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Sunday, August 4, 2013
Historical Parade Showcases Santa Barbara?s Fiesta Spirit
[Click here for a Noozhawk photo gallery from the parade.]
Thousands crowded State Street and the Santa Barbara Harbor area Friday afternoon to take in the Historical Parade, a longstanding cornerstone of the Old Spanish Days Fiesta.
Some planned their lunch breaks around catching the 89th annual event?s noontime processional of horses, floats, colorful outfits and lively music honoring Santa Barbara?s historical traditions.
The parade, also popularly called El Desfile Hist?rico, was touted by organizers as one of the largest equestrian parades in the United States.
Some parade-goers had arrived hours early to place their chairs and blankets, while others had reserved and cordoned-off seats to see the action.
Sunshine finally peaked from behind morning clouds as hundreds of colorfully dressed riders on horseback lit up the streets, leading gallant steeds along streets typically well traversed with cars, bicycles and shoppers.
One absent rider, Santa Barbara City Councilman Frank Hotchkiss, was thrown from his horse before the parade, and was transported to Cottage Hospital for treatment of his injuries.?
The parade started at the west end of Cabrillo Boulevard and marched east along the beach before turning up State Street, where El Presidente Josiah Jenkins turned on the charm for revelers from atop his horse.
At Jenkins? heels were his parents, Si and Karen, whose images inspired and adorned this year?s Fiesta poster in a similar parade-marching pose.
Riders entertain crowds gathered on curbs, restaurant patios and even in upstairs windows or on rooftops to take in Friday's Historical Parade in Santa Barbara. (Gina Potthoff / Noozhawk photo)
Spectators dressed in festive attire ? whites, greens and reds ? watched the 2013 event from curbs, restaurant patios and from the upstairs windows or rooftops of State Street businesses and retailers.
On the sidewalks, children and adults alike shouted ?Viva la Fiesta!? as they smashed confetti-filled eggs onto the heads of unsuspecting fellow revelers.
Passersby stirred up wafts of Mexican- or American-themed foods from nearby El Mercado De la Guerra, and a steady stream of mariachi music filled lulls in the parade's march.
?Look at him jump!? a man yelled to his children, who wore giddy expressions after watching the high-stomping hooves of passing horses.
Plenty of amateur photographers also turned out for the event, which included a seemingly endless sea of cowboy boots, sombreros, confetti, flower hair pains and festive garb.
The five-day Fiesta festivities continue Saturday and conclude Sunday. Click here for more information.
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Dancers in festive attire flaunt their Fiesta spirit during Friday's Historical Parade. (Fritz Olenberger photo, courtesy of Old Spanish Days)
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Discarded NYC theater prop sparks bomb scare
NEW YORK (AP) ? A New York City playwright who directed a show called the "American Suicide Bomber Association" unwitting sparked a bomb scare when he threw a prop from the production into the trash at his home.
Playwright Ethan Fishbane tells The New York Post (http://bit.ly/16Pymas ) he wasn't thinking when he discarded the fake bomb while cleaning out his Manhattan apartment Tuesday.
A building superintendent saw the prop the next morning and called police.
That brought out the bomb squad.
It didn't take long for investigators to figure out what had happened.
Fishbane says he was stunned when officers knocked on his door, but he praised the department for its quick response, saying it was "wholly appropriate."
The 23-year-old wrote the play while attending New York University's Tisch School of The Arts.
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Russian mobile malware makers numerous and highly organized, says security firm
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The organizations make setting up a malware-serving website like signing up for an email or online game.
Mobile security software company Lookout was hot on the trail of a set of Russian malware distributors ? and was surprised to find that the biggest groups responsible were as neatly and effectively organized as a small tech business.
Don't get paranoid just yet: Lookout explained to NBC News in an email that this type of fraud isn't nearly as common here: "It appears that they've cut back on targeting [Western] countries because they're having more success in Russia and the Eastern block. In the past we've even seen SMS fraud targeting the U.S. and western Europe," they wrote.
The way it works is this: an unscrupulous or merely curious Android user searches for free games or apps on his or her phone, and follows a resulting link to a legitimate-looking landing page. After agreeing (often without knowing it) to a terms of service, they are served up a malware application that scams money by fraudulently sending premium SMS messages ? special texts used to purchase ringtones or sign up for a service.
Thousands of Twitter accounts and fake websites are set up to lure unwitting users, but when Lookout followed the thread a bit further, they found that many led back to a few surprisingly professional-looking organizations.
Lookout
An example of a "landing page" users would be sent to (and redirected from).
From their official websites, productivity contests, and easy-to -use tools, at first glance one might guess these malware operators were legitimate software developers or advertisers. And in effect, that's exactly what these malware HQs are: small startups raking in cash thanks to the booming mobile sector. It just happens that the business they make their money through is fraud.
Affiliates sign up for the site as if they were joining a forum or freelance contractor website. A user-friendly, step-by-step process helps them create fake webpages, design and submit malware-toting apps, and makes the latest virus-scan-avoidance software available.
Meanwhile, the malware makers register dozens or hundreds of fake accounts on Twitter and other networks ? out of almost a quarter-million accounts analyzed by Lookout, over 50,000 were puppet accounts linking to malware.
Just 10 of these malware HQ organizations account for 60 percent of the SMS fraud Lookout tracked in Russia. Such scams don't usually affect the U.S. or western Europe, but it's not unheard of.
Twitter shuts down such accounts when it finds them, and malicious apps are removed from Google's Play Store whenever detected, but are these big organizations being raided or shut down now that they've been outed??
"We generally don't comment on ongoing investigations like this one," wrote Lookout. "However, in past investigations that are now closed, we have contacted authorities."
Even so, it's little comfort when the groups out there are so well-organized and well-staffed. Your best bet is to stick to well-known websites and only download apps from stores you trust. The problem may not be going away just yet, but consumers can avoid it ? with a little discretion.
Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for NBC News Digital. His personal website is coldewey.cc.
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Once Extinct in the Wild, Galapagos Giant Tortoises Return to Pinzon Island
Now here?s a great conservation success story: After more than 100 years, Gal?pagos giant tortoise hatchlings finally have a chance to thrive and survive on their native Pinz?n Island, after conservationists cleared it of the invasive rats that nearly wiped out the animals.
Like most Gal?pagos giant tortoises?including the conservation icon Lonesome George, who died last year?the tortuga subspecies that once lived on Pinz?n Island was nearly wiped out by the arrival of pirates, fishermen and invasive species in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In this case, the greatest threat to the Pinz?n Island tortoise subspecies (Chelonoidis nigra duncanensis) came in the form of voracious black rats (Rattus rattus) and Norway rats (R.? norvegicus), which ate both the tortoises? eggs and their defenseless hatchlings. Older tortoises can defend themselves against rats but so many young animals were killed by rodents that the subspecies could not replenish its population as older animals died off. By the beginning of the twentieth century, it appeared that no young tortoises on the island were surviving until adulthood.
Conservationists took the first step toward saving the Pinz?n Island tortoises in 1965 by collecting as many of the animals as they could and placing them into captive breeding programs. Tortoises were then hatched and reared on other islands and brought back to Pinz?n Island once they were old enough, but the impossibility of successful breeding on their home island led to the subspecies being classified as extinct in the wild.
The next step began a few years ago when Gal?pagos National Park and its partners launched a program to eradicate the rats and other invasive species throughout the archipelago, starting on smaller islands such as Pinz?n, which as of last year was home to an astonishing 180 million rats. Last December more than 20,000 kilograms of poison were dropped on the 18-square-kilometer island. ?The poisons, which dissolve after a few days, were specially designed to attract rats but repel birds and other wildlife that might accidentally consume them. The rodents quickly took the bait and Pinz?n has now been tentatively declared rat-free.
The return to Pinz?n Island
Late last month Gal?pagos National Park took the third step and returned 118 juvenile tortoises to Pinz?n from a breeding center on Santa Cruz Island. It took 11 park rangers two and a half hours to carry the young tortoises over rocky terrain to place them in nests in their native volcanic soil. Last week, as conservationists looked on, the hatchlings started to emerge and explore their newly resurrected home. The young tortoises may represent the only healthy juveniles on Pinz?n since before the year 1900. They join approximately 100 century-old tortoises and another 250 that have repatriated to the island over the last few years and range in age from five to 40.
Emerging from the nest
The rat eradication project had numerous partners, including Island Conservation, the Charles Darwin Foundation, Bell Laboratories (not the lab of telephone fame), which manufactured the poisons, and The Raptor Center of the University of Minnesota, which is helping to preserve the native birds of the Gal?pagos. In a press release, Island Conservation CEO Bill Waldman called the tortoises? return to Pinz?n ?a dream come true for conservationists around the world. We owe much to our predecessors who had the foresight to preserve this unique species in captivity.? Other animals that now have a new chance at survival on Pinz?n include a recently recognized seabird species called the Gal?pagos shearwater (Puffinus subalaris), the Pinz?n lava lizard (Microlophus duncanensis), and several species of other birds and iguanas.
Some risks remain, of course. Although the poisons dropped on Pinz?n in December appear to have wiped out rats and other invasive rodents, the island will be monitored for two years to make sure none survived. Other islands where the poisons have been used so far appear to be rat-free, so the chances for Pinz?n appear good. And now, even as the young Pinz?n tortoises explore their new home, the project will move on to larger islands, including Floreana, which is 10 times the size of Pinz?n and home to more than 40 threatened species. ?That project, which is slated for 2014 and will cost several million dollars, will be much harder due to the island?s human population. But if it succeeds, it will pave the way for other rat eradication projects on islands around the world?and hopefully save other endangered species like the ones that now have a new chance on Pinz?n Island.
Photos: An adult Pinz?n giant tortoise, uncredited. A giant tortoise hatchling on Pinz?n Island, photographed by Francesca Cunninghame at Charles Darwin Foundation. Galapagos National Park personnel returning young tortoises back to their native habitat on Pinz?n Island, uncredited. All photos courtesy of Island Conservation
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
Briefly: New clip from upcoming JOBS biopic, MagBak hits funding goals
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JOBS clip depicts inception of the Apple brand
A new clip from the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic, JOBS, has been posted online. In the scene Jobs and Wozniak, played by Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad, are driving while debating names for their new company. Jobs rejects any names related to Star Trek, threatening to drive the car off the road, but then grasps onto the name Apple arguing that it is "the fruit of creation" and "comes before Atari in the phonebook." While obviously fictionalized, this depiction does pull information from both Wozniak's and Job's stories of how the Apple name came to be.
MagBak reaches KickStarter goal in under three days
MagBak, a magnetic patch that can be used to mount an iPad to any magnetic surface, has reached its KickStarter funding goal in less than three days. Customers who purchase the MagBak receive two silicon patches, in their choice of six colors, that are placed on the back of any iPad. These patches contain small magnets that allow the device to be securely mounted to any metal surface, and can also hold a smart cover neatly on the back of the iPad. Additionally, the textured silicone surface improve the iPad's grip, allowing it to be set on an inclined surface without sliding down.
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