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He also says that the only reason one of the women went to the police in the first place was to force him to get tested for STD's but that the case ended up being investigated as an alleged sexual assault.

"The day after this incident, she invited friends around to her flat for a dinner in honour of me," he said. "Does that sound like someone who was upset by what had happened? And at the dinner were a couple who had offered to have me as their guest. Instead, she insisted I remain with her. I stayed the rest of the week."

He goes on to describe his second accuser as having showed up at lunch wearing "a revealing pink cashmere sweater" (translation: she was asking for it?) and flirting with him and taking him home. Also this:

Mr Assange regards himself as a victim of radicalism. "Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism," he said. "I fell into a hornets' nest of revolutionary feminism."

Sounds like Assange has decided to try his rape case in the court of public opinion.

Read the full article here ><\|endoftext\|>Cameroonian Madiba Olivier sought out to create Central Africa’s first gaming company in 2003. At the time, there were no other video game companies in the region, and getting Kiro’o Games off the ground meant convincing investors that the business was profitable.

Yakan Dominique and Waffo Hugues were his business partners and friends, and in the early days of the company there were constant power outages. The company began to take off when the Cameroon Ministry of Arts and Culture gave them some much-needed funding. From that point on, Kiro’o Games was beginning to tell stories the way they wanted to.

“The history of our continent is rich … we took inspiration from local Cameroonian traditions, like the Ngondo festival celebrated by the Sawa people, and we also incorporated symbolism adapted from that of the Akan people of Ghana, specifically the Adinkra writing style,” said Olivier in an interview with Ventures Africa.

Their latest project is “Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan,” which is a role-playing game similar to World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy or God of War that transports players to a fantastical world. This project was possible after a successful Kickstarter campaign that garnered $50,000 from backers.

“‘Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan’ is set in a world of elemental energies and ancestral powers, where players assume the role of a traditional ruler, Enzo Kori-Odan, rightful ruler of the Zama kingdom, who uses the ‘Aurion’ power granted him by his ancestors to regain control of his kingdom,” according to Ventures Africa.

In the near future, the gaming studio will have games available for PlayStation 4, and “Aurion” is currently on PC.

Here is the game’s trailer:

Source: Kiro’o Games<\|endoftext\|>A challenge to two Missouri abortion requirements has ended its trip to the Supreme Court – at least for now. Attorneys for Planned Parenthood notified the Supreme Court tonight that they were withdrawing their request to block a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit after that court ruled in the group’s favor. Today’s order means that a decision by a federal district judge that blocked the state from enforcing two of its abortion requirements can go into effect while the state appeals the district court’s ruling.

Planned Parenthood argues that two of the state’s abortion requirements violate the Constitution: the requirement that physicians providing abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic and the requirement that abortion facilities be licensed as surgical centers. As a result of the requirements, Planned Parenthood contends, there are only two facilities providing abortions in Missouri, which “imposes enormous burdens on women” seeking abortions in the state, particularly women who are poor, have medical conditions or are victims of abuse.

The district court temporarily blocked the state from enforcing the two requirements, agreeing with Planned Parenthood that both requirements bore a close resemblance to the Texas rules that the Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional in 2016, in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. The state went to the 8th Circuit and asked that court to stay the lower court’s order pending appeal; a panel of the 8th Circuit declined to do so, but the full 8th Circuit granted the state’s request.

On September 22, Planned Parenthood asked the justices to step in and reinstate the district court’s order. But on the same day that the state was scheduled to file its response, Planned Parenthood notified the justices that, at the group’s request, the 8th Circuit had clarified that its order blocking the district court’s ruling was merely a temporary freeze of that ruling, intended to give the full court of appeals time to consider the state’s motion for a stay pending appeal, rather than an order by the full court granting the stay.

This afternoon, the full 8th Circuit denied the state’s motion for a stay. The court’s ruling prevents the state from enforcing the two requirements pending appeal. Four judges – Chief Judge Lavenski Smith and Judges Steven Colloton, Raymond Gruender and Bobby Shepherd – indicated that they would have granted the state’s motion.

The case will now presumably go back to the 8th Circuit, so that a three-judge panel can review on the merits the district court’s ruling blocking the two requirements. Whichever side loses in the lower court is likely to seek Supreme Court review, but – because abortion is such a contentious topic – many justices are probably relieved to have been able to sit out this round.

This post was originally published at Howe on the Court.

Recommended Citation: Amy Howe, Planned Parenthood withdraws application in Missouri case, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 2, 2017, 8:59 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/10/planned-parenthood-withdraws-application-missouri-case/<\|endoftext\|>http://www.patreon.com/forgottenweapons

The Schnellfeuer, or Model 712, was Mauser's answer to the Spanish production of selective fire C96 lookalikes. Just over 100,000 of these pistols were made by Mauser in the 1930s, mostly going to China (although some did see use in other countries, and also with the SS). They use 10- and 20-round detachable magazines, and are almost all chambered for the 7.63mm Mauser cartridge. Rate of fire is about 900-1000 rounds per minute.

One of the urban legends that has grown up around these guns is that Chinese soldiers would hold them sideways, and use the recoil to fire in a horizontal arc. This does work, but is a pretty crude way to use the gun. Without the attached shoulder stock, it is much better left on semiauto. With the stock, it makes a surprisingly effective and controllable submachine gun.

Thanks to TFBTV for the opportunity to shoot and film this very cool gun!<\|endoftext\|>Sitting down and talking with Deorro backstage at Coachella this year was a humbling experience. Erick’s focus on sound in our discussion highlighted a poignant aspect of his production style that I hadn’t realized: he makes all of his own sounds. This makes songs like “Five Hours” even more impressive; although up-and-coming producers would love to know what plugins and sample packs they can replicate to make a track like that, there’s real inspiration in the process of making all of one’s own sounds. Deorro has a unique sense of creativity and drive paired with an affability that I’ve only seen in the most humble of producers. So, without further ado, I’ll let him inspire you.

If you could sit across from eighteen-year-old Erick right now, with all of your current knowledge on music and production, what would you tell yourself if you could go back in time?

I wouldn’t tell myself a single thing. Not knowing anything got me to where I’m at today. I’ve seen Interstellar, man, I don’t want to mess with time travel. My goals and my ambition and what I was dedicated to do since I was a child has been helping people. If anything, my younger self would ask myself, “are you doing what we’re trying to do?” If you’re going to do what you’re going to do, you do it marvelous.

When do you feel like you really started producing?

I started playing the piano when I was four. To be honest with you, I don’t remember when I really started making music; it’s been my whole life. I came out doing crazy solos, I was born that way.

Did you teach yourself how to make music?

Have you seen Drumline? That’s my story, except I didn’t get a hot cheerleader, and I never learned how to, but I was still better than the school. But they didn’t give me a chance because I’m Mexican.

What kind of tools did you start out on?

I learned about Sonar, I bought it… my dad hated me for two years because it was so expensive. I did nothing with it, but I know how it works now. Then I moved on to Mixcraft, then Reason, then Ableton, and now I’m moving on to Paint and Photoshop. Haha, I’m an Ableton guy now.

What are your favorite plugins and VSTs?

I don’t use plugins. I make everything, from the drums to the trumpets to the violins, everything’s in my voice. I recorded everything the way you’re recording this right now [with an iPhone]. I could make a whole album with that. So that’s why I say, “it’s sound.” If you think about it, if you just aim for sound, and you can recreate sound… that’s the source of music. It took forever, but it’s worth it.

How long did it take you until you realized you were really going to pursue music?

I worked like eighty hours a day. Until I run into the same sound again, I won’t stop. If I ever end up getting a new laptop, it’ll only contain sounds that I’ve made. The DJ doors were open because I was a producer. I was trying to be a DJ in the beginning, and it was hard, so I stayed home and started making music. If you go to see a DJ, you’re going to see them because of the music you recognize.

Who were your biggest inspirations when you started?

Alicia Keys to Pink Floyd to Jimi Hendrix to Bob Marley. Mars Volta. I’m all over, man. I’m not a fan of genres; I’m a fan of sound.

What tracks have you been digging lately?

The ones that I did not make for DJ sets, like “Five Hours.” Those are the songs that the people ask for, but you know what, I didn’t make them for sets, so I kind of have to stop the song, but it makes it more special the way it starts.

What was the setting like when you composed “Five Hours?”

It was inspired by a love story. The story was about someone who traveled five hours for the person they loved. The whole point was that inspired me for all people, not just couples, like families and dads at work, who have that unconditional love. There is no distance. You’ll do some crazy things for love.

If you had to become a new producer in 2015, what would you do to get to where you are now?

I’d go crazy. I can hear melodies in my head, and I don’t know how that is, but if there’s somebody telling me, I hope it’s Mozart. I don’t go, “this is how you make music.” This is how you make sound.

Photography by Kyle Riego de Dios and TomorrowWorld.

Like this: Like Loading...<\|endoftext\|>Coming Soon to RAD Studio ... Twice the IDE Memory Brings a new Level of Productivity, Performance and Stability

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He also says that the only reason one of the women went to the police in the first place was to force him to get tested for STD's but that the case ended up being investigated as an alleged sexual assault.

"The day after this incident, she invited friends around to her flat for a dinner in honour of me," he said. "Does that sound like someone who was upset by what had happened? And at the dinner were a couple who had offered to have me as their guest. Instead, she insisted I remain with her. I stayed the rest of the week."

He goes on to describe his second accuser as having showed up at lunch wearing "a revealing pink cashmere sweater" (translation: she was asking for it?) and flirting with him and taking him home. Also this:

Mr Assange regards himself as a victim of radicalism. "Sweden is the Saudi Arabia of feminism," he said. "I fell into a hornets' nest of revolutionary feminism."

Sounds like Assange has decided to try his rape case in the court of public opinion.

Read the full article here ><|endoftext|>Cameroonian Madiba Olivier sought out to create Central Africa’s first gaming company in 2003. At the time, there were no other video game companies in the region, and getting Kiro’o Games off the ground meant convincing investors that the business was profitable.

Yakan Dominique and Waffo Hugues were his business partners and friends, and in the early days of the company there were constant power outages. The company began to take off when the Cameroon Ministry of Arts and Culture gave them some much-needed funding. From that point on, Kiro’o Games was beginning to tell stories the way they wanted to.

“The history of our continent is rich … we took inspiration from local Cameroonian traditions, like the Ngondo festival celebrated by the Sawa people, and we also incorporated symbolism adapted from that of the Akan people of Ghana, specifically the Adinkra writing style,” said Olivier in an interview with Ventures Africa.

Their latest project is “Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan,” which is a role-playing game similar to World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy or God of War that transports players to a fantastical world. This project was possible after a successful Kickstarter campaign that garnered $50,000 from backers.

“‘Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan’ is set in a world of elemental energies and ancestral powers, where players assume the role of a traditional ruler, Enzo Kori-Odan, rightful ruler of the Zama kingdom, who uses the ‘Aurion’ power granted him by his ancestors to regain control of his kingdom,” according to Ventures Africa.

In the near future, the gaming studio will have games available for PlayStation 4, and “Aurion” is currently on PC.

Here is the game’s trailer:

Source: Kiro’o Games<|endoftext|>A challenge to two Missouri abortion requirements has ended its trip to the Supreme Court – at least for now. Attorneys for Planned Parenthood notified the Supreme Court tonight that they were withdrawing their request to block a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit after that court ruled in the group’s favor. Today’s order means that a decision by a federal district judge that blocked the state from enforcing two of its abortion requirements can go into effect while the state appeals the district court’s ruling.

Planned Parenthood argues that two of the state’s abortion requirements violate the Constitution: the requirement that physicians providing abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic and the requirement that abortion facilities be licensed as surgical centers. As a result of the requirements, Planned Parenthood contends, there are only two facilities providing abortions in Missouri, which “imposes enormous burdens on women” seeking abortions in the state, particularly women who are poor, have medical conditions or are victims of abuse.

The district court temporarily blocked the state from enforcing the two requirements, agreeing with Planned Parenthood that both requirements bore a close resemblance to the Texas rules that the Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional in 2016, in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. The state went to the 8th Circuit and asked that court to stay the lower court’s order pending appeal; a panel of the 8th Circuit declined to do so, but the full 8th Circuit granted the state’s request.

On September 22, Planned Parenthood asked the justices to step in and reinstate the district court’s order. But on the same day that the state was scheduled to file its response, Planned Parenthood notified the justices that, at the group’s request, the 8th Circuit had clarified that its order blocking the district court’s ruling was merely a temporary freeze of that ruling, intended to give the full court of appeals time to consider the state’s motion for a stay pending appeal, rather than an order by the full court granting the stay.

This afternoon, the full 8th Circuit denied the state’s motion for a stay. The court’s ruling prevents the state from enforcing the two requirements pending appeal. Four judges – Chief Judge Lavenski Smith and Judges Steven Colloton, Raymond Gruender and Bobby Shepherd – indicated that they would have granted the state’s motion.

The case will now presumably go back to the 8th Circuit, so that a three-judge panel can review on the merits the district court’s ruling blocking the two requirements. Whichever side loses in the lower court is likely to seek Supreme Court review, but – because abortion is such a contentious topic – many justices are probably relieved to have been able to sit out this round.

This post was originally published at Howe on the Court.

Recommended Citation: Amy Howe, Planned Parenthood withdraws application in Missouri case, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 2, 2017, 8:59 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/10/planned-parenthood-withdraws-application-missouri-case/<|endoftext|>http://www.patreon.com/forgottenweapons

The Schnellfeuer, or Model 712, was Mauser's answer to the Spanish production of selective fire C96 lookalikes. Just over 100,000 of these pistols were made by Mauser in the 1930s, mostly going to China (although some did see use in other countries, and also with the SS). They use 10- and 20-round detachable magazines, and are almost all chambered for the 7.63mm Mauser cartridge. Rate of fire is about 900-1000 rounds per minute.

One of the urban legends that has grown up around these guns is that Chinese soldiers would hold them sideways, and use the recoil to fire in a horizontal arc. This does work, but is a pretty crude way to use the gun. Without the attached shoulder stock, it is much better left on semiauto. With the stock, it makes a surprisingly effective and controllable submachine gun.

Thanks to TFBTV for the opportunity to shoot and film this very cool gun!<|endoftext|>Sitting down and talking with Deorro backstage at Coachella this year was a humbling experience. Erick’s focus on sound in our discussion highlighted a poignant aspect of his production style that I hadn’t realized: he makes all of his own sounds. This makes songs like “Five Hours” even more impressive; although up-and-coming producers would love to know what plugins and sample packs they can replicate to make a track like that, there’s real inspiration in the process of making all of one’s own sounds. Deorro has a unique sense of creativity and drive paired with an affability that I’ve only seen in the most humble of producers. So, without further ado, I’ll let him inspire you.

If you could sit across from eighteen-year-old Erick right now, with all of your current knowledge on music and production, what would you tell yourself if you could go back in time?

I wouldn’t tell myself a single thing. Not knowing anything got me to where I’m at today. I’ve seen Interstellar, man, I don’t want to mess with time travel. My goals and my ambition and what I was dedicated to do since I was a child has been helping people. If anything, my younger self would ask myself, “are you doing what we’re trying to do?” If you’re going to do what you’re going to do, you do it marvelous.

When do you feel like you really started producing?

I started playing the piano when I was four. To be honest with you, I don’t remember when I really started making music; it’s been my whole life. I came out doing crazy solos, I was born that way.

Did you teach yourself how to make music?

Have you seen Drumline? That’s my story, except I didn’t get a hot cheerleader, and I never learned how to, but I was still better than the school. But they didn’t give me a chance because I’m Mexican.

What kind of tools did you start out on?

I learned about Sonar, I bought it… my dad hated me for two years because it was so expensive. I did nothing with it, but I know how it works now. Then I moved on to Mixcraft, then Reason, then Ableton, and now I’m moving on to Paint and Photoshop. Haha, I’m an Ableton guy now.

What are your favorite plugins and VSTs?

I don’t use plugins. I make everything, from the drums to the trumpets to the violins, everything’s in my voice. I recorded everything the way you’re recording this right now [with an iPhone]. I could make a whole album with that. So that’s why I say, “it’s sound.” If you think about it, if you just aim for sound, and you can recreate sound… that’s the source of music. It took forever, but it’s worth it.

How long did it take you until you realized you were really going to pursue music?

I worked like eighty hours a day. Until I run into the same sound again, I won’t stop. If I ever end up getting a new laptop, it’ll only contain sounds that I’ve made. The DJ doors were open because I was a producer. I was trying to be a DJ in the beginning, and it was hard, so I stayed home and started making music. If you go to see a DJ, you’re going to see them because of the music you recognize.

Who were your biggest inspirations when you started?

Alicia Keys to Pink Floyd to Jimi Hendrix to Bob Marley. Mars Volta. I’m all over, man. I’m not a fan of genres; I’m a fan of sound.

What tracks have you been digging lately?

The ones that I did not make for DJ sets, like “Five Hours.” Those are the songs that the people ask for, but you know what, I didn’t make them for sets, so I kind of have to stop the song, but it makes it more special the way it starts.

What was the setting like when you composed “Five Hours?”

It was inspired by a love story. The story was about someone who traveled five hours for the person they loved. The whole point was that inspired me for all people, not just couples, like families and dads at work, who have that unconditional love. There is no distance. You’ll do some crazy things for love.

If you had to become a new producer in 2015, what would you do to get to where you are now?

I’d go crazy. I can hear melodies in my head, and I don’t know how that is, but if there’s somebody telling me, I hope it’s Mozart. I don’t go, “this is how you make music.” This is how you make sound.

Photography by Kyle Riego de Dios and TomorrowWorld.

Like this: Like Loading...<|endoftext|>Coming Soon to RAD Studio ... Twice the IDE Memory Brings a new Level of Productivity, Performance and Stability

Double the Power - Twice the IDE Memory Capacity and Twice the Project Handling Capacity

Project and Build management system doubles project size capacity for huge stability and performance gains.

“Under the hood” the IDE’s project, file, and build management handling has gone through a major overhaul and redesign to provide significantly extended available memory, giving developers a more stable, capable, and faster development experience. Build large, multi-million lines of code projects and enjoy a new level of productivity, performance and stability.

Get "More Coding in Delphi" ebook by Nick Hodges FREE!

Get the next version of RAD Studio, Delphi or C++Builder as soon as it is available plus Nick Hodges’ ebook “More Coding in Delphi” as a free bonus when you purchase RAD Studio, Delphi or C++Builder XE8 and an Update Subscription before August 30, 2015.