, Archives, Free Stuff and More at the Tourbus Website" - http://www.TOURBUS.com Directories Web directories (also called portals) can be an excellent alternative to search engines when you're looking for information on a specific subject. That's because they are organized and maintained by real humans. Each of these directories lets you drill down through a subject hierarchy or search by keyword. I'll assume you already know about Yahoo, so let's look at two other sites: LookSmart claims to be the global leader in Web directories, with 31 directories spanning dozens of countries and languages. There's more of an emphasis on reviewing sites, as opposed to just listing them. LookSmart - http://www.looksmart.com Working on the premise that the small paid editorial staffs at commercial directory sites (such as Yahoo and Looksmart) can't keep up with the ever-expanding Web, The Open Directory Project aims to produce a comprehensive directory of the web using an army of volunteer editors. The intended result: The Internet Brain. Open Directory - http://www.dmoz.org
Finding People I'm often asked where to look for "people finder" sites that offer search tools for telephone, email and address listings. My first answer is always Infospace. InfoSpace - http://www.infospace.com If you don't find the person you're looking for, try these other sites since they all use different databases: Switchboard - http://www.switchboard.com Yahoo People Search - http://people.yahoo.com
Finding Images Looking for a Tiger? Whether you're after a photo of the king of golf or a purring Bengal, you'll find it at one of these sites dedicated to helping you find multimedia files on the web: Google Image Search - http://images.google.com Lycos Multimedia Search - http://multimedia.lycos.com Ditto - http://www.ditto.com
Finding Discussion Groups Looking for a place to talk, or hang with people who know everything about something? Try Google Groups (formerly Deja Usenet Archive), the largest Usenet newsgroup archive on the Net. If you're new to Usenet, you can learn the basics about reading, posting and participating in this collection of thousands of online discussion groups. If you prefer an email approach, start searching for mailing lists and newsletters at Topica. Google Groups - http://groups.google.com Topica Directory - http://lists.topica.com/dir
Reference Tools REFDESK - In a library, if you don't know where to look for a reference book, you go to the Reference Librarian. On the Internet, if you don't know where to look for answers, you go to Refdesk.com. At first glance, the sheer amount of useful links on the Refdesk home page can be overwhelming. But it's really quite well organized and useful. RefDesk - http://www.refdesk.com LIBRARY SPOT - Convenient links to popular online Almanacs, Calculators, Dictionaries, Directories, Encyclopedias, Historic Documents, Quotations, Statistics, and Thesauri. LibrarySpot - http://www.libraryspot.com Published by the United States Central Intelligence Agency, the World Factbook has data on every country in the world, including maps, background, geography, people, government, economy, and military. World Factbook - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook Search dozens of almanacs all at once with the Information Please Almanac. Topics covered include: History & Government, Biography, Sports, Arts, Entertainment, Business & Finance, Consumer Resources, Health, Science and Weather. Information Please Almanac -http://infoplease.com/almanacs.html
Here is some interesting info from a recent Kim Komando communication. We have somewhat explored VHS Tapes to DVD options in the past but this is the first for 8mm that I have seen. Going from tape to DVD: The question to Kim was: Have you seen any hardware devices where you can just drop in your 8mm tape and it will burn a DVD? Kim answered: We haven't reached that level of automation, to my knowledge. But there are systems available that help ease this process. I believe the closest thing to what you're seeking is the Hewlett-Packard DC4000 DVD Movie Writer. You have to cable your camcorder to the machine, rather than dropping in the tape. According to Hewlett-Packard, you can burn DVDs while leaving the machine unattended. The package also includes software to edit the movies, if you like. I have not tried the DC4000, but even allowing for advertising hype, it sounds relatively simple. The DC4000 lists for $300. However, I found it for as little as $250 online. The DC4000 connects to the computer via a USB cable. You do have to make some simple decisions about connection types, background and type of DVD you're using. The Hewlett-Packard machine includes editing software if you decide to do more. If you can do with less automation, there are other products available. The Adaptec VideOH! DVD captures the signal from the camcorder and converts the data to digital. It includes editing software to make custom movies. You use the DVD or CD burner on your computer to make the disc. The ADS Technologies DVD Xpress offers a similar system. I found it for $170 online. I found the Adaptec VideOH! DVD for $135.
Digital Imaging Tip: White Balance This one from Worldstart. I've often wondered about White Balance. This one clears it , literally makes it clear. More and more digital cameras are allowing you to customize your "White Balance". Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Probably wondering if you strayed off into the brighter laundry newsletter, but rest assured, you're still in the right place. White Balance is basically the color "temperature" adjustment for light (note this really has nothing to do with how hot the object producing the light may or may not be—it's not the same kind of temp :-). This temperature is expressed as a Kelvin (K) value. Low numbers are nice "warm" colors (red / orange), whereas higher numbers are "cooler" (more bluish). To give you a rough idea of the Kelvin "temperatures" of some typical lighting conditions, have a look-see at this: Candlelight - 1500K Incandescent Lamps - 2600-3000K "White" fluorescent - 4000K Daylight - 5200-5600K Overcast Sky - 6500-7500K Blue Sky - 9000-12000K Note the above numbers are rough and a different chart will likely give you slightly different numbers. Frankly, it's all academic and in the real world of birthday party pictures it really doesn't matter all that much—just wanted to give you a little background. Now, if you look at a sheet of white paper under any of the lighting conditions mentioned above, it'll still look white to you (well, unless you catch the paper on fire with the candle, then it'll be a more brownish / black). Our eyes tend to make white objects look white, regardless of whether the actual light source is another color. We have a built-in auto white balance control that no camera can match. Since digital cameras record things as they really are (OK, more or less :-), they run an adjustment (white balance) to make objects appear, well, the color you see them as. Most do this via an "auto" white balance setting. Normally this does a great job of making objects look the color they should—instead of the color of the light hitting them. Confused? Read on. For example, let's say you take a photo in your living room with no flash—the incandescent light bulbs screwed into your lamps are the only light source. If no white balance adjustment were applied, the photo would have a very orange look to it. However, the camera can tell the type of light source and corrects the white balance accordingly. When you see the final photo, all the colors look the way they should. If auto white balance is so wonderful, why mess with the rest of the settings? Cuz they're on the menu and by golly, you paid for 'em :-) Actually, the only time you really need to mess with the other settings is if you shoot an image where the colors are way off. Maybe you shoot a waterfall under cloudy skies and it turns out way too blue. Just match the white balance with the type of light and re-shoot (some cameras can correct the image you just took). The new image should look much better. Bad white balance: Good white balance: You'll normally find white balance setting icons instead of names, but they should includes such favorites as: Daylight Flash Fluorescent Cloudy Sunny Sunset Shade And others—all depends on your camera (check your instruction manual for what icon goes for what and exactly how to change settings) If that's all there is to it, so why did I tell you all about color temps in the first place? That's what I was wondering about too. Then I remembered—it's mainly so you can impress all your buddies :-) Oh, wait, yeah, and some cameras actually let you adjust the white balance by temp number rather than scene type. You can choose the correct color temp for the scene you're shooting and make fancy, fine-tuned adjustments. If you do this, make sure you mention in a voice the entire crowd can here, "Yeah, the light temp is around 6300 Kelvin, so I'm going to adjust my white balance accordingly." On second thought, experience reminds me that you get less in the strange-looks department if that information isn't broadcast. So, next time you shoot a picture and the color seems way off, try readjusting that white balance. You might find the fix is only a button away.
INTERESTING SITES: Bluegrass Festival!!!!! Hey you might miss it because this is happening now June 25 and 26 right here in Clinton County. Clinton County's own Ron Kodish, son of renown Ray "Coach" Kodish, is the Smoked Country Jam Festival Organizer. The following info was copied from a recent Williamsport Gazette publication. “It’s going to be a great time and a lot of fun,” said Ron Kodish, organizer of the Smoked Country Jam Festival. Enthusiasts will have the chance to hear some of the best in bluegrass music performed while helping to support a worthy cause. “My wife Teresa was diagnosed with lupus two years ago, it’s a disease people don’t know a lot about,” Kodish said. “There is a real need for people to become aware of this disease.” Kodish, who has experience in planning events thought of the idea for a bluegrass festival after his son Cory began flat-picking on a guitar a few years ago. “Teresa and Cory were the driving forces to start the festival,” Kodish added. It took over one year to plan and promote the festival, one Kodish hopes will become an annual event. But, it’s not just Kodish’s hard work that will make the event a success; roughly 75 volunteers are helping to orchestrate the festival. Even the festivals logo was designed by a student of Pennsylvania College of Technology, where Kodish works as an instructor of Fitness & Lifetime Sports. Members of the Lupus Foundation will be at the festival to answer questions and provide information on lupus. Kodish said the festival will do more than just raise awareness of the disease. “We’re going to donate $1 from every ticket sale to the Lupus Foundation,” he said. The festival will be held at Maguire’s field located just off the McElhattan/Woolrich exit on Shoemaker Road. In addition to the music, there will be songwriting workshops, instrument workshops, children’s activities vendors and crafters. Music, however, is the main focus of the festival and there will be plenty to enjoy. “We’ll have about 24 hours of music during the two days of the festival in addition to several workshops and activities,” Kodish said. Fifteen musical talents will descend upon the Susquehanna Valley coming from as far away as Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and of course, Pennsylvania. They include: • IIIrd Tyme Out, heralded as one of the top bluegrass bands in the world; they have won many awards for their distinct style of playing. • Honi Deaton and Dream, in which a husband and wife duo lead a bluegrass band, the group has become increasingly popular recently. • The Biscuit Burners offer a down-home style of playing that is both entertaining and unique. The band features Jersey Shore native Dan Bletz on guitar. • The Puny Pickers is a unique family band featuring five members age 9 to 16. Their talents have won them numerous awards and they have performed across the east coast at many events. • The Hickory Project will perform an eclectic mix of bluegrass, new grass and swing music. • The Hillbilly Gypsies of West Virginia is a band showcasing their talents with an old fashioned style of playing. • Van Wagner, who hails from Danville, is a talented singer-songwriter who has compiled eight CDs featuring many of his original pieces that deal with rural life and coal mining. • Shenandoah Blue performs traditional and contemporary forms of bluegrass music. • Johnny Staats and The Delivery Boys features the talented mandolin player Johnny Staats. The band performs a mix of bluegrass with an added artistic flair. • North Folk, a band that has been performing bluegrass music with a true passion around Pennsylvania and New York for the past 23 years will take the stage at the jam. • The High Town Strutters feature traditional bluegrass music with an entertaining style. • Nate Mowery, a native of north central Pennsylvania has performed across the country and at Lincoln Center in New York City. • The Gonzo Cowboys have been making music for 25 years. Their unique style of acoustical and acoustical-electric music is refreshing and enjoyable. Although their name might be odd, their style of music is not. The band features bluegrass at its best. •The Snake Brothers are a five- piece acoustical band that performs a wide collection of acoustical music with great skill and intensity. • Smoked Country Jam, the inspiration for the festival’s name, performs bluegrass music that has a down-home feel. They have performed throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. “A lot of people don’t know about bluegrass, it’s an American roots type music, very free-spirited,” Kodish noted. “This will also give new people not familiar with bluegrass an opportunity to hear it played by many great musicians.” More information, directions and ticket prices are available at the Smoked Country Jam website. http://www.smokedcountryjam.com/
Pete Griffin sent this site. He mentioned, "Root thru this, beautiful pictures." I featured the Ice Festival photos before. Pete discovered more beauty on the site. Scroll down and on the left, pick "Home." You'll find outstanding photos of autumn and China. Saving them is tricky. We discovered in the Advanced User class that you had to do screen saves and then cut the picture out of the screen save and save it as a new picture. Of course that is an easy task for the savy photo folk. Write me if you need assistance with the procedure. mfoust@kcnet.org See the site at: http://www.rtoddking.com/chinawin2003_hb_if.htm If all you want to see is autumn and China photos start here: http://www.rtoddking.com/index.htm
For the Dice enthusiast. Everything you ever wanted to know about dice and the collecting of such is on these pages. I never realized how many shapes and forms there are for dice. http://www.dicecollector.com/
This is an interesting site. It is really Eric's Origami page. It is all about paperfolding, now not the common run of the mill newspaper or bathroom type paper folding. This is all about plain old origami, which is the art form of paper folding. We've all taken a piece of paper and with careful folding we created an airplane. This site specializes in making likenesses of just about anything you can think of by folding paper. The site has been featured on prominent internet sites such as: Kim Komando's Kool Site of the Day (07/31/2003), Slashdot Science (05/07/2003), PC Magazine Top 200 Web Sites (03/25/2003), Good Housekeeping Site of the Day (05/23/2002), PBS TeacherSource (04/02), memepool.com (09/26/2001). http://www.paperfolding.com/
Here is a medical site with a government label. One should expect no cookies or trackers, just good info. The site has clicks for the following catagories: * Health Information * Library Catalog & Services * History of Medicine * Online Exhibitions & Digital Projects * Human Genome Resources * Biomedical Research & Informatics * Environmental Health & Toxicology * Health Services Research & Public Health * About the National Library of Medicine * Grants & Funding * Training & Outreach * Network of Medical Libraries Also there are late breaking medical writeups. The site is updated frequently. They also claim to have access to the largest Medical Library in the world. The big nice thing is to be able to type a query in the search box and find information for both laymen and medical professionals. You will want to Bookmark/Favorites this one. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
READY - AIM - PUTT- Tom L. sent this Practice green to avid golfer Bud Casselberry. After his frustration settled he forwarded it to me. Now you got it. It is fun. . Take your time - look at the slope (cause they keep changing it. - keep your head down - OOPS When you master this you might just want to go on over to the main page and register for on line playing. http://www.matchpractice.com/game/