La Liga stars who could attract Premier League interest in January

Shkodran Mustafi, Claudio Bravo and Eric Bailly were among the Premier League's top Spanish imports in the summer transfer window - but who could arrive from La Liga in January?

From a Real Madrid Galactico to a highly-rated Malaga youth product, Sky Sports' Spanish football expert Terry Gibson has picked out six players who could make the move to England.

Take a look through Gibson's Spanish selection below…

James Rodriguez
Club: Real Madrid
Position: Attacking midfielder

He was the last Galactico signing after bursting onto the scene during the 2014 World Cup finals, but he has become a victim of not playing enough in his preferred position. Ideally, he likes to play in a free role behind the strikers, but Real Madrid don't really use that system.

He didn't take part in the recent Club World Cup final and he hasn't played much at all for Madrid this season, but I think he's a fantastic player. They paid 80 million euros to sign him from Monaco and he is still only 25, so I think they are well within their rights to look to get as much of that back as possible.

He has come out and suggested it's time to look elsewhere, and I gather the club are not particularly happy with the timing of his comments. I thought he and Madrid might wait until the end of the season, but I think it's a possibility he could leave in January. He could play for any of the top teams in the Premier League easily.

Steven N'Zonzi
Club: Sevilla
Position: Central midfielder

N'Zonzi has been phenomenal since joining Sevilla, this season in particular. He's thriving with the extra responsibility given to him by Jorge Sampaoli, who took over from Unai Emery in the summer.

At times N'Zonzi is the only orthodox midfield player in the team, so he really has to work hard. He has shown he is a good athlete and he's really good technically as well. He's got an eye for a pass and he's added goals to his game this season.

We're not just talking about a player who sits in front of the back four. He's a multi-purpose midfielder. He could be box-to-box, he could be a holding midfielder and he could be an attacking midfielder. He's got everything.

I knew of N'Zonzi from his time in the Premier League, but it's really surprised me how good he has been at Sevilla. It's going to take the (£21.5m) buy-out clause to get him. Sevilla are a selling club who like to make a profit on a player, and I think they picked him up for seven million euros.

If the likes of Juventus are looking at him, I know for certain that Premier League clubs will be monitoring the situation as well. It would only be the top end of the Premier League for him. If not, he would prefer to go to Juventus. From a selfish point of view, I'm hoping he stays around!

Cedric Bakambu
Club: Villarreal
Position: Striker

He got 22 goals last season and became Villarreal's number one striker for Villarreal, but they brought in Alexandre Pato and Nicola Sansone in the summer, so Bakambu isn't the obvious first-choice pick now, which is somewhat surprising. He has had one or two injury issues but there have been times when he has been fit and not been selected.

He is a powerful player who is really quick. He's good at holding the ball up and he's an excellent finisher. He's a player who a lot of Premier League clubs were aware of when he was playing in France. They missed the boat then, but there's a possibility that he's now back on their radars.

Villarreal know when to sell and when to make a profit of the player, so I think there might be a little bit of interest in Bakambu.

Manu Trigueros
Club: Villarreal
Position: Central midfielder

I've always respected Trigueros and always thought he's a really good player but I wasn't sure whether he was the type who could go and play in the Premier League. He's not the biggest or most powerful, but he punches above his weight in terms of the physicality of the game, and he's a really good footballer.

He has improved year-in, year-out. He's still only 25 years of age, and it hasn't surprised me that he has been linked with Barcelona as they look for a long-term replacement for Andres Iniesta.

That will give people an idea of the type of player we're talking about. In years gone by, diminutive midfield players like him might not have been an attraction to Premier League clubs, but more are looking at that type of player now. He could play for any team in the Premier League. Villarreal might find it difficult to keep him long-term.

Inigo Martinez
Club: Real Sociedad
Position: Central defender

He's 5ft 11ins, a similar size to Sergio Ramos and probably taller than Carles Puyol, but his height is the reason no Premier League clubs have gone for him yet. He's 25-years-old and people have been monitoring him since he was part of Spain's U21 team. He played against England at Wembley recently.

He's a left-footed central defender, so that is the attraction with him. Most managers prefer to have a left-footer on the left side. He's also quick, and he's capable of scoring goals from set pieces.

It's just his height. A lot of people immediately look at it and prefer their centre-backs to be over 6ft tall, but believe me, he jumps well. His height is not a weakness, but some clubs do look at it like that.

I think he's a really good player. If I'm being honest I think the chance to move to England might have passed him by, purely because of the height. If someone was going to spend heavily on him, then I think they would have done it by now.

But I genuinely believe that he could play for a club like Manchester City. Pep Guardiola isn't too bothered about height, so maybe that is a possibility. He's certainly a very good player.

Pablo Fornals
Club: Malaga
Position: Central midfielder

Malaga are a team who have made a habit of selling off their best young players and replacing them with another young talent. Fornals has benefited from being at a club where youngsters really do get a chance to shine.

This is his second season in the first-team. He is a bit of everything. He can play box-to-box and he's 6ft tall, which will help persuade some managers. He might be the bargain of our selection because he's young and he's from Malaga. I'm not sure what buy-out clause is but it will be well within the reach of Premier League clubs.

My only worry would be that he would end up like some of the other youngsters who have gone to the Premier League from Spain, not playing and getting lost in the system.

From his point of view, it would probably be wiser to stay and play regularly at Malaga, but if the offer is there, it will be tempting for the player and the club. It's his second season in the first-team and he's more than holding his own. He scored a couple of goals against Valencia recently and he's a tremendously talented young player.

10 things we didn't know last week

1. Women can improve their chances of winning board games against men by playing rock music in the background.

2. The world's largest mince pie factory is in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and it produces 720 pies a minute.

3. The top-selling musical artist of 2016, measured by CD sales, is Mozart.

4. You can spend $1m playing a mobile phone game.

5. A pre-election phishing attack on Hillary Clinton's campaign chief succeeded because of a typo by a campaign aide.

6. Britain's least-used railway station, Shippea Hill in Cambridgeshire, serves 12 passengers a year.

7. At US airports, the usual limits on taking liquids through security do not apply if the liquid is holding live fish.

8. The bottom half of American adults by income earn no more in pre-tax income than the bottom half of American adults did in the 1970s.

9. In the UK, 2016's most commonly asked question on Google beginning with the word "what" has been: What is Pokemon Go?

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Seven ways mobile technology can transform your business

It used to be the mark of a mover and shaker to have a “work phone”. It suggested that you were important enough to be on-demand – a jet-set executive with the latest technology. Mobiles are getting work on the move. But the business support value is only just being felt.

Now just about anyone is able to dial in from home, pop into meetings via Skype and email reports while waiting at the school gates.

Mobile technology has changed the game. Businesses are now focused on enabling every employee to get their work done as easily as possible, using technology that fits around them and adds value at every stage.
So what does that mean for the way the bosses are approaching the next generation of technology investments?

1. Show, don’t tell

Mobile has brought businesses closer to their customers in ways inconceivable just a decade ago. Whether it’s direct messaging for upcoming deals or tap and pay technology with mobile wallets, handheld gadgets are key enablers.

The world of marketing is being particularly shaken up by these new capabilities. Gadgets such as Samsung’s Gear 360 camera allow businesses to create memorable 360-degree videos for customers to explore - and virtual reality headsets such as Gear VR allow customers to ‘teleport’ to other locations instantly, using just a smartphone. Thomas Cook has already used Gear VR headsets to show off holiday experiences in cities such as Singapore.

“VR allows retailers and automotive brands to provide customers with tours around virtual shops and car showrooms,” says Wilczek. “In the automotive industry too, the virtual showroom even extends to virtual test drives that allow customers to get the look and feel of a new car, without having to step into it.”

2. Grow bigger, faster

Cloud-based tools and mobile-first technologies have made it far cheaper to start and scale a business, with a host of metrics showing that companies using mobile technologies such as cloud collaboration and mobile payments hit growth and export milestones faster than those that don’t.

A report by the investment database CB Insights found that it used to cost £3.3 million to launch a small business in 2000. By 2011, that figure was £3,200. Jamie Ward, CEO of PayasUgym, says: “The key to start-ups is scaling fast, so removing blockers to achieve that is critical. Cloud-based solutions have allowed us to ramp up seamlessly and deal with seasonal peaks without fear of the dreaded “downtime”. Other cloud-based solutions we use mean my team can work, collaborate, share and communicate, whether they are 5ft or 1,000 miles from each other.”

Tools such as PayPal, Google Drive and Slack have also halved the amount of time it takes businesses to go international – from 41 months for businesses founded in 2003-2008 to 22 months for businesses founded in 2009 or later.

3. Communicate better

Messaging services such as Slack can keep a workforce in touch with each other even if workers are mobile. But such services can also offer a valuable way to stay in touch with customers – and ensure the business communicates effectively. “Estate agents aren’t known for good communication,” says Craig Ferguson, director of realtors Deighton Mckenzie. “When we set up the business, using Slack internally was really handy – it works across platforms, so we can use it with tablets, desktops, whatever.

“But the lightbulb moment was when we started to invite vendors (people selling homes) to our Slack chats. It offers a single channel for them to ask questions – they never get ‘Bev is on holiday’, or ‘Oliver’s not in’. It helps us to be more efficient.”

4. Staying flexible for happier employees

For today’s employees, the ability to work anytime, anywhere is important – 39pc of employees now identify it as the single most important factor in whether they are satisfied with their jobs, according to a report by the wireless firm HPE Aruba. Chris Kozup, its VP of marketing says that today, “most companies and employees understand that a mobile-first approach can be good for business, but if you tell a CEO that their organisation can achieve a 16pc increase in employee output, or HR directors that they can increase loyalty by more than one in five, we believe they would make mobility an even greater investment priority.”

5. Save time, save money

Mobile solutions can shave hours off regular tasks, with apps replacing forms, cloud solutions replacing resource-heaving local filing and scanning and imaging functions helping keep customer or supply chain-focused staff out in the field.

But the benefits of mobile are not just for mobile workers. For small businesses, being able to deal with tasks such as expenses via a mobile app means big savings. It is easier to file VAT returns, and easy to check that employees are sticking to an expenses policy, for instance, putting money directly back into a small business.

6. Get rid of paperwork

Shockingly, Concur’s research suggests that 70pc of British businesses still rely on paper or spreadsheets when it comes to filing expenses claims. But an increasing number of apps are focused on getting rid of paperwork altogether and enabling on-the-go employees to deal with documents, without the need to forward them to a PC.

Helen Sutton, head of UK at DocuSign – picked out by non-profit organisation Tech City as one of 200 cloud-based tools essential to start-up businesses – says: “Mobile technology is now at the stage where it has rendered paper redundant across almost all aspects of business.

“For instance, cloud platforms allow organisations of all sizes to collaborate and share files and documents at any time,and from any location – completely removing the delays and expense caused by printing documents out and faxing them, or sending by snail mail. Even transactions that require an official authentication, such as contracts and agreements, can now be conducted solely from a mobile device through an eSignature platform.’’

7. Put data at your fingertips

Mobile-friendly software puts today’s businesses in touch with their data in a way that would have been unthinkable even five years ago. Using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software from the likes of Oracle, SAP or Sage puts bosses directly in touch with their accounts with live dashboards, whether they are at their desk, in the warehouse or at an investor lunch. “It puts you in control, 24-7,” says Andy Richley, business development manager at ERP provider Khaos Control Cloud.

“Whether you’re in the office or in a meeting, you can drill straight into your accounts. My managing director will say: ‘I can show you how my business is performing’ [and always be] in a position to do that. Proper grown-up business solutions aren’t just for big businesses anymore.”

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'Cristiano Ronaldo is AC/DC, and Messi is like reggae'

The two superstars have been compared to musical acts and genres by one of Ronaldo's former team-mates at Real Madrid

Real Sociedad midfielder Esteban Granero believes that if Cristiano Ronaldo was a musical act, he would be AC/DC, but has a less flattering comparison for Lionel Messi.

Granero played alongside Ronaldo during his time at Real Madrid, but left Santiago Bernabeu in 2012 to join Queens Park Rangers before returning to La Liga.

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The 29-year-old runs the annual 'Pirate Dinner' charity event to raise money to help children with cancer, and was asked to compare the world's greatest footballers to musical acts or style of music.

Granero's admiration for Ronaldo came through in his answer, telling ASTV that "Cristiano is AC/DC, heavy metal; and Messi is let's say reggaeton, but good."

Reggaeton is a Latin American musical genre which emerged as a younger variant of reggae in the 1990s, and is probably best known worldwide as the genre of Daddy Yankee's global hit single 'Gasolina'.

Whether Messi will be pleased with the comparison is yet to be determined.

How did pit bulls get such a bad rap?

By Jon Bastian

If current news reports are to be believed, pit bulls have been attacking and biting humans left and right—to the point that many communities are considering breed-specific bans on pit bulls.

Would it surprise you to learn that pit bulls used to be America’s darlings? Before the mid-80s, stories of pit bull attacks are practically non-existent. There is even some confusion over exactly which breed of dog is a pit bull — the definition includes the American pit bull terrier, the Staffordshire terrier and, at times, the bulldog. This confusion seems to have dogged the breed from the beginning, as there is some disagreement over the origin of pit bulls.

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Where do pit bulls come from and how did they get such a bad rap?

Two possible histories of pit bulls

In one theory, pit bulls began during antiquity as the so-called Molossus, a now-extinct breed that was used by the Greeks as shepherds and guard dogs. In times of war, they marched off to battle with their humans. Eventually, so the theory goes, the Molossus made it to early Britain, where it became known as the Mastiff. In the first century CE, Rome discovered the breed after defeating the Britons, and the dogs spread all over the empire. For the next four hundred years, they were used as war dogs, and intermixed with various local breeds all over the European continent, becoming the forerunners of the modern pit bull.

A competing theory places the origin of the pit bull in England at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066, when butchers would use large, Mastiff-type dogs as “bullenbeissers,” which translates as “bull biter.” Trained to latch onto a bull’s nose and not let go until the animal was subdued, these dogs were the only way that humans could regain control when a bull became agitated. Unfortunately, this practical if dubious use eventually led to the “sport” of bull-baiting, where dogs were put in a pit with an intentionally riled-up bull and spectators placed bets on which dog would hold on the longest, or bring the bull down. You’ve probably guessed it by now, but this is also the origin of the terms “pit bull dog” and “bulldog.”

Still not a specific breed, the bullenbeissers were bred with Terriers, combining their intelligence with the strength of the Mastiffs. As bull-baiting came to be banned in the 19th century, dog fighting became popular as an underground and quasi-illegal activity in the UK. British immigrants to the U.S. at that time brought dog fighting, as well as their dogs, to the New World. However, as the breed spread to Americans and Americans spread across the continent, pit bulls began to be put to their original use, as general purpose herding and working dogs. Because of their fighting history, though, the American Kennel Club would not recognize the breed until 1936, although they defined it as a Staffordshire terrier, distinct from the American pit bull terrier.

Early perceptions of pit bulls

Far from being considered a killing machine on legs, pit bulls seem to be an American favorite in the early half of the century — indeed, during World War I, the country itself is personified as a pit bull on army recruitment posters, and several pit bulls go on to become famous in the American military. Referring to an athlete as a pit bull is a very common sports metaphor through the 1930s, and it is meant as the highest compliment. There is also a famous racehorse in the late 1930s named Pit Bull, as well as a number of pit bull stars of early motion pictures. Frequently, pit bulls are associated with children, as in the Our Gang comedies, as well as with Buster Brown, both in short films and as the corporate mascot for a shoe company. The famous RCA Victor image of a dog and a gramophone also featured a pit bull terrier.

From the turn of the century until the early 1980s, there is exactly one dog attack story to make the national papers and mention pit bulls, but that’s probably because it involved a man intentionally siccing a pack of 26 dogs on a young woman. According to a 1947 article in The Independent (St. Petersburg, Florida), “Attorneys said they believed it was the first time the state had invoked a statute which would find the owner guilty of manslaughter if it were proven that he permitted vicious animals to run free and they attacked and killed a human being.” There’s no mention of pit bulls as vicious and no call for a ban of the breed, just a human who is held responsible for inducing the dogs to attack. Ironically, though, it is in Florida forty years after this incident that the first breed-specific ban is enacted. In the intervening decades, “pit bull” continues to be a popular description for athletes and when the breed does turn up in newspapers, it’s more often than not in a classified ad for puppies.

The only mention during the 1960s that isn’t an ad is a rather amusing bit from gossip columnist Earl Wilson, who reported in his August 22, 1969 column, “Sonny and Cher, who used to scare people, have now been scared by people. ‘Totally horrified’ by the Sharon Tate murder case, they bought a big dog — ‘a pit bull terrier’ — to protect them and their little daughter Chaste [sic] at their Hollywood Home...” It is at about this time that using large dogs for personal protection becomes popular, but pit bulls are still not singled out as particularly dangerous. In 1971, a new law allows the U.S. Postal Service to bill people for injuries caused to letter carriers by their dogs, but it applies to all dogs, and the general attitude is still one of human responsibility. In a syndicated New York Times story from 1977 on dog bites, opening with the story of a seven year-old boy receiving a very minor injury from a Great Dane, author Jane E. Brody advises, “(S)imple precautions on the part of the dog owners and potential victims could prevent most of these attacks.”

Change in perception and ban on pit bulls

Less than a decade later, that had all changed, and by New Year’s Day 1986, over thirty communities are considering breed specific legislation and bans on pit bulls. What changed?

For one thing, despite being illegal in all fifty states, dog fighting made a comeback in the 80s, and the pit bull is the dog of choice. It is also the preferred guard dog for drug dealers and gangs, with a hugely publicized attack in 1987 in which a pit bull guarding a marijuana crop in California mauls and kills a two-and-a-half year-old boy.

By the summer of that year, every single proposed ban has become law, but not necessarily with the support of animal professionals. Kent Salazar, head of Albuquerque’s animal control division, commented at the time of their proposed ban on pit bulls that he didn’t think a ban on pit bulls was necessary, saying, “We have all the means to protect people with clauses about vicious dogs.” He also noted that, a few years previously, Doberman pinschers were the target of such bans. His words went unheeded, and Tijeras, New Mexico, just outside of Albuquerque, passes the toughest pit bull ban of the time, allowing animal control officers to seize and destroy them on sight without compensation to the owner.

The various pit bull breed bans are decried by animal control officials as “the most concentrated legal assault on a pit bull they can recall,” as well as “canine racism.” The Houston Chroniclequotes unnamed officials as placing the blame for the problem squarely on humans. “(M)any of the pit bull attacks are due to a skyrocketing number of poorly bred and badly trained dogs raised by backyard breeders, who are trying to cash in on the pit bull’s growing reputation as a cheap, but deadly effective guard dog, particularly in urban areas.”

Nearly thirty years after the beginning of this anti-pit bull hysteria, the tide seems to be turning a little bit, but every step forward is followed by a step back. Even as Florida is attempting to overturn all breed-specific legislation, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin is considering imposing a new ban. Yet it only takes a brief look at the history of pit bulls to realize that the dogs are not the problem; the humans who misuse them are. For over a hundred years, holding the owners personally responsible was enough to prevent attacks, and the breed was perceived as very child-friendly. With outreach and education, it may be possible to restore that image and rehabilitate the pit bull’s reputation, restoring an iconic American dog to its rightful place among mankind’s best friends.

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Why I want my home to watch me

As I step into the hallway in Simon Daykin's New Forest home, his smartwatch goes into overdrive.

He is receiving messages from the house itself, warning him there is somebody inside it doesn't recognise.

"As you come in, you've already been spotted by some of our tech," he says.

"There are cameras in the burglar alarm sensors, and a facial recognition system in the house.

"If it's someone it 'knows', it will tell me. If it's someone it doesn't know, it will tell me."

He selects one of the CCTV images he has received and adds my name to it. That seems to satisfy the house - for now.

The combination of devices also enables him to talk to delivery drivers via his phone if the house is empty (and make sure they leave the parcels in the right place) - and was handy when his daughter had a fall and the family were able to share footage with hospital doctors to help them understand her injury.

It's one of many systems Mr Daykin has rigged up over the past four years years as he has painstakingly created his own unique smart home, using a combination of off-the-shelf kit, a few credit-card-sized Raspberry Pi computers and his own tech expertise.

He says the hardest part has been getting them all to coordinate with each other.

It's a labour of love and it hasn't all been cheap - but he says it is slowly paying for itself because of the savings on the household bills.

The house monitors everything and uses energy only where and when it needs to.

The Daykins also get a government incentive for using a wood pellet boiler, which is programmed to fire up just once a day, and have reduced their water costs by 40% through rainwater harvesting.

LED light bulbs have dramatically decreased the electricity bills.

Mr Daykin's primary motivation was to reduce his family's energy consumption, and he is very proud of the results.

He carries out data mining to fine-tune the house to ever greater efficiency - sensors monitor everything from humidity and air quality to temperature and toilet flushes.

Near the washing machine, in the spot where many people might keep their detergent, the Daykins have a hi-tech "nerve centre" where 2km (1.2 miles) of cabling feeds data to the home's central server.

"The house has modes," he says.

"It knows when you're awake, it knows when you're asleep, it knows when you're not here and it reconfigures security, heating, lighting."

If a room is empty, the electricity on a specially wired bank of plug sockets shuts off, and once the lights go off at night, the house goes into "sleep mode".

Family members have their own preferences pre-programmed - when Mr Daykin's mother-in-law arrives, the heating turns up because she feels the cold more.

At the moment, controlling this data requires his input - but with the rise of artificial intelligence, Mr Daykin hopes to reduce his own role in the proceedings.

"I get a lot of updates from the house, but it's very experimental and I like it because I know what's going on," he says.

"One of the big next steps is being able to talk to the house or use a digital assistant so you don't have to touch anything.

"My ultimate aim is that the house is so aware of what it wants and what you want it to be that it reacts to you without you having to tell it."

Personal data

The downstairs toilet flush is also kept track of (a double flush boosts the air circulation, for those with delicate noses); and in the process of monitoring the air quality, Mr Daykin has discovered some unexpected correlations between certain adult activities and the corresponding levels of carbon dioxide.

"Maybe in the future we'll be able to predict when we'll need midwives in the house," he says wryly.

It's certainly intensely private information. But if you install a smart home operated by a tech giant, it's exactly the sort of thing you could inadvertently be sharing.

"We are all generating huge amounts of data - and big companies are using that and exploiting that to give us better services and also create better advertising.

"The system I have created, the vast majority of the data never leaves the house unless I choose to access it remotely," he says.

"I am uncomfortable about giving data to other people unless I know how it is going to be used."

Stuck with it'

In fact, people in modern life are very used to being observed, says psychology professor Tim Buchanan, from Westminster University - whether that's through CCTV, smartphone use or even car registration.

"I think most people genuinely aren't aware of all the data that is collectible about them at any point in time or what the value of that data is," he says.

"I think there are many people who are uncomfortable with it - who go to great pains to try to protect their privacy - but even those people will surrender their privacy in order to access services that they need.

"Unless you were to completely strip technology out of your life, I'm afraid we are stuck with it."

Some tech has more longevity than others.

One of Mr Daykin's early experiments was a bathroom-based sound system controlled by rubber ducks that became magnetic controls when placed against the metal bath tub, allowing bathers to control the sound and change the music.

"It was good fun," he says.

"But these days they prefer watching the iPad."

Sony Music sorry after hoax 'Britney Spears dead' tweet

Sony Music has said sorry to pop star Britney Spears, after an official Twitter account suggested the pop star had died.

The entertainment firm quickly removed the hoax tweets, saying its global account had been "compromised" but that the situation had "been rectified".

Sony added it "apologises to Britney Spears and her fans for any confusion".

The 35-year-old did not react directly to the tweet, but her manager confirmed the singer was "fine and well".

As well Sony's Twitter account, the official account of Bob Dylan also appears to have been hacked. It tweeted: "Rest in peace @britneyspears" around the time of the fake Sony tweets.

After the tweets were published, a group called OurMine appears to have gained access to the Sony Music account and pointed out the security breach. It is not clear whether it was also responsible for the original false messages.

Just a few days ago, it appeared to have hacked into the Twitter accounts of Netflix US and Marvel Entertainment.

And it has also been linked to compromising the Twitter accounts of top executives including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google chief executive Sundar Pichai.

League of Legends RP Hack 2016 - League of Legends Hack New 2016 [Updated For Patch 6.22]

League of Legends (abbreviated LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and OS X. The game follows a freemium model and is supported by microtransactions, and was inspired by the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne mod, Defense of the Ancients.[1] In League of Legends, players assume the role of an unseen "summoner" that controls a "champion" with unique abilities and battle against a team of other players or computer-controlled champions. The goal is usually to destroy the opposing team's "nexus", a structure which lies at the heart of a base protected by defensive structures. Each League of Legends match is discrete, with all champions starting off fairly weak but increasing in strength by accumulating items and experience over the course of the game.[2] League of Legends was generally well received at release, and has grown in popularity. By July 2012, League of Legends was the most played PC game in North America and Europe in terms of the number of hours played.[3] As of January 2014, over 67 million people played League of Legends per month, 27 million per day, and over 7.5 million concurrently during peak hours.[4] In September 2016 the company estimated that there are over 100 million active players each month.[5][6] League of Legends has an active and widespread competitive scene. In North America and Europe, Riot Games organizes the League Championship Series, located in Los Angeles and Berlin respectively, which consists of 10[7] professional teams in each continent. Similar regional competitions exist in China, South Korea, Taiwan, South America,[8] and Southeast Asia. These regional competitions culminate with the annual World Championship, which in 2013, had a grand prize of $1 million and attracted 32 million viewers online.[9] The 2014 and 2015 tournaments each gave out one of the largest prize pools in eSports history, at $2.3 million.[10][11] Winners also receive trophies, such as the Summoner's Cup, which was made by silversmiths Thomas Lyte.[12] The 2016 World Championship's total prizepool was over 5 million dollars, with over 2 million going over to the winner of the tournament.[13]

10 Celeb Photoshops That Show How Much We All Look Like Our Parents

It's pretty amazing how people can look just like their parents. Genetics are seriously a crazy thing. You see the resemblances in Hollywood ALL the time, and it never fails to freak us out. We came up with a list of celebs who look just like their mom or dad, and photoshopped their faces side by side to see the similarities. We promise you're about to be totally blown away by this — and you'll probably end up doing a double take or two. Don't say we didn't warn you!

1. A lot of people say that Gigi Hadid looks just like her mother, Yolanda. 

2. Even putting Bella next to Yolanda is freaking us out. The model gene definitely runs in the family. 

3. Miley Cyrus is definitely her mother's daughter, that's for sure!

4. Now we know where Demi Lovato gets her fabulous smile from!

5. I was not prepared for how much Jaden Smith looks like Will.

6. So imagine my reaction when I realized that Willow is literally a spitting image of her father.

7. Reese Witherspoon's daughter is actually so lucky to have her mother's looks. 

8. We can definitely see where Lindsay Lohan gets her looks from! 

9. This may be an odd one, but Justin Bieber does have several of his mother's features! 

10. Cindy Crawford and her daughter, Kaia, are basically twins