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It may still be cold outside, but the rock concert thaw has begun.
John mayer will bring his world tour to madison Square Garden on April 5, as he rolls out music from his upcoming The Search for Everything one wave at a time. The first EP of songs, including the hit Love on the Weekend, has already topped the charts. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster.
Mayers pal Eric Clapton has decided to add another run of 50th anniversary shows at Madison Square Garden following the overwhelming demand for his shows there on March 19 and 20. Clapton will now also play The Garden on Sept. 7 and 8, with tickets going on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday through Ticketmaster.
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Jones Beach Theater has also added a string of rock shows for this summer, including Steve Miller Band with Peter Frampton (June 17), Kings of Leon (Aug. 1) and Deep Purple & Alice Cooper (Aug. 26). Tickets for those shows go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Live Nation.
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conan exiles lets you play with yourself like no other game has.
Like most RPG-flavored video games, Conan Exiles includes a robust set of options for character customization. But there"s one category where this character creator differs: the "endowment" slider.
For male characters, the slider tweaks the size of your twig and berries, ranging from a micropenis to a Magnum-filling flesh rope. For female characters, it"s a b**b slider.
Observe the male slider in action (with thanks to PC Gamer).
Conan Exiles is an open world survival game, in the vein of past releases like H1Z1, DayZ and Rust. The last of those also famously does some fun things with in-game penises.
The Conan game is still in early access, meaning what you can buy right now is unfinished and still in active development. We may well see an expansion of the game"s character creator in the coming months.
There"s never been anything quite like this "endowment slider" in other games. The closest the industry has come was with Saint"s Row: The Third"s clothing-covered "s*x appeal" slider. Rust treated the player"s package as a randomly generated asset and other games such as Soulcalibur V have given players the tools to cheat their way to testicular greatness, but nothing so overt as this.
If Joaquin El Chapo Guzman thinks hes going to escape from an American prison like he did from a Mexican penitentiary, hes got another thing coming, a federal official said Friday.
I can assure you no tunnel will be built leading to his bathroom, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Angel Melendez announced during a press conference at Brooklyn Federal Court.
Melendez was referring to Guzmans infamous 2015 Houdini-like escape from a Mexican maximum-security prison when he rode a motorcycle on a track through a tunnel after he slipped out of his cell through a hole he carved in the bathroom. He was recaptured after six months on the lam.
At the press conference, Eastern District U.S. Attorney Robert Capers said that Brooklyn was the best venue for Guzman to be tried for his multitude of crimes despite the fact that the kingpin has been indicted in several other jurisdictions from coast to coast.
When asked by a reporter why Brooklyn was chosen over other jurisdictions, Capers fired back, Because its Brooklyn! prompting laughter from everyone in the room.
Sorry, I couldnt pass that up, Capers said, adding, There were several multi-ton seizures of narcotics, heroine, cocaine and methamphetamine that occurred here in this district.
Another reporter asked whether Sean Penn would be called as a witness. The Hollywood star interviewed Guzman for Rolling Stone magazine while the drug lord was still on the lam in 2015.
Capers didnt deny that Penn might make a cameo at the trial, saying only that more than 40 witnesses will be called to testify.
Guzman will be arraigned Friday afternoon in Brooklyn Federal Court on a 17-count indictment charging him with money laundering and the manufacturing and distribution of cocaine, heroin and other deadly drugs.
a screen shows el Chapos involvement in the United States.Paul Martinka
He was extradited to New York on Thursday night, flying under heavily armed guard in a military plane to Macarthur airport on Long Island.
If convicted, Guzman faces life in prison.
Melendez said he and other top federal officials were present when El Chapo was hauled off the plane at Macarthur Airport. He provided reporters with a vivid account of the now diminished drug lord.
As he deplaned, the most notorious criminal of modern times, as you looked into his eyes, you could see surprise, you could see shock and to a certain extent, you could actually see the fear as the realization started to kick in that hes about to face American justice, Melendez said.
FBI Assistant Director in Charge William Sweeney said at the presser that Guzman ruled with an iron fist in Mexico creating a worldwide empire using murder intimidation and bribery to remain at the top.
AMD today made available a new set of ReLive drivers, version 17.1.2. They"re primarily aimed at Radeon graphics card owners who plan on playing early builds of Conan Exiles, which hits Steam early access tomorrow, and Ghost Recon Wildlands, which kicks off its closed beta on February 3.
You won"t find any reference to conan exiles or Ghost Recon Wildands in the release notes, though AMD told us directly that the new drivers add support for both games. They also contain stability improvements and over a dozen bug fixes. Here is a look at them all:
AMD FreeSync technology may experience performance issues with Borderless Fullscreen application support when a secondary display is attached and has dynamic content running such as video playback in a web browser or if other applications or game launchers are running on the primary screen in the background. A workaround if this issue is experienced is to minimize all other running applications that are on the primary desktop display or on non-primary extended displays.
Radeon ReLive may fail to install during installation on some system configurations.
Battlefield 1 may experience flashing or corruption when running in Multi GPU with Radeon RX 400 series.
Instant Replay fails to enable itself after it has been turned off due to content protection.
Radeon Settings may not load on system boot for some system configurations.
Fixed some errors in translations for Radeon Settings and Radeon ReLive.
Audio recorded by Radeon ReLive may sometimes exhibit slow motion when played back.
Radeon ReLive may experience recording issues or issues toggling the Overlay/Toolbar when Frame Rate Target Control is enabled. Users are suggested to disable Frame Rate Target Control when using Radeon ReLive.
Mouse cursor may stutter in recorded video when there is limited on screen activity outside of minor mouse movement.
In AMD Multi GPU configurations the secondary graphics product will exit the low power state when Radeon ReLive is enabled.
Radeon ReLive may sometimes not be able to take screenshots of secondary displays.
Chromium may fail to utilize hybrid decode for VP9 content.
DOTA 2 may experience game corruption when performing a task switch while recording with Radeon ReLive in AMD Multi GPU configurations.
Radeon ReLive Overlay/Toolbar will not launch or Record when running League of Legends in Administrator Mode and Windowed Borderless Fullscreen.
Long ping times may be experienced with some WiFi adapters.
There are just as many known issues, some of which are specific to ReLive"s features. One of the bigger issues that AMD is working to resolve is that the Xbox DVR application can conflict with ReLive. If you"re running into that issue, AMD suggests disabling Xbox DVR for now as it works on a fix.
AMD is also aware of an issue where flicking is present on extended ReLive recordings that last for several hours.
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The Phoenix Suns finally made their 2016-17 national television debut Monday night.
That, in itself, isnt a bad thing.
Of course, it meant a late start time 8:45 p.m. local time, meaning basketball fans on the east coast would likely stick with the contest as long as it was a good game.
It wasnt.
The Suns lost their fourth straight game, 115-96, but the final score wasnt exactly indicative of the flow of the game. Memphis, who shot a blistering 57 percent (16-of-28) from three-point range, led by as many as 30 points in the second half.
Posible FUGA de "El Chapo" Guzman en EU en vivo parte 1
Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman arrives at Long Island MacArthur airport in New York, January 19, 2017, after his extradition from Mexico. Reuters
Sinaloa cartel chief Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn has spent much of the last three years locked up in Mexico, jail time that culminated in his extradition to the US in January.
While those stints in Mexican prison ostensibly took Guzmn out of the picture, his presence, and influence, still loomed over the country"s narco landscape.
Now, however, with Guzmn in the USfor good, a new dose of uncertainty has been injected into relations between Mexico"s cartels, and with Guzmn out of the way, a new round of drug-related violence seems likely.
The Jalisco New Generation cartel, a relatively new cartel that blossomed from a former Sinaloa cartel factionand has never shied from violence during its rapid expansion, seems likely to seize on the moment.
Over the last two years, the CJNG, its initials in Spanish, has challenged the Sinaloa cartel in parts of Mexico, including in Tijuana, the crown jewel in Mexico"s drug-trafficking businesses.
The Sinaloa cartel "is still strong," Mike Vigil, the former chief of international operations for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, told Business Insider in the days after Guzmn"s extradition, and the cartel"s horizontal structure, which has allowed it to endure personnel changes, may also help it survive in the near term.
Nemesio Oseguera, aka "El Mencho," the leader of the Jalisco New Generation cartel. Screenshot
"But I think that Nemesio Oseguera, "El Mencho," from the New Generation cartel, will perceive it as weakness," Vigil said, "and one of the things that Mencho wants to do is he wants to control the drug routes along the 2,000-mile border" between the US and Mexico.
Oseguera "needs to control as much of that area as he possibly can," saidVigil, author of "Metal Coffins: The Blood Alliance Cartel."
"They may decide to go on an all-out offensive on the Sinaloa cartel now that Chapo is no longer in the country," he told AFP.
In addition to Tijuana, where the CJNG"s partnership with an old Sinaloa cartel foe haspushed violence in Baja California to new highs, the CJNG and Sinaloa cartels are clashing elsewhere in the country.
In tiny Colima state, on Mexico"s west coast, the Sinaloa cartel reportedly showed up in late 2015, partnering with remnants of another cartel to challenge the CJNG for control of the state"s port and trafficking routes in the area. Since then, drug-related violence has pushed the body count in the state to new heights.
Colima"s homicide rate rose from just under 14 per 100,000 people in 2014 to over 23 per 100,000 in 2015. It then nearly quadrupled in 2016, hitting 81.55 per 100,000, nearly five times the national rate.
Mexican government data
Both groups appear to be involved in violence in Veracruz, on Mexico"s Gulf coast.
In that state, where the CJNG made a significant push several years ago, Vigil said, a panoply of cartels is vying for control over the state"s large port, which facilitates the import of precursor chemicals for synthetic drugs, as well as over the smuggling routes that criss-cross the state.
Recent violence in Quintana Roo, in Mexico"s far southeast, has also cast light on another area of CJNG-Sinaloa competition.
While two recent shootings don"t appear to have involved Sinaloa and CJNG, they were the latest in a series of violent events that CJNG and Sinaloa have contributed to.
As with the CJNG"s advance on Tijuana, its designs on Quintana Roo, home to tourist hotspots of Cancun and Playa del Carmen, are likely part of its north-south expansion efforts, as the statehas long been a major transshipment point for drugs coming from South America destined for the US.
The CJNG and the Sinaloa cartel also have home turf in adjacent parts of Mexico"s west coast. The Sinaloa cartel emerged from and remains dominant in Sinaloa state, while the CJNG has its stronghold in Jalisco, farther south.
Their geographical proximity and growing conflict appeared to come to a head in August last year, when at least one of Guzmn"s sons was kidnapped from an upscale restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, which is in Jalisco state.
Guzmn"s son was released unharmed several days later, and while that kidnapping appears to have been orchestrated by low-level members of the CJNG, the incident shows that the Jalisco cartel is within striking distance of the Sinaloa cartel.
Footage of gunmen entering a Puerto Vallarta restaurant during the kidnapping of "El Chapo" Guzmn"s son, August 2016. Omar Gonzalez/YouTube
In addition to external threats, internal clashes seem be a threat to the Sinaloa cartel"s stability and cohesion, and in turn to the security of the areas it operates in.
Despite his prominence, Guzmn was not the only Sinaloa cartel leader. Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada andJuan Jose Esparragoza Moreno, aka "El Azul" both reclusive and the latter rumored to be dead have long been considered Guzmn"s peers at the top of the cartel.
Now Zambada andGuzmn"s sons are believed to be vying for control, reportedly competing with Guzmn"s brother for control of Sinaloa state itself.
Zambada "continues being the principal director of the [Sinaloa] federation and he is the most important narco in Mexico," Mexican security analyst Alejandro Hope told El Pas in October, "but right now it is not known what is his position" in the cartel.
Screenshot via D.E.A
"I still say that Ismael "Mayo" Zambada has literally been running the Sinaloa cartel," Vigil told Business Insider after Guzmn"s extradition.
"This conflict (between the cartels) will continue," Hope told AFP. "But it could accelerate with an internal conflict."
According to security officials who spoke with Mexican news site El Debate, Guzmn"s sons appear to be the cartel"s current leaders, but Aureliano Guzmn Loera, aka El Guano, their uncle and Guzmn"s brother, actually has the most power within the cartel.
El Guano is considered most violent and reportedly controls several key territories in Sinaloa state, including the La Tuna municipality, where Guzmn was born and where his mother lives.
He was reportedly involved in an ambush on September 30 that left five Mexican soldiers dead.
That attack is now thought to be an effort by Zambada"s faction to stir up trouble in territory control by Guzmn"s sons, his rivals for control of the cartel.
Other former Sinaloa members and former allies have taken aim at the cartel in recent months as well, likely emboldened by Guzmn"s arrest.
While the CJNG looks set to grow in power, and may perhaps soon eclipse Guzmn"s organization, the Sinaloa cartel"s internal disputes, which have boiled over into bloodyconfrontations in recent months, may be the most proximate cause of the cartel"s eventual demise.
Internal rivals, like external foes, are all likely to see Guzmn"s extradition, as well as the continued uncertainty aboutfigures like Zambada, as opportunities to pursue control, which is sure to escalate the violence.
"So there some internal dissension, and a lot of that is driven by like plaza bosses that are not happy, and then you have "Mayo" Zambada and then you have "Chapo" Guzman"s sons, and they"re all vying for power," Vigil told Business Insider. "So unless something breaks, the disintegration of Sinaloa, if you will, will not be external. It will be internal."
RADFORD, Va. (WDBJ7) It"s been a historic week on Wall Street. The Dow Jones is above 20,000 for the first time.
Investors are calling this a "Trump rally" after the new administration started forming its agenda. Some say it"s the anticipation of the new president"s promises to encourage more business friendly policies.
"Certainly the business community did think that regulations had grown quite a bit over the last eight years or so," said Steven Beach, Radford University"s associate dean of the College of Business and Economics.
He says fewer regulations on businesses is more positive for the economy.
Change in the administration is being mirrored in the stocks. Just this week President Trump signed executive orders to revise trade agreements - at the same time the Dow rose higher.
"Financials are going to do well generally in an environment where we expect it to be a pro-business, pro-economy administration. Furthermore when we look at it that way we can expect there to be inflation also and that is what"s driving a lot of this," Beach said.
This has impacts on us all, even people not invested in the market place. First, Beach says, it can generate tax revenues that help fund state and federal services. Also, the stock market usually predicts upcoming trends in the economy.
"And if that"s truly the case and it"s correct, then this is a sign that we should expect the economy to be growing," Beach said.
Wall Street is expecting the stock prices to climb higher if investors stay optimistic about the future.
