text: More kids are using "secret" social media - apps they can use to send messages or pictures, which then erase the content. These apps, like Snap Chat, have grown in popularity among teens and college-aged students. Police encourage parents to be aware of these types of accounts because predators are becoming more active there as well. With messages and pictures that disappear, it's difficult for parents or law enforcement to track who is sending what messages to kids, which means it would also be difficult to prove any illegal activity that may happen. KVUE in Texas recently did a report on these secret social media apps. http://www.kvue.com/news/239048731.html


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Well baout the phrase - "sweat like a pig"
Well that's just the point-- -
If it's hot enough to make a non sweater sweat - how hot is it?
If you find yourself hungry after one meal - Uhhh ... why not have another?
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We departed Ella for Galle at 8:38. I know the precise time because we had agreed to leave at 8:30; the driver was even at our guest house at 7:30; and Gregory and I were ready at 8:00. But Christopher's need for his beauty rest was the cause of our 8 minute delay. Since he's an otherwise very nice guy, Gregory and I forgave him.
Looking at the map, I had assumed that we would drive southwest from Ella to get to Galle. But that's not the way the roads went. So instead, we headed straight south for the coast, which we hit at Hambantota. From there we went due west and hugged the coastline all the way to Galle. Along the way, we passed through many of the beach resort towns that I had read about. Some of them looked nice, but none looked nice enough to make me want to stay
We arrived in Galle just before 13:00, which was a full one to two hours less than we were told it would take. I suspect the drivers quote a longer journey time because it is easier for them to charge more if it seems like the trip will be longer. Then, when you get there early, you are happy that it didn't take as long as expected - even though you still have to pay for the longer ride.
The van dropped us off in the middle of the Galle Fort (the old part of the town). As soon as we got out of the van, we were met by a toothless tout who saw which guesthouse we were heading for. He went there first, arriving seconds before we did, and tried to claim a commission for having brought us there. He got angry that we told guest house that he didn't do anything to earn a commission as we were headed there anyway. I don't think it really mattered because he was a very rough looking character who appears to extort commissions from guest houses using this same tactic. Later we saw him waving money in front of us, claiming it was his commission
Later we had a nap in the cool air-conditioned rooms of our guest house. It was a real oasis from the sweltering heat of this coastal town. In the evening, after it had cooled down slightly, Gregory and I had a walk around town. (Christopher had left us earlier in the afternoon to visit the nearby beach town of Hikkaduwa, where he could ride the waves.) We eventually had a tolerable dinner at the Indian Hut - whose logo looked suspiciously similar to the Pizza Hut logo. After dinner we went back to hotel for beer and chat.
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Breakfast at our guest house was pretty much useless: Four pieces of white bread toast - which I would have gladly exchanged for one slice of whole wheat bread - and one shamefully small fried egg. During my entire time in Galle, I always felt like I was one meal behind. Each meal brought me from being starving to just hungry. I never quite managed to get full here.
After breakfast Gregory and I went to check out a "museum" that I had spotted on my walk yesterday afternoon. The museum claimed to have "free entrance". Since nothing tends to be free in this part of the world, I was skeptical
As it was getting intolerably hot again by now, we retired to our cool rooms for a rest and lunch at the guest house. Once again the meal, while being adequately tasty (how's that for an endorsement? "Mmm - adequate!"), was not substantial enough to fill us up.
In the afternoon we went for another walk along the waterfront. There, a young boy tried to sell us something - we couldn't quite make out what it was. Gregory asked, "How much?" The boy answered, "Fifty rupees". Gregory then asked, "What is it?" Again, the boy answered "Fifty rupees." By then we realized that somebody had taught the kid the words "Fifty rupees", and that's all the English he could speak. In order to test this, I then said to him, "Sixty rupees." Sure enough, he once again answered with "Fifty rupees." When the boy thought we were about to leave without making a purchase, he reluctantly accepted my offer of sixty rupees instead of fifty
On our walk to the train station to check out train schedules, we spotted a nice, big new building in the distance. I mentioned that it looked like a government office building and Gregory suggested that it was probably the offices of the Ministry of Corruption. Ha. Now that would take the cake. Since all governments - and especially ones in this part of the world - are corrupt, why not just come right out and admit it by having a nice new office building to house the corrupt bastards. Good one, Gregory!
At the train station, we checked the schedule for departures to Colombo for tomorrow. There was a train at 10:55, but the ticket guy told us this one would most likely be full as it originated in Matara and would have been traveling for hours before reaching Galle, assuring that there would be no available seats by the time it got here. He told us that there would be a special train at 13:45 that would have seats because it would originate here in Galle.
In the evening Christopher rejoined us from his surfing adventure in Hikkaduwa, where, as he said, there was a very muscular, tanned local guy with dyed blond hair who had won the hearts (if not the minds) of a bevy of pale English girls on holiday. And why not? Most people seek on holiday that which they cannot find at home, be it the sun - or adventures with sun-browned people of the opposite (or, in some cases, the same) gender
Christopher enjoyed his day of surfing but was pleased to be back in our good company. We then went to dinner at the most highly recommended place in town, owned by a Ben Bernanke-lookalike. Ben had to serve us our meal as his staff were all still away for their new year's holiday. And while he forgot to bring us all of the beers we ordered, he remembered to charge for the ones he didn't bring - and even a few that we didn't order. Funny how it always seems to work that way.
Since our guest house was full (it only had three rooms, two of which were occupied by Gregory and me, respectively), we brought Christopher to another guest house around the corner - owned by a beautiful, tall, brown local lady and her husband. I'm sure Christopher went to bed with fantasies dancing around in his mind - and woke up with unfulfilled fantasies of the same nature.
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Well, you have an answer for everything, don't you, Art?!
Thanks for the insight into the "sweat like a pig" phrase.
As for why I don't have another meal if the first one doesn't fill me up: Unfortunately there was only a relatively limited range of options. And if I don't especially like what I ate the first time, I don't really want to eat it a second time.

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|Llimonera, 07420 Crestatx, Sa Pobla, İspanya
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There is a warm atmosphere in the villa and the area is very peaceful. It is the perfect choice for those seeking relax. Sit in the living room and enjoy reading a good, watching TV or even your own movies with the DVD player. The adjoining dining area is furnished with a rustic table and it is the perfect place to have meals with family and friends. The open-plan kitchen has everything you could need to cook during your holidays: coffee machine, toaster, gas stove and oven, microwave, dishwasher, cutlery, kitchen appliances and a refrigerator with freezer. Obviously there are also washing machine, iron and iron board. There is enough space to park two cares outside the house, in the finca, but it is not covered. Pets are allowed.
Outside the house it is really beautiful: go out and make a barbecue, swim or just relax by the pool. There are terraces surrounding the house. The porch is furnished with a table and 4 seats. In the pool area there is another table with 4 more chairs, where you can drink something while the others have a dip in the swimming pool (8 x 3 meters). This are also counts with 4 sun loungers where you can bask in the sun. Because the house is located in a urbanization, there are direct neighbours, but the house and its installations are private.
The urbanization where the house is located is called Crestatx and it is only 4.5 km from Sa Pobla, where you will find most of the things you will need during your stay: supermarket, medical centre, pharmacy, bars, restaurants, etc. The beautiful village Pollença is also quite close, only 10.6 km far. This place is worth a visit, you will enjoy its tiny cobbled streets with lots of shops, and you will be able to go up to Calvari, a tiny church on the top of the village, where you will enjoy the astonishing views of the surroundings.
In only 20 minutes driving by car you will reach the beach of Capellans / Can Picafort. Pass a pleasant day on the fine grained sand beach or enjoy a cocktail while watching the sun goes down. You will find a good Paella restaurant there, a typical Spanish rice dish with meat, vegetables and seafood. Very tasty and spectacular views included! Apart of this beach area discover the main beach of Can Picafort with its animated sea promenade, the quiet zone of Playa de Muro and the crystal clear waters of the beaches of the municipalities of Alcúdia or Pollença.
Next sand beach, Playa de Muro: 13.5 km
Bank (Sa Pobla): 4.5 km
Supermarket (Sa Pobla): 4.5 km
Restaurants / bars: 4.5 km (Sa Pobla)
Airport: 50.2 km
Public medical centre (PAC Sa Pobla): 4.5 km
Public hospital (Inca): 14.6 km
Golf course (Pollença): 7 km
Train station (Sa Pobla): 4.9 km
Puerto de Alcúdia: 14.1 km
Palma centre: 47.4 km
Pharmacy (Sa Pobla): 4.5 km
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Check-out: 10 am
Very late check-in (from 24 pm) has an extra cost of 50 €
Damage deposit: 300€ (payment in the day of check-in and will be returned back in the day of departure)
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Eenvoudig, leuk huis in een woonwijk. Alles is aanwezig. Goede basis voor uitstapjes, omdat het huis vlakbij de snelweg ligt (waar je geen last van hebt). De host zelf hebben we niet gezien, maar de eigenaar wel. Via email goed contact met de host. Wel hebben we de host gevraagd iets te doen aan de muggen in de slaapkamer (horren plaatsen). Ze zou dit oppakken, dus hopelijk doen ze er iets mee. Verder geen min-punten.
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'Sa Caseta' geniş açık alanlar ile güzel bir geniş Mallorca evidir. Bu gerçekten muhteşem manzaralı bir güzel, huzurlu bir yer olduğunu.
Biz nazik alınan ve kendimize ev, biz temenni az şeyi vardı.
Biz keyif aldık.
Inca 5 dakika uzaklıkta ve tepenin üst iyi bir diner.
Çok kolay, ve, bizim durumumuzda, hatta vazgeçilmez olan küçük bir araba kiralayın.
'Sa Caseta' is een mooi ruim Mallorcaans huis met voldoende buitenruimtes. Het ligt op een prachtige, rustige locatie met inderdaad een schitterend uitzicht.
We werden vriendelijk ontvangen en het huis had voor ons in ieder geval alles wat we konden wensen.
Wij hebben genoten.
Inca ligt 5 autominuten verderop en boven op de heuvel is een goed eethuis.
Een autootje erbij huren is wel heel makkelijk, en, in ons geval, zelfs onontbeerlijk.
Its a fantastic Finca in the countryside of Mallorca but still very close to Santa Margalida. It has a beautiful, large and clean pool. The sourrounding yard is decorated with beautiful flowers. The house is decorated in an "old-fashion/classical" style and very cosy. The furniture in- and outside is very comfortable and solid - no plastic chairs or similar. The interior gives you everything you need: A huge fridge including 3 big ice buckets, a washing mashine, a barbeque on the terrace and a nice outside-couchplace. The kitchen provides any tool you´d need. Well, I could write a novel about the beauty of this place...
Last but not least we had very nice expirience with the daughter of the owner who visited us the second day in order to ask if everything is okay and to give some info about garbage and electronics.
To make a long story short: We had a fantastic stay and we will come back to this beautiful place a s soon as possible.
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Very nice house! Very nice Garden. Great Beach! Very quiet arround the accomodation. Good Place to relax. We enjoyed our stay!
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Sarco has a pretty good deal right now in Shot gun news but be careful with them with missing parts. Remember there ( USED Parts ) I've been burnt by them in the past.
does anyone know of any good deals on complete ar15 upper halves
im looking for a pin and play type thing
any help would be appreciated
i just finished putting together my del-ton lower, now on to the top end
Sarco has a pretty good deal right now in Shot gun news but be careful with them with missing parts. Remember there ( USED Parts ) I've been burnt by them in the past.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and goverment, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so that the second will not become the legal version of the first" ~ Thomas Jefferson
that is a pretty good deal on a shortie. it comes with BCG, charging handle--and so on pretty much a complete upper.
JSE has some very good prices on complete uppers from time to time.
DSA also has some deals on their uppers if you like chrome and 1-7" twist rates or those carbon-treated barrels i keep wanting to try--LOL
i think i found what i am looking for and not really that bad of a price i think i am going to go with this
Del-Ton, Inc. AR-15 16" Pre-Ban A2 Barrel Assembly
any one have any ratings on these
What's so funny? I've got a Del-Ton and it's a shooter
i don't think there is much anything wrong with del-ton. i have used many of their parts and barrels.
the bad thing is--if your going to buy the del-ton you just missed out on a big sale.
seems like del-ton had the a3 16" m4 type upper with 1-7 twist CV steel chrome lined barrel for $375 special just recently. which was a hell of a nice deal --like $150 off regular price.


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Can't wait to see the next LoTR, The Destruction of Smaug. I really enjoyed The Hobbit, and I haven't seen any LOTR before except the first one at release.
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Overall it wasn't bad but it kinda felt like a "cheaper" and less epic version of LOTR. Which is pretty much what the book was as well but still. They should have done the Hobbit movie first.
Also I didn't really appreciate the childish moments. I guess they wanted to put in some funny moments for the kids but it felt really out of place. Especially the scene with the goblin king. I was like ".... really?" Radagast also felt more like a silly Hogwarts teacher.
Remember that prior to the LotR movies, fantasy movies in general were shunned. Only if done right, something as big as LotR could change this.
If the Hobbit was released first instead, it probably wouldn't have had the impact to change how society looks at fantasy movies. And it wouldn't have been 3 movies, it would've been 1 too full with stuff to make sense. The LotR movies were the only logical option.
But looking back, for the fans it would've been more fun to see the Hobbit first and Lord of the Rings second.
Chronologically it makes more sense, and in terms of action and darker storyline as well.
But do take in mind that because LotR was made first, we do get more enhanced Hobbit movies with all kinds of backstory that wouldn't have been in it had the Hobbit been made first. So in a sense, what we have now is better.
Fantasy movies were shunned what? I mean some of them certainly (and they pretty much deserved it)... but there have been a number of very successful fantasy movies. Maybe if you define fantasy movies as being only ones where there are elves and dwarves... the genre of Fantasy is MUCH MUCH larger than that though.
Beren & Lúthien someone?
THAT would be the story
before i start comparing the hobbit to Lotr i need to see the whole trilogy i think. i really enjoyed the movie.
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The 3rd installment entitled "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" has officially been moved back to December 2014. Not a big deal for me, I don't mind the wait, and I always love going to movies over the Christmas holiday anyways. Loved the first one and looking forward to the next two, and looking forward to seeing the final three-film trilogy in its full uninterrupted entirety.
The Hobbit: AUJ coming out on Blu-Ray on March 19th. Gonna rent the heck out of it. Regretting not having seen it more times in the theatre. Saving my money for the extended edition trilogy box set though.
Pretty sure Blu-ray doesn't support HFR (48FPS)
This movie was awful. Why in the hell did they have to go and ruin The Hobbit? Not to mention them splitting the book up into 3 movies (really?) It's my favorite book in the world, I read it on average on 3-4 times a year but there isn't even CLOSE to 3 movies worth of action/story.
The whole thing just screams "I'm Peter Jackson. Now give me your money, nerds."
I expected a bit more from it
As to ruining the book, I disagree. The book's still the same as it always was and the film makes a decent stab at it. With literal classics, you can almost never have a perfect film to match the original source material. For as many people that liked the LotR trilogy, just as many derided them for not following the books perfectly. You can't win either way as a film maker. Also, that's not just a defence of Peter Jackson in particular, but for any director trying to translate a script of a screenplay of a book, into a visual medium.


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So. I have Vacation on the brain this week (not sure why :D), and I thought that that would make a decent topic for the week.
If you could take a vacation within a movie… where would you go?
Would you visit the forest of Endor, dance some Yub Yub with the Ewoks? Maybe you'd like to chill out at the Blue Lagoon. Always dreamed of visiting Wally World and having the park all to yourself?
Let's turn FMR into Rekall today. You can book a trip to anywhere to do anything. Want to fly the Top Gun fighter planes? Take a cruise on the Titanic, without it sinking? Maybe you'd like to visit Wonderland, or take a trip through Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, or turn the clock back and visit 1920s Paris, with Gil Pender…
Wherever it might be, the choice is up to you. If you could take a vacation in a movie, where would YOU go?


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2013 has witnessed massive movements and uprisings around the globe, from the Occupy! movements in the US, to the movements for Democracia Real Ya! in Spain, and the massive protest and assembly movements in Greece. Common to all these movements is their use of horizontal democracy and the occupation of physical space in which to create new democratic forms. They all began with a No! - a refusal to accept a crisis - and at the same time many yeses, with the creation of alternative forms of relating and being.
Ten years prior a situation occurred in Argentina that is so similar it is remarkable. While in the 1990s Argentina served as the poster child for the neo-liberal economic policies of the IMF, in December 2001 the bottom fell out with a total collapse of the country's economic system. The government defaulted, the banks were locked, the Peso was devalued to a third of its original value, and there was no money or credit for any transaction, no matter how large or small. In response, millions of people in Argentina went out into the streets, banging pans and chanting "que se vayan todos!" (They all must go!) Together they forced out four successive central governments, but at the same time they created horizontal assemblies and alternative forms of survival, looking to one another and not to the institutional powers for solutions and support. Since then workers began to take back their workplaces – reclaiming them from bankruptcy and running them together – without hierarchy, bosses or managers. What were then only a few have now become over 300 workplaces, ranging from metal and print shops, to newspapers, schools, a hotel and medical clinics.
Since the times of Peron and Evita, Argentina's political life had much volatility, but nothing like the brutal military dictatorship that wreaked havoc on the country in the late 1970's, causing the death and disappearance of over 30,000 individuals. Democracy was finally attained in the 1980s but it was not until recently, with massive pressure from social movements, that strides have been made in holding politicians and military officers accountable for the many gross human rights violations during the period of the dictatorship. A broad effort to recover the memory of the lives of the disappeared has brought new life to human rights cases.
Visit Argentina to better understand the collapse of the neo-liberal project, witness the possibilities that Argentine movements present in building a community-based economy, hear new voices for human rights from the South, and discover how new alliances are reshaping the political horizon of the Southern Cone. You'll stay in vibrant Buenos Aires enjoying the rich cultural life it has to offer.
Please email Corina [2] if you would like to receive a sample itinerary for this delegation.
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- Visit organizations of the unemployed workers and understand their coping mechanisms
- Talk to participants and organizers of the uprisings
- Meet with the women of the Abuelas Del Plaza de Mayo who continue to search for their grandchildren who were kidnapped during the military dictatorship
- Meet with an economist who explains how the country ended up in its current situation by examining past policies of 'structural adjustment' promoted by the IMF, and looking toward the country's future
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- Extend your stay in Argentina and visit magnificent tourist destinations, like the world famous Iguazu Waterfalls on the Argentine/Brazil/Paraguay border
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As Dan Kennedy notes, today's much-aniticipated apology/explanation from John Tomase totally avoids the role Tomase's editors played in getting his bogus-Patriots-videotaping story into print. So I asked Herald editor Kevin Convey, who's usually pretty forthcoming, if he could discuss that subject.
"I'm going to take a rare pass," Convey said. "The reason is, I kind of feel like we've said much more about what was done [pre-publication] than any newspaper has. It doesn't do any good to us to go any further into our deliberations or anything else."
Now, there's no question that the Herald (and Tomase, and Convey) have emphatically accepted responsibility for the story. But--to cite a recent example involving much higher stakes--the New York Times did discuss editorial culpability when it critiqued its pre-Iraq War coverage back in 2004. Here's how the paper addressed the topic:
Some critics of our coverage during that time have focused blame on
individual reporters. Our examination, however, indicates that the
problem was more complicated. Editors at several levels who should have
been challenging reporters and pressing for more skepticism were
perhaps too intent on rushing scoops into the paper.
Given the billing Tomase's story got on today's Herald front page, this reticence is disappointing. Remember, though, that any discussion of editorial oversight could pose legal risks for the paper, especially if that oversight was sorely lacking.
What's more, the lack of backroom detail may also be smart management. Right now, public ire is focused on Tomase. A broader admission of culpability within the Herald newsroom (which could include sports editor Hank Hryniewicz and Convey himself) might make Tomase's situation a bit more bearable. But it could also demoralize a bare-bones staff that must already be extremely dispirited.


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In Search of Direct Trade Coffee from Colombia – Day 2
It's official, I both smelled and tasted the best things I have ever smelled or tasted before in my life today. The smell: flowering coffee trees. The taste: cacao fruit picked straight off the tree. Actually, today was a full day of deliciousness, so I am inclined to start with a list of things that I have eaten.
- Colombian empanadas, bread made from corn and cheese and baked into gooey delight
- Cacao fruit picked straight off a tree, a sweet chocolaty tangy taste, with the afterbite of cacao seed
- Cheese and corn crackers
- Wild blackberries
- Lulo juice (Colombian fruit)
- Mandarin oranges (green and orange)
- Pan fried pork, hen, sweet boiled plantains, boiled yucca, rice, salad, avocado, and potato cilantro soup
- Coffee, with many spoonfuls of sugar
- Shots of aguardiente from Huila
Jealous, anyone? If not, you probably should be.
Today was another day of farm visits, this time in the region of Palermo in the Colombian state of Huila. Palermo is about 45 minutes from Neiva, but the coffee farms are a treacherous 30 minute (or more) drive up a very steep, very curvy, dirt road. Luckily, I missed the terrifying drive up in my deep sleep car nap, and awoke to an endless vista of mountains and coffee. We visited 5 farms today, and each of them has a very special connection to each other. It is tough to explain without a very detailed family tree and history of Palermo, but here goes. Miguel Angel Gonzalez has a large farm, part of which he gifted to his two sons, Edinson and Wilmer Gonzalez. Miguel also gave a separate part of his farm to his third son, Reinel Gonzalez. Miguel's daughter Milena is married to Saul Vasquez, son of Maria Diva Ardila Bahamón, who just happens to have grown up with Miguel. Got it? Edinson, Wilmer, Reinel, Saul, and Maria Diva all produced spectacular microlots that caught our attention in the cupping room at Coffee Bean... but I didn't know they were all so closely related until today!
Farm #1—"El Eden" o "La Argentina"
Quick Facts:
- Owner: Edinson Gonzalez
- Altitude: 1700 meters
- Total Area: 3 hectares
- Coffee Area: 2 hectares
- Varietals: Colombia
- Annual Production: 30 cargas
- Certifications: Rainforest Alliance (in process), UTZ
- Other crops: plantains, corn, yucca, pantales, oranges, vegetable garden
- Drying: Solar tents with raised African "bunk beds"
Edinson's farm is very well maintained. He is obviously a very hard worker and is proud of his coffee. Interesting tidbit about his farm is that in combination with the usual pollinating insects, bats also pollinate Edinson's farm at night. Both Edinson and his brother Wilmer grew up in a coffee family. Their father, Miguel Angel, has owned his farm for over 35 years, and he got into the coffee business via his father in law, who made sure that he would have a way to care for his wife. Miguel gifted each of his sons a lot of coffee when they were young so that they could learn to grow and experiment with varietals. They sons received more land once they were married and had families to take care of. We hiked through this farm, not easy in a foot cast, but a neighbor came to the rescue with a horse, which I rode all around the farm (highlight of the day, by far).
Farm #2—El Manatial
Quick Facts:
- Owner: Wilmer Gonzalez
- Altitude: 1830 meters
- Total Area: 3 hectares
- Coffee Area: 1.5 hectares
- Varietals: Colombia (50%), Caturra (50%)
- Annual Production: 22 cargas
- Certifications: Rainforest Alliance (in process), UTZ
- Other crops: plantains, corn, yucca, pantales, oranges, vegetable garden, blackberry fields
- Drying: Solar tents with raised African "bunk-beds"
Like his brother Edinson, Wilmer also takes good care of his farm, although his father says that he is "younger and lazier" and therefore does not produce as much coffee. He also cultivates blackberries on his land.
Farm #3—La Ensillada
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- Owner: Maria Diva Ardila Bahamón
- Altitude: 1700 meters
- Total Area: 7.5 hectares
- Coffee Area: 5 hectares
- Varietals: Colombia, Castillo, Caturra (20%)
- Annual Production: 60 cargas
- Certifications: Rainforest Alliance (in process), UTZ
- Other crops: plantains, corn, yucca, pantales, oranges, vegetable garden
- Drying: Solar tents (damaged, no money to replace)
Maria Diva is perhaps one of my favorite people, ever, in the world. She is full of a contagious energy and a lighthearted free spirit. It is impossible to resist her charm. Maria Diva is a widow and has 6 sons who take good care of her (one of which is married to Miguel's daughter), although she admits that she tries to be a very good mother in law so that she has women in her life to take care of her too. Maria grew up in the region of Palermo, where she went to elementary school with Miguel. A touching story about her farm: one lot is named "el pulmon" (the lung) which has a very personal meaning to her. When her husband was still alive, they were going through very hard financial times with 6 young children. Their farm was not producing, and she didn't know what they were going to do when finally, this lot started flowering and producing coffee. This allowed them all to "take a deep breath," hence the name "la pulmon." I could go on and on about Maria Diva, like the fact that she spontaneously makes up poems, which she sings as songs, tells jokes like a comedian, and speaks in a commanding and authoritative tone about the production of coffee in her region. Together with Miguel, Maria is the leader of the families, and ensures that all are taken care of.
Farm #4—San Carlos
- Owner: Reinel Gonzalez
- Altitude: 1600 meters
- Total Area: 3 hectares
- Coffee Area: 2 hectares
- Varietals: Colombia (80%), Caturra (20%)
- Annual Production: 40 cargas
- Certifications: UTZ (in process)
- Other crops: plantains, citrus, pastos, vegetable garden, blackberries
- Drying: solar tents
Another of the Gonzalez sons, Reinel keeps a very tidy farm. He has been in charge of this piece of land for 14 years when his father gifted it to him. His wife, Ana Lucia Vargas, cultivates baby coffee trees in a small nursery and takes a very active role in their coffee production. They also have a very impressive and colorful garden.
Farm #5—La Primavera
- Owner: Saul Vasquez (son of Maria Diva)
- Altitude: 1697 meters
- Total Area: 9.8 hectares
- Coffee Area: 5 hectares
- Varietals: Caturra, Castillo, Tabi
- Annual Production: 4000 kg (2010)
- Certifications: UTZ
- Other crops: plantains, yucca, pantales, oranges
This gracious family hosted us for lunch today; all except for the meat came from all 5 farms that we visited. This farm is also part of the national park of Huila. They have the most adorable children.
As you can see, today was a busy day. Some interesting facts that didn't make it in up there: all of the farms are fed by springs, called "nacimientos" which means "births." I think this is a beautiful way to describe a mountain spring. All of the farms also treat their water that they use in the milling process, and use the excess sugars from coffee cherries to help along their compost heaps. Maria Diva gave a heartfelt speech at lunch entitled "Strengths and weaknesses of our region." I have this on video and will work on adding subtitles because it is worth a watch. Alex Russan was giving a particularly fragrant flowering coffee tree a sniff and literally got a facefull of mosquitoes. He now sports a mosquito bite beard. I also think it is worth repeating that I rode a horse down and up about 500 meters, everyone else had to walk. The day ended like any good day in Latin America: sitting in the stoop of a convenience store, taking shots of aguardiente in a circle (never forgetting Pachamama) and laughing.
One last tidbit—orchids grow spontaneously all over the trees here. Even on trees in the middle of a town on a dirt road.
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THE BODY TOXIC: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being. Nena Baker. viii + 277 pp. North Point Press, 2008. $24.
My course on toxicology was never easier to teach than this past year. For subject matter, I no longer had to rely solely on stories about the well-known legacy toxins—PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), PBBs (polybrominated biphenyls), DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and dioxins. Every week, for their "current events" assignment, students eagerly brought in an abundance of news articles revealing the widespread contamination of people and wildlife with such chemicals as PFOA and PFOS (perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate, used in the manufacture of items with nonstick surfaces or protective finishes), PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers, which are flame retardants), phthalates (used to plasticize polyvinyl chloride), bisphenol A (used in the production of polycarbonate) and atrazine (an herbicide).
Although most of these so-called emerging contaminants have been around for decades, they have only recently "emerged" into our collective consciousness. There are several reasons that we are now hearing more about them: Thanks to much-improved detection methods and technologies, chemists can now find these substances in human tissue and urine in concentrations as minute as a few parts per billion or even trillion. In addition, over the past couple of decades, as better methods of testing have allowed the evaluation of smaller (and often more environmentally relevant) concentrations, toxicologists have expanded the definition of "adverse effect" to include the subtle effects that tiny amounts of foreign chemicals may have on reproductive and developmental processes in people and animals. Another important factor is that in 2001 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued their first National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and announced plans to continue to report the results of their biomonitoring. The second report was published in 2003 and the third in 2005; the fourth will be released sometime this year.
The publication of the 2003 report struck journalist Nena Baker as a big event, because it expanded the realm of pollution to include the body. She eventually dropped her day job to write a book on the subject, The Body Toxic. Her aim was to chase down the answers to three basic questions:
Should we be worried about the effects of these pollutants on our health? Can everyday items be responsible for the chemicals inside us? Don't regulators already make sure we're safe from daily doses of hazardous substances?
We'll save the first question for later. The answer to the second is a resounding yes: We are all contaminated by chemicals found in everyday items from our kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms and offices, and even our hospitals. We've known for some time, for example, that organochlorines such as PCBs and dioxins collect in human tissue.
As for Baker's third question, no one can deny that in the United States, thanks to expanded federal regulation, releases of chemicals into the environment and our food and water have been greatly reduced over the past 30 years. But Baker shows that there is still cause for concern. Often the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacks adequate information. Chemicals that the agency once deemed safe have turned out not to be. Some are more bioavailable or absorbable than was initially believed, and others break down less rapidly than scientists first thought.
The problem, Baker points out, is this:
When questions arise about chemicals, manufacturers can—and often do—use the absence of information to argue that a substance is harmless. Under our regulatory structure, ignorance is rewarded: manufacturers have no obligation to test for the safety of the substances they sell.
The "regulatory structure" referred to is presumably the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, or TSCA. At the time of its passage, EPA administrator Russell E. Train declared TSCA to be
one of the most important pieces of "preventive medicine" legislation.... Its basic aim is to give public health far more of the weight that it deserves in the decisions by which chemicals are commercially made and marketed, by which they enter and spread throughout the human environment.
Sadly, TSCA has proved itself "notoriously weak and ineffectual," Baker says. The U.S. Government Accountability Office, she reports, has concluded that "the EPA has given up trying to regulate chemicals and instead relies on the chemical industry to act voluntarily when concerns arise."
One notorious incident illustrating the naiveté of making compliance voluntary is that DuPont failed to report that PFOA is persistent and is possibly toxic to humans and wildlife. As a result, in 2005 DuPont settled with the EPA for $16.5 million—pocket change for such a large corporation—and the EPA initiated a voluntary phase-out of the chemical by 2015 (a program in which DuPont, along with several other manufacturers, is a participant).
A point of concern that Baker doesn't address (perhaps because there isn't enough to discuss just yet) is the fate of nanomaterials under TSCA. An advantage of certain nanomaterials is that they act differently than their larger chemical counterparts. But this very quality concerns some toxicologists, who fear that chemicals that have been "nanoized" may behave differently in toxicology tests. Yet under TSCA, new registration will not be required for nanoformulations of some existing chemicals. Furthermore, submission to the EPA of health and toxicity data on nanomaterials that may slip by TSCA is currently—you guessed it—voluntary.
The bulk of the book explains why and in what ways regulation has been inadequate and shows what the consequences of regulatory failure have been. Drawing on the primary literature, anecdotes, interviews and popular news articles, Baker presents thorough case studies of atrazine, phthalates, PBBs, bisphenol A, PFOA and PFOS. I was pleasantly surprised to find that she is not an alarmist—after the somewhat hyperbolic introduction, she sticks for the most part to science and policy.
Let's return now to the first of Baker's three questions: What does it mean to be exposed to all these toxicants at low concentrations? She makes it clear that we're a long way from knowing the answer. Biomonitoring studies provide an increasingly accurate picture of the chemical burden our bodies bear, she says, but
limitations remain. The studies don't tell researchers the source of an exposure, how long a substance has been in the body or, most important, what effects, if any, a substance is having on human health.
More research is needed, obviously.
The final chapter, "Reaching Ahead," is devoted to the European Union's new approach to regulation of chemicals. In 2006 the European Parliament passed landmark legislation referred to as REACH (for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical Substances). Far more stringent than TSCA, REACH requires that manufacturers test chemicals to ensure that they do not pose an unacceptable risk. It's an approach that the United States would do well to emulate.
The Body Toxic is informative without being overly technical, although I would have liked some synthesis (for example, some discussion of contaminants that share a common target). Nevertheless, by providing insight into the complexities of regulation and the work of scientists, Baker's book serves as a good introduction to toxicology and a useful springboard for conversations about policy.
Emily Monosson is the editor of Motherhood, the Elephant in the Laboratory: Women Scientists Speak Out (Cornell University Press, 2008). Her focus as a toxicologist is the impact of emerging contaminants on human health and the environment. She is on the stewardship committee of the electronic reference Encyclopedia of Earth and has a blog about toxicology, The Neighborhood Toxicologist (http://theneighborhoodtoxicologist.blogspot.com/).
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Former All White Noah Hickey will be one of the key figures tasked with finding a replacement for Ricki Herbert as Phoenix coach.
The search for his successor has begun in earnest and the club has already been flooded with CVs. The job will be advertised in the coming weeks and the Phoenix will undertake a global search, with the selection process overseen by a four-person appointment committee.
It consists of Hickey, Team Wellington chairman Mark Chote and two other members of the board, though Gareth Morgan will apparently not be involved.
While Hickey has been a board member since Welnix was formed, his inclusion might raise some eyebrows, as the recently retired 34-year-old retains close ties with several members of the Phoenix playing group.
This group will lean heavily on two expert consultants - one based in Australia and one in England with close ties to a Premier League club - who will offer background knowledge of the applicants.
The process will be thorough but will need to be timely as decisions need to be made about a large number of current players who are coming off contract.
From a list of around 20 candidates, it is expected the club will aim for a shortlist of between three and five people before the final rounds of interviews.
Meanwhile, Herbert's ongoing role (technical football adviser to the board) looks likely to have several different strands. It is believed he will be charged with focusing on strategic issues around football operations at the club as well as the ongoing development and structure of the Phoenix academy, which will double in size next season.
The Phoenix are also keen to take advantage of Herbert's vast network across the football world, garnered throughout his managerial career. Herbert has a huge base of contacts, ranging from agents, managers, players and within Fifa and will act as a conduit. However, the former manager won't be involved with the first team squad at the club.
The first seeds of doubt over Herbert came in early December, just over one third of the way through this season. While the results in 2013 have been damaging - just one win and heavy losses to Sydney and Central Coast - the first sense of alarm came in the home match against Sydney FC in round 10. Heading into the Sunday afternoon match, the Phoenix were fifth, coming off a home victory over the Western Sydney Wanderers, a creditable point in Perth and a win in Newcastle.
This was a time to consolidate, especially as Sydney were bottom of the table and new manager Frank Farina had been in the job only days after the resignation of Ian Crook. Instead, the Phoenix gave a limp display, with a Jeremy Brockie penalty in injury time just a consolation in a dismal 2-1 defeat.
That match came well before the infamous public discussion of playing styles after Morgan's comments on 'total football' - but was of concern to club officials.
"They looked as if they thought they just needed to turn up to win," said one source. "There was not a lot of effort or fight on the field and it was noticed by some people fairly high up."
It was the first sign that all was not well and issues that hadn't been apparent before now were.
From then on, the pressure ramped up. There had to be a turnaround but it never really came. The Phoenix claimed just nine points from the next 12 games. Players also were feeling the heat in an environment of growing unease and voiced their concerns.
Herbert was under "multiple pressures" in what was described as a "groundswell of noise" and he couldn't find an answer.
At the beginning of the season, the coach had told people within and outside the club that he felt he finally had the right squad in place but, as the season went on, there were only diminishing returns.
Still, the club hoped for a change in fortunes. After signing Carlos Hernandez, the Herald on Sunday understands that there was an attempt to bring the Costa Rican international to New Zealand immediately for the last 10 rounds of the season but his Indian club refused to grant an early release.
It seems that what took place in last Monday's meeting was a genuine resignation rather than a sugar-coated dismissal but it is also telling that the club made no effort to persuade Herbert to change his mind.
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They may be a UK boy band, but these guys sure know how to party Playboy style.
Hailing all the way from the U.K., British-Irish boy band The Wanted were made the good old '90s boy band way: by attending a mass audition in 2009. We wouldn't usually spend our time talking about pop music, but these five boys have been on our radar ever since they showed up at the Playboy Mansion for Nathan Sykes's 19th birthday. According to the tabloids, there were kisses grabbed from Bunnies, a skinny dip in the grotto after enjoying a couple of (legal) beers and, of course, a rousing game of dominos against beautiful Bunnies by the pool.
"I did actually manage to pull — I kissed a Bunny — Katy Perry-style," Jay McGuiness told the press. "It's a pretty good story to take back from a trip to America. If you're invited to certain nights then I think it gets more crazy. But when we went it was almost seventies classy, with hot girls everywhere."
We were curious to see what else these young guys get up to while they tour the world, so we asked them to give us a taste of the jet-setting boy band lifestyle we all wished we were a part of when we were younger.
Playboy.com: When you're playing gigs in America, which cities do you most look forward
to partying in?
The Wanted: We manage to make our own fun no matter where we go. We love visiting Las Vegas and New York. We've never had a bad time at either, and we love experiencing what the cities have to offer.
Playboy.com: What bars and nightclubs are you sure to hit up when you're touring and why?
The Wanted: A staple to all our Los Angeles visits is The Saddle Ranch on Sunset. The food is great, the girls are amazing and (there's) nothing like unwinding at a good pub with your mates.
Playboy.com: Which city has the sexiest girls?
The Wanted: That's tough to answer; everywhere we go, the girls are all beautiful in America.
Playboy.com: What is your craziest story from the road?
The Wanted: We've had ourselves a few crazy nights out in Vegas that saw us hanging out at Hugh Hefner's suite. And then actually going to the Mansion and meeting the man himself was amazing.
Playboy.com: Are there any places you're looking forward to playing that you haven't been before?
The Wanted: We have yet to see a lot of the middle of America. Our last tour was short and quick, so we got to experience the big cities but we know how big this country is and how much there is in between. Stopping by the Grand Canyon is definitely on our list.
Playboy.com: What's your first memory of Playboy magazine?
The Wanted: Finding them in my brother's drawer.
Playboy.com: What albums or songs are on your tour playlist?
The Wanted: Karmin – "Brokenhearted," Jessie J – "Domino," Gotye – "Somebody That I Used to Know."
Playboy.com: Talk a bit about your time at the Playboy Mansion.
The Wanted: We surprised Nathan for his 19th birthday with a visit to the Mansion. Since he's not old enough to go out, we brought the party to him. It was amazing. Great food, beautiful girls and quality time in the grotto.
Playboy.com: Any plugs you want to make?
The Wanted: We have a new EP out that is self-titled, The Wanted, and make sure you call into your local stations to request "Chasing the Sun."


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My friend Monica is so damned egotitstical. Every time someone mentions the word 'nipples', she automatically assumes we're talking about her.
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I enjoyed the first game, despite playing it late. We never reviewed it on the site (Joe doesn't always get on with the RTS genre), but its blend of RTS and RPG elements made for a fun and original experience. It had its faults, but its new ideas, and the fact that it had clearly had so much love poured into it by its developer Neocore, made these easy to overlook.


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I was in Singapore two weeks ago and had the chance to meet Malcolm Rodrigues and Greg Mittman from an emerging broadband service provider called MyRepublic. MyRepublic is a new service-based operator (SBO) licensed in Singapore in 2011, purpose-built for Singapore's national broadband network (NBN). Since the launch of the NBN service in Singapore, it has created new opportunities for SBOs to lease the network from OpenNet, the company that operates the NBN in Singapore and sell high-speed fiber broadband services to consumers and businesses in the island country. And MyRepublic is one of the most interesting companies I have seen, with an innovative business/go-to-market model that:


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"John Cage – 4'33" [May '68 Comeback Special RECON]" (Video Art, 2010)Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Reconstruction of John Cage's 4'33" using 68 YouTube videos of people performing the piece on a variety of instruments. Part of the ongoing RECON project. Many thanks to Rhizome.org and C-Monster for featuring this work recently.
"There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot." (John Cage, Experimental Music)


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Wright State is now taking applications for the 2007 Horizons in Medicine program, scheduled for June 13 through July 25, 2007. This unique program offers high school students, mostly from disadvantaged or minority backgrounds, the opportunity to learn the science behind and see the delivery of health care that forms the foundation for having a career in medicine. This unique program provides high school students the opportunity to prepare for a career in science and health care, earn money in an interesting summer job, and potentially receive college scholarships. The application deadline for this year's program is March 16, 2007.
Few educational initiatives have stood the test of time as well as the Horizons in Medicine program. Since 1979, 556 high school students have completed Horizons in Medicine at Wright State University, with more than 90 percent of past participants entering college and approximately 80 percent of them graduating from college.
Horizons in Medicine is designed to give students a sense of the career possibilities in health care and to show them the kind of serious preparation needed to enter such careers. Students spend mornings in classrooms and laboratories at Wright State, where they are introduced to subjects such as anatomy, biochemistry and physiology. They spend afternoons working in hospitals, community clinics, and other clinical sites throughout the community where students earn stipends for their afternoon work assignments. All students who successfully complete the Horizons program receive one-year full scholarships to Wright State University.
"For 29 years the Horizons in Medicine program has provided invaluable real life experiences within Dayton's medical community to young people who are interested in careers in medicine," states Gary LeRoy, M.D., assistant dean for minority affairs, and associate professor of family medicine at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. "I am proud to participate in this opportunity to interact with and train these students during these preparatory years, and I wish that more students were given this golden opportunity to spend a few weeks learning what it is really like to be a medical student. It is a challenge that every young mind interested in medical science should be able to experience."


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Jim Lambie's work is subversive, but playfully so. The subversion is not in the blending of aesthetic categories; artists have been crossing those lines since the days of Marcel Duchamp. Instead, his work surprises in its blithe, affectionate mix of pop culture and formalist aesthetics. His life as a rock musician and deejay on the Glasgow club scene bleeds into his sculptural objects, which are made of cast-off record covers, turntables, or posters gussied up with glitter, beads, safety pins, junk jewelry, and other cheap trimmings. They fall into the established tradition of assemblage, but lack the angst of Beat-era works by the likes of Ed Kienholz or Bruce Conner. Likewise, Lambie's signature piece, Zobop (which has had many incarnations in various settings), is a striped floor painting reminiscent of Sol LeWitt's wall drawings, but instead of pencil or ink, Lambie uses brilliantly colored strips of electrical tape. He lets the architecture impose its own logic on the design, rather than the other way around, building his design by working inward from the perimeter of a room to the center, following the contents of the space fluidly. The act of covering an object or space is one of ownership; he says that it also "somehow evaporates the hard edge off the thing, and pulls you toward more of a dreamscape."1
In 2001, Lambie was invited to make a version of Zobop for the Walker Art Center's exhibition Painting at the Edge of the World. It covered a portion of one gallery, flowing around a stairway and onto the floor of a small elevator in the corner. The installation was completed by the addition of a Psychedelic Soulstick—one in an ongoing series of sculptures that Lambie makes by wrapping yards and yards of colored thread around a bamboo stick hung with small objects. The cocooned objects are things he handles during the course of his daily life: a guitar strap, a cigarette package, socks. He often installs the Soulsticks on Zobop; they animate one another, the stripe motif migrating from two to three dimensions and back again in a pulsating shift of scale. Zobop has often been compared to a dance floor, and the addition of one of the sticks reinforces this connection by naming two popular music genres, psychedelic and soul.
The form of the Soulsticks draws on a sculptural tradition that includes Richard Serra's lead "props" and the colored staffs made by French conceptual artist André Cadere. But perhaps the more telling allusion is to the shaman's stick: an object used by traditional healers in many cultures as an aid in the journey from profane space to the spirit world.2 While he may be alluding to Joseph Beuys' notion of the artist-as-shaman, Lambie brings it up-to-date: for members of his generation, deejays and musicians carry the Soulsticks, and the dance floor is one of the few places left where ecstatic self-expression is still possible.


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UTSA Lyric Theatre presents Menotti operas
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(Feb. 28, 2007)--The UTSA Lyric Theatre will present two one-act operas by Gian Carlo Menotti in "Two by Menotti" at 7:30 p.m., March 2-3, and 3 p.m., March 4 in the Buena Vista Theatre at the Downtown Campus.
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- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
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The performances of "The Old Maid and the Thief" and "The Medium" are dedicated to the composer who died this month.
Born in Italy, Menotti wrote his first opera at age 11. He and his family immigrated to the United States shortly after the death of his father, and he continued his studies at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music. Considered the most popular and prolific composer of his time, Menotti was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, a Drama Critics Circle Award and two commissions.
The UTSA Lyric Theatre is a student ensemble directed by UTSA Associate Professor William McCrary. Music department chair Eugene Dowdy will conduct the UTSA Orchestra for "The Old Maid and the Thief" and faculty member Terrence Frazor will conduct "The Medium."
"The Old Maid and the Thief" is a cautionary tale of morals and feminine power used for ill. Menotti inspiration for the story after visiting the family of a friend in a small town filled with secrets. The role of Miss Pinkerton will be played by Shannon Courtaway, Miss Todd by Amber Moon, Bob the Thief by Jacob Valadez and Latitia the servant by Krista Boone.
Full of psychological twists and turns, "The Medium" revolves around Madame Flora played by Carrie Coultas, who holds fake séances in order to take financial advantage of grieving parents. Menotti described the opera as the tragedy of a woman caught between two worlds -- a world of reality, which she cannot wholly comprehend, and a super-natural world in which she cannot believe. Jillian Cox will play the role of Monica and Rick Sanchez will play Toby the mute.
Tickets are $15 and $10 for seniors, military and students with ID. Tickets will be available at the door or in advance by calling (210) 458-5685.


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A complex and elaborately conceived family of malware that originates in China installs the Apache Web server, as well as half a dozen keylogger and downloader payloads, disguised as components of legitimate apps. We and a few other antivirus vendors are calling this type of malware Taobatuo.
It just so happens that I've been setting up a Windows virtual machine with the latest versions of Apache, MySQL, and PHP for an unrelated project. I hadn't installed these apps onto a Windows box before, and Apache in particular is notoriously finicky about Windows installations, so after several days of trial and error (mostly error) I was somewhat amused to discover, after finally getting Apache to work, that the malware sample I tested actually pulls down its own working, customized Apache installer…along with a bunch of phishing Trojans, keyloggers, and downloaders, all dressed up to look like the services you might see on a Microsoft-based Web server.
It just goes to show how much good these malware creators could accomplish, simply if they wanted to. But that's clearly not the goal. The malware, along with text files containing instructions for the malware, came from taobao.lylwc.com. That's not to be confused with Taobao.com, one of China's most heavily trafficked Internet portals. This site and the real Taobao are not related in any way I can determine, other than the (ab)use of the Taobao name.
The lylwc.com domain itself is quite a piece of work. It claims to offer free downloads or streams of current Hollywood movies, as well as an extensive library of films and TV shows. The operative word is "claims" — when you try to view those movies, the site attempts to push a download of a Trojaned installer for the QVOD media player (a streaming media app that's popular in China). So let's just say I wasn't all that surprised to find the taobao subdomain of this Web site hosting a raft of malware.
We've been seeing files originating from this domain since August, and there's evidence online that they've been circulating and infecting computers in China and elsewhere since as early as March, 2010. The infection seems to begin when we run one of the executable installers (a process that could be invoked by a drive-by download). The malware executables all have .txt extensions, and are either self-extracting RAR archives or NSIS installer files (either of which are easily taken apart by a handy, free tool called Universal Extractor).
The main installer for the malware appears to be a DLL named Mixload.dll (MD5 ec3653025fb6ba3578e5fd9b190f4e63, among others). When loaded, Mixload moves itself to C:Program FilesQvodPlay — the directory that is the default installation location for the QVOD player — and sets a run key so it starts up with Windows or whenever a user with QVOD installed starts that program.
The strings include a reference to what the Trojan's creators call it, Taobao_netking_master_1. One thing's for sure: these guys might be good at hiding their malware in plain sight, but they are neither humble nor masters of subtlety.
It also begins pulling down additional installers, including one which drops other malware files into a directory named after Oracle's SQL*Plus product. The first payload it pulls down and executes is named EXPL0RER.txt (with a zero instead of the letter O in the filename, MD5 06B67929C28D002693EAE3BC891492A8), which is an NSIS installer. And it retrieves a list of commands and instructions, some of which are in simplified Chinese characters, encoded in base64:
I found the translation of some of these commands (the lines that begin with pid=) illustrative, if a bit obtuse:
The EXPL0RER.txt file contains the self-extracting RAR with the Apache Web server files inside (MD5 4CA888FC1E5A9074F0CDE405E434E9D8), as well as a Trojan named svehcet.exe (MD5 972db39350c9b3f4dc169beb5be0212f), which EXPL0RER installs as a service in the C:Program Filesadobeflash folder. EXPL0RER also duplicates itself to the C:Program FilesSQLPlus folder using the filename crsase.exe.
Mixload also pulls down several other components:
- MySQL.txt (MD5 4A5D515D24E6A62B78C7B5D29750A313) is an executable that ends up as a file named My_26150.exe in the C:Program FilesSQLPlusBIN folder;
- c.exe (MD5 E97C4DA9B829E5335711BA42784637CF) drops into C:Program FilesApache with a duplicate copy in C:Program FilesApachebin named HTTPD.exe, and periodically runs batch files that upload stolen data elsewhere;
- http.dll (MD5 9ea479de6a8d9d2f499b20fef9abd2ac) is a game password stealer and keylogger belonging to the Trojan-Backdoor-Graypigeon (Hupigon) family, installed to C:Program Filesadobeflash;
- adodb.dll (MD5 17776a78eedda974732c9593dafdb79a) gets installed as a Browser Helper Object (CLSID: b58b7a32-025c-45a4-8db0-c7beabce0005) into C:Program Filestencenc (likely a deliberate misspelling of Tencent, the publisher of QQ, China's most popular instant messenger).
The BHO hijacks Web pages that have specific names (such as pay.aspx or LinkPay.aspx) that are used as the payment pages on some shopping Web sites, using a complicated regular expression rule to determine which IIS pages to monitor. It also redirects browsers trying to visit a small number of specific Chinese-hosted Web sites to a page on the n.iwtao.com domain.
In summary, the brands/businesses whose names were stolen for use by this Trojan include Adobe, the Apache Software Foundation, Oracle (both for SQLPlus and MySQL), Microsoft (for the adodb.dll, expl0rer, and other payloads), and the Chinese firms QVOD, Taobao, and Tencent. All this leads me to believe that the creators must feel they are untouchable, untraceable, or otherwise beyond the reach of any law enforcement. The fact that these shenanigans have been going on for nearly a year indicate that they may be correct, or just arrogant.
Our products currently block the domain, and also remove the files left behind. Without the connection to the domain, the malware samples cannot do anything, as they rely on instructions (in the form of plain text files) hosted on the malicious server in order to run commands. If you've suddenly discovered Apache's httpd.exe service running on your machine, despite never having installed it, or ever using your computer as a Web server, it might be time for a quick scan.


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Say they spotted Ebel and his car Tuesday afternoon
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A Colorado Springs woman says she and her mom saw murder suspect Evan Ebel near their apartment building on Tuesday, just hours before Department of Corrections chief Tom Clements was murdered at his home.
Maddie didn't want to give her last name for fear of retaliation. She said she believes she saw Ebel and his black Cadillac in the 2700 block of North Chestnut Street-- that's west of I-25 and south of Fillmore Street.
"Something in my mind was just telling me, keep an eye on him because there's something about him that's a little off," Maddie said.
She said she and her mom saw Ebel as they were walking their dog around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon.
"When we came back from our walk, he was still here but he was sitting in his car," Maddie recalled. "Just with the weird drug stuff we get in our neighborhood, my mom had the presence of mind to write down the license plate number."
Maddie's mom showed us the piece of paper where she had written 773 UHZ and a description of the car. That license plate number matches the one on Ebel's car.
Maddie said she and her mom recognized the vehicle when they saw it on the news Thursday, after Ebel wrecked his car during a police chase and shootout in Texas. Ebel was shot by an officer and later died.
"We saw the car on TV and it just kind of reminded us of seeing him because it was such a strange occurrence," Maddie said.
She said she thinks she knows who the man resembling Ebel was visiting.
TARGET 13 knocked on that door, which was unlocked and partially open. No one seemed to be there. The landlord of the property said he had not been given notice that those tenants were leaving.
Maddie said she called the El Paso County Sheriff's Office on Thursday and explained what she saw.
After TARGET 13 contacted the sheriff's office Friday inquiring about the tip, Maddie got a call back from an investigator.
The sheriff's office said they are looking into the information she provided.
Ebel, a white supremacist parolee, is a suspect in the murder of Clements as well as Nate Leon, a Denver Domino's pizza delivery driver who was shot and killed Sunday.
"If he was the guy involved in killing the pizza delivery guy, well that makes me nervous," said Maddie. "Because, seasonal work, I'm a pizza delivery driver. So it's scary."


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