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Quentin Tarantino is one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the past 30 years, as well as a cinephile with a genuine love for Hollywood. But the way he sees it, there simply aren't any actual movie stars left…and that's due, in large part, to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In a recent conversation about 2 bears, 1 cave In the podcast, Tarantino decried the "wonder of Hollywood" that has resulted in only franchise-led blockbusters drawing audiences, and stated that people are not drawn to movie theaters because of the allure of star Chris Hemsworth or Scarlett Johansson, but rather, to watch their favorite superhero characters.
"Part of the marvel of Hollywood… you have all these actors who become famous playing these characters," he said. "But they're not movie stars. Right? Captain America is the star. Or Thor is the star. I mean, I'm not the first person to say that. I think that's been said a million times…but it's like, you know, it's these franchise characters that have become star ".
Taking on a superhero role can certainly be a career-defining decision, and you'd be hard-pressed to say that after a decade working in that universe, Robert Downey Jr. hasn't been as relevant to Tony Stark, or Chris Evans to Steve Rogers. But Tarantino believes the MCU's hold on culture is so strong that there aren't enough opportunities for actors to showcase their talents elsewhere.
"Look, I used to collect Marvel comics like crazy when I was a kid," Tarantino continued. "There's the aspect that if these movies came out when I was in my 20s, I would be totally happy and absolutely in love with them. I mean, they wouldn't be the only movies being made. Those would be among the others. But, you know, I'm almost 60, so Yes. No, I'm not very excited about them."
"My only gripe is that they are the only things that seem to be made," he added. "They're the only things that seem to generate any kind of excitement among the fanbase or even the studio that's making them. That's what makes them happy. And so it's just the fact that they're a complete representation of this movie era right now. There's not a lot of room for anything else. That's it." my problem."
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Today it will be the leader of Marvel Comics Stan Lee100 years old. To celebrate, Disney+ has announced that an original documentary about the man will arrive sometime in 2023.
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Tristan Thompson He faced backlash from some social media users after he shared a video of him dancing with his daughter, True.
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Any thing ? You could have given her a happy mother. Happy home. Happy life and healthy environment. But you chose to be a boy
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Where is the newborn? we want to see !!
Go be a father you have other kids not just her
Thompson's youngest son recently celebrated his first birthday
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series: Kobalt Tools 500
Topics: Kobalt Tools 500
Steve Addington
Kyle Busch
J.D. Gibbs
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THE MODERATOR: Thanks, guys.
We are joined by Kyle Busch. Congratulations, Kyle. A great performance out there today. Talk about it.
KYLE BUSCH: Well, it was a battle out there, that's for sure. You know, those cars were pretty tough to drive. But overall we had a pretty good car in practice yesterday where we felt okay about it today. And then the track seemed to warm up just a little bit, and that gave us a little less grip for today.
But overall we just kept working on it, kept trying to make it better. We battled a little bit tight, a little bit loose, then a little bit loose, a little bit tight. Kind of all over the board there somewhat. Scraped the wall getting into one one time. Ended up bending the rear-end or twisting the rear-end just a little bit.
You know, that definitely didn't help the handling of the racecar any, and actually hurt us a little bit. Just made me so loose getting in and so loose up off the corner, we had to tighten it up. When we did that it tightened up the center of the corner, too. Couldn't ever get the center of the corner to cooperate with us.
Just babying it around the bottom of the racetrack was what I had to do all day. If I missed it, it just slowed us down so much that those guys behind us would close up. I just had to make sure I hit my marks, was smooth and slow and ran around the bottom.
THE MODERATOR: We'll take questions for our winning driver Kyle Busch.
Q. You won the first Car of Tomorrow race last year. You won the first Toyota race. We have the Car of Tomorrow. You've been called the driver of tomorrow before. You're the driver of now. Can you talk about the impact of being the first to accomplish these two milestones?
KYLE BUSCH: Well, I mean, it means a lot to be able to go out and win any race anytime, but especially here at Atlanta. This place has been such a struggle for me. I haven't had a top 10 finish here. I remember the years of watching Bobby Labonte race around this place, kicking everybody's butt. Sort of reminded me a little bit about it today to be able to race like that, run like that, bring that 18 car back up front, run here the way it used to and the way it should.
As far as all that goes, just being able to work with all these guys, that's what helps me run up front like the way I have. It's not necessarily the car or the Car of Tomorrow or whatever it is, you know, it's just about being be comfortable, you know, for me being able to drive anything at the pace that I need to be able to drive it at. And having Steve, the engineer, all these guys being able to give me what I need in order to drive it faster is all I care about.
Q. Kyle, I don't think it's going too far to say that the way you started off the season and the attention to the way you've been driving is changing the game for other drivers. There's a lot of talk about how you're up on the wheel and maybe some other guys are going to have to match that effort. Do you feel that or are you just doing your deal?
KYLE BUSCH: Well, I'm just doing my deal. I mean, everybody's always said that I've been the aggressive driver, you know, used to cause wrecks, used to be out of control, this and that. I don't feel I'm driving any different than what I used to. I've sort of tamed my style, per se. Now it looks like I'm a professional at it or something.
But, you know, it seems to be working to my advantage right now, so that's all that matters, and being able to go out there and win races. But, you know, for other drivers to have to ante up or step up, I'm not so sure that it's them. I think it's a lot with the car. You know, Carl Edwards had the best car here today by far again. And whatever those guys have got over there that's figured out is really scaring us 'cause, you know, the 16 doesn't show it, the 17 doesn't show it, the 26 doesn't show it, but for some reason that 99 does. Whether it's him driving that thing or whether is the car, it's definitely something that we've got to work on.
THE MODERATOR: Let's also now hear from winning crew chief Steve Addington. I believe this is your first career victory as a Sprint Cup Series crew chief.
STEVE ADDINGTON: Yes, it is.
THE MODERATOR: How does it feel?
STEVE ADDINGTON: It feels great. I'm excited for my guys. I mean, they've went through a lot the past three years. Getting Kyle on board, give those guys their first win, that was an awesome feeling today.
THE MODERATOR: We're also going to call up team president J.D. Gibbs and Joe Gibbs. Congratulations.
KYLE BUSCH: Come on, owner, let's go.
THE MODERATOR: Let's here from Coach Gibbs, then we'll hear from J.D. Your thoughts about the win out there, Toyota's first in the Sprint Cup Series? You got to feel great about that?
JOE GIBBS: There were a lot of firsts there. For us, you know, we started out the year, there were so many changes, so many things, so many firsts. First of all, just really appreciate Kyle.
I wanted to say, Kyle, the decision, we all talked it over, we always do things together. We go to Tony and Tony said, I'd go get Kyle. We went to Denny, Denny said, I'd go get Kyle. As we talked it over, Jimmy and everybody else, we decided we better go get Kyle. We appreciate that. We appreciate him. That was the first course with us. Really appreciate everything he's done there for Mars and M&M's and Snickers. I think that's going to be a great relationship. So that was a first.
First for Kyle, first for Mars, and then of course first for Toyota. So for all of us, I think we were all apprehensive. We started the year, there was a huge amount of change, everything we had to go through. So we really appreciate the way everybody worked and hunkered up.
The other thing I want to say, Steve Addington, that 18 car, they've been through some, you know, real tough hard couple of years. I really appreciate those guys hanging tough, too.
THE MODERATOR: Thank you, coach. J.D. your thoughts?
J.D. GIBBS: What's special about this for us, the 18 car, that's our first car we've ever had, that's our baby, 17 years racing the 18 car. We had so much success a few years ago. To come back now after a few down years, to come back and be this strong consistently week in, week out, I think Steve was joking, he didn't know whether to hug me or punch me, it took me so long to get Kyle on board. I said, it came out of your bonus to pay for Kyle's, so don't get too excited about it (laughter).
THE MODERATOR: We'll take questions.
JOE GIBBS: Can I say one thing about Norm. Norm Miller is not here, our buddy. He's the founding sponsor for our race team. We wouldn't be in racing if it wasn't for him. He's the 18 guy. We really appreciate him. We miss him here today.
But we appreciate him getting us started in racing. I always said, Norm got dumb enough. We had no car, no driver, no nothing, and Norm said, I want to do this.
THE MODERATOR: We'll take questions for this championship team.
Q. Kyle, given how you started this season and other series and everything, is what happened today pretty much when you thought it would happen, even with your record here at the track, the way the car was running, things like that? Did you pretty much figure you could win today?
KYLE BUSCH: No, you never know for sure if you can win a race.
You know, yesterday we were pretty decent. Here today, I've run well here in the past and have been able to run up front and lead laps and be competitive. Then you come down pit road and you have a pit road issue or you make an adjustment on the car and the car completely goes the opposite way and stuff like that.
You're never sure if you're going to be able to win the thing until the last lap falls and you cross the start/finish line with the checkered.
Q. Just talk about your feel in this car. Tony was saying you like the car kind of loose. How have you adapted to it?
KYLE BUSCH: Well, it was plowing today. We kept trying to make changes, kept trying to make it better. But, you know, I scraped the fence in turn one, like I said. That sort of towed the rear-end out, did something to it weird, where it made it really loose in, really loose off. Steve had to make some adjustments to it in order to fix those, which made it tight again in the center. It is just a car you're getting to go around the racetrack the fastest. Whoever can make it go through the corner the best is going to be the guy that's going to be able to win the race.
We didn't have the car that was able to go through the corner the best, but we had the longevity in the car that was able to make it 500 miles.
Q. Kyle, we all kind of gasped second or third to last lap when you were under Dale Jarrett there making that dicey move on a lapped car. What went into planning to make the move on the bottom?
KYLE BUSCH: He was holding the bottom pretty well, was slowing me down a tremendous amount because I needed some clean air on the nose of my car to help it turn. I was getting a little bit tight. He was holding the bottom so good, I just couldn't get a good run through the corner to ever get underneath him on the straightaway or anything.
So finally I just drove up there into the corner underneath him and tried to make him get loose and get out of the way. I mean, I don't know how many laps down at that point, but I know he wasn't on a lead lap. We're fighting for the win. I didn't know how close those guys were behind me. I hadn't looked in my rearview mirror. I was focused up front trying to get as many positions as I could. I couldn't go around the topside of him. I tried going to the top and got so loose I about spun out one corner. So I said, I'm not going to do that again and risk it.
I just had to stay glued to the bottom of the racetrack. I was either going to move him out of the way or he was going to get out of the way.
Q. Your teammate was very outspoken about how bad the tires were out there today. He said you kind of used that to your advantage because you can handle a very loose car. Can you talk about the tires, whether you liked them, didn't like it, how it made the car handle?
KYLE BUSCH: I'm going to say that I didn't like them. But, you know, I just went out there and we all had the same tire. They're going to pay somebody to win the race. And so that's what I focused on, was just trying to go out there and be the one that they were going to pay to win the race. I just drove the thing to the best my ability.
And Steve, he worked on it with me trying to make it better all day long, make the thing where it would get some grip out of it. In the beginning of the runs, I mean, we had some great grip in the thing. You can go the first four or five laps and really haul the mail - maybe the first two anyway. But then from there, I mean, you were just skating, sliding all over the place. You just had to be patient with it and slow it down, get it on the bottom and just pretty much keep that left front right on that line and keep the thing turning in order to make it through the corner the quickest.
Q. Steve, you're one of the calmest crew chiefs in the garage. What have you found in Kyle Busch? We talked when he got hired, you had the news conference. And, Kyle, is it not some redemption that Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. are in here after what you went through raving about your driving talents in a serious manner?
STEVE ADDINGTON: I mean, I learned from him that he gives -- seems to me that he gives 125% in practice. He wants you to fix the car, fix it now, this is my problem. Just makes us work on the car, which makes us a better race team. And then he backs off of it a little bit in the race and does what it takes to run good. When he is in a crowd of cars and stuff, he can judge what he needs to do to beat 'em and does an awesome job at doing that.
In practice, I mean, I feel like he gives 125% and I think that helps us out as a race team.
KYLE BUSCH: The Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Stewart comments. Uhm, I answer this question every week. I don't know. I mean, I'm flattered and fortunate enough to have the abilities that I do, and everybody talk about it the way that they do. All I can do is just go out there and drive my best and do what I'm paid to do, and that's to win races and to contend for championships week in and week out and just be able to, you know, drive the way that I drive. And that's all I can pretty much speak for.
So for those guys to talk about it as highly as they do, I mean, it's nice and everything. But, I mean, they're the best in the world, too. They're here at this level, so they're just as good as I am and that's why they're here. But for me to be able to beat 'em, I've only done it once this year so far, so I've got plenty more times I need to.
Q. Kyle, after what you went through last year, the way you were dismissed from your former team, the emotional toughness of what that was to go through being dismissed so they could find a spot for Mr. Popularity, how badly did you really want to see this day today?
KYLE BUSCH: Pretty badly really. I mean, he's run strong so far this year, too. He finished second last week. I think he was third today or fourth or something like that.
But, you know, for me, it's just to go out there and to work with Steve and to work with these guys here at Joe Gibbs Racing and try to make our cars better. And I knew that I wasn't going to a team that didn't have enough equipment or didn't have good enough equipment to participate or to contend with Hendrick because I've seen it. I've seen Tony be able to contend for races. I've seen Denny be able to contend for championships even his first year out.
I knew the waves of it were going to be there. It's just all about trying to make yourself better on a weekly basis or on a daily basis. And, you know, to do as well as I've done so far for where I'm at, I'm pretty happy, you could say.
Q. Steve, if you just glance at the point standings right now, it looks like either you gobbled up a bunch of smart pills or you have a real good chemistry with your driver. I wondered if you and Kyle could talk about the working relationship you've had. You haven't worked together in the past I'm pretty sure.
STEVE ADDINGTON: Just eat a lot of M&M's. Brain food.
Working with him's great. I mean, like I said, he just pushes you to make the car better. I think that helps. That just helps us in the overall program to make our cars better for him. You know, a lot of people don't know him, to get to know him one-on-one, the personality, have a good time, cut up and joke and stuff like, that it's been awesome. He's fit right in here. The guys love him to death. I believe they'd walk through fire for him right now. You know, and it's real cool.
You know, I warned them. You know, I warned them. I said, He's going to go off on us at some point here. I said, But just let it roll off your back. He's just competitive, wants to win races. It's a cool deal.
Q. Kyle, I know at the beginning of the year you and Tony and Denny kind of wanted to be the first driver to get Toyota its first victory. How important is it for you to be the guy that got Toyota their first victory here?
KYLE BUSCH: Well, it's pretty special. But it wasn't all that important to me. To me, I'm fortunate to have Toyota on our side or we all are fortunate to have Toyota on our side, giving us the help that we need.
You know, for me to go out there and win, it doesn't matter what car I'm driving. I told you I'd drive a milk crate, which is pretty much what this thing drives like. We have fun doing it, doing it to the best of our ability, making it fast. Whatever it takes to go out there and win is what we need.
For me to win the first race for Toyota was fun. You know, it was great. Congratulations to those guys. They deserve it. You know, they've won in the Truck Series. They've won in the Nationwide Series. Now finally in the Cup Series for them.
It took them their fourth race I guess their second year, I'm sure they wanted it sooner, but glad I was able to do it for them.
Q. Steve, you've been through a lot of races and burned a lot of cigarettes to get to this point. It was obvious pretty early that lap times weren't going to be as strong in this race because of the tires. How did that change what you were going to try to do in the first part of the race and did you kind of play a role early on in talking with Kyle about what he was going to have to do with a different situation?
STEVE ADDINGTON: We just talked about there was going to be a lot of slipping and sliding out there today. I mean, we knew from practice there wasn't a whole lot of grip in the tire. You know, we knew it was a long race. So, you know, we were just going to try to adjust on it, try to make it right. You got to believe in what your driver's telling you and try to adjust to fix it.
We went too far at one point, you know, and we had to back off of it. Right there at the end we got it, you know, where we needed it to win the race. I mean, the 99 car was really good. Something happened to him. But, I mean, it's just working with your driver at certain points of the race and trying to get the balance of the car where you need it to be. I'm sitting there watching lap times compared to where we've taken off on restarts before and stuff like this. And, I mean, we slowed down at one point on a restart and then we started getting it back and we ran the fastest laps right there at the end on restarts.
It's just working with your driver and believing what he's telling you.
THE MODERATOR: Steve, congratulations. Enjoy this victory. Good luck next week.
STEVE ADDINGTON: Thank you.
THE MODERATOR: We'll continue with further questions.
Q. Kyle, just with the conditions, the tire, everything associated with it, how were you challenged today as a driver? What were the things you had to do to overcome that? Was this anything different than what you had to do in the past, how you've been challenged in any other form of racing this?
KYLE BUSCH: This race was a challenge. I'm telling you, it was tough. We're out there on such edge. I mean, it feels like literally you're driving on ice. I have no idea what it feels like. It was the worst I've ever felt in a racecar and I won the thing, so I can't imagine how those poor guys that were running for 30th, fighting for 30th, as hard as they were fighting felt.
My hands are sore. Literally, I can barely even make a fist right now just from gripping the wheel and everything. I think my pinky is probably about broke off from holding the steering wheel the way that I hold it. I tend to use it to push down on the left a little bit.
It was so hard to get the thing, you know, you're such on edge, you're holding the wheel and driving it for all it's worth and trying to get it to roll the bottom of the racetrack, to get it to slow down, to get it to stick to the bottom. When it doesn't stick, you're driving the heck out of it just to get it to calm back down, get the grip back in the tire. As soon as you slip, you lose 3/10ths at least a lap. When I was up behind Carl a couple times, I could get close to him, then I'd fall back off him four or five car lengths because I just lost the grip in the car that one corner. Then I'd go down to the next corner, he'd lose it, I'd have it.
It was just a mess. It was literally one of the toughest and hardest races I've ever had to drove.
Q. Joe or J.D., with Tony's talk about tires this weekend, were you guys concerned about tires? Were you concerned at all he was kind of mentally -- about his focus mentally?
J.D. GIBBS: I would say, hey, if you're mentally shot and finish second, I'll take that pretty often. I'm not too worried about that.
I do think, hey, you did have a concern there on the tires. I would just say from Joe Gibbs Racing standpoint, we've been here 17 years. More often than not we trust Goodyear to make good decisions and they do. Are we going to agree with everything? No, we're not. But I think for us, I think we kind of defer to those guys. And really is our job to kind of take what we're given and make the most out of it.
I think that's what both our guys did today. Even though it was frustrating I'm sure for Tony, you know, I think to come out of there 1-2, and Denny was really good, too, just had the issue there in his car. For us, I think, again, hey, we want to get in partnership with those guys. We respect what they do in the garage, and we appreciate that as well.
Q. Kyle, perhaps this is an impossible question for you to answer. How good are you? In the sense of what everybody is talking about, the FOX guys are like the presidents of your fan club now.
KYLE BUSCH: I'll pay 'em (laughter).
Q. You have the Kyle Busch admiration society. Not that it's not deserved, but do you feel you've reached a level, you've gotten to a point that you have a mastery of this going on right now?
KYLE BUSCH: Not really. There's three of them up there, right?
Q. Yeah.
KYLE BUSCH: I think you're right, J.D., I think that's 50 members.
I don't know. Honestly, it's great that you're asking me that question. But it's hard to answer, you're right. How good I am, I have no idea. I'm only as good as I perform. And the way that I'm performing is great. Whether that's me, the equipment, I think it's a mastery of both.
For me to go out there and to just run the best that I possibly can and try to get Addington to give me the best possible car that I can drive is all that we can do week in and week out. And, you know, if I would have unloaded that Cup car and went out there the first lap on the racetrack this weekend and just drove it like I did here in the test, I would have wadded it up. So that's why I drive in the Truck Series. That's why I drive (loss of audio). At least I'm a mini Jeff Gordon then (laughter).
THE MODERATOR: Congratulations. Good luck next week.


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Season 2 rambles along with despite the technical difficulties.
In episode 2 we are joined by Ron, Scott C. (Need Coffee/@ScottUms), Aaron (AaronFever.com/@AaronFever), and Judge Leigh (@LeighBC).
Games played: Geek News, Ken Burns' Fandom, Geek Blitz, Say What?, Sports Talk, and Ramming Speed.


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NCJ Number: 215178
Title: People, Places, and Things: The Social Process of Reentry for Female Ex-Offenders
Author(s): Andrea M. Leverentz
Date Published: August 2006
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Annotation: This study examined the social lives of female ex-offenders to determine the features of their relationships after their release from prison.
Abstract: Most of the women were African-Americans who had been convicted of drug-related offenses. After their release from prison, relationships with their families of origin remained important sources of both support and stress. The strain on family relationships depended on the women's current pattern of offending and drug use, but rarely were the family relationships ended. Few of the women had romantic relationships with individuals who had no history of drug use or offending; however, some of these relationships were constructive when both were making an effort to deal with their problems. Some of the women refrained from romantic relationships in the course of their commitment to rehabilitation, believing that it was important for them to establish their independence and achieve rehabilitative successes before seeking a romantic partner. The author recommends more research on the effects of various types of relationships, particularly cohabitation and same-sex relationships, as well as specific factors that can change a relationship for better or worse. Findings are also presented on the women's education, employment, housing, and neighborhood. The 49 women participants in the study were current or former residents of a Chicago halfway house. They were recruited for the study from September 2003 through January 2004. At the time interviews began, the women had been out of prison for between a few weeks to 9 years. The women were interviewed four times over the course of a year. Interviews were also conducted with some of the members of the women's social network, including parents, siblings, adult children, romantic partners, friends, and coworkers. 6 tables, appended interview guide, and 165 references
Main Term(s): Criminology
Index Term(s): Family reunification; Female inmates; Female offenders; Illinois; NIJ final report; Reentry; Social conditions
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Environmental issues are prevalent in the news. Our landfill sites are responsible for a third of all ground water pollution and they produce large quantities of methane gas, which contributes to global warming.
In turn this leads to dramatic climatic events.
We are becoming perilously close to an environmental catastrophe – if you need any persuading of this, then the increasing number of floods, hurricanes, droughts and severe winter storms around the world should convince you. Hardly a nation in the world has been spared with devastating effects for both humans and wildlife.
It may feel that there is nothing left for us to do, or that just doing our 'little bit' will have no significant impact. If you feel this way, remember the words of Abraham Lincoln: 'Think globally, act locally.' Lots of people doing their 'little bit' adds up to significant change!
Set yourself a challenge. Pick one from the following and implement it- if everyone chooses just one simple thing think of the effect globally. I can hear Mother Nature breathing a sigh of relief already!
-) Don't buy over-packaged goods or products contained in packages larger than necessary. Ask yourself, why does a tube of toothpaste have to be in a cardboard box or cereal packets contain only 40% food and 60% air? Complain to retailers, manufacturers and trading standards when you see such products.
-) buy lose vegetables rather than pre packaged. Some stores sell cereals, nuts, dried fruit, even pet food and washing powder in huge bins that you can self-serve from.
-) Put out your milk bottles!
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-) buy recycled products wherever you can and look for items from sustainable sources.
-) Most councils have recycling facilities for paper, cans, glass bottles, green waste. – find out what is available and use the facilities on offer.
-) use refillable and reusable containers – most bodyshop stores will refill their bottles and you get a discount too!
Great tips, Mrs Green. One of the problems is many people are only too keen to recycle their inevitable waste, but many Councils are lagging behind the implementation of a more comprehensive recycling system.


Wasn't able to compete properly for the first 48 hours but I had the jam day to get this much done -- thanks for playing!
But seriously I need to click 20 times to get the game to react?
The hitbox for the shirts is currently off to the right a little, will make a fix soon. Thanks for playing! I wasn't able to participate in the first 48 hours but I had the jam day to get this much done.
I got a black screen after the first level too though, too bad.
Unfortunate hitboxes, but the music and sound are fun.
Easily the best implementation of the theme I've seen this far, haha. This is so much my life right here.
This may be one of the most realistic simulations I've played all year. Perfectly described my life.
So, there's only 1 level?
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Maybe you used "gabriola.png" instead of "data/gabriola.png" as image path?
Excellent take on the theme. Too bad it is so short and also a bit lacking in the art department.
The gabriola.png error was due to path separator issues, I've fixed them and reuploaded a directly runnable .jar which contains all resources.
Genious idea theme wise, a bit lacking towards gameplay (don't think you can lose?), but who's game doesn't.
It's a shame that this is only one level, as I was expecting it to be something of a Warioware style 'monotonous tasks' simulator with a bunch of different mini-games about random stuff, but I guess that time limit is a killer.
The music and sound was well done, but I would have liked some more specific instructions (I had no idea where to find the soap, so maybe if you placed a picture of it beside the instruction then it would help).
It was an interesting idea let down by the lack of additional levels.
Funny. The music added a lot to the weird tone of the game. I wish there was more.
Didn't really tickle my funny bone or entertain. Were I to comment on it on a game, the lack of instructions like 'press any key' on the initial screen and mismatch between the 'readme' and actual 'gameplay' was somewhat frustrating to me. Maybe I'm in the wrong frame of mind for this.
I played this game 3 times, always reloading the webpage, because I didn't get it. Is the final score always the same?
Although the title points to a good idea for an "Alone" game, I didn't feel a purpose while playing it! Maybe this isn't my piece of cake.
Simulator of the year, great work!
Short, but a sweet concept.
I actually quite enjoyed this. The game got a chuckle out of me.
Might have been nice to see where you could have gotten this idea with the whole weekend to work on it. As it is I think I would have preferred it without the bogus 'order full version' second level. It would have felt even lonelier that way.
The concept is good, but kind of boring to me. I also got a game over at the second screen and couldn't do anything else.


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SENSA: Social Educational Neuroscience Amsterdam
Project 1: Social Mindfulness
Social mindfulness is being thoughtful of others in the present moment, and considering their needs and wishes before making a decision. An example would be a situation where Paula and Peter enter the school canteen for a drink. While waiting for Peter to join, Paula sees that there is only one orange drink left, and three lemon drinks. If Paula wants to be polite, she'll just order a lemon, so Peter has still something to choose from. Straight-out ordering the orange drink without consulting Peter first would actually take this option away.
This example illustrates two important points. First, social mindfulness represents low-cost cooperation. Second, social mindfulness involves a "social mind" that recognizes the needs and wishes of others in the present moment. Without this, people may not even see the others' preferences. The kind of prosocial behavior associated with social mindfulness requires that people (a) see what others may want, and (b) act accordingly. Research on social mindfulness has examined whether it is a product of automatic behavior, with no to very little thought, or deliberation, involving a fair amount of thought. While we initially had conceptualized it as behavior that involves some deliberation, evidence suggests that it could be either (e.g., Mischkowski et al., 2018). Neuroscientific studies by our group have uncovered that consistent acts of social mindfulness and social hostility both involve the mentalizing network, but it is especially social hostility that involves strong activation of the prefrontal cortex (Lemmers-Janssen et al., 2018). Such evidence, while tentative, also suggests that it is especially the flip side of social mindfulness that involves deliberation. Clearly, these experiments capture a very basic topic – whether social mindfulness, as a form of low-cost cooperation, is "the default" or not. New research may well uncover that people display social mindfulness (and perhaps alternative forms of kindness or politeness) with a large degree of automaticity, even though the boundary conditions need to be illuminated as well. This is exactly that the current research seeks to accomplish.
Lemmers-Jansen, I. L. J., Krabbendam, L., Amodio, D. M. , Van Doesum, N. J., Veltman, D. J., Van Lange, P. A. M. (2018). Giving others the option of choice: An fMRI study on low-cost cooperation. Neuropsychologia, 109, 1-9.
Lemmers-Jansen, ILJ, Fett, AKJ, Van Doesum, NJ, Van Lange, PAM, Veltman, DJ & Krabbendam, L (2019), Social mindfulness and psychosis: Neural response to socially mindful behavior in first-episode psychosis and patients at clinical high-risk. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13, 47, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00047.
Project 2: Improving ecological validity of developmental neuroimaging research
Modern neuroscience research, including neuroimaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electro-encephalography (EEG), has provided valuable insights that advanced our understanding of brain development as well as social and learning processes. However, translating such insights to real-life learning situations is not straightforward. One of the main challenges is the low ecological validity of neuroimaging studies.
In this project, we explore four approaches that increase the ecological validity of neuroimaging experiments: 1) using more naturalistic stimuli and tasks, 2) moving the research to more naturalistic settings by using portable neuroimaging devices (see project 3), 3) combining tightly controlled lab-based neuroimaging measurements with real-life variables and follow-up field studies, and 4) including stakeholders from the practice at all stages of the research. This project aims to optimize the use of neuroimaging approaches for SENSA to increase ecological validity of our studies and thereby their relevance and applicability to the learning practice and society.
van Atteveldt N., van Kesteren M.T.R., Braams B.R., Krabbendam L. (2018). "Neuroimaging of learning and development: improving ecological validity". Frontline Learning Research Vol 6 No. 3 Special issue 186 -203.
Altikulaç S., Lee N.C., van der Veen C., Benneker I., Krabbendam L., van Atteveldt N. (2019). "The Teenage Brain: Public Perceptions of Neurocognitive Development during Adolescence". Journal of cognitive neuroscience 31 (3), 339-359.
Project 3: Exploring the possibilities of portable neurotechnology for educational research and practice
In the past few decades, cognitive and educational neuroscience have produced a rich body of research on memory, learning and social interaction, but for the most part the translational value of this work to classroom practices has been limited. A major challenge for translation is that neuroscience research is typically conducted in artificial and highly controlled laboratory settings (see project 2). Interestingly, recent developments in portable neurotechnology (e.g. electroencephalography or EEG) now allow taking neuroscience research out of the lab and into working classrooms and other real-life settings. In SENSA, we explore and develop this technology particularly for the purpose of studying real-life social interactions in the context of learning and development. For example, portable EEG technology enables measuring brain activity from multiple children simultaneously while they interact, this is also called hyperscanning. In such experiments, the measure of interest is brain-to-brain synchronization. Higher synchronization between brains is associated with coordinated perception, joined attention and action, synchronization of cognitive processes and group engagement.
Emerging Field Group "Portable Brain Technologies in Educational Neuroscience Research".
Project 4: Veni project Jellie Sierksma
Migration is on the rise worldwide. Despite attempts to promote social solidarity, xenophobia and discrimination persist. Bias affects children from a young age onwards and has detrimental effects on their social and academic development. A promising solution is to encourage prosocial behavior across ethnic group boundaries. However, research findings on children's interethnic prosociality are mixed: children sometimes help out-group peers less than in-group peers, but sometimes just as much or even more. In this project a new theoretical framework is examined in which it is argued that to truly understand how and when prosocial behavior can overcome prejudice and discrimination, scholars should move beyond the focus on more or less helping and instead examine the type of help children provide to in-group and out-group peers. The project proposes that helping can be a way to perpetuate existing status differences between groups: Children (6-12 years) might help out-groups in non-empowering ways (e.g., short-term solutions, correct answers) and this in turn might translates into low self-perceived ability in those that receive help. Combining insights from developmental, social and educational psychology, a new theoretical framework is tested using innovative behavioral methods across novel and actual ethnic groups.
Sierksma, J. & Shutts, K. (2019). When helping hurts: Children think groups that receive help are less smart. Child Development, in press.
Sierksma, J., Lansu, T.A.M., Karremans, J.C. ,& Bijlstra, G. (2018). Children's helping behavior in an ethnic intergroup context: Evidence for outgroup helping. Developmental Psychology, 54, 916-928. Doi: 10.1037/dev0000478. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-56311-00.
Project 5: Veni project Barbara Braams
Adolescence is a period associated with an increase in risk-taking behavior. Risk-taking behavior can be expressed in many ways, such as drinking alcohol, reckless driving and risky sexual behavior. Although some amount of risk taking behaviour is normative and necessary for development, excessive amounts of risk taking can have long-lasting adverse consequences for health.
My previous work and the work in the field of developmental cognitive neuroscience in general has provided insight into the mechanisms of risky decision making in adolescence. The next step is to bring this work from the lab to the real world.
In this project we focus on explicitly testing which lab measures best relate to real-world behavior. We use daily diaries to assess real-life behavior in combination with a set of different measures and tasks in the lab to test which of these measures best relates to real-life behavior. Excessive risk taking can be prevented with tailored intervention programs. To target the delivery of these prevention efforts to those individuals who would benefit most, it is essential to identify which individuals are at risk for excessive risk taking.
More information about the project (in Dutch) can be found at www.braingames-study.nl.
Braams, B.R., van Duijvenvoorde, A.C., Peper, J.S., & Crone, E.A. (2015). Longitudinal changes in adolescent risk-taking: a comprehensive study of neural responses to rewards, pubertal development, and risk-taking behavior. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(18), 7226-7238. Link to pdf.
Braams, B.R., Davidow, J.Y., & Somerville, L.H. (2019). Developmental patterns of change in the influence of safe and risky peer choices on risky decision‐making. Developmental science, 22(1), e12717. Link to pdf.
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android:background="@drawable/jobview_drawable"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:textAlignment="center"
tools:context=".JobViewActivity" >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/name_jobview_item"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
    android:text="Name"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/address_jobview_item"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/name_jobview_item"
    android:layout_below="@+id/name_jobview_item"
    android:layout_marginTop="18dp"
    android:text="Address"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/priority_jobview_item"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/address_jobview_item"
    android:layout_below="@+id/address_jobview_item"
    android:layout_marginTop="14dp"
    android:text="Priority"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/notes_jobview_item"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/priority_jobview_item"
    android:layout_below="@+id/priority_jobview_item"
    android:layout_marginTop="20dp"
    android:text="Notes"
    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />

<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="250dp"
    android:id="@+id/status_panel"
    android:visibility="gone"
    android:background="@drawable/jobbutton_drawable">

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/incomplete_button"
        android:layout_width="150dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="36dp"
        android:background="@drawable/incompletebutton_drawable"
        android:onClick="setIncomplete"
        android:text="Incomplete" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/complete_button"
        android:layout_width="150dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@+id/incomplete_button"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
        android:background="@drawable/completebutton_drawable"
        android:onClick="setComplete"
        android:text="Complete" />

</RelativeLayout>

<Button
    android:id="@+id/updatejob_button"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginBottom="28dp"
    android:background="@drawable/jobbutton_drawable"
    android:height="65dp"
    android:text="Update Job"
    android:onClick="selectStatus"
    android:width="140dp" />

</RelativeLayout>

Here is the Activity
package com.example.samsungui;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.animation.Animation;
import android.view.animation.AnimationUtils;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class JobViewActivity extends Activity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_job_view);
    fillView();

}

public void fillView()
{
    Intent intent = getIntent();

    //Fill view
    TextView name = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.name_jobview_item);
    name.setText(intent.getStringExtra("NAME"));

    TextView address = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.address_jobview_item);
    address.setText(intent.getStringExtra("ADDRESS"));

    TextView priority = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.priority_jobview_item);
    priority.setText(intent.getStringExtra("PRIORITY"));

    TextView notes = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.notes_jobview_item);
    notes.setText(intent.getStringExtra("NOTES"));

}

public void selectStatus(View view)
{

    final RelativeLayout statusPanel = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.status_panel);
    Button updateButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.updatejob_button);
    Button incompleteButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.incomplete_button);
    Button completeButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.complete_button);

    Animation slideUp = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(),R.anim.slide_up);

    statusPanel.startAnimation(slideUp);
    statusPanel.bringToFront();
    statusPanel.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

    slideUp.setFillAfter(true);

    incompleteButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
    {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            Toast.makeText(JobViewActivity.this, "it works", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            Animation slideDown = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(), R.anim.slide_down);
            statusPanel.startAnimation(slideDown);
            v.startAnimation(slideDown);
            statusPanel.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

    });

    completeButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
    {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            Toast.makeText(JobViewActivity.this, "it works", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            Animation slideDown = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(),        R.anim.slide_down);
            statusPanel.startAnimation(slideDown);
            v.startAnimation(slideDown);
            statusPanel.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

    });

}

Both buttons which pop up aren't actually clickable (onClick listeners are working at all) and when I try to click on the "incomplete" button for example, it just does the animation again from the "update" button.
I thought if you naturally brought a relative layout in front of another one, the children would also come in front as well. I'm really struggling on this simple thing.

A: Tried this and it works. So what is not working for you??? Try this and let me know if it works for you? And then we will be able to nail your problem
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    fillView();

}

public void fillView()
{
    Intent intent = getIntent();

    //Fill view
    TextView name = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.name_jobview_item);
    name.setText(intent.getStringExtra("NAME"));

    TextView address = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.address_jobview_item);
    address.setText(intent.getStringExtra("ADDRESS"));

    TextView priority = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.priority_jobview_item);
    priority.setText(intent.getStringExtra("PRIORITY"));

    TextView notes = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.notes_jobview_item);
    notes.setText(intent.getStringExtra("NOTES"));

}

public void selectStatus(View view)
{

    final RelativeLayout statusPanel = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.status_panel);
    Button updateButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.updatejob_button);
    Button incompleteButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.incomplete_button);
    Button completeButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.complete_button);

//    Animation slideUp = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(),R.anim.slide_up);

//    statusPanel.startAnimation(slideUp);
    statusPanel.bringToFront();
    statusPanel.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);

//    slideUp.setFillAfter(true);

    incompleteButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
    {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "incompleteButton works", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
//            Animation slideDown = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(), R.anim.slide_down);
//            statusPanel.startAnimation(slideDown);
//            v.startAnimation(slideDown);
            statusPanel.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

    });

    completeButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
    {

        @Override
        public void onClick(View v)
        {
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "completeButton works", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
//            Animation slideDown = AnimationUtils.loadAnimation(getApplicationContext(),R.anim.slide_down);
//            statusPanel.startAnimation(slideDown);
//            v.startAnimation(slideDown);
            statusPanel.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }

    });

}
}

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A food pyramid based on science. 2 the harvard medical school 6 week plan for healthy eating wwwhealthharvardedu the answer to this question has changed over the years but its no surprise that the latest nutritional science points toward a diet rich in fruits vegetables and whole grains paired with healthy sources of protein.
So says a major study published in jama internal medicine.
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Added sugars make up at least 10 of the calories the average american eats in a day.
The healthy eating plate created by nutrition experts at harvard school of public health and editors at harvard health publications was designed to address deficiencies in the us.
The nutrition source provides evidence based diet nutrition information for clinicians health professionals and the public.
The healthy eating pyramid is a food pyramid that focuses on diet and health.
A sugar laden diet may raise your risk of dying of heart disease even if you arent overweight.
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The harvard school of public health offers information to help you make better choices about how to eat.
The layers of the pyramid are based on the recommended food intake for 1950 year olds.
This food pyramid was developed by the harvard school of public health and is based on scientific evidence on the links between diet and health.
It contains the five core food groups plus healthy fats according to how much they contribute to a balanced diet based on the australian dietary guidelines 2013.


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Wael Shawky Exhibition opens at Mathaf
Wael Shawky: Crusades and Other Stories opens today at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.
Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani presented the exhibition's official launch on Sunday, 15th March, where press and VIPs were invited to view the show with the artist himself.
The exhibition is curated by Mathaf's Director, Abdellah Karroum.
Wael Shawky's first solo show at Mathaf is installed in the ground floor galleries and the atrium of the museum and includes the trilogy Cabaret Crusades (2010-2014) and the three-part series, Al Araba Al Madfuna (2012-2015).
It also premieres a new film commissioned by Mathaf, completing the three-part series, Al Araba Al Madfuna (2012 – 2015), a re-telling of the stories of Egyptian novelist Mohamed Mustagab.
In addition, the exhibition includes a selection of puppets from the Cabaret Crusades and drawings from both video trilogies. The architecture and scenography produced for Mathaf create an original atmosphere that combines the artist's references of history, literature and cinema, through which other stories are imagined.
Wael Shawky, Cabaret Crusades: The Path to Cairo, 2012
Head to Mathaf to view Wael Shawky: Crusades and Other Stories, showing until 16th August 2015. You can also view our Spring Exhibitions to see what else is on view across Doha.
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Beyond all the hype and bluster it was a relatively quiet January transfer window for the Premier League, especially Tottenham Hotspur.
Mauricio Pocehttino and his recruitment team decided against bringing in any new signings after taking a similar view during the summer.
It was not the most popular position among Spurs fans, especially given the deals their rivals wre able to get over the line, and the readiness to let fringe players leave without being replaced.
Chelsea ended the month having closed the biggest deal in their £50million-plus capture of Christian Pulisic, though the Borussia Dortmund forward will stay in Germany for the rest of the 2018/19 season.
Elsewhere, Arsenal head coach Unai Emery were limited to loan deals due to financial strains at the Emirates Stadium, but had enough in the tank to take Denis Suarez from Barcelona until the summer.


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How Are Supreme Court Justices Selected?
Once Supreme Court justices are approved, they serve for life unless they retire. This means that their selection must be taken with the utmost care. As the third major branch of government, the Supreme Court is a powerful check against the other two branches, the Legislative and the Executive.
Over the past few years, there has been more than the usual share of controversy about the selection of new justices. We wanted to take the time to educate readers on how the selection process happens. Concisely, the President puts forth a nominee. The Senate then votes on whether to approve the nominee or not. If they vote to approve, the nominee becomes a justice.
Who Can Be Nominated?
The most unusual thing about picking a new justice is that there are no requirements for Supreme Court justice nominees. Anyone could be selected, even a foreigner. The Federalist Papers state that by having one person, the President, do the nominating, they would take far more care to choose someone because it would risk their reputation if the candidate was rejected.
In practice, Presidents have chosen people with strong and meritorious legal backgrounds. They also tend to choose people who are inclined to believe similar Constitutional views to their party. This is a tricky road for nominees due to the appointing process.
Why A Lifetime Term?
The lifetime appointment term was put in place to prevent any nominee from feeling as if they were beholden to any authority for their position. The current average tenure for a Supreme Court justice is 25.5 years, far more than the maximum 8 years a President can serve.
What Happens After Nomination?
After the President announces a nominee, the nominee is sent an extensive questionnaire covering all aspects of their life, beliefs, legal background, and other questions of interest to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Once this is complete, the committee studies the answers and then brings in the nominee for an intense and quite political interview. Further written questions may be developed from this interview for the nominee to answer.
What Does The Senate Judiciary Committee Do Then?
The Senate Judiciary Committee's role is to make one of three choices to the rest of the Senate. They can approve or reject the nominee, or abstain from making a recommendation. Rejection of a nominee doesn't automatically mean the nominee has no chance, though the nominee could choose to withdraw.
What Does The Senate Do Next?
At this point, the Senate will debate the nominee and take a vote. If the nominee receives a simple majority, they will be appointed as a Justice. However, the length of time between nomination and the vote can be quite long. The average is a little over two months but it can last much longer. The Senate has stymied Presidents in the past by refusing to vote on a nominee, even if the candidate is highly qualified.
Can The President Do Anything About This?
Yes. If the Senate is not in session and the President feels that a seat needs to be filled they can make a recess appointment. This appointment will last until the next Senate is elected, at which time the new Senate votes on whether to keep the appointee or not. This power has been used a handful of times for Supreme Court justices throughout our history.
It's quite likely that several Justices will choose to retire over the next 5-10 years due to age. This will give Americans plenty of opportunities to see this process in action. If you wish to have your voice heard, learn about any nominees put forth and let your opinion be known to your Senators.
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And now, the winner has been chosen!
Decided upon their winner on the 15th of May. They had a wide variety of firms to choose from.
In the end, Rega emerged as the winner, with Ebac, Netherton Foundry and Apex Packaging finishing as runners-up.
Apex Packaging are noteworthy for us at least as being a Midlands based firm. The custom package manufacturer are based in Brierley Hill, less than half an hours drive away from Birmingham! We have highlighted how strong the Midland's manufacturing sector is, and the fact that one of our own finished as one of the runner-ups just goes to prove that.
Congratulations are in order for Rega, but also for RH Nuttall, the Birmingham manufacturing company who sponsored the event. "We are very proud of what we managed to achieve with these awards", said Bryan Nuttall, the chairman of the firm and one of the judges. "We did it to not only highlight UK manufacturing, but also in hopes that we would build bridges of communication between these various firms. Fro mthe interactions we have seen from social media, we achieved both of our goals!
It was a great success, and we hope to see it return in the near future.


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package com.blogspot.sontx.bottle.model.service.rest;

import com.blogspot.sontx.bottle.model.bean.UserSetting;

import retrofit2.Call;
import retrofit2.http.Body;
import retrofit2.http.GET;
import retrofit2.http.PUT;
import retrofit2.http.Path;

public interface ApiUserSetting {
    @GET("settings/{userId}")
    Call<UserSetting> getUserSetting(@Path("userId") String userId);

    @PUT("settings/{userId}")
    Call<UserSetting> updateUserSetting(@Path("userId") String userId, @Body UserSetting userSetting);
}