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California police have arrested a former police officer for a notorious spree of murders, rapes and burglaries in the 1970s and 80s.
Sacramento police say they arrested suspect Joseph James DeAngelo, 72.
The suspect has been living in the Sacramento area and was identified after new efforts to solve the case, investigators say.
Police blame the so-called Golden State Killer for 12 murders, 51 rapes and more than 120 burglaries.
Mr DeAngelo is being held on suspicion of four counts of murder - the 1978 deaths of Brian and Katie Maggiore in Sacramento and the 1980 killings of Charlene and Lyman Smith in Ventura County.
Crime spree that terrorised communities
By James Cook, BBC News Los Angeles correspondent
After four decades of frustration for detectives, it turned out the suspect had been living under their noses all along.
"We found the needle in the haystack and it was right here in Sacramento," said district attorney Anne Marie Schubert.
Joseph James DeAngelo had apparently been living an ordinary life on a quiet suburban street, a former police officer with grown-up children who was "very surprised" when he was arrested and taken into custody.
Details of his alleged crimes are deeply disturbing and collective psychological scars endure.
Many police officers and prosecutors involved in the case vividly recall the terror of the crime spree in their communities.
"Everyone was afraid," said FBI special agent Marcus Knutson, who was born and raised in Sacramento, as he announced a fresh appeal for information on the case two years ago.
"We had people sleeping with shotguns, we had people purchasing dogs. People were concerned, and they had a right to be. This guy was terrorising the community. He did horrible things."
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Steampunk-inspired computers and accessories are becoming popular themes for modders, and even so, this particular keyboard stands apart thanks to the sheer creativity of the approach. Also? Plaid. Who doesn’t like plaid?
Gone is the dark, brassy look of most of the steampunk mods we’ve seen; Markus’s keyboard is old, battered and faded, but still noble somehow. There’s dignity in the prim script on the keys–and the “arrows” are lovely. This looks like the kind of thing that would be an antique even in an alternate Victorian era.
Doesn’t look very ergonomic, though. Suppose the prevention of CTS isn’t a big priority in a steam-powered world.
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1This guy at my school keeps posting stuff like this
My friend is like this. he's successful at work. He's a social guy. Hes a good friend. Then he falls in love and gets emotionally invested in women after one date when she's still testing the waters and scares them away because he's insane and doesn't realise. Buys gifts for them when they haven't seen him in 6 months and keeps bailing every time he tries to organise stuff. It's so bizzare. I try tell him to tone it down because we don't like that type of thing. It's off putting. But he will just convince himself there's a different reason behind it.
2Can I talk to your mom about this?
5I just don't know where he was going with this.
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1Caleb Denecour
Caleb is a strange person to try to describe why he’s on this list. However, he isn’t the hardest to describe. Caleb’s worked with Achievement Hunter since 2011 when he was hired to be the Community Manager. Basically being Community Manager means that practically every email for the AH crew goes through him and he also schedules a lot of the major events that AH does, such as Let’s Play Live and such. Caleb is on my favorites list for multiple reasons.
First off, he’s 27 but looks about 17 or 18 in most pictures. Secondly, he gets to work with people who are all giant nerds and still has free time to do sports that he loves. Thirdly, he got punched during Extra Life by a ten year old and took of the brace that was keeping his shoulder immobilized because “#ForThe Kids.” Fourth and finally for this post, Caleb plays Ultimate Frisbee professionally and even put off getting a semi-important surgery just because he didn’t want to take time off from the sport (he finally had the surgery done – between 3 and 5 years after the original injury- in early November/Late October of 2015).
2Matt Bragg
Matt Bragg is number nine of my favorites list because, even though he was hired at the same time as Number one, Matt is still in the editors office and works with the “B-team” which stands for Build Team. It consists of Matt, Number one, Number six, and Number seven. He was hired by practically asking for a job at RTX 2014 during the Achievement Hunter panel and he and the guy in number one on this list both got hired on the spot. Matt has a terrible diet. He’s well known for eating straight up unhealthy food for his lunches and yet he is still beanpole skinny.
A prime example of Matt Bragg’s diet problem.
He used to have long hair until on the Extra Life 2015 stream when Rooster Teeth raised enough money to hit a stretch goal and he had his head shaved. Matt had been in a few AH videos before actually being hired because he made some maps for their Minecraft plays. He still mostly does it for Minecraft and has started doing some maps in other games such as GTA. Many times he’s accidentally been called “Map Bragg” instead of Matt. I guess you could say that Matt is on my favorites list because he’s just a giant nerd who got his job by simply just asking for it and he’s got quite a unique humor.
3Trevor Collins
Oh Trevor. How to explain why Trevor is my number eight favorite? Well, he’s one of the last group of hires that happened in 2014. He does editing and has appeared in a few videos. He’s taken over running the Community channel and can be seen in AHWU (Achievement Hunter Weekly Update) doing the community videos. Other than that, he’ll help do filming for their more live content and he also works with the Game Kids channel. He’s often called TreyCo around the office because nicknames are apparently really popular. He actually was playing a game with the number one person on this list and the person named the server that they were going to use “TreyCo Malfoy” which I found really hilarious, as did Trevor. Trevor is on my list of favorites because he’s a nerd who got a degree in Aerospace engineering and yet is working as an editor for a Video Game branch of an entertainment company.
4Kdin Jenzen
Kdin, the guy who’s name will get misspelled the most by any and everyone. Kdin started working for AH in 2013. He’s another part of the “B-team” as well as an editor and films for the live video things AH produces (such as GO!, VS, and Presented With Comment). Kdin also runs his own YouTube channel, as do a lot of people on this list actually, on the side of doing the videos and such for AH with his fiance and one of their friends called Multipurpose Gaming.
Now when I say that Kdin is a nerd, I mean it in every sense of the word and not just the loving way that some people call people nerds nowadays. Kdin graduated high school at 13 and college at approximately 15 with a degree in mathematics education. Basically the AH guys joke with him that “everything went downhill from when you started talking to us” because he edits let’s plays instead of doing things like science or teaching.
5Lindsay Jones
Lindsay is, unfortunately, the only woman on this list. When Lindsay started working with AH in 2013, she wasn’t Lindsay Jones yet… She was just Lindsay Tuggey. Through working with AH she met her (now) husband – who is also on this list- and has moved up from just doing editing, filming, and being part of the “B-Team” to where she’s now in quite a few videos. She’s one of the few from the “B-team” that are in the VS rotation, she was actually the first one from that part of the AH crew to be added. Lindsay is great and one of my favorites because not only does she love cats – she has a Pusheen that travels with her every time she travels somewhere- but she also isn’t the greatest at video games, which gives me hope that not everyone who works with video gaming companies has to be great at video games.
Lindsay is also one of my favorites because of the amount of voice acting works she does for RT alone. She voices the main character in the RWBY series, voices a major character in X-Ray & Vav, and plays a somewhat major role in Red Vs Blue. She’s great and I can’t really put my admiration for her in any other way besides that.
6Matt Peake
Matt Peake, the quiet editor from FunHaus and the first FunHaus guy on the list. Peake is harder to describe as to why he’s my favorite because he doesn’t exactly say much a lot of the time. However when he has to put up with the shenanigans of the rest of the FH guys, and still be able to get work done, that earns a lot of my admiration. Peake is a really sweet guy from his answers on FH’s Open Haus show have taught me. Probably one of the best and my most favorite things about Peake is that fans of his have created a name for themselves called the “Cult of Pe/\ke” that even has a shirt in the Rooster Teeth Store.
The rest of Funhaus representing the Cult of Pe/\Ke.
It’s a strange following but it’s also funny and interesting to see a guy that doesn’t say all that much in a lot of their videos can have such a big and loyal fan base. To put it easily, Peake is my favorite because he’s able to put up with shenanigans from
7Michael Jones
Michael Jones. There is a lot to say about Michael Jones and why he’s my favorite. Michael started with AH back in 2011 and he was found off of YouTube doing a show called “Rage Quit” – Which has a new episode coming out Friday for the public and its the first new episode in quite a few months- and he’s become a pivotal part of AH since. Currently he not only is part of the “Main Six” but he also is the main host for the AH Podcast “Off Topic” and does voice acting for RWBY and other various Anime. Now Michael Jones has become my favorite for a few simple reasons besides all of the stuff listed above. He is willing to do a lot of things for charity, or really just money in general. He’s done the cinnamon Challenge, the saltine cracker challenge, the 5-lb gummy bear challenge, he ate energy powder – and not just one packet about a dozen or more of them actually-, ate a really hot pepper – jalapeno I believe but I could be wrong -, ate about 3 dozen pix stixs at one time, drank a squirt bottle of BBQ sauce, and then a few years later drank an entire bottle of BBQ sauce in 90 seconds. That’s just the list of things he’s done that aren’t for charity. His list for charity has been captured on camera for their Extra Life streams. He once ate 12 Lava Cakes, didn’t exactly keep them down but he ate them, for charity back in 2013 I believe.
Michael acting like a five year old on the Extra Life 2015 stream.
Extra Life 2015 was the year that was worrying for people who actually like Michael. He not only did the Gallon Milk challenge – despite being lactose intolerant- but he also got tazed. Twice. Basically Michael is my favorite because he is a giant rage filled sweetheart who totally acts like a five year old sometimes and will do almost anything on a bet.
8Ryan Haywood
Here we have the oldest guy on this list. James Ryan Haywood is 35 years old, making him the oldest on this list. He’s also the only one who has kids. Ryan, I don’t know why he goes by Ryan instead of James but he just does, has been with the “main six” -or back when it was the “original six” even- since 2012. Ryan is one my favorites list because he’s a giant nerd who trips over words a lot. Also when he goes into “Mad King” or “Dark God” mode I immediately like the video that much more.
A close up from one of the many AH adventures last year.
Even when his “dad” starts showing, he is still is one of my top favorites. Really, to me, he’s just a big adorable nerd. Also holy poop, aging has done him well because he doesn’t look much older than when he joined AH even though its been a few years since that happened. He used to be number one until the “twins” came around and dethroned him. -The “twins” refer to the top two of this list because as you’ll be able to see, they look very similar.-
9Adam Kovic
Adam Kovic is the second oldest guy on this list. He’s turning 31 at the end of this month (February). Kovic started out with multiple other gaming news systems before becoming FunHaus. He worked for G4 and Machinima doing purely video game news. He was the person who started Inside Gaming that would eventually become FunHaus. Adam is my number two favorite because he’s a genuinely nice guy. In one of the FunHaus Q&A videos, titled Open Haus, he – or one of his coworkers – said something about how he’ll get really subconscious when meeting fans and think that he made them feel awkward or something along the lines of that and then he curls up in a ball when he gets back to his hotel room.
Adam Kovic and one of his cats.
I just really appreciate this man a lot. The internet had actually started an “Adam Kovic protection squad” after Adam tweeted about having a rough time with his family during Thanksgiving. The “protection squad” grouped together to send Kovic lots of gifts and letters letting him know that the community was there for him and supports him and all that kind of stuff.
10Jeremy Dooley
My number one favorite member of Achievement Hunter and/or FunHaus is Jeremy Dooley. Jeremy started working for Achievement Hunter in 2014 as part of the “B-team” and in May of 2015 he moved up to the “main six.” Jeremy, also commonly referred to as Lil’ J or JDoolz (as JDoolz is his Xbox Gamer Tag), became one of my favorites only shortly before he officially became part of the main team. He’s slowly been climbing the ranks of my favorites and he became my top favorite probably around the time of the Rooster Teeth Extra Life Stream 2015.
I find his humor amusing for one and his multitude of talents are simply amazing. He’s exceptionally talented with music. He created a series called the “Epic Rap Battles of Roosterteeth” on Youtube when he was just part of the community. (Fun fact: Some of the raps are getting redone with the actual people voicing them and are supposed to be out some time this year.) He’s also started a music project called 1551 with one of his friends that already has one song out and he’s been working on recording the second one. Overall, Lil’ J is my number one favorite because I appreciate his humor, like his backstory, empathize with his shortness, and the fact that he’s only a measly six years older than I am.
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1The tallest Lego structure in the world of, fittingly
The tallest Lego structure in the world of, fittingly, the world’s tallest skyscraper has just been unveiled at Legoland Dubai’s Miniland, which is due to open to the public on 31 October.
2Buckingham Palace, England
The British sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, admired this Lego replica of her main residence, Buckingham Palace, in London, when she visited Legoland in Windsor, England. The model palace comes complete with a Lego version of her gold state coach and guardsmen.
3The Reichstag Building, Germany
A model of the Reichstag building in Germany made of Lego bricks formed part of the Miniland exhibit at Berlin’s Legoland Discovery Centre. The building opened in 1894 to house the Imperial Diet of the German Empire, and closed in 1933 when it was severely damaged by fire. After its reconstruction was completed in 1999, it became the meeting place of the German parliament.
4One World Trade Center, New York
This 26-foot-tall replica of One World Trade Center was unveiled in June as the tallest Lego building in the US, and was built with over 250,000 bricks. It is situated in Legoland at Carlsbad, California, and shows the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan.
5Château de Versailles, France
This Lego model of the Château de Versailles in France was displayed during the world’s biggest Lego brick show at Galeria Kazimierz, Krakow, in Poland. First built by Louis XIII in 1623 as a hunting lodge of brick and stone, the Versailles edifice was enlarged into a royal palace by Louis XIV.
6Taj Mahal, India
A replica of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, was displayed at an exhibition in Tokyo, Japan, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. An immense mausoleum of white marble, it was built between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife.
7 Capitol Building, California, US
When Legoland opened in California, visitors admired the model of the US Capitol building, the seat of power, with other Washington DC buildings in the background. The model has control buttons that activate instruments in the marching band in front of the building.
8Downtown Toronto, Canada
Visitors to Legoland Discovery Center in Toronto, Canada, were enchanted by this enormous model of downtown Toronto built with Lego blocks, and capturing many familiar buildings.
9Merdeka Square, Malaysia
A miniature of Kuala Lumpur’s Merdeka Square, made of Lego bricks, was unveiled at Legoland Malaysia. The Square is the Malaysian capital city’s most famous landmark, and is frequently used as the location for political rallies as well as other events.
10Rotes Rathaus, Berlin
A replica of the Rotes Rathaus, also known as Red City Hall, was unveiled at Legoland in Germany. This is the famous town hall of Berlin, and is located in the Mitte district on Rathausstraße near Alexanderplatz. It is the home of the governing mayor and the government of the federal state of Berlin.
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Forgotten by way of all of the harbor became the dwelling house of pirates, the seat of sin, debauchery, cash and rum.
what is hidden, it would appear, dilapidated tower? honestly the most bloodthirsty pirate of the Caribbean - Jolly Roger decided to live there ?! Do you have got enough braveness to know the fact?
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The first in-depth science results from the Juno mission at Jupiter were presented yesterday morning in a NASA media teleconference, and as referred to in the press release, they do indeed reveal “a whole new Jupiter.” The Solar System’s largest planet is incredibly active and complex, with polar cyclone storm systems as large as Earth, other storms which plunge deep down into the atmosphere and an immense, but lumpy, magnetic field. Juno has sent back the most detailed images ever taken of the planet, showing the atmospheric storms and other features, including Jupiter’s rings, as never before.
“We are excited to share these early discoveries, which help us better understand what makes Jupiter so fascinating,” said Diane Brown, Juno program executive at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “It was a long trip to get to Jupiter, but these first results already demonstrate it was well worth the journey.”
Scientists already knew of course, before Juno, that Jupiter was a dynamic planet, but as often happens in planetary science, it has turned out to be even more amazing than previously thought.
“We knew, going in, that Jupiter would throw us some curves,” said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. “But now that we are here we are finding that Jupiter can throw the heat, as well as knuckleballs and sliders. There is so much going on here that we didn’t expect that we have had to take a step back and begin to rethink of this as a whole new Jupiter.”
The most obvious features are of course the planet’s belts of clouds with many circular storm systems, including the Great Red Spot. Even small telescopes can see some of these details. But now with Juno, we can see just how complex Jupiter’s atmosphere is, such as at the poles; previous spacecraft had glimpsed the poles before, but due to being in a polar orbit, Juno has provided the first detailed look at them, and they are incredible. While Jupiter’s equatorial regions are dominated by bands of clouds, the poles are covered in many cyclone-type storms each as large as the Earth. They are densely clustered and often rub against each other.
“We’re puzzled as to how they could be formed, how stable the configuration is, and why Jupiter’s north pole doesn’t look like the south pole,” said Bolton. “We’re questioning whether this is a dynamic system, and are we seeing just one stage, and over the next year, we’re going to watch it disappear, or is this a stable configuration and these storms are circulating around one another?”
Other data from Juno shows that the equatorial belts and zones are also perplexing – the belt closest to the equator penetrates very deep down into the atmosphere, while other belts apparently evolve into different structures farther down. These measurements come from Juno’s Microwave Radiometer (MWR), which samples the thermal microwave radiation from Jupiter’s atmosphere, from the top of the ammonia clouds to deep down in the atmosphere.
“We’ve known there’s a spike at the equator, but the new microwave data is showing that the spike goes way, way down into the abyss, 300 kilometers below the cloud,” said Leigh Fletcher of the University of Leicester, UK. “It suggests ammonia is being distributed by a weather system that penetrates much deeper than anyone expected.”
The whole inside of Jupiter is just working differently than our models expected,” said Bolton at the time.
Juno orbits Jupiter every 53 days, soaring over the planet’s poles, allowing the spacecraft to get views never possible before.
“Every 53 days, we go screaming by Jupiter, get doused by a fire hose of Jovian science, and there is always something new,” said Bolton. “On our next flyby on July 11, we will fly directly over one of the most iconic features in the entire solar system – one that every school kid knows – Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. If anybody is going to get to the bottom of what is going on below those mammoth swirling crimson cloud tops, it’s Juno and her cloud-piercing science instruments.”
One of the new images also shows Jupiter’s main ring, from the inside looking out, something not possible before. It is reminiscent of Cassini’s latest views of Saturn’s rings from between the planet and the rings. It’s been known for a long time that Jupiter has rings, they just are not nearly as prominent as Saturn’s.
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1. STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE
Strawberry Hill House — often called simply Strawberry Hill — is the Gothic Revival villa that was built in Twickenham by Horace Walpole from 1749. It is internationally famous as Britain’s finest example of Georgian Gothic revival architecture. Visiting is quite a theatrical experience with its renaissance glass, gloomy castle-like hall, and grey Gothic staircase leading to the magnificent gallery.
2. DENNIS SEVERS’ HOUSE
Dennis Severs’ House is a time capsule attraction in which visitors are immersed in a unique form of theatre. The ten rooms of this original Huguenot house have been decked out to recreate snapshots of life in Spitalfields between 1724 and 1914. You’re able to book a tour of the house that takes you through the entire house, and it feels as though the inhabitants had deserted the rooms only moments before.
3. BRITAIN’S SMALLEST POLICE STATION
In the southeast corner of Trafalgar Square, unnoticed by most visitors, is what many have called the world’s smallest police station. Made from a hollowed-out lamp post, it was installed in 1926 so policemen could keep a close eye on demonstrators at the popular protest site. Nowadays, it’s used for storage by the council.
4. WILTON’S MUSIC HALL
Experience the world’s oldest and last surviving grand music hall. Pretty amazing, if you ask me! It’s now used as a multi-arts performance space, there are guided tours offering a fascinating insight into the history and heritage of Wilton’s itself, music halls in general and London’s East End.
5. TEA ROOM AT THE V&A MUSEUM
Although the Victoria & Albert museum is quite well known, many people don’t know about their tea room. It’s decked out in incredible Victorian decor that makes it a museum all on it’s own. It’s also the first museum restaurant in the world! Sit back with an English tea after exploring the magical grounds.
6. POSTMAN’S PARK
Postman’s Park gained its name due to its popularity as a lunch spot with workers from the nearby old General Post Office. Now it’s home to the unique Watts memorial, a gallery of glazed tablets commemorating tragic acts of bravery.
7. ST DUNSTAN’S IN THE EAST
The Church of St Dunstan was originally built around 1100 but was severely damaged several times after, which left the City of London deciding to turn it into a public garden, which opened in 1970. You really will feel secluded in this gem of a City Garden.
8. ST. MARTIN’S WINDOW
The East window of St Martin’s church was designed by the Iranian artist Shirazeh Houshiary in collaboration with architect Pip Horne and was unveiled in 2008. The art piece was inspired by the way water reflects and changes images.
9. THE MAYOR OF SCAREDY CAT TOWN
If the name doesn’t entice you enough, perhaps the fact you enter through a fridge door from a restaurant might! Enjoy a cocktail in the tiny, dimly lit basement bar. It’s located beneath the Breakfast Club in Spitalfields
10. SECRET CINEMA
you buy a ticket, you don’t know what the film is, you just turn up where the organisers tell you. Previous locations include chapels, empty schools and underground tunnels!
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Batman is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Batman as the main protagonist. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 (cover dated May 1939).Batman proved to be so popular that a self-titled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of Spring
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