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A young mother leaves her newborn next to a tree; stray dogs eat the baby.

What does the net neutrality vote mean for consumers?

Many Americans are either unemployed or underemployed, according to recent numbers.

"Classifying the consumer broadband service as a public utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications Act would help control what consumers are charged and their access to Internet service, which would be deemed something critical to society.

In everyday terms, think of it this way: There won't be any uneven service, so everyone can stream their Netflix queue more or less at the same speeds. Supporters of net neutrality have also said that without regulation, a greater socio-economic digital divide could develop, creating a class of information 'haves' and 'have nots.'"

        ― Alyssa Newcomb (ABC)

"A study published this month in the Journal of Applied Psychology examined a sample of 6,769 German adults -- 3,733 men and 3,036 women -- who took the same personality test twice in a four-year window. During the experiment, 251 subjects were unemployed for less than a year; 210 faced joblessness for one to four years.

The authors focused on five traits: conscientiousness, neuroticism, agreeableness, extraversion and openness. Dispositions of perpetually job-hunting people transformed considerably -- and dismally -- compared with their steadily working counterparts."

         ― Danielle Paquette (The Washington Post)

"The labor market remains much weaker than unemployment rate alone suggests. Tens of millions of Americans are unemployed, underemployed, or have been encouraged to stop working because of big government policies and low wages. The urgency for getting Americans back to work, working the hours they desire, working in good-paying jobs, and keeping more of what they earn should be as high as it’s ever been."

         ― Abby McCloskey (Forbes)

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Newborn baby eaten by stray dogs after mother 'hides it behind tree'

Net Neutrality: What's at Stake for You After Today's Vote

Teenager making $480,000 a year babysitting, forced to hire CEO to meet demands

Black college graduates lag whites in finding jobs

The job market may be better, but looking for work is as frustrating as ever

How unemployment warps your personality over time

Yellen: Unemployment Rate 'Less Rosy' When You Count Part-Time, Discouraged Workers

More Than One In 10 American Workers Unemployed Or Underemployed

Jobless Claims in U.S. Jump by Most Since December 2013

Will the Unemployed Soon Be Able to Tap Retirement Accounts?

T.J. Maxx, Marshalls to boost U.S. workers' pay to at least $9 an hour

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Gemini - A Fire Inside (Said The Sky Remix)

Au5 - Snowblind (feat. Tasha Baxter)

Karin Park - Shine (RoughMath Remix)

Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive (Volant Remix)

Simplex - Let Go

A new study finds that American teens are not sleeping enough.

A man and woman have sex in a Chula Vista shopping center; man arrested, woman cited.

Do guns belong in the hands of American citizens, and to what extent?

"The problem is worse among teenage girls than boys, according to a study published online Monday in Pediatrics, a journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Scientists at Columbia University and colleagues dub this decline "the Great Sleep Recession." They analyzed data from a cross-sectional survey of more than 270,000 American adolescents from 1991 to 2012. Participants were asked how often they get seven or more hours of sleep a night."

        ― Bill Briggs (NBC)

"The couple, who police told KGTV had just met on the trolley, got down and dirty in front of Christina's Dress Shop.

Witness Christy Peterson, who shot video of the incident through the store window, said the man and woman seemed oblivious to the fact that it was 3:30 p.m. and that they were surrounded by people in a shopping strip mall. "

         ― Itica Milanes (ABC)

"What are public school teachers doing in the US to protect themselves and their students from psychotic killers? Expelling students for chewing a slice of pizza into a gun shape and then congratulating themselves on how incredibly enlightened and intellectually superior they are.

Instead of whining and hand-wringing like an American public educator one Pakistani female teacher said 'Whoever kills innocents, God willing I will shoot them.'"

         ― Garry Reed (Examiner.com)

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Enter Sandman - But Way Too Late for Teens: Study

Russian roulette ends in 17-year-old Southern California boy's death

Biden places hands on shoulders of defense secretary's wife in latest gaffe

MAN AND WOMAN WHO JUST MET HAVE SEX IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN FRONT OF CHULA VISTA SHOPPERS

Ben Carson Calls For No Rules In War

2 accused in alleged Halifax mall plot face more charges

In Glock we trust? The question of guns and God

Pakistani teachers have guns; US teachers have whining

‘Guns should just be illegal’: College students advocate strict gun control

T-shirts feature realistic guns in shoulder-strap holsters

Landlord Shoots Tenant In Butt After Being Refused Cigarette: Cops

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Mitis - Give my Regards

Temper Trap -- Sweet Disposition (Alto Remix)

Crywolf & Ianborg - Runaway

Mendum - Stay With Me (Krys Talk Remix)

Projections of the U.S. drought are bleak.

West Coats ports halt operation while labor disputes arise.

Dr. Paul Kengor weighs in on the liberal concept of "selective tolerance."

"In other words, imagine that the worst droughts of the 20th century — the Dust Bowl of the 1930s or the drought during the 1950s — persisted for 30 years, said Toby Ault, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric scientists at Cornell University.

PBS NewsHour has reported on the drought raging through the American Southwest, California and the Great Plains. The ongoing drought has already strained agriculture and forced municipalities to restrict their water usage.

According the U.S. Drought Monitor, much of the American West has been in a drought for 11 of the past 14 years. NASA estimates that 64 million people are directly affected by drought conditions in the Southwest and Southern Plains."

        ― Rebecca Jacobson (PBS)

"The union has been negotiating for a new contract since May, and is currently working under the terms of a contract that expired in July. It has not threatened to strike.

The Pacific Maritime Association, which represents 72 companies including shipping lines, port terminal operators and the companies that load and unload ships, says it has made a lucrative offer to the union which would raise salaries by 14% over five years, on top of current average full-time wages of $147,000 per year.

The union says a shutdown is unnecessary, and that the two sides are close to an agreement."

         ― Chris Isidore (CNN Money)

"I believe, in general, that liberals are not actually tolerant. Liberals tolerate only what they what want to tolerate. They tolerate things they agree with—which, of course, isn’t tolerance. Tolerance is about accepting the often-difficult differences between you and someone you strongly disagree with, and respecting that person’s right to an opposing point of view. Obviously, that’s not liberalism. This could be demonstrated multiple ways, but consider two salient examples pervasive in daily headlines: liberals’ behavior regarding same-sex marriage and abortion."

         ― Dr. Paul Kengor (Campus Reform)

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Congress approves controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline

U.S. headed for a ‘mega-drought’ in 21st century, scientists warn

Three Muslim students killed at North Carolina campus

Brian Williams suspended without pay for 6 months by NBC

Malcolm X’s Daughter Ilyasah Shabazz OK with Whites Using N-word ‘Cause Blacks Use it

West Coast ports shut down as labor dispute heats up

Court nixes faith-based birth control mandate challenge

KENGOR: Liberals' tyranny of tolerance

Podcaster booted from Mormon Church over “controversial” episodes, forums

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Toby Green - Thinking

Racing Glaciers - First Light (Draper & Rogue Remix)

Musetta - Peace & Melody (OverHertz Remix)

The Madison - Universe (feat. 3PM)

Controversy behind who funded the 9/11 attacks.

Supreme Court rules that firing a woman for breastfeeding is not sexist.

Will artificial intelligence benefit or threaten humanity?

"Al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui has claimed members of the Saudi royal family helped fund the 9/11 attacks.

Moussaoui, imprisoned in Colorado for his role in the attacks, gave testimony in October to lawyers for 9/11 victims suing the country.

His statement came to light when it was filed in court this week in response to a Saudi bid to drop the lawsuit.

Saudi Arabia has rejected the accusation from a 'deranged criminal' with no credibility.

They have made several attempts for the lawsuit to be dropped."

         ― BBC

"When Ames asked her supervisor for accommodations that would enable her to express milk and store it for her child, the supervisor reportedly responded that Ames should “go home and be with your babies” instead. That supervisor went on to dictate a letter of resignation to Ames that day, effectively forcing her to resign.

Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with Nationwide and the Eighth Circuit Court, denying Ames’ petition for a review of her case’s dismissal. The trial court’s decision — which the Circuit Court upheld — said that for Nationwide’s firing of Ames for taking time to express milk at work could not have been sexist because under certain circumstances, some men can lactate, too."

         ― David Ferguson (Alternet)

"But Baidu chief scientist Andrew Ng—one of the world’s best-known AI researchers and a guy who’s building out what is likely one of the world’s largest applied AI projects—says we really ought to worry more about robot truck drivers than the Terminator.

In fact, he’s irritated by the discussion about scientists somehow building an apocalyptic super-intelligence. 'I think it’s a distraction from the conversation about…serious issues,' Ng said at an AI conference in San Francisco last week.

Ng isn’t alone in thinking this way. A select group of AI luminaries met recently at a closed door retreat in Puerto Rico to discuss ethics and AI. WIRED interviewed some of them, and the consensus was that there are short-term and long-term AI issues to worry about. But it’s the long-term questions getting all the press."

         ― Robert McMillian (Wired)

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Moussaoui claims Saudi royals 'funded 9/11 attacks'

Mummified Monk Found In Lotus Position

Brian Williams forced to retract feel-good Iraq war story 12 years later

Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling that Firing Woman for Breastfeeding Not Sexist Since Men Can Lactate

Why artificial intelligence always seems so far away

Will religions try to convert artificial intelligence? Reverend says 'Christ's redemption' is not limited to humans

Artificial Intelligence knows more about you than your friends or family, thanks to Facebook

AI Software That Could Score You the Perfect Job

ONR tests robot surrogates for training Marines

AI Won’t End the World, But It Might Take Your Job

Sex With Robots: Sodom and Gomorrah Never Dreamed of This Immorality

Texas man arrested after attempt to pay taxes with tightly folded dollar bills

Drinking A Little Whiskey Might Actually Help Relieve Cold Symptoms

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Virtual Riot - We're Not Alone (Killabyte Remix)

Avius - Fearless

DVBBS - We Are Electric (Eliminate Remix)

Party Favor - Touch

The Prodigy - Breathe (ZAGOR Remix)

Measles Outbreak: to vaccinate, or not to vaccinate?

Bill Gates comments on artificial intelligence.

Indiana may allow college students to carry concealed weapons, to combat sexual assaults.

"The measles vaccine is actually one of the most effective vaccines in the world. According to Greg Wallace, lead of the measles, mumps, rubella and polio team at the CDC, two doses are 97 percent effective against infection. (Compare that to 88 percent for two doses of the mumps vaccine from the MMR shot.) It’s a live version of the virus, just weakened—or attenuated—so it doesn’t cause severe symptoms. The vaccine replicates just like the full-on measles virus, inciting your immune system to produce antibodies against it. Those antibodies then protect against actual measles as well."

  ― Katie M. Palmer (Wired)

"Even in the next 10 problems like vision and speech understanding and translation will be very good, mechanical robot tasks like picking fruit or moving a hospital patient will be solved. Once computers/robots get to a level of capability where seeing and moving is easy for them then they will be used very extensively."

  ― Bill Gates (Microsoft)

"State Rep. Jim Lucas’s (R) House Bill 1143 would allow licensed gun owners to carry their weapons on public university campuses. Lucas said that by decriminalizing gun owners’ right to carry, potential victims of assault could be protected."

  ― Kaitlyn Schallhorn (Campus Reform)

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Why Did Vaccinated People Get Measles at Disneyland? Blame the Unvaccinated

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine (Explanation and Risk of Vaccines

Immunization

Measles outbreak with Disney park origins grows to 95 cases

GoDaddy pulls Super Bowl ad after uproar

Stoned driver who hit cop car charged with assault, police say

Bill Gates on dangers of artificial intelligence: ‘I don’t understand why some people are not concerned’

UC Berkeley students protest Domino's Pizza for thanking cows for milk

McCain boots 'low-life scum' from hearing

Lawmaker wants to fight campus sexual assault with concealed carry

Hot Pocket arrest uncovers mugshots tracking evolution of hipster Aryan Brotherhood member in Texas

Man dies after 3-day video gaming binge

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Mitis - Born (Ft. Collin McLouglin) (Vocal Mix)

Bombs and Bottles - Pregame (Official SKITZ Remix)

SizzleBird - Sky Love

Virtual Riot - Stargarden

Dalhousie University wants to ban men from speaking first in discussions.

India needs to change its mentality on females, because birth ratio is at emergency levels.

How were the Egyptian Pyramids built?

"On the heels of a scandal involving male Dalhousie University dentistry students making sexually charged comments on Facebook about their female peers, the Canadian university’s Student Union and Gender and Women’s Studies Program co-hosted a forum on misogyny titled “Transforming our campus and strengthening our community.”

During the forum—composed of Dalhousie professors and representatives from local gender justice and sexual assault resource centers—one panelist suggested calling on women first during classroom discussions to boost female participation.

'I do think, in general, there are a lot of studies that indicate women, girls are socialized not to speak first… And so to make a conscious rule, a deliberate rule that is explicit, that ‘no, men are not allowed to speak first,’ is certainly a strong way of addressing that issue…' said Jacqueline Warwick, a professor of musicology and former coordinator of the Gender and Women’s Studies Programs at Dalhousie."

  ― Gabriella Morrongiello (Campus Reform)

"Despite being banned in India, sex-selective abortion is a growing problem in the country. India's sex ratio — the number of girls born for every 1,000 boys — dropped from 964 in 1971 to 918 in 2011, according to United Nations and Indian government data. Human Rights Watch said the statistics point to 'the failure of laws aimed at reducing sex-selective abortions.'

Modi has not proposed new legislation, but he did launch a new campaign on the issue, called 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' (Save the Daughter, Teach the Daughter). He announced it at a public event before a largely female audience in Haryana — the state with the lowest ratio of female to male births. He told the women gathered there that they must resist pressure from family and society to abort girls. 'The prime minister of the country is begging you to save the lives of girls,' Modi said. 'We have to change our thinking and stop believing that boys are superior to girls. We should change our mentality.'"

  ― Al Jazeera and wire services

"Levitation appears as a common theme among fringe pyramid theorists. The famed psychic Edgar Cayce—who believed the pyramids were built by a consortium of Atlanteans, Egyptians and Caucasians from southwest Russia—claimed the ancients used their extraordinary mental powers to lift the massive blocks into place."

  ― Mark Strauss (io9)

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SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PLACED ON LEAVE FOR FACEBOOK POST

Drone Carrying Meth Crashes Near San Ysidro Port of Entry

Profs say women, black students should get to speak first in college classrooms

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies

Narendra Modi urges India to 'change mentality' on sex selection

Who is standing up to the Keystone Pipeline?

How Were the Pyramids Built?

10 Bizarre Theories About The Pyramids That DON'T Involve Aliens

Aliens Built the Pyramids

Singapore Smoker Fined $15,000 For Throwing Butts Out Window

Human Ken Doll Justin Jedlica Risks Blindness To Become '100 Percent Plastic'

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Aiva - So Softly (Raze Remix)

Bcee - Disciple

HELENA - Levity ft. Shawnee Taylor (Far Lands Remix)

Lenzman - It's Yours (Interlude)

Authorities in the Philippines cage homeless children, in preparation for the Pope's arrival.

A teacher is arrested for showing "ABC's of Death" (2012) in class.

Glee star, Naya Rivera, states that showering "is a White people thing."

"Disregarding their own Filipino child protection laws, the locked-up children are placed in filthy detention centers, where they sleep on the cold concrete floors, use buckets as toilets, get physically abused by older inmates, are nearly starved and in some cases, chained up to the pillars.

Adult inmates are kept in a pen directly next to the cell holding boys and girls; they freely pass back and forth through the compounds during certain times of the day and abuse the children.

The center is hidden away in the slums of Manila's Paranaque district, and ironically named 'House of Hope.'"

  ― Abigail James (Catholic Online)

"Sheila Kearns showed the film, 'The ABCs of Death,' during five periods of a Spanish class at East High School in Columbus in April 2013, prosecutors said. The movie consists of 26 chapters, each depicting some form of grisly death and representing a letter of the alphabet, such as 'E is for Exterminate,' 'O is for Orgasm' and 'T is for Toilet.'

A jury convicted Kearns of four felony counts on Thursday. The convictions carry possible jail sentences, but Kearns, 58, is expected to get probation when she's sentenced in March."

  ― Huff Post

"The 28-year-old Glee star, who celebrated her birthday on Monday, was a guest host on The View this morning where the songstress shared a rather, um, interesting theory about showering.

After moderator Nicolle Wallace defended the fact that she showers three times a day (pre- and post-show, plus once before bed), the Fox beauty chimed in with a headline-making hypothesis.

'I think that white people shower a lot more than ethnic,' Rivera said as Wallace couldn't help but burst out into a fit of giggles. 'I feel like showering more than once a day or every day is such a white people thing.'"

  ― Alyssa Toomey (E Online)

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LOCKED UP, STARVED AND ABUSED: Innocent street children are caged up like dogs in preparation for Pope Francis' visit to the Philippines

Days after free-speech rally, France arrests a comedian for this Facebook post

'We Need to Kill Them': Judge Jeanine Says It's Time to Stop Islamic Terror

Let’s check in with the ‘Muslim-free’ gun range in Arkansas

Arrest warrant issued for 9-year-old boy accused of stealing pack of gum

Alabama principal wants to arm students with canned food against intruders

Teacher Sheila Kearns Convicted Of Showing High School Class Violent Movie 'ABCs Of Death'

Bigfoot Strolls Through A Russian Forest -- At Least That's The Claim [VIDEO]

Naya Rivera Says Showering Daily Is a ''White People Thing'': Watch Now

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Bastille - Pompeii (Audien Remix)

Aether - Silhouette

Minnesota - Voyager

Obama wants the first two years of community college to be free.

Female drives are considered terrorists, in Saudi Arabia.

Pete McGrain's documentary "Ethos" questions the U.S's "democracy."

"The program would require action from a Republican-dominated Congress. "With no details or information on the cost, this seems more like a talking point than a plan," said Cory Fritz, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

The White House said details on the cost and funding would come in the State of the Union Address on Jan. 20 and the president's budget request Feb. 2. But the White House expects 9 million students to participate and save up to $3,800 a year for two years. That would place the cost at nearly $70 billion, though there are questions about building capacity at the nation's 1,100 community colleges.

The federal government would pay three quarters of the cost, at least initially."

  ― Gregory Korte (USA TODAY)

"Loujain al-Hathloul, 25, and Maysa al-Amoudi, 33, were both arrested December 1 after not only ignoring the restriction on women driving, but also publishing photos of them behind the wheel on social media, alongside their opinions of the ban and democracy in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Hathloul was stopped by border guards when she attempted to cross the border on November 30 with a United Arab Emirates driver's license in an act of defiance. Al-Amoudi, a UAE-based Saudi journalist, was stopped when she went to deliver food and a blanket to al-Hathloul at the border."

  ― Allen McDuffee (The Atlantic)

"Every day we turn on television to see more bad news: another environ-mental catastrophe, more starving refugees, and innocent victims in various war zones. Most of us are busy, just trying to make ends meet. We see these horrible images and feel helpless to do anything about them. The deep shame we feel about this is paralyzing -- one of the reasons we turn away."

  ― Pete McGrain (ETHOS)

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Obama to propose free community college

The GOP Bill to Define the 40-Hour Work Week Explained

Charlie Hebdo Shooting: 12 Killed at Muhammad Cartoons Magazine in Paris

German researchers discover a flaw that could let anyone listen to your cell calls

Russia says drivers must not have 'sex disorders'

Saudi Women Drivers Sent to Terrorism Court

Bioethicist: Why Connecticut Teen Can't Say No to Chemo

Pete McGrain's documentary ETHOS -- one more in the realm of the fix-the-world films

It's New Year's Eve, Everyone Drives Drunk,' DUI Suspect Allegedly Tells Cop

Filipino Traffic Police To Wear Diapers During Pope's Visit

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Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora - Black Widow (Prismo Remix)

Adoxe - Cadence

Ellie Goulding - Wish I Stayed (Zom-V Edit)

Young London - Let Me Go

Zoe Phillips - Boat (Rameses B Remix)

Featuring a music mix from local producer, Dominic King.

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“Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.”

  – Mitch Albom (The Time Keeper)

A woman is caught stealing eggs; cop buys them for her.

International theaters cancel The Interview because of threats.

How does mobile technology affect modern daily life?

"We're not all crooked individuals looking to beat up or kill somebody," he said. "That's not what we swore to do. That's not why I wear this badge every day."

  ― William Stacy (Police officer, Alabama)

"We know that criminals and foreign countries regularly seek to gain access to government and private sector networks - both in the United States and elsewhere," a National Security Council statement said, adding that the FBI was leading the investigation.

"We take very seriously any attempt to threaten or limit artists' freedom of speech or of expression."

  ― Anonymous Officials (U.S. Government)

"The U.S. Department of Transportation reports 10 percent of all drivers under the age of 20 are involved in fatal crashes reported as "distracted."

Katie Mathews was close to becoming one of those numbers. She is a survivor who lived to tell her story.

Mathews was a 16-year-old living in Venice, Florida, when an accident she was involved in on May 6, 2001, would forever change her life."

  ― Charisma News

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ALABAMA COP DOESN'T ARREST WOMAN CAUGHT STEALING EGGS; BUYS HER FOOD INSTEAD

Obama moves to restore relations with Cuba

Sony cancels The Interview release amid threats

INVESTIGATION: LAW ENFORCEMENT USE SECRET 'STINGRAY' DEVICES TO TRACK CELL PHONE SIGNALS

Smartphone Use During Dinner Distracts Moms From Their Kids, Relationships Suffer

Mobile phones and cancer

If You Text While Driving, You Need to Read This Now

Here's What It's Like Trying To Live Life Without A Cellphone In 2014

The Few, The Proud: The Millennials Who Still Use Flip Phones

Are You Married to Your Cell Phone?

Final 'Colbert Report' Ends With Stephen Colbert Becoming Immortal

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Astronaut - Quantum (Virtual Riot Remix)

Avalanches by Alma ft. Sound Remedy & Kill Paris

Arizon ft. Ryan Ellingson - Leaving (Culture Code Remix)

Max Elto - Shadow of the Sun Adventure club Remix