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Luna, down.

You're so smart!

A lot of pet owners think their doggos are smart

– very intelligent.

MENSA ready.

But how can we know for sure?

At different points in history, dogs have been the gatekeepers of the afterlife, fluffy

hunting companions, security guards and even family members.

They respond to our body language, like gesturing and pointing, they understand verbal commands

and sometimes, they can be deceptive – having a theory of mind (meaning they understand

that our thoughts and feelings may be different from theirs).

But canine intelligence hasn't been carefully studied until recently.

Perhaps because "intelligence" is so hard to define.

In dogs intelligence has been broken down into three categories:

Instinctive: how well your dog does what they are bred to do, like herd sheep or retrieve

things.

Adaptive: This is how well your dog learns from their environment in order to solve puzzles,

like where you hide treats.

And working and obedience: Or, how well your pup does in obedience school and training.

And much like people, dogs have a range of intelligence.

When they've been compared on working and obedience, border collies, poodles, and german

shepherds are the top three breeds.

Way down at the bottom of the list were mastiffs and basset hounds.

They look kinda sad about it.

So we know there are "smarter breeds", but researchers hadn't tested intelligence

within breeds until last year.

British psychologists evaluated the adaptive intelligence of border collies, using three

pretty typical canine intelligence tests.

And we're going to do a dramatic reenactment.

I just want Luna to be famous.

First is the detour test.

A simple course is set up that the dog must follow to earn a treat.

Once the dog is familiar with it, a "short detour" is set up in its path and they are

timed to determine how long it will take them to figure out a new route to the treat.

So, time your dog.

In the study I mentioned before, The "smartest" collie figured this test out in under 5 seconds

and the one who scored the lowest took around 2 minutes.

On average, the dogs took under 8 seconds to complete the test.

Next, the point-following test uses 2 inverted cups.

Using a treat that isn't too smelly, show your dog, then obstruct everything.

Then, reveal the cups and point to the one without the treat.

If your dog followed your point without any distractions, give them a pat on the back.

Transition into a scratch.

Good dog.

Those border collies ranged from less than a second to 43 seconds to arrive at the indicated

cup, with an average time of less than 4.5 seconds.

Finally, the quantity discrimination test.

Fill two plates with different amounts of wet food.

Place these plates the same distance from your dog.

Let them go and time how long they take to make a decision.

Smarter pups will head for the bigger plate and quickly.

The border collie's were pretty quick with this one, arriving at the larger plate in

under 3 seconds, on average.

The border collie who made the fastest decision did so in less than a second, and the slowest

took just over 38 seconds.

If your dog did well on the first test, you should notice they'll do well on the other

two – this was found in the border collie study and it suggests that dogs have a general

intelligence factor – a general mental capacity that can influence how well do on tests and

in other activities.

We've found that mice and chimpanzees have a general intelligence factor, too.

Testing other animals can help us develop a complete theory of intelligence.

In particular, there's a link between intelligence and health: higher intelligence leads to better

health outcomes.

And animals might be able to tell us if this happens through genetics or through environmental

factors.

Animals are more of a control group than people as their circumstances and environment remain

pretty constant, as opposed to humans who eat donuts when we're stressed, smoke and

drink, and binge watch Netflix instead of getting 7-9 hours sleep.

And Luna would never get less than 9 hours sleep.

For more infomation >> How Smart is Your Dog? - Duration: 6:06.

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The Charlie Gard Story is the Fruit of a Terrible, Progressive Tree... - Duration: 1:46.

Charlie Gard is a British baby who has a genetic illness that is probably terminal.

He has been on life support, but British doctors wanted to remove it.

Not wanting to give up hope, Charlie's parents raised over a million dollars to bring their

child to the United States for an experimental treatment that might save his life, though likely wouldn't

prevent him from being disabled.

But the hospital refused to release him to his parents, so they could try.

The parents sued, but the court agreed with the hospital that it was time for Charlie

to die.

If you're a parent, this probably makes you angry.

If you're human, it should make you angry.

But, this is more than an isolated, sad story about a sick baby.

This story is what progressives have been fighting for, so hard.

When you take the position that human life has value only to the extent it helps other

humans, this is what you get.

When the power to make life and death decisions about health care is taken from the families

and given to government, this is what you get.

When you are convinced that government is better at determining what is good for a child

than the parents, this is what you get.

You get laws that give a mother the right to kill her child, but prohibit her from trying

to keep him alive.

This is Europe.

This is progressivism.

Don't let it happen here.

For more infomation >> The Charlie Gard Story is the Fruit of a Terrible, Progressive Tree... - Duration: 1:46.

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Woman arrested after adopted dog is found starved, emaciated - Duration: 2:06.

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What is Alien Swarm Reactive Drop? - What's this in 4 Minutes - Duration: 4:07.

Hi I'm Lister and this is What is Alien Swarm Reactive Drop in 4 Minutes

On those nights when I wanna play something fun with my friends, it can be kinda hard

to pick something.

Often times, my first choice would be League of Legends, but sometimes I want a change

of pace.

At that point, I'd scroll through my Steam library and remember this beautiful old game

that no one seems to know.

Alien Swarm was and has been one of my favorite free to play games of all time.

In fact, even among paying games, the gameplay is so fun that I've been recommending it to

my friends alongside League of Legends and osu for a long time.

Of course, if the game is so great, why isn't it more popular?

In my opinion there are a two major reasons that it couldn't become more popular.

First of all, the entire campaign is only seven missions long.

The first playthrough is amazing as game elements are introduced over the course of the campaign

and it feels challenging and exciting in equal parts, but once you get to the end, you realize

that your only option from there is to replay the same campaign, perhaps at a harder difficulty,

perhaps as a different class, perhaps with a different weapon load-out, but that's all

there is.

Secondly, the first point wouldn't be as big of a problem if the game had Steam Workshop

support so that the community could put up cool additions to the game such as new maps,

characters, weapons, and skins.

Given that the source code was released to the public, it almost seems like Workshop

support would allow this game to live forever.

Unfortunately, Valve didn't set that up.

If only there was a modern re-release that included a heavily expanded main campaign

and Steam Workshop support...

Ok, trolling aside: Alien Swarm Reactive Drop is everything that the original was missing

and more.

It has the same gameplay that made the original such a gem with the addition of some polish,

much more base content and Workshop support that round out the overall experience playing

the game.

In my opinion, the game is slightly too hard for anyone and their grandmother to pick up

and play without dying, but for the most part, I think the difficulties are moderately intense

without being unfairly punishing.

For comparison, I'd compare the harder difficulties to Dark Souls.

Experienced players can achieve some pretty impressive feats with a bit of planning and

coordination while newer players will likely struggle.

In terms of progress, there is a leaderboard based on how long it takes to clear each mission,

but very little emphasis is put on this aspect.

There are levels to gain through playing missions and guns that are unlocked as you increase

your levels.

After reaching the max level (27 in the original and 31 in Reactive Drop), the player can "promote"

- which is essentially prestiging from Call of Duty where you go back to level 1 and need

to unlock all the levels and guns again.

At first, this is an interesting way to introduce a player to the different guns and the promotions

feel nice, but eventually level feels like a bit of a chore and the promotions don't

offer anything outside of a little badge next to your level.

Speed-running is the main end-game and some people have gotten amazingly skilled at it,

but not everyone is interested in or coordinated enough for that.

I'll link a speed run in the description for anyone that's interested in seeing what it's

like.

Overall, my opinion of Alien Swarm Reactive Drop is that it's very worthwhile playing

through all of the content at least once.

The gameplay is fun and clearing missions with a coordinated group of friends is a lot

of fun.

However, Reactive Drop suffers from similar problems to the original Alien Swarm: lack

of long-term progression, lack of real end-game content, and somewhat limited weapon variety.

Even so, if you think of the game as an adventure to play through with friends, then it's 100%

worth experiencing.

Thanks for watching!

Like, subscribe, and follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch.

Thank you :D

For more infomation >> What is Alien Swarm Reactive Drop? - What's this in 4 Minutes - Duration: 4:07.

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Lil Uzi Vert's Rock-Star Style is Shaking Up the Rap World - Duration: 2:29.

What's up guys?!

Beija here for Complex!

Today we're seeing more and more rappers combine the rock-star lifestyle in not only

their music but their wardrobe as well.

Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, and even Migos have embedded subtle and some not-so-subtle

rock characteristics to their already diverse personas.

However, we can all agree that Lil Uzi Vert is THE rapper who is religiously embracing

rock-n-roll culture.

The 22-year-old artist has shown his inspiration from rock in so many different ways.

Uzi's track "XO Tour Liife" is tagged as alternative rock on Soundcloud, his dare-devil

stage dives at live shows are ones for the books, and he's even posted videos of himself

vibin' to Paramore in the whip.

You also can't forget Uzi's bold rock-star apparel that has rebelled against society's

stereotype of masculinity.

Earlier this year Uzi was roasted on the Internet for rocking a low neck, distressed sweater

from Faith Connexion, a spiked choker and a Goyard satchel, and of course the average-mind

couldn't appreciate the fluidity and fearlessness that he displayed.

His consistency in being unashamed of his blend between men's and women's gear ties

relations to rockers like David Bowie or Iggy Pop.

These artists helped carve the path of rock's androgynous style, wearing makeup and skin-tight

leathers, embracing more feminine movements in their performances

while still being able to pull your chick at the same time.

The rock artist that we all know that has influenced Lil Uzi Vert the most is Marilyn

Manson.

Uzi has displayed his loyalty to the icon by getting custom Ben Baller work that was

iced-out with a spiked choker chain with a blinged-out Marilyn Manson face pendant.

The chain is a perfect example of how Uzi can take inspirations from rock-star aesthetics

in the past and blend it with the hip-hop flashy vibes of today.

He is straying away from the societal norms of what a rapper is supposed to sound and

dress like, and his boldness is something that you have to respect.

This isn't temporary or Lil Uzi looking for attention.

In a 2016 interview with Global Grind he said:

"I am a rock-star.

I am rage."

Even if you're not here for the androgynous, rock vibes, you have to respect Uzi's self-confidence.

I mean…he did rock a $2,400 women's Valentino white see-through blouse at the Billboard

Music Awards and none of us are dropping bread like that…yet.

So give props where they're due.

That's all the news for now but for more Uzi updates, be sure to subscribe to Complex

on Youtube today.

For Complex News, I'm Beija Velez.

For more infomation >> Lil Uzi Vert's Rock-Star Style is Shaking Up the Rap World - Duration: 2:29.

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lamelo ball is not going to make it in the nba - Duration: 3:05.

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World Fringe Day is coming and we need YOU! - Duration: 0:32.

Hey everybody this is Alauna!

And this is Brian!

And we're here to ask you to SHOW YOUR FRINGE!

We want to know what you love best about Fringe because World Fringe Day is coming up July 11th

It's the 70th anniversary of Edinburgh Fringe.

We're going to take your videos and share them with the world so take a moment and tell

us what you love about Fringe.

We can't wait to see what you show us.

Can't wait!

Hey and if you like this video and all the other videos we're doing, click right there!

Subscribe!

For more infomation >> World Fringe Day is coming and we need YOU! - Duration: 0:32.

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Why Net Neutrality Is Important For Law Firms - Duration: 4:35.

We know you're busy running a business and depending on your responsibilities

outside the office you might be highly selective about how you spend your free

time, assuming of course you actually have free time. I'm not here to tell you

how to spend your downtime but there is one topic we think you should keep an

eye on and that's net neutrality. Net neutrality has been in the news as of

late and here's why you should be paying attention to it. Net neutrality is the

idea that Internet Service Providers should treat data and traffic on their

network the same. Meaning you should be able to visit any site without

interference from your internet provider. It's a simple idea with a complicated

past and uncertain future, but it's an important topic to be aware of since it

affects everyone who uses the Internet. In 2015, the FCC classified internet

providers as common carriers under title two of the Telecommunications Act. This

lets the FCC enforced net neutrality making sure companies like Comcast,

Verizon and AT&T aren't blocking sites or throttling traffic on their networks. But

this may not last much longer. On May 18th, the FCC voted to proceed with

scaling back their title two classification. While the final vote is

months away, if it's passed it could dramatically change how you use the

Internet in your professional and personal life. Internet providers could

throttle traffic to the sites or services that are direct competitors.

Take Netflix and Hulu for example. Both services stream on-demand videos and

original content. Now Comcast owns approximately 30 percent of

Hulu. Without the current rules, Comcast could throttle the data transfer speed

between your computer and Netflix's servers making Netflix videos virtually

unwatchable. But you wouldn't have any problems connecting to Hulu. By

throttling traffic to Netflix's servers Comcast hopes you would ditch Netflix

and sign up for a Hulu account increasing Comcast's bottom line.

Throttling isn't the only thing ISPs could do. They could also block your

access to any site on the web. Consider this - without these rules ISPs could

create bundled Internet packages that mimic cable packages. They could create a

multitude of bundled sites and depending on your subscription level, your access

to sites and services could be limited to a pre-approved list. A basic internet

package might include email and some news sites, a

social package could just be a few social networks in addition to email and

news, an entertainment package would add YouTube, Hulu or Amazon Prime and just

like your cable subscriptions these bundles would be offered at different

rates. And those bundled Internet packages may kill your law firm's website.

If the cable companies or ISPs created these internet bundles, they could charge

companies a fee for inclusion, meaning if you don't pay up then you won't get any

traffic to your site from their network. On top of your marketing budget, you

might have to pay Comcast, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-mobile, Cox Communications, Time

Warner, CenturyLink, or Charter just so people can get to your site. Of course,

this is all hypothetical. At different times the ISPs have said they wouldn't

do this but companies like Comcast, Charter, Time Warner, and ATT are annually

on list of the worst companies in America and while they haven't created

the internet bundles yet, there are new stories online where ISPs have been

caught throttling traffic to specific sites. So my question to you is do you

trust them enough to take them at their word? At the end of the day without net

neutrality rules in place cable companies and ISPs could pick the

winners and losers on the Internet, a complete 180 from the level playing

field it is today. To be honest, we do have a biased opinion on net neutrality.

We're for the current set of regulations because, to us, without them there would

be nothing to stop Comcast from creating their own marketing department and

throttle traffic to our site damaging our ability to reach new customers and,

in worst case scenario, putting us out of business.

But we want you to make your own decision on net neutrality. We've

compiled a list of articles and videos explaining net neutrality in more detail.

We recommend that you read or watch them so you can be more informed on this

topic. And if you've already made up your mind about net neutrality. then you

should let the FCC know. Currently they're taking public comments on their

site about the proposed deregulation. We put the direct link below so you can

share your thoughts with the FCC. I purposefully skipped a lot of

information about net neutrality in this video including everything about it

would make this video longer than it already is

but if you have questions about net neutrality and how its repeal may affect

your business, feel free to reach out. Thanks for

watching.