Prompt: On September 29, United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution denouncing the death penalty on consensual same-sex relationships in Geneva. Out of the 47 members, 27 voted in favour of the resolution, seven abstained from voting and 13 countries voted against the resolution. India was one of the countries that voted against the resolution. The 13 countries that voted against the abolishing of death penalty were Botswana, Burundi, Egypt, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, China, India, Iraq, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United State of America and the United Arab Emirates. Currently, there are six countries that enforce the death penalty

for homosexuality – Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Yemen, as well as some regions of Nigeria and Somalia. The death penalty is a norm in ISIS-controlled areas in northern Iraq and northern Syria. Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Qatar and Brunei are countries that enforce the death penalty on homosexuality on paper, but have not carried out executions (that can be verified at least). This resolution was passed for the “imposition of the death penalty as a sanction for specific forms of conduct, such as apostasy, blasphemy, adultery and consensual same-sex relations”. This process was undertaken to ensure that the death penalty is not applied in an arbitrary manner in those countries where the death penalty is still legal. The resolution was also passed to address the application of death penalty in cases of adultery, which disproportionately punishes women, and condemns the use of capital punishment against those with mental and intellectual disabilities, pregnant women and those under 18 years of age at the time when the crime was committed. In this crucial stage, which could immensely influence the development of human rights and its definition, the Indian state has failed to show responsible leadership on an international platform. To put it simply: it seems to relish its ability to take lives. Given India’s track record with selectively condemning people to the death row, in order to satisfy “collective conscience”; this impunity with which the Indian State thinks queer lives are disposable as well, should not come as a surprise. Also Read: FII’s Statement On The Death Penalty Home Secretary Rajnath Singh had promised that, “We will state (at an all-party meeting if it is called) that we support Section 377 because we believe that homosexuality is an unnatural act and cannot be supported.” According to the National Crime


Prompt: Dear Boards, My apologies if you already come across a similar post as this one yesterday. I just trashed some text and some video's into a post and assumed it would be as well-received as the [first post](http://boards.euw.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/community-creations-en/gnXqKrAB-league-of-legends-playing-cards-community-creation) on this playing card topic. I was wrong, and I hope you will forgive me for this somewhat re-post. But a lot of things I didn't cover actually took quite some work. http://i.imgur.com/TJ1aLdB.jpg First for the people that have more important stuff to do: >#**TLDR**; Two weeks ago, I showed a deck of playing cards I made using League splash arts. I

got some useful feedback, and a lot of requests on where to buy the cards. With these two things I got to work. The result is a fairly new deck design and a complete website where you can find out more about the deck as well as a place to have them printed yourself. Below I want to show you just that. *** #Table of contends: 1. How is this possible? You are selling league contend, that's illegal! 2. The definitive design. 3. A complete website, all for you! *** #How's this possible? After I posted my first concept on the forums, and someone asked if I would be allowed to sell these cards an official RIOT'er (RiotSargonas) responded: http://i.imgur.com/AO9VVqe.jpg So yea, can't sell it. At first glance, that would make it impossible to get these cards out for the community. Good thing I'm an ignorant little brat that doesn't give up that easily , I did the following: The company that prints these cards allows you to sell your design. The price of this design you can set to +10, +20, +30, +40 or +50 percent of the printing costs. Since 0 wasn't an option, that wasn't an option neither. Unlesss.... yea, you've guessed it, I contacted the company if they could pretty please enable the option to 'sell designs' with a 0 percent profit marge. Surprisingly, they for-filled my wishes, making it possible for me to 'sell' my design for nothing. Meaning that if you would order a deck of cards with my design on it, you would pay just as much as if you would have made and uploaded the design yourself! I'm basically giving out the design for free. which **is** allowed. *** #What's the design? Last time I showed a few of the fronts, and


Prompt: There aren’t many places in Seattle that haven’t changed at all in my lifetime. But walking into Tai Tung restaurant in the Chinatown-International District is like stepping out of a time machine. There’s the wood paneling, mauve upholstery and thick laminate menu I remember from special dinners out with my family as a child. But the restaurant’s history runs much deeper than that. “The door that you just walked through, that swinging door? That door is 80 some years old,” says Siang Hui Tay, who adds that the restaurant opened in 1935 and is the oldest remaining Chinese restaurant in

neighborhood . Tay would know. Inspired by the history of Tai Tung, she and her partner Val Tan have co-produced “A Taste Of Home,” a documentary showcasing local Chinese-American culinary history, which will play opening night of the Seattle Asian American Film Festival next week. But it wasn’t the restaurant’s door, historic lunch counter or Bruce Lee’s favorite table (he was a regular) that first attracted the filmmaking duo, who work under the brand “Tay & Val.” It was the food — specifically Chinese comfort food from their home country of Singapore. “We were looking for a taste of home,” says Tan, who was hoping for a taste of her grandmother’s egg foo young and “Yelped” her way to Tai Tung, which is famous for the dish. What she found there wasn’t the recipe she grew up with. She says the Singaporean version she knows is more of a shrimp scramble than a gravy-topped omelet. But the experience sparked an interest in the history of Chinese-American food of our region and introduced her to Harry Chan. Chan is a third generation owner of Tai Tung. He’s worked at the restaurant since 1968. In addition to being the devoted boss (he boasts that he keeps a sleeping bag at the ready so he can be sure to open even on snow days), he’s also an expert on the evolution of food in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District. “They ate pig feet and pig tails, ox tails, salmon head, peashoot vegetables steamed with pork, preserved pimento,” says Chan listing off some of the popular dishes once served by his grandfather. You won’t find all of those items on the menu today, but there are a few dishes that have remained unchanged since the restaurant’s opening day. “It’s all going to, at some point, disappear.”


Prompt: This Is Why People Don’t Agree With Sound Of Same Headphones There have been interesting researches on the sound of headphones as it is found to believe that every human being have a different opinion on the same headphone sound and this behavior has been researched by Brent Butterworth who has provided an elaborative reasoning about the same. In a recent study, different humans have been made to hear a same headphone sound and asked about their opinions. Interestingly, every test subject had a different take on the sound heard which proves the theory of disagreement as every human has

a different take on same headphone sound. Every human has different hearing and interpretation capabilities It has been found that the reason for different interpretations is due to the development process of human ears as the ear canals vary from human to human. As quoted by Jacob Soendergaard, a sales engineer in a sound and vibration company. Each minute variation in geometry (ear canal shape, amount of folds and creases in the canal, aspect ratio of canal, location of double bends, size of tympanic membrane [eardrum], etc.) will affect the hearing perception — especially at the high frequencies with very short wavelengths. Hence, in the case of frequencies between 10KHz to 20 KHz (human hearing range), even a minuscule difference in offsetting of the human eardrum, which can be referred to as a measurement device, by a millimetre can result in varied results from person to person. Every human has a different headphone’s space-sense Scientifically, the human brain uses hand related transfer function or HRTF to locate sound in three dimensions. This function involves the time difference between the arrival of sound at the ears, difference in sound levels, differences in frequency caused by acoustical effects of heads, shoulders and pinnae. All these functions support the interpretation of the sound. Headphones adjustments to the ears The fitting of headphones plays a great role in the sound performance output of headphones. It is dependent on the fit of the ear pads of an ear-headphone on the pinna. For a good bass of headphones, a good seal will ensure the same. In case if any space is created, the headphones will have a low bass, which might result in the tonal imbalance. Different humans have different tastes It has been observed that one of the reasons behind the different taste could be


Prompt: In the conservative commentariat and intellectual classes, the deal with the devil that is Trumpism seems increasingly complete. Stalwart conservatives who for years—in some cases decades—defended the principles of limited government, personal liberty, and strict adherence to the Constitution have hiked their skirts and dropped their panties, swooning as Big Donnie Trump talks dirty to the media. In a depressing twist, many members of my party and ideological persuasion have become advocates for Donald Trump on a scale that ranges from grudging to toadying, for a simple reason that seems to overwhelm all other factors: He attacks the media. Many

are willing to forgive almost any sin because of it. All it took to break the spirit of far too many in the conservative class was for Trump to leaven his deranged, autocratic rantings with “fake news” and “duh librul media” bait to compromise the ideals and credibility of a large swath of the conservative firmament. People who think of themselves as being smarter than the average bag of hammers are missing that they’re the just the latest victims of the Trump Con. We now routinely see a formulation something like this:, “Well, Trump isn't perfect, but at least he's attacking the media.” It's the haute-bourgeois pleasure of watching someone else to do your dueling. For decades, the rallying cry on the right was: “If only we could overcome the liberal media monoculture, the truth and strength of our ideas would finally break through. If only we could really be heard on economic matters, on foreign affairs, and on race, the Republican Party and conservatism would finally get a fair hearing in the minds of the American people.” It wouldn’t have to be a zero-sum game of replacing one set of biases with another; the rightness of our ideas would carry the day. But in a White House press room that includes staff “writers” for Infowars and Breitbart in press conferences, the Trump Administration isn’t looking for up-the-middle coverage; they’re looking for partners in the fake news explosion that helped Trump win the election. Conservative writers and thinkers who look away from the creepy authoritarianism, apocalyptic religious war fantasies, lavish corruption, overt economic statism, and general ineptitude simply because Trump snubs the established press aren’t doing the movement any favors. Let’s be clear; the mainstream media deserves a kick in the ass so hard they reach orbital velocity for their


Prompt: CLOSE While deep NCAA tournament runs are often driven off great guard play, this year's Sweet 16 will feature big men as difference-makers. USA TODAY Sports Kentucky Wildcats guard Aaron Harrison (2) high fives fans after the game against the Cincinnati Bearcats in the third round of the 2015 NCAA Tournament at KFC Yum! Center. (Photo11: Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports) After a six-day extravaganza of college hoops, we have our Sweet 16 for the 2015 NCAA tournament. The madness came early, with two upsets of No. 3 seeds on Thursday — Georgia State shocking Baylor and UAB stunning Iowa

State — and kept on coming — with No. 1 Villanova falling to N.C. State and No. 2 Virginia getting ousted by Michigan State in the round of 32. After Sunday, there are 16 teams still with a chance to cut down the nets on April 6. How they rank: 1. Kentucky: The Wildcats are one of deepest and most talented teams we've ever seen in college basketball. If they don't finish the season undefeated and win the national championship, it will surely be a surprise. But this team has shown signs of vulnerability that lead us to believe they're beatable. If the tournament were a best-of-seven series like the NBA playoffs, Kentucky's net-cutting would be inevitable. But Iowa State and Villanova both lost to teams they would have crushed in a playoff series. Forget Xs and Os here. All it takes is one game with Kentucky playing a little off and a determined, hot-shooting effort from its opponent. Easier said than done, but certainly feasible. VIDEO: Analysis of the opening weekend 2. Arizona: The Wildcats were deserving of a No. 1 seed and are playing like one in the tournament. Arizona boasts four future NBA players — Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Brandon Ashley, Stanley Johnson and Kaleb Tarczewski — but the team's most important player is veteran point guard T.J. McConnell (19 points, six assists and six rebounds in Arizona's win against Ohio State), who makes all four of those players better. Last year's Arizona team was one possession away from the Final Four. And this year's team is better. BRACKET HUB: Everything March Madness 3. Wisconsin: The Badgers got a scare in a close battle with Oregon in the round of 32, but there's no mistaking Wisconsin as a contender to win it all based on its roster. The Badgers


Prompt: Spoiler: Score: 12,125 (click to show/hide) Cogmind - Alpha 12 Name: Kyzrati ---[ CORE DESTROYED ]--- Performance ------------- Evolutions (6) 3000 Robots Destroyed (197) 985 Value Destroyed (7440) 7440 Prototype IDs (20) 400 Alien Tech Recovered (0) 0 Bonus (300) 300 TOTAL SCORE: 12125 Cogmind --------- Core Integrity 0/1150 Matter 290/300 Energy 78/100 System Corruption 2% Temperature Cool (12) Location -4/Factory Parts ------- Power (2) (None) Propulsion (4) (None) Utility (9) (None) Weapon (4) Improved Plasma Cutter Inventory (4) Light Angular Momentum Engine Neutrino Core Light Quantum Reactor Compact Heavy Treads Peak State ------------ Power Micro Fission Core Micro Fission

Core Propulsion Improved Treads Improved Treads Armored Leg Improved Hover Unit Utility Advanced Heat Sink Improved Cooling System Large Storage Unit Large Storage Unit Long-range Sensor Array Advanced Targeting Computer Advanced Targeting Computer Hacking Suite Improved Hacking Suite Weapon Wave Gun Heavy Phase Cannon KE Penetrator Precision Grenade Launcher Inventory Light Angular Momentum Engine Neutrino Core Enhanced Fission Core Wheel Energy Mantle Advanced Plasma Rifle Long-range Proton Cannon Long-range Proton Cannon Disruptor Cannon Heavy Missile Launcher Heavy Missile Launcher Heavy Missile Launcher Heavy Missile Launcher Guided Missile Launcher Phasing Sabre [Rating: 82] Favorites ----------- Power Cooled Ion Engine Engine Cooled Ion Engine Power Core Micro Fission Core Reactor Light Antimatter Reactor Propulsion Carbon-fiber Leg Treads Improved Treads Wheel Wheel Leg Carbon-fiber Leg Hover Unit Improved Hover Unit Utility Advanced Targeting Computer Device Makeshift Transmission Jammer Storage Large Storage Unit Processor Advanced Targeting Computer Hackware Improved Hacking Suite Protection Light Armor Plating Weapon Gauss Cannon Energy Gun Advanced Beam Rifle Energy Cannon Ion Cannon Ballistic Gun Gauss Rifle Ballistic Cannon Gauss Cannon Launcher Precision Grenade Launcher Slashing Weapon Phasing Sabre Special Melee Weapon Improved Plasma Cutter Stats ------- Bonus Breakdown 300 Met Data Miner 300 Classes Destroyed 15 Worker 3 Builder 8 Tunneler 1 Hauler 5 Recycler 10 Minesweeper 2 Operator 4 Watcher 3 Swarmer 49 Grunt 57 Brawler 2 Duelist 2 Sentry 28 Hunter 16 Programmer 7 NPCs Destroyed 0 Best Kill Streak 13 Combat Bots Only 12 Matter Collected 6050 Salvage Created 8391 Parts Attached 217 Power 20 Propulsion 63 Utility 36 Weapon 98 Parts Lost 86 Power 11 Propulsion 27 Utility 16 Weapon 32 Average Slot Usage (%) 90 Naked Turns 13 Spaces Moved 6056 Fastest Speed (%) 200 Average Speed (%) 70 Slowest Speed (%) 37 Overloaded Moves 0 Propulsion Burnouts 0 Targets Rammed 5 Cave-ins Triggered


Prompt: Your Allyship Will Not Protect You Harvey Jeni Blocked Unblock Follow Following Sep 16, 2017 “I’m happy for them to hit her.” The woman is young, defiant, her shoulders squared. She looks defensive, actually. It is 2017 and the violence she is referring to is being meted out in the name of feminism. Feminism, which used to mean a revolutionary political movement dedicated to the liberation of women from male dominance. I don’t know what it means anymore. What I do know is that on September 13th, about eighty women gathered at Speakers Corner — a significant and historic place

of free speech and open debate — in order to attend a talk being given about a proposed act of parliament which will see gender identity replace gender reassignment as a protected characteristic under the law. So instead of requiring a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, a medical certificate, and to have lived as your chosen gender for a minimum of two years, an individual will be able to simply declare themselves the opposite sex and sign a statement of intention to live as such, making the process far easier, quicker, and much less intrusive. The act represents a gargantuan table flip in how we understand ourselves as humans: our sexual dimorphism, reproductive biology, and how we organise ourselves in the public and private spheres. When an individuals sex is defined, not by distinct and measurable physical characteristics, but by their subjective internal feelings about gender, what implications does this have for the category of humans who have been oppressed for centuries on the very basis of their biology? That is what the women gathering at Speakers Corner wished to discuss. The woman whose words are quoted at the beginning of this article formed part of a group wishing to shut down the discussion. To debate the nature of gender hierarchy is to debate the right of transpeople to exist, they say. To even speak of the ways in which natal women and girls might be affected by the new law is tantamount to murder, to genocide. And so in this way, the women at Speakers Corner were redrawn as monsters, as Nazis, as a mortal threat to be crushed. Except none of it is true. All humans exist with basic rights enshrined in law. I know of no woman who does not support any individuals right to live and present


Prompt: Rebel Without a Country TOKYO — On June 24, Chinese political cartoonist Wang Liming, better known as Rebel Pepper, tweeted about the scariest nightmare he ever had. He found himself surrounded by seven or eight people, secret agents sent by the ruling Chinese Communist Party to arrest him. Their leader, Colonel Light, demanded that Rebel Pepper leave Japan with them; when he refused, they threatened to push him off a balcony. Soon, Japanese police arrived and surrounded the building, but Colonel Light and his men floated away ominously. Rebel woke up that morning, afraid for his life. Having left China

for Japan, Rebel had thought that his nightmares would end. But they only grew more absurd, more crazed, more intense. Rebel started drawing political cartoons in 2009, and chose the pen name biantai lajiao, or Perverse Pepper in Chinese; Rebel Pepper came from the recommendation of a Taiwanese friend, who thought it sounded good in English. Often, Rebel draws himself into the cartoon, as the Pepper — a sometimes sad, sometimes oblivious, sometimes lascivious chili, with large, intense eyes. One cartoon, from February 2012, features a smiling Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian dictator, standing on a heap of skeletons and hiding behind two doors featuring a menacing polar bear (Russia) and panda (China.) In the upper right-hand corner, the Pepper smiles — a blithe and uncaring bystander — and flashes a thumbs-up. Over the last few years, his cartoons — of China’s blighting air pollution filling the sky, of an obese man bloodily smothering dissent while smoking a cigar, of Mao Zedong boasting of his victim count to Islamic State leaders — have become steadily more subversive. Despite his polite, almost deferential demeanor, the moniker “Rebel” fits him well. He’s probably China’s best-known political cartoonist, and certainly the one most critical of the ruling Communist Party. In China, Rebel had grown notorious for satirizing China’s increasingly authoritarian President Xi Jinping — Rebel has drawn Xi as a steamed dumpling and as a shirtless post-coital smoker in bed with a young man — and, Rebel told me, he realized that he had to leave Beijing or risk facing a long spell in prison. Originally, Rebel had planned to make his way to New York City after returning from a long holiday in Japan in mid-2014. But in late July 2014, two major Chinese media companies, Sina and Tencent, deleted Rebel’s microblog accounts


Prompt: Two guys walk into a bar. They order beers. Bartender says they don’t have any beer. The men look confused. A stranger in a stylish hat suggests they try something different. They order a clear malt beverage. It’s on ice, clear, delicious. The men are happy. The entire ad spot lasts 30 seconds, or roughly the same amount of time Zima could claim to be among the most popular adult beverages in the country. In 1991, with beer sales on the decline across the industry, the Coors company of Golden, Colorado decided to blend two of the hottest trends in

consumer marketing: “clear” products like Crystal Pepsi and the smooth, gently-intoxicating appeal of wine coolers. By using charcoal to filter the color and taste from their brews, they were able to deliver a vaguely citrus-tasting drink with 4.7 percent alcohol content. The company asked third-party marketing firm Lexicon Branding to give it a name; Jane Espenson, who would later become a staff writer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Game of Thrones, dubbed it Zima, the Russian word for "winter." Armed with a $180 million budget for the 1994 launch, Coors peppered television with commercials featuring a spokesman who exchanged his s's for z's. (“What’s your zign?”) They also pushed a slew of merchandising and even an early consumer-use product website. The goal was to get Zima on the minds and into the hands of young males. Owing to the blanket advertising assault, that's exactly what they accomplished. Zima sold a staggering 1.3 million barrels’ worth of product in 1994, giving it a near-instant 1 percent market share in the booze industry. It was estimated that 70 percent of all drinkers tried the “malternative." As Coors would soon learn, those numbers only work in your favor if people like the product. The company was disappointed to learn that many of them didn’t: Men found the taste off-putting. And those who enjoyed it were precisely the demographic they were looking to avoid. Women who normally passed over beer embraced Zima, giving it an effete quality that marketing considered to be grim death for the valued male customer base. If a man couldn’t feel manly taking a pull of the clear stuff, he'd be likely to reach for something else. On the public relations side, Coors was also having to defend itself against charges that teenagers were growing fond of Zima because


Prompt: Thank you to Ponchies For Kids for providing me with product, free of charge, in exchange for this blog review. All opinions are 100% my own. It amazes me how far we’ve come with carseat safety. When my husband and I first purchased his family farm 13 years ago, we started going through the garage and sheds. He pulled a contraption off the wall and told me it had been his younger brothers carseat. It literally was a seat with two hooks that would set over the car’s seat. No belts, buckles, or harness of any sort. So it really

would have served very little purpose in keeping a child safe, more so, it was just a “baby holder”. Now days, there is lots of information and research showing that a 5-point harness is the safest way to go. Even further, no bulky clothing or coats should be worn in conjunction with a carseat either. So I went searching for something that would work to keep our little girl warm during car rides as well as when out playing outside in mild weather. Enter: Ponchies For Kids. We were sent the adorable Baby & Kids Arrows Fleece Poncho – Pink, Yellow, Grey in size 2-4 for review. It is super cute and oh so soft in person. Ponchies For Kids ponchos are handmade with love from a light fleece material. As soon as our little girl saw her Poncho, she ran for her hat because she knows when it’s time to head outside. With it hovering around the 40’s here in Minnesota, hats are still required for us! So I put her hat and Arrow Poncho on her, snapped her “sleeves”, and we headed outdoors. Ponchies For Kids Features: ~Versatile Sizing That Fits Over Longer Period Of Time ~Adjustable Drawstrings To Shorten Sides ~Side Snaps Which Creates Arm Holes ~Adorable Hood ~Easy To Get On & Off With Generous Neck Opening That Features A Button Closure ~Can Be Utilized With A Carseat I especially love that I can flip the Poncho up, buckle our daughter into her carseat and then drape it back over her to keep her warm during our cold Winters! It’s lightweight enough that she won’t overheat yet keeps her cozy. I really like the overall design of Ponchies For Kids Ponchos. Along with all the great features, the hood of the Arrows Poncho is lined with


Prompt: Freedom isn’t free. You may think that statement is trite. I actually think it makes a ton of sense. Americans are rightfully proud to live in the Land of the Free. We have more freedom than most countries in all sorts of awesome ways: religion, speech, movement, etc. As they say, it makes us the envy of the world and is the primary reason why immigrants — legal and otherwise — still flock to our borders and shores. Of course, there are limits to our freedom. We are not free to murder and pillage, sell heroin, run naked onto an

NFL field. These are easily agreed upon taboos. Reason being is that the cost to society of allowing that much freedom is simply unacceptable and/or morally reprehensible. There are also what I call ‘debatable freedoms,” those which we have hashed out to decide whether or not they are worth exercising. Our acceptance of them evolves over time. Think legalized marijuana or same-sex marriage. And then there are other societal freedoms many of us seem to believe in that come with huge, often under-recognized, and to my mind, hard-to-defend costs. Three examples here are free, unfettered financial markets; a wide-open internet; and nearly unlimited access to firearms. Many of us believe passionately in these freedoms, but I wonder if we fully understand the price we pay for them. Let’s take them one by one. Free, unfettered financial markets You could argue that the financial crisis of 2008/2009 came about in large part because of deregulated or under-regulated financial markets. Speculation in credit derivatives and mortgage-backed securities, along with accompanying risks that were poorly understood, created systemic risk, which badly damaged our nation’s economy and much of the rest of the world’s as well. How much did these free financial markets cost us during the Great Recession? It’s hard to pin down exactly, but I’ve seen estimates of anywhere from $12 trillion to $22 trillion — yes, with a ‘T’. After Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, policymakers advanced a slew of regulations intended better prepare the financial system for market and economic volatility. REUTERS/Joshua Lott/Files More A few points here. Of course our free markets have created trillions more than that in wealth. And I’m not talking about implementing thousand of pages of myriad arcane derivatives regulation. I’m thinking mostly about increasing the amount of capital for securities firms. Simple stuff. Next


Prompt: Your Bitcoin transactions The Ultimate Bitcoin mixer made truly anonymous. with an advanced technology. Mix coins Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction. Advertise here. nearmiss Offline Activity: 448 Merit: 250 Sr. MemberActivity: 448Merit: 250 Re: [ANN][Pool][Profit-Switch][Optional Auto-Exchange per Coin][Vardiff] ~ Hashcows December 24, 2013, 06:54:27 PM #1802 There's been a breach this afternoon with a number of users reporting payout addresses being changed and manual payouts being triggered to the new address. All payouts have been disabled and we are working on determining the scope of the

issue. While its unlikely passwords have been compromised (and nothing is stored plain text in the db anyways), its not a bad practice to assume the worst and change passwords anyways. 40.8 total BTC has been lost. We can't really comment much further on account statuses until we gather data on the full picture. Obviously with the time of year, we all have commitments outside, but we are working every spare moment we've got. I advise people to stop by the irc channel if possible, where live discussions can happen and up to date news provided. The cows apologize to everyone involved, its a terrible time of year to wake up to such things. There will be 0% fees on anything earned as of now and today's btc earned (keeping in mind payout is disabled for the time being). nearmiss Profit-Switching Pool w/ Vardiff -> http://hashco.ws Optionally keep the alts we mine or auto-trade for BTC. In addition can be paid out in any of: 365, AC, BC, BTC, C2, CINNI, COMM, FAC, HBN, MINT, PMC, QRK, RDD, WC, XBC gsrcrxsi Offline Activity: 294 Merit: 250 Sr. MemberActivity: 294Merit: 250 Re: [ANN][Pool][Profit-Switch][Optional Auto-Exchange per Coin][Vardiff] ~ Hashcows December 24, 2013, 07:00:10 PM #1803 What the mother fuck?! 0.045+ BTC gone. I assume that HC won't do anything about refunding people?? Such a sad state. First the horrible payouts and connection issues, and now they allow everyone to be compromised and have their shit stolen. A lot of good that 4 digit pin for payouts did huh? I was already moved off of HC due to the other issues and now this? Yeah. Safe to say i can never trust this pool again... bronxbob Offline Activity: 9 Merit: 0 NewbieActivity: 9Merit: 0 Re: [ANN][Pool][Profit-Switch][Optional Auto-Exchange per Coin][Vardiff] ~ Hashcows December 24,


Prompt: Donald Trump’s offenses against taste, tolerance and truthfulness are coming so fast that it is hard to pick out individual cases. But let’s linger on his recent foray into Christian theology. During a speech in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Trump pronounced Ben Carson’s story of conversion from violent troublemaker to Christian to be so much “crap.” “He goes into the bathroom for a couple of hours, and he comes out, and now he’s religious . . . . Give me a break. It doesn’t happen that way,” said Trump. In Christian history, it has often happened that way. Around A.D. 35,

a nasty character named Saul got knocked from (and to) his ass on the road to Damascus and became the utterly transformed Paul. In A.D. 386 , Augustine heard a child’s voice chanting, “Take up and read,” opened a Bible randomly to Paul’s letter to the Romans, was convicted to the core and abandoned the life of a hard-partying pagan. Around 1510, a monk named Martin Luther understood Paul’s letter in a new way — one version locates this revelation in the “cloaca,” or bathroom — and “felt I was altogether born again and had entered paradise itself through open gates.” On May 24, 1738, John Wesley heard someone reading Luther’s Preface to the Epistle of Romans in a meeting on Aldersgate Street in London, and at 8:45 p.m. felt his “heart strangely warmed.” All of these cases weigh against Trump’s theological claim — which also makes little political sense in the state of Iowa, where the Republican Party is heavy with evangelical Christians, for whom conversion is a common experience. But this is not really a political matter at all, demonstrated by another conversion. Bob Beckel was, famously, Walter Mondale’s campaign manager in a 49-state loss. He was a trusted fixer at the State Department and White House, then a progressive TV commentator. Through most of this he was also an alcoholic, a drug abuser and a womanizer who kept hitting rock bottom only to find new bottoms beneath. In a speech delivered on Nov. 12, 2015, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked Ben Carson's story of religious conversion. (AP) We know this from Beckel’s transparent and compulsively readable autobiography, “I Should Be Dead: My Life Surviving Politics, TV, and Addiction.” He gained his survival skills from dealing with an alcoholic and abusive father. “I learned how to wear


Prompt: CHENNAI: The VR World Congress, scheduled for 12 April 2016 will see participation from over 600 buyers, sellers and developers from VR and its surrounding industries from across the globe. While Brazil was represented last year and Russia and China this year, there is no participation from India.The VR World Congress, to be held in Bristol, UK is expected to see participation from the brightest minds of the VR industry and world leaders in VR such as AMD, HTC and Samsung. The event has been sold out for 2 weeks now, with participation from many countries including Sweden, Germany, Austria,

Belgium, Denmark amongst others.Amongst the BRIC nations, Brazil was represented last year by VR game designer Ana Ribeiro. This year, Russia will be represented by Interractive Lab who is exhibiting a room-scale Gear VR tracking demonstration. Ximmerse from China is also showcasing its cutting edge VR technology. While all other BRIC nations are showcasing their talent at the Congress, India seems to have given the event a miss. According to the authorities, while there were some hits from India on their website, no inquiries (email/ telephonic) have come in from Indian companies at all."The Bristol & Bath tech cluster has a growing reputation as the European (if not global) capital of VR. The VR World Congress has had a very high level of international participation as a result. World-renowned Brazilian VR designer Ana Ribeiro was a speaker at last year's event, and this year we are pleased to have exhibitors from both Russia and China. We would have loved to have had participation from India as well so all four BRIC were involved. We're hopeful this will happen next year," said Dan Page, Director of the VR World Congress.Entrepreneurs in India in the VR/AR space believe the industry is in the nascent stages in India. “While we are attending events across the globe, it becomes expensive to cover them all. There is a general lack of awareness in the country about the technology,” said Vijay Karunankan, founder, Ingage. Entrepreneurs strongly advocate the need for a body to promote VR and help companies involved in VR to gain prominence in the global scene.“Just days before the event itself we received an enquiry from Mumbai's Gateway VR, saying they would attend if tickets were still available. It was way too late for us to squeeze them in, but I am really looking


Prompt: Joining Embarcadero as Delphi Product Manager If you follow my twitter account or have attended the product address of CodeRage, you now that I've just made a big career change, joining Embarcadero Technologies. If you follow my twitter account or have attended the product address of CodeRage, you now that I've just made a big career change, joining Embarcadero Technologies. I've been working with Borland and Embarcadero products for over two decades, have been writing books on the technologies (well, mostly Delphi), have been a technical partner and my company was (and still remains) a sales partner in Italy. I've

been in touch with the R&D team, developer relations, marketing people and product managers. But even recently I won't have envisioned joining the company. I was offered the job to help shape Delphi's future and didn't have to ponder a lot. The position I'm taking is Delphi Product Manager, although there is actually a product management team for RAD Studio, with split and shared responsibilities. I'll be based in Europe (working from home, when not on the road), where there are some of the R&D teams and a large number of Delphi customers. For Delphi developers in Europe this is good news, as it might be easier to reach me at "local" conferences and events. I'll start by attending Be-Delphi in 2 weeks. In case you are wondering, I'll keep doing some of my current activities, like keeping this blog open and active and use my personal twitter account. I'll try to put some of my (limited) free time on books writing, and make sure some of my open source projects have a future. But it is hard to tell, as I have a lot to learn right now. Needless to say I'm open for comments, use my new email address marco.cantu at embarcadero.com (but I'll keep monitoring also my older email accounts). Feel also free to use this blog for posting comments, ideas, constructive criticism... you know what I mean, we need a healthy and more relaxed community around Delphi. So, this is all for now. Stay tuned to this space for news and updates. It's a new adventure, I hope you'll enjoy it with me. Long live Delphi! 40 Comments Joining Embarcadero as Delphi Product Manager As I've already tweeted on Twitter, I would like to congratulate you on your new job! I've used Delphi for many years


Prompt: Whatever else is said about the murder of 20 elementary school children in Newtown, Conn. last year, let no one say – especially at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on gun control today – that those killings were “unimaginable.” Every day, mass killings are imagined, rehearsed, and enacted – virtually – by millions of children and young adults, mostly boys and men, in violent video games. One segment of Bioshock 2, for example, invites players to kill defenseless, cowering girls (called Little Sisters) or lure them into a trap where they are mowed down by a machine gun. Adam Lanza

didn’t have to imagine the Sandy Hook massacre on his own. Others had already imagined it for him. When Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association, pointed a finger at video games and media violence during a news conference after the shootings, it was a calculated effort to distract attention from the gun industry and its powerful lobby. As former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly wrote in their USA Today op-ed announcing the launch of their gun-control superPAC, "We saw from the NRA leadership's defiant and unsympathetic response to the Newtown, Conn., massacre that winning even the most common-sense reforms will require a fight." But Mr. LaPierre was also half right. Glock and Bushmaster give troubled teens and young adults like Lanza the means to kill. But antisocial video games and a wider culture of militarism give them the script. What LaPierre neglected to say is that the arms industry, the video game industry, and the military are deeply entwined with one another and even, one could argue, allied in values. In many ways, their work together is eroding the distinction between virtual and real killing. During the Iraq War, Marines relaxed after conducting search and destroy missions by playing Call of Duty 4 and CounterStrike, fielding the same weapons and tactics. CIA agents and Air Force personnel today kill real people in distant countries using remotely piloted drones, on interfaces modeled on video games, while US soldiers hone tactical combat skills on video game simulators and use Xbox joysticks to control real machines in the battlefield. Meanwhile, the video game industry works closely with the military and gun manufacturers to ensure that their virtual weaponry, from the PM-63 submachine gun to the C-130 gunship, behaves just like the real thing. Some game companies have direct


Prompt: Italian politicians and the public are fuming over a “disgusting” satirical cartoon published by controversial French weekly Charlie Hebdo, which made fun of the victims of an earthquake that left nearly 300 people dead and obliterated entire towns. Charlie Hebdo, which made headlines in 2015 after a terrorist attack that followed the publication of a series of controversial Mohammad cartoons, has just released another controversial satire. #CharlieHebdo has proven once again how they don't have respect for anyone. This is not satire. pic.twitter.com/3zYbKHhdiU — Alef Lila Wa Lila (@_LaCherry_) September 2, 2016 The cartoon titled “Earthquake Italian Style” compared the

quake victims with typical dishes of the country. The caricature showed a man covered in blood standing with a sign over his head reading “penne in tomato sauce.” The poor fellow is depicted next to a badly injured woman survivor who is labeled “penne au gratin.” The icing on the satirical image shows people squashed in the rubble with feet sticking out between the floors of a collapsed building with the sign reading “Lasagna”. “These designs are disgusting,” said the Italian Minister of Justice Andrea Orlando, Le Figaro quoted. The minister added that by publishing the caricature the weekly “created a scandal” to “attract media attention.” #CharlieHebdo Mocking dead child refugees, religion or Italian victims of an earthquake isn't satire or freedom of speech. It's lazy hate. — Ramon Kaur (@RamonKaur) September 2, 2016 “All this is disgusting,” President Senate Pietro Grasso concurred, calling the respect for the freedom of satire an “irony”. The most outrage came from the mayor of a quake-devastated town of Amatrice, who declared “the town is gone” after the disaster. “How the f**k do you draw a cartoon about the dead!” Sergio Pirozzi said in response to the cartoon. “I’m sure this unpleasant and embarrassing satire does not reflect French sentiment.” He added that misfortunes and the dead do not deserve a satire, saying “we will show how the Italian people are a great people.” #CharlieHebdo cartoon comparing earthquake victims to Pasta has Italians up in arms, though many were unquestioningly #jesuischarlie in 2015 — Barbara Serra (@BarbaraGSerra) September 2, 2016 Following a similar reaction on social media, the French embassy in Rome said Friday that the Charlie Hebdo cartoon “does not absolutely represent the position of France.” Shaken Italy: Drone pics from quake-ravaged Amatrice Calling the suffering of Italian people from earthquake an “immense


Prompt: Ten Years on, New Estimates of the Economic Cost of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan This week marks the tenth anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq. What have the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost the United States to date? What additional bills will come due in the future? Economists and budget analysts have made many estimates since the early 2000s. Only one regularity has emerged from their work: Each new round of estimates is higher than those before. Last week the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University released a new set of estimates. The numbers

are summarized on the web site of the institute’s Cost of War project and detailed in a paper by Professor Neta C. Crawford. The institute’s estimate of the total cost of the two wars now comes to just under $4 trillion. It wasn’t supposed to cost so much The wars were not supposed to cost so much. As the administration of President George W. Bush was building a case for the Iraq war in 2002, with some 5,000 American troops already deployed in Afghanistan, the question of cost naturally came up. In September of that year, Lawrence B. Lindsey, then Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, estimated that a new Iraq war would cost $100 billion, maybe $200 billion at a maximum. With a midterm election on the horizon, the White House viewed that estimate as shockingly high. The President quickly dismissed Lindsey. Many observers saw his war cost estimate as a major reason. Later that year, Mitchel E. Daniels Jr., then head of the Office of Management and Budget, told the New York Times that $50 to $60 billion would be a more realistic figure, the same or a bit less than the cost of the 1991 Gulf War. As it turned out, the cost of the Iraq war came to $770 billion over the next twelve years, measured by Defense Department appropriations alone. DoD appropriations for Afghanistan added another $609 billion, pushing the cost of the two wars to well over a trillion, or $1,379 billion to be exact. The following chart, which gives the year-by-year tally, makes Lindsey’s estimates, let alone Daniels’s, look preposterously optimistic. Getting to Four Trillion $1,379 billion is a lot of money, but it still isn’t $4 trillion. How do we get from the total DoD appropriations to the larger cost


Prompt: How to choose the right IT Ops certs to stay competitive Mention certifications in the IT world and you find three camps. There are those who are all for them, which generally includes those who create, administer, and grant certified status. There are many who say that certification is a fool's game because it rests on rote memorization and doesn't really prove ability. And then there those who don't care about the debate—they just want to remain employable. This article is for you. As the computing world shifts and moves ever faster toward greater virtualization, cloud computing, and software-defined everything,

you need new skills and knowledge to stay ahead and remain competitive. So here's an overview of infrastructure-related certifications and the specific areas that you should consider. The State of Analytics in IT Operations GET WHITE PAPER Certification pros and cons Not everyone likes the idea of certification. Many say certifications show that someone passed a series of tests, not that he or she is good at actually doing the work of an IT infrastructure professional. The post-nominal letters literally spelling out a certification also don't address someone's work ethic, compatibility with a given corporate culture, inventiveness, or other characteristics that are critical in hiring. It's a good point. Memorizing all the possible settings for a piece of hardware or software may save some time but fails to determine whether someone would be a good infrastructure employee. Among the arguments for gaining certifications, the biggest is the HR department angle. The dynamics of hiring employees are difficult at many companies. Hiring managers tell HR professionals the characteristics they want in candidates for a given position. The HR staff looks for all the specific requirements the hiring managers mentioned, including certifications, for two reasons. One reason is that no one in corporate America wants to be caught making a blatant mistake. If HR focuses on what the manager wanted, their actions are safe. Another reason is the ability to reject candidates. This isn't a game or hard-heartedness so much as an action of self-preservation. An ad could bring in hundreds of résumés, and someone has to go through them. If they make certifications a requirement, then they can eliminate anyone who doesn't meet the profile. Of course, there will be some highly experienced people who could perform the job without having the certification, but the HR staff won't have the expertise


Prompt: A Secret Service agent holds the door for U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on his way to a campaign rally in Pittsburgh on Monday. ((Jason Reed/Reuters)) Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing rampage, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday. In all, the two men whom officials described as neo-Nazi "skinheads" planned to kill 88 people, including 14 by beheading, according to documents unsealed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.

The rampage, which initially targeted an unidentified predominantly African-American school, was to end with the two men driving toward Obama, "shooting at him from the windows," the court documents show. "Both individuals stated they would dress in all-white tuxedos and wear top hats during the assassination attempt," the court complaint states. "Both individuals further stated they knew they would, and were willing to, die during this attempt." An Obama spokeswoman travelling with the senator in Pennsylvania had no immediate comment. Arrested in Tennessee Sheriffs' deputies in Crockett County, Tenn., arrested the two suspects — Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark. — Oct. 22 on unspecified charges. "Once we arrested the defendants and suspected they had violated federal law, we immediately contacted federal authorities," said Crockett County Sheriff Troy Klyce. The two were charged by federal authorities Monday with possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer and threatening a candidate for president. In this undated photo obtained from a MySpace webpage, Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., is shown holding a weapon. Cowart and Paul Schlesselman 18, of West Helena, Ark., are being held without bond. ((Associated Press)) Cowart and Schlesselman are being held without bond. Agents seized a rifle, a sawed-off shotgun and three pistols from the men when they were arrested. Authorities alleged the two men were preparing to break into a gun shop to steal more. Jasper Taylor, city attorney in Bells, said Cowart was arrested Wednesday. He was held for a few days in Bells, then moved over the weekend to another facility. "It was kept under lid until today," Taylor said. Until his arrest, Cowart lived with his grandparents in a southern, rural part of the county, Taylor said, adding that


Prompt: Photo: Micah TaylorElly Blue is on a monthlong Dinner & Bikes tour around the western U.S., along with Portland bike filmmaker Joe Biel and traveling vegan chef Joshua Ploeg. This is one of her thrice-weekly dispatches from the road about bicycle culture and economy. Read them all here. Minneapolis, Minn.: “Portland is just an avenue in Minneapolis” — or so says the sticker on the rear rack of the bike I brought with me on our Dinner & Bikes tour. The words are attributed to R.T. Rybak, mayor of Minneapolis, upon learning in 2010 that his city had stolen the

crown of most bike friendly city in America from my hometown, Portland. There is, in fact, a Portland Ave. in Minneapolis — and it even has a bike lane, albeit an awkward one. (Among other things, it’s on the left side of the street.) But I never understood the City of Lake’s appeal to cyclists. Finally, this trip, I discovered what I’d been missing. Laura Kling, the organizer of our Dinner & Bikes event here, showed me around. She runs the Grease Rag Ride & Wrench, a WTF (Women Trans Femme) night at a local bike project, and who calls herself “a radical transportation nerd.” I met Kling at a sort of freeway interchange of bike paths — the first indication that this city takes cycling seriously. We swooped down to the first trail, which runs below ground level in what used to be the city’s rail system. Our first stop, a short way down the path, required a double-take — a bunch of cafe tables and bike racks, most in use, arranged next to the path, below street level and some distance from the nearest auto access. They belonged to a bike shop that was doing bustling business on a Sunday afternoon and, next door, a coffee shop. Minneapolis’s Greenway bike trail system was begun in the 1990s, I was told, but has been getting a makeover and an upgrade in the last several years. Here’s a quick flick just released by StreetFilms: I’ve never been the biggest fan of riding on bike paths, especially ones shared with people walking, but Minneapolis is doing better than most with designing these trails: Most of the paths we rode were marked with lanes for bike travel in two directions, with a separate path for walking. It’s a bold standard, but the


Prompt: There were some significant changes to Tesla’s Autopilot leadership today. Earlier this year, Tesla’s head of computer vision, David Nistér, left to make high-definition maps at Nvidia after Tesla hired the creator of the Swift programming language, Chris Lattner, from Apple to lead the Autopilot software team. Just 6 months later, Lattner is no longer with Tesla and his responsibilities have been divided between Jim Keller, who was already the head of the Autopilot’s hardware team, and a new hire. The new hire is Andrej Karpathy, the new head of AI and Autopilot Vision – first reported by Techcrunch. The

scientist, who most recently was a research scientist at Elon Musk’s OpenAI, is being described as “one of the world’s leading experts in computer vision and deep learning. It’s not new for Musk to move high-level employees between his companies and it even happened with the Autopilot team before, like when Robert Rose, a former software director at SpaceX, ended up briefly leading the Autopilot team before the launch of version 7.0. Tesla sent us the following statement about Karpathy: “Andrej Karpathy, one of the world’s leading experts in computer vision and deep learning, is joining Tesla as Director of AI and Autopilot Vision, reporting directly to Elon Musk. Andrej has worked to give computers vision through his work on ImageNet, as well as imagination through the development of generative models, and the ability to navigate the internet with reinforcement learning. He was most recently a Research Scientist at OpenAI. Andrej completed his computer vision PhD at Stanford University, where he demonstrated the ability to derive complex descriptions of images using a deep neural net. For example, identifying not simply that there is a cat in a given picture, but that it is an orange, spotted cat, riding on a skateboard with red wheels on brown hardwood flooring (http://cs.stanford.edu/people/karpathy/main.pdf). He also created and taught “Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition,” the first and still leading deep learning course at Stanford.” You know it’s a good hire when even the competition agrees: And hires like this are why the other car companies don't have a chance. https://t.co/4UqEWs8ISK — comma ai (@comma_ai) June 21, 2017 The company also commented on Lattner’s departure. A spokesperson sent us the following statement: “Chris just wasn’t the right fit for Tesla, and we’ve decided to make a change. We wish him the best.” We have reached


Prompt: Christopher Perez, 23, of the 4800 block of West Fletcher Street, has been charged with a home invasion early Saturday that targeted a couple ages 84 and 81, police said Monday. View Full Caption Chicago Police CHICAGO — A 23-year-old man has been charged with a home invasion early Saturday that targeted a couple ages 84 and 81, police said Monday. At 9:30 a.m. Saturday, police officers in the 4700 block of West Barry Avenue saw Christopher Perez, 23, "acting suspiciously," police said. Perez ducked behind a car and tossed a black object on the ground, which the officers later

discovered to be a pouch full of jewelry, police said. RELATED: 'Punk Cowards' Attacking Elderly Residents In String Of NW Side Burglaries Believing the jewelry to be stolen, the officers started to arrest Perez, of the 4800 block of West Fletcher Street, but he resisted. The jewelry later was confirmed to be from a home invasion earlier that day in the 5800 block of West Wellington Avenue, and Perez was identified as the man who broke into the home, police said. He was charged with two counts of home invasion with a dangerous weapon, one count of resisting arrest and one count of theft. He also was wanted for a parole violation, police said. He was scheduled to appear in bond court Monday. Records from the Illinois Department of Corrections show Perez was released from prison in May 2016. He had been sentenced to 5½ years in prison for a 2014 case for burglary and possession of stolen guns. He previously was sentenced to 3 years in prison for a 2011 robbery case. On Saturday, Supt. Eddie Johnson said police believed three of the four recent home invasions on the Northwest Side were related, though police had no further information Monday on whether Perez was a suspect in any of the other crimes. On Thursday night, an elderly couple was attacked and robbed in their Portage Park home. On May 19, a 78-year-old woman was badly beaten and robbed by a man while she cleaned her Irving Park home. Another attack occurred Tuesday night in the 4800 block of West Nelson Street, police said. In the Wellington Avenue home invasion, a man climbed into the couple's home through a back window at 1:19 a.m. He walked up to the 84-year-old man in the living room and said he had a


Prompt: Advertisement Advertisement Over the last two months, GOP Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has been forced to deal with various allegations against him and his campaign. With less than three months until the Republican National Convention, a new conspiracy has been released, this time against his father. Conspiracy Cruz Last month, the National Enquirer broke a story claiming that Cruz allegedly had affairs with at least five separate women, including former campaign staffers. Cruz quickly denied the allegations, which quickly faded away over the next week. Now a new claim has been released, this time targeting Cruz's father, Rafael Cruz, allegedly

linking him to the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, as reported by The American Intelligence Report on April 17. Advertisement WAS CRUZ’S FATHER LINKED TO THE JFK ASSASSINATION? https://t.co/acN2jQQm14 pic.twitter.com/FFwwZLuTzy — Kristan T. Harris (@KristanTHarris) April 17, 2016 The site notes that Rafael Cruz Sr. was in New Orleans and Dallas shortly before Kennedy was assassination on November 22, 1963. The elder Cruz married his first wife, Julia Ann Gara, following his graduation from the University of Texas in 1959. The couple moved from Dallas to New Orleans three years later in 1962. The claims of a conspiracy are based on a photo of alleged Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald standing with a man that the site claims is Cruz. The American Intelligence Report, via the Wayne Madsen Report, claims that Oswald hired Cubans to help distribute "Hands off Cuba" propaganda in New Orleans during the summer of 1963. In a photo released by the site, Oswald can be seen standing next to a man who looks similar to Cruz. Advertisement Top Videos of the Day Going even further, the report states that a "source" confirmed that it was Rafael Cruz in the photograph, and that "there is a strong reason to believe that Cruz was associated with Central Intelligence Agency’s anti-Castro operations." Conspiracy debunked There have been hundreds of conspiracy theories about the murder of President Kennedy, with some having legitimate claims to contradict the findings of the Warren Commission. However, while some theories deserve investigation, others have been proven false, or to be downright silly. Snopes: Was Ted Cruz's Father Linked to the JFK Assassination?: Disreputable web site posits a link between Te... https://t.co/qEIuNjPEl2 — Skeptic Network (@SkepNet) April 17, 2016 Just hours after the report of Cruz being linked to Oswald and the JFK assassination,


Prompt: Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism A one-sentence description of Gnosticism: a religion that differentiates the evil god of this world (who is identified with the god of the Old Testament) from a higher more abstract God revealed by Jesus Christ, a religion that regards this world as the creation of a series of evil archons/powers who wish to keep the human soul trapped in an evil physical body, a religion that preaches a hidden wisdom or knowledge only to a select group as necessary for salvation or escape from this world. The term "gnostic" derives

from "gnosis," which means "knowledge" in Greek. The Gnostics believed that they were privy to a secret knowledge about the divine, hence the name. (Huxley coined "agnosticism" on the basis that all knowledge must be based on reason. We cannot rationally claim to have access to knowledge that is beyond the powers of the intellect.) There are numerous references to the Gnostics in second century proto-orthodox literature. Most of what we know about them is from the polemic thrown at them by the early Church Fathers. They are alluded to in the Bible in the pastorals (spurious Paulines of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus), for example 1 Tm 1:4 and 1 Tm 6:20, and possibly the entirety of Jude. Ignatius of Antioch writes against them as well as Docetism, a doctrine closely related to Gnosticism that stated that Christ was pure spirit and had only a phantom body. Second Clement is a document aimed at refuting early second century Gnosticism. Marcion was the most famous of the Gnostics, and he established a "canon" of the Pauline epistles (minus the pastorals) and a "mutilated" Luke (presumably considered so because it lacked proof-texts such as Lk 22:43-44). Justin Martyr mentioned him c. 150 CE, and Irenaeus and Tertullian wrote against him extensively in the late second century (in Against Heresy and Against Marcion, respectively). Besides Marcion, other important Gnostics were Basilides and Valentinus. Some Gnostic documents are the Gospel of Truth, the Letter to Rheginus, Treatise on the Three Natures, Apocalypse of Adam, the Gospel of Matthias, Gospel of Philip, Acts of Peter, and Acts of Thomas. Although the Gnostics were prolific writers, most of their works have been burnt or lost in favor of proto-orthodox writings (and known only through patristic references). Some scholars have theorized that Gnosticism has its


Prompt: ?GoBots are the Rodney Dangerfields of ’80s toys: they get no respect… and they’re completely dead and never coming back. They’ve never been able to escape the reputation of being low-rent Transformers knockoffs, despite hitting U.S. toy shelves first and being a popular line that outlasted many other ’80s toylines. Nerdy historians have debated exactly why GoBots sucked for years. Some think it was because the Hanna-Barbera Challenge of the GoBots cartoon was apparently written for particularly slow 4-year-olds. Others think it was because the toys provided almost no information about the characters kids were buying, so kids never got

as emotionally attached as they did to their Optimus Prime. It might even be that some GoBots were so simple that they transformed by just folding in half. But, whatever the exact reason was for their suckage, GoBots don’t have a tenth of the nostalgic appeal of Transformers and we certainly aren’t going to see them on the big screen peeing on John Turturro any time soon. But that doesn’t mean they weren’t sometimes occasionally interesting. Here are the eight instances of them being interesting we could find. 8) They’re Not Actually Robots ?While you’d assume that GoBots are actually robots by the fact that their slogan “Mighty Robots, Mighty Vehicles,” it turns out GoBots are actually part meatbag. Yep, the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon established that they were originally organic aliens identical to humans, but after an asteroid collided with Gobotron, they were forced to put their brains into robot bodies (why they put them in bodies that transformed into limousines and dune buggies is anyone’s guess). The cartoon even introduced two GoBots who had been put into cryogenic suspension before falling prey to the disease who still had most of their fleshy bits. So, it should be “Mighty Cyborgs, Mighty Vehicles”… although the “mighty” part is up for debate. 7) The Cartoon Was Written by Putzie from Grease ?Like all ’80s shows, there were a bunch of freelance writers that contributed to the simplistic mess that was Challenge of the GoBots, but 22 episodes were written by Kelly Ward, who is best (or only) known for playing the blonde T-Bird in the movie Grease. Ward was also associate story editor for the series, as well as the voice of Fitor (above). He stopped acting after the movie Rock Lords: War of the Rock Lords (can you ever


Prompt: There’s something about secrecy and superheroes — even when it’s a local father and son caped crusader duo and their photo has gone viral after a recent Reddit posting. They don’t want to be identified. Not only would it interfere with ongoing caped crusading, but it would hurt the privacy of the superheroes’ respective wife and mom and the baby sister in the family. The latter also is occasionally seen draped with her own wee cape, courtesy of her 3-year-old big brother. The father and son caped-crusaders also wear matching Star Wars shirts and superhero underwear. ( Supplied ) Tiny

capes, made from washcloths, have even been known to appear on shampoo bottles in the family bathtub, courtesy of the smallest superhero in the Toronto family whose name starts with an “F,” as emblazoned on the back of his cape. Her son “adores superheroes and capes’’ and puts capes “on everything,’’ says his mom, an amateur photographer who took the photo of him and his dad at a local hardware store, while walking behind, holding the baby. She thought the photo was cute and posted it on Reddit. Article Continued Below “I was just looking to provide a few people with a laugh. Then we went tobogganing and to a friend’s house for dinner. When I came home I checked my computer and saw that there were thousands of hits and comments.’’ A number of media outlets have also reported on the photo and its popularity. Because her son likes to play superhero with his pals, as well as his dad, his mom also made a slew of small capes for friends, with their initials sewn on back. Since the baby was born last October and has kept mom busy, father and son have been spending a lot of time together. After his mom made him a cape for his third birthday, “F’’ asked where his dad’s cape was. So his mom whipped up an adult-sized one, which is worn at home and sometimes on outside excursions, like the one to the hardware store. Father and son also wear matching Star Wars shirts and superhero underwear. The superhero’s mom is happy about the photo “going viral because it seems to have provided so many people with a smile.’’ She’s decided to donate the now-famous photo to SickKids hospital to be used for charity purposes or wall decoration. In addition, friends


Prompt: Content originally published at iBankCoin.com The more pertinent question is, since when did Iran have a drone program? Ah, that dates back to 2011, when President Obama literally gave Iran U.S. drone technology, during the RQ 170 incident. I know, you think I'm making this up. Why would Obama do anything at all for the Persians, stemming from giving them drone technology to removing sanctions, to paying them billions for the release of US hostages? You'd have to ask him. But I do know this. Source: Wikipedia: On 12 December 2011, U.S. administration asked Iran to return the captured U.S.

drone.[27] The day before, on 11 December, General Salami stated that "no nation welcomes other countries' spy drones in its territory, and no one sends back the spying equipment and its information back to the country of origin."[28] On 13 December 2011, Defence Minister of Iran, dismissed the request and said "Instead of apologising to the Iranian nation, it is brazenly asking for the drone back." And the ministry spokesman, Mehmanparast, stated that "it seems he [Obama] has forgotten that Iran’s airspace was violated, spying operations were undertaken, international laws were violated and that Iran’s internal affairs were interfered with. ... Instead of an official apology and admitting to this violation, they are making this request."[29] Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney criticised Obama's decisions on the drone, saying that, after the aircraft went down, the president should have ordered an air strike within Iran: "The right response to that would have been to go in immediately after it had gone down and destroy it. You can do that from the air ... and, in effect, make it impossible for them to benefit from having captured that drone." Instead, "he asked nicely for them to return it, and they aren't going to".[30] On 17 January 2012, an Iranian company said it would send miniature, pink, toy versions of the captured drone to President Obama as a response to the request for sending the drone back. On 10 December 2011, Iran announced that it intended to carry out reverse engineering on the captured RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft.[6] In April 2012, the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution claimed to have succeeded in extracting the entirety of the data collected by the drone and are currently in the process of building a replica of the aircraft.[33] Iran claimed to have


Prompt: Authorities in Bahrain, which has been rocked by protests for two years, have voiced "dismay" over an assessment by the US State Department of the rights situation in the kingdom. "The report includes texts which are totally far from the truth, adopting a manner that fuels terror and terrorists targeting Bahrain's national security," state news agency BNA late on Wednesday quoted government spokeswoman Samira Rajab as saying. The strategic tiny kingdom of Bahrain, home to the US Fifth Fleet, has been hit since February 2011 by a wave of Shia-led protests calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa

bin Salman al-Khalifa in office since 1971. A US State Department report released on April 19 said that "the most serious human rights problems included citizens' inability to change their government peacefully; arrest and detention of protesters on vague charges, in some cases leading to their torture in detention." It criticised the "lack of due process in trials of political and human rights activists, medical personnel, teachers, and students, with some resulting in harsh sentences." The report claimed that "discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, nationality, and sect persisted, especially against the Shia population" which makes up a majority in Bahrain, ruled by the Sunni Al-Khalifa dynasty. Rajab "deplored the report for lacking objectivity, totally siding with the terrorists who seek to sow chaos in the whole region." Bahrain refers to protesters who clash frequently with police forces in Shia villages as "terrorists" it claims are backed by Shia-majority Iran. The kingdom "reiterated full commitment to comply with the human rights principles and standards in confronting terror which targets Bahrain and innocent civilians," said Rajab. The State Department report acknowledged that "some protesters engaged in lethal acts of violence against security forces, including the use of improvised explosive devices, Molotov cocktails, and other improvised weapons." Rajab in her statement "urged the US State Department to help countries protect their national security and back their stability, the way the US itself does in the war it is waging on global terror." UN torture investigator trip cancelled Meanwhile, the UN torture investigator said Bahrain had effectively cancelled a trip he had planned to the Gulf Arab state. Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, said in a statement it was the second time a scheduled visit had been postponed at short notice. His trip had been set for May 8-15.


Prompt: Get Ready For the Kickoff! Beyond the Sideline Football Announced Last week's Out of the Park Baseball 15 announcement wasn't all we had planned - Today, just in time for this Sunday's big game between the Seahawks and the Broncos, we're unveiling the latest addition to our excellent lineup of sports management games - Beyond the Sideline Football. BTS Football is being created by lead developer Francis Cole, who previously worked on Football Manager at Sports Interactive and joined Out of the Park Developments in October. He is a lifelong football fan and even created a football simulation as part

of his college studies. "I've known Francis since my days working at Sports Interactive," says OOTP Developments co-founder Markus Heinsohn. "He is a tremendously talented programmer who knows American football as well as anyone I've ever met and he has been working on his own football gaming projects for years. I am convinced that his skills, combined with our experience creating award-winning sports management games, will result in an amazing American football game which will bolster our product lineup for years to come." "Having known Markus from our time at Sports Interactive together, and playing OOTP every year since, I was delighted at the opportunity to bring my football game to OOTP Developments," says Beyond the Sideline lead developer Francis Cole. "Beyond the Sideline will be an amazing American football GM game, thanks to technology such as FaceGen, releasing on PC/Mac/Linux, and having an existing code base that enables players to easily customize their leagues." Beyond the Sideline Football will reach Beta in about a year, with a shipping date sometime in 2015. The game will offer these features: A realistic modern day American football experience with all current rules and regulations. All 32 real American football teams with their real players and current rosters. A realistic 2D game engine that represents all the action on the field, with the ability to call plays and watch them unfold, complete with the roar of the crowd and other sound effects. You dictate the action on the field: Set depth charts and develop strategies around your preferred style of play. FaceGen support allows realistic images of all players. A complete box score for every game played in the league during its history, so you can always look back on thrilling victories and agonizing defeats. The ability to sim decades into the future


Prompt: Things break down, whether due to accidents, negligence, or just plain wear and tear. Instead of shelling out for an expensive repair or replacement, though, you can often fix the problem yourself for much less. Here are 10 repairs you should never pay for. Image from Refat/Shutterstock 10. Bicycles Bicycles are quick to break down, especially if you don't treat them properly, but that doesn't mean you need to take it in for repairs every few months. Most of the fixes you can easily do yourself at home. Check out The Bicycle Tutor for instructions on how to perform pretty

much any fix you could ever need, and if you need a repair stand, you can always make one of those for yourself too. Advertisement 9. Headphones Advertisement It always seems inevitable that your headphone cords are going to start fraying, the 'buds will detach themselves, and you'll be stuck buying another pair. Instead of buying new 'phones, though, you can easily fix those stripped wires with a bit of Plasti Dip. Alternatively, if it's the actual connector that's causing problems, you can replace that yourself in a jiffy as well. And, in the future, make sure you wrap your headphones correctly instead of just waiting for the inevitable—we've featured a ton of different ways to do this, so there's no excuse to just let them get ruined! 8. Plumbing Advertisement There are certainly times where you want a licensed plumber on the job, but you don't need to call them for every little clog and leak you get. We've shown you how to unclog almost any drain, from the sink to the shower to the toilet. If you're feeling in the mood for a MacGyver trick, we've also mentioned how to fix your toilet with aluminum foil, use food coloring to diagnose a leak, use a stethoscope to locate a leak, and how to make your own homemade Drano without the harsh chemicals. How to Unclog a Drain There are few more annoying home repairs that demand your immediate attention like clogged drains.… Read more Read 7. Clothing Finding the perfect tailor is great for your nice suits and pants, but when it comes to the minor sewing projects, you shouldn't have to bother them—just fix them yourself at home. Learn the basics of sewing and you'll be ready to take on all sorts of DIY clothing projects—from sewing


Prompt: One of the most iconic symbols of American freedom and independence is the Liberty Bell. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the bell is currently housed in the Liberty Bell Center in Independence National Historical Park and remains a symbol of the nation in the modern era. Today, the 1 oz Liberty Bell Stackable Silver Round is available to purchase from JM Bullion. Coin Highlights: Ships to you in an individual plastic flip, mint tube of 20, or box of 500 rounds. Honors the Liberty Bell! Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver. Stackable design! Liberty Bell image on the obverse.

Privately minted in the United States. The Liberty Bell, a symbol of America, was actually commissioned by the British in 1752. In a biblical references to the Book of Leviticus, the bell was commissioned to feature lettering that read Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. When the bell first arrived in Philadelphia and was run for the very first time, it suffered a crack. Twice, the Liberty Bell was recast in Philadelphia by local workmen John Pass and John Stow, whose last names still appear on the bell today. The Liberty Bell was originally used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions in the city and alert citizens to meetings and proclamations. Each 1 oz Liberty Bell Silver Round available here today is a stackable product from SilverTowne. The rounds have alternating raised and lowered ridges along the outer rim which makes it possible to stack your Liberty Bell Stackable Silver Rounds with ease, ensuring a safe and secure stack. On the obverse of the 1 oz Liberty Bell Stackable Silver Round is the image of the Liberty Bell itself, which is rumored to have been rung when the Second Continental Congress announced a vote for American independence on July 4, 1776. In reality, the bell was likely rung to celebrate the call for independence on July 8, 1776 along with many other bells throughout the colonies to announce the American movement for independence. All 1 oz Liberty Bell Stackable Silver Rounds are a product of SilverTowne. A private minting facility located in Indiana, it is one of the largest and most well respected private facilities in the United States. The mint originally started business in 1949 as a coin dealer with a small location. Please dont hesitate to reach out to JM Bullion if you


Prompt: Joseph Erlanger (January 5, 1874 – December 5, 1965) was an American physiologist who is best known for his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Together with Herbert Spencer Gasser, he identified several varieties of nerve fiber and established the relationship between action potential velocity and fiber diameter. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for these achievements. Biography [ edit ] Erlanger was born on January 5, 1874, at San Francisco, California. His family was Jewish and his parents both immigrated from the Kingdom of Württemberg, Germany and met in California during the Gold

Rush. Joseph was the sixth of seven children born to the couple. He completed his Bachelor of science in Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1895. He then completed his M.D. in 1899 from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, where he finished second in his class. Upon graduating, Erlanger interned at Johns Hopkins Hospital under William Osler and worked in a physiology laboratory. Erlanger also gave lectures at the school on digestion and metabolism. Erlanger also had an interest in cardiology, specifically the way that excitation transferred from the atrium to the ventricle and researched with Arthur Hirschfelder. Erlanger developed and patented a new type of sphygmomanometer that could measure blood pressure from the brachial artery. While working at Johns Hopkins in 1901, Erlanger published a paper on the digestive systems of canines. This paper caught the attention of William Henry Howell, a physiology professor at Johns Hopkins. Howell recruited Erlanger as an Assistant Professor. Erlanger was promoted to Associate Professor some time before 1906. In 1906, Erlanger accepted a position as the first chair of physiology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In 1910, he left to take a position as professor at Washington University in St. Louis; the St. Louis position offered Erlanger more funding for his projects. Herbert Spencer Gasser, Erlanger's former student at Wisconsin, joined Erlanger's laboratory soon after the move. During World War I, the pair contributed to the research effort examining the effects of shock. As part of this work, Erlanger was able to produce heart block in an animal model by clamping the bundle of His and tightening it.[4] Together, they managed to amplify the action potential of a bullfrog sciatic nerve in 1922 and published the results in the American Journal of Physiology. It is


Prompt: 8:58 AM - 1st floor - I arrive to work. Hayley picked me up because I knew I'd be getting drunk today, and I would never get behind the wheel of a car while intoxicated. A boat, maybe. A plane, damn right. But a car? Please. I'm not a daredevil. 9:09 AM - 1st floor - I get a sausage biscuit from Starbucks. I'm not trying to start puking at 11 AM just because I drank on an empty stomach. Oh, and thanks for the $12 sausage biscuit, Starbucks. You Starfucks. 9:33 AM - 1st floor - I put 3

shots worth of Jameson into my coffee, because any coffee with two shots or less is regular coffee. I also don't want to get too drunk too quickly (this notion goes to shit). So far Elie is none the wiser, and my deliciously evil plan is budding beautifully. Drinks so far: 3 shots of whiskey 9:54 AM - 1st floor - I'm halfway done with my Irish coffee. I'm already feeling a bit frisky. O'blivious McUnobservant over here still has no idea what's going on, and he isn't even a tiny bit drunk. That's called a "lose-lose" scenario. 10:00 AM - 1st floor - I snap a selfie of Elie's butt (or lack thereof) and myself. Whether these photos end up for work or for pleasure...well, frankly, that's none of your business. But between you and me? Pleasure. 10:27 AM - 1st floor - My Irish coffee is really kickin' in now. I'm definitely not drunk, but I'm teetering on buzzed. I see a Pringles can, and my huge brain and I come up with an idea. It still has chips in it, but the flavor is Serrano Ham aka warm ocean poop. I empty the chips and slip my PBR into the canister, right before Elie shows up. Close call. 11:07 AM - 1st floor - Elie is one of those weirdos with a standing desk, conveniently set up right behind me. It worries me, and my reasoning is twofold: 1) I don't like him lurking behind me, it makes me feel uncomfortable, and we all know that he's probably staring at my ass. Perv. Well, I guess we're even; 2) he can turn around at any time and watch what I'm doing and I would never know. Thankfully I had Pete, the wise Sancho Panza to my moronic


Prompt: Lounès Matoub (Kabyle: Lwennas Meɛṭub; Berber languages: ⵍⵡⴻⵏⵏⴰⵙ ⵎⴻⵄⵜⵓⴱ or ⵎⵄⵟⵓⴱ ⵍⵓⵏⵉⵙ; Arabic: معطوب لونّاس (January 24, 1956 – June 25, 1998)) was a famous Algerian Berber singer, poet, thinker and mandole player who was a prominent advocate of the Berber cause, human rights and secularism in Algeria throughout his life. Matoub was reviled by most of the Muslim population in Algeria for his Laïc political and atheist views and the alleged blasphemy of some songs (like Allahu Akbar) along with his militant advocacy of Berber rights,[1] so he was unpopular among both warring parties during the Algerian Civil War.

His assassination, in circumstances which remain unclear, provoked violent riots in Kabylie. Berber Algerians still accuse the Algerian government of killing Matoub Lounès, but some of the Algerian government's figures accused the Islamist terrorists of this crime. Early life [ edit ] Lounes Matoub was born on 24 January 1956 in the village of Taourirt Moussa in Algerian Kabylie. When he turned 9, he built his first guitar from an empty car oil can and composed his first songs as a teenager. His political and cultural identity was awakened by armed confrontations between Kabyles and government forces in 1963–1964. In 1968, the Algerian government introduced a policy of Arabization in the education system. Matoub reacted by skipping school; his memoirs recall: "We had to give up Berber and reject French. I said no! I played hooky in all my Arabic classes. Every class that I missed was an act of resistance, a slice of liberty conquered. My rejection was voluntary and purposeful."[2] By 1975, he had abandoned formal education. He left for France in search of work. Musical career [ edit ] Lounès Matoub with his Algerian mandole in 1975. He was an Algerian singer of Kabyle music. Matoub began his singing career under the patronage of the established singer Idir. He recorded his first album Ay Izem (The Lion) in 1978; it was a phenomenal success. He went on to record 36 albums, as well as writing songs for other artists. He gave his first major concert in April 1980, at the time of the "Berber Spring" protest movement in Kabylie. His music mixes Algerian Andalucian Chaabi orchestration with politicized Berber (Tamazight) lyrics, and covers a broad variety of topics including the Berber cause, democracy, freedom, religion, Islamism, love, exile, memory, history, peace and human rights. Unlike the Amazigh


Prompt: The Pac-12 has announced its first- and second-team all-conference squads and postseason awards for 2013. Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year Ka'Deem Carey was the only unanimous first-team pick. Mark J. Rebilas/USA TODAY Sports Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey has been named the league's offensive player of the year. Arizona State defensive lineman Will Sutton joins an elite fraternity, earning his second straight Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year award. Washington's Steve Emtman is the only other player to win the league's defensive player of the year award in back to back years (1990-1991). UCLA's Myles Jack earned freshman

of the year for both offense and defense with his 70 tackles as a linebacker and seven touchdowns as a running back. This is the first time since the awards were introduced in 2008 that the same player has won both sides. Arizona State coach Todd Graham is the league's coach of the year for guiding the Sun Devils to a conference record of 8-1 and winning the South Division. The Sun Devils host Stanford this weekend in the Pac-12 championship game. The team is selected by the Pac-12 head coaches. Offensive player of the year: Ka'Deem Carey, RB, Arizona Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year: Will Sutton, DE Arizona State Freshman Offense and Defensive Player of the Year: Myles Jack, RB/LB, UCLA Coach of the Year: Todd Graham, Arizona State First team offense QB Marcus Mariota, So., Oregon (2) RB Ka'Deem Carey, Jr., Arizona (2) RB Bishop Sankey, Jr., Washington WR Brandin Cooks, Jr., Oregon State WR Paul Richardson, Jr., Colorado TE Chris Coyle, Grad., Arizona State OL Evan Finkenberg, Grad., Arizona State OL Hroniss Grasu, Jr., Oregon (2) OL Marcus Martin, Jr., USC OL Xavier Su'a-Filo, Jr., UCLA (2) OL David Yankey, Sr, Stanford (2) First team defense DL Ben Gardner, Sr., Stanford DL Trevor Reilly, Sr., Utah DL Will Sutton, Sr., Arizona State DL Leonard Williams, So., USC LB Anthony Barr, Sr., UCLA (2) LB Trent Murphy, Sr., Stanford (2) LB Shayne Skov, Sr., Stanford DB Deone Bucannon, Sr., Washington State DB Alden Darby, Sr., Arizona State DB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, Jr., Oregon DB Robert Nelson, Sr., Arizona State DB Ed Reynolds, Sr., Stanford (2) First team specialists PK Zane Gonzalez, Fr., Arizona State P Tom Hackett, So. Utah RS Ty Montgomery, Jr., Stanford ST Soma Vainuku, So. USC Second team offense QB Taylor Kelly, Jr., Arizona


Prompt: New York Comic Con is less than a week away, baby! As a professional at surviving the incredible alternate universe that is comic con, I will be your guide to make the most of this years’ experience. I will help you get the cheapest merchandise, the most free goodies and have Galactus-sized fun! 9 Things You Need To Know for NY COMIC CON Buy Sunday Dealers will sell their comics and comics merchandise much cheaper on Sunday to get rid of their stock. When the comic con is winding down, they do not want to carry boxes and boxes of

merchandise back home. They want to make as much money as they can at the last second (much of their merchandise is back stock anyway, especially the graphic novels). The first few days they charge top dollar, the last day it is “Everything must go!” Walk around the convention floor during the last hour and you’ll find goods that are 75 to “90% off!” Only buy your must-have books the first few days, otherwise, wait ‘til Sunday. I have missed out on books in the past because they sold the days prior, but normally I leave with five hundred dollars’ worth of books for a hundred or less. Negotiate Prices The entire convention you can try to haggle prices with the dealers (not the major comic company’s exclusives, just dealers). Unless you have your eye on key issues, which they probably want to either sell for top dollar or bring home with them, then you can try to get a better price. I recommend bringing cash because the second dealers see a bunch of 20 dollar bills or higher they are less likely to refuse lower offers. Make Sure You Meet Stan Lee Sure, meeting Stan Lee costs a crap load of money (around $100 – $200), but the dude is 90 years old and will not be around forever. Stan Lee has historically been an insane workaholic who appears at most major cons, but he has been cutting down his convention appearances, lately. Purchase a photo op with Lee, it is so worth it. In the minute you are with him, he will say some life changing statement to you that you will remember for the rest of your life. My awesomely amazing story: Two years ago, Stan Lee asked me how I was doing. I said wonderful. He


Prompt: He is now one of five active coaches in the ACC and one of 15 active coaches in DI to accomplish the feat. RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State baseball head coach Elliott Avent recorded his 1,000th career win against North Carolina Central Tuesday evening, as the Wolfpack hit a season-high four home runs en route to a 13-0 win at Doak Field at Dail Park. Now in his 28th season as a head coach and 21st at NC State, Avent reaches the milestone to become one of five active coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and one of 15

active coaches among NCAA Division I to accomplish the feat. "Well, it feels good to win," said Avent. "It was a rough weekend in Boston and it was good to play good tonight. Coach Hart had a talk with the hitters today and I thought they responded tremendously. "It takes a lot of good players to get 1,000 wins. When I look back on it, I think about Billy Best coaching with me my first five years here and all the things he did and what a great person he is. I think about Chris Combs, Tom Sergio, and all the players that came through here. I also think about Chris Hart, he's been with me for thirteen years and he's been unbelievable and loyal, and he works harder than anybody I know. It just makes me feel good and proud when I think about all the people that I've worked with all these years." NC State Highlights NC State jumped out to an early lead in the contest, scoring at least one run in four of the first five innings. Joe Dunand hit a sacrifice fly to center field to plate the first run of the game in the bottom of the first and the Wolfpack extended the lead with four runs in the second. Evan Mendoza hit an RBI double to right center and later scored on a wild pitch. After a fielding error on NCCU and a hit-by-pitch, Brad Debo tripled to deep right field to drive in two runs and he scored on a passed ball to make it 5-0. The Wolfpack hit three home runs in the bottom of the fourth to pull away from the Eagles. Josh McLain smacked the first of the inning on an 0-2 pitch over the left field wall. After


Prompt: DIY Audio Home The "NuHybrid" Headphone Amp - Hybrid headphone amp using the Korg Nutube (Note most photos are hyperlinked to full resolution photos). I've made some updates to the Mouser BOM due to a few items being out of stock for an extended period. The power switch, and two electrolytic capacitors, have been swapped for parts that are compatible and in stock (at least as of today). This is a hybrid headphone amplifier that uses the Korg Nutube 6P1. It's based somewhat on the original "Millett hybrid" design that I published way back in 2002. Like the original, this

one can be built as an open PCB, mounted into a plastic base, with the parts (and glowing Nutube) exposed for all to see. Of course, you could also package it in a normal case if you wanted to. Also like the original, it uses a low-voltage tube stage to do the voltage amplification, and solid-state circuitry (this time an OPA551 opamp connected as a follower) to drive the current into the headphones. The tube used here is the new Korg Nutube 6P1. The Nutube is a dual, very low power, directly-heated triode tube. It is built using a process originally used for Vacuum Fluorescent Displays (VFDs) - that is why you can see a bluish-white glow when the tube is powered up. I've been working with the folks at Korg in Japan for a while with this part, and use it in the Apex Sangaku headphone amplifier. I also arranged with Korg to distribute the 6P1 to DIYers and small OEMs. To that end I created www.nutube.us. You can find additional info on the 65P1 there, including the full datasheet. The entire thing, including power supply, knob, etc. will cost you about $116. I am basically giving away the PCB for free with a Nutube in order to try and generate some interest in it. Like the DIY Butte headphone amp, I want this to be a very easy project for somebody who has little electronics experience. To make it as easy as possible, I put together a comprehensive instruction manual, as well as a BOM (parts list) on Mouser's website, so it makes ordering the parts simple. More on that a bit further down the page... The Circuit (Download a full size schematic in PDF form) The input signal comes from RCA jacks, through a volume control pot,


Prompt: Hey! Listen! This post is part of a series on the Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite. Check them all out! Introduction As you know, I love my Ubiquiti EdgeRouter Lite. Since I bought it, I’ve been wanting to purchase one of the UniFi wireless APs ever since I saw the Ars Technica review of them. I ended up picking up the UniFi AC Pro on a Black Friday deal on Jet.com. The UniFi AP itself does not have a web interface (however, you can SSH to it). To manage the APs, you need to use the UniFi controller software. The software is

only needed for the initial setup, and can then be turned off afterwards (which means you can do the setup on your laptop, then disable the software after the initial setup). However, if you want to enable statistic gathering or guest portal, the controller software needs to be running at all times. The controller software is available for Windows, Mac, Linux, which means it’s perfect to run on a small Linux server (like a Raspberry Pi 3). Controller setup Installation I’m going to assume you’re running this on a Raspberry Pi 3, running Raspbian. However, any Debian-based distribution should follow the same instructions. First, we need to add the repository to apt. echo "deb http://www.ubnt.com/downloads/unifi/debian stable ubiquiti" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/100-ubnt.list Note – You can also specify the version of UniFi to use, as this commenter did, since the stable repository is still on v4. Thanks for submitting this! Then, add the GPG key. sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv C0A52C50 Next, update your repositories and install Unifi. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unifi Now, start Unifi. sudo systemctl enable unifi sudo systemctl start unifi Finally, we need to disable MongoDB, since UniFi will run its own instance. sudo systemctl stop mongodb sudo systemctl disable mongodb Package hold If you read around r/Ubiquiti and the UniFi forums, you’ll learn that the controller releases (and AP firmware) can be hit-or-miss. Because we’ve added the UniFi repository, every time we do a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade , we might update the UniFi controller software, even if we don’t want it updated. To get around this, we’ll hold back the unifi package from being updated automatically. sudo apt-mark hold unifi To verify it is held back, use dpkg. sudo dpkg -l | grep ^h Here, you can see