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Introducing the newest member of our family, the YouTube Kids app Like most parents, I love helping my kids learn more about something they're interested in. For example, right now, I spend a lot of time on YouTube with my 3-year-old son, who loves watching videos of car washes, Super Simple Songs, and about the universe. We're not the only ones: Families worldwide are watching millions of videos on YouTube. And lately, those of us at YouTube have been working on a new way for our kids—and yours—to discover and explore videos on every topic in, well, the universe. Today, we're introducing the YouTube Kids app, the first Google product built from the ground up with little ones in mind.
Blendspace - Create lessons with digital content in 5 minutes Make mobile learning awesome! Student creation Share materials Free! Get our new app! The Tools to Flip Your Classroom Collection by Jake Duncan edshelf Tools to Flip Your Classroom Curated by Jake Duncan Share: 19 followers 9 Word Cloud Generators That Aren't Wordle The use of word clouds in the classroom is a powerful way to really get through to visual learners. The details about the following nine word cloud generators will give you a fair idea how, as an educator, you can get the best out of them. A quick note: Wordle is quite easily the most popular word cloud generator out there.
Find free images online! Images are an important part of the creative side of any educators's work. We need to make use of quality image sources that are good, free, and easy to search through. The trick is to know what sources to recommend to students. It's not just about copyright – its about being practical, and showing students the wonderful world of possibilities beyond Google images or taking anything they find that is not actually in the public domain – a vital point as more students and teachers move into online environments of blogs, wikis and more.
Flipped-Learning Toolkit: Let's Talk Tech Editor's Note:This post was co-authored by Aaron Sams, Managing Director of FlippedClass.com and founding member of the Flipped Learning Network. The greatest benefit of flipped learning is the restructuring of class time, which is more of a pedagogical solution than a technological solution. However, the in-class benefit is dependent upon the utilization of technology tools. So what technologies are necessary in a flipped classroom? Content Creation Tools
Nineteen Ways for Students to Prepare for Flipped Classrooms – Flipped Learning Simplified In a flipped classroom, students typically interact with a short micro-video (flipped video) before class and then class time is transformed into an active place of engagement and learning. Some teachers think that students take to flipped learning quickly. However, since many students have been trained in how to learn passively, they need to have explicit instructions on how to learn differently in a flipped classroom. Camtasia Reviews edshelf Page not found. If you think this is a mistake let us know. Were you looking for a tool? Try a search: Memorado The origins of brain training For decades scientists from all over the world have investigated how our brain functions and how specific training programs could foster the strength of our brain. The earliest research on Brain Gym was conducted by Paul Dennison who was a school teacher in Los Angeles in the 1960s. He found that his students became better at skills like reading and coordination after regularly working out their brain. As a result he formed a new philosophy called "Educational Kinesiology". He then turned it into a holistic training program under the name "Brain Gym" and published several books about the topic.
7 Sites for Free (and Beautiful!) Stock Photos By now, many of us in the presentation business have heard the mantra, "visual is viral." But just how seriously should we be taking it? Pretty seriously, it turns out. The proof is in the numbers. Content with relevant images gets 94% more views than content without (images used in SlideShare decks from 2013 to 2014 increased by a whopping 53%, according to CMO.com). And infographics on SlideShare get liked 5x more than presentations. Perch Side Security Stand for iPad 4, iPad 3 and iPad 2 - M Type A Secure and Interactive Kiosk for Seated Users Your secure interactive iPad kiosk for seated users is here: the Perch Side Security Stand. Your purchase comes with two products: the Perch Side Stand, and the iPad Holder with Security Lock for iPad 4, iPad 3 and iPad 2 . Together, they make a great way to publicly display your iPad in classroom and business settings without worrying about the security of your device. The Perch Side Stand is our medium stand, and is designed specifically for seated users. Students, co-workers, visitors and clients can enjoy hands-free operation of the iPad, from interactive learning apps to ordering drinks.
Crossword puzzle maker The Crossword puzzle maker is used to make simple crossword puzzles. It turns out that good crossword puzzles of the type found in newspapers are fairly hard to generate, and require a pool of lots of words, not all of which are used. This program puts all of the words you specify (no more, no less) into a simple crossword puzzle. 8 Crucial Resources For Flipped Classrooms YouTube This might be the most popular tool teachers have used for flipped instruction. I thought about why and came up with a few reasons. You don't have to establish a class list to allow for student discussion.
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A lot of people will tell you to spray the weeds off before planting a hawthorn hedge.
Don't bother. Use woven polypropylene weed prevention fabric instead. Cut the undergrowth short, put the fabric down where you want to plant the hedge and weigh it down with stones. If you want to be really tidy, push a strip about 2" (5cms) wide of the fabric into the soil with a spade down each edge and at both ends (there is a good film on how to plant a native hedge on our site).
You slit the fabric where you want your hawthorn plants and plant as normal. No weedkillers, no regrowth. And no need to water as it acts as a mulch as well. Over the 2-3 years it takes your hedge to establish this is an amazing labour saver and will cost you less than the weedkiller bill over the same time.
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With so many flavours of Brexit currently on the political table, it is often tempting to avoid political engagement at all costs. Long days spent in the library and long nights spent on Cowgate have made many students apathetic and fostered a sense that, at least for now, Brexit is a somehow distant reality. While there have also been some students on campus who have recently been campaigning, especially during the countdown to 29 March, for many Brexit poses no threat. For students from EU countries, however, Brexit has caused an immense level of instability. With so many of our classmates and friends finding the current political climate unwelcoming, it is time we all engaged with events taking place in London and Brussels.
In an attempt to bring the realities of Brexit home to Edinburgh, as it were, The Student has undertaken a survey to illuminate the ways in which Brexit has and is being experienced by EU students at this university and in our city. While the data collected cannot be infinitely used to express the varying and complex ways in which all EU students have experienced recent political events, individual responses demonstrate just some of the frustrations and fears that many of Edinburgh's students are feeling.
Brexit has undoubtedly caused uncertainty. The University of Edinburgh has attempted to combat this, with 85.4 per cent of those surveyed by The Student saying that they have been contacted directly by the university regarding Brexit. The university has stated on its new page 'The University and Europe,' that "Edinburgh is a truly global university, so at this time it's especially important that we emphasise our ongoing commitment to international diversity and a community in which students and staff continue to feel valued and welcome." This has been accompanied by an email from the Senior Vice Principal, Charlie Jeffery, who seconded the university's commitment to multiculturalism and inclusivity.
Some may ask, however, whether the university has done enough to ensure the comfort of its EU students. A third of those surveyed said they did not believe that this contact has been sufficient, with one respondent stating that there had been very little information provided on what would happen if they decided to pursue further studies in the UK after the end of their current degree. Clearly, the university's actions have left many students in the dark.
However, many respondents felt that the university has been left almost as clueless as the rest of us. 12.8 per cent of respondents said that the contact they received had been entirely sufficient, with a further 51.3 per cent simply saying that it had been "alright." Several respondents said that the university is doing the best it can in a tricky situation: "It's not the university's fault. They were not able to give concrete statements about our future here, because everything around Brexit has been only uncertainty."
The university is not alone in its confusion. Despite stereotypes of students as politically disengaged, or at least politically idle, the vast majority of students questioned in our survey (82.9 per cent) have been making an active effort to counter their uncertainty through engagement with Brexit related news. With 87 per cent of those surveyed saying that they have been following news on Brexit through newspapers online and 75.6 saying they were also engaging through social media, it is clear that the media itself has a fair amount of power in our perceptions of Brexit.
Some have accused the rhetoric surrounding Brexit, often perpetuated by media outlets, of spreading xenophobia. When asked whether they believed this to be the case, respondents gave mixed responses. 39 per cent believed that this link to be somewhat existent, with a further 22 per cent believing this to definitely be the case. One student claimed that "media and politicians' statements entitled citizens to feel free to express their racist opinions."
Indeed, with the Home Office finding that hate crimes rose by 41 per cent in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, there is an extremely urgent need to assess the ways in which Brexit is discussed and portrayed in the media. One of our respondents noted that while "much of the pro-Brexit rhetoric was careful to avoid overt xenophobia," that in fact "it's the underlying driving force for Brexit." 73.1 per cent of our respondents reported that media representations of Brexit made them feel either a little or very upset. Several took the opportunity to expand on their feelings regarding media coverage of Brexit further, with emotional reactions including "very unhappy, anxious, helpless," and "frustrated and confused af." One student even stated that "it would be good entertainment if it wasn't real."
Accusations that the recent political climate has been hostile to EU nationals should concern everyone. With this in mind, The Student asked respondents if Brexit has caused them to rethink their plans of living or working in the UK post-Brexit. With 39 per cent saying that it has changed their plans, and a further 29.3 per cent saying that they are now somewhat uncertain of their future, it seems that for many of Edinburgh's students the way forward is unclear. One respondent commented: "I had planned on settling in the UK forever. Scotland is my home. I have PhD from [the University of Edinburgh], and I'm struggling to get a job here. So much insecurity. People who have to turn each penny twice will have noticed that food has got more expensive. So, yeah. I'm returning to Germany because there's better career opportunities."
This respondent was not alone. Another commented: "a few years ago, I imagined that I would try and find a job here after graduating, working and building a life in the UK. Now I am very certain that I will go back home after my studies. I don't want to live in a country that gives me the feeling of not being wanted or appreciated." While Brexit may still be in the works, for many of our respondents its impact is already being felt. Distressingly, one student reported that "my boyfriend and I were made to feel very uncomfortable and then openly confronted on a busy train to Inverness by a lady sat opposite because we were speaking German to one another, which is something I never expected to happen in the UK and made me very upset."
The fact that people at our own university have been made to feel that they are "not wanted or appreciated" requires more than an information page or email from the Vice Principal. Academic, financial and emotional stability are not fun add-ons that only some students are allowed to enjoy, but essential components of university life.
One thing that has become clear from The Student's survey is that the self-perceived place of EU students in Edinburgh is still being negotiated. One student commented that Edinburgh and the UK more generally "no longer feels as welcoming and I don't want to live in a country that isn't open to everyone." It is worth noting that not all respondents have had such negative experiences ("I am glad the university seems to be very open and supportive of relations with the EU, in fact, the world"), but that almost all respondents have expressed an overwhelming feeling of uncertainty. While for some this is only moderate, for others this has become crippling, it is this that is at the heart of our need to act.
Perhaps, then, those of us who struggle to fully grasp the idea that Brexit may eventually bring about tangible change in this very city should consider those for whom this change is already taking place. At an institution that should foster a sense of community, it is upsetting to think that one respondent reported having "never felt so unwanted and rejected as I felt on the morning of Brexit. Waking up to that news devastated me."


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This is the ready-to-fly Yuneec Tornado H920 Hexacopter with an ST24 smart transmitter, the ultimate professional quality aerial photography and videography platform. The unique modular design and an impressive number of features make is possible to capture absolutely breathtaking photographs and video footage for just about any use. The Tornado H920 comes stock with a retractable landing gear for unobstructed shots, sturdy carbon fiber construction, GPS positioning, and motor failure compensation to name just a few of its many features. For the users convenience, it is also compatible with two camera options: the industry approved Panasonic GH4 and Yuneecs's CGO4 gimbal camera.
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No one shall ever create new logins and passwords again! We shall be able to use an existing (online) identity for every new service.
Anton Staykov is a former Microsoft MVP for Azure and founder of the Azure User Group Bulgaria https://www.facebook.com/groups/azureugbg/ He explores the Windows Azure Platform since its first public CTP at PDC'2008 and is following the platform evolution since then. He is active contributor to the thematic forums at StackOverflow. Anton has more than 16 years of solid experience in developing dynamic applications for different domains – corporate sites, media portals, e-commerce, intranet line of business applications, real estate. His practical experience with the newest technologies helps unedifying the best solution for given problem. His practical experience spans to the Telecommunication domain, where he gained valuable experience in the business analysis, design and developing of mobile value added services and products. A graduated bachelor in Telecommunications and Master is Sciences in Internet Software Technologies. The speaker is technical reviewer for one of the books covering the Windows Azure Platform: Microsoft Azure: Enterprise Application Development. You can find a lot of useful information, mainly covering the Windows Azure Platform on his blog at: http://blogs.staykov.net/


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Monday, October 23, the fourth day of the inaugural Before I Die ABQ Festival, features a meditation session on mortality, a tour of a casket building workshop, a Death Cafe discussion, and an information session on cremation.
9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – "Mindfulness, Mortality and Self-Care" with Ralph Steele, founder of Life Transition Meditation Center in Santa Fe, and the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Hospice Training Program at Northern New Mexico Community College. He will sign his book, Tending the Fire. Event Location: Cooper Art Studio, 130 Quincy NE. Donations welcome.
Noon – Lunch and tour of the casket building workshop of Fathers Building Futures, a nonprofit that provides jobs and skills to previously incarcerated parents. Location: 4301 4th Street NW, Albuquerque. Free event.
2:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Death Café discussion at the North Valley Senior Center, 3825 4th Street NW (two blocks north of Candelaria), Albuquerque. Come discuss what's on your heart or mind about mortality issues. Free event.
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. – "Answers to Your Burning Questions on Cremation" with Ken Gonzales from The Neptune Society and Gail Rubin with A Good Goodbye presenting comedy film clips about cremation at Rio Bravo Brewery, 1912 2nd Street NW, Albuquerque. Free event.
Register your interest in all festival events here.
Here are other great upcoming activities in the Before I Die ABQ Festival:
- A tour of the Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI);
- "Jewish Burial Equals Green Burial" at the Jewish Community Center;
- Another Death Cafe discussion at North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center;
- Panel discussion and presentation on financial and legal issues related to end-of-life;
- A closing celebration with a funny funeral film and beer.
Remember, attendees at all Before I Die ABQ Festival events can enter drawings for a free cremation from The Neptune Society of Albuquerque and a cedar "coff-urn" from The Old Pine Box.
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Over the past two weeks I've been sharing the current skincare products I own from the cleansers I own to toners!
Today it will be all about moisturizers.
The very first exposure that I have in terms of moisturizer is when I suffered acne. The best moisturizer should do more than just hydration. It should repair the dull skin, give sun protection and even at night (if you are fond of day and night skincare routine) can provide moisture and nourishment.
How to Choose Your Moisturizer
Some people find it hard to choose the right moisturizer while others like me can go from product to product and don't have any allergic reaction. The best way to choose a moisturizer is to consider the following:
- Price. I am always a look out for the price so if the product is too pricey I don't really buy it. I always follow my budget when it comes to products.
- Smell. Since this can be the last item in your skincare product you might want to choose a moisturizer that has no weird smell. For me if the product smells unpleasant for my liking then I don't buy it at all.
- Irritation. If the store has tester then try putting some of the product at the back of your hand. Wait for some minutes to know if the product has contents that may irritate you.
- The Feel. You might also want to consider when you will put the moisturizer so that you can choose for the right feel of the product. Heavy moisturizers are best used at night while a lighter moisturizer with SPF content can help you during the day.
When To Use Moisturizer?I use moisturizer twice a day, one in the morning and one at night. Sometimes I get lazy at night really skip it. My best tip is to put the product on your freshly washed face or after toner, just make sure that the surface is a little wet first. Why?!
Look at how sponges are, if a sponge is dry the cream or liquid foundation may find it hard to get into the sponge meanwhile if the sponge is wet, it gets absorbed easily.
My Current MoisturizersCompared to the cleansers or toners I have, I don't really own that much moisturizers. The ones I am using at the moment are in big tubs so I want to empty them first before trying out other moisturizers.
St. Ives Facial Moisturizer Timeless Skin Collagen ElastinSt. Ives Facial Moisturizer Timeless Skin Collagen Elastin is an anti-aging moisturizer that targets wrinkles.
It claims to nourish and hydrates skin; formulated with collagen elastin proteins and safflower seed oil that minimizes the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
Also promises to leave the skin looking visibly softer and smoother after use and is dermatologically-tested.
What I first notice upon application of this moisturizer is how good the smell is. It's so addicting and definitely one of the reason why I love using this moisturizer in the morning. The product comes in a thick, creamy consistency that gets easily dissolved. You don't need that much to be honest. It spreads well on the skin and I love how my skin drinks the product.
Read full review HERE.
Nature Republic 99% Aloe Vera GelEver since discovering aloe vera gels in 2015, I haven't stopped incorporating them in my skincare routine. I used to finish tubs after tubs of Mumuso Aloe Vera Gel and even did a viral review about it.
When I found out that Mumuso is a Chinese brand masking itself as a Korean brand, I opted to invest in the original Nature Republic 99% Aloe Vera Gel instead. Don't get me wrong, I experienced no problem in the months that I've used the Mumuso 92% Aloe Vera Gel. But to stay away from patronizing imitations, I chose to buy the Nature Republic brand.
Aloe Vera, in generally used as remedy for skin problems like burns, psoriasis and dryness. It is also good for acne-prone skin because it speeds up the healing of the bumps. Aloe vera is even used as ingredient on soaps, lotions, creams and other skincare products.
What I like most about aloe vera gel as moisturizer is that it smells like real aloe and gives a fresh and cooling effect when applied. I've enjoyed splattering the product all over my face as it is quickly absorbed and give me supple skin when I wake up.
Related read: 3 Products That Changed My Life
OverallI hope you find this post helpful. I only have two moisturizers in my vanity, one in the morning and another at night.
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Summer heats up and the kids are out of school, so that means everyone and their mother and father are literally out and about. How are you coping? Let me help you out a bit more. because there's plenty to talk about.
Starting with the big movie of the past weekend…Independence Day: Resurgence, let me first say Happy Fourth of July! Now then, say what you like about big budget, summer blockbusters, but it's unfortunately true that they seem to get less stellar and more mundane with every passing year. Some are good, but I dare say that most are worthless. This sequel to the original 1996 Independence Day was frankly not necessarily wanted, and you should know that Will Smith is unnoticeably absent, but that didn't stop Roland Emmerich from throwing together a sequel so vapid and chillingly boring, it seems to be the perfect, useless follow-up to his equally painful last film Stonewall, about the NYC gay riots back in the day. Both are devoid of any real drive or story and passion. Our lead actor is Liam Hemsworth, waltzing slowly to this series from a Hunger Games set and Miley Cyrus' arms. Enter in his love interest/fighter pilot girlfriend, played by newbie Maika Monroe, who just happens to also be the daughter of ex-president Bill Pullman, who also makes his appearance in this silly sequel…as does Jeff Goldblum, Vivica A Fox, even Brent Spiner still playing that nutso scientist is here. Also here is Charlotte Gainsbourg (why oh why did you choose this role?), who plays a researcher bopping around Goldblum like an annoying brat. Here's the thing…the only poignant scene for me was watching London impale itself whilst aliens attack that city (and Paris!), and that was mostly impactful because it comes right after the Brexit drama. Folks, if one day aliens DO attack us, let's all pray that they hit Hollywood, starting with Roland Emmerich first. Penance for so many crappy, big-budget (and low budget) films he's made. #-1/2
I wasn't sure how to feel about the film after screening it. Me Before You is heart-wrenching in the same way that really, decent TV movies-of-the-week can be while also having the same, non-endearing acting skills as said TV movies-of-the-week, save perhaps Janet McTeer (as always!) and Charles Dance (not always!). Emilia Clarke of Game of Thrones fame makes her mark in a major attempt to switch over to film star status, I suppose. While her acting is over-the-top and at times, rather garish in its forwardness (as if trying desperately for the audience to love her), something about her eyes and smile captivated me throughout the film. She plays the role of an inexperienced caregiver for a youngish quadriplegic who is so rich that his family actually owns two castles. The film is dotted with moderately-known TV actors from Britain and even a Harry Potter alum is along for the ride, but when it turns into The Bucket List meets Bridget Jones meets Intocable, something starts to feel really forced…when you add in all those Ed Sheeran (and the like)-sounding tunes, it's all played with moderate effect in order to make you tear up. And hey, it works sometimes, as well. Based on the best-selling novel by Jojo Moyes who also wrote the screenplay, we get a major handful of romantic dreams thrown our way. Some of them work to success, but a lot of them work to excess. At a loss for where to go with this one. I liked it, I was annoyed by it. ###
Richard Linklater's last film Boyhood appeared to be another magnum opus in his stellar career, and come Oscar season last year, that was proved evident. His latest flick, Everybody Wants Some!, has been dubbed a sort-of "spiritual sequel" to Dazed and Confused, one of Linklater's first films from 1993, and incidentally, the first one I saw from him just before my "freshman piggie" year of high school. One of his biggest aims has always been touching the surfaces and inner linings of basic Texas life. As someone who was born there, I can say that he very rarely misses his mark. This time around, it's late August, 1980, just three days before school starts, and a doe-eyed freshman named Jake (Blake Jenner) arrives at Texas Southern University, the new pitcher of the baseball team. He lives with a claptrap group of his teammates, and this quickly became one of the things that made me cringe at the film's start…the annoying, over-sexualised and incredibly white presence of the film. There is one token black brother, no Latinos, tons of hot girls of all persuasions, no mention of racism in 1980 Texas and things just do NOT seem believable AT ALL! And then, days two and one until classes start come into play, and Linklater finally manages to break away from his WASPy cliche into a universal, university reality. Eschewing the fact that not one of the actors here appears to be anywhere near 18 or 19 years old (did everybody really look 30-35 in the 70s? Answer: NO!), Linklater does what he does best, using witty dialogue to break down the layers of specific social issues: young adults' first freedom from home, masculinity as being based on feminine attention, music, meaning of life, relationships, basic insecurities and social tensions, etc. When Jake meets Beverly (played by Zoey Deutsch), we see him fall for a gal pal who is essentially just another musical-theater geek…but with an edge. She is so damn real, and I completely fell for her. She is Mary Stuart Masterson's little girl, by the way, so this "80's film" fits right into the family's filmography. That said, she practically imbues the film with new life anytime she's around. When she gives a solid but curt theory on the myth of Sisyphus as a metaphor for life, I really fell in love! The film gives a mostly accurate look at that amazing time for young adults, when they actually leave the home, while also showing us how time may be on our side, but it waits for no man, so learn to live your best days to their fullest. Again, comrade Linklater has managed to succeed. ###-1/2
Finally today comes the newest film from Wild and Dallas Buyers Club director Jean-Marc Vallee entitled Demolition. It's a look at loss through a very different lens. because it brings up an unusual way of dealing with painful family death…through sudden actions, destruction of personal property and writing to unsuspecting people you do not know. When Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal) survives a sudden car accident but loses his young wife, his whole perspective gets imbalanced when a vending machine at the hospital emergency room cheats him out of $1.25, causing him to write incessantly to the complaints' department of the vendor. As with his other recent work, Vallee takes us into the mind and therapeutic process of obsessive people coping with big personal struggles. Davis is inextricably linked to his girlfriend's family as he works with her dad in investment banking in NYC. When the complaints department finally reach out to him, it's in the form of Naomi Watts, a single mum with a boyfriend (he runs the vending machine company), who emotionally attaches to Davis while reading all of his letters. When Davis seemingly adopts her son as a companion of sorts, things take on a new life as the two guys come to terms with their own identity and mortality, though done so through a series of oddball, destructive moments and hard-to-believe tactics that felt rather forced. Still, while Demolition hardly lives up to the excellence of his two previous efforts, it still plugs itself nicely into his body of work, and I'm eager to see what he churns out next. ###
The International FIRE! Film Fest is live and alive in Barcelona this week, so more reviews coming up later this week, my dears. Have a great one!


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[2.5] FoxTactic's RiftWorm ShockNova \ Tendrils , Shaperviable.
What to start with
Build is a bit inconsistent but it gives you a rough concept and the idea. Enough to get started. Mainly just putting my thoughts and the items needed.
Templar inquisitor so we can skip the lightning penetration gem to be able to fit it into a 4l.
Cheap setup:
Setup consists of:
Vaaled Thunderfists with +1 level... later you can trade up to Essence of Horror gloves.
Increase critical strikes
Controlled Destruction,
Spell echo.
If inc crit caps you out earlier swap it out for another more dmg gem or inc aoe if you please.
A 5L es armour
Lightning Tendrils
Spell echo
increased critical strikes
concentrated effect
Controlled destruction.
Decent res es helmet,
descent res es boots.
decent res crystal belt.
call of the brotherhood.
good rare ring with res.
chayula amulet for stun or good rare for dps.
In terms of weapons, if you know what to look for then rare daggers/scepters/wands, with spelldmg, crit multi, flat lightning, the usual stuff.
If you dont know, buy 2x http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Singularity untill you know.
"Endgame is voidbatteries"
Bandits: Passive, Passive, Power charge.
Took it as far as i could and made a silly endgame version:
Realistic items:
Basicly without the +1 corruption :D.
Also a 5l is enough in the armour, 6l is crazy single target dps.
Not 100% optimised tree, but as far as i've gotten
RiftWorm ShockNova Tree:
Notworking atm:
The tree that i ended the league with, unsure if better now with aoe nerfs. testing required.
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Last bumped on Mar 26, 2017, 5:39:40 PM
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on Oct 31, 2016, 9:43:31 AM
saw this build on his stream, and honestly i didnt think tendrils would melt bosses so quick, seems like a fun build to play.
Looks super interesting!
Where do you get your leech from, Fox? Seems you leech even when not using vinktars?
warlord mark
Posted by
on Nov 2, 2016, 8:50:39 AM
What he said, you can stick a leech in with tendrils aswell if you want to.
Posted by
on Nov 2, 2016, 4:20:11 PM
Cool, thanks for the reply.
Also, any chance you can explain the trick you do with the gloves to get power charges? And where you get there 9th power charge from? I can only find the source of 8 of them. :)
Thanks in advance! Hope to see you streaming soon again!
Last edited by Troels87 on Nov 4, 2016, 4:59:19 AM
Would love some youtube videos. Im running a hybrid life/es arc inq, and while its great at clearing and can handle the map bosses, the single target definitely leaves something to be desired.
I just pretty much copied Fox's setup and the single target is amazing.
If I'm not leeching though I take a lot of damage.
I just can't seem to find that darn last 9th power charge - where does he get it? :o
Maybe im stupid and missed something, but bandit ?
Basic: 3 Power Charges
Passive skill tree: 3 Power Charges
Bandit choice: 1 Power Charges
2x Void Batteries: 2 Power Charges
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Making housing benefit payments direct to tenants as part of universal credit could lead the government's flagship welfare policy to 'backfire', a think tank has warned. A report from the Social Market Foundation says the majority of social tenants who are receiving housing benefit want payments to go to their landlords.
Research carried out by Ipsos Mori to inform the report found the thirty low-income households interviewed were 'strongly opposed' to receiving their rental payments.
Most were concerned the change would lead people to spend housing benefit payments on costs other than rent, increasing arrears and evictions. Under universal credit a range of existing welfare payments will be combined into a single monthly payment. The reforms, which come in from October 2013, will also see the housing element of the credit paid direct to tenants.
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University of Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun will miss his third consecutive game Saturday at Syracuse as he continues to battle spinal stenosis, a painful lower back condition.
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"I'm feeling better, but as of now, I wouldn't be able to coach," Calhoun said Tuesday. "I'm trying to get the best assessment in order to find the best solution."
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Coming into this season, most did not expect the Montreal Canadiens to battle it out for a playoff berth, let alone win the Northeast Division title. Despite the quick first round exit, the season was incredibly successful for the Canadiens. P.K. Subban emerged as one of the NHL's elite defenders and took home the Norris Trophy. Lars Eller evolved as player, engaging physically far more often and managed to put up 30 points, his highest total yet. A pair of rookies, Brendan Gallagher and Alex Galchenyuk both made the team out of camp and finished second and sixth in Calder voting respectively. The Canadiens have also amassed one of the deeper prospect pools in the NHL, featuring talents like Jarred Tinordi, Nathan Beaulieu, Sebastian Collberg, Danny Kristo, Charles Hudon, and Darren Dietz. The young talent on the Canadiens' roster, combined with the strong prospect pool undoubtedly make the Canadiens' future appear bright; however, the organization is not without it's warts.
The Habs could certainly stand to add a powerforward to the roster to crash the net. The Habs also desperately need to add a crease clearing defenceman who forces the opposition to keep their heads up. Depth in every position is needed, but especially at goaltending as a top goaltending prospect would be a welcome addition to the organization. Finally, just like any team, the Habs would love to add more speed to the team. In the deepest draft in recent memory the Habs would certainly love to address these needs and luckily, they have four picks in the top two rounds. On top of 25th overall, 34th overall (from CGY), 36th overall (from NAS), and 55th overall selections, the Canadiens also have the 71st overall (from DAL), 86th overall, 116th overall, 176th overall, and 206th overall. While they might not be able to snag Nathan MacKinnon, Seth Jones, Jonathan Drouin, Aleksander Barkov, Elias Lindholm, or Sean Monahan, with so many picks in the draft, Trevor Timmins and his team will certainly be able to address the needs of the Canadiens.
If you were to ask any Canadiens' fan what the team's biggest need would be, they would most likely say size. The embarrassing loss to Toronto on home ice on February 9th and the beatdown that the Senator's laid upon the Canadiens during the playoffs certainly have something to do with it. The team doesn't need to just add the pugilists though, they also need to become harder to knock off the puck and punish opponents. Adding a powerforward type player or two, whether that be through the draft, through trade, or through free agency is a must this off-season. Finding a powerforward is easier said than done as they are arguably the hardest prospects to project. Sometimes you draft a goon who turns out to be 30 goal scorer in the NHL, like Milan Lucic, or you draft the next big powerforward prospect who turns out to be a career AHLer, like Hugh Jessiman. Headlining this year's group of powerforwards is Valeri Nichushkin, a projected top 10 pick, and Curtis Lazar, a gritty centre for the Edmonton Oil Kings. London Knights centre, Bo Horvat, while he might not be considered a powerforward at this point in time, could project as one at the next level.
Adam Erne is considered a safe prospect. There's no doubt he had his struggles this year as he was suspended by his team, the Quebec Remparts, for a game (but was never forced to serve it). Erne only scored 6 goals in the 24 games that Buffalo Sabres top prospect Mikhail Grigorenko was with his NHL club. Erne provides lots of grit and a scoring touch that the Canadiens desperately need. There's a good chance that he might be available with Canadiens' first selection.
Another player from the QMJHL, 6'5″ center, Frédérik Gauthier also struggled in the second half of the season. As a rookie, Gauthier made his mark by showcasing his high hockey sense and terrific defensive acumen; however, there are many questions raised about his offensive upside and he possesses a virtually non-existent mean streak. He's certainly a wildcard in the draft, some love his tools, others aren't as nearly as enamoured with them.
Continuing with the trend of successful rookies in the QMJHL, Russian winger Valentin Zykov of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar is a player who could be available when the Habs select at 25th. Zykov is one of the strongest players in the draft and and is an unstoppable force with the puck. He has a great wrist shot and thrives in traffic, with all these tools he could be a homerun pick.
Guelph Storm forward Jason Dickinson got off to a torrential start, but despite seemingly possessing every tool to be a dominant force, slowed down considerably. Dickinson didn't fall completely off the map though, as he improved his defensive game to the point where he was voted third best in the West by OHL coaches. He loves to cut to the net and at times can play with an edge.
Son of Warren Rychel, Kerby Rychel, also lacked progression this season. He's the only draft eligible back-to-back 40 goal seasons, but questions about his compete level, defensive game, and skating still remain. Make no doubt about Rychel's ability though, he possesses one of the best wristers in the OHL and can take over games with his strength down low. He attended the Habs personal draft combine on June 5th.
Justin Bailey, a rookie for the Kitchener Rangers, struggled mightily with consistency, but there are times when he took over games with his 6'3″ frame and soft hands. He's a character kid, who really started to round out his overall game as the year progressed. The Canadiens' and Trevor Timmins seemed to quite keen on him, as they invited him to their annual combine.
On the flipside, a player who doesn't lack consistency is Zach Nastasiuk. "Zach Nasty," as he is known by Owen Sound fans, is simply put, a heart and soul player. He blocks shots, plays a sound two-way game, and gives it all every shift. He thrives in the corners and along the boards when he cycle the puck and take the puck straight to the net. He did attend the Habs combine (along with teammate Kurtis Gabriel).
Despite standing at only a meager 5'11", Ryan Hartman, is every bit as much as powerforward as the others mentioned. He hits everything in sight, but more importantly he hits extremely hard. He has shown slick hands and creativity throughout his rookie season in the with the OHL's Plymouth Whalers, but his offensive upside remains limited. Invited to the Habs combine, but was unable to attend due to injury.
The biggest of this year's top powerforwards, Michael McCarron, is a 6'5″ 224 lbs winger with good upside. He can be downright terrifying to play against and is a pretty smart player. He really heated up in the second half of the season, scoring 23 points in 27 (compared to 11 in his first 28) with the USNTDP and will more than likely be a first round pick.
Other notables: Nicholas Baptiste (late second-early third), Chance Braid (sixth-seventh), Matt Buckles (third-fourth), Peter Cehlárik (late second-early third), J.T. Compher (second), Liam Coughlin (Link), Jacob de la Rose (second), Remi Elie (third), John Hayden (late second-early third), Tyler Hill (fifth-sixth), Jackson Houck (third-fourth), Nick Moutrey (third), Zach Sanford (second), Adam Tambellini (late second-early third).
Size on defence
The team could also stand to get meaner on the backend. Beyond Alexei Emelin, the team does not have a defenceman who regularly forces forwards to keep their heads up. In terms of prospects, Jarred Tinordi, Darren Dietz, Dalton Thrower, and Josiah Didier could all eventually be those guys, but there are no guarantees for them to pan out. In Bob Mckenzie's annual rankings there was not a single defenceman below 6'0″ and only three defenceman who were 6'1″ or under in the top 60. Headlining the group of defenceman is Seth Jones followed by Darnell Nurse, Nikita Zadorov, and Rasmus Ristolainen. Barring a trade and/or miracle none of them will be available when the time comes for the Habs to select.
Some scouts would argue than 6'6″ defenceman Samuel Morin is right in the competition for the second best defenceman after Jones. He's incredibly mobile for his size and, despite what his stats suggest, possesses lots of offensive upside. He's downright nasty to play against as well and is a fantastic fighter. Like many players who are tools only players come draft day, he's a wildcard and could be a top 10 pick, but could also be a late first rounder.
A tall, steady defenceman is a highly valued commodity in the NHL and Everett Silvertips defenceman Mirco Mueller, fits the bill. He will never be a "sexy" pick, but he could be one of the most effective. He's a great skater and plays a rock solid defensive game. Not overly physical, but doesn't shy away from the rough stuff.
Josh Morrissey also fits the description of a steady defenceman. He stands at only 6′, but can absolutely crush people with hits and plays a very chippy game. A terrific skater, he moves the puck out of his zone with ease and tends to make the smart, safe play more often than not. There's a good chance the Prince Albert Raiders defenceman will be available come time for the Habs to pick in the first round.
Yet another WHL defenceman, Ryan Pulock, is a bit different from Mueller and Morrissey. He is a slightly sluggish skater and his defensive game is somewhat weak at times; however, both improved substantially over the course of the year. The Wheat Kings' captain possesses the hardest slapshot in this year's draft class, which has allowed him to score 14 goals this season, and terrific vision.
Madison Bowey could also be an attractive option for the Canadiens in the first or even second round. He's got a big frame and is a great skater. His production this year won't blow you away, but make no doubt his offensive upside. He's a very toolsy player with loads of upside. He had a terrific U-18 tournament and second half of the season with the Kelowna Rockets.
Rounding out this year's top WHL defenceman is Dillon Heatherington, who might be the most unheralded. He's a got a great frame at 6'4″ and loves to use every inch of it. He plays with an edge and is also a terrific skater. While he might not have the most offensive upside, he certainly could be a top four defenceman in the NHL. Could be a terrific second round pick.
Arguably this year's top defenceman from USA not named Seth Jones is Ian McCoshen. There's lot of confliction of McCoshen, but one thing everybody agrees on is that he's a big, smooth skating two-way defenceman. The offensive numbers might not be translatable to the NHL, but there's a good chance his calmness and steadiness will be.
Other notables: Linus Arnesson (second), Chris Bigras (early second), Alexandre Coulumbe (third) Carl Dahlström (second-third), Jonathan-Ismael Diaby (late second-early third), Kayle Doetzel (fourth), Michael Downing (third), Anthony Florentino (third-fourth), Mason Geertson (third), Robert Hägg (late first-early second), Jared Hauf (fourth-fifth), Spenser Jensen (fourth), Amil Krupic (fifth-sixth), Tyler Lewington (third-fourth), Marc McNulty (fourth-fifth), Gustav Olofsson (third), Steven Santini (second), Tommy Vannelli (second-third), Mitchell Wheaton (third-fourth).
Another glaring need for the Canadiens would be in net. It was a disappointing year for netminder Carey Price, but don't write him off yet. He's still young and is the potential franchise goaltender. The Habs may already have Price in net, but goaltending depth is never a bad thing. Peter Budaj, while he had a fantastic season, is not capable of challenging Price for the starting job. High-end goaltending prospects are non-existent in the organization. Recently signed Mike Condon seems to have a good upside, but he's very much an unknown commodity. Dustin Tokarski is an RFA and Robert Mayer, after threatening to head across the pond, decided to stay in North America. It could be a crowded crease in Hamilton, but not necessarily in Montreal in the not-so-distant future and a little competition never hurt anyone.
The top goaltending prospect in this year's draft is Zachary Fucale of the Mastercard Memorial Cup winning Halifax Mooseheads. Fucale has been on the radar of NHL scouts for a long time now. He's a composed, relaxed goalie, very similar to Carey Price. He has potential to the one of the best goaltenders in the NHL as his positioning is top notch and his mental composure is unrivaled for a player his age. At this point, he will most likely be the only goalie picked in the first round.
The only goalie this season that challenged Fucale for the ranking of best goaltender of the draft class was Spencer Martin. After getting off to a great start, Martin cooled off and, surprisingly, so did the Mississauga Steelheads. He battled injuries and teams began to pounce on all the juicy rebounds that he kicks out. There are lots of concerns about his mental strength and consistency, but when he's on, he can take over a game.
Martin might have been the only goalie that gave Fucale a run for his money, but Eric Comrie of the Tri-City Americans was awfully close. Comrie was the starter for Tri-City, but unfortunately his season was cut short by mid-season hip surgery, which could cause his draft stock to plummet. He's a very athletic goaltender with few holes in his game.
All three of the previously mentioned goaltenders had their team's number one job. Tristan Jarry of the Edmonton Oil Kings was stuck behind Flames' prospect Laurent Brossoit, but when he got in the crease, he dominated. Jarry posted the WHL's best GAA and save % while appearing in 27 games. Potentially, Jarry could be had in the third round due to his lack of icetime.
Other Notables: Patrik Bartosak (fifth), Fredrik Bergvik (fourth), Antoine Bibeau (fifth-sixth), Brendan Burke (sixth), Philippe Desrosiers (late second-early third), Charlie Graham (sixth), Marcus Hogberg (third), Austin Lotz (fifth), Eamon McAdam (third-fourth), Calvin Petersen (fourth), Juuse Saros (third-fourth).
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Now one thing every team needs is more skill. The Canadiens have a plethora of skill in the organization. The Canadiens roster includes skilled players like Max Pacioretty, Alex Galchenyuk, Tomas Plekanec, and the list goes on. The prospect pool is also loaded with skill, which includes Sebastian Collberg, Danny Kristo, Charles Hudon, Tim Bozon, and Patrick Holland, but the prospect pool, apart from Collberg and Kristo, lacks top end speed. The Canadiens have (or had) an identity of being a fast team. In this year's draft there are lots of players who stand out due to their speed, Nathan MacKinnon and Hunter Shinkaruk being the two biggest names.
On the surface, Anthony Mantha of the Val-d'Or Foreurs appears to be one of the most attractive options in the entire draft. He stands at 6'4″ and was the only draft eligible to score 50 goals and one of three CHLers to pot 50. He's a terrific skater for his size and has a wicked wrist shot. The concerns around Mantha's game stem around his lack of compete. He doesn't engage physically and tends to avoid the dirty areas. His defensive game also needs some serious work. If his development goes well, he could be a grand slam pick in the first round.
Once thought to be a potential top ten pick, Swedish winger André Burakowsky, stumbled a bit down the rankings. He could be available when Habs are called up to the podium. He measured in at a hair over 6'2″ at the combine and is absolutely magnificent skater for his size. Burakowsky's hands can keep up his feet, too, making him a tough task to handle for defenders. However, Burakowsky has shown that he's a selfish player at times and his production in the Allsvenskan was less than stellar.
Emile Poirier of the Gatineau Olympiques will never be accused of being selfish. He's got a great frame and is arguably the fastest straight line skater in the draft. To go along with terrific speed, he's also is a great puck distributor and loves to go hard to the net. Poirier also was huge for Gatineau down the stretch, including a terrific playoffs. There's no doubt he's risen up the rankings, it's just a matter of if he's going to be a late first or an early second at this point.
While Poirier was climbing the rankings at the end of the year, William Carrier was slipping down them. The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles forward got off to a terrific start, at one point was producing at almost a two PPG clip. Then he started to fall off, held pointless in eight of his last ten games before going down with injury. Carrier could still be available at pick #55, he would certainly be a great value pick at that point.
Morgan Klimchuk might not be as fast as the four players mentioned above, but he's every bit as talented as them. He's a very deceptively quick player, with exceptional shiftiness. He's also a great wrist shot, that he uses every opportunity he gets. Klimchuk, however, is a bit of an enigma, as sometimes he's quite involved away from the puck and others he's not at all. Despite his lack of consistency, he has the tools to reliable goal scorer in the NHL, look for him to go in the early second.
Finnish forward, Artturi Lehkonen, possesses similar tools to Klimchuk, but what makes him different is, that despite his stature, he goes flying into the corners with all guns blazing. He's an awkward skater, but has very good top end speed. Lehkonen sees the ice extremely well and possesses top notch hockey sense. What holds him back from being a sure-fire first round pick is concussions – he suffered two of them this season.
Other notables: Evan Allen (fourth), Oliver Bjorkstrand (late second-early third), Andrew Copp (fifth), Marko Dano (second), Anthony Duclair (third), Brendan Harms (third-fourth), Yan-Pavel Laplante (third), Jimmy Lodge (late second), Nic Petan (second), Martin Reway (fifth-sixth), Filip Sandberg (fourth-fifth), Sergei Tolchinsky (fifth), Cole Ully (fourth-fifth)
It is needless to say that Carey Price is on a team that simply does not capitalize on his abilities. The Habs are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the third straight year. And while the injuries and bad calls are valid excuses for their current losing streak, there are plenty of errors […]


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The Robert Mueller-led investigation has indicted 12 Russian Intelligence operatives, acting in their official capacity as members of the Kremlin's' Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU), for a litany of acts each designed to undermine the integrity of the election. The indictment states: "The object of the conspiracy was to hack into protected computers of persons and entities charged with the administration of the 2016 U.S. elections in order to access those computers and steal voter data and other information stored on those computers."
Bitcoin-enabled operation infrastructure
The allegations leveled against the Russian agents range from hacking email addresses of people connected to the Hillary Clinton Campaign, creating and installing malware designed to steal private information, impersonation and identity theft, and actions connected to money laundering.
While the indictment confirms the widespread suspicions that Moscow was the lead orchestrator of the attack, it further provides details how cryptocurrencies, specifically bitcoin, were used in an effort to obscure any incriminatory trail left behind.
"To hide their connections to Russia and the Russian government, the Conspirators used false identities and made false statements about their identities. To further avoid detection, the Conspirators used a network of computers located across the world, including in the United States, and paid for this infrastructure using cryptocurrency."
For instance, the Russians used bitcoin to pay for the domain through which data stolen from compromised emails within the Clinton campaign were uploaded for public viewing. "On or about April 19, 2016, after attempting to register the domain electionleaks.com, the Conspirators registered the domain dcleaks.com through a service that anonymized the registrant.
The funds used to pay for the dcleaks.com domain originated from an account at an online cryptocurrency service that the Conspirators also used to fund the lease of a virtual private server registered with the operational email account [email protected] The dirbinsaabol email account was also used to register the john356gh URL-shortening account used by LUKASHEV to spearphish the Clinton Campaign chairman and other campaign-related individuals."
Additionally, the operatives used bitcoin to provide a further level of anonymity through the use of a VPN. "Conspirators used the same pool of bitcoin funds to purchase a virtual private network ("VPN") account and to lease a server in Malaysia. In or around June 2016, the Conspirators used the Malaysian server to host the dcleaks.com website.
However, the use of the same bitcoin wallet was an important tool the investigators used to link persons of interest to the investigation. "On or about March 14, 2016, using funds in a bitcoin address, the Conspirators purchased a VPN account, which they later used to log into the @Guccifer_2 Twitter account. The remaining funds from that bitcoin address were then used on or about April 28, 2016, to lease a Malaysian server that hosted the dcleaks.com Website."
Through the charges detailed in the indictment, it is clear that the hackers used the pseudonymity provided by bitcoin to their advantage. This was an attempt to both distance Russia from the attack as well as make it look like it originated from American citizens. The use of bitcoin as a payment method made it possible for the attack to function effectively.
"Although the Conspirators caused transactions to be conducted in a variety of currencies, including U.S. dollars, they principally used bitcoin when purchasing servers, registering domains, and otherwise making payments in furtherance of hacking activity. Many of these payments were processed by companies located in the United States that provided payment processing services to hosting companies, domain registrars, and other vendors both international and domestic. The use of bitcoin allowed the Conspirators to avoid direct relationships with traditional financial institutions, allowing them to evade greater scrutiny of their identities and sources of funds."
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As a result of the amount of money involved, prosecutors are accusing the perpetrators of money laundering. "The Defendants conspired to launder the equivalent of more than $95,000 through a web of transactions structured to capitalize on the perceived anonymity of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin."
Using fake names, the perpetrators created many different email addresses which they used to access payment processors. "In some cases, as part of the payment process, the Conspirators provided vendors with nonsensical addresses such as "usa Denver AZ," "gfhgh ghfhgfh fdgfdg WA," and "1 2 dwd District of Columbia." 60. The Conspirators used several dedicated email accounts to track basic bitcoin transaction information and to facilitate bitcoin payments to vendors."
The investigators, however, were able to link some transactions to activities connected with the conspiracy by analyzing the blockchain. "One of these dedicated accounts, registered with the username "gfadel47," received hundreds of bitcoin payment requests from approximately 100 different email accounts. For example, on or about February 1, 2016, the gfadel47 account received the instruction to "[p]lease send exactly 0.026043 bitcoin to" a certain thirty-four character bitcoin address. Shortly thereafter, a transaction matching those exact instructions was added to the Blockchain."
Interestingly, it was revealed that some of the funds utilised within the scheme came from mining profits. "The Conspirators funded the purchase of computer infrastructure for their hacking activity in part by "mining" bitcoin….The pool of bitcoin generated from the GRU's mining activity was used, for example, to pay a Romanian company to register the domain dcleaks.com through a payment processing company located in the United States."
Additionally, the Russian operatives allegedly used a number of tools to obscure the trail of their transactions, which included the use of bitcoin mixers. "The Conspirators acquired bitcoin through a variety of means designed to obscure the origin of the funds. This included purchasing bitcoin through peer-to-peer exchanges, moving funds through other digital currencies, and using pre-paid cards. They also enlisted the assistance of one or more third-party exchangers who facilitated layered transactions through digital currency exchange platforms providing heightened anonymity."
Mueller and his team conclude that the plot relied heavily on the use of bitcoin as a payment method through which they could both finance and purchase all the tools required. "The Conspirators used the same funding structure – and in some cases, the very same pool of funds – to purchase key accounts, servers, and domains used in their election-related hacking activity. […] The bitcoin mining operation also funded, through the same bitcoin address, the purchase of servers and domains used in the GRU's spearphishing operations, including accountsqooqle.com and account-gooogle.com."


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I suppose it's the possibility that by championing microcapitalism over macrocapitalism you are championing Thatcherism over old-school socialism.
Well, you're certainly moving beyond 'old-school socialism' but are you really back into Thatcherism?
For all sorts of reasons, many of them presented on recent threads at hyperstition, I'm less than happy with using the term 'micro-capitalism'. But what I think Simon was designating by the term – I'd prefer to call it 'marketization' rather than 'micro-capitalism' – is indeed anti-socialist, but is also, I would want to insist, anti-capitalist.
It's almost charming to hear someone use the term 'old-school socialism' positively in the 00s. Without being toofacetious, what are people who decry Thatcherism yearning for in the pre-Thatcherite 70s? Power cuts? Raging inflation? Laughably inefficient nationalized industries? All subsidized, I shouldn't need to add, mainly by the proletariat through taxation.
There are, needless to say, serious problems with Thatcherism but they don't include its demolition of a decadent socialist hegemony which was as complacently cheerful in its role of administering post-Empire decline as was its Tory counterpart.
What is facile about Thatcherism is what is facile about all brands of liberal conservatism: namely, the centrality to its ontology of an uncritiqued concept of the individual. The conservative distrust of the State (good) is counterposed by its championing of the individual and 'individual freedom'. Mrs Thatcher was explicit in her espousal of what sociologists call 'methodological individualism', the view that the only real social unit is the individual agent, when she (in)famously announced that there is no such thing as society.
But if Marx, Freud, Nietzsche, Lacan, structuralism, post-structuralism and postmodernism have taught us anything, it is that the category of the individual cannot be treated as a given. Foucault was especially vociferous in resisting the dichotomy on which Thatcherite thought was based: the individual cannot be construed as first of all free and only afterwards constrained by the State. No: the individual is, in effect, a State in miniature. As ever, Spinoza anticipated most of these positions. He argued that, since it depends upon the welfare of others, individual liberty presupposes collective freedom.
Hardt and Negri have, somewhat unconvincingly in my view, sought to revive a Spinozist concept of collectivity with their idea of the Multitude. Whatever the limitations of their argument, its value lies in its decoupling of collectivity from the State. Such a separation is essential for any effective anti-capitalism.
It's worth pausing here to differentiate what I have in mind from the existing anti-capitalist movement. Said movement is easily but perhaps not entirely unfairly caricatured as comprised of hand-wringing middle-class quasi-socialists like Naomi Klein and freewheeling dog-on-a-rope anarcho-pranksters. Whether such a view is a grotesque distortion or not, it remains the case that no effective anti-capitalist strategy has emerged from the movement.
Klein and her ilk appear to favour a return to 'old style socialism' (more State intervention, higher taxation etc), whereas the anarchos seem, as ever, to oscillate between blanket nihilistic negativism and unrealistic utopianism. Both seem to make the error of treating capitalism as if it were some sort of conspiracy of the elite. In other words, they do what Marx warned against, and make a moral, rather than a systemic, critique of capitalism. Too often this emerges in the form of an Oedipal revolt aimed at the admininstators of capital, a pantomime sideshow which even they must realise has no possibility of effectuating change, underscored by the charmingly naive conviction that if only those nasty corporations were a bit nicer then everything would improve.
The most realistic account of kapital is also the most cyberpunk. Capitalism is best understood not as the product of a human cabal but as a takeover of the planet by an inhuman parasite entity, neither malevolent nor benign, but implacably locked onto pursuing its one goal – the proliferation of itself. Marx believed that capitalism's agency was only ostensible, an illusion that could be cashed out in terms of alienated labour. But, after cybernetics, complexity theory and chaos theory, we needn't be so anthropomorphic in our conception of what agency must involve. Kapital really is a planet-wide artificial intelligence, feeding Matrix-style, on the energy of its human slaves.
Energy, as we shall see shortly, is the crucial word here.
Marx's critique of capital was compromised by three, related, theoretical commitments: (1) a typically nineteenth century belief that Nature was to be dominated by Promethean Man (2) a privileging of human labour (humanity, remember, is defined, according to Marx, by its capacity to work) and (3) a belief in an Hegelian model of history as guided towards an inevitable climax by ineluctable teleology.
In place of Marx's labour-centred critique of Kapital, I propose an anti-capitalism based around the concept of Energy (Chi).
The Greens are right to this extent: all politics, all economics, ultimately all vivisystems, are about the deployment of Energy – about how energy is consumed and by whom (or what), and about how it is supplied and by whom (or what). Marx's idea that capital is dead labour is, in the end, about the transformation of energy from organic life to inorganic capital. (Whereas we need it go from organic life to inorganic unlife, but that's another story.) The Green argument is not only moralistic whingeing, or at least it need not be. Their point is, in a way, brutally mathematical. It is simply impossible that Third World nations develop in the same way that the west did, because, if they did, the planet's energy resources would burn out.
Energy is the principal difficulty that Kapital faces. Kapital's mutagenic ingenuity has allowed it to turn most problems into opportunities. But this one may turn out to be insuperable. Certainly, unless Gold's thesis – that oil is not the product of fossils, but of a 'deep hot biosphere' – is true, then the current US-led Petropolitikal configuration has 30 years at the most. Whatever, finite energy – and we know that we live in a cosmos, of course, in which energy cannot be created only transformed – means that capital's putatively infinite expansion does have limits.
The idea of 'a better use of energy' need not entail the technophobic retrenchment favoured by many Greens. It is a formula applicable at all levels of culture, from how we work and consume to how we use our 'free' time. At the moment, this is often a misnomer, since as the slogan used to have it, free time is time which the boss doesn't pay you for. Time spent in convalescence from work is not time spent on the kind of autonomous activity that can meaningfully count as free. If we remember the Situationists for only one thing, it should be for their hostility to work: 'Never work'. (One of the most genuinely pathetic aspects of 'old style socialism', meanwhile, was its dogmatic commitment to workerism.) Wresting time back from work and (/ = capital) is an urgent precondition for anti-capitalism, but the difficulties such a decolonization of the nervous system throws up shouldn't be underestimated. It can be about as easy as extracting a worm from your brain.
Andre Gorz, author of Critique of Economic Reason argued that what Capital has terminated is the 'category of the sufficient'. With Capital, enough is never enough. Gorz shows that wages had to be deliberately lowered in the early stages of industrial capitalism because workers would only labour until they had earned enough to subsist for a week, then go home. The idea of accumulating money in exchange for time seemed to them absurd and irrational. At that stage of history, in other words, the Kapital Thing had not yet achieved dominance of their nervous system. But, in order to survive and replicate, Capital, itself voraciously insatiable, has to instal a twitchy discontent into the human CNS (or at least agitate what existing neuronal potential towards restless existential hunger was there) and it has been highly efficient in doing so.
Thatcher's attachment to the individual is no accident, since the Thing seems to be able to best use Human Resources when they are individuated into user-friendly organic packets. Even so, the Thing has up until now relied upon a stripped-back mode of human collectivity – the family – in order to replenish its stock of slaves. The nuclear family (Mummy-daddy-me) has served as Capital's principal hatchery for at least the last century. But it is now showing signs of terminal breakdown. What then?
Breakdowns can be positive if they lead to breakthroughs.
Just as in the SF flix, it is only by the formation of strong collectivities that the alien can be defeated, or at least subdued. Autonomous collectivies are anti-capitalist not by virtue of 'organizing against capital', as if capital were an errant ruler who could be persuaded to mend its ways, but through their production of sustainanble energy systems (in the broadest sense) that are simply indifferent to capital's incessant injunction to replicate more of itself. Markets and other sorts of trading circuits are of course integral to this process, just as socialist-style Statist macro-organization is, at best, irrelevant, at worst, positively obstructive to it.
Anti-capitalism is not a 'political movement', it is a set of practices, many of them still only potentials.
Thanks to Austin, Ray, Nick, Reza, Anna, Robin, Siobahn and Luke, who may not agree with the above, but who nevertheless made it possible.
'We are all Prostitutes' t-shirt image lifted from The Pop Group site.
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Manchester City's chance of winning four titles evaporated following their FA Cup exit on Monday as they were being beaten by League One side, Wigan Athletic. Pep Guardiola's men were certainly disappointed with that result as not only they were beaten by a supposedly weaker side, but there were also several incidents that made that game much more sour.
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Middlesbrough moving their way up into the top of current English Championship standings after snatching a slender home win over Wigan Atheltic this past weekend. The home side immediately put on an attacking approach as they were keen on grabbing an early goal.
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Wigan Athletic's hope of survival in English Championship looking harder after suffering a disappointing away defeat from Nottingham Forest this past midweek. The away side were in dire need for points, but have to face a very determined Forest side which put on an attacking display since kick off.
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Bournemouth continue to preserve their lead at the top of English Championship standings after successfully defeating Wigan Athletic this past weekend. Playing away from home didn't stop Bournemouth from putting on an aggressive display as they were determined in grabbing all three points.
Wigan vs Sheffield Wednesday (0-1)
Wigan Athletic's ambition to lift themselves away from relegation spot in current English Championship League fell short this midweek as they were beaten by Sheffield Wednesday. Both teams are determined in snatching three points as to push themselves into better position, especially Wigan as they're still in relegation trouble.
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Middlesbrough ambition to push themselves into the top standing of English Championship League was halted as they were held by Wigan Athletic. Playing away from home, Middlesbrough didn't have the best of start as they found themselves trailing from Shaun Maloney's effort on 24 minutes.
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Derby County failed to extend their lead at the top of English Football League standings as they were beaten by Wigan Athletic on the weekend. Keen on keeping their lead at the top of table, Derby immediately put on an attacking effort since kick off.
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Queens Park Rangers snatched a ticket into the final of England Championship playoffs after defeating Wigan Athletic in the second leg of their semifinals battle. Drawing 0-0 in the previous meeting, QPR were very determined to present a special performance for their loyal fans.
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran's Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Tehran will do its best to help improve the security situation in Afghanistan which he argued needs to promote democracy to find itself on the path to development.
Larijani reaffirmed Tehran's commitment to help restore security and peace to Afghanistan in a meeting with his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 129th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva.
"We always make efforts to bolster security in Afghanistan... and will do our utmost for the establishment of stability there," said larijani.
He also called on Afghans to promote democracy and the rule of law as the country is just some months away from electing a new president.
The race to succeed Afghan President Hamid Karzai in April 5, 2014, election has started and the registration process for potential candidates closed on Sunday night, after twenty-two people had been nominated.
The Afghan Parliament speaker for his part praised Iran's support for Afghanistan, adding that the two neighboring countries will stand by each other for good as they share numerous commonalities.
Ibrahimi expressed hope that Iran would further contribute to the establishment of lasting peace in Afghanistan.
In a separate meeting with Ecuadorian Parliament Speaker Gabriela Rivadeneira, Larijani stressed the expansion of economic relations between Iran and the Latin American country, saying that the Iranian Parliament was also keen to bolster its parliamentarian relations with Ecuador.
He also thanked Ecuador for supporting Iran in the international arena, particularly for backing Tehran's peaceful nuclear energy program.


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Agriculture in Sonoma County is ever changing. Just as many of our farms have changed what we grow and raise, we also slowly see a change in the farmers and farm families in our county. There are legacy families that have farmed here for over a century, but most of us have roots that date back decades. As older generations of farmers retire many are not fortunate enough to have children or family that wants to put in the hard work and long hours that agriculture demands. These farms transition to new ownership. Some get purchased by neighboring farm families and some by new residents of Sonoma County. Many get leased to neighbors or hire management companies to farm. Some turn into lifestyle properties or loose there agricultural use entirely.
The Sonoma County Farm Bureau like all Farm Bureaus is a member based organization that is represented almost entirely by farmers and ranchers. Unfortunately, with constant changes and challenges facing Sonoma County agriculture (and agriculture across the state) there tend to be fewer farmers each year. Very recently there has been a flight of some of our urban neighbors into counties like Sonoma, but the number of people entering agriculture does not offset the numbers we lose every year.
In response to the decline in farmers and ranchers in our county, Sonoma County Farm Bureau created "Friend of Farm Bureau". This gives non-agriculturalist an opportunity to receive information and help support our mission; to keep agriculture part of Sonoma County's landscape for generations to come. We know we have lots of friends in non-ag communities that support us in many different capacities. "Friend of Farm Bureau" gives those non-ag supporters a chance to feel a part of Farm Bureau.
"Friends" will not receive the benefits of a full Farm Bureau membership when it comes to insurance discounts or other benefits. "Friends" receive the electronic version of the Sonoma Marin Farm News, event e-blasts and community call to action alerts as well as our new Friend of Farm Bureau bumper sticker!
It costs $25.00 per year to become a "Friend of Farm Bureau". This friendship is absolutely not a replacement for anyone that is an existing member. It is a tool to reach out to the local community so they can show their support for what we do. I think every person shopping at a farmers market should be a Friend of Farm Bureau. So should everyone that enjoys a glass of Sonoma County Wine or Sonoma cheese. Everyone with family that works in hospitality or tourism too as those jobs are dependent on the rich agricultural landscape that has made Sonoma County such a spectacular tourist destination.
Farm Bureau needs more urban support in order to be sustainable. As you all know ag is constantly under attack whether it is additional government regulation or taxation. It seems the encumbrances in agriculture continue to grow. We will need the help of our urban and suburban neighbors in the future to preserve the landscape of Sonoma County. I challenge every member of the Sonoma County Farm Bureau to help sell ONE "Friend of Farm Bureau" to someone who loves agriculture but is otherwise not connected to the land. We all know someone like that and Farm Bureau is here to assist you in your efforts to recruit "Friends". Please call Raven Castro at (707) 544-5575 to see how you can help!


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