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Counting Transistors In The Playstation
Brian Benchoff
Over in Russia there are a few people doing extremely in-depth technical teardowns, and the latest is one of the most ambitious ever seen. The PSXDEV team is tearing into the heart of the original PlayStation (Google translatrix), looking at 300,000 transistors, and re-implementing the entire console in a logic level simulator.
While the CPU in the PSX is unique to that specific piece of hardware, a lot of this custom silicon can be found in other places. The core – a RISC LSI LR33300 – is documented in a few rare tomes that are somehow available for free on the Internet. Other parts of this chip are a little stranger. There is a bizarre register that isn't documented anywhere, a Bus Unit that handles the access between various devices and peripherals, and a motion picture decompressor.
The reverse engineering process begins by de-encapsulating the CPU, GPU, sound processing unit, and CD-ROM controller, taking very high magnification photos of the dies, and slowly mapping out the semiconductors and metals to figure out what cells do what function, how they're connected, and what the big picture is. It's a painstaking process that requires combing through gigabytes of die shots and apparently highlight gates, wires, and busses with MS Paint.
The end result of all this squinting at a monitor is turning tracings of chips into logic elements with Logisim. From there, the function of the CPU can be understood, studied, and yes, eventually emulated down to the gate level. It's an astonishing undertaking, really.
If this sort of thing sounds familiar, you're right: the same team behind PSXDEV is also responsible for a similar effort focused on the Nintendo Entertainment System. There, the CPU inside the NES – the Ricoh 2A03 – was torn down, revealing the 6502 core, APU, DMA, and all the extra bits that made this a custom chip.
Thanks [Rasz] for the tip.
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40 thoughts on "Counting Transistors In The Playstation"
Because there are so many other things that level of engineering effort could be applied to. Great learning exercise, but that could be done on 300 transistors.
dingus says:
It's not about the learning experience it's about the prospect 100% correct emulation of legacy hardware. Emulation enthusiasts are serious about their hobby.
psyko_chewbacca says:
It's also about the ability to market shady clone consoles!
Still, I feel that if you have a passion for it, why not run with it? If I had more time and knowledge, I would love to work on something like this, as the PSOne was my first console and still one of my favorites. I could have spent a lot of my time and effort learning to become a chemical engineer, but I chose to become a biochemist because it is more fun to me.
chango says:
For many people, a learning exercise for education's sake feels like work. Reverse engineering secrets of one of the most revolutionary game consoles sounds like a rewarding challenge.
The tools and processes they engineer to succeed at this might enable them to take on more ambitious projects in the the future. I can imagine someone using their BKMs to tear into consumer devices with DRM or other stuff to see how it works and enable fair use and new technologies… :D
Blue Footed Booby says:
@Rich
Do you live in a world where there are no hobbies or idle pass-times, where fun is an alien concept and everything must have practical purpose?
Yeed says:
Yeah? Give some examples then! This is about recreating physical machines/hardware in software. Getting it to work, and work well, is a serious technical achievement. The PS1 is good as any other outlying console yet to be dominated by software wizardry. There's still the Saturn, N64, Dreamcast, and Xbox. The best thing we got is either ePSXe or XEBRA and both are closed source, one is Japanese and highly experimental, and the other is severely neglected.
Looks like Jon beat me to it…
Lol, my bad. I got lucky. Love the name by the way.
Zing says:
Because Sony isn't going to help us make better PSX emulators.
notmyfault2000 says:
Asking that question means you're on the wrong site.
"Because it's there"
Yarr says:
Because contrary to people like you who assume that just because an emulator can run Super Mario World it's inherently "perfect", emulator developers are well aware that emulating a console at anything less than the most fine-grained level can never truly replicate the hardware.
byuu has a heck of an attitude problem, but as far as his cycle-accurate SNES emulator – BSNES – is concerned, the world finally has accurate preservation of the hardware going forward for historical purposes. While you or many other people might not give half a shit about things like Speedy Gonzalez having an unavoidable hang on any emulator other than BSNES due to inaccurate timing, the fact is that through BSNES the game will remain playable long after every last working SNES has bit-rotten into dust.
SNES emulation aside, the Playstation emulation scene is even more lacking in that it currently has no emulators on the order of BSNES's accuracy. MESS strives for accuracy but lacks in certain areas. pSX strives for accuracy but some games still fail to work due to undocumented or unexpected hardware access patterns. Don't even get me started on PCSX or ePSXe and their pages of game-specific hacks with names that explicitly state that they're a suck-it-and-see "fix" for an overall broken core.
Moreover, the lack of any sort of hardware-accurate emulator means that certain home-brew titles or ROM hacks that purportedly work in an inaccurate emulator stand a very good chance of not actually working on real hardware. At that point you're no longer developing a SNES or Playstation game, you're developing some software for a VM that runs on PCs, nothing more. The N64 ROM hack scene suffers the most from the lack of any sort of hardware-accurate emulator, there are scads of Super Mario 64 hacks out there made with Toad's Tool 64 – a ROM editing software for Super Mario 64 – that don't stand a chance of running on real hardware, for reasons ranging to blowing out the texture cache budget to shoving way more polygons through the machine than the real hardware would have the remotest chance of processing in time for a frame.
So, why? Because a century from now when we're old and buried, our grandchildren will still be able to experience the *full* library of games for these consoles. THAT'S why.
taichi says:
"byuu has a heck of an attitude problem"
It comes with the territory. Do you really expect someone that spends ten years emulating a single video game system, despite all the grief that comes with it, to be perfectly normal and polite? But without people like that, these emulators wouldn't ever get made.
Yeah, I kinda do. If people are allowed to shit all over me for being critical of idiot newbies after having spent 15 years working on arcade emulation, I'm allowed to criticize byuu for being a wet blanket.
@Yarr
Yeah. I have mad respect for him for what he accomplished despite the endless grief he got from the peanut gallery–lord knows the internet has some nasty, toxic communities–but he also seems to have the kind of personality that's so detail-obsessed it loses the forest for the trees. I'm thinking specifically of how he refused to allow bsnes to open roms with the extension *.smu. He made a whole bunch of legit points about not wanting to support messed-up headers, but then tried to play up that one letter difference like it was a huge deal by itself, like he was taking a stand on principle.
allt says:
As PCDEV leader said:
"There two answers:
1. Not yet drink vodka.
2. Bookstores raised the price of collections of Japanese crosswords and we decided to find alternative methods for getting it."
fajensen says:
They want to upload brains later, so they have to start with something simple.
JustMe says:
Thank you, this is what HaD should write about.
omegatotal says:
/me seconds
takato says:
so basically byuu levels of emulation accuracy?
Yes, with the benefit that you could cram the whole thing in an FPGA if you wanted.
Far beyond that. However, none of these transistor-level simulations have ever advanced to actually running any real games. They usually end up placed into webpage Javascript apps that show you thousands of internal state flags as you watch it spend ten minutes simulating a single instruction. The information obtained is still very useful, though.
sherl0k says:
this is a complete lie. the MAME team has been decapping PCBs for 100% accurate emulation for a decade, at least. Get your facts straight before spouting nonsense.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~lantra9jp1/gurudumps/decap/index.html
Man. If you think those 'transistor-level simulations' are meant to run games, you are severely misguided. These guys are digital archaeologists. They go straight to the microscopic source to derive the circuitry itself that makes up the chip. They're trying to simulate it as closely as possible, even if it means that it won't ever run at real-time or even output sound or an image.
If you make an emulator, you'd basically be stuck with manufacturer documentation and other technical data. In reality, this kind of material is closer to a recipe than having the the ingredients. When people designed these chips, they had blueprints, they had schematics down the the metal that would be used to mass produce the physical chips.
If all you had was a hardware specification PDF, you'd have a hard time trying to fabricate the chip from scratch. Inaccurate emulators exist because of non-existent documentation or lack of interest. Accurate emulators exist because people have documentation, and do huge amounts of hardware tests and experimentation (or also use die scans etc to understand more!).
If you have high resolution die scans, or these virtual simulations, you are already a step ahead of the people that only have documentation. The best way to preserve something is it's original blueprint, but this is the next best thing.
Of course, nothing is perfect – even the original systems had flaws. When emulating physical hardware, it's easy to forget that they are physical things and obey physical laws. A lot of factors can affect the operation of the machine – temperature, humidity, and there can be interference, propagation etc.
Even byuu doesn't emulate at the gate level, he emulates at the per-clock-tick level. And a good thing, too – any emulator based on an actual gate-level simulation of the Playstation's chipset is going to be orders of magnitude slower than real-time on any hardware for the forseeable future now that Moore's Law has ostensibly bit the dust.
Psst… Raspberry PI's GPU.
krs013 says:
Hahaha, that's a lot of work to get at a locked-down driver.
…still… :}
Hirudinea says:
First the Sidewinder and now the PlayStation, those Russians are amazing.
kpharck says:
Not only these. They were studying and reapplying many more chips. I wonder if in the era of secret functions embedded in hardware (ex. Israeli missiles not obeying orders in Georgia a.d. 2008) such efforts aren't limited to Russia alone, for obvious security reasons.
AndrewP says:
No one ever figured out out do so self-boot discs for the PSX, did they?
Spork says:
Yes they did.
http://baetzler.de/vidgames/psx_cd_faq.html
Slanderer says:
If anyone is interested about how this is done professionally, take a look at Chipworks: They reverse engineer entire devices, including processors (if you pay them enough). Their public teardowns are worth reading:
http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-competitive-analysis/resources/blog/inside-the-iphone-6-and-iphone-6-plus/
http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-competitive-analysis/resources/blog/inside-the-a7/
http://www.chipworks.com/en/technical-competitive-analysis/reverse-engineering-services/ic-circuit-extraction/2-static-content/technical-competitive-analysis/137-icworks-browser
pretty cool stuff imo
Peter Kozlowski says:
You could claim it's for educational purposes and you'd be right but as pointed out lets be honest this is mainly for the emulation.Have no problem with emulator if its not for profit and its to preserve legacy hardware/sofware for future generations
Either way nice work!
BillBrasskey says:
This is pretty awesome but the troll in me just wants to stand over the guy's shoulder going "npn pnp 1,3,5,9" just to mess up the count nyuck nyuck. Best of luck to the team and keep on tinkerin'.

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Election 2020: 18th State House District
Businessman Eddie Mannis and attorney Virginia Couch square off to replace Rep. Martin Daniel in the Tennessee General Assembly.
by scott barker • October 12, 2020
Candidates for the 18th State House District Seat Eddie Mannis, left, and Virginia Couch.
Republican state Rep. Martin Daniel's decision to not seek reelection this year opened the door for new representation in the 18th House District.
The 18th State House District is traditionally red, but it nearly flipped to blue in the 2018 election.
Business owner and philanthropist Eddie Mannis is running against business owner and attorney Virginia Couch. Mannis is a Republican, Couch a Democrat.
This is Couch's first run for political office, while Mannis lost last year's Knoxville mayoral race to Indya Kincannon.
The 18th District encompasses most of West Knoxville, stretching from Bearden Hill in the east to Cedar Bluff in the west and from Rocky Hill in the south to Cumberland Estates in the north.
The seat has long been in Republican hands, but Daniel barely won reelection in 2018, edging Democratic former Election Administrator Greg Mackay by 3 percentage points.
Couch enjoys the support of a unified Democratic Party motivated by the prospect of retaking the White House, securing a majority in the U.S. Senate and putting a dent in the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee Legislature.
"I have never seen a more energized group of people," Couch said. "Democrats want change, and I mean from the top down."
Mannis, on the other hand, had to fend off two challenges to his status as a bona fide Republican — one from the county GOP leadership and the other from Oster after the primary.
"I'm a free thinker, I'm open-minded, I'm a fiscal conservative," Mannis said. "I may not be Republican enough for some, but I am a Republican."
Couch, who was unopposed and didn't have to spend money to win the Democratic primary, had $31,553 in her campaign account at the end July, according to the most recent campaign finance disclosures. Mannis, who defeated Gina Oster in the GOP primary,had $8,297 on hand at the same point in the campaign but is a capable fundraiser. The next reporting deadline is Tuesday.
Virginia Couch
Couch said in an interview that she has never been a "political junkie," but that the elections of 2016 and 2018, plus a Tennessee Bar Association program that encourages attorneys to get active in civic life, convinced her she needed to run for office.
She cited Daniel, Gov. Bill Lee and former state Sen. Stacey Campfield as Republican politicians who have failed the public. "I've lived in the district for 18 years, and for 18 years my voice hasn't been heard," Couch said.
She grew up on a farm near Corbin, Ky., and wanted to leave as soon as possible. Couch earned an associate's degree and worked in electronics before enrolling at the University of Tennessee to get an accounting degree.
"I took a business law class and fell in love with it and decided to go to law school," she said. Now, Couch is legal counsel for The Trust Company, a financial services firm.
She is also the co-owner of Barkside Lodge, a dog boarding, daycare, swimming and grooming center in Lenoir City. Because people aren't traveling, the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated her business, slashing revenues by 70 percent from last year.
Couch said she's disappointed in Lee's response to the pandemic. "Initially it was great," she said. "Then it became a political issue, a red-and-blue issue, and it hasn't recovered. With something this scary, we need leadership. He's been following the White House."
Raising the minimum wage for workers and improving access to financing for women- and minority-owned businesses are needed, she said. The region also needs to leverage UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to spur economic growth.
The pandemic, she said, highlights the need to expand TennCare, the state's Medicaid program, under the Affordable Care Act. The move would help save rural hospitals, address the opioid crisis and provide a way for people who work at small businesses to have access to health insurance. "They're working, they just can't afford a $400 a month policy," she said.
Education is a priority for Couch, especially vocational training. She offered her experience working in electronics before finishing her degrees as an example.
"It gave me a quicker path into the workforce with a good job, with health insurance, dental insurance and a 401k in a manufacturing plant," she said. "We focus on technology jobs but we're ignoring skills jobs."
She also cites the example of her mother, who dropped out of school in 8th grade, but got her GED, an undergraduate degree, a master's degree, and eventually became a special education teacher.
Couch also supports increasing teacher pay, reducing the reliance on standardized tests and addressing food insecurity for students qualifying for free or reduced meals.
She is opposed to Lee's school voucher program, which at this point is a pilot effort in Nashville and Memphis, and is tied up in court challenges. She said the plan is marketed as a way to help students from low-income families, but they will won't be able to afford tuition at private schools.
Besides, Couch said, people would prefer to see improvements to their community public schools. "When you talk to families, they want their schools to be better," she said. "They don't want to go to private schools."
If elected, Couch would be a freshman member of the Legislature's minority party. She said people need to set partisanship aside and look at how to arrive at solutions.
"Stop thinking Democratic, stop thinking Republican, and look at the issues and see who has a plan to address the issues that are important to you," she said.
Eddie Mannis
Mannis emerged as the victor in August in the tightest legislative primary in recent memory — he won by 99 votes out of 6,841 cast. If he wins in November, he will join a General Assembly forced to deal with a global pandemic and an economic crisis.
"Post-COVID-19 might be the biggest challenge the Legislature will face," he said, noting that the long-term impact of the pandemic is unknown. "COVID-19 has really put even more pressure on job growth and economic development," he said.
Mannis said he can bring a business owner's perspective to the Legislature as it deals with the pandemic response. Revenues at Prestige Cleaners, the business he started 35 years ago, were down 78 percent, he said. He transformed the business into a mask manufacturing facility so his employees could still receive paychecks.
"I know first-hand the impact," he said. "I'd like to work on that."
So far, Mannis gives the state high marks for the pandemic response. "Gov. Lee has done a very good job navigating something we've never seen before," he said.
Mannis, who spent eight years on Covenant Health's board of directors, said he will make healthcare a priority. He said he would be willing to look at expanding Medicaid, like state Sens. Richard Briggs and Becky Duncan Massey, but said he would have to see the fiscal impact of any proposal.
"It's something I would certainly entertain," he said.
Mannis said he's a proponent of public education and would like to see Tennessee teachers get pay increases, though he also stressed that accountability is a must.
"Rewarding the best and brightest is important, and I would consider any way to make their career path more rewarding," he said.
Mannis hasn't publicly stated where he stands on Lee's voucher program. "The jury's still out for me on vouchers," he said. "I'd be interested in seeing the outcomes from Davidson and Shelby counties."
Any program should not harm public schools, he said. "I don't want to do anything that has a negative impact on public education," he said."I'm a product of Knox County public schools."
Mannis grew up in a section of Inskip that locals called Frog Level. After graduating from Central High School, he took classes at Draughon's Business College and Maryville College. He worked in a dry cleaning store, bought some equipment and opened Prestige Cleaners in Bearden with three employees. Prestige Cleaners and Prestige Tuxedo now employ more than 150 people. He also founded the nonprofit HonorAir Knoxville, which provides veterans free trips to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials built to honor them.
Mannis got into on-the-ground politics by supporting former Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero's first campaign and later working for her as the city's chief operating officer. He is chair of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority Board of Commissioners and past chair of the Zoo Knoxville Board of Directors.
Last year, he ran for mayor of Knoxville, finishing first in the six-way primary but falling 5 percentage points short of Kincannon in the general election. He said this summer that he didn't plan to run for the 18th District seat until Martin announced he wouldn't seek reelection. If Mannis wins, he will become Tennessee's first openly gay legislator.
Mannis believes in the concept of servant leaders and hopes voters respond to his experience in business and with nonprofits, and his service in city government and on oversight boards.
"I always want to make a difference in the community and I will take that same attitude to Nashville for the 18th District," he said.
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Six Degrees: Raising The Bar
October 7, 2013 Timbers Match DispatchCascadia Cup, Donovan Ricketts, Vancouver Whitecaps, wtfKevin
1) I watch most away games at home, but this time I went to a sports bar, and I gotta tell you, soccer's more fun when you're surrounded by fellow fans, all of them cheering, singing, crying, and bitching. I think I'm going to have to do this from now on.
Everyone at the bar was in agreement on our Man of the Match. Clearly Donovan Ricketts. And it's not even close.
Yes, Ricketts had three shutouts in September, but in none of them did he truly amaze. The defense was sharp and he never had to make a lot of saves.
Sunday in Vancouver, he made up for it, with brilliant, world-class saves time after time. He had a double save at around the 75th minute that was truly breathtaking. Then he had a couple more save of the week nominees in extra time. Without him standing on his head, Vancouver scores 5 or 6 goals and I'm writing a very different column.
Has there ever been a week where all five MLS Save of the Week saves were by the same guy? Because Donovan might do it this week. He was out of his friggin' mind. Vancouver was desperate, they were throwing everything they had at us, and our defense let them get far too many quality shots on goal. Ricketts turned almost all of them away.
He was struggling in July and August, but the Iron Lion of Zion is back in a big, big way. Which bodes well for us once the playoffs start.
2) Our first goal was caused, once again, by Maximiliano Urruti's high pressure. Maxi made the Vancouver goalie panic and hit a crap clearance. Will Johnson intercepts, hands it off to Darlington Nagbe, who did what he does: bring the awesome.
In any other game, I'd probably spend some time here talking about how fabulous Nagbe's 30-yard bomb was, but let's be honest, after what happened later in the game, it was somewhat forgettable.
So instead, I'll use this spot to compliment Urruti, just like I did last week. I love Portland's high pressure defense, and from the very beginning of the year thought Ryan Johnson was brilliant at harassing the opposing strikers/goalies. And he was. But Maxi has come in and is doing it even better. His high pressure has been responsible for two goals in the last three games. I'm the founder and sole member of the Ryan Johnson Fan Club, but I think I might need to start a second club for Maxi, because the guy's delivering in a big, big way. Welcome to team, kid. Now, please go to Gavin's office and sign a 12-year contract. Take a few guys with you.
3) So, because of Nagbe's goal, I was feeling pretty good about things when the 75th minute rolled around. We had the lead and Vancouver wasn't really threatening. Then everything went insane.
Time – 75:32 – Camilo's free kick.
It's hard for me to give that little turd Camilo too much credit for this shot, because it deflected off Rodney Freakin' Wallace's head. If not for that deflection, the ball's going straight into the goalie's hands. So is it Camilo's goal, or an own goal? The official MLS scorer is calling it a goal for Camilo, but I question this.
The guys in the bar and I couldn't decide what qualifies as an own goal. Maybe one of my brilliant readers can tell us? How is that shot off RodWal's head not an own goal? What would be required to turn it into an own goal? Ricketts looked all messed up, that's for sure. He got no jump on that thing, almost as if he'd been going for the original trajectory, only to have RFW mess things up with his head. Sounds like an own goal to me, but not to the official MLS scorer. Anyone out there want to educate me?
Okay, all that aside, let's talk about the emotional impact of that stupid goal. The bar I was in went completely silent. I had my face in my hands, the guy next to me was shaking his head. All you could hear were a few muttered oaths and the Vancouver fans cheering on the TV.
4) Time – 76:35 – Will Johnson equalizes.
EXPLOSION! Remember the first LA home game, when Jean-Baptiste scored the winner in extra time? And Jeld-Wen nearly collapsed from the general freak out? Well, I'm not gonna say we matched that in the bar, but it was definitely close. I was standing on my bar stool, yelling so loud and so long and so continuously, that I was actually getting light headed and worried I'd pass out. That's how geeked the entire bar was after that Will Johnson goal. It was insanity, in every sense of the world. When we finally quieted enough to speak, the guy next to me at the bar said, "the Vancouver fans weren't even done cheering for their goal when that went…"
And just as he was saying that…
5) Time – 77:56 – Camilo scores again.
You want to take the oxygen out of a sports bar? Do what Camilo did. Instant silence.
You know how I wasn't sure we could give Camilo credit for that first goal? Well, don't worry, I'm giving him full credit for this one. Sweet Mother of God, what a shot. In fact, I think the aesthetic beauty of the goal sort of takes away some of the pain. I mean, if we'd let in some piece of crap goal caused by poor marking or bad keeping? That would have hurt much worse. But this wonder goal? All we could do in the bar was shake our heads and appreciate it.
People are already suggesting it might win MLS Goal of the Year. Personally, I'm voting for Valeri's four-touch-volley against New York. But I'm also a complete homer.
All of that aside, my main point here is that the brilliance of that last goal took away some of the pain. Yes, it turned a win into a draw, but still… did you see it? Fabulous. Absolutely breath-taking. The little turd.
6) Okay, a couple very quick points and I'll get out of here.
Will Johnson – Did anyone see what caused Will to start bleeding in extra time? Vancouver's Manneh was in the 18, Futty breathes on him, he goes down, and the next thing I know, Futty, Kah, and Ricketts are all holding Manneh back, like a bar fight's going to break out. Meanwhile, Will's bleeding. What the hell happened? Does anyone know? I haven't seen any video to show what happened there.
Seattle Sounders – Here's what I need from you guys: a complete and total collapse to end the season. You make a good start of it this weekend, losing 5-1 to Colorado. Nice job. Now keep up the good work! Losing to Vancouver on Wednesday would be a great next step, then you can keep it going here in Portland next Sunday. I don't want close losses, either. If you guys really apply yourselves, you can finish this season the way you started it, with a big giant crapfest. I believe in you, Seattle! Let's do this!
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Comparisons to the LA game are appropriate, as it may take the same amount of time to recover. And they say soccer is boring…
Shoot the Moon says:
In terms of own goals. the official definition (at least for most major leagues, haven't specifically checked the MLS rule) is that if the shot was going on target before the deflection it's not an own goal. If it clearly wasn't on target before the deflection it is an own goal.
Excellent. Thank you. Now it makes sense.
Keith Palau says:
agree that that's the rule, though I also agree with you that Rickett's has the original trajectory locked down, no problem. No way it was going to trouble him as it was headed straight for him and he had his eyes on it. That's why he had no shot at it after it left Wallace's head; no time to react.
Oh well, that's part of the joy of soccer, even when it sometimes doesn't go your way.
I wish we could count that goal towards Rodney's season total. I'm all excited that we could be the first team in MLS history with five guys scoring at least 8 goals. Rodney's stuck at six and we've only got four games left. I think Coach needs to get on this and tell everyone to feed Rodney the ball.
Timber Dave says:
Yes, I'm pretty sure (after watching some things ruled own-goals) that that's the way MLS calls it.
Peter Gutmann says:
I just happened to click over to Dropping Timber, and the top video is Kah with a very similar übergoal. http://www.droppingtimber.com/
If anyone's interested in that Will Johnson head butt, this article has a pretty good take on it. http://timbersarmy.org/match-report-timbers-face-first-playoff-test-need-improvement
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Windows Defender Application Guard makes Microsoft Edge the most secure browser for enterprise by hardware isolating the browser away from your apps, data, network and even Windows itself. WDAG protects your Microsoft Edge browsing sessions so if users encounter malware or hacking attempts while online they won't impact the rest of your PC.
This sounds very promising! For details see this post published on 23 October 2017 in the Windows Security blog.
Unfortunately, currently only enterprise customers benefit from WDAG. I would appreciate it if Microsoft would integrate WDAG as soon as possible in all Windows versions to allow consumers and small businesses to benefit from WDAG as well.
This entry was posted in Advice for SMEs, New Technology and tagged Bromium, Micro-Virtualization, Microsoft Edge, Systems Center Endpoint Protection, WDAG, Windows Defender Application Guard on November 4, 2017 by Klaus Jochem.
Among the vulnerabilities with CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N) or (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N) which cause great damage the last property makes the difference.
The infographic below shows that the number of critical vulnerabilities (320) is very small compared to the total number of vulnerabilities in 2016.
Critical vulnerabilities 2016. Click to enlarge.
Nevertheless, immediate action is required because the reach of attacks is technically unlimited if critical vulnerabilities can be exploited.
Once an attacker has exploited a critical vulnerability in the DMZ he is able to execute arbitrary code on this computer. With this, he can probe the network for other computers with critical vulnerabilities or leverage Windows built-in weaknesses, configuration issues, and tools to explore the network until he finally gets to a computer which has a connection across a firewall to the company network.
Both, NotPetya and WannaCry exploited critical vulnerabilities. While WannaCry was just annoying, NotPetya caused multi-million dollar damage in companies across the world.
The TEAM approach for handling risks shows the direction for dealing with critical vulnerabilities.
Transfer: No insurer will take the risk because in the case of a critical vulnerability on a server in the DMZ both the probability of occurrence and the impact are high.
Eliminate: Is not possible, because this will result in loss of business.
Accept: No option because the probability of occurrence and the impact are high.
Mitigate: Patching is the only possible response in this case. Isolation of the system from the network will result in loss of business.
Under normal conditions, patches are available at the time of disclosure.
Rule: Critical vulnerabilities should be patched faster than exploits show up on the market.
With this, immediate action is required because very often exploits are available yet at the time of disclosure. In addition, we cannot expect that only ethical hackers publish vulnerabilities.
In the Equifax attack the critical vulnerability CVE-2017-5638 in the Apache Struts framework was used. A patch was available at the time of disclosure but apparently not applied.
Patching the Apache Struts framework is a challenging job.
Firstly, it is a challenge to identify the systems with the vulnerable framework installed.
Secondly, patches must be carefully tested prior implementation to avoid business loss.
Finally, the patches must be implemented manually because automated patch management is not available.
Thus, an up-to-date asset repository, a current QA system, and actual automated test routines are required to get the job done in the required short time frame.
To be honest, the Equifax attack remains a mystery for me. The IT shop of a billion dollar company should be able to deal with critical vulnerabilities in the required short time. Perhaps someone simply underestimated the risk.
For more details on the Equifax attack see Steven Bellovin's post Preliminary Thoughts on the Equifax Hack published at CircleID.
This entry was posted in Advice for SMEs, Opinion, Survival tips and tagged Apache Struts Framework, Critical Vulnerabilities, CVE-2017-5638, Equifax, NIST NVD Database, Threat Intelligence on September 23, 2017 by Klaus Jochem.


With a passion for comfort and style mixed with history and the atmosphere that comes with a room full of memories, we search out objects that we are drawn to in this way. These finds may be useful old-fashioned kitchen items, cushy soft bedding, or rustic farmhouse furniture. Things; from our faithfully vintage holiday collection to our new Old World Travel line of props and furniture. History abounds!


Whether you are just beginning to think about the importance of internal communication, are in the midst of an existing internal communications plan, or fine-tuning a well-oiled communications machine, the bottom line is that this is all about the bottom line.
At its core, communication is an instrument of strategy as well as a strategy in itself. It's an instrument of strategy because it helps you share your mission, vision and values with employees. It's a strategy because it will help you achieve specific goals. It creates a sense of community and trust with employees, creating a line of sight for them and engaging them to make the business successful.
So what's the payoff? What are the benefits of good communication?
1. Employees understand the big picture and how they fit in.
They feel valued, listened to, and like an important part of the team and the organization.
2. Employees are more productive and there is meaning to their work.
As a result, they contribute more and feel better about their contribution and the organization so they stay on the job and help move the business forward.
Communication isn't just tactical anymore; it's about strategy. In this context, leaders are better able to understand employee needs and how to meet those needs to motivate, inspire and engage them.
4. Vigilant managers who have an ear to the ground.
For managers and organizations to attract, create and retain an engaged workforce, they must be committed for the long haul. Building the trust and credibility to keep employees engaged requires effort, but it's worth it. It takes only seconds to lose employee connection and interest.
5. A culture of communication.
The employee engagement journey is a continuous one. Communication is not an "event." It is a continuous process. You must work every day to ask the right questions, answer others appropriately, and communicate openly and honestly with employees. When they see you making that extra effort, they'll do the same. By moving away from lip service and toward positive action, you drive positive business results.
Organizations that understand the benefits of good communication, prioritize and constantly strive to achieve better internal communication are a breed apart. They achieve trust and credibility. They enable employees to do their jobs better. They create a constructive workplace that encourages growth and a common sense of purpose.
From all this, there can only be one result: higher levels of performance and better business results.
In what ways do you see strong internal communication paying off in your organization?


The term commodity is specifically used for an economic good or service when the demand for it has no qualitative differentiation across a market. In other words, a commodity good or service has full or partial but substantial fungibility; that is, the market treats its instances as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them. As the saying goes, "From the taste of wheat, it is not possible to tell who produced it, a Russian serf, a French peasant or an English capitalist. Petroleum and copper are other examples of such commodities, their supply and demand being a part of one universal market. Items such as stereo systems, on the other hand, have many aspects of product differentiation, such as the brand, the user interface and the perceived quality. The demand for one type of stereo may be much larger than demand for another.
In contrast, one of the characteristics of a commodity good is that its price is determined as a function of its market as a whole. Well-established physical commodities have actively traded spot and derivative markets. Generally, these are basic resources and agricultural products such as iron ore, sugar, and rice. Soft commodities are goods that are grown, while hard commodities are ones that are extracted through mining.
There is another important class of energy commodities which includes electricity, gas, coal and oil. Electricity has the particular characteristic that it is usually uneconomical to store; hence, electricity must be consumed as soon as it is produced.


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Entirely covered with fine sand and seashells, the beach extends over 1200m. It is one of the few of the Côte Fleurie to be lined with sumptuous villas, built between 1860 and 1880 and each presenting a different architectural style, according to the inspirations of the moment.The boardwalk "Savignac", built in 1867, along the beach on a length of 925 meters and invites the stroller to stroll. The listing of the historical monuments of Villa Montebello and Roches Noires make this unique place a protected site.
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Authors note: I'd like to give a very special thanks and appreciation to BrettJ for reviewing and editing this story.
When my friend and soon-to-be partner Mike came to me with the idea, I thought at first he was crazy. But the more we talked about it, and began laying everything out, the more it began sounding less crazy, and far more feasible. We already had the van, a nice one, and with a little modification, we'd soon have the first Pleasure Van ready to roll with the hopes that eventually there'd be more as the business grew, which we hoped that it would. We'd even had it specially painted already with the letter's P.V. emblazoned on both sides, with the image of an attractive woman's face, eyes partially closed, mouth partially open, seemingly naked, though that was cleverly concealed as she held onto the back of a man's head, holding him to her, looking like she was in the throes of orgasmic bliss. Wherever we drove, we got several curious looks, not to mention a number of inquisitive phone calls as we also had the telephone number prominently displayed as well, with an additional amusing message just above it. "For a good time…call."
But in the beginning, I wasn't as sure.
"A fuck mobile?" Trying to imagine it, which at the time I still couldn't. "Isn't that illegal or something?"
"No!" He'd responded. "We're not pimps, and we're certainly not hiring out girls to perform sex acts either. All we're doing is renting out a place where others can. No different than someone coming in and booking a motel room for an hour. The only difference is, this one's on wheels, and it can go anywhere anyone wants day or night. Hell Steve, we can drive it right up to their door, pick them up for a fun night out, and depending upon what they wanted, how long they wanted it, and even where they wanted to go, we bring them back at the end of the ride to their home again all happy and content."
Even I had to admit; I wouldn't mind doing that myself.
"The best part is, we make it as affordable as they want it, from the full-on first class treatment, wine, fruits, cheese, whatever they want. Hell, they can even pick the music they want us to play; we pipe it in, offer up additional services…"
"Such as?" I asked carefully.
"Well, like if they want themselves videotaped? We even do that, giving them the only tape of the whole evening afterwards. We drive wherever they want us to take them and charge out the mileage accordingly. So like I said, if they just want to climb in the back and fuck for an hour in their own driveway, we'll even do that, keeping it as affordable as possible for everyone."
"You know Mike, this might actually work!"
"You're damn right it will!" He said grinning. "We give them a plush place to fool around in, as much privacy as they want, or even don't want … because who knows, maybe some of them will even get off on their being watched for all we know!"
I was envisioning that too, or trying to anyway, though I wasn't sure my wife Tracy would be too keen on that part. But if that was the only real concern I might have, the rest of it sounded realistic. And not all that surprisingly, even Tracy was all for it when we sat down and laid it all out for her.
It was only a couple of weeks later with a very small amount of cash needed to get started in really poshing up the van that we sent out some fliers, did a bit of advertising on some local radio stations, and went into business.
None of us really had any idea what to expect, but it certainly wasn't anything like what happened either. Within twenty-four hours, we'd been flooded with phone-calls, were booked solid, so much so that we'd actually started taking special reservations in advance now, months ahead, just for events like Anniversaries and Birthdays. It quickly became obvious that we needed to carefully schedule our bookings, leaving more than enough time for cleaning and servicing between them, as well as ensuring that we had everything we'd agreed to on our simple contract to ensure that the customer's wishes were all satisfactorily met!
Our very first booking was a First Class, Grade-A-the-whole-nine-yards excursion. And though we had quite a collection of CD's people could chose from to listen to, they could also bring their own at no additional charge, as was the moon roof we'd installed they could open as wide as they wanted, if that's what they wanted, and fuck beneath the stars as we drove along, or bask in the sunshine in the middle of the day if that's what they preferred doing.
The bed itself was enormous, all things considered, with places to sit their drinks, snacks, not to mention a compartment of brand new sterilized toys they could purchase if they chose, or wished to include them during their adventure! Directly behind the drivers compartment, which could be closed and sealed for total privacy, there were two chairs for sitting and changing clothes, or even for coupling in if they chose to do that in addition erenköy escort to the bed. The bottom line was, it was a comfortable innovative little honeymoon suite on wheels with nearly every amenity you could think of, including a space where you could special order something if we could do it, or find it, that we hadn't already offered or mentioned as being part of whatever package was desired.
As it was basically our maiden voyage, as it were, Mike and I went together, though even Tracy had expressed the desire to Chauffer people around herself eventually. We'd booked this particular trip for four hours, a drive up to a specific pre-specified location, a two hour stay there, and then another hour's drive back. Wearing our new snazzy, without looking too ridicules Chauffeur's uniforms, as most people we'd spoken with in the beginning tended to like the idea of being Chauffeured, even though we weren't exactly driving in a limousine, Mike and I pulled up in front of the first clients house.
Because of the special additional request and services we'd been given, Tracy and Mike's girlfriend Amber had driven up ahead of us to the prearranged location in the service van with the prepared meal, wine and delicacies we'd been asked to provide. By the time we arrived it would all be set up and waiting for them.
I stood outside the custom van we were driving and held the sliding door open for our first clients as they soon after emerged and stepped inside. I looked up smiling towards Mike as he smiled back after the woman had gotten in. It was still warm enough in the day, especially this time of year that no coat was needed or certainly necessary. Yet she was wearing one, and I had smiled towards him, receiving a return smile as we both acknowledged in our mutual guess, that that was all she was wearing as she got in. try this perhaps "was all that she was wearing as she got in" – up to you, but that that sounds bad
Even the guy who'd hired us gave me a knowing smile as he stepped in behind her, after which I then closed the door, securing it, and settled into the passenger seat as Mike took the driver's side.
Looking back into the plush compartment, I quickly informed them of all the available luxuries and amenities at their disposal, along with approximate drive time to their scheduled destination though Brad, our client had specifically asked us not to divulge where it was we were going to his companion.
"The button's on the control panel next to you will open or shut the privacy screen between us," I then informed them, also pointing out the moon roof. "Whatever music you'd like can also be accessed through the same panel."
It was our hope that perhaps on occasion, our clients might indeed find it thrilling or exciting to have a silent audience, so we'd opted to let the client shut the privacy screen themselves if they so desired. We had barely even pulled away from the curb when it came down, effectively shutting off any further communication between us except through the intercom system which they could also access if they wished to speak with us as we drove.
"Damn!" I said, though having half expected it as we pulled away, though noticing moments later that Brad had turned on the cameras so they were indeed recording their adventure together. Likewise, the Moon Roof light came on, telling us that he had also opened that. Not too surprising as they could turn up the air conditioning if they preferred or open the roof if that was sufficient enough for their purposes. I settled back in my seat for the hour's drive as Mike drove, surprised some fifteen minutes later when he and I both heard the privacy panel beginning to open. I turned in my seat looking back.
"It's not necessary to open the panel if you wish to speak…" I'd begun, and then grinned, tapping Mike on the leg with my hand as he glanced into the rear view mirror towards them himself.
Though he was still partially clothed, the dark haired brunette who was with him wasn't, somewhat confirming our original suspicions that she hadn't been wearing anything beneath her coat in the first place. At the moment, he was sitting in one of the two oversized chairs; she was already in his lap, which they had swiveled around so that they were sitting on the side as we looked back towards them. Once again grinning as it gave both of us a perfect view of her at that angle as she slowly moved up and down grinning towards us as she fucked him there in the seat.
"Just keep your eyes on the road," I reminded Mike as he occasionally glanced in the mirror.
"And just remember, you're the one driving back on the return trip," he added to that as per our agreements.
I watched as Brad fondled her rather nice-sized breasts, soon sucking them as she continued to hump herself slowly up and down his shaft for a few more minutes until at his suggestion, she dismounted; now standing.
We had also installed a single railing from the seats towards the bed göztepe escort area where a person could safely hold onto it for support as we drove should they decide to stand up and walk back and forth between the two areas, which she now did. Only she had no intention yet of going back to the large bed which was turned down and openly inviting. Instead, she now stood with her head clearly poking through the moon roof opening, enjoying the feel of the warm breeze as we slowly drove along the now winding highway heading up into the hills near the city. But that wasn't her reason for doing so either, now using the support bar as a means to balance herself, now leaning forward as Brad stood up himself, now standing behind her, reinserting his prick inside her cant once again. Mike and I both watched, though his direct view was partially blocked, though now having turned in my seat so I could directly watch, which is what I assumed they had wanted and were enjoying as I did so. The brunette obviously enjoying herself with her head still partially above the moon roof opening as she occasionally stood straight, though mostly leaning over and forward while facing me, looking at me. Her smile wickedly erotic, as were the expressions on her face as Brad stood fucking her slowly from behind.
I felt my own cock stiffen while watching them, not too surprisingly so, seeing the woman's tits wildly swinging to and fro beneath her as they coupled, her moans of pleasure easily heard as we continued to drive along.
"Oh yeah baby, fuck my hot wet pussy!" She urged him unnecessarily, but I figured her erotic commentary wasn't just for him either, as she looked forward towards me, ensuring that whatever she did or said would be captured on the video as well. "Fuck my cunt baby, that's it…fuck my hot wet sticky cunt!"
A short time later, they switched positions, with Brad now holding onto the rail for support as he stood, and as she knelt in front of him lavishing his rock-hard prick with her mouth. My own was now straining against my slacks as I'm sure Mike's was as he too occasionally reached down trying to readjust himself.
"How much longer before we get there?" Brad asked me, startling me somewhat when he asked, his cock still firmly embedded within the woman's mouth.
"Another fifteen, twenty minutes," I told him, seeing him smile.
"Good, time enough for a nice little cum, cocktails and Hors d'Oeuvres before we're there then!"
Having heard his comment, the brunette began to busy herself even more enthusiastically, hand-pumping as well as now sucking his prick ardently, expectantly now wanting him to cum, which moments later he soon did.
"Oh yeah baby, that's it! That's it! Gonna shoot it now…fill your mouth with my fucking cream…take it baby, that's it…take it! Take it! Take it!"
It was clearly obvious that he was indeed doing just that, as she swallowed his load greedily, moments later licking her lips, still slowly hand-stroking his cock as she cleaned it off with her mouth, soon after allowing him to retake his seat, which she likewise did, now sitting across from him as he poured them both a glass of wine from the bar.
"Can I interest you in one?" he asked.
"Ah sorry, no. Not while we're working," I informed him.
"Of course," he acknowledged, handing the brunette a glass of white wine as he poured himself a red.
"Would you like to see her masturbate?" he then asked, looking at me without even having asked her if she would, though she immediately grinned having heard that, already swinging her seat even more directly towards me, one leg over the single arm of the chair, the other she had tucked up beneath her, sitting on it. "It's one of her own personal fantasies," he then informed me. "And I told her that most likely; she'd be able to enjoy doing it."
"We're here to do whatever you'd like us to do," I announced. "And it will certainly be our pleasure as well to watch her do so if that's her wish."
"It is," she spoke. "And by the way, my name's Cindy," she said introducing herself as she spread her legs even more obscenely, giving me a clear view of her wet glistening cunt, though Mike's was again not nearly so.
"You're definitely driving on the return trip!" He announced good-naturedly, to which I laughed as I considered the very real possibility they might actually close the partition between us for the drive home again.
Though we had made it clear in the beginning that there were adult toys available for purchase and for use should they desire them, Cindy seemed to prefer using her own fingers as she spread herself, now dipping a finger in her wine glass, applying the liquid to both her nipples as well as her clit as she sat there playing with herself.
"Very nice," I commented softly, watching her, as Brad likewise did, though I also noticed his cock, even having just squirted, was already rising in aroused knowledge of seeing her touching herself. kadıköy escort
Cindy seemed to enjoy putting on a show, which I certainly did too of course, seeing her as she twirled that hard little clit of hers with her fingers, sometimes sinking two, even three fingers inside herself, withdrawing them, showing all of us the creamy white substance which was sticking to them which she then either fed to Brad, or cleaned off herself. Had she offered, I would have done likewise, but she didn't.
"Almost there," Mike announced shortly. "About five minutes," he added.
"Me too!" Cindy giggled, though she quit playing with herself much to my own disappointment, once again slipping into her long lightweight coat, just as Mike pulled into the designated area we'd been told to go to.
Looking out, I was pleased to see the girls had indeed gotten here, and had everything set up. A nice little table for two, white linen table cloth, corked wine, and Italian pasta with all the trimmings lay waiting for them upon our arrival. And also as asked and requested, at an additional small cost of course, was Tracy and Amber standing there waiting to serve them, each wearing a sexy serving girls outfit, though both were obviously bare-breasted, with their tits gloriously exposed.
"Damn, they look good too don't they?" Mike immediately observed as we got out, helping our guests out, and then seating them at their awaiting table. Once we had done so, Mike and I moved off out of the way, letting the girls take over as they began serving them their specially prepared dinner.
"What's the deal with all this anyway?" Mike asked me.
"Well, from what little I know, this guy owes all this property up here, and eventually, he has plans on building himself a real fancy little place, right about where we are now, with the deck being pretty much where they're being served."
"Boy, I can see why!" Mike observed. "The view is breathtaking from up here isn't it?"
I knew what he really meant of course, but at the moment, Cindy had once again removed her coat, now sitting entirely naked herself, as Tracy and Amber likewise with a good deal of themselves exposed, gaily chatted, joked, teased and catered to nearly every whim of our guests while they sat at their table as Mike and I stood off and well away to the side, enjoying a smoke while watching it all.
"You know Steve, one or two more first class adventures, and we could actually be in the black here," he said excitedly as we continued to stand there watching the four of them.
"Yeah, I know," I agreed though my mind really wasn't on business at the moment, I'd been riding along for the past hour now with a hard-on, so that's what I happened to still be thinking about at the moment as we stood there.
The truth was, we actually did have another first class booking scheduled, along with several only slightly less expensive excursions, and at least a dozen or more one to two hour bookings, a couple of which were nothing more than just parking the van in their drive-ways while our couples fucked one another's brains out for an hour, which even then was certainly worthwhile for the relatively inexpensive cost associated in doing that.
We had parked the van with the side doors, and the back doors open, giving them easy access to the bed either way, if they chose to climb back in and use it after they'd finished eating. After having finished a light, but deliciously tasting meal, but not so much that they'd feel too stuffed, and no longer amorous, Brad and Cindy did indeed sit sipping a cognac together afterwards.
"Question for you," Brad said waving me over to him.
"I was wondering, while we're sitting here digesting our dinner, enjoying our drinks, if the four of you wouldn't mind putting on a bit of a sexy show for us, something to reawaken our appetites for afterwards."
I was hesitant myself, not so much for doing it, but as to how either Tracy or Amber would react to the suggestion.
"I'll make it worth your while, would another five hundred be sufficient?" he asked.
"Um, let me check with my partners," I told him, and then moved off towards where Tracy and Amber were busily packing up and putting things away as Mike helped them. I spoke to them briefly, telling all three what he'd just asked, and offered us, and waited for their response, not at all sure what it would be. To my surprise, Tracy grinned, caught a nod of the head from Amber, and then began walking back towards the table where Brad and Cindy were still seated.
"What would you like us to do?" I heard her asking.
"Whatever you'd like to do," Brad told her. "Just as long as you're all naked while you're doing it," he added simply with a lusty grin on his face. Mike and I watched, somewhat in surprise as both Tracy and Amber quickly slipped out of their naughty little uniforms, waving us over to them as they did.
"Holy shit!" Mike exclaimed grinning as he walked towards them with me right behind, glad at least to finally be doing something about this massive erection I'd been sporting ever since we'd arrived here. Just seeing my wife Tracy slip out of her clothing was enough to put me at full staff almost immediately, though as I watched Mike doing the same, it was clearly evident he'd been just as aroused as I had been.


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San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans TESTAMENT last month entered the studio with British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE, MACHINE HEAD) to begin pre-production on their new album for a late 2011 release.
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Barcelona (Spain), June 15 (EFE).- The Spanish police has liquidated the organization involved in cocaine trafficking in an operation where Portuguese and Uruguayan authorities collaborated, and by which more than twenty people have been arrested in Spain, in the last months. Of the 21 arrested members, fourteen are in jail; twelve are citizens of Spain, six of Uruguayan, two are Colombian citizens and one is Moroccan. These events date back to the beginnings of May 2008, when the organization, which was also involved in counterfeit euros, intended to smuggle into Spain several containers filled with 600 kilograms of cocaine from the port of Montevideo and through the port of Vigo (Northern Spain). The drugs, hidden inside the boxes of frozen fish, did not reach Spain because the Uruguayan Police seized the containers while during the operation which resulted in 21 arrests and the seizure of 319 kilograms of cocaine. The operation called "Venus-Pesquero", was launched tracing several fake bills of € 20 and € 50 euros, which led to the criminal organization attempting to smuggle cocaine through the port of Vigo in May 2008. Several months later, in November 2008, the same organization tried to send 124 kilograms of cocaine hidden in fishing nets; and this cargo was intercepted again by the Uruguayan Police in a different operation, which resulted in the arrest of 12 individuals, two of them Spanish. The police investigation in Spain led to intercept of 31 kilograms of cocaine ready for sale. In December 2008, one of the leaders of the gang was arrested in Barcelona while purchasing cocaine from several Uruguayan citizens. Despite this arrest, the gang remained active, and several of its members attempted to deliver new cocaine cargos from South America to Spain. By mid of last January, one of them traveled to Sao Paulo (Brazil) to transport two kilograms of coke hidden between twelve towels and was arrested in Lisbon. Last April four people were arrested in Palma (Majorca, in the Mediterranean) carrying 15 kilograms of cocaine, which facilitated the arrest of other gang members in Catalonia (Northeast). Finally, the police arrested in Barcelona and its province other three members of this organization in the beginnings of June.
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By David Pasztor@D_Peezy Jul 28, 2012, 5:54pm BST
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Where is Waldo Juan Mata?
Welcome back to the World Football Challenge; football-like substance not necessarily included!
The challenge's singular aim is to get the participants fit, have them stay healthy and make some money. Oh, and also to anger the more volatile segments of their fan bases by failing to make it entirely clear the fact these are all just glorified training exercises.
We don't have to look too far back to see just what sort of reaction a 3-2 loss to the MLS All-Stars can produce, while just the other day, fans in Milan held a mock funeral for their club for selling both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva to PSG. They also made demands for season ticket refunds ("false advertising"), which, amazingly, the club accepted.
But hey, FOOTBALL!
Match Date/Time: Saturday, July 28, 23:30 BST / 6:30pm EDT
Venue: Sun Life Stadium, Miami, FL, USA
TV: Chelsea TV (UK) / ESPN 2 (USA)
Online: ChelseaTV, ESPN3
Let's see...what should we care about?
Fernando Torres should be back! I'm almost certain that he'll see some time on the pitch, and I'm equally sure that not a single muscle twitch will go unnoticed and un-overanalyzed. I'm soooo looking forward to that! (And, you know, the LAST time Torres faced off against a team containing Antonio Cassano and Riccardo Montolivo, he won a Golden Boot! We're going to win the league!)
We should also start seeing players playing longer stints as the preseason winds down (only one more to go after this one!). So far, only Branislav Ivanovic has completed a full 90 minutes.
The one thing I'd love to see is Marko Marin & Eden Hazard getting time out there together again. They looked very good against Seattle - let's see them have a go at a slightly better defense.
I can't offer you any insight to Milan or what they may do. For all I know, they sold everybody else, too. They did win their first pre-season warmup 1-0 v. Schalke.
There's no point in guessing at a lineup, because it would undoubtedly be very wrong and it doesn't matter at all. Instead, here are highlights from the last time we faced AC Milan in a friendly in the USA, including THAT 35-yard Didier Drogba piledriver:
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Q: Varnish + NGINX: Use Wordpress in domain.tld/blog as separate Backend server not in location block I want to serve a wordpress NGINX backend everytime the user visits www.domain.tld/blog. I know I can use different backends with Varnish like this:
sub vcl_recv {
    if (req.url ~ "^/blog/") {
        set req.backend_hint = wordpress;
    } else {
        set req.backend_hint = default;
    }
}

I know I could use a separate location ^~ /blog {} in NGINX, but this has the following disadvantage: If I use www.domain.tld/blog in the wordpress WP_HOME and WP_SITEURL variables some plugins do not work correctly. So I need to deliver wordpress without the trailing /blog at the end as a stand alone vhost.
So, what I actually want to achieve is:
User -> www.domain.tld/blog (Varnish) -> blog.domain.tld (Wordpress NGINX)

The main thing is that the content on blog.domain.tld/some-post should be displayed as www.domain.tld/blog/some-post. But, blog.domain.tld blog should not be accessible publicly as this would mean duplicate content.
So, how could I make blog.domain.tld/some-post "resolve" to www.domain.tld/blog/some-post with Varnish and NGINX and simultaneously making blog.domain.tld not world accessible?
I hope this was understandable :)
P.S.: It's not necessary for me to use blog.domain.tld - this is just an example, it could also be a 127.0.0.1:8008 vhost, doesn't matter.

A: The following piece in vcl_recv will provide what you want by rewriting the URL that the backend will see:
if (req.http.host == 'domain.tld' || req.http.host == 'www.domain.tld') {
  set req.url = regsub(req.url, "^/blog/", "/");
}

However I don't understand what are those plugins and why they should be tolerated :)

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