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Star Wars: Game of Thrones Creators Were Reportedly Nervous of Facing the Franchise's "Toxic Fandom"
By Patrick Cavanaugh - October 30, 2019 07:03 pm EDT
In recent years, few fandoms have been as toxic and hateful as the Star Wars and Game of Thrones "communities," so when the co-creators of the latter franchise realized they would potentially face continued harassment from fans, one source claimed to The Hollywood Reporter that neither David Benioff nor D.B. Weiss were interested in enduring that harassment, contributing to their decision to walk away from their planned Star Wars trilogy. In their official statement announcing their departure from the planned films, the pair cited their busy schedule was the motivating factor, though this new report hinted that multiple factors, including a toxic fandom, contributed to that decision.
For years, Game of Thrones was the biggest TV series in the world, accumulating millions of passionate fans around the world. Since the debut of the series' final seasons, those passions from some fans turned into anger, which viewers were happy to share all across social media. In the months since the final episodes of the series aired, Benioff and Weiss have avoided making public appearances related to the show, which includes canceling their planned appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, with their discussion during a panel over the weekend resulting in them earning even more hatred hurled their way.
"Who wants to go through that again? Not them," one source noted to the outlet. "This was in the 'Life's Too Short' category."
While many members of the Game of Thrones cast have shared their support for the showrunners, that didn't stop fans from starting petitions asking for the final season to get a remake or to have the pair fired from Lucasfilm. Clearly a number of factors led towards the pair stepping away, but we can't blame them for not wanting to subject themselves to years of harassment if their decisions didn't line up with those of the most vocal fans.
Among the various pop culture fandoms, a very vocal minority of Star Wars fans are considered to be some of the most hateful, a trend which dates back decades.
After a 15-year wait after the end of the original trilogy of films, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace landed in theaters and immediately sparked a backlash against creator George Lucas for the decisions he made with the films. The backlash would continue with each subsequent film, with some fans still being quick to express their anger about the films all these years later.
In 2012, Lucas himself noted that fan toxicity contributed to why he sold his company to Disney.
"Why would I make any more," Lucas shared with The New York Times in 2012 of the Star Wars films, "when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?"
Some would think Disney delivering audiences new films would be a positive thing, yet audiences who haven't agreed with the various decisions made by the filmmakers resulting in them passionately and regularly expressing their hatred directly to those responsible for the films. Stars Daisy Ridley and Kelly Marie Tran both left social media following the sexist and racist harassment they endured from some "fans," while Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson still attempts to engage with fans, despite how often they inundate him with horrible remarks.
Following the spread of the harassment from fans, Jar Jar Binks actor Ahmed Best took to social media to admit that he had previously contemplated suicide after enduring endless amounts of harassment due to the prequel trilogy.
Stay tuned for details on the future of the Star Wars franchise.
What do you think of this report? Let us know in the comments below or hit up @TheWolfman on Twitter to talk all things Star Wars and horror!


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Delivering customized comedy with original angles, Dave Dugan keeps the audience engaged and laughing from the moment he hits the stage. The son of a custom builder, as a teenager, his first job assignments were shoveling pea gravel and laying sod. Dave quickly discovered he "must be allergic to hard labor." Fortunately his sense of humor led him down a different path. He humbly admits, "I fell into comedy as a default. I had nowhere else to turn."
Dave's dry, laidback everyman style has led to several national television appearances including HBO, COMEDY CENTRAL, THE CBS MORNING SHOW, THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW, A&E'S "Evening at the Improv" and many more. He is not only a comedian respected by his peers, but also a comedy writer who has been asked to put his humorous skills to work for several other comedians–as well as for the nationally-syndicated BOB AND TOM morning radio show ( where he has also appeared as a guest comic over 200 times!)
In addition to being a corporate comedian in demand, Dave is a standout emcee with a very distinct voice and a unique talent to weave that awards banquet or other event together with just the right amount of humor! An award-winning voice actor, you have likely heard him on national commercials such as Bacardi, Erie Insurance and Suzuki (to name a few), as narrator for CBS's " Courage on Sports" and on FOX SPORTS ONE as a voice for NASCAR RACING and for this season's NBA Legacy Campaign.
LAUGHING YOUR WAY THROUGH LIFE
A laugh-packed performance customized to best relate to your group or industry. Unique observations and tips on everything from beating the system in today's economy to how to cope with travel frustrations to struggling with constantly changing technology —all delivered in his Bob Newhart-like everyman style. Dave is often the victim of his own situations and messages are weaved in effectively and subtly in a non-preachy way that motivates everyone to see the humor in themselves. Sporting the deepest voice in comedy, Dave is often hired as both the entertainment and the emcee.
Being introduced as a so-called expert or a new hire in an upper management position with whacked out ideas or even portraying a desperate, pathetic competitor are just a few examples of Dave's successful approaches as an impostor. You help create the fake, yet believable bio and he'll play the role. An inept brother-in-law to the CEO, a stuffy, full- of- himself consultant, anything goes when it comes to Dave's portrayals. Due to detailed research, the audience is convinced of his credentials ( at least initially.) The fun is watching their reactions as they try to 'figure this guy out." As one client stated, "It was as if you were a co-worker here for 20 years…months later, you are still the talk around the company!"
THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Not usually a topic choice, but Dave's unique handling of emcee duties makes it worth mentioning as one! With a trained and distinct voice, he weaves in humor seamlessly to make even the driest event memorable.
"Dave's performance was Spectacular! So funny and engaging. We would highly recommend him." Sasha Volkov -American Bar Association
"We received tons of compliments about Dave Dugan's very funny, very relatable presentation. He even got a round of applause the following morning when the CEO asked how the employees enjoyed it." -Eric Burch, Indiana Municipal Power Agency.
"I've heard nothing but good comments about your show! You were timely and really related to/appealed to our audience! (and were so easy to work with!)" Mary Fox, Salute to Nurses
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The office of the Chancellor of Justice confirmed on Friday that it had received a complaint about the Tampere school at the centre of a social media dust-up over a ninth-grade student project.
The office said that the grievance cited the actions of the school principal involved in the case. Last week the school took centre stage during a social media controversy when Finns Party MP Laura Huhtasaari condemned the institution for what she described as stoking hatred against democratically-elected politicians. Huhtasaari had previously grabbed headlines over allegations of plagiarism involving her master's thesis in education.
According to an account reported in the magazine Seura, the complainant's views are similar to Huhtasaari's and the grievance accuses the school of inciting hatred.
The Chancellor's office told Yle that the average time for processing complaints is two months, but it could also take longer. The office added that the case is in its preliminary stages and has not even reached the rapporteur.
The MP's criticism turned on a poster created by ninth-graders, apparently offering commentary on the theme of immigration into Finland and is headlined, "Toward Finland or Death?"
Under the "Finland" headline are photos of President Sauli Niinistö and Greens MP Pekka Haavisto, while the images of Huhtasaari and her party leader Jussi Halla-aho appear under the "Death" text. An image, apparently of a boat full of asylum seekers at sea appears in the middle of the composition.
The school said that it had been targeted by hate mail accusing it of "jihadism" among other things. The institution added that it had since hired security as a precautionary measure.
At the time of the controversy the principal said that the images on the poster had been taken out of context, noting that the ninth-graders' assignment had been to create a poster adopting a position on a specific issue.
The school said the principal had received no information about the complaint and would not comment on the reports.
"We have had a rough week because our solid basic work has been forgotten," the principal said.
Tampere mayor Lauri Lyly and city group CEO Juha Yli-Rajala have both defended the school against the Finns Party politician's allegations.


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In this letter concerning SCLC's fund-raising efforts, Levison stresses the importance of King maintaining a nonpartisan position in the 1960 election. Levison also warns him to beware of "heavy pressure" from some of Kennedy's Hollywood supporters who perceive King "as a personality of glamour not as a leader whose responsibilities will continue over decades and through changes of great magnitude."
Dr. Martin L. King
The Ebenezer Baptist Church
407 Auburn Avenue, N.E.
I hope the conference went well.1 I have a few items which need your attention so that we can move on with some of the projects we've been discussing.
First: I am enclosing a draft of the appeal letter which we will get out shortly. My thought in developing it in this fashion takes advantage of the limited action you staged, in the "Stand-Ins", while not relying on it for the whole emotional appeal.2 The recipient with this approach can feel he is part of the movement because he is in it from the experimental stage to the developmental period. This sense of participation from the beginning is the substitute for the drama we lack at this moment.
Second: I am enclosing a draft of a letter to go to Atty. Clarence Jones.3 He will need it when he reassembles the group of Hollywood lawyers in order to move them from the discussion stage to concrete action. By disclosing your agreement, the urgent need, and the importance of the venture, they can be stimulated to begin planning at once. Beyond this dinner also lies the organization of a permanent support committee which can develop other types of affairs. We have been talking of the practicability of a big mass affair in the spring in the Hollywood Bowl.4 Given the presence on the coast of so many stars such an event should have real possibilities of success. It would attract a different group than a dinner encompassing the great number who can't afford expensive dinner prices.
Third: Sammy Davis Jr., talked to Maya Angelou on the phone yesterday and confirmed arrangements for the January 27th Carnegie Hall affair.5 He said everyone was set. In the same conversation he said he was trying to reach you to have you attend a big rally on the West Coast with him for Kennedy. Here we go again! Maya [Angelou] indicated to him very briefly that you necessarily held to a nonpartisan position, but he said he wanted to talk to you, anyhow. In thinking of the conversation, and taking into account that Sammy is a Negro I think he will understand more than Harrison and Dave Livingston.6 One point might be stressed with Sammy. Since you are concentrating on getting the vote in the south, the effectiveness of your efforts would be diminished if you were identified as an adherent of one party. You can't be as pursuasive to particularly apathetic Negroes, if they feel you are appealing to them as a partisan person who may be seeking to build up voters for his own future candidacy. A long view must be taken which sees that no matter what immediate advantages can be gained by having you speak for one party now, what is lost is a rare leader whose selflessness has been long established and highly prized by the people.
I am not so much concerned that Sammy will not understand as that Sinatra and the others we are counting on will not rise above superfically and grasp the essential points. As we have seen when people get deeply involved with a party's fortunes they sometimes lose perspective; see only that which they want to see.
Sometimes I think these people see you too much as a personality of glamour not as a leader whose responsibilities will continue over decades and through changes of great magnitude. There is probably some identification of themselves with you and though they can come and go, change horses, all as merely an avocation, for you the taking of a position is an immensely important step affecting millions deeply and lastingly. Frank, Sammy and the others are not intellectual leaders nor moral leaders so their decisions can be more easily arrived at without the singular weight that attaches to a decision or stand by you. I mention these thoughts because they may subject you to heavy pressure. I'll be calling you to find out about Friday. Warmest personal regards,
[signed] Stan
SDL/ah
1. Levison refers to SCLC's annual conference, held 11-13 October in Shreveport, Louisiana.
2. On 3 October SCLC staged "stand-ins" at the Fulton County registrar's office, which King described as a "pilot project" to determine the "feasibility of a national program of voter registration protest" ("'Stand-Ins' Aim Is Told by Dr. King," Atlanta Daily World, 6 October 1960).
3. In a 13 October letter, Levison thanked Jones and his colleagues for their offer to raise funds for SCLC, describing the "electrifying actions" of student protesters as inspiration for a new initiative to protest for voting rights through "mass non-violent 'stand-ins' at the polling places in the south."
4. On 18 June 1961, the Western Christian Leadership Conference sponsored a Freedom Rally at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, featuring King, Mahalia Jackson, Sammy Davis, Jr., California governor Edmund Brown, and other state and local politicians (Western Christian Leadership Conference, Announcement, Martin Luther King, Jr. to speak at freedom rally, 18 June 1961; see also Maurice Dawkins to King, 27 February 1961).
5. Angelou assisted in the organization of the January 1961 Carnegie Hall "Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr." Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Tony Bennett, Nipsey Russell, and Jan Murray performed at the tribute (Sara Slack, "'Rat Pack' Raises $35,000 for King," New York Amsterdam News, 4 February 1961). King thanked Davis for his support in a 20 December letter (see pp. 582-583 in this volume).
6. George M. Harrison was the president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks in Cincinnati and vice president of the AFL-CIO. David Livingston was president of District 65 of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) in New York.


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The Problem With Stories
Jeff Jarvis on 2017-11-27
In journalism school and newsrooms, we teach as an advanced skill the ability to know what a story is: what characters, conflict, newsworthy peg, and narrative potential comprise a tale that people will read, that is worth space in print, that promises to attract traffic, clicks, pageviews, and attention. The story is the thing.
"How about a story about a nazi?" a New York Times reporter asked his boss. Well, that ticks all the boxes: character, conflict, peg, catchy headline ("A Voice of Hate in America's Heartland"), clicks, attention. Get on a plane! But, of course, the resulting profile has been met with righteous and proper derision for normalizing nazis. It didn't tell us anything Hannah Arrendt hadn't told us years ago, except that modern-day nazis eat at Panera.
The problem, I think, is our system of pitching stories to fill our products. The goal of journalism is not to write stories people will read. The goal of journalism is to educate, to uncover, to check, to dog, to connect, to convene, to converse, to improve society, to have a positive impact. The nazi story did none of that. It didn't even satisfy a curiosity. Instead, it did harm, for it made it seem as if any white guy could be a nazi and thus turned a nazi into any guy, which is simply not true. The Times is accused of ignoring flyover country and now it essentially insults the heartland as the land of potential nazis; better not to have bothered. The story did not explain how this white guy became a nazi and the reporter recognized that, confessing that he left a hole, a hole so gaping that it should have led him and his editor to kill it. Buzzfeed's Charlie Warzel got closer to the origins of this man's hate by delving into online radicalization — well demonstrating Storyful's argument (in a piece commissioned by the News Integrity Intiatitive, which I started) that every newsroom now needs a 4chan correspondent. Screw the Panera beat. Who's on the Pepe beat?
OK, so let's reimagine a purpose-driven conversation between reporter and editor about American nazis:
Reporter: "I want to do a story about a nazi."
Editor: "I don't care what you want to do. What does the world need you to do?"
Reporter: "The public needs a story about a nazi."
Editor: "Why? How do you know that? Give me evidence."
Reporter: "I've been digging into 4chan and social groups and watching memes to find the roots of hate online, to understand the methods by which people are radicalized and recruited and how they organize. I've been talking with researchers at Data & Society, Storyful, and elsewhere to take advantage of what they're learning."
Editor: "So?"
Reporter: "I can track the process and explain it."
Editor: "Why do people need to know that? What good will it do them? How do you connect this with their lives and their needs?"
Reporter: "A few ways go to: I could find a newly minted nazi and explain how he got there: the roots in his life that made him vulnerable and what hooked him."
Editor: "That's hard. You assume that the roots of his naziism come from the roots of his life; I'd want to see evidence of that. You need to do more than have coffee with a nazi and repeat what he says. The Times did that. Do you have a nazi in hand?"
Reporter: "Not yet."
Editor: "What else can you do?"
Reporter: "I can track a meme that entered into the mainstream conversation and show how it got there, like Pizzagate."
Editor: "Maybe. Do you know enough to expose the culpability of not just the trolls and even the Russians but also the media and the platforms? Do you have enough data to do that?"
Reporter: "Not yet. But there's something else I could do. I could expose what they're working on next. For example, they want to go after the U.S. Census. I've seen them talking about that and getting memes ready, trying to convince people that the Census is 'rigged' (sound familiar?) and that it should be subverted."
Editor: "So, what do you want to do? Fact-check them? We have lots of fact-checkers these days."
Reporter: "No. That would lend credence and credibility to what the Census-attackers say. It would help them set the agenda of news and the public conversation. It would mean that we are doing their bidding."
Editor: "So what do you do instead?"
Reporter: "We report the methods and the motives — but not the message. We show precisely how they are readying to inject their lies into social media and then mainstream media. We explain how this fits into their larger, well-documented strategy of breeding polarization, of suppressing the vote, of maintaining gerryrigged voting maps, of sowing distrust in government and institutions."
Editor: "So it's a process story."
Reporter: "No, it's arming the public. At the same time, we need to anticipate the lies that will be told and innoculate the public against them. We need to do good reporting on the census itself and explain why it's important and how it operates and how the government itself is undercutting its own Census. We need to empower citizens to call on their representatives to protect this keystone of electoral democracy."
Editor: "How do you measure success?"
Reporter: "Not with those fucking page views projected on the wall. Will you turn that off already? And not with likes or clicks or shares."
Editor: "Then how?"
Reporter: "With impact. With change. With knowing we had a role in assuring a free and fair election, a more civil and informed and productive public conversation. With knowing we helped expose manipulation and maybe warned off some future victims of it."
Editor: "You sound like an advocate."
Reporter: "You got a problem with that?"
Editor: "Hell no. This is journalism."
Reporter: "What form should this take? A story?"
Editor: "It should take whatever form it needs to to accomplish your goals. It could be a map and timeline of manipulation or a video course on how manipulation occurs or…."
Reporter: "But not an interview with a nazi. Should I cancel my flight to the flyover country?"
Editor: "Instead book a moving van. I want you to move there. Do more than fly in and fly out and think you understand a people with an anecdote of one. Understand the people and their needs and goals and bring me back evidence that informs how we allocate our precious resources and serve the public and make a difference."
Reporter: "Do I have to eat in Panera?"


I don't think I ever mentioned any of my trips in 2012 in this blog. What a shame because I missed out on a lot of meals I could have documented! I am reminded of my first visit to Pittsburgh I made in June and July 2012 to see my sister. I hadn't seen her in over 16 years! Needless to say it was a profound experience. The very first meal we had together was at Primanti Brothers.
My dear friend Maggie just completed an epic road trip to Pittsburgh with her husband. She tagged me in a photo of Primanti Brothers. I'm so happy she arrived safely and now I have a hankering for their famed corned beef, slaw, and french fries sandwich! Primanti Brothers has been serving this unique and awesome sandwich since the 1930s in Pittsburgh. It was definitely one of my favorite meals I had while dining out in Pittsburgh.
Damn, now I miss my sister.


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Guardians of Middle-earth gets new Survival mode with today's DLC
By Griffin McElroy@griffinmcelroy Feb 26, 2013, 1:15pm EST
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A new batch of DLC for Guardians of Middle-earth adds a cooperative "Survival" mode to the multiplayer online battle arena title, Warner Bros. Interactive announced today.
The mode allows players to team up and face off against wave after wave of AI-controlled foes, earning more and more points the longer they're able to stay alive. Players can choose any character they want as they wage war in the new mode, including DLC characters which can be purchased separately or as part of the game's Season Pass — a package which also incorporates the new mode. Also released today is an update for the single-lane map, allowing owners to dress up the battlefield like the Goblin-town seen in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
The Survival mode DLC launches this week for $3.99 (or 320 Microsoft Points) on XBLA and PSN.


We already know the NSA wants to eavesdrop on the internet. It has secret agreements with telcos to get direct access to bulk internet traffic. It has massive systems like TUMULT, TURMOIL, and TURBULENCE to sift through it all. And it can identify ciphertext—encrypted information—and figure out which programs could have created it.
But what the NSA wants is to be able to read that encrypted information in as close to real-time as possible. It wants backdoors, just like the cybercriminals and less benevolent governments do.
And we have to figure out how to make it harder for them, or anyone else, to insert those backdoors.
The FBI tried to get backdoor access embedded in an AT&T secure telephone system in the mid-1990s. The Clipper Chip included something called a LEAF: a Law Enforcement Access Field. It was the key used to encrypt the phone conversation, itself encrypted in a special key known to the FBI, and it was transmitted along with the phone conversation. An FBI eavesdropper could intercept the LEAF and decrypt it, then use the data to eavesdrop on the phone call.
But the Clipper Chip faced severe backlash, and became defunct a few years after being announced.
Having lost that public battle, the NSA decided to get its backdoors through subterfuge: by asking nicely, pressuring, threatening, bribing, or mandating through secret order. The general name for this program is BULLRUN.
Defending against these attacks is difficult. We know from subliminal channel and kleptography research that it's pretty much impossible to guarantee that a complex piece of software isn't leaking secret information. We know from Ken Thompson's famous talk on 'trusting trust' (first delivered in the ACM Turing Award Lectures) that you can never be totally sure if there's a security flaw in your software.
Since BULLRUN became public last month, the security community has been examining security flaws discovered over the past several years, looking for signs of deliberate tampering. The Debian random number flaw was probably not deliberate, but the 2003 Linux security vulnerability probably was. The DUAL_EC_DRBG random number generator may or may not have been a backdoor. The SSL 2.0 flaw was probably an honest mistake. The GSM A5/1 encryption algorithm was almost certainly deliberately weakened. All the common RSA moduli out there in the wild: We don't know. Microsoft's _NSAKEY looks like a smoking gun, but honestly, we don't know.
While a separate program that sends our data to some IP address somewhere is certainly how any hacker—from the lowliest script kiddie up to the NSA —spies on our computers, it's too labor-intensive to work in the general case.
Low discoverability. The less the backdoor affects the normal operations of the program, the better. Ideally, it shouldn't affect functionality at all. The smaller the backdoor is, the better. Ideally, it should just look like normal functional code. As a blatant example, an email encryption backdoor that appends a plaintext copy to the encrypted copy is much less desirable than a backdoor that reuses most of the key bits in a public IV ('initialization vector').
High deniability. If discovered, the backdoor should look like a mistake. It could be a single opcode change. Or maybe a 'mistyped' constant. Or 'accidentally' reusing a single-use key multiple times. This is the main reason I am skeptical about _NSAKEY as a deliberate backdoor, and why so many people don't believe the DUAL_EC_DRBG backdoor is real: They're both too obvious.
Minimal conspiracy. The more people who know about the backdoor, the more likely the secret is to get out. So any good backdoor should be known to very few people. That's why the recently described potential vulnerability in Intel's random number generator worries me so much; one person could make this change during mask generation, and no one else would know.
A closed-source system is safer to subvert, because an open-source system comes with a greater risk of that subversion being discovered. On the other hand, a big open-source system with a lot of developers and sloppy version control is easier to subvert.
If a software system only has to interoperate with itself, then it is easier to subvert. For example, a closed VPN encryption system only has to interoperate with other instances of that same proprietary system. This is easier to subvert than an industry-wide VPN standard that has to interoperate with equipment from other vendors.
A commercial software system is easier to subvert, because the profit motive provides a strong incentive for the company to go along with the NSA's requests.
Protocols developed by large open standards bodies are harder to influence, because a lot of eyes are paying attention. Systems designed by closed standards bodies are easier to influence, especially if the people involved in the standards don't really understand security.
Systems that send seemingly random information in the clear are easier to subvert. One of the most effective ways of subverting a system is by leaking key information—recall the LEAF—and modifying random nonces or header information is the easiest way to do that.
With these principles in mind, we can list design strategies. None of them is foolproof, but they are all useful. I'm sure there's more; this list isn't meant to be exhaustive, nor the final word on the topic. It's simply a starting place for discussion. But it won't work unless customers start demanding software with this sort of transparency.
Vendors should make their encryption code public, including the protocol specifications. This will allow others to examine the code for vulnerabilities. It's true we won't know for sure if the code we're seeing is the code that's actually used in the application, but surreptitious substitution is hard to do, forces the company to outright lie, and increases the number of people required for the conspiracy to work.
The community should create independent compatible versions of encryption systems, to verify they are operating properly. I envision companies paying for these independent versions, and universities accepting this sort of work as good practice for their students. And yes, I know this can be very hard in practice.
There should be no master secrets. These are just too vulnerable.
All random number generators should conform to published and accepted standards. Breaking the random number generator is the easiest difficult-to-detect method of subverting an encryption system. A corollary: We need better published and accepted RNG standards.
Encryption protocols should be designed so as not to leak any random information. Nonces should be considered part of the key or public predictable counters if possible. Again, the goal is to make it harder to subtly leak key bits in this information.
This is a hard problem. We don't have any technical controls that protect users from the authors of their software.
And the current state of software makes the problem even harder: Modern apps chatter endlessly on the internet, providing noise and cover for covert communications. Feature bloat provides a greater "attack surface" for anyone wanting to install a backdoor.
In general, what we need is assurance: methodologies for ensuring that a piece of software does what it's supposed to do and nothing more. Unfortunately, we're terrible at this. Even worse, there's not a lot of practical research in this area—and it's hurting us badly right now.
Yes, we need legal prohibitions against the NSA trying to subvert authors and deliberately weaken cryptography. But this isn't just about the NSA, and legal controls won't protect against those who don't follow the law and ignore international agreements. We need to make their job harder by increasing their risk of discovery. Against a risk-averse adversary, it might be good enough.


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Five Under The Radar Moves in NBA Free Agency
Shane Lang
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - APRIL 04: Willie Cauley-Stein #15 of the Kentucky Wildcats looks on in the post game press conference after being defeated by the Wisconsin Badgers during the NCAA Men's Final Four Semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 4, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Wisconsin defeated Kentucky 71-64. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
NBA Free Agency started on June 30th and like every year, the moves started piling up left and right for almost every team. We all focus on moves like Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to the Brooklyn Nets, Kemba Walker to the Boston Celtics, or even we want to focus on Kawhi Leonard and where he'll end up. Sometimes we seem to forget about the little moves, but the little moves can turn out to be an important part of a team's success.
Five Under The Radar NBA Free Agency Moves
The up and rising New Orleans Pelicans signed J.J. Redick to a 2-year, $26.5M deal. This is a great move for the Pelicans to make. He brings a lot of veteran leadership and is still a great shooter. He averaged 18.1 points per game last season with the Philadelphia 76ers. Redick helps a lot of the Pelicans woes like shooting and spacing on the floor. He will keep the offensive moving and can find the open man. This is a great short-term deal as Redick can be a great piece while the Pelicans are building around Zion Williamson.
Jared Dudley was an important piece to the Brooklyn Nets run last season and can be a perfect bench player. The Los Angels Lakers need bench players and they got one when NBA free agency started. They signed Dudley to a one-year, $2.6M deal. He started a good amount of games last season with the Nets but when he was on the bench, we was the leader. Dudley doesn't put up big numbers or anything like that but if you need something off the bench, he can bring it. He can make a couple of shots as well if they need him to. Also, he can be a veteran leader on that bench and that would be perfect for the Lakers.
Willy Cauley-Stein
The Golden State Warriors signed Willie Cauley-Stein to a deal for center depth. This is a very underrated move for a player who can bring valuable minutes and points. Cauley-Stein averaged 11.9 points per game with 8.4 rebounds in all 81 games for the Sacramento Kings. He is a big man who can catch lobs and crash the net. This was a steal for the Warriors and he will be looking to have a break-out year. NBA free agency
The Milwaukee Bucks signed Wesley Matthews to the veteran's minimum of one-year worth $2.56. His defense might have fallen a little with age but he certainly still has game left. He can still shoot the ball and in particular, the catch-and-shoot. Matthews connected on 40.1 percent on the catch-on-shoot last season. He can also hit the corner three with the best of them as he connected on the corner three 47 percent of the time last season. This is really good news for the Bucks as they didn't do the best from the corner. Matthews is a pretty good pick-up to a team who can contend for years to come.
Bojan Bogdanovic
This was one of many good moves that the Utah Jazz made as they signed Bojan Bogdanovic to a four-year, $73M deal. He has been a very good player for the Pacers and looks to continue the same with the Jazz. Even with the addition of Mike Conley, they still needed to improve the shooting and they did. He has shot 38.9 percent from three over his career and is coming off of his best two years with the pacers as he shot over 40 percent both seasons. He will get a lot of open looks from outside and can create his own shot. The Jazz where a great defensive team last season and that alone propelled them but getting more offense was a must and they got it.
Last Point
These players can prove essential to a run and all of these players joined serious contenders if not this year, very soon. Over the years, bench players and role players proved to be one of the most important parts of a team. The Warriors had a great bench all the years they made their runs and won championships. This past season, the Toronto Raptors got very important points from the bench. NBA Free Agency is always filled with a lot of moves and these moves could change the landscape of the whole league.
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Apathy is the greatest dangerConnecting a computer to the Internet can be dangerous business. Just ask Troy Hall.
By Robert Lemos | January 24, 2001 -- 14:37 GMT (06:37 PST) | Topic: Developer
Three months ago, the experienced system administrator put his newest Linux server online. Three days later, an intruder had taken control of it.
"My first reaction was, 'How did he find me so fast?'" said Hall, who manages the servers and computers for his family-run e-business.
Exploiting a flaw in Washington University's FTP server, the intruder had cracked the server's security and set up shop. Hall's system -- in this case, Red Hat 6.2 -- shipped with the software that contained the hole. While a patch for the vulnerability was readily available on Red Hat's Web site, like many other system administrators, Hall just didn't get around to installing it.
The scenario, repeated daily at sites across the Internet, exposes a common security problem largely unknown to the general public. Although software makers routinely release "fixes" designed to plug holes and reassure worried customers, these antidotes are often ignored by administrators in charge of the affected systems -- if they are aware of the problem at all.
As a result, this easily avoidable problem has reached near-epidemic proportions. Making matters more frustrating is knowing that so many losses could have been easily avoided with a few mundane but crucial steps.
"I would put patching in the top two things an admin can do to secure their computers," said Lance Spitzner, coordinator for the security group Honeynet Project. The others are turning off unnecessary services, like serving up Web pages, allowing file transfers, or responding to remote logins.
Without patching, computers connected to the Internet don't have a chance, Spitzner said. Data from the Honeynet Project suggest that almost 80 percent of all un-patched servers wouldn't last more than three weeks before being compromised by Internet attackers.
Every day, the underground elements of the Internet use scanners to find servers susceptible to what security experts have taken to calling the "exploit du jour". Depending on the type of flaw and connection speed, anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of Internet addresses can be scanned in a single day. If even less than 1 percent of the scanned servers connected to each address are vulnerable, that can still result in thousands of defenseless possibilities for a hacker.
Failing to responsibly patch computers led to 99 percent of the 5,823 Web site defacements last year, up 56 percent from the 3,746 Web sites defaced in 1999, according to security group Attrition.org.
The price of neglect can be especially costly for large corporations. Fortune 1,000 companies lost more than $45bn from the theft of proprietary information in 1999, according to a study released by the American Society for Industrial Security and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. The majority of those hacking incidents hit tech companies, with nearly 67 individual attacks and the average theft ringing up about $15m in losses.
Security experts emphasise the need for simple maintenance rather than new technology to address security issues.
"It is more cost effective to maintain your systems and apply patches than spending that money," said William Fithen, senior member of the technical staff at the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University. "If you are not making the investment in keeping your machines up-to-date, you are wasting your money."
This week, for example, the Ramen Linux worm spread widely, exploiting the same vulnerability -- among others -- that befell Hall, as he made the mistake of configuring his embryonic Web server while it was connected to the Internet. Originally discovered in June 2000, the wu-FTP vulnerability still remains a common way for the lowest form of Internet attacker, the "script kiddie", to gain entry to servers. Three months after its discovery, the popularity of the flaw caused a jump in defacements of Web sites based on servers using the Linux operating system.
And that's only a single flaw.
Lack of training can be blamed in many preventable cases, said Chris Klaus, the chief technology officer with security firm Internet Security Systems.
"To some extent, a lot of it is ignorance," he said. "When we walk into most companies, they aren't even aware they should be patching anything."
Another reason is simple math: a company with 1,000 computers may have, say, four administrators. If each machine needs to be patched once a month, that's still ten or so machines that need to be maintained by each administrator every day. That's in addition to all the other problems that crop up.
"Part of the problem is that you get so tied up in the day-to-day work, and there are so many different [software] packages, that is can be a full-time job just to keep up with all the patches," lamented Hall.
Several initiatives hope to change that.
As part of the National Plan for Critical Infrastructure Defense, the Clinton administration proposed a Scholarship for Service plan that will start next year. In exchange for up to $24,000 in tuition fees over two years to help train them in computer security, students have to serve the same amount of time securing government servers after graduation.
Industry associations are also trying to raise awareness. The System Administration, Networking and Security Institute (SANS) last summer released its top ten list of security holes that need to be plugged.
Although those initiatives are aimed at educating system administrators, it's an uphill battle. Newly trained administrators continue to enter the industry, requiring that the software companies repeatedly start from zero.
The Remote Data Services flaw in Microsoft's Internet Information Server may be the best example of how repeated education can fail. In June 1998, the RDS flaw became public. By July 1998, Microsoft had created a patch. Despite its release, the RDS flaw remained a favorite way for script kiddies to cut their teeth.
In an attempt to reduce the number of vulnerable servers on the Internet, Microsoft re-released the RDS advisory in July 1999 and again in July 2000. Still, defacements of Web sites based on Microsoft's Internet Information Server remain much higher, as a percentage, than attacks on Linux.
Microsoft's poor showing stems largely from the company's success. While sites running on the Apache Web server outnumber those running on Microsoft's IIS about 3-to-1, sites running Microsoft software are appealing targets for hackers. A successful attack generally draws more attention, giving greater notoriety for publicity seekers.
Another way that software makers have attempted to boost security across the Internet has been to create automated updating programs to make patching a no-brainer. Most operating system makers have already added some form of automated updates to their products.
Even so, system administrators frequently fail to use the utilities. For some, it's a matter of time. For others, the complexity of the their networks leads to information overload.
Automated updating isn't foolproof either, CERT's Fithen said.
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Still, if any technology is going to solve the problem, automated updates are at the top of the list, Fithen said.
"Scale is a problem that we know how to deal with," he said. "Getting people to do something that they don't want to is not."
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu will pay an official visit to Israel and Palestine on Wednesday and Thursday, where he will meet with the prime ministers of the governments of the two states and his counterparts, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) announces in a press release sent to AGERPRES.
Minister Aurescu's visit to Israel includes consultations with Foreign Minister Gabriel Ashkenazi and meetings with President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benjamin Gantz, Minister of Regional Cooperation Ofir Akunis, and the leader of the opposition and of the Yesh Atid-Telem party in the Knesset, Yair Lapid.
The talks with the Israeli officials will focus on ways to develop and deepen the bilateral relations, of a strategic nature, between the two states, with emphasis on the political, economic and security fields, for the benefit of Romania and the State of Israel.
At the same time, officials will discuss in depth developments in the region, especially the latest developments within the Middle East Peace Process.
In Palestine, the schedule of the visit will include consultations with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riad Malki, and meetings with Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh and Ahmed Majdalani, the Minister of Labor and Social Development.
The discussions will focus on the development and diversification of Romanian-Palestinian bilateral relations and ways to strengthen cooperation, as a concrete contribution to the institutional construction and development of Palestine.
Officials will also address issues related to the latest events on the regional and security agenda, focusing on the prospects for the Middle East Peace Process.
"We are at an extremely dynamic time in terms of developments in the Middle East. We have had an open and in-depth dialogue in recent months with both my Israeli counterpart, Gabriel Ashkenazi, as well as with my Palestinian counterpart, Riad Malki, in accordance with Romania's traditional stance, which has friendly and trusting relations with both parties," says Aurescu as quoted in the release.
According to him, the discussion with the Israeli counterpart will also address the start of the preparation of the third joint meeting of the two Governments, "based on the excellent state of Romanian-Israeli relations, of strategic importance, consolidated during the over seven decades of uninterrupted diplomatic relations."
"In Palestine, I will highlight the interest in continuing and deepening our cooperation, including in generating the necessary substance for the proper organization of the next meeting of the bilateral Intergovernmental Committee," Aurescu said.
The Romanian Minister states that he will support, both in Israel and in Palestine, "Romania's constant position in support of a lasting solution generated by the Peace Process, based on the solution of the two states, that can coexist in peace and security, as the only viable option to meet the aspirations of both parties."
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WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015: Tatsumi Fujinami
Tatsumi Fujinami
"Founding Father" of New Japan Pro Wrestling, 6 Time IWGP Heavyweight Champion
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The 2015 Class has easily been one of the wildly all over the place classes in the history of the WWE Hall of Fame. In fact 2015's class has been the most "Sports Entertainment" Class perhaps ever. Inductees like Rikishi, The Bushwhackers and Arnold Schwarzenegger have no place in a legitimate WRESTLING Hall of Fame. They are being inducted for one reason or another, but can be easily summarized as being "fun" or "popular".
Known from now on a the Gallagher principle.
Once the Bushwhackers were announced, it look like 2015 would go down as one of the weakest classes in history. This all changed this past week, when WWE announced veteran the "Living Legend" Larry Zybszko and this man: Tatsumi Fujinami.
2015 has thrown away the playbook when it comes to inductees. The last few years, a headliner would be accompanied by a female star, a celebrity, a minority, a star from the Wrestlemania locale and finally another main event talent or semi main event talent. Fujinami doesn't fall into any of these categories. Instead, he is an international star, something which the WWE Hall of Fame has mostly overlooked. Only Mil Mascaras and Fuujinami's New Japan co-founder Antonio Inoki have joined the halls with a mostly international career.
Fujinami is the type of performer that would easily be included in any wrestling Hall of Fame (Wrestling Observer Inductee in 1996, when the Hall was founded) . He is a huge in an important foreign market and had runs in the US, hitting both of those boxes. However we, the IWC or US fans in the know, are less likely to know someone like Tatsumi Fujinami. The last time he wrestled in the USA on a regular was in the late 1970s. He was a WWF Junior Heavyweight Champion, a belt which most (even those in the "know") didn't even know existed.
That's why I am boggled by his inclusion. What is the WWE trying to say with this class? That they support the best in international wrestling and also silly comedy acts at the same time? The WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015: Everyone Gets IN!!!! . How is Fujinami in the same class as Rikishi?
Never Saw Fujinami doing anything like this….
Fujinami is a 6 time IGWP World Heavyweight Champion, a 1 Time NWA World Heavyweight Champion (unrecognized) and a "Founding Father" of New Japan Pro Wrestling. He was the inventor of the Dragon Sleeper and the Dragon Suplex. Fujinami is Japanese wrestling to a tee. And in Japan that means something.
In Japan, pro wrestling is not a joke. Despite all of Vince McMahon's claims of being "part of entertainment", wrestling in the USA is still considered to be silly soap opera level stuff by main stream audiences. Even at its height in the 1980s Rockin Wrestling or the 90s Attitude ERA, wrestling was never considered to be as important and its characters as popular as Fujinami was in Japan.
In his induction video, KENTA (now idiotically named Hideo Itami in WWE) calls Fujinami Japan's Hulk Hogan. I think that is incorrect. Antonio Inoki, the greatest and most well-known Japanese wrestler in history is most definitely (by character and also what he's done with his fame) the Hulk Hogan of Japan. Fujinami is Japan's Ric Flair. He's that good of a performer.
Like most Japanese Patriarchal wrestling figures, Fujinami continues to wrestle and will likely until he can't physically do it anymore. There's an old joke from my childhood which I remember, "If you want to live forever, be Japanese." Here is Ric Flair at 60.
Here is Fujinami. Doesn't look 60 that's for sure….
The comparison between Flair and Fujinami is very apropos, as they wrestled in one of Fujinami's biggest international moments, when in the Tokyo Dome, he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship from Ric Flair. The title change is not recognized in the NWA history, as Fujinami's victory was after a disqualifiable,offense had occurred. This "Dusty finish" allowed Fujinami to win in Japan and come back to the US and lose back to
Flair at Superbrawl.
Today Fujinami owns Dradition (originally MUGA with Osamu Nishimura). He continues the classic Japanese style of wrestling there today. He even won a championship belt at the age of 58, winning their version of the Tag Team Championship
Fujinami is a welcome induction and brings both gravitas and some wrestling cred to the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015.
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On a side note, Fujinami's popularity did during the 1980s lead to this fun and insane music video.
While ridiculous, and certainly more Wrestle Rock Rumble than Rockin Wrestling, it works because Fujinami is Japanese. And Japanese Pop Culture is insane…
Because of Kenta. KENTA coming to the WWE is huge. He is so very over in Japan. Japanese wrestling in on fire, with the best faction since the NWO, the Bullet Club,
The WWE likes jumping on bandwagons and protecting themselves from other promotions popularity.
Opens Door For?
Giant Baba, and other patriarchs of New Japan: Osamu Kido and Kotetsu Yamamoto
Perhaps even some big Mexican Lucha Libre stars like El Santo and Dos Caras (although Dos Caras is unlikely as he is Alberto Del Rio's Dad)
Reasons this shouldn't have happened.
95% of the audience has no idea who he is. Because Fujinami was included, the Brooklyn Brawler had to be left off. What a tragedy!!!
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At the Sept. 10 La Jolla Shores Association (LJSA) meeting, residents and business owners came together to discuss possible night work suggested by merchants for an upcoming utility construction project on Avenida de la Playa, the Shores' main thoroughfare.
As part of Group Job 809, sewer and water lines must be replaced down the middle of Avenida de la Playa. Merchants, including owners of restaurants with outdoor seating, suggested the work be done at night to minimize impact from dust, noise and lack of parking.
To proceed with a night work permit, all businesses and residences within 500 feet must be considered, so project managers are in the process of gathering applicable addresses and sending out letters.
At the LJSA meeting, Café Solange owner Christian Malecot says his restaurant will offer takeout while Avenida de la Playa is under construction.
Recipients are encouraged to respond within a two-week window. Based on the responses, project managers can make a decision and propose a schedule.
At the LJSA meeting, some residents voiced opposition to night work, but seemed amenable to 24-hour, round-the-clock work to speed the process.
Steve Lindsay, senior construction engineer for the City of San Diego, said day- and-night work is possible, but would be contingent on the night work permit.
The construction schedule, though ever changing, has work starting on Avenida de la Playa in mid-November, with expected completion in spring 2015. However, construction would not be taking place every day of that period.
Lindsay noted a 30-day window, while pipes are settling. "Once the sewer is laid, we have to wait 30 days to make sure the pipes work before we can repave the whole street," he said.
As far as advanced notice of work, Lindsay said he could only provide projections in three-week increments. Aiming for proactivity, Surf Diva co-owner and LJSA member Izzy Tihanyi said with enough notice, store owners could close up shop for the day when their businesses would be most impacted, send employees home, and use the down time to make store improvements, such as painting interiors.
In another proactive effort, Malecot announced Café Solange would offer take- out options for those who want to patronize the business but not be disturbed by construction activity.
– Shores Fall Fest will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, when restaurants along Avenida de la Playa will provide samples, as well as games, prizes and activities for children.


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Done to Raiden from the previous game. Zero devotes a long radio conversation to the fact that the Raikov mask irritates him, and the mask is used to pose as Major Raikov, the impulsive, despised, and ill-tempered lover of everyone's favorite homicidal lunatic, Colonel Volgin; Snake beats him up and hides him in a locker, with the option of actually killing him.
In the Secret Theater video Metal Gear Raiden: Snake Eraser, Raiden goes back in time to assassinate Naked Snake/Big Boss and take the role as the main protagonist for himself. He ends up, among other things, getting kicked in the face by Naked Snake during the HALO jump, and is almost raped by Volgin, mistaking Raiden for Raikov.
The Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer also takes a potshot at Raiden, with the crowd booing heavily when he unmasks himself and his getting royally creamed by Snake during their fight for the main character chair.
Doing It for the Art: Akio Ohtsuka was so ready to do all of Snake's dialogue in Russian that he took up language classes for it. However, his castmates found the idea crazy and it was dropped altogether.
Fake Nationality: British-born Neil Ross and American-born Jim Ward voice Russians. It should be noted that, due to Translation Convention, both characters speak English in American accents.
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The river you "fight" The Sorrow in is often called the "River of Sorrow" by fans, for obvious reasons.
The infamously long ladder climb after the fight with The End is jokingly referred to as the "Ladder Boss".
I Knew It!: Why would a hero whose motto is "loyalty to the end" betray her country? She says it herself near the beginning: "I didn't." Anyone paying attention will likely figure out she's a Fake Defector long before Snake does — the real twist is how badly it ends for her.
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Metal Gear Solid 3 was later given an Updated Re-release called Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, which, besides making improvements to the main game, most notably adding a much-demanded interactive camera, also included a second disc mainly pertaining to the first version of Metal Gear Online. Of special note though was that the bonus disc also included the first two games in the series. Subsistence itself also came in two versions: The regular, two-disc version, and a Limited Edition which included a third disc called Existence, containing a three-hour movie of Metal Gear Solid 3 created from the game's own cutscenes and playing footage (the "Existence" disc is included in all EU releases of the game however).
The Japanese Premium Edition threw in a CD, a DVD with all the trailers (including a "proof of concept" footage featuring Iroquois Pliskin and a few Gurlukovich soldiers in the jungle), two booklets of bonus material and a 1/144 scale painted model of the Shagohod.
Recursive Import: Metal Gear Solid: Integral and Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance had English voice acting with subtitles for their Japanese releases. However, the Subsistence edition of this game kept the Japanese voice acting for its native release, but still added all the other extra features from the European version.
The Red Stapler: CalorieMate bars are often imported by curious non-Japanese fans who are surprised to find out that it's a real thing, as they're not readily available in some countries.
Screwed by the Lawyers: Why the Snake vs. Monkey minigame isn't in the HD Edition and Snake Eater 3D. Sony Computer Entertainment created and owns the rights to Ape Escape, killing any chance the minigame has of being on other consoles by default.note Though that doesn't quite explain its absence in the PlayStation 3 and Vita versions, except not wanting to bother putting extra effort into one version.
So My Kids Can Watch: The Snake vs. Monkey minigame in the game which is based on Ape Escape was partially made so that the developers with young children could share the game they were working on with their kids.
Throw It In!:
Kojima wanted to use a piece of licensed music for the closing credits, and a colleague of his suggested he listen to the band stellastarr*. He misheard this as "Starsailor", and liked the track "Way to Fall", which ended up being used.
During the scene where Snake and EVA are hiding in a mountain bolthole, when EVA leans in to kiss Snake, he pulls back. This was because Snake's motion capture actor for the scene wasn't used to doing love scenes and pulled back because he was nervous. Kojima, believing this was in character for Snake, decided to keep the scene in, and fondly remembers this as one of his favorite touches in the game.
Tornado Yoshida, Ocelot's motion capture actor, would make a hand gesture by pointing his index and middle fingers as if he were pointing a pair of revolvers. This was so funny that it was put into the game as Ocelot's signature hand gesture. Additionally, when Snake's watches the altercation at Groznyj Grad through the binoculars, the characters all storm off in different directions. There's no button prompt to indicate that you can do it, but using the First Person View mode during this scene and looking to the far right shows Tatyana imitating Ocelot's hand gesture and cracking up. Her motion capture actress was messing around thinking she was off-shot when she did it.
What Could Have Been:
The game was originally meant to be a PlayStation 3 title, but it was released for the PS2 instead when the former's development took longer than expected. The game was eventually remastered for the PS3.
The credits theme was originally planned to be David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes" when space development was originally one of the game's main themes.
As the player goes through the game, Snake's injuries were supposed to leave visible scars on him, but the PlayStation 2's hardware capabilities were unable to handle this feature.
During the torture sequence, there was going to be various button prompts that would have Snake struggle and swear, but the concept was ultimately cut.
Kojima and Akio Ohtsuka proposed the idea of having the game be voiced in Russian. By the Japanese voice cast. Ohtsuka was so enthusiastic about the idea, he went for Russian lessons. The rest of the cast shot them down. Interestingly, Kojima decided to revisit this idea and use actual Russian in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
The Naked Sample tech demo for the 3DS showcased some significantly improved graphics, an updated sneaking suit design, and new set-pieces showing off the 3D capabilities of the 3DS hardware. Unfortunately, the actual Snake Eater 3D is more of a straight port with updated textures and added game mechanics from Metal Gear Solid 4 and Peace Walker.
The "Guy Savage" nightmare what Snake has was originally meant to be Gradius, but Kojima thought that an original game was better suited for that part.
It was originally intended that Colonel Volgin actually murdered his father which resulted in his inheriting the Philosophers' Legacy by consequence (thus making him a Self-Made Orphan). However, the still that had him murdering his father was cut from the final version. Had it been kept, it should be noted that his reasons for murdering his dad most likely had nothing to do with the Legacy, as he himself admitted that he didn't even know about the Legacy's existence, or even that his father had it, until after his father's demise.
Kojima looked at replacing David Hayter as Snake with Kurt Russell, who ultimately passed. Interestingly, Solid Snake was original based on Russell's character from Escape from New York.
Early press releases stated that the player would be able to set traps for enemy soldiers, similar to the traps that the player must negotiate in the game. Also, there wouldn't be prescribed paths through the jungle, allowing for more freedom in navigation. These features were cut when the PS2 was found to be unable to process these.
Kojima had considered working with Dead or Alive creator Tomunobu Itagaki to include some of DOA's cast in Metal Gear Online, specifically the first iteration included with Subsistence, as secret characters. Instead, we got Reiko Hinomoto and her alter-ego Rowdy Reiko from Rumble Roses.
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A long Paris-Basel train passes by the Paris La Vilette locomotive depot. Nothing remains today of this once busy engine shops.
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Paul Arkwright, UK High Commissioner to Nigeria, says the implementation of the executive order six is very important in the federal government's fight against corruption.
On July 5, President Muhammadu Buhari signed the executive order to restrain owners of assets under probe from carrying out further transactions on such assets.
The president said the measure is to stop the suspected corrupt persons from using their proceeds to pervert justice.
Following a recent court judgement affirming the legality of the order, the president directed that some 50 Nigerians should be placed on watch list.
Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, had said those affected will be restricted from leaving the country until the corruption cases against them are concluded.
In an interview with Channels, Arkwright said implementation of the order will help root out corruption in Nigeria.
"I've heard that this is an anti-corruption measure, it's not for me to say who should or should not be on the list," he was quoted as saying.
"But what I would say is that it's very important in continuing this fight against corruption and rooting out corruption where it is happening."Two lawyers have appealed against the judgement upholding the order.


Bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce!
hanmadiro nan jugyeo dongsie bunwigireul sallyeo you know?
garomakjima meomchuji anha nan never don't stop hey!
Tik tak tik tok let's get this started!
J! can you hear that?
Uh uh bring it stop!
ne dunungwa mameul humchyeo one two three get back .. go go go ho!


You likely experience varying emotions dealing with the addict. One moment you fear the addict may die of an overdose; a moment later, you are angry because the addict is wasting money on drugs, sleeping in late, or refusing to work. It's frustrating and painful to watch helplessly as someone you care about falls prey to the negative and possibly catastrophic consequences of addiction.
•	Why and how addiction develops.
•	Why addicts continue to use despite the mounting problems addiction causes.
•	The medical, social or legal consequences of addiction.
•	Healthy ways for you to motivate the addict to seek treatment.
•	Healthy ways to take care of yourself.
•	The reality of addiction: the addict is in control.
You need to be emotionally healthy to cope with the stress of dealing with the addict. Counseling with a therapist or spiritual counselor can be of immense value. Unfortunately, society views mental health problems as a sign of weakness. The very same stigma exists for drug addiction! Don't allow yourself to think that way.
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A bill that would create a grant fund to help businesses pay for workforce training has cleared the House and sits in a Senate committee.
House bill 117 would take $2 million from the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Tax Incentive Fund and use it as seed money to create the job training fund. The MMEIA fund was established as part of the incentive package for Toyota to come to Blue Springs. The measure would also divert a monthly sum of $150,000 in sales tax revenue from MMEIA to the job training fund.
Businesses eligible to receive money from the fund would also have to be eligible for Mississippi's jobs credit, though they could not receive both.
Eligibility for the jobs tax credit varies depending on what county a business is headquartered. Businesses in Tier 1 counties, considered the most developed, have to create and maintain 20 jobs to qualify for the credit; in Tier 2 counties, that number falls to 15; and in Tier 3, the threshold is 10 jobs.
Mississippi Development Authority spokesperson Sally Williams said the job training would be performed by the state's existing network of providers, including WIN job centers, community colleges and four-year colleges and universities. She said the programs could be tailored to meet specific needs of the qualifying company.
Williams said Mississippi already offers an expansive list of workforce training services for larger, global businesses – like Toyota and Nissan – that have come to the state.
The bill sat in the Senate Finance Committee, and had not made it to the Senate floor as of last Wednesday. It faces a March 5 deadline to either make it out of the committee, or die.


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For a limited time, stop into your local Verizon Wireless store for a $100 credit** when you bring your number and activate on one of our value-packed prepaid plans. With Verizon, prepaid just keeps getting better. Want to learn more about prepaid on Verizon? Visit verizonwireless.com/prepaid for more information.
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Deiodinase is a category of enzymes which support conversion of inactive T4 thyroid hormone to the active form T3 in the body. The enzyme activates the hormone by removing iodine molecules from it. Ultimately, deiodinases control the amount of inactive and active thyroid hormone in the tissues of the body.
While the discussion of deiodinases may seem at first to be an irrelevant technical detail, scientists are beginning to see that deiodinase activity is actually at the very heart of healthy thyroid hormone functioning. Just a small glitch in deiodinase activity can cause complete confusion about thyroid status. A person could be experiencing hypothyroid symptoms, yet their TSH and T4 may look totally normal on lab tests.
The active thyroid hormone T3 has its action inside the nucleus of every cell that has a nucleus. Most of the T3 that makes it into the nucleus is generated inside the cell itself through the action of a deiodinase called D2. It's easy to see why thyroid blood tests don't accurately measure the T3 that's active in the nucleus because they can't measure how much T3 is generated inside the target tissue cells. D3 is a deiodinase that generates the inactive reverse T3 (RT3) from T4. Both D2 and D3 are under cellular regulation. The T3 that's delivered to the cells by the blood is only part of the story. The majority of the story is determined by whether signals are causing the cell to turn up T3 production by D2 or to turn down T3 production by D3 making RT3 instead. All deiodinases rely on selenium for their activities and when selenium is deficient, it can cause a reduction in active thyroid hormone.
The biggest problem is that common and prevalent life situations can lead to a downregulation of D1 and hinder conversion of T4 to T3 throughout the body, where it is needed to regulate metabolism. Life situations which downregulate D2 include stress, depression, dieting, excess weight, insulin, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and environmental toxin exposures- things we all experience at some time in our lives. Extreme D2 downregulation can cause a person to experience hypothyroid symptoms (fatigue, weight gain, etc), despite the presence of adequate T4 thyroid hormone levels (Wilson's Temperature Syndrome). This isn't truly hypothyroidism, but it is a problem of poor T4- T3 conversion. Unfortunately, thyroid hormone blood tests only measure thyroid hormone levels, not deiodinase activity. Blood tests may indicate a person may have plenty of T4, but if it's not being converted properly, they still feel terrible. Giving that person more T4, in the form of Synthroid, won't always help them feel better and may even cause them to feel worse.
Understanding how deiodinases work is essential to getting a proper thyroid diagnosis and getting to the root cause of the problem. Considering how common it is to experience stress or any of the other factors which downregulate D2 thyroid conversion, it's not surprising that hypothyroid symptoms are widely prevalent and puzzling to many doctors. This is when understanding Wilson's Temperature Syndrome can be extremely helpful. Read more about Wilson's Temperature Syndrome HERE.
Maia AL, Kim BW, et al. Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase is the major source of plasma T3 in euthyroid humans. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2005 September.
De Groot Leslie J. Non-Thyrodial illness syndrome is a manifestation of hypothalamic-pituitary dysfunction,and in view of current evidence, should be treated with appropriate replacement therapies. Crit Care Clin. 2006;22:57–86.


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The Australian Lending & Investment Centre | APRA changes and what do they mean?
In rapid succession, both the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) have recently made public announcements regarding interest-only residential mortgage lending.
continue to restrain lending growth in higher risk segments of the portfolio (e.g. high loan-to-income loans, high LVR loans, loans for very long terms).
Since December 2014, APRA has been closely monitoring residential mortgage lending trends and how this impacts the resilience of lenders, as well as the household sector more broadly. The further steps described above are in response to what APRA perceive as an environment of heightened risks. Interest-only loans currently represent nearly 40% of the stock of residential mortgage lending by ADIs – a share APRA consider as quite high by international and historical standards. Failure by an ADI to comply with this 30% limit may result in APRA imposing additional requirements on that ADI.
Also, APRA has reiterated that it continues to be focused on serviceability assessments and the methodologies ADIs use. They have chosen not to impose specific quantitative limits for serviceability assessments at this stage, but stressed that it is important that borrowers retain some level of financial buffer to allow for unexpected events, especially borrowers with high levels of debt.
Never before has it been more important to get the right advice. At ALIC we are committed to providing our clients with the best strategy and structure to meet your long term wealth creation needs.
The potential changes in the market are targeted at those aggressively speculating on the property markets and not those that are looking to drive a sound investment strategy. Less than 17% of the 1.8 million investment property owners have more than 1 investment property. As many of our clients know we are not into speculative or high risk strategies. Our buyers agents and financial planners are well researched and focus on quality assets with both growth and yield playing critical importance to your strategy.
Change and focus on the way your structure your loans (interest only or principle and interest) is important. Our goal has always been to improve our clients position through owning their own home faster and reduce their home loan debt first. As your accountants will always tell you that you should seek quality assets over tax driven investments.
Like any good investment strategy you should always be reviewing it. So call us today and make a time with your Investment Lending Manager to discuss your current position and how we can continue to work with you to drive the right strategy and structure for your debts.
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