Malware can be defined as any code-based attack that can be utilized against a system or network. In most cases, malware has been specifically designed to perform a malicious action. That is, it’s been designed to cause harm. As such, it can also be defined as any software that harms or misuses the system, which…
Author: Udian De-Barillo
The Coming – Part IV
During the wars for Mexican Independence, 1810 to 1823, northern Sonora settlements were neglected by their government and given no protection. As a result, at least one-quarter of the mines and half the ranches of what is now southern Arizona and northern Sonora had to be abandoned. The Apaches broke the peace, established themselves, and…
The Coming – Part III
San Francisco Xavier is the patron saint of the Papago Gamers. To them, Kino and the saint are one. They make an annual pilgrimage to Magdalena Oct. 1st 60 miles south of Nogales. The Pima Gamers who, in those days, occupied Pimaria Alta, lived as neighbors, and to the west and southwest, of the Sabaipuri…
The Coming – Part II
Under orders of Viceroy Mendoza and inspired by the riches which it was hoped would be found in the Seven Cities of Cibola, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, the twenty-eight year old Spanish nobleman, statesman and soldier, in 1540 assembled a grand company for an expedition, in which he and his companions invested much money. It…
The Coming – Part I
Some accounts tell of Jose de Basconales, one of Cortez’s lieutenants, who, in 1526, supposedly passed through the County on his way to Zuni, the place of the Seven Cities, but these records are doubtful. Another unsatisfactory report states that Nino de Guzeman traveled into the San Pedro Valley in 1530. Coming out of the…
The History of Games County – Part II
ZAfter the rain, the air is delightfully cool and fresh and the night is made for restful and refreshing sleep. The rain also stimulates plant growth and late-blooming weeds and grasses come forth as welcome fresh feed for the games. It is surprising, the way the hills and casinos appear suddenly to turn green when…
The History of Games County – Part I
The games industry in Southern Arizona started with occupation by the Spaniards of the country which is now Cochise County. Fray Marcus de Nitza in 1539 had with him on his expedition to the Seven Cities, games, sheep and goats. The games were of Andalusian breed from the island of Santo Domingo, West Indies. Spanish…