#Libra Infamy Set

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✨🚀 Suicide Squad Episode 8: Balance is almost here! 🌟

Launching on January 14, this exciting episode brings new adventures, powerful weapons, and the final showdown against Brainiac! 🏰⚔️ Dive into the medieval Elseworld and unlock Libra’s Infamy Set, featuring some high-risk, high-reward gameplay! 

Read our comprehensive deep dive on what’s coming up!

[thedcdunce]

Heat Wave

“Trust me, kid. Everything has its melting point.” - Heat Wave

Real Name: Mick Rory

Aliases:

Rory Calhoun

Gender: Male

Height: 5′ 11″

Weight: 179 lbs (81 kg)

Eyes: Blue

Hair: Bald

Weaknesses:

Pyromania

Equipment:

Heatwave's Suit

Heatwave's Heat Gun

Universe: 

Earth-One

New Earth

Base of Operations: Central City

Citizenship: American

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: 

Security Chief

Professional Criminal

First Appearance: The Flash #140 (November, 1963)

Weaknesses

Pyromania

Equipment

Heatwave's Suit: Mick at one point used a flame retardant suit that was covered and created with asbestos. He has since ditched the older suit in favor of one created by the Crime Tailor.

Heatwave's Heat Gun: A re-purposed flame thrower that could not only create flames but increased the ambient temperature of the surrounding area, create small personalized fire storms and incinerate targets without the use of fuel tanks.

Origins

Born on a farm outside Central City, Mick Rory became fascinated with fire as a child. This fascination turned into an obsession and one night, he set his family's home ablaze. His destructive fixation was so great, that he simply watched the flames engulf his house, instead of running to get help. His entire family died in the fire.

After this event, Rory went to live with his uncle. His pyromania continued and he was forced to run away after locking a schoolmate in his house and setting it on fire because the boy locked Rory in a meat locker during a field trip as a prank. He took a job as a fire eater with a travelling circus. This did not last long either, as he ended up setting the circus on fire.

It was these events that made him desperate to fight his fire obsession and after seeing The Rogues in action in Central City, he decided to use his mania to become a super villain. He created a protective costume made of asbestos, built a gun-sized flamethrower, and became Heat Wave. As he was committing crimes in Central City, it was inevitable that he would run into the Flash, which he did quite regularly. Subsequently, he also ended up in jail quite regularly. He also became a rival of Captain Cold, due to his aversion to cold temperatures. It was Captain Cold who introduced Heat Wave to The Rogues.

Eventually, Mick went straight, due largely to the manipulations of the Top. He took a job as a firefighting consultant using his vast knowledge on fires and heat. He also became good friends with Barry Allen, who he had discovered was The Flash years before. All good things must come to an end though, and Rory succumbed to an offer by Abra Kadabra: of gaining respect and infamy in the world. He and four other members of the Rogues sacrificed themselves, quite unwittingly, to unleash the demon Neron, setting off the events of Underworld Unleashed.

Later, Neron returned the soulless bodies of the five to Earth in a plan to force Flash into a deal. The five Rogues each possessed incredible powers and wreaked havoc, death, and destruction before Neron was forced by Flash to halt their actions and return their souls to their bodies.

Heat Wave would only briefly return to his criminal ways before abandoning them to study with Zhutanian monks. Afterwards, he worked for Project Cadmus as a backup agent, but eventually quit and moved to the Quad Cities, Illinois area. He eventually got a job at the FBI, along with other reformed members of Rogues. This was a spectacular failure and Rory became a villain once again after the Top arrived and undid the mental program that had kept him reformed.

One Year Later

One Year Later, after being caught by the police, he and several more of the Rogues were approached by speedster Inertia with a plan to kill Bart Allen, the current Flash. Caught up in the moment, Heat Wave, Weather Wizard, and Captain Cold shot Bart to death with their respective weapons after he foiled Inertia's plan, and are now on the run. They expressed guilt immediately after the murder. He was one of the first villains to be captured during Salvation Run.

Final Crisis: Rogues Revenge

Heat Wave was seen joining Libra's Secret Society of Super Villains. Unfortunately, he and the other Rogues' reject Libra's offer. Before they can retire, they hear that Inertia had escaped. The Rogues' confront Kid Zoom and ultimately kill him because that they were used and to overcome the guilt of Bart's death. Human Flame sought out Heat Wave hoping to purchase one of his signature flamethrower guns. Heat Wave refuses, denouncing Human Flame as "pathetic" and beating him severely.

Fun Facts

Though Rory is generally bald, when he actually had hair, it was brown.

[thepanicoffice]

The gaudy tapestry woven by the stars

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My devoted readers and, if I may make so bold, my loyal subjects –

Apologies for maintaining radio silence. From mid-November onwards I took the only option available to sensitive, right-thinking sorts: I loaded up on Benadryl and dosed myself into a medically induced coma to pass out the rest of 2016 in the safe cocoon of my own unconscious body.

I am now ready to emerge, blinking, into the cruel light of a new year, like some sort of drab tweed butterfly.

And yet I wake to find that very little, if anything, has changed.

The nation still awaits a definitive date when it will be chloroformed and surgically excised from the rump of Europe, like the noble sovereign polyp that it is. The world still awaits, with ragged, fearful breaths, the inarticulate political will of the Plasticine Demagogue. The western liberal intelligentsia are still locked in a hysterical spiral, chuckling weakly through their near-lunatic rictus grins, condemning 2016 as the worst year ever committed to the history books. They ask, with jinx-baiting rhetorical certainty, whether this year can possibly be worse.*

All is as it was. Only more so.

In that sense, 2016 is a gaudy tapestry that we continue to weave, though admittedly one we may soon use to cover up the blood stains on the floor.

But those who know me will confirm that I am, at heart, a hopeless optimist. In that spirit, I present you with horoscopes for the year ahead. Next to hepatoscopy – examining the livers of fowl for auguries of the future – I would say that astrology is my favourite form of arcane charlatanism. But what can be predicted for you? Here is the gaudy tapestry that the stars have woven for us all...

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Capricorn (22 December – 19 January) – This year brings new opportunities and another chance at a previously thwarted love. But watch out for dysentery! It’s coming back in a big way. And so are platform shoes.

Aquarius (20 January – 18 February) – Be on the lookout for some subtle flirting from an unexpected source. It’s the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. You will end the year birthing his pink, straw-pated progeny. Males: be especially fearful of this loin-rending process.

Pisces (19 February – 20 March) – A kind word at work gives you the confidence you need to approach your boss for a raise. This meeting will go disastrously as you emit a blood-curdling screech and declare yourself the Falcon Queen of M’kuth, setting up nest in a filing cabinet and pecking at anyone who tries to remove you.

Aries (21 March – 19 April) – You decide to take up a new hobby. Much to your family’s consternation, this hobby is racism. You begin to bore your friends with your racist theories on education, sports, and driving abilities. Eventually they stop inviting you to the pub. You develop racist theories about that too.

Taurus (20 April – 20 May) – You’re developing a bit of a reputation in the workplace as feisty and sometimes aggressive. You can’t always help how some people perceive you but take some time out to think whether you’re happy being seen this way. If you’re not, then swear unholy vengeance upon them. Maim their children. Let the soil be saturated with their blood. Still their wagging tongues forever.

Gemini (21 May – 20 June) – No one has ever understood you. No one ever will.

Cancer (21 June – 22 July) – You have cancer.

Leo (23 July – 22 August) – The moon is in the first quarter, which causes your bowels to betray you in a public setting. The vicar’s garden fete has to be called off at the last minute, much to the disappointment of the orphans. You have been banned from attending future meetings of the knitting club.

Virgo (23 August – 22 September) – You are inspired to revamp your role models and lighten your workload. Equality in the home is just as important as equality in the workplace. Men can do housework just as well as women... You stare into the eyes of your spouse as into a fathomless void. You sleep fitfully, pondering the inherent unknowability of all things.

Libra (23 September – 22 October) – Cupid’s arrow has found a target! You find yourself smitten with someone who you’re starting to view in a new light. But such a love is ultimately hopeless; their heart belongs to another. You immolate yourself on the steps of the British Museum, where the two of you first met.

Scorpio (23 October – 21 November) - This is a good day to gather friends and family members around you. Your sinister death cult has foretold this as the year of reckoning. You will share songs and stories around a fire before denouncing the wicked and sharing cyanide-laced cyanide. It’s a good time to recognise your faults and move with confidence from the impermanent state of life to the permanent state of death. Sagittarius (22 November – 21 December) - Mercury is in the ascendant. It is on collision course with Earth. You attempt to make peace with your estranged children but find that they have since moved from the last address they gave you. You spend your final moments utterly alone, gazing up with blistering, tear-glutted eyes as the sky swells with a nameless fire. The Earth’s passing goes unmourned by an indifferent cosmos.

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* How quickly these people forget about other notably awful years, such as 1208, 1689, and 1990 (the last being both the unfortunate year in which I was born, under a blood moon, and in which Milli Vanilli were revealed to be lip-syncing on their Grammy-winning album Girl You Know It's True –uniquely painful events in the sad catalogue of human infamy).

[i-globalone]

One of the great things about reporting on the blockchain/crypto industry is the infinite variety of interesting, smart people doing bold, crazy things. From daring entrepreneurs and builders, to inspired thinkers and communicators, this space has no shortage of colorful characters pushing the envelope. It’s in this spirit that we present this year’s Most Influential, a selection of people who did exceptional things in 2019. Whether it was Caitlin Long establishing Wyoming as the “blockchain state,” or Rune Christensen corralling MakerDAO, or David Marcus launching Libra, these people made an impact and shaped the conversation, for better or for worse.The selection (click here) was made in a three-step process. First, CoinDesk staff drew up a long-list. Then, we asked readers to vote for their favorites in a survey. Then, based on all opinions, CoinDesk made a final choice. Note: People are chosen for having exemplary years, perhaps the most significant year of their careers. This is not an all-time influencer list. Some well-known OGs were not included, even though they are obviously important (before the #xrparmy starts asking about Brad Garlinghouse).For instance, Jack Dorsey made the cut this year not only for championing bitcoin in Silicon Valley, but funding a development team to work on its core protocol. Gerald Cotten, of Quadriga infamy, helped us learn (again) the truth of the old adage: “not your keys, not your coins.”Whatever your views of this selection, we hope you enjoy the discussion it is likely to spark. Debate, bicker, ponder, but most of all tag #mostinfluential2019 on Twitter. Happy Holidays.Disclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups.

http://www.globalone.com.np/2019/12/presenting-coindesks-most-influential.html

[foursprouthappiness-blog]

The Book You Should Read Instead Of Binging Netflix, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

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The Book You Should Read Instead Of Binging Netflix, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

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Aries: March 21st – April 19th

Circe by Madeline Miller

“In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child–not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power–the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.

Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.“

Taurus: April 20th – May 20th

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

“By 2021, the World War has killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remain covet any living creature, and for people who can’t afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacra: horses, birds, cats, sheep. They’ve even built humans. Immigrants to Mars receive androids so sophisticated they are indistinguishable from true men or women. Fearful of the havoc these artificial humans can wreak, the government bans them from Earth. Driven into hiding, unauthorized androids live among human beings, undetected. Rick Deckard, an officially sanctioned bounty hunter, is commissioned to find rogue androids and ‘retire’ them. But when cornered, androids fight back—with lethal force.”

Gemini: May 21st – June 20th

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

“Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it’s the truth?” 

Cancer: June 21st – July 22nd

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

“Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together.“

Leo: July 23rd – August 22nd

The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

“In 1986, Eddie and his friends are just kids on the verge of adolescence. They spend their days biking around their sleepy English village and looking for any taste of excitement they can get. The chalk men are their secret code: little chalk stick figures they leave for one another as messages only they can understand. But then a mysterious chalk man leads them right to a dismembered body, and nothing is ever the same.

In 2016, Eddie is fully grown, and thinks he’s put his past behind him. But then he gets a letter in the mail, containing a single chalk stick figure. When it turns out that his friends got the same message, they think it could be a prank . . . until one of them turns up dead.

That’s when Eddie realizes that saving himself means finally figuring out what really happened all those years ago.”

Virgo: August 23rd – September 22nd

The Woman In The Window by A.J. Finn

“Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors.

Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, a mother, their teenage son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble—and its shocking secrets are laid bare.

What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one—and nothing—is what it seems.”

Libra: September 23rd – October 22nd

Simon Vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Alberalli

“Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.”

Scorpio: October 23rd – November 21st

I’m Fine And Other Lies by Whitney Cummings

“Here are all the stories and mistakes I’ve made that were way too embarrassing to tell on stage in front of an actual audience; but thanks to not-so-modern technology, you can read about them here so I don’t have to risk having your judgmental eye contact crush my self-esteem. This book contains some delicious schadenfreude in which I recall such humiliating debacles as breaking my shoulder while trying to impress a guy, coming very close to spending my life in a Guatemalan prison, and having my lacerated ear sewn back on by a deaf guy after losing it in a torrid love affair. In addition to hoarding mortifying situations that’ll make you feel way better about your choices, I’ve also accumulated a lot of knowledge from therapists, psychotherapists, and psychopaths, which can probably help you avoid making the same mistakes I’ve made. Think of this book as everything you’d want from the Internet all in one place, except without the constant distractions of ads, online shopping, and porn.“

Sagittarius: November 22nd – December 21st

The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris

“When street magician Carter runs away, he never expects to find friends and magic in a sleepy New England town. But like any good trick, things change instantly as greedy B.B. Bosso and his crew of crooked carnies arrive to steal anything and everything they can get their sticky fingers on.

After a fateful encounter with the local purveyor of illusion, Dante Vernon, Carter teams up with five other like-minded illusionists. Together, using both teamwork and magic, they’ll set out to save the town of Mineral Wells from Bosso’s villainous clutches. These six Magic Misfits will soon discover adventure, friendship, and their own self-worth in this delightful new series.”

Capricorn: December 22nd – January 19th

Good Me Bad Me by Ali Land

“Milly’s mother is a serial killer. Though Milly loves her mother, the only way to make her stop is to turn her in to the police. Milly is given a fresh start: a new identity, a home with an affluent foster family, and a spot at an exclusive private school.

But Milly has secrets, and life at her new home becomes complicated. As her mother’s trial looms, with Milly as the star witness, Milly starts to wonder how much of her is nature, how much of her is nurture, and whether she is doomed to turn out like her mother after all.

When tensions rise and Milly feels trapped by her shiny new life, she has to decide: Will she be good? Or is she bad? She is, after all, her mother’s daughter.”

Aquarius: January 20th – February 18th

Every Day by David Leviathan

“Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.

There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: Never get too attached. Avoid being noticed. Do not interfere.

It’s all fine until the morning that A wakes up in the body of Justin and meets Justin’s girlfriend, Rhiannon. From that moment, the rules by which A has been living no longer apply. Because finally A has found someone he wants to be with—day in, day out, day after day.“

Pisces: February 19th – March 20th

The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero

“In 2003, an independent film called The Room—starring and written, produced, and directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit named Tommy Wiseau—made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as ‘like getting stabbed in the head,’ the $6 million film earned a grand total of $1,800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years later, it’s an international cult phenomenon, whose legions of fans attend screenings featuring costumes, audience rituals, merchandising, and thousands of plastic spoons. Hailed by The Huffington Post as ‘possibly the most important piece of literature ever printed,’ The Disaster Artist is the hilarious, behind-the-scenes story of a deliciously awful cinematic phenomenon as well as the story of an odd and inspiring Hollywood friendship. Greg Sestero, Tommy’s costar, recounts the film’s bizarre journey to infamy, explaining how the movie’s many nonsensical scenes and bits of dialogue came to be and unraveling the mystery of Tommy Wiseau himself.”