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Atos, IT provider for Winter Olympics, hacked months before Opening Ceremony cyberattack
Hackers appear to have compromised the main IT service provider for the Winter Olympic Games months before last week's highly publicized cyberattack.
By Chris Bing
Atos is responsible for the 2018 Winter Olympics IT infrastructure. (Atos)
Hackers armed with destructive malware appear to have compromised the main IT service provider for the Winter Olympic Games months before last week's highly publicized cyberattack.
Publicly available evidence analyzed by experts and reviewed by CyberScoop suggests that whoever deployed the Olympic Destroyer malware on Feb. 9 likely previously penetrated a series of computer systems around December belonging to Atos, a multinational information technology service provider that is hosting the cloud infrastructure for the Pyeongchang games.
The evidence was recently posted to the VirusTotal repository, but information associated with the malware samples carries indications that the hackers were inside Atos systems since at least December. Some of the earliest samples were uploaded by unnamed VirusTotal users geographically located in France, where Atos is headquartered, and Romania, where some members of Atos' security team work.
On Feb. 9, the official Winter Olympics website went down for several hours, causing a disruption to ticket sales and downloads during the opening ceremony. Localized Wi-Fi networks surrounding the games in South Korea also reportedly became temporarily unavailable in the preceding hours.
Olympics officials confirmed Feb. 11 that a cyberattack had hit their systems, but provided few details about the incident. One day later, security researchers with Cisco's Talos unit said they had identified wiper malware potentially related to the disruption. The malware is designed to destroy data and cause mass computer failures.
The information reviewed by CyberScoop supports assertions by Talos researchers that whoever was behind Olympic Destroyer likely first conducted an expansive cyber-espionage operation against the Olympics before launching the attacks. The malware required a bank of authentic login credentials to actual accounts of Olympics staff in order to quickly propagate and spread a destructive payload, which deletes files, like shadow backups, boot configuration data (BCD) and event logs on infected machines.
It remains unclear how hackers were able to steal so much information from Olympics employees, but penetrating a key supply chain IT vendor may have afforded them an opportunity to conduct valuable reconnaissance. Targeting a supply chain vendor that's connected to a well-guarded organization in order to penetrate the latter is a common tactic used by both nation state and criminal hackers.
A spokesperson with Atos confirmed to CyberScoop that there's an ongoing investigation into a possible breach at Atos related to the Olympics incident.
"Following technical incidents during the Olympic Games Pyeongchang 2018 opening ceremony, a thorough investigation is being conducted," the spokesperson said in an email. "Together with our partner McAfee Advanced Threat Research, we can confirm that the cyberattack, which caused no critical disruption of the Olympic Games, used hardcoded credentials embedded in a malware. The credentials embedded in the malware do not indicate the origin of the attack. No competitions were ever affected and the team is continuing to work to ensure that the Olympic Games are running smoothly. At this moment in time, we are coordinating with our partners and the appropriate authorities as investigations continue."
Atos describes itself as the "Worldwide IT Partner of the International Olympic Committee."
"For Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, Atos will host their OMS/ ODS * critical applications in its secured Canopy Cloud. Test and Support will be provided remotely via the CTOC (Central Technology Operations Center) in Barcelona and the ITL (Information Testing Lab) in Madrid," the company's website reads.
Although it's not clear whether the hackers used their apparent intrusion into Atos to affect the Olympics, evidence of such a compromise is nonetheless noteworthy, as it further illustrates the risks posed to relying on external services to store data and share internet applications in the cloud.
Cybersecurity professionals often upload evidence of cyberattacks that they're responding to on VirusTotal. But by doing so, the evidence usually becomes publicly available and with the right technical expertise, can be easily discovered. Within these types of samples, other details beyond the malware code can sometimes be found — including, for example, information about the victim organization, like stolen usernames, passwords, private email addresses, confidential internal domain names and other details about network configuration. The evidence reviewed by CyberScoop contains a trove of such information apparently belonging to various employees of Atos.
The Atos-related information on VirusTotal was attached to multiple Olympic Destroyer malware samples. The connection suggests the hackers had penetrated the IT provider in recent months. The stolen data, some of which includes Atos employee usernames and passwords, is viewable if the malware samples are broken down and the "strings" are further analyzed. The original research revealing Olympic Destroyer published on Monday does not mention the possibility of a roundabout third party hack.
Example of string contained within one Olympic Destroyer malware sample
Cybersecurity experts say the fact that some Olympics Destroyer malware samples are embedded with Atos employee credentials shows that the IT provider was likely compromised by the same hackers that ultimately hit the Winter Olympics.
"This looks like a classic, cut-and-dry supply chain attack," said Blake Darche, CSO of Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity firm Area 1 Security. "This is exactly who they would target if they were trying to get to the Olympics' systems."
Olympic Destroyer is unique in many ways. The malware's authors engineered it so that it act like a computer worm; automatically scanning for and then stealing user credentials before then carrying them to other systems for login attempts. The design allows for the virus to effectively spread very quickly within a confined, already compromised environment, to deploy a malicious payload capable of destroying data. In a scenario like the Olympics, the mass destruction of data could cause significant disruptions to the games.
Cisco Talos
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A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva. (REUTERS / Denis Balibouse)
Why did Cyber Command back off its recent plans to call out North Korean hacking?
U.S. Cyber Command was set to post another Lazarus Group-linked malware sample to VirusTotal in September, but ultimately decided against it. Why?
(Pixabay)
VirusTotal launches Monitor tool to fight false positives
By Mark Satter
Russian-linked group tied to Winter Olympics attack is now targeting biochemical researchers
Winter Olympics hack shows how advanced groups can fake attribution
Winter Olympics cyberattacks meant to 'send a message'
A stolen Trump-Duterte transcript appears to be just one part of a larger hacking story

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Heterodox
By sonicden 26th November 2014 2nd June 2015 Artists / Bands, Bands - H
About Heterodox:
These vibrant, musically broad mavericks will be embarking on their first ever, full-fledged headlining tour around the North Island of New Zealand in March of 2015. The band will be bringing their debut release Elixir of Lethe to the stage in its entirety, along with all new material set to raise the bar ever higher for the group.
Natives to the small of town Hastings – Hawkes Bay, the band consists of guitarist and vocalist – Luke Burns, Bass and back-up vocals – Floyd Pepper, and Drumming from Jared Green.
The line-up was finalised during 2012 and since then, the lads have been consecutively realising their musical vision among their diverse musical taste, and widespread inspirations.
Blending a vibe of classic rock with a modern flair of fuzzy doom, Heterodox have been dubbed 'a non-stop onslaught of superb riffs that still make this band very hard to categorize.' – Steve Howe of The Sludgelord.
The alternative rockers have had the chance to share the stage with some of New Zealand's premier acts such as Jakob, Beastwars, Decortica and 8 Foot Sativa.
Heterodox released their debut record Elixir of Lethe during the winter of 2014. The album was produced by the revered Nick Blow with mastering handled by Brett Stanton. Elixir of Lethe garnered an immensely beloved reaction within the alternative music scene in New Zealand.
Sammy Jay Dawson of NZ Musician magazine comments in his review: 'A truly exciting stoner rock record and a future cornerstone of Kiwi metal.' Elixir of Lethe continues to spark interest around the world.
Heterodox invites you to frolic in the joy of New Zealand's ever growing music scene and experience their formidable weave of melody, rhythm and volume live across the beckoning lands of the North Island this March.
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Kolb Fills In -- If Only For A Day Of Practice
OK, so it was just one mid-November practice, and nobody is foolishly reading anything into it: Kevin Kolb took the first-team reps on Wednesday as Donovan McNabb was excused for personal reasons. McNabb is expected to be fine and all is well with him. Nothing to worry about. But giving Kolb a day of practice was welcomed by the kid, who looks for a chance to throw passes any way he can get it.
"It's better than not getting any at all," said Kolb after practice. "Whenever it happens and I get out on the field and get into the offense, it definitely helps me out. It felt smooth today. I had a good tempo. I look forward to getting chances any time I can get them."
Some day, some where, Kolb is going to have a full-fledged opportunity to be the guy. He was a second-round draft pick by the Eagles in 2007 and since then has played a bunch in the preseason and only a speck in the regular season. It wouldn't be the least bit fair to make any judgment on Kolb, other than to say he has matured very nicely in the mental part of the game. Kolb has played the game between his ears for most of two seasons now. He has been in all the meetings, has been challenged by the coaches to read and react what he sees in the classroom.
He is just about there, just about ready.
"I think I'm pretty close," said Kolb, when asked how much he felt he had the system down mentally. "It's kind of a trick question, though, because you don't know how you are going to do when you get in there. I watch the game from the sidelines and see the defense do things and I wonder to myself, 'Would I have seen that? How would I have reacted to that?' You don't know until you go out and do it.
"The focus here isn't on me. It's on winning football games. Donovan is doing a great job and he is the man here. I understand the situation. At the same time, you always want to play. Everybody wants to play."
Kolb came in against the Steelers when McNabb was dinged with his chest contusion and immediately started throwing the football around. Kolb competed 2 of 3 passes for 18 yards in his brief time. He was picked off once, when a dart to tight end L.J. Smith was just a little too close to the defender. The only other action came in mop-up duty in the opener when Kolb completed 5 of 6 passes for 53 yards against the Rams.
In a season when some young quarterbacks are providing immediately success for their teams -- Matt Ryan in Atlanta and Joe Flacco in Baltimore -- Kolb remains in the shadows.
"That is my job right now. I have to be ready if I am needed, so I prepare to play every week," he said. "It's tough. I want to play. But I'm a competitor. I love to play football."
Kolb is going to be a very big story at some point for the Eagles. It is actually kind of remarkable how things have worked out for the position, as so many folks predicted Kolb would be the starter already. But both McNabb and Kolb have shown tremendous resolve and camaraderie to get to this point: McNabb is playing well, the offense is scoring points and Kolb is a dutiful second in command.
For the second-year quarterback, days like Wednesday, when he is able to take the field for all of the practice reps, the payment will come in a bright, albeit uncertain, future.
NEWS, NOTES AND THIS AND THAT
To back up just how well the offensive line has played in pass protection, the team has allowed a sack every 26.6 pass plays, which is the best mark in team history. The Eagles have permitted 13 sacks and have recorded 28. That plus-15 is tied for third-best in the NFL.
The Eagles have to make some hay on first and second downs on Sunday and have a lot of third-and-short yardage situations. Cincinnati ranks 31st in the league with a 49.2 percent success rate on third down.
I know the offense hasn't played to its abilities and the problems on short-yardage plays are well documented, but the Eagles are still averaging 27.9 points per game, fourth in the NFL. That's an important number, no matter how you slice it.
The Eagles need Reggie Brown to be more of a factor in the passing game. He is healthy and he is ready to be more of a target. The Eagles must take the pressure away from Brian Westbrook and DeSean Jackson to put up big numbers in every game.
How good and consistent is Jon Runyan? He has started 185 straight regular-season games (130 as an Eagle) and since 2006 has committed just 5 penalties. Pretty outstanding.


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Mohammad Hanif Baktash, Ph.D. (* 9. Mai 1961 in Maidan Shahr, Afghanistan) ist ein afghanischer Dichter und Historiker.

Baktash beendete 1978 die Habibia High School. Am 5. Mai 1976 gewann er seinen ersten Preis د پښتو شعر جا یزه: دمور دورځې په منا سبت für seine Dichtungen in Pashto. Er  promovierte in Moskau 1993. Seit 2002 ist er britischer Staatsbürger.

Veröffentlichungen
 یاداشتهاو نوشته ها in Dari (1984) "Mein Notizbuch"
 دځنګله سترګو کې Gedichtband in Pashto (1987) "In den Augen des Waldes"
 کله چې لمر دخدای ایتونه لولي in Pashto (2010) "Wenn die Sonne die Verse Gottes liest"

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function voltImages = sensorComputeSamples(sensorNF,nSamp,noiseFlag,showBar)
%Computing multiple noise samples of the sensor voltage image
%
%  voltImages = sensorComputeSamples(sensorNF,[nSamp = 10],[noiseFlag=2],[showBar = 1])
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% Compute multiple noisy samples of the sensor voltage image.
%
% sensorNF:  Sensor struct containing noise free voltages
% nSamp:     Number of samples, default = 10
% noiseFlag: photon noise only (1)  all noise (2) Default = 2
% showBar:   Show waitbar (1) or not (0).  Default from ieSession
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% The voltImages is a 3d matrix(row,col,nSamp).
%
% Examples:
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%  Compute Noise Free and then multiple samples
%    sensorNF   = sensorComputeNoiseFree(sensor,oi);
%    voltImages = sensorComputeSamples(sensorNF,100);
%    imagesc(std(voltImages,0,3)); colorbar
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%  To interact with a plane of the returned data you might use calls such
%  as
%    ii = 5
%    tmp = sensorSet(sensorNF,'volts',voltImages(:,:,ii));
%    e   = sensorGet(tmp,'electrons');
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% Copyright ImagEval Consultants, LLC, 2011.

%% Define parameters
if ieNotDefined('sensorNF'),  errordlg('Noise free image sensor array required.'); end
if ieNotDefined('nSamp'),     nSamp = 10;    end
if ieNotDefined('noiseFlag'), noiseFlag = 2; end       % Photon and electrical
if ieNotDefined('showBar'),   showBar = ieSessionGet('waitbar'); end

warning('sensorComputeSamples:NoiseIssue','Needs updating');

%%  Get noise free values
sz = sensorGet(sensorNF,'size');

%% Loop on number of samples to compute only the noise (no reuse)
sensorNF  = sensorSet(sensorNF,'noise flag',noiseFlag);  % 1 = photon, 2 = all
sensorNF  = sensorSet(sensorNF,'reuse noise',0);         % Don't want to reuse

voltImages = zeros(sz(1),sz(2),nSamp);
str = sprintf('Computing %d samples',nSamp);
if showBar, h = waitbar(0,str); end
for kk=1:nSamp
    sensorN = sensorComputeNoise(sensorNF,[]);
    voltImages(:,:,kk) = sensorGet(sensorN,'volts');
    % v2 = voltImages(:,:,kk); v1 = sensorGet(sensorNF,'volts');
    % vcNewGraphWin; histogram(v1(:)-v2(:),100)
    if ~mod(kk,10) && showBar, waitbar(kk/nSamp); end
end
if showBar, close(h); end

return;

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Emma Dumont as Polaris in Fox's The Gifted
The Gifted showrunner explains why Magneto is unmentionable
Tag: The Gifted
Tag: 20th Century Fox
Tag: Matt Nix
Tag: Magneto
Tag: X-Men
Brotherhood of Mutants founder Magneto has been alluded to in Fox's new mutant TV drama, The Gifted, throughout its run. Specifically, it's been heavily suggested that Magneto is the father or Lorna, a.k.a. Polaris (played by Emma Dumont).
But the heavyweight X-Men villain has never been explicitly mentioned by name. Well, according to The Gifted's showrunner Matt Nix, there's a reason for that.
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Nix explained in an interview with TVLine that the show is being careful not to overtly crossover with the X-Men cinematic universe. "Not to be coy, but we don't want to stumble into movie territory," Nix told the outlet. "That said, canonically, Polaris' father is Polaris' father."
The Gifted is connected to the X-Men film series but set in an alternate timeline where the X-Men have disappeared.
At one point in the show, telepathic mutant Esme Frost (Skyler Samuels) tells Polaris: "You have no idea, do you…? About your father, your real father. You must have heard stories…. He was a member of the Hellfire Club. More than a member; a king." Many fans of the comic would immediately recognize that as a reference to Magneto, the X-Men's greatest adversary.
Nix noted that this (self-imposed?) gag order on mentioning the characters from the films and X-Men comics appears to have some advantages to telling The Gifted's story.
"One thing that we do use from the comics, that is legitimately part of the lore of Polaris, is that she doesn't always know that Magneto is her father," said Nix. "And she has very mixed feelings about Magneto being her father, so we've taken what is kind of a necessity, in terms of us needing to stay out of the way of the movies and turned it into a virtue in our eyes."
The virtue, according to Nix, being that it's "now a feature of the characters that they don't really want to talk about." Specifically, that Lorna's father is "the leader of the mutant group that made mutants look horrible and kind of put them in the position that they're in now."
Despite that, Nix told ComicBook.com that he wouldn't mind being able to interact more closely with the movie side of the X-Men franchise and hoped that a possible result of the pending Disney and Fox merger would be a stronger connection to the films.
"Does that give me the opportunity to come in and say like, 'Hey, let me set something up for your movie or let me echo your movie in some cool way,'" Nix told ComicBook.com. "And if I could do that then that would be neat because I'm generally just guided by, as a fan, what would I want to see? And what would I want? As a fan, I don't want my TV show to do the same thing that my movie is doing. But at the same time, I don't want my TV show to be just like, you know, completely unconnected or just totally the bastard stepchild of what my movies are doing either."
Nix added that he's neither going to push for a "bastard stepchild" nor try "to do the movies on television because I think both are bad ideas."
The Gifted will return for its second season on Fox in 2018.
(Via TVLine)
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And so shall the Legend of Moonshadow continue to grow.
Well, that was unexpected! They're finally working together, even if only one of them knows it.
Potentially awkward, yes, but maybe a superhero team-up will improve their relationship.
A. It could help Tyler and Toby get closer.
B. It could cause Toby to hate Moonshadow.
C. It could wear away at the goodwill Tyler had for Toby.
I'm not sure any of those are mutually exclusive although the A and C result won't happen at the same time.
A. Because it gives Toby an opportunity to open up without baggage, and it might motivate Tyler to listen to Tobies problems as something more than this is why Toby is dangerous. Also Tyler can give Toby advice he might not be able to give as himself.
B. and C. Because Tyler wants to make sure this does not end in disaster and Toby is hoping to magically fix his family. I could easily see a betrayal or something that feels like a betrayal happening when those goals come into conflict.
I'm sure he wants his brother to bring the sphere to the swap shop when the villain takes him there. The exact item wasn't specified but he said in a few pages back.
I'm sure the shop wants the sphere thus the trade with Dynamode to bring Tyler to trade with. The interesting question is what do they intend giving Tyler in exchange for the chaos sphere? Given the concept of keeping things on their destined track feel, it's something very plot or character relevant.
I need to archive binge. The city that they had a sale on might be mentioned post alien invasion (or somewhere else). I'd like to know the reason for that.
Quantum Powers does have some insight into cause and effect, destiny and similar aspects.
If Toby is not good at Radio Speech yet, It would probably be best to assume that anyone and anything that can pick up a radio broadcast could be listening in to the conversation with Tyler. I doubt that the Revenant has shared the details of his encrypted communications with Toby.
Yeah, that was my second thought. On the other hand, when the Powers find out, they aren't going to seriously punish their little 'prodigy' Quantum Powers. My first thought was: why not, they had it before, what's the harm in returning it to them?
They have some harebrained idea of what to do with it (like give to the other twin)?
Or even more likely, separation already drives him nuts.
Doesn't necessarily follow. It could be that Tyler's earpiece is set to listen on a fairly broad band – or even if it's just the one frequency and Toby's tapped into that, just because HIS messages are (probably) in the clear, doesn't mean the Revenant's were. Given that the helmet was smart enough to recognize documents and text messages to take pictures of automatically, switching between encrypted and clear transmission based on who he's talking to wouldn't be out of the question for it to do automatically. It's the sort of thing Tyler could certainly run afoul of if he's not aware of it, but it's in keeping with what his issued gear has already been shown to be capable of.
So do you think decrypting communications would be easier for a lawful magic user, or a chaos magic user?
QP would easily be able to switch the helmet to a non-encrypted channel, it's simple technopathy and part of the quantum manipulation / order power set (as long as the helmet does have the capability, off cause; otherwise you need he chaos power).
As soon as Tyler fell through, he was already throwing his grappling hook. 😀 His moves as Moon Shadow are becoming more and more natural, more second nature.
his brother can change his uniform appearances at will. I want to see what he does being Moonshadow as a distraction later.
For the sake of paperwork being done.
If Tyler didn't have excellent reflexes he'd have been killed in gym class alone a long time ago, and he's dealt with weird and unexpected events his entire life. Add in his training with the Revenant and he's probably at least pushing the border of Charles Atlas Superpowers by now, at least with his reflexes.
Wait, Toby doesn't know that Tyler is Nightshadow? I thought he had Tyler's memories from before he was cloned, or was that something he lost when the walkie talkie was ejected from his skull?
Toby is established to not remember. To be fair its possible he could remember R but not the outfit or nickname.
Are they now a triplet Tyler ,his clone and the chaotic parts of the clones personality they extract and sealed in a orb?
I just thought of this, has anyone else wondered if Toby (or maybe a time travellng Toby from the future) could be Power and Glory's boss? Toby's powers could do s lot of what we've seen the organization do (put targeted ads in fortune cookies, etc) but their inventory means we're either dealing with time travel/time compression or Toby has been raiding several collections.
Interesting idea. I've always wondered what happened to the artifacts that Revenant captured. Recycle the collection, adds to job security!
Sorry. Above reply was for Faust.
Rev gave a confiscated shrink ray to Cecil. I'm sure the Rev uses a lot of captured stuff. Batman and all Batman expys do since it's the pragmatic thing to do. So does Superman.
As for the job security thing, Revenant's not the kind to do that just so he can keep on being a vigilante detective (but then you're joking anyway).
When was there an ad in a fortune cookie?
We missed the panel of the cross fire missing Moonshadow resulting in Zodon and Dynamode being collateral damage!
Tyler is growing up. His body is turning towards the awkwardness of teenager..
It's wouldn't be suspicious for Moon Shadow to know Kid Powers is the kid of Ultima Powers and Sovereign.
1. Toby's debut was witnessed by a lot of the superhero community and was introduced by his parents, so his parentage is public knowledge by now.
2. This is Moon Shadow we're talking about. How can he- one of the most competent and mysterious of kid superheroes- not know that Kid Powers is the child of Ultima and Sovereign?
I think when this page was first posted Toby might have said "mom and dad" instead of "my mom and dad". I could also just not remember it right.
Either way what Tyler has to do is not call them mom and dad himself if he wants to avoid suspicion. Specifying that they are Toby's parents and not his own would actually be more suspicious.
Given the filter that most of the world seems to have where Moon Shadow is concerned, any minor slips on Tyler's part would probably be overlooked/rationalized away.
If Tyler is smart, he wouldn't say anything to Toby. Unlike Cecil, Moon Shadow doesn't use a voice modulator.
Dynamode isn't familiar enough with Tyler to be able to tell by that he is Moon Shadow by voice.
Toby definitely should be able to, since Tyler's (and Moon Shadow's) voice should be identical to his own voice.
Unless Toby listens to a recording of himself often there is no reason to believe he would recognize Tyler's voice because its like his own. In my experience that recorded voice sounds nothing like I thought my voice sounded like.
^ This is true. Until you hear a recording of your own voice, what you think you sound like is quite different from what you actually sound like.
It's established that wearing a mask, helmet or glasses will change the voice and speaking habits to make it unrecognizable.
And now it looks like this page was edited. Instead of saying "Mom and Dad", it's "_my_ Mom and Dad", so I guess it's clarification that Toby doesn't really know who Moon Shadow is.
The thought strikes me that this incident isn't going to hurt Moonshadow's reputation for having vaguely defined but awesome superpowers.
He has exhibited a range of powers that's very interesting.
He is "misbehaving" so unless all this gets explained it could definitely greatly improve or greatly hurt his reputation.
7) He has an awesome jet.


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Matakishi's Tea Party 2011
I made it to 50 so I had a little get together to celebrate. The first Matakishi's Tea Party was held on Saturday October 1st at the Bishop David Brown school in Woking which is the school I worked at.
The Metal Matakishi above is plated in 22ct gold, there will only ever be 50 available and only at the Tea Party. As always I have to thank Mike Broadbent for sculpting him and organising his new shiny coat for me.
Photos by me, Karl Saunders, John Crawford, The good Captain Blood, Scott Middleton and Kevin Dodman.
Personally I thought the Tea Party was a fantastic day. I had loads of fun running my Conan game and watching the other games that were going on. Everyone certainly seemed to be enjoying themselves and most of the photos show smiling faces.
Fifteen guests turned up for the day and we had four games running continuously; Mark Bush put on an ACW game using Fire and Fury rules, Neil (Thunderchicken) ran his spectacular and topical War of the Worlds game, Richard (Captain Blood) gave his very impressive wars of the Roses skirmish another outing and I ran a small CROM scenario to further test my rules.
Mrs Matakishi and Matakishi Jnr (Frances and Michaela) kept the refreshments coming ensuring everyone had access to free tea, coffee and food throughout the day. Mark Bush provided some wonderful home made cakes and biscuits and a colleague of my wife, Liz Morley, added to the cake pile with a stunning Matakishi cake.
Everything wound down around 6pm and a few of us headed off to a local pub for food and beer whilst the others who had further to go, and some had very long journeys ahead of them, made their ways home.
The furthest travelled attendee was Pete (Sterling Moose) who came all the way from Canada to attend and added a welcome international flavour to the proceeding. Another Pete (from TAG) came down from from Nottingham, John and Victoria arrived from Peterborough, Neil brought his Martians from almost 200 miles away (somewhere up north beyond civilisation at any rate) and Scott (Alien Surfer) ferried a car load of Frothers from Hertford. The rest of us ambled in from the surrounding countyside to make up the numbers.
My CROM! game
I ran my Conan game three times using my still in development CROM rules. The scenario was designed to allow as many players as possible to take part and, I'm pleased to say, each game was full to capacity with five starting players and occasionally even more with other characters brought into play as the game progressed.
The setting was a small section of town near a prison where Conan was being held captive. Three players took on the roles of Conan's girlfriends Belit, Red Sonja and Valeria who were each trying to rescue him and gain favour and precedence over the other two.
Another player controlled the prison garrison comprising of a captain, five guards and a priestess who wanted to keep Conan behind bars and a fifth player controlled three groups of slaver bandits lurking in town on the lookout for some prime female flesh for the auction block.
Scattered around the playing area were four objective/treasure markers that, when collected, added other elements to the game. Two brought Deathdealers into play to further hamper the heroines and two were more helpful. One revealed Subotai as an ally and another allowed the player to discover and use Conan's Atlantean sword which confers an additional 4 combat dice.
In the three games Conan only escaped once and that was at the cost of all the girls' lives. In another (shown above) he was freed by Valeria as she was cut down by the guards only to be set on fire and stabbed by the priestess before being unceremoniously dumped back in his cell, unconscious. In the third game the girls never came close to rescuing him.
On the whole the slavers seemed to do best out of the encounter usually managing to drag at least one unwilling victim off the table to an uncertain fate. When Victoria was controlling them they were particularly successful and netted two prizes, pausing in their escape only long enough to brutally murder Subotai in passing.
The task was just a little too big for a single scenario. The town and slavers should have been one scenario and the prison assault another to keep things balanced but no one seemed to mind even when their character was cornered and chopped down mercilessly.
Mark's ACW game
Richard's Wars of the Roses games
The game was played on a 1000mm x 1200mm board made up of two loft insulation boards. Terrain features are either carved into or built onto these base boards. If you have enough boards, you can make a lot of combinations, even though the main features are fixed in place. Trees are 'spiked' in. Buildings, hedges etc placed on top.
The figures are all Perry 28mm from their Wars of The Roses range. Most of the foot figures are plastic, the mounted figures are metal. Paintwork by yours truly (Richard).
The rules for the game are a very simple set of large scale skirmish rules derived from the free 'Kill Zone' near future skirmish rules, and customised for medieval flavour. Each figure is individually based and fights/shoots as an individual, although most figures operate in groups for purposes of movement, orders and morale.
The scenario was a three-way skirmish over a disputed village, with 'all against all', although each of the three competing lords and their retinues had differing objectives. The successful lord on this occasion was Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, who killed both his rivals. So even though they partially completed their own objectives, the fact they were dead, meant they could hardly win the encounter!
The following pictures are some of the ones that Richard took on the day. They really let you see the high quality of the figures and terrain.
These photos are from John Crawford.
Neil's War of the Worlds game
The scenario is based in Surrey in the first few days of the invasion when the Martians are more handy with the Heat Ray than the Black Smoke. Each player controls a Fighting Machine and the objective is simply to make it off the other side of the board intact and with as many victory points as possible.
The winning player is the one which survives with the most victory points. Victory points are achieved by engaging and destroying human units which are randomly rolled at the beginning of each turn and controlled by the umpire.
Units can be anything from an infantry unit to a battery of heavy guns with anything else the military authorities can throw at the Martians in between. To make things more interesting the Martians only have a set number of damage points.
This dynamic poses a dilemma for the Martian player; remaining on the board to gain more victory points than the other players invites a greater risk of destruction as the human forces will gradually concentrate in greater numbers along with increased fire power. It's the old adage of the slower you move and the more you hesitate, the more fire you will attract.
In the games I ran at The Tea Party this is exactly what happened. The players risked destruction to the extreme in order to get extra victory points over the other Martian players. It made for great, fun and exciting games running to the wire with players pretending to assist each other when all they were after was the glory of victory. Unfortunately some players went too far with their quest and their Fighting Machines were sent whirling to destruction!
The rules are by Shaun at 'The Bunker'. They are very simplistic, on two sides of A4 and slightly modified by myself as my board isn't as big as Shaun's! They are designed to give a fast moving game with all the heavy fighting and excitement you would expect when men of the Empire are defending it's beating heart against these mighty invaders. It also makes a change to play the Martians!


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The first World Cup in history was played in Uruguay in 1930, it only had 13 countries, Mexico among them and all teams were composed, of course, by pure men. And so it was in each edition of the World Cup until in 1991, FIFA decided to carry out the first edition of the women's category, and China was the host.
12 teams participated in this first edition and the champions were the best of all: The United States.
Michele Akers, from the United States, won the first gold boot, awarded to the World Cup's top scorer. He managed to score 10 goals in just 491 minutes played, that is, 6 matches, approximately. Her teammate, Carin Jennings won the first Golden Ball in the Women's World Cup.
Since 1991, seven editions of the tournament have been held, since, like the male namesake, it is held every four years. For this year's edition, France was chosen as the host nation and the World Cup will begin on June 7. Women's football has grown tremendously, since 24 teams already participate in this edition, twice as many as in the first edition of the tournament.
Unlike the men's team, the women's team of the United States has already established itself as world champion in the corresponding category and, moreover, they are the nation with the most women's World Cups, with three. In addition to the one already mentioned in 1991, they won again in 1999 and after a small drought, winners were proclaimed again in 2015, which makes them the current champions. They are closely followed by Germany, which was proclaimed twice between 2003 and 2007.
In the seven editions that have been held so far, several countries have been present in all of them. Among them, it is clear, the United States has won in three of seven participations, Germany twice, Norway, which won in 1995 in Sweden and Japan, which won Germany 2011. The countries that have participated seven times without getting the longed-for trophy are Sweden and Brazil.
Mexico has only three participations, in the United States '99, Germany 2011 and Canada 2015. Their best performance was in Germany, where they got a modest eleventh place. Argentina, on the other hand, has only qualified twice in the women's World Cup and were consecutively in the United States in 2003 and China 2007. In both tournaments, they finished in the 16th place.
* CONMEBOL AND CONCACAF share the 2 remaining places.
In the individual aspect, the player with the most goals in World Cups is the famous Marta Vieira da Silva, a true Brazilian legend, who won, besides World Cups, 5 consecutive FIFA World Player of the Year awards, as well as FIFA The Best of 2018.
Although speaking of world championships, the championship has been denied to Marta. In China 2007 and from the hand of Vieira da Silva, Brazil reached the Women's World Cup final for the first time and lost it to Germany. However, she was the top scorer of the Cup, with seven goals, and is currently the woman with the most conversions in Women's World Cups, with 15. Martha, 33, will participate in her fifth World Cup this summer. She also won the China Golden Ball 2007 as the best player of that edition.
Another legend of the Women's World is Hope Solo, American goalkeeper, who has played 3 World Cups, crowned in 2015. What must be highlighted is that she is the only player to win the distinction of Best Player (either field or goalkeeper) in two different World. He only did it for the first time in Germany in 2011 and repeated the feat in Canada in 2015. In 2016, she retired from the US national team so he will not play in the 2019 World Cup in France.
This 2019 is shaping up to be another great World Cup year, with the nations of the United States, Germany, Brazil, Japan, England, and Sweden as big favorites. We will have great emotions because, in parallel, women's football at the club level has grown exponentially, so for this year, we can expect a higher level of football.
Women's football is here to stay.


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I should note that Chim Chim took a five and three fours in the last six holes.
Did I mention that he shot even?
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Last week, I interviewed AOL Brand Group CEO Susan Lyne at Los Angeles' Paley Center for Media.
In the job she took in March, after being a board member, Lyne is in charge of a range of products, from AOL Mail and its AIM service to its many content brands, including TechCrunch, Engadget, Patch, Moviefone and MapQuest. The longtime media exec has had stints at a variety of online and offline places, from the Gilt Groupe to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia to running Disney's ABC entertainment unit, where she headed development of shows like "Desperate Housewives," "Lost," and "Grey's Anatomy." Before that, Lyne was a magazine editor, including launching Premiere.
In other words, she has seen a lot of media come and go.
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Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906) was a German ornithologist.

Cabanis was born in Berlin to an old Huguenot family who had moved from France. Little is known of his early life. He studied at the University of Berlin from 1835 to 1839, and then travelled to North America, returning in 1841 with a large natural history collection. He was assistant and later director of the Natural History Museum of Berlin (which was at the time the Berlin University Museum), taking over from Martin Lichtenstein. He founded the Journal für Ornithologie in 1853, editing it for the next forty-one years, when he was succeeded by his son-in-law Anton Reichenow.

He died in Friedrichshagen.

A number of birds are named after him, including Cabanis's bunting Emberiza cabanisi, Cabanis's spinetail Synallaxis cabanisi, Azure-rumped tanager Poecilostreptus cabanisi and Cabanis's greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi.

References

External links
 Digitised copy of Cabanis' book Museum Heineanum: Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt ('Directory of the ornithological collection of the chief magistrate Ferdinand Heine, on St. Burchard near Halberstadt')

1816 births
1906 deaths
German ornithologists
Scientists from Berlin
People from the Province of Brandenburg
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin
Journal of Ornithology editors


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Rethinking Marketing: Jonathan Berman
Jonathan Berman
When talking about better marketing for a better world, I believe the challenges for marketers is to take micro-level phenomena and learn how to scale these phenomena into macro-level solutions. With this in mind, I would like to focus on what I believe are the two key barriers facing the charitable giving industry in making the world a better place, and present a potential pathway to get over some of these barriers.
The first barrier facing the charitable giving industry is the same barrier facing pretty much every industry: maximizing "share of wallet." Many people would like to donate more to charity, but find that they are too pressed for cash to do so. Indeed, as people earn more, as economies improve, it's easy to assume that giving would also increase. However, in my research, I find that, across most levels of income, people feel strapped for cash, and as a result put of donating until they feel that they have sufficient spare money to do so. Yet, the percent of income that people donate to charity does not change substantially as income rises. In other words, once they do earn more money, the fail to put their good intentions into practice. To illustrate this phenomenon, in one study, my co-authors and I found that people who earned less than $50,000 a year predicted that they would donate an average of $500 a year if they did earn that much. However, data shows that people who do earn $50,000 actually only donate an average of $125 to charity. Why is there such a gap? One reason is that marketers are too good at selling people products. People adapt to the $50,000 lifestyle, are tempted by more personal expenditures, and donations get crowded out.
The second major barrier is getting people to donate to more effective charities. When people do choose to sacrifice their hard earn money, it is important to make sure that the charities they choose to support are maximize the welfare for the most people, or, in other words, make the biggest impact. However, a growing body of research shows that people are more drawn by charities that they feel an emotional attachment to, rather than causes that help the most people in the most cost effective manner.
How do we get around these issues? One potential path is to harness reputational incentives to foster what the philosopher Peter Singer refers to as a "culture of giving." In order to create a culture of giving, a few key factors must be in pact. Most notably, people's good deeds need to become more visible. Indeed, making behavior observability is a simple and straightforward way to increase cooperation by creating a descriptive norm. The "I Voted" stickers are a great example of creating a descriptive norm of voting through observability. The more people you see wearing an "I Voted" sticker, the more it becomes clear that voting is a behavior that is quite normative. But there are barriers to making charitable giving observable; there are strong norms against people publicizing their good deeds. No one likes a braggart, and that is particularly true of people bragging about their giving.
Despite these barriers, there is hope. Among billionaires, a movement called "The Giving Pledge," starting by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet, challenges wealthy others to publicly pledge a portion of their income to charitable causes. This "challenge" has had wild success in getting many of the country's wealthiest citizens to pledge large sums of money to charity.
This leaves us with our own challenge: how do we scale such a pledge to the rest of society so that we can cultivate a culture of giving at large?


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