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Omega
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morbus wrote:
I had emailed them yesterday regarding their Monetizer ads. Response:

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The Monetizer Network is composed of a multi-layered advertising system. Similar to \"web rings\" used by other web sites, the Monetizer Network takes advantage of meta-data to make sure that your company\'s advertising is hosted on sites that are relative to your demographic needs. The Monetizer Network is constantly going through updates in order to maximize compatibility for our clients. As an integral part of the PANAL architecture, Monetizer allows our users to quickly and easily advertise new services of your company!

Monetizer may be purchased as an add on for your existing PANAL server. By simply installing the Monetizer package, your server becomes Monetizer enabled. The only information stored on your server is your own advertisements. Other ads are pulled from across the Monetizer Network and displayed on your web pages. We believe that the heart of the internet revolves around the sharing of information and the Monetizer Network is no different.

You may purchase the Monetizer Add-On through the add-ons page of the Administrator Panel in PANAL.

Thank you for your inquiry into the Monetizer Network.

Red Loyola Support
supportSPLATredloyola.com

Got the same email. I wrote back to support claiming to be an IT professional, requesting pricing and additional information regarding how I might go about acquiring PANAL and the Monetizer add-on. Will update if I get a reply.

Edit: Had another idea. On the website's Company Info page, the bottom paragraph mentions their interest in recruiting "young and talented programmers." So, I sent in my resume (under a different alias). Smile

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stori.lundi
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 		 Rivera Corp?
So, anyone speak Spanish?

http://riveracapital.com/portafolio.php

Portafolio

Red Loyola
Red Loyola tiene como enfoque el proveer las herramientas mas avanzadas en alojamiento web. La tecnologia de alojamiento web es uno de los aspectos claves en el mundo de la internet, y Red Loyola permanece en la vanguardia de esta tecnologia gracias a su sistema operativo para redes, PANAL™. Uno de los nuevos avances desarrollados en redloyola es la plataforma Monetizer®, un sistema de publicidad por internet que provee otra fuente adicional de ganancias a los accionistas de Red Loyola.

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Omega
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 		Re: Rivera Corp?
stori.lundi wrote:
So, anyone speak Spanish?

shrtyscott3 translated this on the previous page. Reads as follows:
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Network Loyola approach is to provide the most advanced tools in web hosting. The hosting technology is one of the key aspects in the world of the Internet, and Red Loyola remains in the forefront of this technology through its operating system for networks, PANAL ™. One of the new advances developed in redloyola is the platform Monetizer ®, a system of Internet advertising by providing another source of additional profits to shareholders Red Loyola.


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 		fyi, behind the curtain - caught this blog entry from a pm.
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karmajay
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 		Wow, have not been on the site for years! I'd like to get into a game at the beginning so here it goes!

The missing founder paragraph says if you have any info to click on the support button, not sure if that was always there so I did and left my name and email and stated I've been following the company product progress and if there was anything to do to help in Florida to contact me. Maybe I'll get a response. Smile

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Tenchizard
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 		Hi there, I have just found this website, I think it may be related to the ARG, but maybe a behind the curtains...
http://alexloyola.com/

I'm spanish so I understand what's in there... Interesting posts:
Feb 2:
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Beginning today, redloyola is in the able hands of Robert. I wish them good luck and success

Feb 25:
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We are quite near to getting a new sponsor for the grant. We will announce it soon.


An interesting detail is the use of the word "auspiciador" (spanish for sponsor, so to speak). It's not a common word in spain, anyone would have used the word "esponsor" directly, so maybe this Alex Loyola is not really spanish (could be from south america, spanish there is a bit different)

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Omega
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Tenchizard wrote:
Hi there, I have just found this website, I think it may be related to the ARG, but maybe a behind the curtains...
http://alexloyola.com/

I doubt that's a behind-the-curtains site. Excellent find!

Tenchizard wrote:
Feb 2:
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Beginning today, redloyola is in the able hands of Robert. I wish them good luck and success

Feb 25:
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We are quite near to getting a new sponsor for the grant. We will announce it soon.

Robert Morgan was the co-founder of RedLoyola, but it appears that the entire company has been handed over to him. Why would Alex leave RedLoyola? Also, The date of the last entry on http://alexloyola.com (Feb. 25th) corresponds with Alex's February 26th disappearance. A date to keep in mind...

Tenchizard, your comment on the usage of "auspiciador" is very insightful; I agree, doesn't seem like Alex is Spanish. And thanks for your translations! As most of our clues have been Spanish-related, your assistance for solving this mystery will be invaluable!

To recap, here's a list of the site's we need to keep an eye on:
http://www.redloyola.com
http://www.riveracapital.com
http://www.alexloyola.com
http://www.loyolascholarship.org
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23520195@N07/

Edit: While browsing alexloyola.com, I spotted the following on the May 3rd, 2007 entry:
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09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0

Any ideas on getting that decoded? Looks hexadecimal, but doesn't appear to be base 16.

Edit 2: June 15th, 2006 entry:
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"Te amo, Steph." Google translates to: "I love you, Steph." In reference to Stephanie Loyola, Alex's wife.

Definitely not a behind-the-curtains site. I suggest to everyone following along to comb the alexloyola.com site for any and all clues you might come by.

Edit 3: Anyone play World of Warcraft? There may be an Alex Loyola character roaming around in-game. There might be a Facebook account for Alex as well.

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Tenchizard
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 		I thought someone had already found this site, but after seeing your recap I guess maybe not. Take a look:
http://www.loyolascholarship.org/

So now we got some more data, it seems like Alex and Stephanie got married in 1997, and they live in Barcelona (spain), but I guess they're not spanish (Alex's name IS a spanish name, complete with spanish surnames, but I guess he can be south-american, Stephanie's name is not spanish at all). Also, their child's name, Meren, doesn't sound spanish to me (and a quick search reveals it's the dutch word for "moor").

I don't live in Barcelona (doh!) but got some friends there, so if someone can find where is Stephanie's restaurant, maybe I could try to confirm it (I don't know if the game has gone as long as to make that possible).

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karmajay
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 		False alarm, doing a google search of "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0" shows it is the code to decrypt HD-DVDs. Sad

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Illusioneer
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Tenchizard wrote:
I thought someone had already found this site, but after seeing your recap I guess maybe not. Take a look:
http://www.loyolascholarship.org/

So now we got some more data, it seems like Alex and Stephanie got married in 1997, and they live in Barcelona (spain), but I guess they're not spanish (Alex's name IS a spanish name, complete with spanish surnames, but I guess he can be south-american, Stephanie's name is not spanish at all). Also, their child's name, Meren, doesn't sound spanish to me (and a quick search reveals it's the dutch word for "moor").

I don't live in Barcelona (doh!) but got some friends there, so if someone can find where is Stephanie's restaurant, maybe I could try to confirm it (I don't know if the game has gone as long as to make that possible).


Anyone want to fill out an application?

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 		Has any one tried using various combinations of names to get into the user section? I have tried some things like, Aloyola, alex, Alejandro as usernames; and Meren, meren2001, 61997 as passwords. No luck yet but maybe some one else has some better ideas. I think if we can get into the user section, the download of PANAL could be a clue.

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 		Flicker
Sorry for the double post but, looking threw alexloyola.com (which I am sure is part of this) I found Alex Loyola's flicker page. the pictures there seem to have some weird distortions. maybe something could be found with photoshop. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23520195@N07/

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 		on alexloyola.com, http://alexloyola.com/pics/ubuntu.png, this picture has a username filled out in the background.
also on the Flicker site I found the location of 2 of the pictures,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23520195@N07/2307724466/ is at http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=8f4&q=jones+lane+hwy&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
Jones lane hwy runs between statesboro, GA and Sylvainia, GA.

and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23520195@N07/2307724440/ is a picture of Sagon RV supercenter, and its here http://maps.google.com/maps?q=172+Van+Mar+Boulevard&ie=UTF8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&hl=en&near=Jackson,+GA+30233&f=l

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Omega
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Tenchizard wrote:
I thought someone had already found this site, but after seeing your recap I guess maybe not. Take a look:
http://www.loyolascholarship.org/

Another great find, Tenchizard. Good work. Smile
karmajay wrote:
False alarm, doing a google search of "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0" shows it is the code to decrypt HD-DVDs. Sad

Yep, sure enough. We may need to decrypt some HD-DVD's down the road, so lets keep this code on the back-burner.
Illusioneer wrote:
Anyone want to fill out an application?

Done. This time I'm a native Albania, studying Culinary Arts. Let's hope I get accepted for the scholarship.
Competitor wrote:
I found Alex Loyola's flicker page. the pictures there seem to have some weird distortions. maybe something could be found with photoshop. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23520195@N07/

Awesome! I tried messing around with the photos, but wasn't able to come up with anything. Anyone else give it a try? Note that the images were uploaded February 25th.
Competitor wrote:
on alexloyola.com, http://alexloyola.com/pics/ubuntu.png, this picture has a username filled out in the background.

Very nice catch! Also, excellent job spotting the RV center and identifying the Georgia locations. I sent an email to the support staff at redloyola.com stating where I think Alex might be. Competitor, I suggest you do the same.

Another possible avenue at http://www.loyolascholarship.org/mission.html:
Quote:
If you are company that believes in our young students of today, please consider donating to the Foundation.
ContactSPLATLoyolaScholarship.org

If someone feels up to posing as a philanthropist, might try sending an email to them.

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Omega
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 		Alex!!!
Found a startling image:
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http://alexloyola.com/pics/mysteryimage.jpg

Perhaps we should be looking for a tombstone....


Edit: Had a chain of discoveries. I think its all behind-the-curtains stuff, but still worth looking at.

http://alexloyola.com/2005/04/ shows a different layout than the rest of the pages at the site. Clicking on the arrow in the top-left corner leads to a blog: http://blog.franrodriguez.net/

At the above blog, I found a few more interesting images:
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http://franrodriguez.net/images/panallogo.jpg
http://franrodriguez.net/images/redloyolalogo.jpg


And then I found this:
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http://franrodriguez.net/images/cover.jpg

The image highlights a non-existent URL. Note the Loyola Scholarship website. Hrm...

I wonder about these images because the author of the blog, Francisco Rodriquez, graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design (see his resume here: http://www.franrodriguez.net/resume.pdf), which is where the creators of Project Loyola are. So, yeah, definitely think the blog is a behind-the-curtains page. Still interesting.

Of smaller note, I noticed on alexloyola.com, on the December 17th, 2007 entry, there was a note about Meren below the youtube Elmo video:
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"Ahora se lo que NO le voy a conseguir a Meren." Google translates to: "This is NOT what I am going to get Meren."


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