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The first teaser trailer for Universal 1440 Entertainment's upcoming Doom: Annihilation movie has been released and it certainly looks to be action-packed. You can see the full teaser trailer down below (courtesy of Bloody Disgusting):
Doom: Annihilation is set to be a direct-to-video title and while it doesn't have a definite release date just yet, the movie is expected to release sometime this Fall. Here's an official synopsis for the upcoming film from Universal:
"DOOM: ANNIHILATION follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on Earth."
According to Bloody Disgusting, Tony Giglio both directed and wrote the film. It stars Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale, and Nina Bergman. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Four Brothers, Transformers) and John Wells (Animal Kingdom, Shameless) will act as executive producers.
Many probably remember the last Doom movie adaptation. Yeah, the one that had The Rock in it. To put it simply, the 2005 movie didn't perform very well at the box office and audience reception was, let's just say it was mixed at best. The same could be said for this short teaser. Fan reaction has essentially varied from a lukewarm reception to calling the straight-to-DVD movie out for "looking cheap". With no official release date in sight, maybe Universal 1440 Entertainment will be able to listen to these critiques and rectify them before the movie releases. Doom has been one of the most widely-recognized and beloved FPS franchises in gaming history. It deserves to have a good movie adaptation. Only time will tell if Doom: Annihilation is that movie.
What are your thoughts on the trailer? Are you excited to see Doom: Annihilation when it releases sometime in the Fall? Or is this a hard pass for you? Let us know in the comments below!
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Isavia is licensed by the Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration to provide air navigation and air traffic services within the Reykjavik CTA and the North Atlantic Region on behalf of Iceland.
At approximately 5.4 million square kilometres, the Reykjavik CTA is among the world's largest control areas, extending from a latitude of 61°N to the North Pole and from 0°E/W to a point west of Greenland. We provide air navigation services over Greenland under a special agreement between the governments of Iceland and Denmark.
Air traffic services at airports can be divided into air traffic control (ATC) services (aerodrome and approach control) and flight information services (FIS). ATC services are provided at Keflavik, Reykjavik and Akureyri Airports. Only FIS services are provided at other scheduled airports.
Our Air Navigation Division has a staff of about 235, including around 125 air traffic controllers, 20 flight data specialists, 40 flight information officers, 35 technicians and around 15 members of staff performing safety and quality-related functions, teaching and training, research and development as well as management.
By far the largest part of the cost of our air navigation services is paid through user charges in the form of en route fees or landing charges collected by the airports. Iceland is a Provider State under the Joint Financing Agreement, a membership agreement between 23 countries that sets out the financing of air navigation services within the Reykjavik CTA. The agreement's performance is supervised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Isavia and ICAO hold annual information meetings with user representatives to review the services and cost developments.
The North Atlantic Systems Planning Group (NAT SPG) is an ICAO regional planning body and a consultation forum for North Atlantic air navigation service providers. The NAT SPG makes decisions on service development and monitors safety and quality targets as well as the development of new air navigation technologies and methodologies. Organisations of air operators and professional associations also play an active role in this work.


Did airport security screeners require a woman to drink her stored breast milk before allowing her to board a flight?
Claim: Airport security screeners required a woman to drink her stored breast milk before allowing her to board a flight.
In the latest in a series of airport security nightmares, a woman flying from New York to Florida was forced to drink three bottles of her own breast milk before being allowed to board a flight at JFK International Airport – in an incident that has one prominent New York civil rights attorney ready to sue.
Elizabeth McGanny of Oceanside, N.Y., called WABC Radio's Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby Tuesday morning to relate the story.
terrorist attacks on America. A combination of airport personnel abusing their positions of power and applying rules with an overenthusiastical literalness has led to farces such as the confiscation of a G.I. Joe doll's two-inch plastic gun because the accessory was deemed to be a "replica" of a weapon, a class of item now prohibited as a carry-on.
Certainly a passenger's being ordered (even in jest) to drink stored breast milk carried onboard for an infant is inexcusable (bottles can be security screened without requiring anyone to drink their contents), but unfortunately the NewsMax article achieves maximum sensationalism by omitting key details, leaving the reader with the impression that Ms. McGarry was forced to drink the contents of three bottles of breast milk.
The scenario described here isn't unbelievable, because it's happened at least once before. As KHOU-TV in Houston reported back in February 2002, Dallas attorney Colleen Carboy was also asked to drink her stored breast milk to demonstrate its safety before being allowed to board a flight in Austin, but security personnel were eventually overruled by a supervisor after Ms. Carboy protested, and she was passed through the screening process without having to take a drink.
At the time both these incidents took place, federal guidelines permitted airport screeners to have passengers drink from containers. That policy was changed on 24 June 2002, however.
Associated Press. 8 August 2002.


28th September aka my 25th birthday, I have never been so excited for anything before because my parents had finally allowed me and my boyfriend to go away on a weekend trip! I had started planning for it in July, ironing out all the details. We both had Friday off from work, so we were going to drive up to Lonavla on Thursday night. My birthday was on the saturday so we were planning to spend Friday just hanging out and getting in some quality alone time! August passed so, so slowly - nothing out of the ordinary happened. My masi's daughter left for college and finally it was September!
A week before we were due to go, my boyfriend asked me out to dinner. He told me to meet him town side after work. It was really nice, the perfect mixture between two old friends catching up and two soul mates spending a wonderful evening together! At the end of the dinner he suddenly took my hand and said, "babe, I'm really, really sorry but work isn't giving me time off. We can't go to Lonavla for your birthday". "What?" I replied with a sadness in my voice that couldn't be concealed. He apologised profusely and the car ride back home was far from pleasant. Since his work was sending him out of town, as they often did, we weren't going to be able to celebrate even in Bombay. A couple of days passed and after telling my girlfriends about the situation, they coaxed me into going to Lonavla with them instead. Seeing as one of them had a house up there anyway, I thought why not. After all, it was my 25th - I didn't want it to be a complete wash-out. I said bye to the boy before leaving, things had cooled down between us, after all he couldn't help what his work schedule was. But even when we was saying goodbye, I could tell that something was up, he just didn't seem like his usual self.
It was a long drive up, so when we got there we just changed into comfy clothes, hung out and slept early knowing that the next night would be a late one! The next day we headed out to the store to get some wine and snacks for later to make a proper night of it! As the day, I was finally starting to get really excited as all the birthday wishes and texts from my friends and family abroad started pouring in! In the evening we all got dolled up and started drinking, playing games like never have I ever and truth or dare! All in all it was turning out to be a great weekend, even though I still really missed the boy! He hadn't texted since we had said goodbye. It was getting closer to midnight so I decided to go and get my phone, in case my parents wanted to call and wish me. That's when I saw a text from the boy, saying, "We need to talk". That's all it said. I replied to him straight away asking, "What's up?" I went back down to the party, but that text had sobered me up a little. I wondered what he could mean.
My phone beeped again, and this time it said, "I'm not sure I want to be your boyfriend anymore". I went blank. I was completely numb and I just stared at my phone for a couple of minutes. But just as I looked up, my boyfriend burst through the front door, got down on one knee and proclaimed, "If you'll have me... I want to be your husband. Will you marry me?!" He proposed!!! After slapping him silly for giving me the biggest shock of my life, I obviously said yes and fell into his arms! My friends had been in on it the whole time and he had been planning it with them from the second we had started making plans for my birthday! To make matters more special, within the next 10 minutes my parents and sister burst in with two cakes - one for my birthday and one saying congratulations! They had known too! My boyfriend had stayed back to ask my parents for permission before formally asking me! So, that's how I got engaged! That text though - he's going to have to wait a while before I let that shock go!


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Adrian Peterson hasn't ruled out a return this week against the Colts.
Adrian Peterson made big news Monday when he told Dash Radio's DJ Skee that his "vision" is to play in the Vikings' Christmas Eve game at Lambeau Field.
But it should be stressed that Peterson hasn't ruled out a return this week at home against the Indianapolis Colts.
"I'll be back out there this week practicing and I'll go from there," Peterson said. "I've been a pretty good judge of my body ... I don't know if I'll be ready to roll this week, next week or the week after. These next couple days, these next two weeks for sure, will really help me determine what I'll be able to do.
"God has really blessed me to be able to heal rapidly."
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If Peterson is ready to go this week he'll be in for a sweet matchup. Indy's rushing defense ranks 24th in the NFL, allowing 115.4 yards per game.
Still confident in a run to the Super Bowl
Adrian told DJ Skee that he hasn't given up hope on a run to his hometown (Houston) for the Super Bowl.
"In life you never know what route you might have to take to accomplish something great, so just embrace the opportunities that lie ahead of you and make the best of it," he said. "And that's all we can do right now. We're not on this eliminated list. We still have an opportunity – there's been plenty of teams that have made it to the playoffs at 9-7 and went on to win a Super Bowl.
"We have what it takes from the coaches, from all phases. We have what it takes to run the table and accomplish that. That's what my mind is on."
Listen to the full interview for Peterson's takes on Ezekiel Elliott, playing five more years and more.
Get more at DJSkee.com and look for him on the field performing before Vikings home games.
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ASSE Kuwait Chapter takes the opportunity to congratulate CH. Rama Krushna Chary, President, ASSE Kuwait Chapter who has been awarded with ASSE Global Region (IX) Safety Professional of the Year (SPY) 2017 award for his significant achievement in the profession as well as for his outstanding volunteering service to Kuwait Chapter and for ASSE Global Region (IX) as a whole.
ASSE recognized him with this award for his ongoing efforts to HSE profession and contributions to the Society. Tom Cecich, CSP, CIH, ASSE President with Ashok Garlapati, ASSE Global Region IX) Vice President presented this award during Chapter Recognition Luncheon, Safety 2017 in Denver, Colorado, USA on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. This is an honor acknowledging his dedication and outstanding contributions in advancing the health, safety and environmental (HSE) profession through exemplary volunteer service to the ASSE Global Region (IX) and at professional career.
He is holding a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Chemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, India and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Oil & Gas from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), India.
He is having more than 16 years of experience in various organizations like Oil & Gas, Refinery, Consultancy, etc., His experience involved in the field of waste & air quality management, compliance, permit applications and establishment & implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS). Present he is working as Senior Environment Engineer, Drilling & Technology Directorate, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait. He is a lead auditor for ISO 14001, internal auditor for OHSAS 18001, ISO 50001 & ISO 9001 and certified H2S Awareness train the trainer.
He published many HSE articles in National and International magazines and presented technical papers in National and International conferences.
He has been recognized by various prestigious awards such as Distinguished Young Alumni Public Service Award (DYAPSA) 2016 from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, India. Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) CEO HSSE Awards from 2013 to 2015 (three conjugative years), Safety Professional of the Year awards 2015 and 2016 from ASSE Environmental Practice Specialty, USA and Kuwait Chapter respectively.


Let's look on the bright side: Texas Republicans didn't slash funding for public education so deeply that 20 percent of the annual school days had to be scrapped, which is what Oklahoma Republicans have done to many schools in their state.
"Oklahoma is OK," goes the state slogan. Not so much. And, after the end of the 2017 regular session of the Texas Legislature, Texas isn't OK, either. Apologies to Oklahoma for throwing rhetorical stones at them from our glass house.
Ouch. Texas Republican leaders, like their counterparts in Oklahoma, Kansas and some other gloomy red states, are sacrificing the future to inflexible ideology and immediate — and selfish — political needs.
If Texas was a ship, it's like its captain and crew are stripping wood from the hull to repair a rotting deck. "Such a pretty, polished deck," the Republicans shout from the crow's nest. Just don't look below the waterline.
Darkening the analogy, GOP leaders seem also to be locking the middle-income families and less fortunate Texans in steerage class below decks. When the ship sinks, they'll point to survival of the fittest and all that. They're aiming to get the privileged to some fantasy island first.
The Legislature is guaranteeing a less-educated and less-healthy population. How does an economy improve under those conditions? It doesn't.
As we take on more water, what businesses will want to relocate here and join us on a doomed voyage? Harvey Kronberg of the Quorum Report correctly worries that companies like Apple with diverse workforces will think again about locating major facilities here considering the mean-spiritedness of so much of the right's socially regressive and oppressive agenda.
Consider: The Legislature passed Senate Bill 4, the "show us your papers" law that makes criminal suspects of Latinos — or people who might look Latino. The courts are bound to find the bill unconstitutional. After all, it ignores Fourth Amendment protections and allows the jailing of folks without probable cause.
But it was the debate itself that thrilled Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Gov. Greg Abbott and other backers of the bill. It sent the signal they wanted to send: "Latinos, be careful. The authorities are watching you." It was a media version of the old right-wing voter suppression trick of posting signs near polling places that read, "You Could be Arrested." Arrested for what was not made clear. The signs' only point was fear.
This was a Legislature that passed a revised voter ID bill that they hoped would persuade the federal courts that they don't "intentionally discriminate" after all. In rulings on the drawing of political district lines and earlier voter ID, courts have ruled six times that their discrimination against minorities was intentional.
But the new voter ID bill includes criminal penalties for misstating on an affidavit reasons for needing a waiver. Report that you couldn't get an approved photo ID because you were immobilized by a broken right leg when you meant left leg, and you could go to prison.
Women in need of health care are unlikely to recognize any Friendship State friendliness in the Legislature's actions — or inactions. Just one example: It did nothing to address the state's maternal death rate, which is now higher than most industrialized countries.
Incredibly, the Legislature also approved a measure allowing state-funded adoption organizations to refuse on religious grounds to place children in families. Christian organizations can now, with the state's blessing, reject, say, Jewish families.
Texas certainly isn't, but religious discrimination is now OK.


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We are pleased to present five original video clips designed to increase awareness of how to access to community mental health coverage for deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing individuals. There is an emphasis on cultural and linguistically appropriate services for this underserved population and encouragement from peers for seeking help with depression, anxiety, trauma and other behavioral health issues. The video clips are produced in American Sign Language with captioning and voiceover. Additional information may be obtained by emailing Charlyss Ray.
Explains the process in place for the Michigan Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing Community when seeking public mental health assistance, including paperwork and possible pitfalls.
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KUWAIT CITY, April 7 — American forces took control of a major presidential palace on the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad early this morning in the strongest coalition thrust yet into the city. Explosions thundered and thick smoke covered portions of Baghdad as the Americans entered the city center in the early hours.
Now, at this point I was a little confused. I mean, dang, I knew it was a bad week in Iraq, but I didn't know it was this bad. Then I noticed the picture of Gen. Tommy Franks. Ah.
This is the linking error that every Web editor has nightmares of.
It totally should not have taken me that long to realize it was news from a year ago!
Okay, looks like they fixed the link as I've been typing this. Back to the future! Which eerily resembles the past!


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Privacy Policy Inference of User-Uploaded Images on Content Sharing Sites
With the increasing volume of images users share through social sites, maintaining privacy has become a major problem, as demonstrated by a recent wave of publicized incidents where users inadvertently shared personal information. In light of these incidents, the need of tools to help users control access to their shared content is apparent. Toward addressing this need, we propose an Adaptive Privacy Policy Prediction (A3P) system to help users compose privacy settings for their images. We examine the role of
social context, image content, and metadata as possible indicators of users' privacy preferences.We propose a two-level framework which according to the user's available history on the site, determines the best available privacy policy for the user's images being uploaded. Our solution relies on an image classification framework for image categories which may be associated with similar policies, and on a policy prediction algorithm to automatically generate a policy for each newly uploaded image, also according to users' social features. Over time, the generated policies will follow the evolution of users' privacy attitude. We provide the results of our extensive evaluation over 5,000 policies, which demonstrate the effectiveness of our system, with prediction accuracies over 90 percent. Privacy Policy Inference of User-Uploaded Images on Content Sharing Sites
We have proposed an Adaptive Privacy Policy Prediction (A3P) system that helps users automate the privacy policy settings for their uploaded images. The A3P system provides a comprehensive framework to infer privacy preferences based on the information available for a given user. We also effectively tackled the issue of cold-start, leveraging social context information. Our experimental study proves that our A3P is a practical tool that offers significant improvements over current approaches to privacy.
Squicciarini's work was partially funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF-CNS-0831360) and a Google Research Award. Lin's work was funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF-CNS-1250327) .


Fratelli at Resorts World Sentosa is the latest restaurant to be opened by celebrity chefs. Fratelli means "brothers" in Italian, and the menu is created by brothers Enrico and Roberto Cerea of three Michelin-starred Da Vittorio in Lombardy, Italy. They visit Fratelli about 2-3 times a year to maintain the quality and refresh the menu. When they are not around, Chef de Cuisine Davide Bizzarri helms the kitchen.
As the name of the restaurant suggests, there are two areas to the restaurant: a casual area (pizzeria) and a cozy, homely, slightly more upscale setting (trattoria). You can order from both the Trattoria and Pizzeria menus, regardless of where you sit.
A 2-course lunch is very affordable at $25++, and 3-course at $32++. If you strike lottery, you can also go for the 4-course tasting menu at $88++. When you compare the tasting menu price to other restaurants, $88 is quite reasonable.
From the Pizzeria menu, the bianca pizza ($26) is the simplest and the best dish we had here. It's foccacia using Japanese flour, freshly baked to a crisp, with Puglia's soft burrata splat on it, acting like a base. It is then topped with 20-month parma ham "Pio Tosini" and arugula. It's salty and creamy, counterpoised by the bitter veg. It's so awesome because the ingredients are fantastic. In cooking, once you have excellent ingredients, it's half the battle won.
From the Trattoria menu, for starters, the 150g pan-seared foie gras ($48) is good. Actually only 2 things can go wrong with foie gras. It can be overcooked, which will be rubbery, and inferior foie gras stinks like a wet dog. And the foie gras here doesn't have the 2 issues.
In fact, I rather appreciate how a few strands of saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, sit on the goose liver. The apple-and-capsicum compote has a slight spiciness, which livens the foie gras.
I heard you like cheese? 🧀 The risotto is finished off in a wheel of parmesan.
The parmesan risotto is a fun performance piece. The risotto is finished off in a parmesan wheel, coating every grain evenly, and then adding veal jus and shaved truffle. It is slightly under-salted, and undercooked, hence harder than what al dente is supposed to be.
For the second plate, I usually say leave the pan-seared Atlantic cod ($42) alone. Serve it as it is without any additional sauces, because it's such a delicate fish that any sauce may drown the milky flavor of the fish. But Fratelli has added many things, and still the dish works.
There are so many ingredients in the cod but each ingredient still possesses their own distinct character, that you can taste everyone of them and yet the fish still stands out as the focus; it doesn't get cast aside and doesn't become secondary. Culinary level 999 here.
The only thing I didn't like in Fratelli is the deconstructed modern tiramisu ($18). I can't taste any rum or coffee, the flavors are too mild, and deconstructed desserts are passe. I'd rather eat a good, old-fashioned tiramisu with bold flavors.
On the whole, the meal is quite enjoyable. There are some seriously smart combinations that work, and I rarely see such a high level of innovative mix-and-match elsewhere in Singapore.
For Pokemon Trainers, there is an added incentive to dine here: you will be in the middle of 4 pokestops. Time to use your Lure. I wish you many Ponyta, Pikachu, Lapras, and Snorlax.
Yhingthai Palace, Purvis Street: Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand Awardee, Best Thai Food in Singapore?


This team will focus on evangelism in one of our Embrace Partnership villages in the State of Puebla. This is a "hard to reach" area and we need team members with a heart for prayer, outreach and building friendships with the Mexican people. This team will do door to door evangelism as well as hold several outreach events.


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Bade, Badè oder Badé ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Alexander Bade (* 1970), deutscher Fußballspieler
 André Bade (* 1973), deutscher Basketballspieler
 Beate Kammler (* 1943 als Beate Bade), deutsche Weltumseglerin, Autorin und Übersetzerin
 Eduard Gustav Wilhelm Bade (1843–1903), Pionier der deutschen Nordland- und Polartouristik
 Heinrich Bade (1823–1908), Bürgermeister von Schwerin
 Jessica Bade (* 1993), deutsche Fußballspielerin
 Jonas Bade (* 1956), papua-neuguineischer Boxer
 Josse Bade (1462–1535), flämischer Drucker, siehe Jodocus Badius
 Klaus Jürgen Bade (* 1944), deutscher Historiker
 Lance Bade (* 1971), US-amerikanischer Sportschütze
 Loïc Badé (* 2000), französischer Fußballspieler
 Ludwig Bade (1910–1997), deutscher Unternehmer und Kommunalpolitiker
 Marcus Bade (1871–1936), deutscher Propst und Pastor
 Peter Bade (1872–1956), deutscher Arzt und Orthopäde
 Renate Bade (* 1938), deutsche Filmeditorin
 Robin Bade (* 1981), deutscher Hörfunk- und Fernsehmoderator
 Steffi Bade-Bräuning (* 1969), deutsche Dirigentin, Arrangeurin, Musiklehrerin und Klarinettistin
 Thomas Bade (* 1963), deutscher Journalist und Fernsehmoderator
 Wilfrid Bade (1906–1945), nationalsozialistischer Schriftsteller
 William Bade (1924–2012), US-amerikanischer Mathematiker
 William F. Badè (1871–1936), US-amerikanischer Archäologe

Bade bezeichnet:

 Bade (Taoyuan) (八德區), einen Bezirk der Stadt Taoyuan in Taiwan
 Bade (Beichuan) (坝底乡), eine Gemeinde des Autonomen Kreises Beichuan in der chinesischen Provinz Sichuan
 Bade (Guanling) (八德乡), eine Gemeinde des Autonomen Kreises Guanling in der chinesischen Provinz Guizhou
 Bade (Fösse), kleines Fließgewässer im Westen von Hannover, Niedersachsen
 Bade (Oste), kleiner Fluss in Norddeutschland
 Bade (Sprache), westtschadische Sprache
 Bade (Voodoo), Geist des Windes

Siehe auch:

 Bad
 Badde
 Bade-Bade
 Baade
 Baden

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A ryokan is a traditional Japanese inn. They're typically floored with tatami mats and equipped with sliding doors. They have rollout futons rather than beds. A high end ryokan would be made exclusively of organic materials such as wood, grass, bamboo and stone. Rooms would come with private gardens and bathtubs filled with water from hot springs. Guests would be allocated a maid who would make your beds and deliver your Japanese-style meals to your rooms. You are not expected to do anything other than to relax in your yukata (bathrobe). A night at a first class ryokan could set you back around $500 AUD a night.
For the middle traveller, there are more affordable ryokans over all Japan offering comparable levels of comfort and service but are not strictly ryokan but more like a hotel with ryokan features. Kyoto is 'old Japan' and offers the most variety.
I stayed at the Kyomachiya Ryokan Sakura which is about a 20 minute walk from Kyoto station. The rooms are simple. You leave your shoes at the door. The futon beds are in the cupboards and you make these yourselves at bed time. The private bathroom is small but is clean and has everything you need. Meals are not included but Japanese or Western style breakfasts are available for around $8 AUD per meal.
I stayed two nights more for novelty. The futon is only comfortable enough for short stays, the room is clean and there is no curfew. Twin rooms are around ¥11500 ($113 AUD) per room per night.
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In the subway, at the laundromat, in public libraries, even in the restroom—the seemingly asocial spaces of modern life—we are constantly, silently negotiating with strangers. Half-glances, polite smiles, unconscious sidesteps. In 1963, the sociologist Erving Goffman coined a term for this quiet discourse: civil inattention.
While civil inattention's specific gestures—a quick, open gaze across the swimming pool, a pursing of the lips down the train aisle—can differ depending on the unacquainted and their settings, the intention remains the same: to acknowledge a stranger's presence, and then to withdraw.
Earlier agrarian societies, organized in small communities where everyone knew everyone in town, could require newcomers at the village gates to explain themselves.
"Co-presence without co-mingling, awareness without engrossment, courtesy without conversation," writes sociologist Lyn Lofland in a 1989 paper describing an idea that sparked a generation of behavioral studies.
One study of civil inattention in elevators found that half of all riders directed an initial, understated once-over toward their lift-mates. Those who offered no glance, or gazed too long, made other riders uncomfortable. Social theorist Zygmunt Bauman speculates in a 1993 book that we subconsciously execute these maneuvers to establish that we come in peace, and depend on anonymous passersby to respond in kind.
This post originally appeared in the March/April 2014 issue of Pacific Standard as "Civil Inattention." For more, subscribe to our print magazine.
And it's called Campbell's Law.
A phenomenon discovered by oil engineers after they spent too much on tracts of land in the Alaskan tundra also applies to all of those eBay bidding wars you've been participating in.


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What a summer it has been. A whirlwind. So much so, I really don't know where to begin, but begin I must. First off, I wish I could say that this summer has been all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, but instead it has been an emotionally complex summer to say the least. Time and again, my eyes were drawn to headlines highlighting awful policies being implemented by this current administration, most egregiously where children are used as pawns in a political game. This has weighed heavily on my conscience. I read articles describing the experiences of the children who have actually been successfully reunited with their families and I cringe at the damage done to these young lives, let alone those who aren't being written about, or those who may never be reunited with their families. The damage is being shouldered by the most vulnerable in our midst. It was Mahatma Ghandi who said, "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." With this in mind, it seems quite apparent that these awful actions are, in part, the product of bigotry, fear and lack of empathy.
Throughout history we see these patterns play out on the global scale as well as locally. The fear and the dehumanization of the "other" has given us some of humanity's darkest chapters. So, how do we help prevent the next atrocity? Let's start with empathy. Let's make sure that we raise our children not to fear what is different, but to try to understand or imagine a perspective outside of our own experience. This is, of course, very difficult. But, there are ways to have kids use their natural curiosity to explore unfamiliar views.
Case in point, this past year, my daughter was studying the history of California in her 4th grade class, concentrating on the Mission period and the Gold Rush. While she was out sick from school, she was talking to me about Father Junípero Serra, a Spanish priest from Majorca who founded of the first Catholic mission in Baja California as well as the first nine Spanish missions in California. The books her class read had painted Father Serra in a rather rosy positive light (I admit, while listening to my daughter tell me about Father Serra's good deeds, I was rather triggered). I think at one point while she was telling me a particular story of Father Serra and the "novices" (converted Native Americans), I was visibly scowling and I made an audible grunt of dismay. My daughter stopped talking and asked me what was wrong. I told her that though Father Serra's intentions may have been good (which is debatable…) we should also take into account some unintended consequences of Spanish colonization as well as what it must have been like to be a Native American and be made to adopt a new way of life by the colonizing forces. I didn't go into a lot of detail, as Junípero Serra's history has many dark and violent points, but just getting my daughter to think about what it must have been like to be a converted Native American was important.
These teaching moments present themselves all the time, whether it is looking at a sibling's perspective rather than your own, or taking into account multiple arguments before a decision is made. In our house, it seems that we are all asked to consider alternative viewpoints on a daily basis, to admittedly varied results (but we are trying!). However, this latest episode in which families are being separated at the border and children are interned is something that was very difficult for our family to process emotionally.
To help my daughter feel empowered and to show her how to begin to take action, we, as a family, participated in our local "Keep Families Together" march on June 30th. While I was relaying the events of the march to one of our contributing writers here at ETM, I came to say something to the effect of, "I'm not sure the march made much of a difference, but it was, at very least, heartening to see so many people out there protesting an injustice together." Our contributor turned and said to me, "To physically manifest an emotion or an idea is a powerful thing. Just by the nature of putting some concrete energy into a cause creates a change, begins to shift things. The big change that you are looking for may not happen quickly, but you do create change by putting the energy physically out there." Indeed.
As individuals, there is quite a lot we can do, on many different fronts. We can march together in protest of cruelty. We can call our public servants who are supposed to represent ALL of us to act in defense of the vulnerable. We can volunteer and give to agencies helping to reunify the families. And, most importantly, we can talk to our own children about what is happening and in turn, help the generation we are raising to be better people. Empathetic people never forget to see the humanity in others, never lack in the ability to imagine things from an alternative perspective.
Here at ETM, we really do care and we hope you do too. Be Kind.
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Sickle cell drug showing promise in clinical trial
An investigational drug for the treatment of sickle cell disease is showing early promise in clinical trials for impacting biomarkers of the disease in patients, reported UConn School of Medicine researchers at the European Hematology Association Congress in Amsterdam this week.
For the rare, painful red blood cell disease, which impacts blood circulation, pre-clinical laboratory data had already illuminated the potential of the experimental drug IMR-687 for reducing both the sickling of red blood cells and blood vessel blockages. The drug was shown to reduce these two major culprits that lead to sickle cell disease's debilitating pain, organ damage, and early mortality of patients—who have an average life expectancy of 40. That is why the drug has been granted U.S. Orphan Drug Designation, U.S. Rare Pediatric Designation, and Fast Track Designation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
After 13 weeks of testing in its current clinical trial, the orally administered, once-a-day phosphodiesterase 9 (PDE9) inhibitor in adult patients with sickle cell disease is demonstrating tolerability and the ability to impact both red and white blood cell biomarkers of the disease, says Dr. Biree Andemariam, lead investigator for the clinical trial, associate professor of medicine at UConn School of Medicine and director of the New England Sickle Cell Institute at UConn Health.
"These initial Phase 2a data demonstrate the potential of IMR-687 to significantly impact key biomarkers associated with the pathology of this serious disease," she says.
A biomarker is a measurable indicator of a biological condition, often evaluated to examine normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention.
The clinical trial is evaluating the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of escalating doses of IMR-687 administered once daily for 16 to 24 weeks in two groups of patients with sickle cell disease.
Patient groups include those receiving the current standard of care dose of hydroxyurea—a drug that helps reduce the frequency of pain episodes in sickle cell patients—and those who are not on hydroxyurea. Their white and red blood cell markers and quality of life are also being analyzed.
At 13 weeks, there has already been a significant increase in the percent of F-cells, the red blood cells containing fetal hemoglobin (HbF) that often precede rises in total HbF. Also, there has been a corresponding decrease in absolute reticulocyte count and the percentage of reticulocytes, the immature red blood cells produced by the body's bone marrow, along with a trend toward improved pain.
The clinical trial study also found patients had no clinical significant changes in white blood cell counts and no evidence of neutropenia, a reduction in the level of white blood cells needed to help fight infection.
"The interim Phase 2a data reflect trends that could be indicative of meaningful clinical translation of these important measures in sickle cell disease," Andemariam adds.
Imara Inc., the maker of the drug and sponsor of the clinical trial, is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for sickle cell disease and other inherited blood disorders.
"We are encouraged by this interim Phase 2a analysis that reinforces our belief in the potential of IMR-687 as a single oral, once-a-day therapeutic," said Rahul D. Ballal, chief executive officer of Imara. "IMR-687 uniquely targets both red cell and white cell aspects of the disease, and we are working to expeditiously advance this novel therapy through clinical development, with a goal of delivering it to patients with SCD who are in need of innovative treatment options."
More clinical trial data is expected to be shared later in 2019.
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I was not elated. In fact, I was...well...grossed out. You see, while this teacher was young (just four years my senior) and single, he was...my teacher! Furthermore, I didn't find him attractive. I hopped up and left his office as quickly as I could, without the information I needed. I shoved the thought out of my mind just as quickly as it came.
To be fair, I should probably include my husband's point of view. When he first met me that first year in Arizona, he thought, "she's pretty immature." I'm sure he was right! Ours was not a case of love at first sight. Nevertheless, by the time a year had gone by from my startling revelation, we had definitely become friends. I was impressed with how he related to us students - especially the "difficult" ones. I liked his style of leadership, his honesty, and his sense of humor. I knew him to be a deeply committed Christian. Since the school had a small, almost family-like environment, we had many opportunities to observe each other and spend time together in group settings.
Classes ended in May, but graduation wasn't scheduled until August. In the meantime, Jason and I were asked to work with different summer outreach programs in Michigan. At the end of the summer, we took our outreach teams to a large convention nearby. My dad happened to be at the convention as well. Jason sought him out and asked his permission to date me. My dad gave his permission and shared with Jason a principle he'd read in a relationship book - there should be 1000 hours of communication before any further decisions were made about a prospective marriage relationship.
Later that evening, Jason asked me quite seriously if I would consider getting to know each other better, with the possibility of marriage in mind. I solemnly agreed. Then, after a few awkward moments, I asked, "Um, so, what does that mean?!" We agreed to call it "dating." We told our parents right away, but since this was my first dating experience (his too!), I decided I needed more time to get used to the idea before we mentioned it to other people. A week later, we both attended my graduation back out west and had a lot of fun shocking our friends - most of whom never saw it coming.
Then, I returned to Michigan, to attend a university there. Jason stayed at his teaching position in Arizona. We spent hours and hours on the phone, and managed several weekend visits. By the time spring break rolled around, we had logged just over 1000 hours of communication (yes, we kept track. I thought it would be funny to keep track of phone calls. Let me just say - thank goodness for free long distance!). Over spring break, just about two years after the disagreeable revelation that he fit all my requirements, Jason asked me to marry him, and I joyfully agreed. We were married six months later, and I joined him out west.
I've always loved Anne of Green Gables, and I think L.M. Montgomery's thoughts sum up our dating relationship perfectly: "Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps . . . perhaps . . . love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath." And, just in case there is any confusion on the matter, I want it to be known that I find my husband extremely attractive...and I'm pretty sure he doesn't think I'm immature anymore!


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La Côte d'Or Café in Arlington's East Falls Church neighborhood is under new ownership.
Now on the menu: escargots, frog legs and foie gras.
The restaurant, located at 6876 Lee Highway, has been in business for more than two decades.
The well-loved restaurant, La Côte d'Or Café in Falls Church, has a new owner and is more authentically French than ever before. The restaurant was purchased in February of 2016 by Chef Jacques Imperato, the past owner-chef of three other successful French restaurants in Northern Virginia. Chef Jeanmarc Drimille who has been with La Cote d'Or for the past 13 years will still head up the kitchen.
Possibly the most exciting news is Imperto leading a return to excellent French wines at La Côte d'Or Café. The La Côte d'Or region in Burgundy is famous for some of the best wines in the world. The wine list has increased already to 22 wines, 14 of which are Burgundy, with more selections to come.
Some of these healthier sauce substitutes translate to a menu with many gluten free options. Also, everything on the menu is made from scratch, a practice that is a tradition in French cafe's but not in typical North American restaurants.
The restaurant is perfect for date night with details that seem to be all too rare, like tables adorned with white linens and fresh flowers. During nice summer days, a wall of doors lining the sidewalk are opened, turning the atmosphere into that of a lovely Parisian cafe.
Imperato attended culinary school in Nice, France, and has worked with some of the most prestigious chefs known in the Côte d'Azur area today.
He has previously worked at Washington, D.C.'s Maison Blanche, Le Lavandou, and Tiberio. In the past, he owned Chalet de la Paix in Arlington as well as Mediterranee Restaurants in Great Falls and Arlington.
If you love La Côte d'Or Café, if you are a long-time follower of Chef Jacques Imperato's flair for French cuisine, or if you would like to experience authentic cuisine from Burgundy, come and enjoy an exceptional dining experience. You can also contact them at [email protected] and ask to be put on the restaurant's mailing list so you can receive a daily email with specials.
La Côte d'Or Café has been in business for over 20 years serving lunch and dinner daily from either à la carte or prix fixe menus. They alter the menu for certain holidays such as Mother's Day. Saturdays and Sundays offer a special brunch menu. They can accommodate private parties up to 30 people in a designated party room. The restaurant provides catering as well.


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Because really, there's no such thing as Black Friday anymore, not in a literal sense. It long ago escaped — or transcended — its original meaning and location, leaping beyond United States borders to establish itself in other countries and continents, to become just another shopping day in a sea of shopping days. The term is now a conceptual synonym for the idea of "sale," a Pavlovian cue to get you in the right frame of mind to open your wallet.
And an opportunity for sustainably minded marketers to rail against purchasing, of course.
"I call it the graying of Black Friday," said Marshal Cohen, the chief industry adviser of the NPD Group, a market research firm. "It's not actually Black Friday anymore, or even Black Friday weekend or Black Friday week. In some cases, it started in October. Lowe's and Home Depot even had Spring Black Friday sales."
What used to be special has given birth to a host of copycats: Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Amazon Prime Day — all of which are completely overshadowed by Alibaba Singles Day, which took place on Nov. 11 and recorded more than $38 billion worth of spending in 24 hours. It can be only a matter of time before we get Too Good to Be True Tuesday, Watershed Wednesday and Take-It-All-Home Thursday.
Spend-a-Lot Sunday? That might be going too far.
"Just a few years ago, Black Friday had the aura of a FOMO event," the consulting firm PwC wrote in its annual holiday shopping study. "Now it seems more symbolic than significant in the pantheon of retail holidays."
PwC found that only 36 percent of shoppers surveyed planned to stock up on Black Friday, the actual day (in 2015, more than half of shoppers did so), because there were so many other opportunities to spread their spending over time.
As a result, the firm is proposing we forgo the term Black Friday in favor of … Black November.
Black November? If we're being honest about it, we should probably just go straight to Black Every Day.
"Christmas creep has turned into deal creep," Mr. Cohen said. "You have to be one of the most unlucky people in America if you are paying full price for anything these days."
Katherine Cullen, the senior director for industry and consumer insights for the National Retail Federation, likewise acknowledged the chronological ooze of the no-longer-seasonal sales period. "Certainly individual days are becoming less important," she said. "It's about the total spend over the holiday period." Because of that, she noted, the NRF had been "calling it 'the five-day November holiday period,' though that is a bit of a mouthful."
And yet, the numbers being touted still seem pretty good: According to the NRF, "holiday retail sales in November and December will be up between 3.8 percent and 4.2 percent over 2018 for a total of between $727.9 billion and $730.7 billion."
The NPD Group is predicting "holiday sales growth in the United States between 2.7 percent and 3.2 percent compared to last year," according to its Holiday Purchase Intentions survey.
But, Mr. Cohen said, this is attributable not to people spending more because they have more days to do it in, but to the fact that there are more products and services on sale during the same period than there were before.
Little wonder that, as the pressure to purchase has grown, so, too, has the pressure not to — the physics of fashion (and Newton's Third Law of Motion) dictating that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Now, alongside Black Friday boosters there are anti-Black Friday agitators: Companies like REI, which is closing its stores and encouraging #OptOutside, and Everlane, which is donating $10 of every purchase to Oceana, a nonprofit focused on fighting ocean pollution.
Meanwhile ThredUp, the resale site, has introduced Thrift Cards, gift cards for shopping on its site, which it hopes will "displace half a million new gifts with thrifted gifts."
Brand executives (and designers) endlessly bemoan the way we are being trained to shop on sale, and the way in which it has permanently altered our sense of value, but it's unclear how to put the genii they have loosed back in the box. The problem is, when everything is available all the time, it loses its attraction.
"Black Friday used to be the greatest day in retail all year," Mr. Cohen said. "Now it's becoming background noise."
Essentially we have created a world of limited editions and sales, with very little in between, when it should be the sale itself that is of limited edition.
"I think we need to change the name," Mr. Cohen said. "Think about Cyber Monday," he said. "It's a totally fictitious holiday, but they named it, and it caught on. Black Friday needs a face-lift. It should be resurrected with a different focus in mind."
Maybe, he suggested, there could be one-off Black Friday product assortments, collaborations or guest curators. Maybe there could be special D.J.S or snacks or — massages! For when your shoulders ache from carrying all those bags. Once upon a time it was the sale that made Black Friday special. But the specialness is not dependent on the sale.
Ms. Cullen agreed. The sale has become so ubiquitous, she said, that "it's hard to compete on price and convenience." Her suggestion for what stores could compete on: socializing.
Indeed, the primacy of the in-person experience in an increasingly digitized world has become something of a given — the idea that in a connected society, the greatest luxuries, and gifts are moments of human connection. And was that not, originally, what Black Friday provided (well, that and a deal): a communal sense of anticipation and shared excitement? Is not that, really, the takeaway?
The waiting in line, the rush to get the product first, the mutual exhaustion and frustration and occasional triumph — even more than the shopping itself, such experiences brought us together and linger in the memory. And last longer, in the end, than any 60-percent-off item ever could.
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The career of a designer is often both demanding and challenging. Design is incredibly subjective and each person has their own opinions and interpretations. To ensure your vision is realized you can implement interface prototyping to visually display thousands of words worth of design and development requirements regarding how a system should both look and behave. To take this one step further, RAPID prototyping involves quickly mocking up the future design state of your app or website and validating with a broader team of users (developers, product owners, designers). The term prototype covers a wide range of presentations from rough sketches on notebook paper to full-fledged interactive examples that can often feel like the end product. Getting feedback early can set the stage for the entire project. Responding to feedback in a timely manner and implementing the right approach will allow the rapid prototyping process to accelerate additional productive discussions while ensuring the team is on the same page so they can ultimately deliver an outstanding product.
Set expectations for the scope of the project early on. Inform others that the Rapid Prototyping process is a tool to showcase the design and is by no means the final product.
Set yourself up for success by creating reusable elements. Whether it be Photoshop templates, stencils, code widgets, etc.
Be open minded and receptive to peers and their feedback. They benefit from your teachings and education.
Receive every single comment, change or request to heart and cement it as a needed requirement. Everyone will have an opinion and sifting through the feedback to implement only the critical or productive feedback is an important part of your job.
Do not over commit. Make sure you mockup and prototype features that you know are conceivable that can be implemented on-time and within budget.
Perfection is not possible. Rapid Prototyping is just that, quick! Which means polishing your design for hours and hours will defeat the purpose. It is meant as a strong guideline and not a pristine creation.
Draft and develop the client's description/wants into a mockup, keeping in mind the UX and best practices.
Present your design and prototype to the client and assess if their wants and requests are fulfilled.
With the feedback in mind, recognize areas that need to be tweaked and refined.
Rapid Prototypes are not created with the intention to progress into fully functional solutions, they are simply meant to help visualize and craft the user experience of the finished solution. Hence the importance of the next topic, scoping a prototype. Asking yourself a few simple questions can go a long way in solidifying a strong rapid prototype.
Decide what actually needs to be prototyped. Choosing large components within the project such as intricate interactions, large scale design features, workflow implementation, are all strong candidates for items that should prototyped out to the client.
Showing off the functionality of key features should be limited to those that play significant roles in the design spectrum. Highlighting small interactions or subtle animations are not useful in Rapid Prototyping since they are time consuming to conjure and will delay the presentation for something with little impact on the overall user experience.
Typically, the full prototype will have many pieces that form a solid whole at the end. A smart approach would be to start out with a broad view of the project and plant firm roots. The smaller, more detailed items can come later on once the foundation has been established. It's ok to not know the exact number of working parts that will make up your project, but you should keep in mind, having an outline of sorts that highlights your large bullet points is extremely helpful.
The most primitive form of prototyping is merely sketching your ideas with paper and pencil. This is typically an early, Version 1.0, if you will that will evolve into a more formal, detailed design later on. This level is perfect for the raw brainstorming sessions that designers typically have and can alleviate the process of converting ideas to fruition.
In this stage, wire framing and task flows form more comprehensive composites of the end product. A primitive black and white creative can show the intent of an application or website without distraction. These type of renderings are ideal for capturing the needs of the client and give them a fairly clear picture of what you will be generating.
These types of rapid prototypes are the most realistic and are a static version of the finished solution. Of course, these are the most labor intensive and without proper planning and a high-level of skill can bog down the "rapid" phase of the prototyping. Even though the majority of these high-fidelity depictions cannot be directly converted to code, they can show the client your clear direction and often instill a higher level of trust with the client.
A critical aspect of a project is reading the client and their wishes and in turn selecting the appropriate fidelity grade. It is never a bad idea to begin in the low category as this takes minimal time and can translate your thoughts to a physical being. However, depending on the complexity of the development, you need to identify which stage will convey your design and tailor to the prospective user's guidelines. Many clients will place a high amount of stock in the look and feel of a product rather than the functional reliability. Knowing your audience is paramount in choosing which fidelity level makes the most sense.
Prototyping is an unavoidable aspect of interface design and development. It comprises the idea of manifesting ideas and cognitive solutions into a tangible artifact. The idea of Rapid Prototyping takes that one step further and enforces the notion of being both fast and efficient when mocking up a new application or website design. Use any tool that can improve your productivity and effectiveness, just make sure you set yourself up for victory by creating reusable elements for when you inevitably have a large project with a tight deadline.


Should we play Michael Jackson's music? We discuss Leaving Neverland and cultural ethics, Grammy-award winner Jacob Collier performs live, Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern reviewed.
How much should we separate art from the artist's behaviour? With new sexual abuse allegations concerning Michael Jackson in the forthcoming documentary Leaving Neverland and R Kelly being charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse – writers Anna Leszkiewicz, Ekow Eshun and Dreda Say Mitchell consider the extent to which we should boycott or continue to appreciate an individual's work in the light of questions over their behaviour.
On the eve of his world tour, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and Grammy award-winner Jacob Collier talks about working with an orchestra after his rise to fame as a solo performer. He also plays a composition from his latest record, Djesse Volume 1, live in the studio, the first of a quartet of albums to be released this year.
Dorothea Tanning wanted to depict 'unknown but knowable states' in her work, flirting with ideas of surrealism and abstraction. Tanning was an American who emigrated with her husband Max Ernst to Paris in the 50s, where she moved away from painting to make sculptures out of fabric. As a retrospective of her work opens at Tate Modern and Virago re-publish her novel Chasm, we assess the life and work of Tanning, and consider if the new Tate show does her justice.
Leaving Neverland is on Channel 4 on 06 and 07 March, and on HBO on 03 and 04 March 2019.
Image to the left: Michael Jackson at Disneyland 1998, taken by James safechuck.
Jacob Collier's album Djesse is out now.
Dorothea Tanning is at Tate Modern, London from 27 February - 09 June 2019.


Despite missing the entire 2018 season while recovering from a knee injury, longtime defender Tony Beltran is returning to Real Salt Lake.
The team announced Tuesday it has re-signed the veteran fullback, who is a two-time MLS All-Star and a member of RSL's 2009 championship team.
RSL drafted Beltran in 2008, and since then he has made 245 regular-season appearances (230 starts) with one goal and 12 assists. The 31-year-old appeared on the team's reserve list for its final game of the season — a sign that he was fully recovered — but his option was declined following the 2018 season. He was left unprotected in the recent expansion draft.
Beltran is one of three remaining RSL players from its '09 championship team along with Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando.


aleb Hanie, Caleb Hanie, Caleb Hanie … How many times do I have to write that to get ranked in the top 10 on Google? Caleb Haine. =0 PS – Very disappointed in the Jets.
So the highschool experiment was secretly successful!! I think next time I'll go public!! =0 Congrats to Greg at gregnkellz for winning this "secret society contest" — you da bomb & hey btw thanks for putting our video on your playlist! Way cool.
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Just spent all day watching you videos (not well at mo so am bed bound) clicked on the website link after watching your last video in Moab. Been working backwards (yep, this gives you an insight into my mind lol) And as I am now riddled with guilt for not commenting or more importantly hitting thumbs up, I thought I would leave this long boring ramble. You guys are such an inspiration.


Russell Arthur Merritt, 79, late of Elwood, formerly of Dolton, IL. Born Nov. 23, 1929.
Passed away Sat., July 25, 2009.
Beloved husband of June Merritt, nee Kaufman; devoted father of Michael (Janet) Merritt, Judy (Guy) Easoz, June (Bill) Hirschenberger, Jane (Don) Manning and Russell (Gina) Merritt; proud grandfather of 12, Michael (Katie), Chris, Jeff, Jimmy, Matt, Caitlin, Abbey, Daniel, Maura, Jack, Grace and Russell; preceded in death by hisparents Russell and Mary Alice Merritt; brother Dennis and sister Donna Earner; fond uncle of many nieces and nephews; loving friend to many.
Russ was a Veteran of both WWII and Korean War, lifelong employee of Illinois Bell Phone Company, member of the Birthday Club and a Leo High Alumnus.
Visitation Tuesday, July 28, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. until time of the prayer service at 10:30 a.m. from theForsythe Funeral Home(507 S. State St., Manhattan, IL 60442) to St. Joseph Catholic Church (235 W. North St., Manhattan, IL 60442) for 11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial.
Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, IL. Memorial contributions to Joliet Area Community Hospice or Alzheimer's Assoc.


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import android.os.Build;

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import org.junit.Test;
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import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
import org.worshipsongs.BuildConfig;
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 * Version : 3.x
 */
@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
@Config(sdk = Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP_MR1)
public class NavigationDrawerActivityTest
{
    private NavigationDrawerActivity navigationDrawerActivity;

    @Before
    public void setUp()
    {
        SharedPreferences sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext());
        sharedPreferences.edit().putBoolean("production", false).apply();
        navigationDrawerActivity = new NavigationDrawerActivity();
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetFlags()
    {
        assertEquals(1208483840, navigationDrawerActivity.getFlags());
    }

    @Test
    public void testEmailSubject() throws PackageManager.NameNotFoundException
    {
        Context context = RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext();
        String expected = "Worship Songs Android Feedback - "+context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(context.getPackageName(), 0).versionName;
        assertEquals(expected, navigationDrawerActivity.getEmailSubject(context));
    }

    @Test
    public void testProperties()
    {
        assertEquals("Settings", RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.settings));
        assertEquals("Worship songs", RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.home));
        assertEquals("Rate us", RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.rate_this_app));
        assertEquals("Send feedback", RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.feedback));
        assertEquals("Version: 1.0", RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.version, "1.0"));
        assertEquals("Tamil Christian Worship Songs Android app brings you most of the Praise & Worship lyrics used by " +
                "Tamil churches all over the world. Now, you can worship anytime, anywhere with" +
                " all the lyrics you need.\n", RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.app_description));
        assertEquals("You can download this app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.worshipsongs",
                RuntimeEnvironment.application.getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.app_download_info));
    }

}


sunshine on the brooklyn bridge.
Ok, so I know I already posted a photo from the Brooklyn Bridge not even two posts ago, but I couldn't help myself. I just LOVE the lines of the bridge!
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged with bridge, brooklyn, brooklyn bridge, new york city, skyline, sunshine, travel.
November 8, 2010 by Chelsea Tuttle.


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Nippon Marathon Review
Richard Dobson
It's wacky! It's fun! It's crazy! It's outrageous!
Not just the lyrics to a rite-of-passage 1990's kids TV show, it's also exactly how I would describe Nippon Marathon on Xbox One, and that's just the intro and title screen.
Nippon Marathon is a local-multiplayer game inspired by physical game shows such as It's a Knockout and Total Wipeout, with a double dose of Takeshi's Castle thrown in for good measure. Players participate in the titular Nippon Marathon: A cross-country race through Japan that takes in all the sights and sounds of Japan including sake factories, Shibuya crossing and bullet trains, then throws all manner of obstacles in with them for players to run through, on, around or under. There are eight races in total, and no two are even remotely similar.
But with this crazy concept you need a colourful cast of characters. And Nippon Marathon doesn't disappoint. Your starting cast includes a man dressed as a lobster who has worked on a lobster farm his entire life, an anthropomorphic dog that declares his love for 'Joe' by wearing a scarf adorned with his name, a woman dressed as a narwhal – NOT a unicorn as she has to remind people daily – and an old man dressed as a schoolgirl suffering from split-personality. Additional characters can be bought in-game using your winnings from each race, but in essence all characters have the same stats and abilities. Namely no stats and abilities.
These starting characters can be taken one-by-one through a story mode, charting their success through the Nippon Marathon. It presents itself as a sort of visual novel, interspersed with the races. I say interspersed because the story moments in between the races seem to go on longer than necessary. It's an irreverent plot with more than a splash of humour but the time between races in the single player mode can be too long at times. That said, the longer I stuck with the story the more invested I became and I was pleasantly surprised and satisfied with the conclusion.
For such a local multiplayer focussed title, it's good the team at Onion Soup Interactive even bothered to include a single-player mode.
The races themselves continue this trend of irreverence and hilarity. They can be likened to old-school Micro Machines with the way the scoring is handled: The screen can only accommodate players for so long, so if you fall too far behind the leaders then you are out for that round, and your total number of stars drops. Be the last person standing and your total stars increases.
It will be instantly familiar to fans of Micro Machines, but then it throws a massive curveball by adding physics-based elements to the racers and obstacles.
This is where Nippon Marathon on Xbox One will become divisive amongst the players. For example, the best comparison to the physics is Goat Simulator; they are purposefully janky and not 100% reliable, but that's where the fun lies for many people. If the thought of a competitive game using unreliable physics is enough to leave you retching, then Nippon Marathon is not the game for you.
Sometimes, around the time you think you are finally starting to understand what the hell is happening within the race, the game pauses for a brief interlude. You could be whisked away to a weird laboratory facility and made to run around a maze, or Nippon Marathon's own investigative journalist Wedy Jones could travel down on her jetpack to ask the racers a mid-race question. Nothing really makes any sense in Nippon Marathon, but that's the beauty of it.
It is also worth mentioning the soundtrack as it is as abstract as the game is, but at the same time will have you humming along long after you have turned the game off.
Away from the races there are a couple of minigames to try your hand at. The first up is bowling but rather than use a traditional bowling ball you instead jump into a shopping trolley and careen down a slope where ten oversized bowling pins are waiting for you. If the resulting concussion gets too much then there is always L.O.B.S.T.E.R.. Taking inspiration from the basketball game H.O.R.S.E., players take it in turns with player one setting the distance, and subsequent players then attempting to beat it. Fail to beat the distance and you are awarded a letter until the loser spells out the word LOBSTER – or another chosen fish-based word. Both of these can accommodate up to eight players in total using one controller.
Hidden away in the different race tracks are also collectibles, so whilst Nippon Marathon could have maybe done with a couple more tracks, there is plenty to see and do within them.
There are 12 achievements in the game: one for every character's story mode, a couple for the minigames, and then several related to the collectibles and specific character selection. This isn't a difficult completion overall and so if Gamerscore hunting is your bag, this is a game you should be considering.
Nippon Marathon can certainly be described as a marmite game; you will either love it or hate it. Find a group of friends that all love it and you can easily laugh away an entire evening attempting to out run each other. But it isn't for everyone, and it is easy to understand why. What to some will look like shoddy game design is actually a very purposeful and conscientious element of the design, but that won't necessarily sit right with those that like nothing left to chance. Throw in a surprisingly good single player component with an open-minded reviewer, and Nippon Marathon is a very good game.
It's wacky! It's fun! It's crazy! It's outrageous! Not just the lyrics to a rite-of-passage 1990's kids TV show, it's also exactly how I would describe Nippon Marathon on Xbox One, and that's just the intro and title screen. Nippon Marathon is a local-multiplayer game inspired by physical game shows such as It's a Knockout and Total Wipeout, with a double dose of Takeshi's Castle thrown in for good measure. Players participate in the titular Nippon Marathon: A cross-country race through Japan that takes in all the sights and sounds of Japan including sake factories, Shibuya crossing and bullet trains,…
Wacky local multiplayer
Surprisingly entertaining single player story
Catchy soundtrack
If you love it... you love it
If you hate it... you hate it
Needs one or two more tracks to feel complete
Massive thanks to : Onion Soup Interactive
Formats - Xbox One (Review), PS4, Switch, PC
Release date - December 2018
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Tunel Honningsvåg (no: Honningsvågtunnelen) - tunel drogowy na wyspie Magerøya, w regionie Finnmark, w Norwegii.

Znajduje się nieco na północ od tunelu Nordkapp i jest częścią europejskiej trasy E69. Ma długość 4443 metrów. Został oficjalnie otwarty w 1999 roku w tym samym czasie co Tunel Nordkapp. Tunel przebiega przez góry w pobliżu miasta Honningsvåg. Jest to najbardziej na północ wysunięty publiczny tunel drogowy świata.

Honningsvåg


Your doctor has discovered that one or several of your parathyroid glands are enlarged. This may be the cause of your primary hyperparathyroidism. The parathyroid glands control the calcium in your blood. Primary hyperparathyroidism causes increased levels of blood calcium (hypercalcemia). This can lead to a number of problems throughout your body. To treat primary hyperparathyroidism, the enlarged gland or glands are often removed with surgery.
Tell your doctor of any medications you're taking, including over the counter medications, vitamins and supplements. You may need to stop taking certain medications, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, a week or two before surgery.
Have nothing to eat or drink for 6 to 8 hours before surgery. The doctor will give you specific instructions in advance.
An IV (intravenous) line will be placed in a vein in your arm or hand. This is used to give fluids and medications.
A doctor or nurse will discuss with you what type of pain medication (anesthesia) you will receive during surgery.
You may need one or more parathyroid glands removed. The decision about how many glands to remove is often made during surgery. Be sure to ask your doctor for more information.
An incision is made in the neck.
The enlarged parathyroid gland or glands are found and removed.
In some cases, all four glands are enlarged. When this happens, three and a half of the glands may be removed. The remaining half gland often makes enough hormone to replace four normal glands. In rare cases, all of the glands are removed. Parts of one gland are then placed in another location in the body, usually in the neck or arm. This is called a parathyroid autotransplantation. The moved gland continues to work from this new location.
Recovery from parathyroid surgery is usually quick. You may go home on the day of surgery or you may need to stay overnight. Once you're ready to go home, you'll be given instructions for how to care for yourself. Follow the instructions carefully.


Madison, a single mother, lives with her two children, Jacob and Hayleigh, in a suburban home. Madison's financial difficulties prompt her to consider declaring bankruptcy. Jacob was involved in a fight six months prior and now sees a counselor to evaluate his state of mind. Madison is dating her son's science tutor, Nikolai. The family experiences paranormal occurrences that manifest as a bloody and bound apparition and a bald man. Although Madison hires parapsychologists and psychics to investigate the haunting, none can help her. A man representing a research lab called CamSET makes an offer on their house in the hopes of developing the area. One night while the bald apparition attempts to harm the children, they attempt to flee the house, but the children become deathly ill whenever they leave. Madison decides that they all have to stay in the house until a solution can be found.
Nikolai arrives and witnesses one of the apparitions. They set up scientific monitoring equipment to find a solution to the paranormal phenomenon. The bald man materializes and attacks the family, causing them to run upstairs, where the bald man's fingers are severed in a doorway. While analyzing the footage captured of the bald man, Madison discovers that he is wearing a shirt from CamSET. After searching online she finds a reference to Project ECHO and that Nikolai was previously employed by CamSET. Nikolai explains that they were working on teleportation with human subjects, but he left over ethical concerns. The project was at least forty years until completion, so Nikolai deduces that the bald man must be coming from the future. Madison and Nikolai set traps and make improvised weapons in hopes of killing the bald man when he rematerializes.
They beat the bald man into submission. The police arrive but are quickly killed when the bald man reawakens, and Nikolai is rendered unconscious. Madison attempts to protect her children in the basement but is seriously wounded. Her son receives a cut on his right cheek that instantly appears on the bald man's face, and Madison realizes that the bald man is her son Jacob from the future. Nikolai regains consciousness and shoots the bald man in the back with one of the dead police officers' guns. Madison lies next to the bald man and is transported to the future. There it is explained that her son was captured trying to burn the lab down because of something CamSET did to his mother. He was subsequently lobotomized and used as a test subject in Project ECHO forty years in the future. Madison is healed and sent back to her own time, where she stares straight ahead while her son embraces her.


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Il battesimo civile, chiamato anche battesimo repubblicano o parrainage o cerimonia di benvenuto, è un'istituzione laica che sancisce l'inserimento del bambino nella comunità civile di appartenenza, non ha validità religiosa.

In Europa questa istituzione è presente in Paesi come la Francia e la Spagna, mentre nel Regno Unito è possibile celebrare cerimonie simili dette Naming Ceremonies (cerimonia del nome).

Francia

La sua origine risale al 13 luglio 1790, quando fu officiato il primo battesimo repubblicano nell'occasione della festa della Federazione a Strasburgo. La sua celebrazione risale direttamente alla Rivoluzione francese del 1789 e s'inserisce nell'azione di laicizzazione della società e nella separazione della Chiesa dallo Stato. Il battesimo civile venne puoi ufficializzato con la legge approvata il 20 pratile dell'anno II (8 giugno 1794), con cui si stabilì che tutti i minori di 13 anni potevano essere battezzati civilmente, ma i padrini dovevano essere maggiorenni.

La cerimonia cadde in disuso nel XIX secolo, ma fu ripresa nel 1892 dall'amministrazione socialista del comune di Saint-Denis, al fine di "sottrarre i giovani dalla dannosa influenza delle religioni deiste che atrofizzano e distorcono la loro intelligenza". Tale pratica divenne molto di moda durante la belle époque nel nord della Francia, prima ritornare ad essere rara. Peraltro, la tradizione del battesimo repubblicano esiste ancora oggi in alcuni comuni e, con l'aumento della laicità, si sta osservando una rinascita di tali celebrazioni: nel 2015 ad esempio si soni contati 325 battesimi repubblicani a Parigi, 135 a Nantes, 80 a Rennes. Nel giugno 2016 è stato introdotto l'emendamento n. 434 al disegno di legge in materia di "Uguaglianza e cittadinanza", al fine di inquadrare tale pratica di un ambito giuridico: l'articolo 429 è stato però censurato dal Consiglio costituzionale per motivi procedurali.

Il battesimo civile ha luogo di solito presso il municipio ed è officiato dal sindaco, per quanto non sia obbligato a celebrarlo (non trattandosi di un atto di stato civile, non figura nei relativi registri). Infatti, si tratta di una cerimonia simbolica, non prevista dal codice civile e che non attribuisce alcun diritto ulteriore al neonato oltre a quelli già previsti per legge né impone alcun obbligo giuridicamente vincolante per i padrini (così come la cerimonia religiosa).

Italia

In Italia numerose amministrazioni comunali sono solite organizzare cerimonie o feste di "benvenuto ai nuovi nati" (o altri nomi simili), per lo più collettive e annuali, con cui il sindaco di solito regala alle famiglie una copia della Costituzione italiana e/o altri doni (ad esempio: bandiera tricolore, opuscoli informativi per i servizi all'infanzia, kit, ecc.). Nel 2009 anche il consiglio comunale di Firenze all'unanimità istituì la "festa del neonato", con cui ogni tre-quattro mesi il presidente di quartiere invita neonati e genitori in una cerimonia pubblica per significare il "riconoscimento pubblico del neonato quale nuovo cittadino"; tale iniziativa è stata però criticata duramente dal mondo cattolico.

Nella città di Siena esiste l'usanza del battesimo contradaiolo, con cui il neonato viene presentato alla comunità della contrada e ne viene sancita l'appartenenza perpetua ad essa. A tal scopo, il Priore della contrada bagna la fronte del neonato con l'acqua della fontanina battesimale della propria contrada, consegnandogli poi un fazzoletto con i colori ed i simboli della contrada.

Regno Unito
Nel Regno Unito, cerimonie civili alternative al battesimo religioso, chiamate naming ceremonies, sono organizzate dalla British Humanist Association e possono essere condotte dai genitori o da un esponente dell'associazione. Si tratta di cerimonie private senza valore legale, che generalmente prevedono un discorso di benvenuto, la spiegazione delle ragioni della scelta del nome del bambino, le promesse d'impegno dei genitori, la lettura di poesie o brani letterari e a volte la nomina di "padrini", scelti tra gli amici di famiglia e chiamati supporting adults (adulti di sostegno) o mentors (mentori).

Spagna
In Spagna il Bautismo civil è un'alternativa laica al sacramento tradizionale cattolico, spogliato pertanto di qualsiasi riferimento religioso.

Il primo comune spagnolo in cui si è celebreato un battesimo civile è stato Igualada (Barcellona) il 7 novembre 2004, a cui hanno fatto seguito nel 2007 il comune di Rivas-Vaciamadrid (Madrid) e nel 2009 El Borge (Malaga) e Madrid.

Durante la cerimonia, il sindaco o il consigliere comunale delegato legge alcuni articoli della Convenzione internazionale sui diritti dell'infanzia delle Nazioni Unite e della Costituzione spagnola, in particolare quelli relativi all'istruzione, ai diritti e alle libertà fondamentali dell'individuo. Può includere letture complementari e brani musicali scelti dal consiglio comunale o dalla famiglia. La cerimonia si conclude con la firma di una "Carta della cittadinanza". Nella città di Rivas, il consiglio comunale offre alla famiglia un dono e informazioni sui servizi locali per l'infanzia.

Note

Voci correlate
 Battesimo
 Padrino e madrina
 Laicità
 Apostasia
 Sbattezzo
 Confermazione civile

Altri progetti

Rivoluzione francese
Religione e politica
Areligiosità
Laicità


At the airport of Maiquetia in Caracas this Saturday landed the heavy transport aircraft An-124 and a passenger Il-62. They arrived about one hundred Russians, many in uniform, and a few dozen tons of cargo.
US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo in connection with the news of the arrival of the Russian military in Venezuela today called the foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov. «The United States and the countries of the region will not stand idly by as Russia exacerbated tensions in Venezuela. The continued introduction of Russian troops to support the illegal regime of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela runs the risk of prolonging the suffering of the Venezuelan people, who overwhelmingly support the provisional President, Juan, Guido», — says the official report of the State Department about the telephone conversation.
«Noting fundamental differences in the positions of Russia and the United States, the foreign Ministers agreed to continue contacts and exchange of assessments» — so described this conversation in an official statement the Russian foreign Ministry.
Side number of aircraft owned by the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation, but the war Department today did not comment on the situation. The Russian RIA Novosti, citing sources in the Venezuelan leadership, argues that these boards arrived in the country 99 officers for negotiations on military-technical cooperation. Ostensibly, the visit is not associated with the current acute political situation was planned. However, the Venezuelan El Nacional writes that among the arrivals of the military Russian General Vasily Tonkoshkura.
Colonel-General Tonkoshkura since last year, is headed by the Main staff of land forces of Russia. Previously for many years was the Main organization and mobilization Directorate. This military officer who took part in the war in the North Caucasus and Afghanistan, his experience in international trade and military-technical cooperation had not previously been reported.
Against the background of statements of Moscow's readiness to consistently support the Maduro regime, the Russian military visits aroused the suspicion of Venezuelans and the international community. Earlier, there were reports of the arrival in Venezuela of several hundred Russian mercenaries. The situation in Republic has become aggravated especially in the last few days as a result of the blackout, which city is limited in supply and the police lose control of streets, the robberies and riots.


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