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Despite the billions of dollars spent by mega-corporations in an effort to promote and keep the unsustainable industrial food system in place, there is growing recognition of the need to radically change the way we produce and consume food. A good part of the responsibility for that insight rests squarely on the shoulders of pioneers such as author, speaker and self-described "possibilist" Frances Moore Lappé. Frances sowed the seeds of a food revolution with her best-selling Diet for a Small Planet back in 1971 and has published some 17 books since that time, in addition to having traveled and spoken all over the world. Frances's daughter, Anna Lappé, has become a best-selling author, speaker and food activist in her own right. Anna's most recent book, Diet for a Hot Planet, empowers readers to fight climate change with their dietary choices and advocacy for sustainable food systems.
Together, Frances and Anna founded the Small Planet Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to identifying and addressing the root causes of the many ecological, food-related and economic problems of today. Through that organization they are waking people up planetwide to the real possibility of a sustainable future.
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"We wrote about our experiences in a book that changed our lives, called Hope's Edge. Anna had her very clear voice, and there was my clear voice; but both of us felt that the mother-daughter team was just extra powerful, that we could do more together than we could each do separately. So we joined forces, and are constantly giving each other feedback and supporting one another in every way we can."
Since then, the Small Planet Institute has become a clearinghouse of hope-instilling information from mother, daughter and many other sources. On the site can be found books from both Lappés, interviews, solution-based resources and campaigns, videos, and even recipes.
Inspired by that same journey, the Lappés also started the Small Planet Fund. Frances explained: "We started a fund, administered by RSF Finance, through which we collect money from others and distribute it to democratic social movements around the world-especially those related to food and sustainability. That's been enormously satisfying. They are very small grants, in the $5,000 category. Every year we have a big event where we raise money, and I think it's more than just a fund. It really has become sort of an annual institution where people from various social movements come to New York City for one evening, and we have a big party with a live auction."
Solution-Based Approaches
Anna spoke of specific examples she is seeing of remarkable change around the world to assist in feeding a burgeoning population with purely sustainable solutions. "There is a great study commissioned by the UK government called the Foresight Project on Global Food and Farming Futures. One of the specific studies they commissioned was an analysis of agricultural projects across Africa that meet the standards of being agro-ecological and helping smallholder farmers. What struck me about the study is that so many of the innovations really have to do with building power in communities, educating farmers themselves with techniques that can be very simple and also use what's known as 'appropriate technology'-in other words, they don't require these farmers to be dependent on chemicals or fertilizers bought from companies halfway around the world.
"For instance, there are a lot of pilot projects being done in Africa with a particular type of acacia tree, called Faidherbia, which has nitrogen-fixing qualities, building soil fertility where it's planted. It also drops its leaves during the season when the plants around it most need sunlight, so it doesn't compete with other plants for sunlight. The dropped leaves provide great fodder for livestock, at a time when other crops aren't growing. This one tree has all these incredible benefits: helping increase fertility in the soil, helping to increase productivity of crops, and helping create access to food for livestock. A number of projects are training farmers about how to plant it, how to care for it, and how to educate each other about it. That's an example of the kind of innovations we're talking about."
Such changes are lasting, and don't create dependency on foreign corporations. "The other benefit of these types of innovations is that they don't rely on patented seeds that have to be purchased year to year, or the deployment of synthetic fertilizers that leave farmers vulnerable to incredible price volatility," said Anna.
Education is a major factor when it comes to assisting such farmers-for if they aren't made self-sufficient, the assistance won't be of lasting benefit. "The other great development that I've been reading about is one of creating farmer-to-farmer education opportunities," Anna recounted. "This means creating farm schools and ways for farmers to educate each other about these appropriate technologies and about these ecological innovations on the farm."
Frances has also seen many inspiring advancements. "One fantastic example of change is in Switzerland and Austria," she said. "Well over 10 percent of agriculture there is organic, and there is real support for this transition. Another story I've been telling recently is about agro-ecology and agro-forestry in Niger. In recent years it has been the poorest country in the world, yet small farmers there have re-greened that area of 12½ million acres with 200 million flourishing trees. This is in a place in which previously there were just stubs. They had not realized-and now have-that they could integrate cropping with trees that also supply food, along with fodder for their livestock. This process has now provided food security for about 2½ million people, in an area that had become so barren it was almost a desert."
The Changing of the Mind
"EcoMind is really trying to share the core inside that dawned on me 40 years ago," Frances related. "It's been 40 years since I wrote Diet for a Small Planet. Back then, a light bulb went on when I was sitting at the Giannini, the UC Berkeley Ag-Library. At the time all the experts were telling us that we had reached the limits of the earth's ability to feed us. Paul Ehrlich's book Population Bomb had just exploded, and there was another book by William and Paul Paddock entitled Famine 1975! I sat there and put the numbers together and realized, 'Wait a minute! There's more than enough for all of us to thrive-and worse than that, we are actually creating the scarcity that we say we fear.' So my life has been a journey of exploring that phenomenon in many different ways.
"In EcoMind I am challenging how we think about our environment, how we think about ecology, and really fundamentally identifying the problem in the human mind: the way we've been trained to see scarcity. The whole book is based on the idea that it's not 'seeing is believing,' but 'believing is seeing.' We are starting out with a premise of lack-that there are not enough goods and there's not enough goodness in us, there's not enough energy, there's not enough food. This makes us distrust, and that's the beginning of the end. We distrust ourselves, and we distrust our capacity to come together to make common decisions for the whole, for the good of all."
The book is built around seven widely held environmental messages and related ideas-some of them largely unspoken assumptions-that now shape our culture's responses to the global environmental and poverty crises. In each case, Frances challenges their limiting premises and offers a reframing that she believes can help free us to find our power to create a more livable and sustainable world.
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Currently, Anna is involved in a major project to reshape broad thinking about our food system, utilizing the power of the Internet. "In a coalition of thirteen groups, I'm working on a popular education project," Anna said. "This project is to develop a series of short online videos as well as other educational materials and grassroots workshops to help people understand some of the core benefits of sustainable farming. The project is also geared to respond to some of the myths that are still out there about industrial agriculture. The videos are going to examine questions such as, 'Is industrial agriculture the path to feeding the world?' and 'Does industrial agriculture really provide affordable or cheap food?' Ultimately I hope to build a powerful case that shows that the only way we are going to feed the world and feed it well is if we fundamentally rethink how we grow food, and turn away from the industrialized food system.
"And I will argue that one of the best ways to ensure people can feed themselves and their families is through promoting sustainable food and farming systems-regional foods."
Via the institute, Frances has been working schools and organizations to help bring her empowering ideas for change to everyone. "We reach out through any channel-radio, the web, and a lot of public speaking and workshops," she said. "I'm developing a workshop now at UC Santa Cruz on EcoMind, because changing our mindset is a little bit more than just reading one book. So we're hoping to develop a workshop that we can put on the website eventually, that anybody could take and adapt to a class, group of friends, church group or NGO. EcoMind is already being adopted into several schools, and Anna's book Diet for a Hot Planet is in the curriculum of quite a number of universities, so that's a real excitement for us."
To the People
As is exemplified in the project she is currently engaged in, Anna sees the problem in reaching the public at large as countering the propaganda of industrial agriculture. "I think the average person is primed to be receptive to our messages-unfortunately," she said. "You look at the statistics-one in three kids born in America today will at some point develop diabetes in their lifetime-and the skyrocketing rates of diet-related illnesses. The President's Cancer Panel estimates that 30-40 percent of cancers could have been prevented through food consumption choices. So these questions about what's wrong with our food system are playing themselves out on our bodies, and if not our bodies, then those of our husbands, wives, partners and children. It affects all of us or touches all of us.
"Because of this, when I start talking about problems with our food system, I've never had somebody say, 'What are you talking about? There's no problem!' They do realize there's a problem, but we need to educate people about the source of the problem. The food industry profiting from this unhealthy and environmentally destructive food economy is very savvy about spinning the story, with messages such as, 'Oh, but we produce the safest food,' 'We produce the cheapest food,' and 'There's no alternative, because if we tried any other way we would starve the world.' Those are powerful messages, and the extent to which we can work on countering those statements with our own powerful messages is really important."
Frances is constantly inspired by the response to her "possibilist" message. "I'm just thrilled by the reaction so far to EcoMind. When I first wrote the draft of this book and sent it out for reactions, I was terrified that I was really goring sacred cows, that people were going to be angry. And I'm sure that I am making some people angry, but in general the response has been overwhelmingly positive. It's a response that shows that something isn't working in the way that we're approaching these problems, and so they welcome a fresh way. Just two days ago I did my first college class that has been reading the book. The students there were saying exactly what I was hoping to hear, which was, 'Until I read your book, I felt like I had to browbeat my friends and make them guilty. Now I realize I can just invite them into this most exciting thing that I'm doing with my life. It totally changed how I approach and think about it.' So that was a huge reward for me."
While our planetary population wrestles with one crisis after another, the Small Planet Institute strives to illuminate a path to a future that is both certain and bright.
For more information, visit www.smallplanet.org.
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The single largest obstacle to student success is the financial aspect of their education. And the best tools we have to combat those financial challenges are scholarships, which are a key focus of our fundraising efforts. As a result of the Centennial Campaign, 600 new scholarships have been established. Yet the need for private support continues to grow, as enrollments increase and state support dwindles.
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Riverbed posts profit, but stock slips
Riverbed reports higher sales, but its stock fell 25% on a poor rating from financial analysts.
Riverbed stock slips
Riverbed reported its quarterly results this week, showing a 157% increase in sales to $63.3 million from last year and had revenue of $2.8 million, compared to a loss of $3.1 million in the third quarter a year ago. However, that wasn't enough to satisfy investors. CIBC analyst Ittai Kidron sent out a note saying that the performance wasn't "good enough" because Riverbed has a track record of beating expectations, according to an AP report. Following Kidron's analysis, the stock plummeted more than 25% in one day, dropping $12.10 to $35.93. As of Friday morning it was trading at $32.66.
Elsewhere, EMC stock hit a six-year high of $24.61 after it reported a 74% profit for the quarter.
Riverbed also announced that that Bank of Korea has deployed its Steelhead WAFS appliances.
BlueArc announced new customers in Australia and India this week. Photon VFX, an Australian visual effects studio, has deployed a Titan 2000 NAS system. The company purchased the Titan to store data for its animation work on Animalia, an upcoming television series to air on the BBC and PBS. In a separate release, BlueArc announced that a Mumbai, India-based visual effects studio, Redchillies.vfx, also installed a Titan 2000 in a new post-production facility. Finally, BlueArc and Expand Networks separately announced a new partnership that will market BlueArc's storage boxes with Expand's WAN optimization appliances.
University of Florida picks Xiotech
Xiotech Corp. announced that the University of Florida Jacksonville Physicians Inc. (UFJPI) has purchased its Magnitude 3D 3000 SAN system to store all of its data, including a new VMware deployment, electronic medical records and scanned copies of paper financial records. UFJPI handles support operations, patient billing and scheduling for the University of Florida's clinics.
StoneFly adds entry-level, high availability IP SAN products
StoneFly has launched two new IP SANs, as well as upgrades to its existing products. The Integrated Storage Concentrator (ISC) 801 is a new entry-level system, including setup wizards, replication and centralized storage management, with support for eight drives and up to 4 TB of storage. The HSC-1601 replaces the HSC-1420, and supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE) and clustering. The HSC-1601 supports16 disks in capacities ranging from 150 GB to 1 TB. StoneFly also added quad-core processors across its product line, along with support for 1 TB drives and 10,000 rpm 150 GB SATA drives. The ISC-801 is available now and priced starting at $13,000 for 4 TB. The HSC-1601 is available now starting at $20,000 for a 2.4 TB system.
Overland adds compression
Overland has added hardware-based compression to its new REO 9100c, boosting its capacity up to 114 TB, over the 66 TB of raw capacity possible before. The new system can hold up to 32 virtual tape drives, 512 virtual cartridges and six library partitions. The 9100c now is available from Overland partners for a starting MSRP of $63,343.
Tandberg ships VXA with Mac OS X support
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Western Digital embeds Memeo
Consumer data management software maker Memeo's AutoBackup and AutoSync software will be packaged in Western Digital's My Book hard drives and Passport Portable Drives external storage devices. The software backs up and synchronizes files. Depending on the drive, the devices come with either a 30-day trial version of Memeo AutoBackup (PC/Mac-compatible) and AutoSync (PC-compatible) or a full version of Western Digital Anywhere Backup (PC/Mac-compatible).
C2C adds SharePoint archiving
C2C announced version 3 of the architecture for its email archiving software, Archive One, which separates application agents from the main archiving system, allowing users to mix and match plug-in modules for application support. Also new with this announcement is support for SharePoint Manager; more applications are to follow, the company says.
Pivot3 supports 1 TB drives
Pivot3, a new iSCSI startup marketing distributed RAID, announced the availability of release 2.2, a new version of its RAIGE storage system. The new version will support 1 TB hard drives, increasing video capture capacity by 60% over the previously available configurations.
Bitmicro claims 416 GB on 2.5-inch SATA flash disk drive
Bitmicro debuted the E-Disk Altima E2A3 SATA solid-state flash drive. This 2.5-inch, flash-based solid-state SATA drive is capable of storing up to 416 GB of data, the company claims and sustaining transfer rates of up to 100 MBps. Volume shipments are expected to begin by the second quarter of 2008.
Autonomy Zantaz imports XML standard
Zantaz, an Autonomy company, will support an XML standard developed by the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Program in its email archiving system. Zantaz was also a participant in the drafting of the standard.
Sepaton joins Green Grid
Sepaton announced it has joined The Green Grid, a consortium of IT vendors working on lowering the consumption of power in data centers. The Grid claims 102 members, including Hewlett-Packard (HP), IBM, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Dell, VMware, Microsoft and Sun.


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Check out our seasonal specials and packages, including our popular "Stay and Play" packages for the Weston Playhouse.Learn More
You don't have to leave Weston to enjoy Vermont's charm. There are many Vermont attractions but Weston is a quintessential Southern Vermont Village with a town green and Gazebo, two waterfalls, two stunning New England Churches with white clapboard steeples, beautiful in any season, surrounded by the Green Mountains,
Weston is home to the Vermont Country Store, Weston Playhouse, Weston Village and Christmas Store, and the Farrar Mansur House and Museum, which is filled with authentic local heirlooms. The adjacent Old Mill has a fascinating collection of antique tools and machinery and is grinding grain again for the first time in thirty years! We are centrally located for day trips to other idyllic Vermont towns. Weston is also home to the renowned Weston Antique Show and the Weston Craft Show, both much anticipated foliage season events. Local events also includes Blue Grass Festivals and Christmas in Weston.
- Linda's Perfect Day
- Seasonal Outdoor Activities
- Day Trip Itineraries
- Art, Culture & History
- Shopping & Antiquing
Linda's Perfect Day
After a sumptuous breakfast in the inn's dining room, I would explore the charming Village of Weston. Next, I would visit the town green and gazebo, the Old Mill with its museum and waterfall and the Farrar Mansur Museum.
Next, visit the 3 wonderful galleries which are the Village Green Gallery, the West River Gallery and the incomparable Whales in Vermont Gallery. I would purchase some ornaments at the Weston Village Christmas shop. Then I would go to the Vermont Country Store where a walk through this charming store reminds me of my childhood.
I would pack a picnic lunch and head to Buttermilk Falls in Ludlow to relax and take in the peace and quiet of Vermont. On the way back to Weston, I would stop at the Weston Priory for afternoon prayer where the Benedictine Monks chanting helps me find some serenity in my otherwise very hectic life.
Then, it would be back to my comfortable room with private deck, oversized Jacuzzi and sauna/steam shower. I would have a massage and then a nap!
At last, I would return to our lovely room and drift away on an amazingly comfortable feather bed.
Seasonal Outdoor ActivitiesThere are all kinds of outdoor activities available in the Weston area.
Summer Activities
In summer, there is biking (store your bike in our barn), and great hiking, including the Appalachian Trail/Long Trail in the nearby Green Mountain National Forest. Canoeing, kayaking, and fishing are available on the nearby Battenkill in Manchester. Swimming is close-by at Hapgood Pond, which has a great beach and picnic area maintained by the State of Vermont.
- Golf: There are four nearby golf courses and we are happy to assist you with tee times. Okemo, Stratton, Equinox, Tater Hill Golf Club
- Tennis: West River Tennis Club is nearby. We can assist you in reservations
- Hiking: Many hiking trails, including the Appalachian Trail and the Long Trail, are nearby. Some hiking websites at Okemo Valley and Vermont Hiking Guide.
- Biking: There are many backroads and trails for biking in the area. Check out Vermont Mountain Biking & Cycling Guide and look for trails in Southern Vermont.
- Swimming is available at nearby Hapgood Pond, a state park maintained by the state offering refreshing swimming and picnic sites.
- Canoeing can be arranged on the Battenkill. Rentals available.
- Bromley Thrill Zone - Alpine Slide, rides and thrills, great for kids
- Horseback Riding - For seasoned riders or beginners alike at Horses for Hire
Winter Activities
Winter in Southern Vermont is truly a Currier and Ives experience. We can arrange all manner of winter activities for you. Remember there is something to be said for relaxing by a cozy fire with a good book from our extensive library! The Inn is nearby four ski mountains, including Stratton, Okemo, Bromley, and Magic Mountain. These mountains offer great downhill skiing, but also cross country and snow boarding. There are two Nordic ski areas, Viking and Wild Wings, which offer cross country skiing and snow shoeing. Ice skating as well as tubing and cross country skiing is available at Grafton Pond. A portion of the Catamount Trail is close-by the Inn and is easily accessible to inn guests.
- Downhill Skiing & Snowboarding Okemo, Stratton, Magic and Bromley Mountains.
- Cross Country Skiing/Snowshoeing Wildwings, Viking Nordic Center
- Ice-skating Riley Rink in Manchester
- Horse-drawn Sleigh Rides It really is "over the river and through the woods"! Please ask us to arrange a most enjoyable ride for you.
- Snowmobiling Killington Snowmobile Tours
Day Trip Itineraries
Weston is centrally located in Southern Vermont which makes day trips to all of the attractions of Southern Vermont very convenient. Here are a few suggested day trips:
Plymouth to Woodstock
Travel north on Rt 100 (featured recently in the New York Times travel section exploring 10 of the most beautiful roads in America) to Rt 100A in Plymouth, Vermont. Make a right and travel about 1 mile to the Calvin Coolidge birthplace on your left. The entire village has been preserved as it was in 1900. It is an interesting piece of history, and there are many shops where you can browse and purchase. Then travel further along Rt 100A, through picturesque mountains and farms, to Rt 4. Left on Rt 4 (west) just a short distance and there you will find the Long Trail Brewery, one of our wonderful Vermont brews. After touring the brewery and perhaps sampling their creations, head East on Rt 4 to Woodstock, a few miles down the road. You may be tempted to stop along the way at the many antique stores.
Once in Woodstock, you will find the many shops and galleries, as well as Gillingham's, the local country store, and Aubergine, a great "kitchen" store. By now you might be hungry, so get back on Rt 4 east 4 miles to Simon Pearce Glass Factory. There you can watch the famous glass blowing and pottery making, and stroll outside on the promenade along the river and waterfall. Be sure to have lunch at the Simon Pearce Restaurant, a glass structure with great views of the river and waterfall, and great food and drink to match. Also right next door is VINS (Vermont Institute of Natural Science) Raptor Center, a most interesting exploration of these live regal birds, and the Queechee Gorge, a natural canyon and waterfall system with a walking bridge over it. On the way back to the Inn, from Woodstock, take Rt 106 south to Rt 131 west and travel along the Black River with it's beautiful views, to Ludlow, then pick up Rt 100 south back to the Inn.
Manchester – A Shopping Paradise and More…
Take Rt 100 south to Londonderry, then pick up Rt 11 west 15 miles to Manchester, which has many outlets for intense shopping, but also many other interesting things to see. Start with the Southern Vermont Arts Center, a beautiful campus with many Vermont as well as international artists represented. Areas for a picnic lunch are provided and many Manchester delis and stores can provide a great lunch. Just down the road is Hildene, Robert Todd Lincoln's (Abraham's son) home. Tour the spectacular home and walk the fragrant gardens, and in winter cross country ski the grounds. A little further down the road is Mt Equinox, the tallest mountain in Southern Vermont, which has a winding and adventurous road to the summit, where you will find a parking lot and observation area where you can see Manchester far below, but also as far as New York, New Hampshire, and Montreal.. And just a bit further and you will come to the Battenkill, where you can canoe, kayak, or enjoy a day of fishing. And along the way, enjoy a relaxing lunch in any of Manchester's numerous restaurants.
Through the Green Mountain National Forest to Danby
Take a beautiful drive through the pristine Green Mountain National Forest located just minutes away from the Inn. There are numerous clear streams along the way, including beautiful Otter Creek, the namesake of one of our local Vermont beers, where you can park and hike along the river. Also along the way are spectacular mountain and forest views, and cliffs with natural marble running through them. In addition to the Otter Creek trail, you can also hike the Appalachian Trail/Long Trail, either to the north or to the south. The views of foliage color in the Fall cannot be surpassed! At the end of the fourteen mile drive is the quaint village of Danby, where several shops will delight you. On the return trip, many of the vistas are very different than during the outbound trip.
Art, Culture & History
Weston Playhouse
Set in the heart of Weston Village, the historic Weston Playhouse a highly acclaimed theatre featuring live performances every summer from June to September. See this season's upcoming shows and book one of our Stay and Play packages for the perfect getaway.
Museums & History
Weston has several small but interesting museums which address Weston's history. The Farrar-Mansur Museum is a preserved home from the late eighteenth century, and a tour of the home is replete with information about life at that time. The next door Mill Museum is a restored West River powered waterwheel with many old tools and instruments which demonstrate for you how grain and corn were ground in an era before modern power methods became available. And don't forget to visit our Wilder Memorial Library on the Village Green.
Each year on Memorial Day Weekend, the Weston Historical Society conducts a walking tour of Weston's historical structures, with fascinating discussion of the history involved.
Art & MusicWe are very fortunate to have three outstanding galleries:
- West River Gallery
- Representing local artists and crafters offering a variety of mediums.
- Village Green Gallery
- Browse photography, crafts and glassware by local artists. The gallery also has a coffee/espresso bar for your refreshment. It is a wi-fi hotspot as well.
- Whales of Vermont Gallery
- Featuring hand carved whales and other cetaceans by renowned artist Wick Aherns. The gallery also represents local artists with additional sculpture and paintings and prints with a nature theme.
Located in Weston is also the Kinhaven Music School. Operating all summer long, the school houses talented students who need to audition for acceptance, and concerts featuring both faculty and the students occur every weekend. Weston also hosts a summer series of concerts on Sunday afternoons featuring guest artists at the picturesque Church on the Hill.
Not far from Weston, in Manchester, you will find the Southern Vermont Arts Center, featuring the work of Vermont and internationally acclaimed artists. And Manchester is also home to Hildene, Robert Todd Lincoln's (Abraham's son) ancestral home, with it's surrounding beautiful grounds and gardens.
Shopping & Antiquing
Weston is centrally located in Southern Vermont so that day trips to any of the other towns in Southern Vermont are easy to accomplish.
Start your shopping in Weston itself, with the Vermont Country Store, the Weston Village Shop, a great Christmas items store, and several galleries all within walking distance of the Inn.
Or you may want to explore the great shops, galleries, craft and artisan centers, outlets, bookstores, and fascinating country stores of the towns surrounding Weston, including Manchester, Chester, Grafton, Newfane, Woodstock, and Queechee. And there's great antiquing in all these towns too!
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It never ceases to amaze me how creative international cyber crooks can be. There are countless online scams and schemes intended to enrich criminals at the cost of innocent Internet users. We have all heard of viruses, worms, Trojans and other variations of malware, as published warnings have been disseminated since the early days of personal computing. While many types of malware are nasty, one of the nastiest is known in the security industry as "ransomware," which requires the victims to pay ransom in order to recover the use of their computers. These ransom cases have caught the attention of the FBI, which has posted a stern user warning online at www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/august/new-internet-scam/new-internet-scam.
In recent days, I have had several inquiries about locked computers with a strange warning, and official-looking window with an FBI header that says ,"Your PC is blocked due to at least one of the reasons specified below." The warning of the locked computer informs the user that the FBI has detected that the computer either had pirated "Video, Music, Software" or the user has " ... been viewing or distributing prohibited Pornographic content (Child Porno, Zoofilia and etc.)." For the possession of the pirated software the penalty (note the poor grammar in the post), " ... provides for a fine of two to five hundred minimal wages or a deprivation of liberty for two to eight years." The penalty for the pornography charge is listed as, " ... a deprivation of liberty for four to twelve years." Just to increase the fear and worry of the user is an additional criminal charge, "Illegal access has been initiated from your PC without your knowledge or consent, your PC may be infected by malware, thus you are violating the law of Neglectful Use of Personal Computer. Article 210 of the Criminal Code provides for a fine of up to $100,000 and/or a deprivation of liberty for four to nine years."
Like a cable TV pitchman shouting, "But wait! There is more!," the FBI is allegedly offering the victims a deal, since it is likely the computer user's first offense. This great deal is this: "Fines may be paid within 72 hours after the infringement. As soon as 72 hours elapse, the possibility to pay the fine expires, and a criminal case is initiated against you automatically within the next 72 hours! To unblock the computer, you must pay the fine through MoneyPak of 100$." Again, note the vernacular and wording, including the incorrect domestic format of "100$." The instructions on processing a MoneyPak transaction to pay the "100$" fine are explicit, directing the victims to only purchase a "100$" prepaid GreenDot MoneyPak at a 7-Eleven, CVS, Rite Aid, Kmart, Walmart, or Walgreens. There will be a $4.95 charge for the prepaid card, and then charge it with the "100$." In the original warning e-mail is a place for the victim to enter the code from the prepaid card, along with a prefilled "100$," and a button that says, "Pay MoneyPak" which will instantly transfer the "100$" balance of the prepaid card to the cyber crooks. The e-mail then states that, "When you pay the fine your PC, will get unlocked in 1 to 48 hours after the money is put in the State' account. In case an error occurs, you'll have to send the code by e-mail to fine [at] fbi [dot] gov."
If the victim pays the ransom, the computer is not released or unlocked; this is a complete scam. Some variations of the scam have recently appeared that have raised the ransom demand to $200.
Microsoft has posted a detailed description and removal instructions on its Microsoft Malware Protection Center Web site, referring to this malware as "Trojan:Win32/Reveton.A" or "Trojan:Win32/Ransom.FL." These trojans, when they sneak on to a victim's computer, lock the computer and display a localized version of the warning. In the U.S., the warnings appear to come from the FBI, while similar localized warnings appear to be from national or local law enforcement agencies in the UK, Germany, Italy and other countries, all requiring the fine to be paid in a similar way using a specific prepaid card sold at localized specific retailers; in Europe, the crooks demand payments via the Ukash or PaySafe prepaid cards.
The FBI has analyzed the malware and warns that, "Reveton is described as drive-by malware because unlike many viruses — which activate when users open a file or attachment — this one can install itself when users simply click on a compromised Web site. Once infected, the victim's computer immediately locks, and the monitor displays a screen stating there has been a violation of federal law." According to Microsoft, the malware arrives on the computer as a DLL file with a random filename, and then creates a shortcut to itself in the Windows startup folder. Once loaded, the malware prevents the user from accessing the desktop, disables protective security software on the computer, and then downloads and executes other malware, including the localized desktop window containing the ransom demand.
Variations of the Reveton malware, along with it companion Citadel malware, have been around for over a year, and most of the major anti-spyware utilities can detect and kill it. Microsoft has published a manual removal method on its Microsoft Malware Protection Center Web site:
- 1. Press CTRL+O
- 2. In the dialogue box that opens, type the following as is, then press Enter: cmd.exe
- 3. In the command prompt window, type the following as is, then press Enter: cd "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp"
- 4. Still in the command prompt window, type the following as is, then press Enter: del *.dll.lnk
- 5. Still in the command prompt window, type the following as is, then press Enter: shutdown -r -t 0
- 6. Afterward, run a full-system scan with an appropriate, up-to-date, security solution. The following Microsoft products detect and remove this threat: Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Safety Scanner.
I have also had good success removing this ransomware using the free portable version of SuperAntiSpyware
(www.superantispyware.com/portablescannerhome.html). The free personal edition can be downloaded using another uninfected computer and copied to a USB flash drive; detailed instructions are given on the Web page. This portable version is complete when downloaded, and does not require Internet access in order to run and kill the malware; since the portable version is updated periodically prior to downloading, later scans might require a more recent copy of the software. Completely turn off (shut down or power down) the infected computer, and then reboot it into "Safe Mode" by pressing the "F8" key immediately after turning the power on, and every few seconds until the safe mode screen appears; select either the basic "Safe Mode" or "Safe Mode with Networking" (not required). Plug in the USB flash drive containing the portable version of SuperAntiSpyware, and run the downloaded file directly from the flash drive. While a quick scan may only take a few minutes, a full scan will take much longer but is more comprehensive; remove or quarantine whatever the SuperAntiSpyware scan finds. Remove the flash drive and reboot the computer.
If the computer reboots properly without the ransomware window, it is still possible that there is some deeply hidden malware still on the computer. While it is highly likely that the portable version of SuperAntiSpyware will detect and remove the ransomware, no cleaning utility is 100 percent effective at removing all malware, so I always perform a redundant scan with another security utility. If the computer appears to boot properly, go online and download the free version of MalwareBytes from www.malwarebytes.org. Install the MalwareBytes, update it, and perform a full scan; if it says that you are clean, and SuperAntiSpyware says that you are clean, your computer is likely clean. Since the ransomware may have disabled or destroyed your security software, it would be a good choice to reinstall a good quality security suite, keeping one fact in mind: If the ransomware was able to easily penetrate your previous security software, it is quite possible that your security software was either inadequate or not properly updated, which allowed the ransomware to infect your computer. Now may be the time to install a different, probably better and more comprehensive security suite, one that provides protection from compromised Web sites; once the new security software is installed and updated, it might be appropriate to perform another full security scan.
It is sad that international cyber crooks can easily extort money from innocent victims anywhere in the world, but being proactive and knowing how to deal with the threat before it occurs may mitigate the stress, grief and expense of dealing with this ransomware. It is nice to know that the FBI and other international law enforcement agencies are trying to deal with the threat. If these guys are caught, I hope that they are severely punished, but I am not so naive as to think that it will not happen again; one thing certain is that it will happen again, so be prepared! Knowledge is power, and now you have the power.
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A firefighter was injured and several homes were lost in an out-of-control grass fire east of Queanbeyan on Friday.
The firefighter was taken to hospital after sustaining burns while battling the fire in Carwoola, Greg Allan from the NSW Rural Fire Service said.
It is believed up to 15 homes were lost in the fire that had burned 1400 hectares by 6pm, but Mr Allen could not yet confirm numbers.
Towering smoke at Widgiewa Road from the #Carwoola fire this afternoon. It is understood up to 15 homes lost. pic.twitter.com/wJkljZO3HH— Clare Sibthorpe (@ClareSibthorpe) February 17, 2017
"We won't get a full figure until building impact assessment teams on the ground have been able to conduct reports," Mr Allan said.
Mr Allan said 194 firefighters, 50 vehicles and at least 10 aircraft were working to establish containment lines on Friday but struggled in the face of 34-degree heat and winds of more than 30 kilometres an hour.
He said crews would remain on the ground overnight and try to control the fire before facing potentially worse conditions on Saturday.
"If it is not contained by tomorrow, higher temperatures will make it harder for firefighters to bring it under containment."
Firefighters told residents near Carwoola and Captains Flat it was too late to leave at about 3pm on Friday.
The fire had crossed Widgiewa Road, Whiskers Creek Road and Captains Flat Road.
Those in the area of Hoskinstown, Rossi, Forbes Creek and Primrose Valley were urged to seek shelter, with properties under threat along Widgiewa Road, Whiskers Creek Road, Yilgarn Road and Captains Flat Road.
Two evacuation centres were set up at Bungendore Public School hall and the Q Theatre in Queanbeyan, where school children travelling on buses were also redirected.
Captains Flat Road remained closed between Briars Sharrow Road and the Kings Highway on Friday.
A total fire ban was enforced in the ACT and surrounding NSW region on Friday.
A spokesman for the ESA said the fire, which was travelling in an eastbound direction, did not pose any threat to the ACT.
NSW fire crews were also battling a fire in Blayney, west of Bathurst, on Friday afternoon.
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One of the barriers to adopting universal design has been the institutional appearance of some of the products such as bathroom and kitchen fixtures. Now there are many attractive and stylish design choices that can enhance the decor of a home as well as its accessibility to everyone.
Given its merits, one might think that universal design — the providing of access to people regardless of abilities — would be standard in residential dwellings of all types. It is difficult to imagine that anyone would object to having no-step entries, bathrooms with wide doorways and safety features, an elevator, raised appliances, and kitchens that are designed to accommodate the physical limitations of children, the disabled and the elderly.
In practice, many architects and developers still resist the universal design concept. They feel that it adds to costs and requires fixtures that are reminiscent of nursing homes. And while some builders may feel it is a bit presumptuous for others to advocate design standards, we are all consumers, and it is a consumer's responsibility to make known what design features and built-ins are necessary to make our lives more comfortable and inclusive.
Universal design is defined as the art of planning homes of all types to be inclusive of everyone, regardless of age, ability or physical stature. Its growing number of proponents includes architects, university professors, real estate developers, occupational therapists and specialists in eldercare who believe that this style is the wave of the future, and that the future is now.
"Universal design is a growing trend and a good one," says Laurence Weinstein, a 40-year veteran architect, developer and space planner for residential and commercial buildings across the United States. "It's a good thing for everyone, including developers and others involved in marketing homes. Universal design creates relatively inexpensive features that make dwellings more marketable, so it can be a substantial competitive advantage. The universally designed home accommodates all family members at all stages of life, from infants to grandparents, all of whom benefit from homes that impose fewer restrictions on daily activities and maximize independence and safety."
What's the holdup?
"One source of reluctance in developing homes with universal design is confusion of the terms 'accessibility' and 'universal design,'" says John Salmen, AIA, president, universal designers and Consultants, Takoma Park, Md. "Accessibility means meeting minimum criteria set by a law or regulation that intended to help a small group of people, usually those with disabilities. When designers look at these accessibility criteria, many look for the cheapest way to address them and move on. The result is the institutional look.
"Universal design takes a much more holistic view of lifespans and people's changing abilities throughout their lives So, regardless of their experiences and the nature of their lifestyle they can still use the facilities. That's a much different concept than accessibility and demands a market-based aesthetic which dictates that universal design must look good, and must be appealing to many people."
Salmen says the added cost of universal design dwellings may be exaggerated or even result from inopportune planning. "When we start to include universal design concepts at the very beginning of the design process, the costs may be minimal. However, the cost of aesthetics and features that are appealing to everyone is a broad question that is often borne of marketing. By appealing to a larger market, as true universal design does, marketing costs may actually be offset."
Still, one of the barriers to universal design has been the institutional appearance of some bathroom and kitchen fixtures. And while the selection of fixtures and furnishings is nowhere near what it will probably become, there are high-quality, stylish and unobtrusive choices available today.
"Until recent years many of the safety fixtures and design features in areas such as bathrooms and kitchens reminded people of nursing homes," says Susan Mack, a certified aging-in-place specialist and licensed occupational therapist. Mack is a universal design consultant who advocates inclusive design in single- and multifamily dwellings. "But today many attractive fixtures and design choices make access for everyone aesthetically pleasing as well as functional."
Mack has advocated design features that accommodate independent living for more than 30 years. Located in Murrieta, Calif., Mack's company, Homes for Easy Living (www.homesforeasyliving.com), was founded to create homes that incorporate design principles that provide safe, convenient and adaptable homes to meet the diverse needs of their home buyers.
For many years Mack's work focused on modifications that made homes of all types more accessible and comfortable for disabled and elderly people. Today her perspective is much broader, and includes new dwellings of all types. She attributes this all-embracing philosophy not only to the approaching needs of aging baby boomers, but to the fact that most homes are not sufficiently user-friendly to the majority of the people who live in them.
"The vast majority of homes, whether houses, condominiums or apartments, are designed for a healthy male who is relatively tall, has close to perfect vision and is generally fit," Mack says. "This person is likely in his 20s and is a minority who will sooner or later become one of the majority — the millions of children, women, disabled or injured, and elderly who compose most of those who are at least somewhat disadvantaged by traditional residential design. It's no wonder that the home is the place where so many injuries occur."
Mack points out that many parts of the home are not as safe or accessible as they could be. Those who fall in bathtubs or showers can be badly injured. Insufficient light in hallways and closets can lead to accidents. Kitchen appliances such as low-level dishwashers often cause back strain. Steps in front of thresholds can cause tripping or prevent access to people using walkers or wheelchairs.
At the very least, all homes should be what Mack refers to as visitable, a term introduced a few years ago by Eleanor Smith, an access advocate who was stricken with polio as a child in the mid-1960s. Visitable means that homes should provide on-grade access from the outside through an entry without steps. Ground floor hallways and the bathroom door should be at least 34 inches wide, to permit access by a person in a wheelchair. In Atlanta alone, where Smith lives, 800 houses incorporate her visitability guidelines.
Mack says that universal design goes considerably beyond visitability. "It enhances work efficiency within the home, provides ergonomic benefits that reduce stress on joints and the back, increase comfort and promote healthy living by reducing accidents."
Many attractive choices
The concept of universal design aims to make homes safer and more comfortable for everyone. It also can make homes more attractive. While the question of elegance vs. function may still exist, there are highly tasteful options available that can make universal design an attractive concept. Incorporating these options into the construction of new homes ensures that the effects will be more economical, lasting and integrated more suitably into all structures.
Perhaps the most noteworthy design choices are those affecting bathrooms and kitchens. The ground floor bathroom is a key area for applying universal design. In the past, this was the area which most suffered from the use of fixtures and accessories which appeared to be straight out of a nursing home. Thankfully, design alternatives today put this issue to rest.
"Because it is used by family and visitors, the ground floor bathroom is an important space that can provide universal design functionality with highly attractive fixtures," Weinstein notes. "In the bathroom one of the things that I advocate is a larger curbless shower, which allows access for a wheelchair or walker. A universal design show home I'm designing will have a 48- by x 60-in. curbless shower made by Best-Bath Systems." Best-Bath Systems (www.best-bath.com), a Boise, Idaho-based manufacturer of high-end bath and shower systems, is one of a growing number of companies to have embraced the concepts of universal design with aesthetic appeal.
"Best-Bath has really worked out this technology with a neoprene water dam that depresses as you roll over it and it pops right back up," Weinstein adds. "The shower walls have blocking behind all three walls of a shower, so if somebody doesn't want a grab bar now, but needs it later on, they can be installed easily to provide the needed 250-pound load capacity."
An adjustable shower or handheld showerhead also makes bathing areas more accessible. "They enable maximum flexibility for use with children and adults, and are also great for back massages," Weinstein says. Many other stylish bathroom fixtures such as comfort-height toilets with coordinated sinks, accessories and accents are available from such brands as American Standard (www.americanstandard-us.com), Kohler (www.us.kohler.com), Moen (www.moen.com) and others.
"When something is hard to use, we notice it," says Mary Jo Peterson, CKD, CBD, Mary Jo Peterson Inc., Brookfield, Conn., in an interview with Kohler Co. "But one measure of a well-designed product is when an end user doesn't recognize that it's easy to use. Kohler Comfort Height toilets are a great example. Most people prefer to sit at chair height and don't really realize the difference until they end up sitting lower. (The name Comfort Height) doesn't suggest the height is some sort of aid or a crutch. Instead, it's inclusive. It's universal — not separate but equal. It says that design enhancements make all our lives better."
In addition to appropriate fixtures, universal design bathrooms require a 34-inch entry door and sufficient area to maneuver inside the room. "A spacious bathroom is both attractive and more accommodating," Mack explains. "It provides necessary maneuverability for the disabled, and allows plenty of room for those who want to assist children or the elderly."
Kitchens are another vital area for convenient and safe access that can benefit everyone. Mack suggests the use of multilevel countertops and other work areas. Appliances such as dishwashers and wall ovens can be placed at heights that reduce the potential for back strain. "Quality built-in appliances can be placed at a height that is ergonomically appropriate for the fit as well as the elderly," she says, noting that a side-opening Frigidaire (www.frigidaire.com) wall oven is a good example of a kitchen product offering both innovation and quality.
The universal design show home Weinstein is designing features a dishwasher that is raised 12 inches off the floor so residents don't have to bend down to load and unload it, Weinstein explains. "Many of the people who visited the model said, 'What a great idea!' So, we're incorporating that feature into homes we're helping to design for major developers and national home builders." Weinstein adds that The Irvine Co., a privately held company known for major residential developments in Orange County, Calif., encourages its developers to incorporate the principles of universal design.
In 2001, the national sales director for Sears toured Mack's universal home. "He especially liked the front-loading washer and dryer with controls in the front that I had placed on top of a framed platform," Mack says. "Raising these units reduces the need to bend down to get the clothes in and out of the washer and dryer. Now Whirlpool (www.whirlpool.com) and Kenmore (www.kenmore.com) make a raised front-loading washer and dryer with controls in the front."
Weinstein advises architects, developers and builders to plan for eventual needs of homeowners. For example, he says that architects who design two-story homes might design closets on both floors, one directly above another, at a logical place in the home. "This could easily be converted into the shaftway for easy installation of a residential elevator at a later time if the homeowner may find it physically difficult getting from one floor to the other."
Weinstein also advocates applying universal design outside the home. He says steps approaching the home often can be eliminated thus creating a no-step entry, by creating a gently graded or sloping walkway so that stairs are totally eliminated. "I've done this in a number of instances, and the landscape effect can be dramatic and beautiful," he says.
Meeting huge demand
The skyrocketing need for universal design has caused many universities, including North Carolina State University, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and the University of Wisconsin, to incorporate the subject into architectural studies.
"If you look at population statistics, you can only conclude that universal design is vital to the quality of life of the majority of Americans," Weinstein says. "In 2001, over 54 million Americans had a permanent disability, and millions more had some form of temporary or short-term disability. With our aging society, there is an enormous amount of people that could benefit greatly from homes that incorporate universal design features."
Even though Americans with Disabilities Act regulations require that new multifamily housing developments provide universal access in at least 10 percent of their units, these units are not reserved for the people who need them, Mack explains. Hence, the shortage in rental accommodations has been minimally affected.
Weinstein formed Shared Solutions America, a non-profit organization in the San Diego area that advises architects, designers, builders and consumers on how to successfully apply the principles of universal design in both existing and new living environments.
"I came out of retirement because I feel that the cause of universal design is a crucial movement mission that can enhance the lives of many people," Weinstein says. "For seniors and people of all ages with disabilities, we can create living environments that maximize independent daily living activities, providing people of all ages the ability to function comfortably and safely in their own homes, and avoid the need to move to 'special' institutional facilities."
Ed Sullivan is a writer on the subjects of healthcare and technology. He is based in Hermosa Beach, Calif. Sullivan graduated with a degree in journalism from Duquesne University. He has researched and written about healthcare, finance, real estate and high technologies for more than 25 years. His articles have appeared in hundreds of consumer and trade publications throughout the world.


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