WITH MEMORIAL DAY SIGNALING THE UNOFFICIAL START OF SUMMER,
AS IF ON CUE, PARTS OF CALIFORNIA SAW TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK.
HEAT CAUSES MORE DEATHS EACH YEAR THAN HURRICANES, LIGHTNING, TORNADOES, EARTHQUAKES AND FLOODS...
COMBINED!
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE SIGNS OF HEAT ILLNESS.
SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION CAN INCLUDE -- FEELING LIGHT HEADED OR DIZZY,
EXCESSIVE SWEATING, COOL, PALE OR CLAMMY SKIN,
FEELING NAUSEOUS OR EVEN VOMITING, A WEAK, RAPID PULSE...
AND EVEN MUSCLE CRAMPS.
HEAT EXHAUSTION IS DANGEROUS IF NOT TAKEN CARE OF.
LEADING TO POSSIBLE AND MORE SEVERE HEAT STROKE.
SO, WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU OR SOMEONE AROUND YOU STARTS TO SHOW SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION?
[Dr. Ian Julie/U.C. Davis Medical Center]
"The first thing to do is to try to limit exposure.
So if you can get out of the sun or indoor to an air conditioned facility, that would
be best.
If you can hydrate yourself with cool fluids, that would be very useful as well.
If you have access, try to cool the hands and cool other areas of high blood flow, like
the neck or the armpits or the groin.
If you start noticing that things are getting worse, especially with confusion or people
who have other medical illnesses, that would be time to call for assistance."
NOW IS ALSO A GOOD TIME TO REMEMBER HOW QUICKLY
OUR CARS CAN BECOME DANGEROUS IN THE HEAT.
ON A 78-DEGREE DAY, THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE A PARKED CAR CAN SOAR TO 120-DEGREES IN JUST
MINUTES.
ON A 90-DEGREE DAY, YOUR CAR CAN REACH 160-DEGREES IN LESS THAN 10-MINUTES.
REMEMBER, A CHILD'S BODY OVERHEATS THREE TO FIVE TIMES FASTER THAN AN ADULT.
CHILDREN HAVE DIED FROM HEAT STROKE IN CAR TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 60-DEGREES.
AND, WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR PET, IT'S NOT JUST INSIDE THE CAR THAT CAN BE DANGEROUS.
ASPHALT CAN EASILY REACH 135 DEGREES ON SUMMER DAYS.
HOT ENOUGH TO BURN YOUR PET AFTER JUST ONE MINUTE OF CONTACT.
ALWAYS TEST THE PAVEMENT WITH THE *BACK* OF YOUR HAND.
IF IT'S TOO HOT FOR YOU TO TOUCH, IT'S TOO HOT FOR YOUR DOG TO WALK ON.
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Single Better Than Married for Christians? - Duration: 3:06.
Craig Huggart: According to Scripture, is singleness better than being married?
Watch to find out.
Hi, I'm Craig of CraigHuggart.com for the latest in happiness hacks from a Christian
perspective, make sure you subscribe to my channel, where I publish new videos every
month.
In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul, a single man said: "I wish that all men were like myself."
After 26 years of marriage, in 2011, I was divorced.
It was the toughest time of my life, but now I am happier than I have ever been.
In this video, I share with you three facts about happiness from a Christian perspective.
Number one: happiness is an inside job.
Ultimate sustainable happiness does not come from union with another person but from union
with Christ.
Nobody gets you like God, your Creator gets you.
Number two: marriage can distract from happiness.
In other words, it's easier to find happiness in Jesus, if you're single.
Number three: happiness is a gift from God.
As we mentioned earlier, Paul said, "I wish that all men were like me."
Why?
Singleness is a gift from God, whether you're not yet married, whether you've chosen to
be single, whether you're divorced, singleness is a gift from God.
It gives you a unique grace to focus on Him and be happier!
There's an old song that goes like this: "I am loved, I am loved.
I can risk loving you for the one who knows me best loves me most."
Examine the Scriptures for yourself.
Is singleness better than being married?
Leave a comment below to let me know your thoughts.
Whether you're single or married, a great evening routine is a key to happiness.
Download my exact evening routine from the link in the description below.
If you like this video, make sure to tap the Like icon, the Bell icon, subscribe, and share
it with your friends.
That's a wrap and I'll see you next time.
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INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS CONTROL MY LIFE FOR A DAY! - Duration: 10:34.
I hope you're having super happy day so far today I am
pumped for this video because I am doing that my Instagram followers control my
life for a day challenge so if you haven't heard of it
it is this trend video that is super popular on YouTube these days and
basically how it works is I'm going to post a series of polls on my insta story
and leave them up for about 10 minutes and then what other people vote for I
will do so can be pretty interesting I'm gonna start out easy like oh what should
I eat for lunch or what coffee should I get but then we're gonna get to the
actual challenges and they're going to be embarrassing and they're going to be
scary for me but I am going to do it and it's going to be super fun so I hope you
guys enjoy and let's get into it Oh PS if you that's awkward
Oh PS if you like these PJ's which I love I will link them down below they're
my new favorite PJ's and I'm going to need to change out over
them soon for the challenge
okay the weather in Orlando is absolutely
atrocious today I am scared to leave the house but the show must go on
so my first pole I am making it right now since I'm headed to Thunder since
I'm headed to disease Springs it is totally acceptable to wear mini Eris
right so my first pole is going to be which
mini ears should I wear so these are my oh gee favourite my hot pink ones but
these are my new favourite the light pink lines they're so cute I love them
um so obviously I hope you guys vote for this one but if not I guess it's okay
but I'm really I feel like this pink I mean yeah this thing goes well with this
but I feel like this pink goes really well with this sure I'm wearing so
fingers crossed you guys pick this one let's see which
yes
I I'm gonna make it look real cute on this
insta story see you let's see okay there we go
what is it gonna be no I'm gonna post it okay it's live it's live it's live and
now I'm going to set a timer okay officially pouring so I stuck my
raincoat on because I'm scared I'm gonna try to wait for it to simmer down a
little bit before I head out let's check the poll let's see how long I posted it
was still a lot of stories today so you're not following me follow me on
instagram at unless some shaper okay so I posted it twelve minutes ago and you
guys love me you know me so well 82% 82% voted for the light pink Aries
so yay I am so pumped to wear these because I haven't even worn these out in
public yet I just bought them at to see Springs last week I think yeah maybe a
week from today but I haven't worn them out
besides everyone named in my room a few times but I haven't won nothing for work
I'm so excited okay prayers this rain simmers down and
let's head to Disney springs
hey I need it to see Springs I'm just chillin in the parking garage you know
and not sunny so that's just the epitome of Florida for you but I'm ready for my
next hole I could really use an afternoon coffee after all of that mess
so I am going to ask you guys if I should go to Starbucks or Joffrey's
coffee I really hope you guys make joffrey's because I can go to Starbucks
anywhere but Geoffrey's is only on Disney property and in like Tampa area
so
and you can get really cute mini in the latte art
I'm so annoyed Starbucks is winning by a lot and I
really wanted Joffrey's because they have the cute latte art okay I have said
I have to get Starbucks so you guys voted for okay right now Starbucks is at
69% and Joffrey's about 31% so doesn't even look like it's a close call so
Starbucks literally just cheap this is so hard I did not want Starbucks sitting
in line all pouty I thought I'll just get surface water and then maybe I'll
get Joffrey's later so sorry
can't be too bad yeah Kayla's here so I don't have to be all by myself doing
this crazy challenge we're here does he Springs with it I lovely balloons Oh
beautiful and we're ready for number okay
challenge number three I finished my little Starbucks thing but so now I'm
gonna order Joffrey's because I really wanted but I just don't cost Starbucks
oh don't be mad at me I got water so the challenge is should I just wear one pair
of many ears like a normal person or should I wear all three at the same time
three
you kind of look like a skater girl who loves Disney so much so much
or should I do the Macarena our chicken dance in front of the world up to me
all right sure six minutes it is almost tied the machina has a 54%
and the chicken dance has 46 last poll poll number five am I going to have to
draw a mustache on my face for a unibrow fingers crossed for a mustache
okay minutes truth
here we go
we might look pretty you know me I'm pretty beautiful brown like this you
just get us a little bit but to win yourself a girl if you've only got a
moustache a moustache a moustache if you've only got a moustache
boom baby common with all okay we're taking this off don't you fear I
remember to get the makeup remover from Sephora so I can sneak off real quick
being here that was fun but I'm shaving it off okay that's a wrap on the my
Instagram followers control my life for a day video it was so much fun I hope
you guys have so much fun voting and watching it as as much fun as
I did doing it I really embarrass myself but it's always a good time to let loose
and be silly so thank you guys for watching and I'll see you soon I thanks
for being in my video and helping me Caleb
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Astrology Forecast And Planetary Influences For June 2018 - Duration: 4:19.
Astrology Forecast And Planetary Influences For June 2018
May brought many shifts including Uranus entering Taurus for the first time in 84 years, but
moving into June, things are going to settle and we are going to be able to slow down and
catch our breath.
For the first week of June, we are still going to be feeling the Sagittarius Full Moon.
This Full Moon is going to be guiding us to think bigger and to start focusing on what
we need to upgrade in our lives.
Communication is also going to be a theme, especially during the first half of the month,
and we may feel guided to really express our true feelings and ideas, or start a creative
project of some kind.
This energy will be further amplified by the Gemini New Moon on the 13th.
This New Moon is going to be the perfect time to take action and to get things done.
This is especially true as by the end of the month the energy in the cosmos is going to
slow down.
The Solstice then follows on June 21st, signaling the official start of Summer in the Northern
Hemisphere and the official start of Winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
This shift in seasons is going to help guide us as to where our energy needs to be.
For those starting summer it is a time to really relax, unwind and enjoy the extended
daylight hours, and for those starting winter, it is a time to rest, relax and to conserve
energy.
Following the Solstice, the most significant event of the month occurs on June 26th with
Mars going retrograde until the end of August.
As the planet of action and energy, when Mars goes retrograde we really feel guided to slow
down and to think before acting.
We may also feel a bit more sluggish than usual, but this is just a reminder that we
need to rest and reflect before moving forward.
During this retrograde period, we may have to go back over things and assess how our
actions have been serving us or not.
We may also feel guided to change how we have been acting or our approach to things.
By the end of June, we will have a total of 5 planets in retrograde, including Jupiter,
Saturn, Pluto, Neptune, and Mars, making the energy in the cosmos very slow and deliberate.
constello-bracelet This slow retrograde energy is going to continue
until August, and at one point we will have a total of six planets in retrograde.
So much retrograde energy can feel intense, and we may be encouraged to focus or look
on one particular area of our lives with great detail.
The month comes to an end with the Capricorn Full Moon on the 27th.
This is a quite a powerful Full Moon and is going to be preparing us for the Eclipses
that come in July.
Think of June like a bridge month between all of the shifts that May brought and all
of the changes that Eclipse season in July is going to bring.
While July�s Eclipses are gentler than most and bring some amazing gifts and rewards,
there is still going to be the need for more change and shifts.
As we reach the midway point in this number 11 year, we have to remember that this is
really an opportunity for all of us to keep awakening, keep growing and keep transcending
into higher realms of consciousness.
In order to do this, we need to be pressed a little, we need to be challenged a little,
we need to be encouraged to find our power and unlock our gifts.
June is a beautiful month of stability, creativity, and self-expression, and if you make peace
with yourself, take some time out for self-love and self-care, you are going to feel in sync
and in harmony with the retrogrades and Eclipses on the way.
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Sarah Sanders Breaks Down In Tears In Briefing – Say A Prayer For Her - Duration: 5:27.
Sarah Sanders Breaks Down In Tears In Briefing – Say A Prayer For Her.
Sarah Sanders was responding to the press pool on Wednesday just as she normally does.
But when 13 year-old Benje Choucroun asked Sanders about school shootings, she shifted
her attention and the mother part of Sarah was in view.
She has three young children of her own.
When White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders took a question from a very young
aspiring reporter at a White House press briefing, she got visibly choked up.
This little boy's question got to her more than any mainstream media mogul could and
she choked up over what he said.
"At my school, we recently had a lockdown drill.
One thing that affects my and other students' mental health is the worry about we or our
friends could get shot at school.
Specifically, could you tell me what the administration has done or will do to prevent these senseless
tragedies?" the Time for Kids reporter asked.
"As a kid, and certainly as a parent, there is nothing that could be more terrifying for
a kid to go to school and not feel safe, so I'm sorry that you feel that way," responded
Sanders, whose voice seemed to crack a bit as she replied.
"This administration takes it seriously and the school safety commission that the
President convened is meeting again this week," Sanders continued, "an official meeting
to discuss the best ways forward and how we can do every single thing within our power
to protect kids in our schools and to make them feel safe and their parents feel good
about dropping them off."
President Trump will travel to Texas today to meet with the families of the victims of
the shooting at Santa Fe High School earlier this month where 10 people were killed.
The boy attends Marin Country School in Corte Madera, California (the San Francisco Bay
area) and he was representing Time for Kids at the White House Sports and Fitness Day,
according to NBC's KNTV.
Benje Choucroun also spoke out against g*n violence during the March For Our Lives rally
in San Francisco in March.
At that time he marched with his mother along with hundreds of others, calling for stricter
g*n control laws.
In an interview with NBC Bay Area, Choucroun – who has his own YouTube channel – said
that he was marching in support of gun control.
So, the left has already gotten to the boy, but perhaps as he sees facts, he will come
around.
"I'm here because I'm really concerned about the lax gun laws that the NRA are pushing
Republicans to make," he said at the end of the rally.
"I want to protect the students in our schools so that they don't get killed like those
in Parkland and other school shootings."
Honey, you are doing it wrong.
The video of their exchange has been shared multiple times on social media and many are
calling Choucroun a hero for asking the question.
"Benje for president!" one Twitter user said.
Their desperation is just getting silly.
The Washington Examiner reported that the Trump administration created the Federal Commission
on School Safety in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 high school shooting in Parkland, Florida,
which left 17 people dead.
"The group was tasked with focusing on age restrictions for firearm purchases, the consumption
of violent entertainment, and devising ways to use federal resources to prevent school
shootings, among other topics," the Examiner reported.
President Trump also signed the STOP School Violence Act into law in March.
It is aimed at strengthening school security through grant money for training and the acquisition
of other resources such as metal detectors and fencing.
Parkland school shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv supports the legislation.
After the emotional exchange, the press briefing went back to business as usual as Sanders
fielded a question about Disney CEO Bob Iger ,and any conversations that occurred about
ABC canceling "Roseanne."
And Sanders' response was epic:
"The President is pointing to the hypocrisy in the media, saying that the most horrible
things about this President ,and nobody addresses it.
Where was [Walt Disney Company CEO] Bob Iger's apology to the White House staff for Jemele
Hill calling the President and anyone associated with him a white supremacist?
To Christians around the world for Joy Behar calling Christianity a mental illness?
Where was the apology for Kathy Griffin going on a profane rant against the President on
,The View after a photo showed her holding President Trump's decapitated head?
And where was the apology from Bob Iger for ESPN hiring Keith Olbermann after his numerous
expletive-laced tweets attacking ,the President as a Nazi and even expanding his role after
that attack against the President's family?"
But for this press conference at least, a 13 year-old reporter stole the show and brought
out motherly emotion in Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
It brought her to tears and who can blame her?
When you think of all the children who have needlessly died, it gets to you, especially
if you are a parent.
Where we differ is the solution, which is not taking away the guns.
It's arming people more ,and fixing the family unit that will solve this problem.
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Detroit Become Human is Amazing, for the Wrong Reasons - Duration: 8:18.
Hey, I'm Hamish and this is Writing on Games.
Detroit started off life as a literal tech demo; a seven-minute short film written by
David Cage in which we see an early version of one of our protagonists, Kara, waking up
as she's being assembled, taking orders from a faceless voice that she nevertheless
quickly establishes a rapport with.
As she reads off a humorous declaration of her servitude and her limbs are attached,
she becomes subtly but visibly excited at the prospect of being alive, only for the
discussion with her friend to turn to shock as she's immediately disassembled for showing
emotion.
And it's only when she reveals that she's scared of dying after the wave of euphoria
she's just felt, that the voice grants her mercy.
It's a perfectly contained, dare I say well-written story.
It uses its visuals in a compelling way, gradually revealing more of Kara's perspective as
she develops and contrasting her natural whimsy with the sterile brutality she awakes to.
It's funny, it's sad, it's hopeful, it's an interesting way to present the human/android
question; something that over time has become such a trite sci-fi trope.
And most importantly, it doesn't waste time on elaborating what the situation is.
She's awake, she shows emotion, boom – she's gone.
It gets in and out in seven minutes.
It's neat.
According to Cage, it was the surprisingly positive response to this self-contained story
that inspired him to expand it into the world of Become Human.
And in doing so, he seemingly ignores almost everything that made that short what it was.
The subtle visuals and dialogue suddenly become the most heavy-handed imagery you could possibly
imagine.
The conciseness of its scenario turns into meandering through nothing-y situations, stretching
out every action into its most basic mechanical minutiae, showing a fundamental misunderstanding
of how games can tell their stories; all in service of delivering a message on the humanity
of androids about as potent as an old rock band decrying Bush as a bad president.
In other words, it's a David Cage game through and through.
He's always been like this; talking about the potential of games as some nebulous "emotional
storytelling medium" while in practice remaining about five years behind everyone else in the
narrative department.
And yet people keep praising his work, they keep throwing money his way, big name actors
sign up, he uses the most bleeding edge tech to produce these gorgeous looking worlds,
teams of hundreds of people bringing their A-game for this… nonsense.
A game that's about as subtle with its Christ imagery as a goddamn brick to the face, a
game that reveals horrendous abuse through crayon drawings of an android in bits and
a wee girl in tears, a game that draws some unbelievably literal lines between its central
struggle and not only the civil rights movement but the goddamn holocaust and genuinely tops
it all off with questions such as…
OK maybe this part could actually be considered a legitimate spoiler so I'm giving you an
opportunity to skip to the time thing shown but oh my god it's too funny not to mention…
…"what if all our divides could be healed through the power of song?"
It is wild, David Cage is a lunatic.
And honestly, it's kind of amazing to witness the train crash.
After a tepid opening few hours in which it feels like very little actually happens (again,
typical of most Cage games), the shlock really starts to pick up and it led to moments of
my mouth being agape, head in my hands, rolling around with laughter at the earnestness with
which all of this is presented.
I may not have been expressing the precious emotions Cage so desperately wants to extract
from players, I may have been laughing directly at the game, but in a year in which unbelievably
polished games have failed to get much of a reaction either way out of me, at least
I was laughing.
To be clear, I had a good time playing this game.
And to Cage's credit, there are some genuinely good moments sprinkled in there that show
marked improvement over his previous work, for sure.
Connor and Hank's relationship is certainly the most nuanced I've seen in a Cage game,
where instead of going for the obviously positive options in order to improve the bond between
your straight-laced detective and his depressed, alcoholic partner like you might in other
games - "you'll be OK, despite what you've been through you're valued, etc."
Hank'll squint at you for acting the angel and prying into his business.
It means you have to navigate the more difficult in-between – avoiding being a complete dingo
but showing enough cynicism in order to demonstrate that you can read between the lines; in short,
you have to convince Hank of your humanity.
It made me yearn for a game that focused entirely on this emotionally complex, often legitimately
funny buddy cop dynamic, using the wider civil unrest as a grim backdrop for smaller cases.
Moments where characters' stories would intersect had a surprisingly strong effect
on me.
I suddenly had to stop thinking about how I played each character separately and instead
try to weigh up those individual motivations against how I wanted the larger story to proceed.
This character wants to capture that character, for example, and I could easily make that
happen as I'm controlling both, but perhaps deliberately maintaining that cat-and-mouse
tension would make for a more interesting story.
Cage has always talked about putting players in the action and this is the closest he's
ever come to that, it's just that instead of fulfilling the role of actor focusing on
individuals, in these situations you're more a director, controlling actual pacing
as you consider the bigger picture.
It just so happens that, ultimately, this is a Cage game and so of course these moments
are going to be few and far between in favour of some truly awful writing.
And I'm not just talking about the heavy-handedness of the dialogue or the imagery and symbolism
at play.
I'm talking instead about Cage's continued insistence that games have to ape the storytelling
language of film in order to be a viable "emotional" medium, while also failing to utilise the
narrative strengths of either artform.
Let me give you an example.
Imagine you're reading a movie script; it's meant to be an exciting heist scene and it
reads "character is told to cut hole in window.
Character picks up bag.
Character walks with bag over to window.
Character puts bag down at window.
Character opens bag, etc."
You'd be laughed out of any writer's room for not just having a character say "get
the goddamn window" and then showing the window getting got.
It was the same in Heavy Rain, in which you'd wake your character up, you'd stand your
character up, you'd take a shower, you'd take a piss, and on and on with this utterly
meaningless busywork that did absolutely nothing to further the story.
Here, at least there's some narrative justification to having what is ostensibly a slave go around
cleaning every part of a house, but given how the game has you repeating every action
long after you've gotten the point about what it represents; how it fetishizes giving
you absolute analogue control over the smoothness of your interactions even though all it could
ever do in a narrative sense is make opening a door or helping someone up look goofy as
hell, Cage can't seem to decide whether he actually wants to tell you a story or if
he wants to impress you with his tech.
And it all brings us back to where it started; Kara was a demo envisioned by a man focusing
on one medium that he understands, resulting in a surprisingly focused and well put-together
end product.
Detroit: Become Human was meant to be Cage's storytelling opus, and, perhaps ironically,
ends up feeling like more of a tech demo - albeit an entertainingly shlocky one - than the actual
demo that inspired it.
So I hope you enjoyed my piece on Detroit.
I know some people really like this game and if you do, that's cool!
I just perhaps like it for different reasons.
As always, these videos are made possible by your unbelievably generous support over
on Patreon, so if you want to help the show, maybe consider donating – every pledge helps
more than you can possibly know.
Special thanks go to Mark B. Writing, Nico Bleackley, Rob, Michael Wolf, Artjom Vitsjuk,
Spike Jones, TheNamelessGuy, Chris Wright, Dr. Motorcycle, Harry Fuertes, Ham Migas,
Travis Bennett, Zach Casserly, Samuel Pickens, Tom Nash, Shardfire, Filip Lange, Ana Pimentel,
Jessie Rine, Brandon Robinson, Justins Holderness, Biggy Smith, Peter, Christian Konemann, Cameltraffic,
Nicolas Ross and Charlie Yang.
And with that, I've been Hamish and this has been Writing on Games.
Thank you very much for watching and I'll see you next time.
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Gaming for Everyone: 1st Annual Gaming & Disability Community Reception at GDC (Descriptive Audio) - Duration: 1:56.
>>With the way the landscape is now there are issues
to be rectified, yes.
But with varying levels of workarounds, pretty much everyone can game.
>>I think the thing the thing that really separates
the games industry from the others is that people are in it
for the right reasons, you know?
People are in it because they really passionately care about their vision
and getting it across to the audience, and accessibility is just about
removing barriers that get in the way of someone enjoying a game.
>>It's important to have an event like this just to raise
awareness on game accessibility in general
and to have a better idea what we can do to
better serve our audience.
>>There's a deep conversation you can have and like there's
a lot of things being a deaf gamer, what that means and a lot of
things that are not understood about that concept.
But it's not only about being deaf, not only about being blind, not having
muscular problems, I mean there's many different layers within the
disability community, that you need to understand to make
a game feel right for them so that's why communication is key.
>>There's so many pressures in making games, and people have
the best intentions always. But things fall by the wayside,
and I think we have to be conscious of it and just work
really hard to work together and make sure that we
stay connected and keep working to be more inclusive.
>>Having a forum like this where everyone can come together and
meet and exchange ideas, I think it's really important because
there will soon be 2 billion gamers in the world.
2 billion unique gamers, all of them different.
I want to see a game that is approachable by everyone.
That's the gold standard that we have to go after.
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The one thing Kathleen Wynne should be sorry for - Duration: 5:11.
So here's what I want to say about the last five years.
I'm really genuinely sorry that more people don't like me but I am not sorry about
all of the things that we're doing in Ontario to make life better.
Whether this resonates with you or absolutely infuriates you, Wynne has done some things
that she's allowed to brag about.
Over the past five years, the Wynne government
has made Dalton McGuinty's dream of full-day kindergarten a reality.
It has expanded public drug coverage for people under 25.
Reformed OSAP and the Ontario Pension Plan.
And raised the minimum wage which is a good thing or a bad thing
depending on who you ask.
But the Liberals have been in power in
Ontario for 15 years and in that time the party has managed to annoy pretty
much everyone.
And while it's a bold move for Wynne to double down on her record at
a time when her chances of reelection seem slim, if voters are entitled to an
apology on one issue, its hydro.
It depends on where you live and how much
energy you consume, but on average over the past decade people's electricity
bills have gone through the roof.
Why? Well it comes down to a series
of complex policy decisions
It was PC premier Mike Harris who dismantled the provincially-owned
Ontario Hydro into separate agencies as part of a plan to privatize most of
the hydro system.
When it became clear that wasn't going to save the province
money he abandoned the plan and the province accumulated more debt instead of less.
Dalton McGuinty: Thank you for granting us the privilege of serving you as your government.
In 2003, Liberal Dalton McGuinty's government inherited an aging
hydro system that couldn't keep up with demand.
So he started swiping the provincial credit card, upgrading infrastructure and
commissioning new natural gas, wind, and solar plants.
It was his government that
locked the province into costly 20-year contracts with private energy producers.
The contracts basically guarantee that the province would pay companies
a certain amount regardless of how much electricity they produced, which is
largely why today we're all paying for energy that we don't actually need.
And who could forget the canceling of two gas-fired power plants for political reasons.
Cynthia Mulligan, CityNews: "and then covering up the estimated 1.1 billion dollar cost."
McGuinty: I've made it clear that I believe my government got the decision to locate
gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga wrong.
Wynne takes a lot of heat for
partially privatizing Hydro One but so far it has had little impact on rates,
despite most Ontarians believing that they'd pay more
The Liberals meanwhile have spent billions of dollars to artificially
lower electricity costs in this short term which is racking up a lot of debt.
CityNews: There was rejoicing when the provincial government announced that Ontarians
would be finally getting a break on their hydro bills by implementing a 25
percent rate cut but in a scathing special report released today by
Ontario's Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk says that this plan will actually cost
billions and extra interest thanks to what she calls a "needlessly complex"
financing structure.
Bonnie Lysyk: The government structure will hide from Ontarians the
real financial impacts of its electricity rate reduction.
In the long-term, rates are gonna continue to climb and make life more expensive for Ontarians.
And for that the Liberals might want to consider apologizing.
And the Liberals have done this exact thing before.
"Well the polls tell us I'm not
the most popular guy in the country. I accept that, doing what's right is not
always doing was popular.
What Ontario has achieved these past eight years is
nothing short of amazing.
McGuinty was reelected after PC candidate Tim Hudak
lost his double-digit lead in a series of campaign gaffes.
In that election, many would argue Ontarians
were presented with no good options.
But in the end, voters gave the Liberals the benefit of the doubt.
So could Wynne's sorry-not-sorry gambit
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Best Nail Art Designs 2018 - Best Nail Art Trends for Women 2018 - Duration: 11:38.
Nail Art designs 2018 or nail art 2018 and Nail Polish 2018 is a very simple concept
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If you want your nails to look their best, copy your favourite star's nails, or just
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Comprehensive Supports for College-Bound Students – Research on College Readiness Supports - Duration: 20:41.
So, I'll briefly introduce our first speaker.
So, Dr. Elizabeth - "Lyzz", commonly known - Davis
is a Senior Researcher at American Institutes for Research.
Dr. Davis's areas of expertise include college access
and readiness and experimental design.
She has led several applied research studies for REL Midwest,
including recent research on the impact of school-wide
college access programs and the association
of dual enrollment in high school and early college success,
college enrollment around rural Indiana high school graduates,
and predicting early college success using data
from the Indiana State Longitudinal Data System.
And without further ado, I'm going to turn this presentation over
to Dr. Davis to review the research.
LYZZ: Thank you, Billie. I'm trying to get over to my
chat box and it doesn't want to let me. Uh oh.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
And I don't want to close out - yes, I will start my video.
EMILY: Hey, Lyzz, this is Emily.
It looks like you are all set from our end.
We are seeing your video and slides.
LYZZ: Okay. Okay. I think I'll be alright now.
It's very small. Okay.
So, hello, everyone.
Like, thank you, Billie, for the introduction.
Like she said, my name is Lyzz Davis.
I am a Senior Researcher with REL Midwest,
and I am really excited to be here today presenting to all of you
on some work that we have recently been doing in Indiana.
So, most high school students are around 96-97%, when asked,
report that, yes, they do plan to go to college.
This question has been asked of high school students
over and over for a few decades now,
and the answer is always pretty much the same.
But their aspirations for higher education, though,
don't always match reality.
Only about two thirds of high school graduates continue on to college,
but this percentage has been slowly rising in recent years.
For those that do enroll, only about 60% graduate
with a four year degree on time.
And less than 30% graduate with a two year degree on time.
The figures are even lower, actually, for students
who are in need of remedial or developmental education.
So, to address these pretty concerning issues,
Indiana has made several policy changes
over the last decade or so, maybe 15 years or so,
including they've increased the rigor
of their high school curriculum with the Core 40 curriculum.
They mandated that all high schools in the state
offer at least two dual credit courses and two AP courses.
They revised their method for remedial education placement
in colleges, and they've really improved their transparency
through the college readiness dashboard,
which provides college readiness and success data
for Indiana high school graduates.
A few years ago, we conducted - REL Midwest conducted a study
in partnership with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education
to look at what high school students and school level predictors
were associated with success in the early years of college.
And we did so using the 2010 cohort of Indiana high school graduates
who enrolled in a public Indiana two- or four-year colleges.
So, now, practitioners and policymakers in the state
were interested in revisiting this study
with a more recent cohort of students,
and were also interested in exploring the role
of receiving financial aid, and what role that plays
in college readiness and success.
So, we focused particularly on two types of financial aid:
Pell Grants and 21st Century Scholarships.
Pell Grants, as everyone probably knows,
is a federally-funded financial assistance program
available for students from low-income households.
The requirements are that you must fill out a FAFSA
and be eligible for financial aid.
For example, you have to be a US citizen.
The grants provide, on average, about $3,700 per year.
The maximum for this academic year is about $5,900.
And then, to stay eligible, students need to make
satisfactory academic progress each year.
And that definition varies by the institution
in which they're enrolled.
21st Century Scholarship is an Indiana state program
that is open to income-eligible students.
I'm not going to go very deep into this,
because Gina is going to talk about this a little bit later,
but students apply in middle school, and they participate
in the program throughout high school and into college.
The scholars must meet academic goals throughout high school
and receive college readiness supports.
And as part of their program, they receive full tuition
at public Indiana colleges, and in some circumstances,
their college of enrollment waives other fees, as well.
So, I just wanted to show you, in Indiana, this diagram shows that,
for the 2014 cohort of Indiana high school graduates
who enrolled in a two- or four-year public Indiana college
in the fall immediately after high school graduation,
which, that was our sample, there's a lot of overlap
between these two types of financial aid.
So, what this diagram shows you is that most 21st Century Scholars,
about 85% of them also receive the Pell Grant.
But that's not true for the other way around.
So, there is a lot of overlap there,
and we accounted for that in our method.
So, we had two research questions for this study.
First, we wanted to know, among our sample,
what percentage of students achieved early college success?
And I will define this in a minute.
This is [everything] to do with early college, high school,
it's a term that we use to describe these set of outcomes.
And then, we wanted to know how these percentages varied
by student- and school-level characteristics,
and we wanted to know if the percentages varied
by whether students received different types of financial aid.
So, research question 2, we wanted to know the association
between these different types of financial aid and college success
while accounting for other student- and school-level characteristics
that may also be related to college success.
So, how did we define early college success?
There were three measures and their composites.
They were dichotomous measures; either you got them or you didn't.
The first was taking only non-remedial coursework
during the first semester, and we - we measured this for everyone,
but we reported it only among the two year college students,
and I'll explain why in a little bit.
Our second measure was earning
all attempted credits in the first semester,
and the third was persisting to a second year
or showing up and being enrolled in the fall of 2015.
And then, a composite of all three of them.
So, again, we had a sample of almost 30,000 students.
I wanted to again point out our criteria, which was very strict.
They had to be students who graduated
from an Indiana high school in 2014 and had enrolled
in a public two- or four-year college in the fall of 2014.
So, we recognize that there are students who may -
that could be part of this sample,
but didn't fall directly into those two categories.
So, those may not be reflective of the entire population
of these students. Just keeping that in mind.
One more down.
There we go.
So, for our methods, research question one,
we used descriptive statistics, just calculating percentages.
And we used data from the Indiana Management Performance Hub.
And for research question two, we used a stepwise regression model
to account for the overlap between Pell
and 21st Century Scholarship Recipients.
That is, we added these variables in one at a time to better
understand their unique contribution to the regression model.
So, what did we find?
So, first of all, in keeping with what we found
in the last report, students who entered four-year colleges
saw a higher rate of success than students in two-year colleges.
The two-year - this is really small on my screen -
but two-year colleges - students enrolled in two-year colleges
are represented by the blue bars.
Others enrolled in four year colleges represented by the green bars.
And again, we did not report on those taking remedial education
for the four-year colleges, because there was such a small number
of students taking remedial ed by then in those four-year colleges
because of the reform that they did with remedial education.
So, most of it was in the two year colleges.
Success definitely varied by students' demographic characteristics.
And I'm going to just highlight a couple of them here.
First off, in 2014, there were a few different types
of diplomas that a student could earn.
Some students - very few, at this point - were earning
general diploma, which was the least rigorous of the three.
Most students earned a Core 40 diploma,
which was reflective of the Core 40 curriculum that was passed.
And then, some earned honors diplomas,
either IB or academic or technical honors.
And I think that the interesting thing -
the interesting finding here is the difference between
the Core 40 and the Core 40 with honors. It's pretty stark.
But both among the two- and the four-year students,
if you look Core 40 - earned a Core 40 diploma is in blue,
and the honors diploma is in green.
And it looks like the rate of early college success
for those with honors diplomas
is much, much higher than the other two.
The same story with taking an AP exam.
It seems that students didn't necessarily need to pass
their AP courses to achieve early college success at a higher rate.
But simply taking the course was enough to make a difference
over those who didn't take any.
We have seen this -
we've done several college readiness studies for REL Midwest,
and we see that almost every time in different circumstances.
This next slide, this is for the difference
between rural and nonrural schools,
and this is really just to show that there's no -
there's really no difference in success
between rural and nonrural high schools.
It just shows that rural high schools are doing, really,
just as well as others in the state.
And then, finally, we come to receiving financial aid.
So, this is our regression model.
To read this graph, and I'm happy to answer
questions about it later, but - so, the line is at zero,
meaning no change in the probability of achieving success.
If the bar is below the line, and the gold bars are any financial aid,
the blue bars are student received a Pell Grant,
and the green bars are student received a 21st Century Scholarship.
So, those are the - that's the color scheme.
But the bars below the line just means that
receiving that kind of financial aid decreased
the student's probability of achieving success.
And if the bar is above the line,
this means receiving that kind of financial aid
increases the probability of achieving success.
So, as you can see from this graph, most of the blue bars,
which are receiving - students which received a Pell Grant -
are below the line, and most of the green bars are above.
So, what this means is that, those who received a Pell Grant,
but not a 21st Century Scholarship,
were less likely to achieve success.
And those who received a 21st Century Scholarship,
regardless of whether they also had a Pell Grant,
were more likely to achieve success.
So, that's our big takeaway.
So, what does this all mean?
Like we saw, and we've seen time and time before,
students from disadvantaged backgrounds
and those entering two year colleges really have lower rates
of early college success than their peers.
Something very interesting that we found,
for remedial coursework, as I said before,
Indiana revised the way they identified students
in need of remedial education.
So, from the original study that we conducted
with the 2010 cohort to now - with the 2014 cohort -
we saw a very large drop in the percentage of students
taking remedial coursework - almost half.
And we only report it for the two year schools,
like I said, since by this time,
most of the remedial education classes
were provided only at the two-year colleges.
But we didn't see a commensurate increase
in students earning all their credits,
or persisting to a second year.
So, what this indicates - what this indicated to us
was that this change is reflective more of the policy change
for identifying remedial education -
or those in need of remedial education,
rather than an overall increase in college readiness.
So, Pell Grant recipients, like we said before,
were less likely to achieve early college success
than their non-Pell Grant-receiving counterparts.
So - but household income is associated with educational success
at all levels of education, from Pre-K through graduate school.
And since receiving a Pell Grant is really a proxy
for coming from a low-income household,
our findings are not entirely surprising.
Lower-income students may really benefit from programs
like the 21st Century Scholarship or that have academic requirements,
as well as a program that provides college readiness supports
in addition to tuition assistance.
And as our results suggest, receiving a 21st Century Scholarship
was positively associated with early college success
where receiving only a Pell Grant
was actually negatively associated.
And we see this relationship with Pell Recipients
throughout the country.
And [SEs] like the Education Trusts have recently come out
with recommendations for ways in which colleges
can better support their Pell Grant recipients,
such as promoting an inclusive culture,
requiring academic advising, and taking the time
to better understand and mitigate
the barriers to success that these students are facing.
And just to wrap up, I always - got to talk about
the limitations of your study.
And they have mostly to do with our generalizability.
It's definitely good things to keep in mind.
Our sample, again, only included those who enrolled
in a public Indiana college, so any generalizability
beyond the space - I would caution generalizability.
The measure that we used for persisting to a second year of college
did not include those who transferred out of Indiana
to go to an out-of-state college past their first year.
So, those percentages may be a little bit lower,
but not too much lower,
because we weren't able to merge with any
national student clearinghouse data to capture
those students who went out of state.
And then this, again, only included students
who enrolled in college in the fall of 2014.
So, we didn't capture any student who might have joined
halfway through the semester, or took a year off,
or took a semester off.
And again, there's a lot of factors that can be determinative
of early college success, and we were limited to the data
that are available through the management performance hub.
So, we didn't measure all of those factors.
And finally, there's an inherent limitation to correlational studies.
And they can't detect causal relationships,
but they do allow us to figure out what might warrant further study.
So, that is my time.
And I thank you for your attention,
and I will hand it back over to Billie.
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11 Tips for How to Keep a Dog Cool in Summer + Prevent Heatstroke | Hot Weather Dog Care pt 5 - Duration: 8:04.
if you're wondering how to keep your dog cool in summer when it's hot outside how
to help keep your dog comfortable and prevent heatstroke then I've got eleven
tips for you coming up Hi, I'm Dr alex from ourpetshealth.com helping
you and your dog to live a healthier happier life so make sure that you're
subscribed and let me know in the comments down below which tip your dog
enjoys the most make sure you watch right to the end as after I've run
through my eleven tips to keep your dog cool in summer I'll let you know an
essential summer dog care tip you might never have thought of so my first tip is
to make sure that your dog has access to plenty of water so at home and in the
garden this can just mean that you've got plenty of water bowls dotted around
the place making sure that they're regularly refreshed sometimes even
adding ice to them can help keep that water cool and that can encourage your
dog to to drink more water now if you're outside if you're on a walk somewhere
then actually making sure that you carry a water bottle not just for yourself but
for your dog is very important and we can help our dog drink this water in a
couple of different ways so the first is that we can carry a folding bowl that
you can just then pop out and pour the water in there to allow your dog to have
a drink or you can also get water bottles specifically for your dogs that have got a
fold-out drinking bowl attached to that so that you'll never forget that and
leave that behind I'll put some links in the description down below for those
products ok so tip number two is to use a fan now obviously when it's hot we
have a fan it helps blow the air over us it helps us lose heat better and your
dog is exactly the same so this can just be if you're at home normal just a
normal household fan directed over your dog's bed or the area that they like to
sit you can also get crate fans so they attach onto the side of the crate onto
the bars and that will blow the air through the crate and over your dogs so
that really can be useful actually if you're traveling in the car or even just
at home if that's the place that they like to sit or if you're away and that's
where you leave your dog in their crate so using a fan to help keep your dog
cool can really help okay so tip number three to keep your
dog cool in hot weather is actually use cooling ice packs or
cooling towels cooling mats so we can do this in a number of different ways you
can get cooling towels and mats that you just add a little bit of water to kind
of shake them out that starts if that great thing that water starts
evaporating and it cools those down and can actually be quite a big difference
between temperature of the towel and their outside temperature you can also
get other cooling aids and one of these is an ice pack or a cool pack that goes
around their neck so you pop that in the fridge and then when you need to cool
your dog down you just take it out and put it around their neck and it provides
some nice cooling but you can also get jackets that you put on very much like
cooling towels but they won't slip off so if your dogs out and about then you
just wet those jackets the water then evaporates that caused them down and
that can make a really big difference okay so tip number four to keep your dog
cool is to use cooling treats so we like ice creams or ice blocks and our dogs
are no different so what we can do is we can actually make up treats pop them in
in advance we can pop them in the freezer and then when it's hot we can
take those out and actually my next video is going through two really great
treats frozen treats that we can give to our dogs so make sure you check those
out okay tip number five to keep your dog cool and prevent injury is to
actually use some booties for their feet so this is especially important if you
live in the town in the city and you're walking on concrete or pavement a lot so
it's amazing how quickly that can heat up and I've actually done a video on
that which I'll link in the card up here but using booties on their feet and make
a really big difference it provides a layer of insulation so it will stop them
conducting heat from the ground into their body and it will also stop their
paws getting burnt so that can really help to certainly not only keep your dog
cool but prevent them from getting some quite serious injuries sometimes step
number six is to use a sprinkler or a paddling pool of some description in the
garden so that will allow your dog to get wet too and that will help cool them
off so that water will then evaporate and we can think of that almost as like
sweating for dogs so dogs they can't sweat they can't lose heat in the same
way that we can they can only but if they get wet then that water that
then evaporates actually takes a lot of heat with it and can keep your dog cool
so as long as there's no water restrictions having the sprinkler
running on low or having a paddling pool that you allow and encourage your dog to
use can make a really big difference in keeping them caught and help you to
prevent heatstroke tip number seven is to have shaded areas so if your dog is
outside if you keep them outside and they're not in the house then just make
sure that they've got somewhere shady and cooler for them to retreat to
there's nothing worse than seeing dogs in gardens where there's absolutely no
shade or you see them really tucked up against the this thin slither of shade
and the side of the fence and that's really the only place they can get out
of the beating Sun so just providing a nice shady spot can help keep your dog
cool so tip number eight might not be quite so obvious and that's weight loss
so a lot of our dogs unfortunately are overweight and I've got a whole video
series on obesity and the importance of losing weight and how to actually go
about losing weight that I'll link in the card up here and in the description
down below but losing weight can make a huge difference and then tip number nine
is to groom your dog so especially if they've got a long coat if they've got a
thick coat then actually clipping them out in the summer can make a big
difference in their temperature so just imagine a big heavy thick long coat is a
bit like wearing the big insulating jacket to remove that jacket so you just
need to clip all their hair so getting your dog regularly groomed and make a
big difference to keeping them cool in the summer
tip number ten is to only exercise or walk them in the cool of the day so the
best time is generally first thing in the morning before the sun's out and
it's full strength and before the temperatures started to really warm up
so targeting the cool of the day so morning is best late evening is another
option limiting their exercise actually in the middle of the day is also
important so even if you think that your dog wants to run if they want to chase a
ball just really not doing that for them not taking them out not playing with
them to exuberantly will help to prevent heatstroke because
overexertion actually is a really big cause of heat stroke if that exertion
takes place in the heat of the day and then my final tip tip number 11 is quite
simple never leave your dog in a parked car
so there's very little that's better at killing a
dog through heatstroke than leaving them in a parked car in warm weather it
doesn't even really need to be that hot outside and if you've got any doubts
about that if you're not sure about how quickly a car can get warm then I've got
a whole video about that that I'll link up here and I'd really encourage you to
watch that one and share that with your friends and family it's very important
because every year dogs do die in hot cars and it's so
avoidable and completely unnecessary so as promised I've got a bonus suncare tip
for you and that is to actually consider using sunscreen for your dog it's
something that we often don't think about but our dogs noses especially or
the tips of there is really susceptible to sunburn and sun damage and that
definitely can lead to some cancers which can be very aggressive and very
difficult to treat especially if they're not addressed straight away I would
recommend a specific pet sun cream so other sun creams can have harmful or
irritating ingredients so using a pet specific sun cream can just help prevent
skin irritation while at the same time preventing burns you can check out the
links to any of the items I've mentioned in this video in the description down
below let me know which tip helps your dog the best in the comments and make
sure that you check out my other hot weather dog cat videos linked in the
card over on the side here so until next time i'm dr. alex from our pets health
because they're family
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Gaming for Everyone: LGBTQIA in Gaming GDC Feature - Duration: 5:26.
>>This was at the time when it was all like, mobile social games,
so it was a little bit easier to get a job in the video game industry
because there was a lot more smaller studios.
There was me and one other lady, and someone came into the office
and they looked at us and they said "Oh, you have women working for the company."
"That's, that's cool."
And my boss said
"Yeah, we're very progressive here."
And it's like, we were 2 out of 8. Like, I guess.
I guess, man.
Steve Gaynor is one of the studio leads at Fullbright
and he was the writer of Gone Home, and at the time he was looking for reference.
And so I was talking to Steve a little bit because
my wife does a lot of fan art.
You know, she's a comic artist and they were sort of Twitter friends.
When he started looking for people to research for Gone Home
he was like, "We should meet up, I should talk to you guys."
"I should interview for this game I'm working on."
And I remember being very nervous. I was like
"The Steve Gaynor?" Like, I know this guy from the internet!
So I was very sort of shy.
He was asking me during the interview first of all about my wife and
my background because he was looking for reference for
women who had grown up in the 90's, and who identified as lesbians,
and who were willing to talk about that stuff.
We were just kind of hanging out talking about that stuff and he asked what I did,
and I said I was an environment modeler.
And he was like "Oh, really!"
He was like "You should submit an art test to us."
I had just spent you know 3 years making mobile games
and I didn't know if my skills would translate.
He was asking me to make really high fidelity stuff that I wasn't used to.
I had never made like a normal map,
or done like a lot of sculpting.
So I was sort of faking it, I was like "Yeah, yeah, I got it. It's fine."
"This is good."
And then when I was at home, I just like sweating, just like
Being so anxious. I was like, I don't know if I can do this.
And it was sort of a learning on the job thing.
But it went ok, I mean, I'm still here. He hasn't given me the boot yet.
>>We had never made a game in Unity before,
Kate, our 3D artist, she'll excuse me for singling her out,
She'd only worked on Facebook games before and we asked her to build
practically every piece of 3D art that made up our entire
hi-res, first-person game.
And you know, she nailed it. She killed it.
But we didn't decide to work with her because she was
already the best person for the job.
She became that person.
It's often the people who are unproven
that end up doing the work that changes us.
>>I wasn't the best person for the job.
If he wanted someone to start an indie studio,
he could've picked someone that was local. They could've picked someone
that had experience, or you know, they
all the Fullbright team comes from the world of Bioshock.
So often, that's been the argument that I've seen sort of levied against people who
are kind of new to the industry, or like ladies, or like
you know, I've seen it in the Gamasutra comments like a million times.
Uh, but I'm well suited to Fullbright, I think. I really
I really like everyone there and I know what they need and etcetera, etcetera, and
yeah, I wish more employers
would take that sort of tack.
Cuz I think it works out well for everyone in the end.
I was taking the bus to Fullbright to go to the launch party,
and 'launch party' is just like drinking beers in Steve's backyard.
And the Wi-Fi was really spotty on this Bolt Bus.
And I was trying to see if the reviews had come out.
And um,
you know, halfway through this trip, the Wi-Fi starts working again.
And I see that like, you know, Polygon's giving like a 10 or whatever, and like
Kotaku's like, "Yeah, it was really good!"
And all these things, and I was just
completely like losing my mind, but there's nothing, you know you can do on a,
sitting on a bus. [laugh]
I was just sitting there really excited being like "Oh, they liked it!"
"Oh, I'm so glad they liked it."
"They REALLY liked it!"
These days, I, you know, everyone, I just,
I say "my wife" in the video game industry and no one bats an eye.
At least, I mean, I'm very fortunate to work at Fullbright
where of course that's no problem.
But you know back in the day it was a little different, and
I don't know why that's changed but I'm glad it slowly is, I suppose.
At least in my experience.
I remember at the time, this is when a lot of the conversation
around like representation really started.
I think we started making Gone Home in 2011, 2012?
And I would see people on Twitter talking about how like
"There's nothing out there!" You know?
And I was just, you know at home being like, "I think this will help!"
Like I think this is a, I think this is a game that actually
you know, I hope people will identify with.
And it was a nice feeling. It kind of keeps you going when you're like
you know, you see something, someone being like "Gosh I wish there was this."
And then me being like
"Well, there is!"
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Causes and Treatments for Tinnitus (ringing in your ears) - Duration: 8:50.
Causes and Treatments for Tinnitus (ringing in your ears)
It is important to know that these types of sounds originating in your head and cannot be heard by others are in reality an external stimulus called tinnitus, and is something which nearly 90% of the world's population has experienced at one time or another.
For some people this curious phenomenon can be a real problem if it becomes persistent, something that disturbs their daily lives.
According to experts, this chronic illness affects some 3% of the population.
Why does it happen? What is the root cause of tinnitus? And even more important, are there treatments for tinnitus?.
What are the causes of tinnitus?.
In the first place, we should have clearly in mind one important aspect: tinnitus is not a disease, but a symptom of an underlying problem that we may not be aware of yet.
Although, as we have said, tinnitus is something that nearly everyone has "noticed" on occasion, it is always interesting to know what causes the ringing to prevent it and stop it from becoming an everyday problem.
Lets see.
1, Be careful with loud music played in headphones.
This is, without a doubt, an important warning for all those that have the custom of listening to music from their electronic devices with the volume way too high.
Certainly this has happened to you at one time, perhaps while playing sports or walking while listening to music with headphones.
When you remove the headphones, you hear a kind of ringing in the ears, something brief but annoying.
What is the cause of this? Basically, it is an over-stimulation of the auditory nerve, although occasional, it can become a problem if we subject our ears to loud sounds very often.
2, Vascular abnormalities in the head and neck.
This is something curious but very real.
Tinnitus is caused by the vibration of the tissues that surrounds our ears or by a lapse in our auditory system, where the nerves are extremely important.
Some people have small vascular abnormalities in the muscles around the ear and jaw itself, and frequently even after a whiplash or a small contraction in the neck, and then they start noticing those annoying sounds in one of their ears.
Generally it is something temporary but, sometimes, due to our own facial anatomy, the arrangement of facial muscles and nerves, it is possible that some may be more prone to suffer from tinnitus with greater frequency.
3, Menieres syndrome.
Menieres syndrome is a disease that affects the inner ear.
It causes inflammation, vertigo, dizziness and hearing loss.
With this type of illness it is more frequent to suffer from tinnitus.
Since Menieres syndrome is a grave problem, specialist will work to resolve the issue in order to provide you with a better quality of life, if that is your situation.
Generally, Menieres syndrome causes a progressive loss of hearing, but today there exist a variety of treatments that are having good results.
4, Hypertension.
There are many people that experience tinnitus due to a very particular reason: at night, when everything is silent, they begin to hear a constant pulsing sound.
And it even common to hear buzzing or something like the current of a river.
This is our blood pressure.
If this happens to you frequently, go see your doctor.
This is a symptom that should never be overlooked.
5, Stress and anxiety.
Are you surprised? Well, elevated stress and anxiety that lasts for weeks, or even months, can end up as a variety of symptomatology and sometimes become something as curious as tinnitus.
It is important to know that these processes of stress normally generate a high muscular tension and it is frequently concentrated in the facial and jaw muscles zone, which cause, for example, gnashing of the teeth and a tense mouth.
Hence, all those who suffer bruxism also experience this kind of ringing in their ears which must be taken into account!.
Treatment for tinnitus.
In order to adequately treat tinnitus we must first know what it produces.
Sometimes vasodilators medications are often prescribed to promote proper blood circulation.
However, it should always be our doctor who offers us the best treatment, especially, if your problem is associated with hypertension or if, for example, you suffer from some other serious hearing problems.
In case you suffer from stress and you have noticed that at night you grind your teeth and suffer from bruxism, it is a good idea to use a dental splint, thus as you start to better manage your emotions and your sources of stress.
Currently some interesting musical therapies are being tested in order to relax and reduce the frequency and intensity of the beeping.
There are some, for example, who find great relief by listening to "white noise.".
Finally, it is important to know that, in order to treat tinnitus, your diet is always a basic case.
Why? In order to avoid inflammation, improve blood circulation and to provide a general balance.
If you also employ relaxation therapies, you will get a more holistic approach by which to achieve a better quality of life.
Take note of what you should do:.
Eliminate red meat and processed foods of foods with preservatives from your diet.
Do not eat fried foods or spicy foods.
Leave salt and white flour off your plates.
Do not drink alcohol or carbonated sodas.
Increase your consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, and also of whole grain breads, nuts….
Drink ginger infusions.
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Gaming for Everyone: Latinx in Gaming GDC Feature - Duration: 4:03.
>>My name's Edgar Serrano and I'm director and co-founder of the
studio Lienzo.
We're the studio behind Mulaka, the action adventure game based on
the Tarahumara tribe.
When I was in junior high my dad passed away and it
was really a hard time for us. It was like a blow to the face
that suddenly had like no money. Games really helped me
pull me through that particularly Dark Souls
because it's a game that beats you to the ground and imbuing
you that the only way to get through life is just getting up
and doing it better. It was a shift in my view
of the world that you know what if you struggle, that's OK
because through adversity you grow it's up to you to fight
through that and get even better. If you can then help
people around you do that. I really believe that it's my
responsibility to do something about my surrounding and
I had to do something in Chihuahua to help Chihuahua Mexico to grow
so the only option was to create our own studio.
I had a lot of friends that talk about Chihuahua as this like
two ass town or donkey town and they don't really see what
you have and it and I believe it's just a matter of looking
at things through the right lens to get inspired to do stuff.
Camping really gave me the right perspective
to be convinced that this whole
culture is worth telling.
I really saw the beauty of the state of Chihuahua. You can't
appreciate that through videos or photos or even driving by.
it's not the same when you sleep on the actual Sierra
and you see the stars and you wake up to the rising sun on the Sierra
that really gets you convinced that this is not
only a sacred place but a perfect set to telling like
an epic adventure.
Getting inspired by your surroundings is actually a
viable option.
There are a lot of studios think they have to emulate
an American studio, or Canadian studio, or a Europeans studio
in order to succeed, but we should also have the space for
things done with that level of quality but inspired in
our cultures.
not only the you blatantly show your pride flag as a
Latin American but you also present something new for the
outside world that they haven't seen before.
The only way you're going to get to cultural quality games is to
just keep making cultural games and eventually something good
will pop out and that will be the example to lead.
I think it's kind of your responsibility to try to at least
look at your surrounds to get inspired when you're going to create
something because it may be the answer, it was for us.
I would love for nothing more
and to keep looking at ourselves for inspiration,
I'm not saying that we're going to keep making cultural games
for indigenous games, but Mexican games always and
looking at Mexico as an inspiration.
I believe that there's a bunch of stories that have not been
told from the Latin America universe that need to be told
in the best way possible and the best view possible
and in the best medium possible which is video games.
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Design Process for the Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper - Duration: 1:58.
Hey everyone! I'm Kaitlyn Zumbach and I'm a Product Designer at Stampin' Up! I'm
here today to give you a behind-the-scenes look at how the Petal
Promenade Designer Series Paper came to be. Every suite and Designer Series Paper
begins with a trend, and for the Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper the
trend that was identified was floral arrangements and photographed florals
being used on things like clothing and wedding invitations. Inspiration is then
gathered to create a trend board which serves as a visual guide for the suite
and Designer Series Paper as it is being designed. Once it came time to design the
Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper, the designer began by gathering fresh
flowers. The paper features over a dozen different types of flowers, the majority of
which came from a local florist but some of the roses were actually from bushes
here at the home office. The flowers were then arranged into
sections, wreaths, and borders that could later be tiled digitally. After the
flowers were arranged, the designer worked with an in-house photographer to
photograph them. While photographing the flowers, pieces of tile were also
photographed for the backside of the paper.
Since working with fresh florals, it only took 48 hours (which is crazy fast) to
gather, arrange, and photograph all of the flowers. The next step was to take the
photographed flowers to the computer and do a little Photoshop magic. All of the
images were color corrected to match our cardstock as close as possible. Then the
arrangements were tiled, or repeated, to fill a 12 by 12 sheet. The last step was
to remove any imperfections such as a tiny dozen spiders (gross!) and floral foam
that might still be showing. Once the designs for the paper were completed and
approved, the files were sent to the printer where they print the paper for you to
create your own floral masterpieces. I hope you enjoyed this behind-the-scenes
look into how the Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper was created. To get
your own Petal Promenade Designer Series Paper, contact your local demonstrator or
visit www.stampinup.com
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Rosemary Remedies for Better Circulation - Duration: 7:38.
Rosemary Remedies for Better Circulation
Rosemary is an excellent herb with numerous beneficial health properties: for digestion, better circulation, adding energy, and acting as an antioxidant.
In today's article we'll explain rosemary's many benefits, along with different ways to prepare and consume it.
Teas, essential oils, rosemary honey, and as a simple spice are just a few of the options.
Properties of rosemary.
Rosemary () has the following properties when it comes to your health:.
It promotes better circulation.
It's a powerful antioxidant.
It improves digestion and fights bloating, gas, and excess stomach acid production.
It reduces menstrual cramps, as well as accompanying symptoms (migraines, water retention, etc.
It facilitates healthy liver and gallbladder function, making it an excellent remedy for jaundice (yellowing of the skin).
It treats anemia thanks to its high iron content.
It helps lower cholesterol levels.
It can slow the effects of degenerative diseases.
It's helpful in the case of food poisoning.
Rosemary tea.
A tea made from rosemary leaves is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to benefit from the properties of this plant.
It's best to drink rosemary tea after you eat, to improve digestion.
How do you make it?.
Bring a cup of water (200 ml) to a boil.
Add a teaspoon of dried rosemary leaves and allow it to simmer for three minutes.
Turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let it steep for another five minutes.
Strain off the liquid and it's ready to drink.
Rosemary alcohol.
Rosemary alcohol is an ancient treatment that can be used in a nice, cooling massage to soothe any inflammation that causes cramps or stiffness, while improving overall circulation (varicose veins, heaviness, cellulite, etc.
How do you make it?.
You'll need a glass container with a tight lid.
Fill it with rosemary stems, preferably freshly cut.
The best time to do this is when the plant is in bloom.
Fill the container with grade 96 rubbing alcohol (available at the drug store).
Close the lid and let this mixture sit for 15 days in a cool, dark place.
Shake it briefly, once a day.
After 15 days have passed, strain off the liquid and store it tightly sealed in a dark glass container in a cool, dark place.
Rosemary essential oil for the hair.
Essential oils are an inexpensive way to always have rosemary on hand.
Rosemary oil is very beneficial for your hair because it improves circulation of the scalp and prevents hair loss.
To use it, just add a few drops of the oil to your regular shampoo, and wash your hair normally.
If you like, you can mix some coconut oil with a few drops of rosemary essential oil and use this as a scalp massage.
Leave it on for 30 minutes and then wash as you normally would.
Rosemary infused honey.
Rosemary honey is produced when bees pollinate the flowers of the herb.
Raw, unprocessed honey is the best for human consumption, and it should have a thick texture and a clear color that's free from cloudiness.
Rosemary honey combines the medicinal properties of these two products, so it's a very effective remedy for:.
Clearing out mucus. Aiding in digestion.
Revitalizing the body in general.
Calming rheumatoid arthritis.
Regulating the nervous system.
Fighting respiratory illnesses.
Boosting your natural defenses.
Relaxing your mind.
For use in the kitchen.
Rosemary is a common herb used in Mediterranean cuisine.
It's an excellent complement to Italian-inspired recipes, and can be used to add flavor to breads, focaccia, and the like.
One way to always have the flavor of this garnish on hand is to combine some fresh rosemary sprigs with olive oil.
You can also add garlic and other herbs, if you like.
Store the mixture in an airtight container and you'll see how over time the oil acquires the unique flavors.
Rosemary can be very intense, however, so it's best to always use it in small amounts.
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Comprehensive Supports for College-Bound Students – Oklahoma's Promise - Duration: 10:33.
BILLIE: Thank you, Gina, Barbie and Jarod.
So, I'll now introduce Bryce Fair.
So, Bryce is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships and Grants
at the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.
He'll provide an overview of the Oklahoma Promise program.
I'm going to now turn it over to Bryce. Thank you, Bryce.
BRYCE: Thank you, Billie.
Just real quickly, our requirements
for the Oklahoma Promise program are pretty straightforward:
students have to enroll in the 8th, 9th or 10th grade.
The income at that time is, across the board,
a $55,000 adjusted gross income; that's not adjusted for family size.
There's a 17-course core curriculum that's required,
and a 2.50 GPA in that core and overall.
There is a 22 ACT requirement, but that's only required
for homeschool students and students attending non-accredited schools,
which is a very small proportion of our participants.
There are some conduct standards: attendance,
criminal or delinquent acts, substance abuse.
Again, that affects a very small portion of our students.
Students do have to begin attending college
within three years of High School graduation.
We have a second income check
when students start college at $100,000 AGI.
Beginning this fall, that will be checked every year
in college for each of our participants.
And they must also meet federal SAP standards.
Our scholarship does pay the actual college tuition,
but it does not include fees.
Our award is a little more modest than the 21st Century Scholarship.
We do pay for only the actual hours enrolled,
and we do not have a minimum enrollment required.
We do see students averaging about 26 hours a year.
It's higher for those that are research institutions,
lower at our community colleges.
Scholarships good for up to five years,
or the completion of a baccalaureate degree.
That is five consecutive years.
And again, beginning this fall, we'll be implementing also a cap
on the number of credit hours for which the scholarship
will pay in college, being set at 129 with some automatic exceptions
for degrees that require more than that.
Briefly, our history, we started a couple of years after Indiana did.
Initially had a $24,000 income limit.
Stayed there until 1999, when it was increased to $32,000.
And just one year later, it was increased to $50,000
was when the participation in the program really grew dramatically.
At that point, $50,000 equated to about 60% of Oklahoma's families.
So, participation grew dramatically.
2007, our legislature agreed to implement a dedicated funding process
that virtually guarantees full funding for the program,
which is extremely important, especially in the last few years.
Over the past three years, higher education funding
in Oklahoma has been cut 20%, but this program
has been spared that and fully funded.
And then, just last year, they did finally increase
the income limit modestly to $55,000,
and it's to go to $60,000 in a couple of years.
Some of our data on the high school enrollment,
you can see that it grew dramatically between 2001 and 2012,
especially beginning in 2003 when it was increased to $50,000,
hitting a high water mark in 2012 of about
10,600 in that graduating class of 2012.
It has declined since that.
We expect those numbers to kind of stay flat until 2020,
when those coming in at the higher income limit
will start entering college.
The completion rate, again, these are somewhat similar
to what you see in Indiana: between 65 and 70% of our students
that complete those high school requirements
to be eligible for the scholarship.
It's steadily increased the last five years, from 65% to over 71%.
When we look at their average GPAs,
about a 3.4 very consistently over the years on their overall GPA,
3.3 in those 17 core courses, compared to about a 3.0 overall
for all Oklahoma high school graduates.
Our demographics, by ethnicity, those that qualify
for the scholarship really compare pretty equitably
to our minority populations in Oklahoma.
Just about right on percentages for Hispanic, African American.
A little bit low for American Indian,
which is a large portion of our population here.
Gender-wise, very consistently, we see about 60% of our students
qualifying for the scholarship are female, 40% male.
At the time of application, that differential is about 55/45.
But females complete at a higher rate than males,
so we consistently see this 60/40 split.
Geographically, historically, the program's been
disproportionately rural in participation,
but that's changed significantly over the last few years until now.
It's getting much more closer to reflecting
our populations in the rural versus urban areas.
But though it's still slightly disproportionately rural.
The percentage of our students that are Pell Grant recipients,
again, the current number is very similar to Indiana.
We're just under 80%.
That dropped as far as 55% when we started adding middle-income
families back when it was first raised to $50,000.
Since that income limit hadn't increased, the percentage of
Pell eligibility went up fairly steadily the last few years.
These are the number of actual scholarship recipients
each year for the past several years.
Again, you can see the number of participants receiving
the scholarship increased - doubled between '04-'05 and '10-11.
Has declined about 10% or 12%, actually, in the last few years.
Again, we're projecting that to stay steady until 2020,
when we expect to see modest increases again
with the higher income limit.
Our average scholarship, you can see at our two-years,
our regional universities, research institutions.
Our most current year, it's pretty much been equalized
at our research and regional universities at about $4,500 on average.
It's about $1,800 at our community colleges.
But the average award has increased
about 5% per year as tuition increases.
Our overall cost for the program.
Again, this was a real concern on whether or not the state
would be committed to funding the program
as it grew dramatically from '03-04 to '11-12.
And 2007 was when they put that statutory funding process
into place, which actually sets aside money
before our legislature comes into session.
And that's set aside for the scholarship,
so it's not dependent upon annual legislative appropriations.
In college, high rates of direct college-going
with students that qualify for the scholarship,
consistently about 80%, compared to about half that
for non-Oklahoma's Promise students.
Where do they go? They don't congregate
at any particular type of institution.
About 70% at our regionals or public two-year colleges.
About a quarter are at our research institutions.
We have a relatively small
private college sector in Oklahoma; that's about 6%.
They do consistently have higher full-time enrollment rates
compared to non-Oklahoma's Promise students.
We see that each year.
Again, even though we don't require
a minimum amount of enrollment, most students do go full-time.
This measure, we don't see that much of a difference in.
When we look at their GPAs as freshmen in college,
they're generally just slightly higher
than non-Oklahoma's Promise students.
So, as far as GPA, we don't see that big of a difference.
It's more in persistence in graduation and enrollment patterns.
Persistence to the second year, again, very consistent
when compared to non-Oklahoma's Promise students.
About a 10% differential there.
This is when we get to kind of our ultimate measures,
especially in talking with our legislature here.
What are the degree completion rates?
This is measuring the first associate
or bachelor's degrees earned by the students participants.
At the bottom, you can see the five-year rate
at the end of the scholarship period.
And they're about six percentage points higher than
non-Oklahoma's Promise students to complete a degree in that period.
Since most of our students are at our state system institutions,
we are able to track them out well beyond that five year period.
And we do find, consistently, that a pretty significant percentage
go ahead and earn an associate or bachelor's degree
within the five years after their scholarship period.
So, we're able to show the legislature that,
over the long term, close to 60% of these students
will complete a college degree in an associate or bachelor's degree,
which is helpful in trying to keep this program fully-funded.
And this is kind of the ultimate question we get
in Oklahoma is, how many of these students
stay in Oklahoma after they graduate college?
A lot of concern about them going out of state.
And what we're able to show them is, again,
it's not a huge difference, but a consistent, slight difference
of more of our Oklahoma's Promise students staying in Oklahoma
after they graduate from college.
The most latest - the latest year, we had about 88%
one year after college graduation, compared to 85%
of non-Oklahoma's Promise students.
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Gaming for Everyone: Women in Gaming GDC Feature - Duration: 5:09.
>>My personality is very much like
anything that's trying to go against me, I just kind of use as fuel,
so whenever I would have a moment of
I don't belong here, or I shouldn't be here, or I'm not cut out for this
I would be able to push myself forward with the
I'm hell-bent on making video games and I'm going to do it
regardless of what it takes.
I've been playing video games as long as I can remember.
I think I was like 3 years old when I was playing Frogger, and then
you know, if me and my brother weren't fighting for once
we would play Mario Party or Super Smash.
But then around 4th grade, I started playing a lot of single player games.
Final Fantasy X was one of the
main things that got me into like video games are
an emotional experience, not just a way to, you know, have some fun.
I couldn't wait to get home from school some days and
just go and play it more. I would stay up til like 3 in the morning
and get yelled at for playing it for so long just because it was like,
it really dragged me in. It was a, you know, a way to get into
somebody else's life and just escape the world for a day.
I want to bring other people that kind of experience.
At NC State they have a game development concentration
and there was like 3 of us that were girls in that concentration
It's a very small concentration to begin with,
but the majority of it was just boys.
Freshman year, I went to this campus connections crawl
where all the student organizations go out and like set up a booth and
have, you know, their "Hey, come check out our, you know, our club."
And Women in Computer Science was one that I was like
"Oh I need to go by that one."
I saw them juggling all these things, they were hosting
all these events, they were doing all this awesome stuff
they were advocating.
They threw this event called Diamond Hacks
And they were going to make it an all-female hackathon.
I had been to the Global Game Jam once in my freshman year.
I think I was one of the maybe 2 girls there.
And it was one of those things were the first person I met
he looked at me like I shouldn't be there and I didn't know what I was doing.
Second dude I tried to meet looked at me like I was
a piece of meat for lack of better word.
But at Diamond Hacks it was an all-female hackathon, so I just
didn't have that experience at all, it was just "You're a developer, hi."
And so after that event I decided I want to be an officer
for Women in Computer Science and help throw on stuff like this.
I wanted to make sure all these other women
coming into the major wouldn't have to feel like they couldn't
do it, or they, you know, if they faced a roadblock, they'd have
somewhere or some place to go to be able to regroup.
Thank you for taking the time to consider me for
for the Women in Gaming luncheon and the pass to GDC.
Being an advocate for women in tech and women in game development is just
probably one of the best things I will do with my life.
When I found out I got Game Changers, I just was kind of like floored by it.
I was just like "Wait, what? Oh sh..."
"I accept! Yeah, heck yeah I'll be there!"
I'd picked out all these talks that I wanted to go to,
all these things that I wanted to do.
One of my favorite games, Dishonored,
you know they came out with Dishonored 2 recently and the
two of the devs were giving a talk on the AI behind it.
And at the end of the talk they were like "Hey, ou recruiter Rob is in the back."
"You know, if you want to work with us go talk to him."
I handed him my card, I was like "Hey, you know, I'm Dana, I'm a student,
I'm looking for entry-level for next year or
internships if y'all have that kind of thing."
And I didn't know this, but they do have internships at Bethesda.
You know, people say this conference can be life changing, but it
literally was life changing for me and Game Changers was
literally like the catalyst for that because if they hadn't
picked me and given me the pass I would never have been able to come here,
never would've met Rob, and never would've applied to Bethesda.
I would not be where I am today without that program.
I'm really looking forward to the Women in Gaming event this year because
it's going to be a lot bigger than last year from what I've heard. It's like
9 hours or something this year which is awesome.
And I'm looking forward to meeting this year's Game Changers.
You know I kind of want to be like "Alright, don't get too overwhelmed this week."
"You're going to be fine, the week's going to be over before you know it
so try to enjoy yourself while you can."
>>If you look on the horizon of your career, what do you kind of see there?
>>Oh goodness.
Last year at GDC I went to a talk where the game director of Final Fantasy XV talked.
And that talk was like one of my favorite ones the entire time.
And it was like, alright, I kind of want to do that, I want to be a game director.
And it was just kind of like, you know, that whole
back in high school "I want to make video games someday."
It was like that all over again. And so, you know,
right now I'm only an associate programmer,
I am very much a baby compared to all the legends that I'm working with.
But, like, eventually I want to be, you know,
lead programmer, or lead UI person on a project,
and work my way up to eventually game director at a studio somewhere.
That is the ultimate goal right now.
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Whitney Houston's estate slams Kanye West for using photo of late singer's bathroom - Duration: 5:16.
Whitney Houston's estate slams Kanye West for using photo of late singer's bathroom
The estate of singing icon Whitney Houston is officially responding to Kanye Wests use of a photo of her bathroom on the cover of an album he produced.
The rapper and producer used the photo, which depicts the messy bathroom vanity strewn with items including what could have been drug paraphernalia, for the cover of Pusha Ts album, Daytona, released on his label GOOD Music.
Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in 2012. Prescription drugs were found near her body and bottles of alcohol were found in an adjacent room. The photo used was reportedly taken years before her death.
Houstons estate has come forward and said they are extremely disappointed in Kanyes choice, in a statement to Entertainment Tonight. Even in Whitney's death, we see that no one is exempt from the harsh realities of the world, the statement continues.
Houstons estate did not immediately respond to ABC News request for further comment.
The estate is not the first entity or person to speak out again West using this photo. When the album dropped last week, Houstons cousin Damon Elliott told People magazine that the usage of the image was hurtful.
He said he found out when his daughter called him in a panic.
She sent me this picture from the album cover and I immediately got sick to my stomach because it took me right back to six years ago, the music producer told the magazine.
To do something for a publicity stunt to sell records, it's absolutely disgusting. It hurt my family and my daughter.
I've watched the train wreck happening, Elliott added, referring to Wests recent headlines, but I didn't think he'd go this far in invading someone's family privacy. However, Houstons nephew, Gary Michael Houston, said that the anger has been misplaced.
Gary Michael Houston, the son of the singers brother Michael, told Good Morning America that fans should be upset with the unnamed family member who took the 2006 photo that later appeared in the National Enquirer.
"Not to be divisive, but I'm of a different mindset when it comes to situations like this.
People will automatically look to people like Pusha T and Kanye West and try to place blame or say they have ill or malicious intent in order to gain publicity. But I get it.
I get the correlation (sans my aunt but the photo itself)," Gary Michael Houston said in a statement, "and I actually love the album.".
"Bottom line — they are artists and in this day and age, if they can afford to pay someone for usage of that photograph in order to convey a visual message to accompany their musicianship.
then so be it," the hip hop artist added. The controversial photo came at high price. Pusha T said West told him he paid $85,000 for the rights to use the photo.
In an interview last week with Angie Martinez, Pusha T explained that the West decided to change the cover last minute. In fact, the original artwork was supposed to be a picture of him.
One a.m., my phone rings. No caller I.D., the rapper said in the interview. [West said], Hey, yeah, I think we should change the artwork. And, I like this other artwork.
And this other artwork is 85 grand. I said, Hey, I dont want to pay for that and I wasn't even going to ask you to pay for that.
We picked what we picked, it's here, it's ready. No, this is what people need to see to go along with this music. Imma pay for that..
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