Let Me Upgrade You by $87 Million

The Seattle Seahawks and quarterback Russell Wilson have agreed to a contract extension, according to Peter King. The deal is worth $87.5 million over four years, a significant pay upgrade for the Super Bowl-winning quarterback. The deal includes a $31 million signing bonus and roughly $60 million in guaranteed money.

In short, Russell earned his contract.  It's his time to get his due and it was far time the men and women in the suits gave him what he was owed.  He was entering the final year of his four-year, $3 million rookie contract. Wilson's rookie contract did not include a fifth-year option because he wasn't a first-round pick. Because of that, Seattle would have had to use the franchise tag on him in 2016 -- currently projected at more than $25 million -- if no extension had been signed by then.

In 2014, Wilson completed 285 of 452 passes (63.1 percent) for 3,475 yards with 20 touchdowns and just seven interceptions. He also rushed for 849 yards and six more touchdowns. The Seahawks have a 36-12 record through three seasons with Wilson at the helm, no quarterback in NFL history has helped his team win more games.

Wilson's career numbers so far stack up with the best quarterbacks in the NFL over the last three years. He's one of six quarterbacks with at least 9,000 passing yards, 60 touchdowns and 500 rushing yards during that span.

Cast List for New Spider-Man Movie

According to comicvine here is what we know of the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. Tom Holland is playing Peter Parker and Marisa Tomeiis playing Aunt May. That's all that's been confirmed thus far. However, a new image popped up on the Internetthat claims it's the cast list for the newSpider-Man film, and it looks pretty ambitious, it is completely unconfirmed, and one of the weirdest things other news sites, including us, are reporting on

A Lesson in Why Women Love Power, Leaders and Control

Some say you can't learn anything from a video game world that is filled with fantasy, but the Witcher 3's writing had a lot more on life lessons then few thought.  My favorite scene from the Witcher 3 was when the Emperor asked Geralt the status of the one task he gave him to complete. Geralt's answered sarcastically that no he hadn't gotten to it. The Emperor said Geralt's assignment was important, but he had real problems like ruling a nation, waging war, and controlling the economy/trade to manage.  

The scene that followed was Geralt asking Yennifer, his kindred, why didn't she stand up for him since she had the Emperor's ear as his sorceress.  Yennifer replied "I won't indulge your pride for the price of insulting a rich and powerful man". The Emperor is kind and merciful b/c he wants to be liked by his people, but he doesn't have to be either kind or merciful.  Yennifer knows the Emperor is being kind to Geralt out of respect to her. Yennifer struggles to keep Geralt in the royal court because Geralt doesn't know the etiquette of the political world nor understands the ramifications of conflicting with powerful people.  Geralt is a wild man with rare powers that citizens find useful, but he doesn't understand society or social structure.  With one word from the Emperor, Geralt's life and career can be ended.  Yennifer's conflicting interest in both men leave her in a difficult position.

Geralt sees that Yennifer views the Emperor's power and value higher than him, and treats the two men in her life very differently as a result. Yennifer's perspective on the importance for both men is not about wealth and class, it's solely about maturity. Geralt is hot-headed, runs his mouth when insulted, and overall immature and lacks respect for authority.  The Emperor is educated on socializing, articulate his ideas without causing arguments in a debate, mature and respectful b/c Yennifer views Geralt's magical skills as valuable to her objectives. She is using both men, but both men use her as well for their objectives. It's a powerful story. Geralt sees that Yennifer knows the Emperor controls a lot of the world and is influential to the events that will transpire by his orders and leadership of the new world after the war. As a journeyman, Geralt understands that he can only control and influence himself.  For the first time in Geralt's 200+ years on Earth, he learns his place. 

Geralt is aware that Yennifer is trying navigate through society and put herself in a better position to have a better life.  Yennifer spent the first centuries of her life in the woods as an outcast, now she wants to be in the royal court as an respected lady of the court.  Yennifer cares about the way people view her, and she wants to use her connections to gain power and leverage.  She cares about Geralt as a friend and values his friendship, but at the same time she doesn't want to let Geralt's lack of maturity and refinement be the reasons she is held back in society.  

  

Marvel Content Released to Netflix Every Six Months

Marvel and Netflix teamed up to bring five separate shows to the streaming service, focusing on a group of comic book heroes called The Defenders, a street-level Avengers team. The first in the series, Daredevil, premiered in April. Jessica Jones will be the next superhero to get a Netflix treatment before the end of 2015, followed by Iron Fist and Luke Cage, according to the Associated Press. After each has starred in their own series, all four will join forces for a Defenders show.

Netflix CCO Ted Sarandos said, “I think ideally there will be a rhythm of about every six months you’ll get a new season or a new series from the Defenders group. And then they’ll crossover into a combined [Defenders] season once we’ve launched the first season of each of the four characters.”

The Murder of Cecil, the Celebrity Black Mane Lion by Walter Palmer

There's nothing sadder than an endangered animal being lured out of his home by a sadist, so that he can add his head to his wall as a trophy. Walter Palmer is the malicious animal that planned the murder and killed Cecil, the 13-year-old lion was a major tourist attraction at the country's famous Hwange National Park, merely for sport.

Zimbabwe, like many African countries, is battling to curb illegal hunting and poaching which threatens to make some of its wildlife extinct, but as the saying goes, "everyone has a price".
Palmer paid $50,000 for the right to hunt and kill an endangered animal. The fact that Cecil was a popular and human friendly animal made Palmer's lust to kill it more attractive.

What makes Cecil different from any other Lion was the fact Cecil is a local celebrity. I don't want to imagine the final moments of Cecil's life. Cecil is a wild animal but grew up around humans and trusted them, and that was his greatest and last mistake. The ZCTF said the hunters had used bait to lure him outside Hwange National Park during a night-time pursuit.

 

Cecil is believed to have been killed on 1 July, but his dead carcass was not discovered until a few days later. Palmer is said to have shot Cecil with a crossbow, injuring the animal. Cecil struggled to stay alive for the sake of his family, but the group of armed hunters found the wounded lion 40 hours later, when and shot him dead with a gun. Cecil had a GPS collar fitted for a research project by UK-based Oxford University that allowed authorities to track its movements. The hunters tried to destroy it, but failed, according to the ZCTF.

On Monday, the head of the ZCTF told the BBC that Cecil "never bothered anybody" and was "one of the most beautiful animals to look at".

The six cubs of Cecil will now be killed by the new male lion in the pride, Johnny Rodrigues added, in order to encourage the lionesses to mate with him.

"That's how it works... it's in the wild. It's nature taking its course," he added.

About a century ago there were around 200,000 lions roaming across Africa but that figure has dropped to less than 30,000 in recent years.

Walter Palmer owns a dentist business at 10851 Rhode Island Ave S, Minneapolis, MN. The dental practice was closed on Tuesday and a note was placed on the door referring visitors to a public relations firm, according to local press. The practice's Facebook page was removed from the site after being besieged by angry comments and the company website was also taken down.

Windows 10 is Now Available Plus a Safe Free Update Link on Post

I'm excited because with this update I can link my Xbox One to my PC on other devices which will allow me to do video blogging and recording.  Windows 10 is available for download, and I listed all the new features available for customers and businesses.  All you need to do is check Windows Update and make sure you have all the final updates. If you didn’t upgrade to the latest build as a Windows Insider, you can upgrade here. The Windows Insider Program will continue, and we will have more details to share soon about the next wave of the program.  Also, I have provided the upgrade requirements for your PC in order to have the best performance from your system.

Windows 10: The Best Windows Ever

As we begin to roll out Windows 10 to the world, we want to empower our customers to do great things. We will deliver this in four key ways:

1) First and foremost, we made Windows 10 fast and familiar:

• With the familiar Start menu, Taskbar, and Desktop you’re already an expert and Live Tiles provide streaming updates of what matters most to you, instantly.

• Windows 10 is designed to be compatible with the hardware, software and peripherals you already own.
• Free updates help keep you current on features and security updates.
• With OneDrive online storage, you can easily share and keep your files up to date across all your devices, simply.

2) In a world of cyber threats, Windows 10 is the most secure Windows ever:

• Offering enhanced Windows Defender and Smart Screen to help safeguard against viruses, malware and phishing.
• Windows Hello** greets you by name, providing a fast, secured, password-free way to log in.

3) Aligned with our more personal computing vision, Windows 10 is more personal and more productive:

• Voice, Pen and Gesture input allow you to more naturally interact with your PC.
• Windows 10 is designed to run Office and Skype perfectly to increase your productivity. New Office Mobile apps on Windows 10 – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote – are available today in the Windows Store. Built for on-the-go scenarios, the Office Mobile apps offer a consistent, touch-first experience for small tablets. Full featured OneNote comes installed with Windows 10 for your digital note-taking needs. The upcoming release of Office desktop apps (Office 2016) will offer the richest feature set for professional content creation, designed for the precision of a keyboard and mouse.
• Cortana*** is your personal digital assistant making it easy to find the right information at the right time.

• You can easily switch between apps and stay organized with Snap and Task View.
• Continuum optimizes your apps and experience beautifully across touch and desktop modes.

4) Finally, only Windows 10 can offer innovative experiences and new devices:

• New Microsoft Edge browser allows you to quickly browse, read, and even mark up and share the web.

• The integrated Xbox App delivers the Xbox experience to Windows 10, bringing together your friends, games, and accomplishments across Xbox One and Windows 10 devices.
• The Companion Phone app lets you set up your iPhone, Android or Windows phone to work seamlessly with your Windows device.
• Windows powers the most innovative devices today and tomorrow – from phones to tablets to PCs to HoloLens.
• Built-in apps including Photos, Maps, Microsoft’s new music app Groove, and Movies & TV, offer entertainment and productivity options.

Windows 10: Best for Business

Feedback from millions of IT Pros has helped shape our best enterprise version of Windows ever. Ready for corporate deployments, Windows 10 will help your company protect against modern cyber-attacks, deliver experiences your employees will love and enable continuous innovation with a platform that keeps your company up to date with the latest technology. Your business can control the frequency of your updates and select the features and functionality that is right for each group of your employees.

Windows 10 includes built-in enterprise grade security, so employees can replace passwords with more secure options, help protect corporate data and corporate identities, and only run the software you trust. New management anddeployment tools simplify device management and help lower costs, and enable you to power your business with the enterprise strength of the Azure cloud.

We encourage small businesses to take advantage of the free upgrade offer to Windows 10 from genuine Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs and tablets. And, we encourage all enterprise customers to begin testing and planning your deployment now. More information for business customers is available here.

Top Apps Available on Windows 10

The new Windows Store opens today and is now accepting new apps for Windows 10. The Windows Store offers one-stop shopping for popular free and paid apps, games, movies, TV shows and the latest music, which work across all Windows 10 devices. The new Windows Store is the only Store where you can use Cortana to control apps with your voice and get real-time notifications on your app tiles. 

All Windows Store content is certified by Microsoft to help keep your devices safer. In addition to existing Windows 8.1 apps such as Netflix, Flipboard, Mint.com, Asphalt 8: Airborne and The Weather Channel, the Windows Store provides a constant stream of new and updated Universal Windows Apps and games, including Twitter, “Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition beta”, Hulu, iHeartRadio, USA Today, Candy Crush Saga, and others including WeChat and QQ, which will launch soon. Check out our new Windows Store today.

Windows 10 provides a platform for great experiences and we’re excited to work with partners around the world on all new app experiences. The Windows 10 SDK is available to developers beginning later today, and we look forward to seeing what developers create for Windows 10. More information on the latest on developer tools for Windows 10 is available here.

Upgrading to Windows 10

Upgrading to Windows 10 is easy if you have a genuine Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 PC or tablet. Starting today, a new notification on your taskbar will alert you when your upgrade is ready to be installed. For business customers, Windows 10 is available to start deploying within your work environments and starting August 1, organizations who have volume licensing can upgrade to Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education. Windows 10 IoT is also available today.

Tom Brady Guilty of Cheating but Why is He So Ungrateful

Well, well, well. Tom Brady four game suspension was upheld by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, but why is Tom Brady appealing the conviction in the first place?  Tom Brady will be allowed to attend training camp and playing in the preseason, but he must sit out the 1st four games of the regular season.

The reason the NFL upheld the suspension was due to Brady asking an assistant to destroy potential evidence, a cellphone that he had used before, during and after the week of the game. The destruction of the phone was first revealed at Brady’s appeal hearing in June.

The league also said that after the controversy began immediately after the game, Brady had frequent contact with the two members of the Patriots staff who had doctored the game balls, including one who was nicknamed the Deflator. The employees did not speak at Brady’s appeal hearing.

Is it just me but does Tom Brady sound ungrateful?  Tom Brady won a game he should have lost, and he went on to win the Superbowl as a result.  It's more of a slap in the face to the league and fans by Tom Brady's appealing his suspension.  Brady comes off as arrogant. He should accept his punishment, let the story die and move on. To me a four game suspension was a slap on the wrist to a cheater that should have had his champion stripped and ring given back.

Hell, players like Reggie Bush were forced to give his Heisman Trophy back, USC was bowl ineligible for a few years, the school had to forfeit its games plus give up its championship because Reggie Bush's dad took a few $1000.  To me if he cheated to win that game, then why not question if he did the same thing to win the Superbowl?  In my experience with repeat offenders, they usually commit the crimes over and over again until they are caught.  

It looks bad that the New England Patriots have been champions that often, and they have been busted cheating often as well.  It's not the american sport that I grow up admiring. 

Female Coach Wins NBA Title

Given a leadership opportunity, Becky Hammon wins her first NBA Championship as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs for the NBA Summer League. On July 20, 2015, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Phoenix Suns 93 to 90 to take the NBA Summer League Championship.

Treveon Graham (20 points) and Jonathan Simmons (23 points) also helped pace San Antonio's offense in the win. Point guard Mike James -- the only member of Phoenix's starting lineup who wasn't a first round draft pick -- led the Suns with 32 points. Simmons was named the MVP of the championship game.

First Female Coach in NFL

NFL history has been made by the Arizona Cardinals when they signed Jen Welters is its Linebackers coach for the 2015 season.

According to NFL.com, Jen Welter played rugby at college and then 14 years of professional football in the Women’s Football Alliance. She is currently a member of the Indoor Football League. Welter will complete an internship with the Arizona Cardinals then coach inside linebackers during the preseason training camp.

Cardinals coach Bruce Arians, who made the decision to hire Welter, said that gender shouldn’t come into play when it comes to coaching. “If you can make me better, I don’t care if you’re the Green Hornet, man, I’ll listen,” he told NFL.com.

Is ESPN Becoming a Premium Channel?

Founded in 1979, ESPN has provided 24 hour sports of global news to its viewers.  There is no denying that ESPN controls the sports news market.  With demand for sports increasing with the upcoming college and NFL football seasons, rumors are floating around ESPN has a plan to unbundle with the cable packages and be offered as a separate premium channel like HBO. 

Ranked as one of the top reasons consumers renew cable services, ESPN is the primary non-premium channel in demand.  On average consumers only pay around $6 for about 10+ ESPN affiliated channels, so it is reasonable to think that ESPN, an ABC- Disney owned channel, would want more pieces of the pie. It all boils down to money, and who gets the most of it.  

Representatives for ESPN spoke about the idea, and the only information that was given focused on a plan in 5 years to test the waters on the idea but no serious plans other than that.  Being a business and broadcasting double major, I know that with an opportunity like that out there, we should prepare our wallets to start paying for service of sports news from ESPN.

7 Days to Die 3 Most Powerful Enemies

I took a poll earlier, and I ranked the three most powerful enemies in 7 Days to Die according to your feedback.  

1. Trees- I'm not joking death by falling trees glitch is highest among gamers. The fun pimps really need to fix that before the game becomes pvp.

2. Dogs - the second toughest enemy in the game was reported to be the dogs.  Dogs can dodge like pro athletes, chase unrelentingly, and have an invisible 10 foot deadly attack range.

3. Feral zombies- loaded with high levels of HP and attack power the feral zombies can do damage quick.  Feral zombies are Usually found in caves or random spawns in the later day 7 hordes.  They are worth killing because they give rare loot like magnum gun parts which are the best weapons in the game in my opinion.

Good hunting gamers.  And don't forget to use the spike leveling up trick to get your player at optimum Levels fast. 

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Patch 1.07

The game that has over 200 playable hours of content now received a patch to fix the bugs and add requested additional content to improve performance.  Here is what you can expect from the 8GB update for the game:

• A new movement mechanic to address the complaints of Geralt's movement restraints and an includes a few additional new finishing moves
• Roach is more useful and spawns in appropriate areas. 
• New loot stashes for items across the map. The new loot stashes appear as a green chest on the map. 
• Tabs have been included for books, so you can sort them in your inventory.  The literature that you have read will be gray.
• Alchemy materials now have zero weight for your inventory.
• Additional generic sorting options like rarity, durability, and price for your item inventory.  

Xcom 2 Quakecon updates

I'm now hearing about a X Com 2 game being made, and the storyline is amazing. The story takes place 20 years after Xcom and the Earth have surrendered to the power of alien forces.  Humanity lives in controlled environments where they are brainwashed to believe their alien masters are organizing an advance society where alien and human can co-exist as long as humanity obeys alien rulers.  

Xcom forces know the truth and convince you and others to rebel against the alien dictatorship.  You take control of an alien supply ship known as the Avenger and travel the world gaining rebel support and exposing the aliens real plans for humanity. 

There will be five classes of soldiers each with their own set of skill trees. The current roster of enemies for Xcom 2 is:

Advent Trooper

Advent Captain

Advent Mech

Advent Turret

Sectoid

Viper

Berserker

Muton

After reviewing some changes to the game, I found myself intrigue about the new innovations. A new feature is you have to save critically wound or dead bodies of dead soldiers.  You no longer get the gear of fallen soldiers or enemies just by completing the mission.  You can set the evacuation zone which calls the skyranger to come for your team.  You can hack enemy weapons and vehicles. Aliens are stronger than advent soldiers, and you will need to use group tactics to take them down. 

You can use melee weapons like machetes to attack instead of being limited to projectile weapons. You can set up stealth and ambush tactics, but still retain the elements of gunblazing and taking down aliens.  You can destroy environments to get better accuracy on attacking enemies. There are time of day, geography, and weather changes that will effect the maps.  Each soldier has accents instead of the game being dominated by american accents. 

I remember playing Xcom: Unknown enjoying the turn based aspects and 80 maps generator. In Xcom 2, there will be a random map generator that will give gamers an infinite amount of map possibilities. The expected release date in November 2015.

Updates on Fallout 4 at QuakeCon 2015

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• I've come to you with news on the game i'm anticipating the most, Fallout 4.  We’ve already gotten a look at Preston Garvey, as he was a character that was added earlier this year to Fallout Shelter. He is the leader of the Commonwealth Minutemen, a group which needs some serious help. 
• There will be about a dozen possible companions, including Dogmeat, Mr. Handy, Preston Garvey, and ‘Piper,’ a newly-revealed companion who you can meet in Diamond City. 
• Mr. Handy can actually say your name—be it John, or something more ridiculous like “Mr. Self-hater or Insecure.” He will vocalize it all the same. I can’t wait to see all the offensive and silly names that people come up with! In any case, Mr. Handy is voiced by Stephen Russel, who PC Gamer notes also voiced Garret in Thief. 
• Dogmeat is based on a real dog, who is named River.
• Piper, the new companion, wears a red leather coat and a newsboy hat.
• You can romance your companions, regardless of whether you play as a male or female. Not clear on whether or not this includes robots like Mr. Handy, but here’s hoping.
• Things that are back: bloody mess perk, Super Duper Mart, computer hacking, lockpicking, the Fat Man, and Behemoth mutants. The demo actually ends with the player shooting an atomic bomb at a Behemoth mutant.
• Book/comic book covers will be more detailed this time around, and you can zoom in and look at them.
• The leveling system works differently now. Perks are tied to SPECIAL stats, and not levels. Having specific high special stats means having good related perks.
• It sounds like factions can war with one another. IGN described a scene where the player watched ghouls attacking raiders, and noted that the player had the option to let it happen without interfering. Awesome. Additionally, they also noted that at one point the Brotherhood of Steel appears and joins the player in a battle against raiders.

I'm done with Dragon Ball Super because of a Racist Scene

Like most anime fans I was excited to see Dragon Ball Super premier July 15, 2015.  As a fan of the american dubs, I was pumped to see the series air first run uncut.  Then they took it there.  Black fans, hell any minority that watches anime knows what I mean when I say "they took it there".

Few people know this, but the Dragon Ball series has been a big supporter of racism.  The dubbing companies that rebrand and broadcast the show in America do a great job of editing out the perverted and racist content that in its original Japanese airing includes.  

When I was in college, I wasn't aware of the content that was taken out until my roommate said that DragonBall is a very racist series.  Then he took me to a web page that showed Dragonball and Dragonball Z uncut.  The site showed images of Master Roshi pervert collection and characters that were minstrel, stereotypes or negative even given names like Mister Popo which translate to Mr. Evil not because he does bad deeds, it's because his skin is black. I was like wtf when I saw it.

Then I saw episode 2 of Dragon Ball Super and a scene where Vegeta gets covered in black ink, and he goes on a rant because he is black.  I was whoa it's 2015 and y'all going there again.  Grow up you bigots.  A large part of your fan base is minorities and we don't appreciate it when the show we love feels comfortable taking 15 seconds to put us down or point out that were are not liked by your culture.

Episodes 1-3 sucked to be honest, and I only watched it because I was a fan of the previous series. The show has Goku as a broke farmer that can't do anything but fight.  Mr. Satan gives Goku some money for saving the world against Buu, and Goku gives the money to Chi Chi then abandons his family to go train with King Kai.  Goten even says "Chi Chi is a money thirsty woman so if you take Mr. Satan's money and give it to her, then she'll let you abandon the family to go train with King Kai. 

Then there was a part where Gohan is a poor scholar that can't even afford to buy his college books. His girlfriend Videl buys Gohan the books he needs and says, "it's okay you don't have money now because I'm the daughter of a rich  businessman that saved the world.  When you have enough knowledge from studying, then one day you can use it to get a job and take care of your family like my dad does."   The show is full of cattyness and cheap shots like that, and I wonder what's going on in the writer's table for the show.  In my opinion, the writers on Dragon Ball Super are killing the show and got some serious issues with minorities, woman and values.  

I mean Dragon Ball is a great series that traditionally was known for good story and fighting scenes, but 15 seconds of unnecessary content just really ended my support of the series.  It saddens me that really one group of writers can go into the studio make a sketch for 15 seconds that should be cut out and really kill a show before it takes off. 

I'm like "why would you do that and why was that necessary?  What was your point, and what were you trying to prove by doing that?  I feel like Japanese anime really lost face with that bigotry.  In 1989, I can understand the racism because Japan was closed off to the world and didn't have much exposure to diverse cultures, but in 2015 you know better.  Japan is suppose to known for it's intelligence and pioneers of peace.  I'm really disappointed to say the least.  I will no longer watch the series, and I encourage others to do the same.  

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Justice For Sandra Bland

I don't usually post anything about current events or politics, but I will make an exception for a social injustice that needs attention. A few weeks ago in Texas, Sandra Bland was pulled over for routine traffic stop which led to her death.  With access to global media, I'm sure most of you have seen the video of what happened between the officer and Sandra Bland.  In the video, the officer gets mad that Sandra refuses to put out her cigarette.  It your right to smoke your cigarette in your vehicle.  The officer did not have the right to ask her to do that, and she justly had the right to refuse his demand.

After the refusal of the officer's demand, the officer ask her to step out the vehicle.  Sandra refused to step out the vehicle until she knew why.  The officer grew more angry with her refusal, but Sandra was within her rights to ask why she was being ask to exit her vehicle since she was only pulled over for a traffic violation.  After refusal to leave her vehicle, the officer threaten to taser Ms. Bland and physically made her get out of the vehicle.  After an unnecessary moment of violence, the left her vehicle.  At this moment the story turns very graphic and sad.

Note that Sandra Bland is wearing a long skirt in the vehicle as she makes her exit.  In the moments, officer forced to the side of the road out the view of the dashboard camera of the police vehicle.  On the side of the road, the officer committed assault and acts of violence a young woman that were sometime out of a horror movie.  As he repeatedly slammed her Sandra's head onto the concrete, Sandra yelled "I am woman and I have a disability and you are hitting my head against concrete."  The officer's response was "Shut up!" From that moment on, it was unclear What happened to Sandra Bland.

Later, a video surfaced of a motionless Sandra Bland at the police station being detained by a gang of new police officers with her skirt removed and wearing nothing but her underwear with her hands and legs cuffed together.  As I watched surveillance video of Sandra being dragged bare knee across rough parking lot concrete like a dead animal, I felt nothing but despair for her. This a treated reserved for murderers and dangerous felons not a woman who only crime was failing to signal. A few days later, Sandra Bland was pronounced dead as a result of alleged suicide while in the holding cell.  

I don't know what to say.  America is in shock of how poorly the officer treated this woman, questions about her cause of death, and what really happened while she under arrest by the Texas law enforcement.  I just want to know where is the Humanity?  What happened to compassion and doing your job as an authority figure without killing the citizens you are sworn to protect?

This is a case of a woman who knew her rights, and a man who hated she defied his power and authority, and nothing more than that.  I feel sorry for the family who lost a daughter and sister to violence by the one person you thought you could trust to do the right thing.  May God rest her soul, and justice find its way to the victim of mentally unstable officers.  

7 Days to Die Alpha 12.4 Update and Alpha 13.0 Announcement

It sucks that no games came out this summer.  I really think developers missed their chance to have products out when games have months of free time to play them.  The Fun Pimps at 7 Days to Die seem to know what gamers want, and they keep pumping out new updates and products all summer long.

I heard it through the grapevine that in about 6 weeks the Alpha 13.0 update will come out.  In the Alpha 13.0 update things like elimination of crafting grids and forge books.  Here is what changed, got added, and the bugs that were fixed in Alpha 12.4:

Added

• Added block shapes for modular chain link fence
• Added check on minibike part loading to ensure partless bikes are destroyed over the net
• Added bellows item and recipe.

Changed

• Changed weight of cloth back to 1, and changed recipe of bandages to require 2 cloth, that way all cloth items can be right click scrapped yet there is no xp exploit
• Changed weather forests have less chance to rain. All biomes have a chance to be overcast but not rain. Deserts have a rare chance of rain. Snow biomes have a chance to be clear.
• Changed logs now burn for 3 minutes and planks burn for 10 seconds and wood debris burns for 30 seconds for easy math
• Changed crossbow bolts have the same damage
• Changed can now see exact damage on ammo if matching weapon is the currently selected belt slot
• Changed forge ahead book no longer needed to make a forge
• Changed removed forge ahead book from loot.xml The book still exists until A13 so we don’t break save games, but it is useless
• Changed recipe of forge to use bellows, a short metal pipe, small stones and clay
• Changed reduced amounts of hide you get from animals
• Changed arrowheads to use sack model instead of ingot model

Fixed

• Fixed spike traps upgraded to themselves
• Fixed Crosshair animation when player moves
• Fixed certain blocks(wood window & opened steel door) are too big and prevent placement of blocks
• Fixed trap a zombie with a wood frame
• Fixed spawn near my bedroll was broken
• Fixed handheld item lost if you equip an item from a container (full backpack and toolbelt)
• Fixed free instant XP without wasting material
• Fixed crafting grid output bugged after inventory was full
• Fixed all arrows are labeled as broken
• Fixed flashlight swallowed when using attaching via crafting grid
• Fixed enforcer magazine not stating it teaches the 44 magnum
• Fixed drop on death delete all not working properly
• Fixed rocket launcher mesh showing when it should only be showing the rocket mesh
• Fixed crafting menu not updating real time
• Fixed key mapping problematic in non-default cases
• Fixed sawed off shotgun grip had no burn time
• Fixed the minibike disappearing like a scared turtle
• Fixed the minibike disappeared after taking tires off
• Fixed save game does not save your minibike
• Fixed Null Ref NGUI
• Fixed trailer Park in Navezgane covered by sandrocks
• Fixed trick key use to reuse eat/drink/use infinitely
• Fixed fat zombie cop collision
• Fixed Stealth A9.3 vs A12.1
• Fixed steel and Iron arrow head now use sack model instead of ingot model
• Fixed zombies show texts as loot containers (untouched, nothing and empty)
• Fixed feral horde did not arrive
• Fixed crafting uses too many resources at once
• Fixed auger continues to idle without gas
• Fixed zombies dying on fire (excluding torch fire) causing argument exception
• New DayLight Length times – always sunset at 10:00PM so players always know when zombies will run
• Fixed windows punching through fog in the distance
• Fixed cutout wall lamp transparency against sky
• Fixed screen blood left/right direction
• Fixed a few env audio fade bugs and load hitch when crossing biomes
• Fixed sniper rifle bugged super zoom on multiple right clicking
• Fixed a rare error when shutting down a game server right after a player left who was connected through Steam Networking
• Fixed the triple lindy flying hatch from the forums
• Fixed mini bike headlight/horn react to their keybinds when they shouldn’t
• Fixed confusing campfire – not sure about this one
• Fixed console errors on rented dedi servers
• Fixed exc array index is out of range
• Fixed crafting delay on closing backpack at the wrong time
• Fixed right click drop simultaneously press mouse buttons to dupe
• Fixed stone crossbow bolts now get quality range from weapon