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Tag: Ransomware
Finding out your data center has been infected by ransomware is sort of like finding out your mother has been dating Mötley Crüe rock drummer Tommy Lee— You know some terrible things have already happened and you're going to have a mess to clean up. It might seem like something that happens only to other people but statistically it is likely to happen to you. StorageSumo is here to help.
The problem is so much worse than the average consumer knows. Let's peel back some layers of this stinky onion and discuss how modern backups with Cohesity can give your IT staff an unfair advantage against cyberthreats like ransomware.
I'm going to address some basics including:
What ransomware is
What the true cost is to you and your organization
How ransomware enters your datacenter
How to prevent, detect and recover from a ransomware attack.
Sadly, very little is known about this particularly insidious form of cybercrimes. I suspect this is mostly because organizations are highly incented to minimize bad publicity, so the majority of incidents go unknown by the general population. Organizations also generally feel like their current backups act as an insurance policy that will effectively recover from a ransomware attack, so "we're good." Human nature is to avoid the most unpleasant aspects of life, no matter how likely.
The typical answer goes something like this: Ransomware is an especially sinister strain of malware. Simply put, once your system is infected, ransomware holds your data hostage by encrypting the files, rendering them illegible and unusable until a ransom is paid. While this is probably the answer you were expecting, it is not the accurate answer.
The correct answer? Ransomware is a business. Ransomware was not designed by anarchists for the purpose of sabotage. Data destruction is not the end goal. The business of ransomware is to be lucrative, which means getting customers to pay the ransom. To achieve this, an effective ransomware attack must work to make the payment as user-friendly as possible and also eliminate all possibility of recovery without paying. Let's take a look at the payment instructions from an example of ransomware called "Wannacry:"
Notice the simplicity— very similar to other modern simple software designs. The local language, the clarity of the instructions and helpful links to find more info. Cybercriminals want you to pay the ransom and the easier they make it to pay, the better. This also means the ransom is typically affordable. It has to make actual sense to pay up. When the ransom is paid, victims will get most of their data back most of the time but, as you are about to see, the process and pain involved in recovering from ransomware goes far beyond the amount of the ransom.
The True Costs of Ransomware
Gather round, it's sumo story time. The full cost of a ransomware attack is not easy to calculate. In one particular instance, I had a retail customer that was the victim of phishing (which we will discuss further). As a result, approximately 200 Windows servers were encrypted, including the backup server. This nightmare began when the backups IT thought would save them from cyberthreats actually became a liability.
The lost data typically meant that business systems were offline, and files were illegible. With no access to critical systems, the employees were sent home. They were no longer able to accept new orders or fulfill existing orders and lost all access to the customer records system. This lasted over 5 days, which meant customers were forced to pivot to alternate suppliers.
The decision even to pay the ransom is a pain-point. The FBI encourages victims to not pay ransom, which would ideally discourage future criminals. Most would agree with this stance. After all, no one wants to reward a cybercriminal that successfully attacked their organization and there is no guarantee that victims would actually recover their data. This is a noble thought but remember that ransomware is a business, and the requested ransom typically ranges from a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars. These amounts are low enough that, in most cases, it actually makes good business sense to pay the ransom. Also, Wannacry is a relatively un-sophisticated variant compared to newer strains that are starting actually to threaten to leak customer's sensitive data.
In our example, the pain was so severe that this organization easily decided to pay the ransom ($17K), which represented only a few hours of lost profits. After an uncomfortable discussion with the company's leadership and finance team, another unforeseen obstacle was the payment currency. Cybercriminals don't accept purchase orders and they don't offer net-30-day payment terms. This organization did not have a corporate Bitcoin wallet. Eventually a third-party consultant was engaged to pay the ransom and recover the data, but this delay cost the company valuable time.
Surprisingly, most of the time customers do get the decryption keys to "unlock" their data once the ransom is paid. Again, it's a business. If no one ever got their data back, ransomware would not be effective. Unfortunately, this particular customer was emailed a spreadsheet with 200x unmarked decryption keys. Imagine being handed a bag of 200 unmarked door keys. There are 200 doors, each with a matching key and your job is to match all 200 doors with keys. As you can imagine, this would take some time, even with a large staff and a shared google sheet. Also remember that there's a time bomb strapped to the data. After the first three days, the price goes up, but after seven days, it's gone forever. This fun little detail is just another tactic to remind victims to pay, and to do it quickly:
Even when a matching decryption key was found, the IT staff noticed that many of the recovered servers would crash midway through the decryption process. The encrypted files were actually not decrypted "in-place," but rather copied, which doubled the data capacity consumed. Servers that were <50% disk utilization decrypted OK, but many were >50% and required a game of musical chairs with the underlying storage system in order to accommodate the unexpected increased disk usage on many systems.
In the end, approximately 7% of the servers were unable to be recovered because keys were not found, there were disk capacity issues, or the customer simply ran out of time.
When most of the systems were eventually recovered, they were no longer the supplier for their previous customers. The loss to revenues and productivity was obvious, but the organization couldn't foresee the lasting loss of credibility.
Employee morale was also noticeably lower. The IT staff had simply lost all credibility with their peers. The workforce had assumed that IT was protecting them from such an incident. A reputation is a fickle thing. Think about giving your money to Bernie Madoff for a new investment. That sounds crazy, but is it any more irrational than trusting your data with a staff that just lost it?
How Ransomware Enters Your Data Center
The entry point can vary but there are two primary sources: 1) user action and 2) system vulnerabilities. Until the Borg entirely lobotomizes all humans, ransomware will remain a source of pain. An infected email attachment or link is the most frequent source, so a good email scanning/filtering system is essential, but real people will still show up with their own infected devices, they will still plug USB flash drives with loaded malware and still click on infected attachments.
Forrester also says approximately 18% of attacks come from phishing. This technique involves social engineering, which tricks users into thinking they should enter/change their password or account info. This is really a challenge of educating your users, but this brings us to an important first point – no filtration system will prevent 100% of incidents because humans are a vulnerability. Cybercriminals can target users with pinpoint precision and leverage a user's own access and knowledge to infiltrate a network. This strategic, intentional, customized version of phishing even has a sub-category, aptly called spear-phishing. No matter how impenetrable your firewall may seem, there is still a human element involved.
The other source of ransomware is through system vulnerabilities. Most are software-based vulnerabilities such as RDP (remote desktop protocol) that live within a popular operating system, such as Windows. Brute-force attacks have successfully targeted Windows desktops and servers with RDP enabled, allowing a cybercriminal to have full control of a system on your network. Occasionally there are hardware vulnerabilities exposed such as the Intel processor-based Spectre/Meltdown just to keep things spicy.
Another software vulnerability is SMB (Windows server message block, aka "CIFS"), which enables ransomware to encrypt file-sharing standards as well as spread throughout the network like a virus, encrypting more desktops and servers. This means corporate network file shares are fish in barrels for ransomware because the attack surface is enormous, but also because it is especially difficult to enforce access controls against an attack.
Preventing Ransomware – Modern Threats Require Modern Backups
Any good ransomware plan needs to start with a strong backup strategy. Firewalls are great but, as the last line of defense, your backups might be the only thing standing between you and the torture chamber described thus far. Unfortunately, most IT organizations rely on backup systems that are just as vulnerable as the rest of the servers.
Thieves know that backups are an organization's only chance, so backups are the first thing cybercriminals target. Most backup applications are built on Windows servers, which are vulnerable to the same open liabilities that allow hackers to access any other systems. Backups also typically use network-attached storage (NAS) for repository/backup disk capacity, which, as previously discussed, is a tasty target for criminals to inflict their encryption pain.
These two components of most backup solutions (Windows operating systems and network file shares) are no longer protecting customers, but rather have turned into liabilities that leave organizations exposed to being attacked on the very systems they count on to save them from these types of threats.
Furthermore, these types of older backup solutions are designed to restore a single item. In the case of ransomware, it is likely that EVERYTHING needs to be restored. This would typically take weeks, assuming the backups were not also encrypted. Also, what prevent defense has been implemented to prevent an immediate repeat incident?
Cohesity Offers a New Approach
In this age of prolific widespread ransomware attacks, organizations need a new type of backup architecture to address this new form of modern threat. A new type of data protection that is designed to address ransomware would:
Provide air-gapped immutability from corruption
Detect the likeliness of ransomware and alert users
Offer large-scale instant recovery from incidents
Designed in the modern era, Cohesity was specifically architected to provide secure protection from modern cyberthreats such as ransomware. Trigger-warning: things are about to get nerdy.
First, Cohesity prevents ransomware. Cohesity is a hyper-converged platform, which means the compute, storage and software are tightly coupled in a "node" architecture that scales out. The fact that storage is entirely integrated means there are some magical automated protections built right in that create immutability.
After Cohesity creates a backup, the file system (SpanFS) immediately creates a "snapshot." This snapshot copy is kept offline and NEVER exposed back to the network. Even when backup data need to be accessed, Cohesity creates a "clone" of the snapshot and uses that copy rather than the original, just in case a crafty hacker is waiting to attack. The important point to remember is there is always a gold copy kept securely offline. This process happens completely automatically and illustrates a fundamental advantage of having vertically integrated software and hardware.
Because the software is tightly integrated, Cohesity has controls in place to prevent unauthorized access. Cohesity has multi-factor authentication to block unauthorized access.
In a worse-case scenario, a human error or particularly devious sabotage incident could result in deleted backups, whether accidental or intentional. That is why Cohesity developed DataLock™, a feature that defines data as non-deletable until it hits the predefined retention policy, even by super-users.
Second, Cohesity has an AI-based detection feature that scans for anomalies, such as change rates/encryption rates and mass deletes. This creates and an entropy "score." If it is determined that a customer's data has possibly been victimized by ransomware, Cohesity alerts customers so that they can take action immediately before more business systems are affected.
Third, Cohesity can recover from a ransomware incident with a feature aptly named Instant Mass Restore. This is crucial because in the unfortunate event of a ransomware attack, it's likely most if not all of the organization's systems were affected, and thus all need to be restored to a point before ransomware encrypted the files. Instant Mass Restore allows your organization to instantly recover all your servers, databases and files to a granular restore point just before ransomware infected your data center.
Cybersecurity has traditionally been network-based. Network security is important, but networks can only be babyproofed so much without severely degrading the user experience or obstructing productivity. A more modern approach can allow for easy protection from ransomware without locking down the user.
What if your organization was hit by ransomware but didn't have to worry because your IT team could instantly restore EVERYTHING from an immutable copy? Network security will never prevent 100% of threats. It's time for the backup and network teams to get more cohesive (insert wink emoji-face) with Cohesity.
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Synaphe diffidalis é uma espécie de insetos lepidópteros, mais especificamente de traças, pertencente à família Pyralidae.

A autoridade científica da espécie é Achille Guenée, tendo sido descrita no ano de 1854.

Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português.

Referências

Ligações externas
 Synaphe diffidalis - Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bibliografia
 Synaphe diffidalis - NCBI Taxonomy Database
 Synaphe diffidalis - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
 Synaphe diffidalis - Encyclopedia of Life

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Update on Gulf of Mexico oil spill response - 10 June
BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico.
Subsea Source Control and Containment
The lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, installed on June 3, continues to collect oil and gas flowing from the MC252 well and transport them to the Discoverer Enterprise drillship on the surface.
In the first 12 hours of June 9 (midnight to noon), approximately 7,920 barrels of oil were collected and 15.7 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared. On June 8, a total of approximately 15,000 barrels of oil were collected and 29.4 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared.
Lightering - the transfer of crude oil from one vessel to another - from storage on the Discoverer Enterprise to the barge Massachussetts began on the morning of June 9 and continues. When the process is complete, the barge will transport the oil for discharge at an onshore terminal.
The volume of oil captured and gas flared is being updated twice daily on BP's website, www.bp.com. The LMRP containment cap never before has been deployed at these depths and conditions, and its efficiency and ability to contain the oil and gas cannot be assured.
Preparations for additional planned enhancements to the LMRP containment system continue to progress.
The first planned addition will use the hoses and manifold that were deployed for the "top kill" operation to take oil and gas from the failed Deepwater Horizon blow-out preventer (BOP) through a separate riser to the Q4000 vessel on the surface, in addition to the LMRP cap system. This system is intended to increase the overall efficiency of the containment operation by potentially increasing the amount of oil and gas that can be captured from the well and is currently expected to be available for operation in mid-June.
The second planned addition is intended to provide a more permanent LMRP containment cap system by directing the oil and gas to a new free-floating riser ending approximately 300 feet below sea level. It is then proposed that a flexible hose be attached to a containment vessel. This long-term containment option is designed to permit more effective disconnection and reconnection of the riser to provide the greatest flexibility for operations during a hurricane. It is expected to be implemented in early July.
In the meantime, work on the first relief well, which started May 2, continues and has currently reached a depth of 13,978 feet. The second relief well, which started May 16, is at 8,576 feet, and preparing to drill ahead. Both wells are still estimated to take approximately three months to complete from commencement of drilling.
Surface Spill Response and Containment
Work continues to collect and disperse oil that has reached the surface of the sea, to protect the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico, and to collect and clean up any oil that has reached shore.
Almost 3,600 vessels are now involved in the response effort, including skimmers, tugs, barges and recovery vessels. Operations to skim oil from the surface of the water now have recovered, in total, approximately 383,000 barrels (16.1 million gallons) of oily liquid.
The total length of containment boom deployed as part of efforts to prevent oil from reaching the coast is now over 2.3 million feet, and almost 2.7 million feet of sorbent boom also has been deployed.
To date, almost 42,000 claims have been submitted and more than 20,000 payments already have been made, totalling over $53 million. BP has received more than 173,000 calls into its help lines.
The cost of the response to date is approximately $1.43 billion, including the cost of the spill response, containment, relief well drilling, grants to the Gulf states, claims paid, and federal costs. This also includes the first $60 million in funds for the Louisiana barrier islands construction project. It is too early to quantify other potential costs and liabilities associated with the incident.
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Generals, March 2022
A Concert That You Would Be Foolish to Miss
Claudia Kistler, President of the SaddleBrooke Singers
The SaddleBrooke Singers invite you to join us for a concert on Friday, April 1, at DesertView Performing Arts Center (DVPAC) in SaddleBrooke, starting at 7:30 p.m. Our appropriate theme for April Fools' Day 2022 is a concert entitled: Foolish Not To Love. Spend your April 1 evening with the singers and our director Tanya Elias, as we walk you down memory lane with classic and contemporary love songs.
For this concert there is only one performance. Ticket prices are $20 per person. You can buy tickets through the DVPAC website at dvpac.net or contact the HOA TWO Administration Office at 520-818-1000, ext. 4.
We all know that love is often connected with that special song. Love of a person, love of a country, love of a piano, is best expressed through music. We think there will be at least one favorite song that is special to everyone in this program. There will be many more songs sung by the singers on April 1 than are listed here. You'll have to join us to enjoy the whole program!
Songs of our youth include: songs from the 1960s such as "Hello Mary Lou" and "My Guy."
Songs from Broadway musicals include: "Some Enchanted Evening" from South Pacific; the classic duet "Anything You Can Do" from Annie Get Your Gun; and "Seasons of Love" from the musical Rent. "I Love A Piano" by Irving Berlin will be presented by a special quartet from the singers.
Songs from the movies include: the classic "Stormy Weather" from the 1943 movie with the same name, and "City of Stars" from the more recent movie La La Land.
Contemporary songs include: "Still In Love With Me" that features a tenor solo by Jay Hansen. "You Raise Me Up," with a soprano solo by our director Tanya Elias, will conclude our program.
For this concert the singers will have a guest accompanist, Tucson jazz musician Daniel "Sly" Slipetsky.
If you would like to become a sponsor of the SaddleBrooke Singers, or join us as singer yourself for future performances, contact Claudia Kistler at 520-306-2113 or visit saddlebrookesingers.org for more information. Your voice, your sponsorship contributions, and your attendance at our concerts keep us singing.
It would be foolish for you to miss this concert! We hope you will join us on April 1 at DVPAC.
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Film review: On Happiness Road dives into the personal and historical past
by Jasper Mäkinen Nov 13, 2018 16:55 MOVIES TAIWAN ANIMATION
On Happiness Road was submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category ahead of the 91st Academy Awards. Ablaze Image
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For one reason or another, animation has, among the general populace, often been seen as a genre for children. This, of course, isn't even close to the truth and animated films throughout cinema history have covered numerous violent, sexual, historical and otherwise 'adult' topics.
So, while animated films aren't only for children, they still might be the best fit for children. Animated films, much like kids' imaginations, can take sudden leaps from reality to fantasy and back again, without much pause in between. In animated films, youngsters get to see the world portrayed the way they see it.
Children, though, aren't the only ones with rich inner lives and many animated films have examined the depths of adult consciousness, from Richard Linklater's dreamy Waking Life to Don Hertzfeldt's portrayal of collapsing synapses in It's Such a Beautiful Day, and from Satoshi Kon's whole career of subconscious halls of mirrors to Isao Takahata's Proustian madeleine of Only Yesterday.
Takahata's masterpiece, with its transitions between the present and the memories of a woman visiting her hometown, is also a clear influence on Sung Hsin-yin's debut feature On Happiness Road.
To the past and back
On Happiness Road, based partly on Sung's own life and her 2013 short of the same name, tells the story of Chi, a woman born on the day the Kuomintang and Taiwan leader Chiang Kai-shek died, who returns home to Taiwan from the US after the death of her grandmother.
While visiting home, Chi recalls events from her childhood and youth, which often turn into fantastical voyages into the young Chi's imagination.
The film also touches upon many pivotal events in Taiwanese history and the life stories of Chi's parents and classmates - especially Betty, the mixed-race who has never met her G.I. father.
A trailer for On Happiness Road
Characters and characteristics
On Happiness Road might be greatly reminiscent of Only Yesterday in format, but the film's cultural specifics are where it truly shines. When Chi starts schools, there's instant conflict (and humour) from the fact that she speaks Taiwanese Hokkien, while her class is being taught in Mandarin. This, in turn and after much schooling, makes her incomprehensible to her elder relatives who only speak Hokkien.
The film's most delightful character is Chi's betel nut-chewing, aboriginal grandmother, whose life philosophy seems to largely consist of "life can't be too bad, if your belly's full".
The rest of the film's cast of characters is equally stellar, with even the most minor of supporting characters feeling like fully drawn people with their own (inner) lives.
Sung shows a deft hand when telling whole stories with small details and offhand comments. Chi mumbling to her estranged husband that he only cares about women "as long as she's Asian", tells most of what you need to know about the problems in their relationship.
Emotional animation
Two Chinese animated feature films join Oscars 2019 race
Liu Jian's Have a Nice Day and Sung Hsin-Yin's On Happiness Road are among the 25 features submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 2019 Oscars.
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Sung also doesn't shy away from visualising grand emotions when needed and On Happiness Road often showcases the deeply unhappy Chi's anxieties with surrealistic sequences of drowning marriage counsellors and chicken-piloting grandmas.
These splendorous episodes, as well as young Chi's childish imaginings, are, unsurprisingly, also where the film's animation makes the best impression, with arresting dashes of colour and fluid camerawork.
The whole film has a pleasant storybook look, which fits its nostalgic tone. However, weirdly enough, the film's animation shows the most seams in the scenes set in the real world of the current day, which have a choppy frame rate and an, at times, unfinished look.
On Happiness Road's voice acting varies in quality, with most of the cast doing a good enough job, although some of the younger performers maybe do not quite hit the emotions required of them.
The film also suffers from the English language parts being, at best, serviceable and at points almost off-putting, with the performers sounding stilted and the dialogue slightly disjointed, though this problem is more or less endemic in Asian animations.
Showing the world
Still, On Happiness Road makes up for its deficiencies with a solid sense of time and place and well-rounded characters. The film was chosen as Taiwan's Animated Feature Film submission for the 91st Academy Awards, which isn't a surprise considering the way the film manages to combine the personal and historical and make them illuminate each other.
The film also marks Sung Hsin-yin as a future director to watch. For too long, Asian animation has essentially meant Japanese anime for the outside world. Maybe with directors like Sung making movies such as On Happiness Road, the world will find out that isn't even near the whole truth.
Jasper Mäkinen Jasper Mäkinen has been an AV producer at GBTIMES since 2017. He is responsible for shooting and editing videos as well as managing GBTIMES' Youtube channel.
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Pleurobranchaea is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).

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 Pleurobranchaea agassizii Bergh, 1897
 Pleurobranchaea augusta Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
 Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897
 Pleurobranchaea bubala Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
 Pleurobranchaea californica MacFarland, 1966
 Pleurobranchaea catherinae Dayrat, 2001
 Pleurobranchaea gela Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1966
 Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897
 Pleurobranchaea japonica Thiele, 1925
 Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
 Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
 Pleurobranchaea morosa (Bergh, 1892)
 Pleurobranchaea obesa (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
 Pleurobranchaea spiroporphyra Alvim, Simone & Pimenta, 2014
 Pleurobranchaea tarda A. E. Verrill, 1880

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Physics represents an inquiry, both theoretical and experimental, into the nature of the physical universe. The theoretical approach involves constructing and exploring abstract models of nature, while the experimental approach involves investigations of physical systems that provide avenues for evaluating theories and for suggesting new theories. Taken together, theory and experiment aim at the construction of a single, compact, and far-reaching conceptual framework that accounts for all properties of the physical universe.
The physics curriculum at Lawrence is structured to help the student develop a firm grasp of the important theories and a secure competence in contemporary experimental techniques. Requirements for the major reflect this structure. On the theoretical side, the major moves from a general survey to more detailed intermediate courses to advanced electives, culminating in a theoretical Senior Experience project. On the experimental side, the major moves from a study of standard techniques of data analysis to an intermediate laboratory in electronics to a project-oriented advanced laboratory, possibly culminating in an experimental Senior Experience project. Throughout the curriculum, contemporary computational approaches to problems in physics play a significant role alongside the traditional approaches.
Prospective engineers will find that a major in physics automatically fulfills nearly all of the requirements for Lawrence's 3-2 engineering program.
Students who have strong secondary interests in biology, chemistry, or geology may construct majors involving physics and one of the other three natural sciences, using the interdisciplinary major in the natural sciences.
In addition, a minor in physics offers an opportunity for those who wish to supplement a major in another discipline with a significant exposure to physics.
Students with strong backgrounds should seek advanced placement and credit, normally by submitting scores on the Physics Advanced Placement Examination of the Educational Testing Service. Advanced placement without credit is awarded to students who submit satisfactory evidence that they both understand most of PHYS 141 or 151 and are able to remedy weaknesses on their own initiative.


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Letter to Houdini (23 may 1923)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Letter in A Magician Among the Spirits p. 149-150 (1924)
This letter was written by Arthur Conan Doyle to Houdini on 23 may 1923 from The Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles.
The letter was published by Houdini in his book A Magician Among the Spirits (1924).
My dear Houdini:—
I have had to handle you a little roughly in the Oakland Tribune because they send me a long screed under quotation marks, so it is surely accurate. It is so full of errors that I don't know where to begin. I can't imagine why you say such wild things which have no basis in fact at all. I put the Thompsons down as humbugs. I never heard of my son or brother through the Thomas brothers. They were never exposed. 1 never said that Masked Medium was genuine. I wish you would refer to me before publishing such injurious stuff which I have to utterly contradict. I would always tell you the exact facts as I have done with the Zancigs.
A. Conan Doyle.
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What do I do when it rains in Summer? Well, a few weeks ago, I ran errands in boots and denim shorts.
I think this outfit works because I layered on a scarf and bought the shorts a couple of sizes bigger than normal. I wanted boho-chic, not Daisy Duke.
I mixed colors in a seemingly haphazard way too. Nothing too contrived. Just a casual day. And I got to show off the orange and brass wrap bracelet I got at the Fashion truck in Boston.


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Polignano a Mare and sea caves boat tour
Organized by Dorino Gite In Barca
Blue Flag 2013, Polignano is called "Pearl of the Adriatic" for the twelve kilometers of coastline characterized by a crystalline sea and by the succession of caves dug by the action of the sea. With a boat trip of approximately 1.50 hours, you will discover each cave, including the famous Grotta Palazzese, bays with crystal clear water, and enjoy amazing landscapes.
Max 10 people
Port of San Vito
Each 90 minutes
The so-called "Pearl of Adriatic", Polignano a Mare is known for its unique high cliffs and jagged coastline, incredible caves excavated in the rocks, caves accessible only from the sea. The erosive action of water, wind and the karst phenomenon have created a charming landscape. Of course, the best way to enjoy this show is from the sea perspective: with this boat tour in Polignano a Mare, you will admire the play of colour and light of these unique caves and have the chance to swim in the crystal waters of the coast. Often Mother Nature enjoys being an artist and you cannot miss to admire this masterpiece.
Program of the Polignano a Mare and sea caves boat tour:
Meeting point in the port of San Vito (Frazione di San vito 342 – Polignano a Mare) and start of the boat tour.
Just below the town is the Grotta Palazzese, the largest of the grottos, considered one of the "seven scenic wonders of the world". This particular cave was used for royal banquets at the request of Italian nobility since the 18th century. Today the natural sea cave hosts a unique restaurant, which is sort of suspended between the town above and the Adriatic Sea 74 feet below.
The tour continues with a stop at the Ardito Cave: as you enter the cave, you will see how small beams of sunlight find ways to penetrate the rock and illuminate the unique play of colors on the cave walls.
Further along, we find the Chiangella Cave, named after the cries of the weeping mothers desperate for news of the fate of their daughters who were kidnapped during the raids of the Saracens and pirates and the Cave of Nuns, named after its most frequent visitors, the religious, who could swim peacefully away from curious eyes.
The tour continues with a stop in Lama Monachile, one of the most beautiful sights in all of Polignano a Mare. A beautiful bay, this is the foundation upon which the city is built and a must see when visiting Polignano.
Further along, you can see the majestic Island of San Paolo or "Rock Hermit"; it owes its name to the legend that tells of a mysterious person that had chosen this rock to pursue a life in solitude and meditation.
Among the other points of interest, you will see: Episcopina Cave, Favale Cave, Port'Alga, Cala Paura and Rondinelle Cave. In addition, during the tour there will be a stop for swimming.
The price includes: Professional English-speaking skipper – Aperitif with prosecco and "taralli" – Equipment for snorkeling.
The price does not include: Hotel pick-up and drop-off.
Do not forget: Swimsuit – Beach towel – Sunscreen – Sun hat – Camera.
Maximum: 10 people on board.
Please enter here the name of the hotel. We will contact you prior to your tour to confirm pick-up point and time. If you have not booked your hotel or live locally please add these "notes".
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The most beautiful beaches in Polignano a Mare
At the very top of the ranking of the most beautiful beaches of Polignano a Mare there is definitely Lama Monachile, a lovely beach wedged in a strip of land between sea caves and rugged coasts, just ten minutes away from the city center. Due to its unique landscape and crystal clear sea, Lama Monachile has been awarded with the European Blue Flag and by Legambiente as one of the most beautiful locations on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Lama Monachile is very frequented by tourists who come here to enjoy for free the unique panorama and the amazing sea. But the beauty of Lama Monachile is fully enjoyable especially from the sea looking towards the inland, where the small beach appears between the dramatic coasts and it almost seems to reach the heart of the town of Polignano a Mare. In 2nd place among the most beautiful public beaches of Polignano, immediately after Lama Monachile, there is Cala Sala, or more commonly Port'Alga, a pristine and scenic beach, preferred by many locals inhabitants. Small but characteristic is then Cala Paura, a fishing village and a very romantic place, it is the destination of the famous procession by sea in honor of the Saint patron of Polignano. Other beaches worthy of note are Cala Grottone, Porto Cavallo, Ponte dei Lapilli, Cala Incina, Cala Fetente and the beach of San Vito.
Lama Monachile
Right in the heart of the city you will find the most characteristic beach of all Polignano a Mare: Lama Monachile. This beach, also called Cala Porto, is a real postcard drawn between the crystal clear sea and the houses of the village. Its delta shape, which encloses the white beach between the two high and jagged coasts, is due to the flow of a river that existed millions of years ago and that created one of the many lame, "blades" in English, of the Bari coast. The "blades" are just the sign of the streams that flew through the area and that, due to geological phenomena, have dried up leaving only a bed of sand. This charming beach of Polignano a Mare, surrounded by sea caves, cliffs and houses, boasts the European Blue Flag and 4 awards by Legambiente.
The main grottos of Polignano a Mare
Polignano a Mare is dotted with caves and caverns developing under the houses and making this landscape unlike anything else in the world. Visiting all the caves of Polignano is almost impossible, as a matter of fact there are over 70 of them between larger and smaller ones, but it is definitely a must to discover the legends, the colors and the history of the main caves accessible by boat. The most famous cave is Grotta Palazzese, an ancient feast hall for local nobles and now home to one of the most exclusive restaurants in the world. Grotta Ardito, on the other hand, is especially well known for the fabulous plays of light that is possible to admire inside it by the beautiful natural white column, located at the entrance of the cave, called Colonna d'Ercole (Pillar of Hercules). The mystery and the history surround all the places of Polignano a Mare as the Grotta del Pianto, where you can retrace the history of the Saracen raids, the Grotta delle Monache, chosen for its structure by discreet bathers, Grotta delle Rondinelle, with the legend of ill-fate that hovers around it and the Grotta dell'Arcivescovado that seems to hide secret passages.
Grotta Palazzese
Grotta Palazzese is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World and it is accessible mainly by sea. It is mentioned in the encyclopedias of Diderot and D'Alembert, described in the Voyage Pittoresque à Naples et en Sicilie of the Abbot of Saint-Non and immortalized by the famous French engraver Louis Jean Desprez in 1778. It is also said that Queen Joan of Anjou during her visit to Puglia, fascinated by the beauty of this place, allowed herself a few hours of intimate happiness. It is its structure, carved into the limestone rock under the inhabited city, that makes this cave particularly suggestive: once inside, an unexpected scenario is revealed. Grotta Palazzese has an internal diameter of over 30 meters and inside the cave a small pebble beach appears, in addition to an unusual hanging terrace: you will feel like you are stepping into a whole new world! The cave is open from Easter until October and there are several boat tours that allow you to reach this magical destination starting from Polignano a Mare. It will be impossible not to be fascinated by this spectacular cave lived by the ancient aristocracy of the area.
Why is it called Grotta Palazzese?
Grotta Palazzese, or "the palace cave", is called like this because it was once part of the estate of the Leto family, feudal family of Polignano a Mare in the 18th century. It was the Letos in 1713 that took over the cave and used it as a particular ballroom annexed to the Palazzo Marchesale. The idea of Giuseppe Leto, realized by a clever architecture, was to connect the Palace to the cave that, therefore, becomes the full-fledged grotto of the palace. Nowadays this spectacular cave is the seat of the homonymous restaurant, one of the 10 most exclusive outdoor restaurants in the world.
Grotta Ardito
Just below Largo Ardito, not far from the centre of Polignano a Mare, you can find Grotta Ardito. Its name comes from the family that owned this place, precisely the Arditos. In 1824, the prelate Joseph Ardito had built and embellished houses and had the rock excavated to create a staircase of 48 steps to reach the cave. The stairs were used until a few decades ago by the inhabitants of the neighborhood Pozziglioni and it seems that the stairs have always been shared with the community as demonstrated by the Latin epigraph that says "Do not be afraid, foreigner, you are not descending into hell but, on the contrary, you are going to a very pleasant place to bathe and sunbathe". But today it is no longer possible to use the stairs to go down. Coming from the sea, right at the entrance of Grotta Ardito you can also admire a beautiful natural column carved into the rock, called Colonna d'Ercole (Pillar of Hercules), just like one of the famous pillars of Ulysses' epic journey. In short, while from Largo Ardito you can park your car in peace and enjoy a beautiful panorama, below, inside the cave, there is a play of lights in the crystal clear waters that is definitely worth a visit!
Grotta delle Monache
Grotta delle Monache or "the nuns' cave" takes its name from the local tradition according to which the nuns of the nearby hospital could bathe here during the summer months far from prying eyes. Also here, a staircase was built from the ground floor, which is no longer accessible. The grotto consists of a single large elongated cave that goes down to a small beach.
Grotta del Pianto
For some it is Grotta del Pianto or "the crying cave" in English, for the Apulian it is definitely Grotta della Chiangella: here, as in the case of Grotta delle Rondinelle, you can hear a particular sound. The sound of the waves and their echo inside the cave almost seem to recall the cries of a woman. And since the Salento was the victim of Saracen raids, according to the popular tradition this particular sound remembers the cries of the mothers afflicted by the fate of their daughters, raped and stolen during the attacks of the enemies.
Island of San Paolo or Scoglio dell'Eremita
To the south east of Polignano a Mare, 300 meters away from the coast, lies the island of San Paolo: a small island characterized by the typical crag of the area with high and jagged coast, due to the erosive action of the sea and the wind. The island is about 20 meters high above sea level and represents a unique panorama from the sea where you can take wonderful pictures. The island of San Paolo is also called Scoglio dell'Eremita ("the hermit's rock" in English) by the inhabitants of Polignano a Mare for an ancient legend passed down from father to son.
Legend behind the Scoglio dell'Eremita
Story goes that a missionary returning from the Holy Land, or for others a Basilian monk fleeing the East and on pilgrimage to Puglia to spread the Gospel, enchanted by so much beauty, had decided to establish his residence on the island of San Paolo. Here, isolated from the world but close to civilization, the hermit spent the last days of his life surrounded by the peace of an uncontaminated place and in solitude, devoting himself only to prayer and contemplation. The man was then adopted by the local community, as a matter of fact many fishermen stopped on the island to deliver him essential goods. Until one day one of the fishermen found the abandoned body of the hermit and provided for his burial. Since then the island of San Paolo also took the name of Scoglio dell'Eremita ("the hermit's rock" in English) and according to the legend, it was in his honor that the memorial chapel of Sant'Antonio Abate was erected on the island in 1612, and then, according to local sources, used as a lazaret in 1837 for the victims of cholera. Today on the summit of the island, a large cross stands that many attribute to the remains of the chapel but that, much more probably, was a tribute of some faithful on the occasion of the feast of San Vito in 1901.
Grotta dell'Arcivescovado
According to the popular belief the Grotta dell'Arcivescovado (or "the archbishop's cave" in English) represented a way out for the prelates during the enemy raids. Inside the cave, indeed, it is possible to see a narrow passage that was thought to be the exit of secret tunnels connected directly to the archbishop's palace, once located where today Piazza San Benedetto stands. Hence the name of Grotta dell'Arcivescovado (or "the archbishop's cave" in English). However, the narrow cave, after a few meters becomes a blind alley and completely impracticable, for this reason there is really no records of these legendary secret passages.
Grotta Favale and Grotticella sotto Favale
Many confuse Grotta sotto Favale with Grotticella sotto Favale. Actually they are two caves near each other along the coast and both of them are located under the ancient residence of Filippo Franco Favale, a scholar of local history. The Grotta Favale is a very suggestive cave that deserves to be looked at in two different ways: looking at the top and, then, looking at it from the inside towards the outside, that is towards the light that comes from the sea. Groticella sotto Favale, located on the right of Grotta Favale, is instead a natural marine habitat: its seabed is full of collapsed rocks in which the small marine inhabitants hide; it is no coincidence that this is one of the preferred spot for very patient fishermen. Inside the Grotticella under Favale some vases dating back to the Roman era were found, evidence of the presence of an ancient manufacturing Roman colony in Polignano a Mare.
Legend of the Grotta delle Rondinelle
When you enter the Grotta delle Rondinelle or "the cave of the swallows" in English, pay close attention to what you hear: this is one of the most famous caves of Polignano a Mare, but its fame is mainly due to a local legend handed down from generations. According to this legend, inside the Grotta delle Rondinelle, every year a swallow settled itself and built its nest. Until one day a storm destroyed the nest built by the swallow with so much love. From that day on, every sound that you hear close to cave is considered a bad omen. That explains why this cave takes the name of "cave of the swallows".
What is the name of the inhabitants of Polignano a Mare?
The inhabitants of Polignano a Mare are called polignanesi.
How to reach Polignano a Mare from Bari?
Polignano a Mare is 33 km. away from Bari and can be reached by car, train or bus in about 30 minutes. Polignano a Mare is directly connected to Bari via public transports departing every hour, while from Bari to Polignano there is a bus that leaves approximately every 4 hours.
What to see in Polignano a Mare?
If you are wondering what to see in Polignano a Mare, you must know that its reputation lies largely in its caves, over 40 of them, which embellish the landscape. The karst phenomenon, the wind and the water erosion have created a landscape that is unlike anything else in the world, where the town, miraculously perched on the coast, rests on the caves that break the cliff. So if you want to know what to see in Polignano a Mare, after having made a tour of the historical center with its monuments and its streets, you must surely consider a boat tour to discover the most beautiful caves of the coast.
How to reach Port'Alga?
Port'Alga or Cala Sala is not too far away from Polignano a Mare: it is about 7 minutes by car from Polignano a Mare or it is accessible, of course, by sea. Its main feature is the stone door that stands on the rocks and that makes Port'Alga one of the most particular and photographed glimpses of all Polignano a Mare. Compared to other beaches of Polignano a Mare, here it is possible to admire some stretches of wild Mediterranean scrub that increase its beauty. Port'Alga is one of the local's favorite places and it has been the location for many events of the maritime tradition as the paranza by the sea, which consists in cooking and eating, mostly seafood freshly caught, all together on the beach.
Where is Cala Paura?
Cala Paura, also known as Cala Paguro, is not far from the center of Polignano a Mare. The cove has both a not equipped beach with rocky areas and sea cliffs and an equipped sandy beach; it appears as a small fishing village with houses and characteristic small boats. Cala Paura is famous for being the destination of the procession by sea in honor of the Saint patron, San Vito, whose celebrations are held every year on the 14th of June.
Can I choose the departure time of the boat tour?
Yes, this boat excursion departs every 90 minutes starting from 08:30 until 19:00 from Porto San Vito.
How long is the Polignano a Mare and its caves boat tour?
The tour lasts around 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Do I have some free time to swim and snorkel?
Yes you will have some free time to swim and snorkel during the boat tour. The skipper will decide the best and most comfortable stop for you thanks to his experience.
Are there toilet breaks during the tour?
On board there is the opportunity to use the restroom.
Are drinks included in this tour?
No, drinks are not included in this tour.
Will the tour be cancelled in case of heavy rain or rough sea?
Yes, in case of bad weather/sea conditions the tour might be cancelled. In case of cancellation we are happy to offer our customers the choice of an alternative date or, in case of inability to rebook, the full refund.
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