Holiday travel is hell. Combine early winter weather with hoards of angry passengers rushing for their childhood twin beds, and delays are pretty much a given. So how long will you yourself get to spend sightseeing around a crowded airport terminal? Depends on who you fly.
The Alienware Alpha is smaller and more powerful than an Xbox 360 or PS4, but the $549 Windows-powered game console shipped a little half-baked . Not to worry, says Alienware: updates are on the way! “We’re in the alpha phase of Alpha,” admits the company.
So long as you still need physical ID cards and cash, you’ll need something to carry them — but that doesn’t mean that you’re stuck with a low-tech purse or wallet. StreetSmart is crowdfunding the SmartWallet, a money holder with both a…
Allow me to begin with my very best Andy Rooney impersonation: When I was growing up, there was no such thing as a “day one patch.” I went to Video Station on Saturday with my parents — if I was lucky — and came home with a single rented game for…
Telltale Games has already confirmed that the first episode of its Game of Thrones game will premiere soon. As per the game’s listing on Steam the premiere might be slated for December. The developer has also confirmed that it is “anticipating” a December premiere for the first episode, and that it will make an announcement in the near future over Twitter.
The Steam listing has also revealed minimum specifications for the PC version. Windows XP SP3, Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent processor, 3GB RAM, ATI or NVIDIA graphics card with 512MB RAM, DirectX version 9.0, 3GB HDD space and a Direct X 9.0c sound card are the minimum specifications required for a PC in order to play this game.
On Mac, gamers should at least have OS X Snow Leopard with a 2.3GHz Intel processor coupled with 4GB RAM, 512MB NVIDIA or ATI graphics card and 3GB of HDD space.
The episodic adaptation of Game of Thrones is positioned towards the end of season three of the HBO series and before the start of season five. Gamers will play from five different points of view stemming from House Forrester, a lesser known house that’s loyal to the Starks in the North by being Bannermen to House Glover.
There will be interaction with some of the most popular characters from the series including Tyrion Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Margaery Tyrell and Ramsay Snow, which will all be performed by the show’s cast members.
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In just about a fortnight Destiny fans will receive a DLC that’s going to keep them busy for a little while. This will be the first expansion that Bungie will release for the title. The developer had previously been confirmed that the DLC will be called The Dark Below. An intro was leaked online recently and the video appeared on YouTube, but today Bungie itself details The Dark Below DLC for Destiny.
The Dark Below will bring a new strike, three new maps for multiplayer, new loot as well as a new raid. A video released by Bungie today shows gameplay footage from the DLC’s new six-player raid called Crota’s End, which introduces a character called Eris Morn, which not only serves as a vendor but is also linked with the storyline of this DLC.
PlayStation owners will receive an exclusive strike called The Undying Mind, it will be a timed exclusive, but gamers on Sony’s consoles will be able to enjoy it for a considerable amount of time before The Undying Mind lands on Xbox.
The video released today also shows a glimpse of the new multiplayer maps titled Pantheon, Skyshock and The Cauldron.
Destiny’s first expansion, The Dark Below, will be released on December 9th. The second expansion titled House of Wolves will arrive at some point in 2015.
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We had reported last week that the Lumia Denim update will be released soon for Lumia 830 and the Lumia 930. That information had been provided by an unofficial source but today there’s a clear indication from the folks behind Lumia that this update really will be rolled out quite soon. This was revealed through the official Lumia account on Twitter.
In response to a query on Twitter the official Lumia account replied that the Denim update will “roll out soon following testing and operator approvals.”
What this means is that soon enough the ball will be in carriers’ court because as sooner they approve the update for roll out the sooner it will land on devices. There really is no yardstick to judge how much time a carrier is going to take in order to approve a software update so this may vary by region, country and carrier.
Though normally it doesn’t take that long for the update to receive approval, provided there aren’t any gremlins that the carrier finds. Then they have to be fixed before the update is deemed fit enough to be rolled out to all users.
It is expected that the Lumia Denim update roll out will take about two months to complete so even if it starts rolling out in some locations by next week, others may have to wait until the end of January.
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Kristine, 42, has been abusing alcohol for the last eight years, and her mother and sisters say her out-of-control behavior is destroying their family — and killing her. Kristine has been to rehab three times, gone through two divorces, been charged with a DUI and suffered one near-death experience but continues to drink. They say for the last two years, she’s been getting drunk by consuming 4 o 6 ounces of hand sanitizer every day, as a cheap way to get her fix.
Kristine says she drinks because she hates her family and the way they treat her. But she admits, “I do feel like my life is spinning out of control.”
In the video above, Dr. Phil cameras follow Kristine through her day, as she battles her addiction.
On his show Monday, Dr. Phil confronts Kristine’s family for enabling her and offers Kristine a chance to turn her life around. Check here for local listings.
Nivo Kisenge RN was training 10 Maasai women to be birth attendants. Their village of Nadaruru was about eight miles away and the women walked both ways daily and usually they were accompanied by Mama Maria, the elder woman of the tribe. Despite her arthritis Mama Maria wanted to learn what these women were learning. Her prestige had been instrumental in getting approval for this project, designed to reduce the high rate of maternal and infant mortality and she wanted to be sure that this knowledge would help the women of the tribe.
One day, Nivo was describing Female Genital Mutilation and its short term and long term negative consequences. This is an ancient custom among the Maasai in which a young girl’s clitoris is removed. Women are strongly in favor of this mutilation, at least in part because girls who do not have this procedure are considered unsuitable for marriage. Not only is the procedure extremely painful, but there is immediate risk of severe bleeding or infection. Long term consequences resulting from scarring can be sterility or difficulty in vaginal delivery.
As Nivo was completing this discussion, Mama Maria said, “Stop. I will be right back.” She returned a few minutes later with Chief Isaiah of the Nadaruru Maasai. He has been a progressive leader who built a primary school for the tribe’s children and even allowed the girls to attend classes. He also supported the Birth Attendant training program. When Mama Maria and the Chief arrived, she told Nivo, “Say that again.”
After Nivo repeated her lecture on the immediate and long term risks of FGM, the Chief said, “There will be no more of these.” He canceled three of them that were to be done during the next week, saving these young girls from this disfiguring procedure.
When Nivo told my US team this news, we asked Chief Isaiah and Mama Maria if they would be willing to talk to other tribes about the dangers of FGM. They agreed and they developed a plan for visiting five nearby villages. Because Chief Isaiah and Mama Maria have high status in this part of Tanzania, they were received by the elders of each of the villages and the men listened respectfully. The presentation focused mainly on family planning but there was also a focus on the problems associated with FGM. Each village selected two representatives who would go to Nadaruru for additional discussion and training which will happen soon.
While this was a positive development, we realize that it will be difficult to end this ancient custom. Likely the main opponents will be women who want their daughters to be acceptable to men as marriage partners. We also expect resistance from the person, usually a woman, who gets paid for doing these procedures. This will be a long-term effort, but we are determined to change the minds of Maasai men about the acceptability of women who have avoided FGM as wives. If we can do that, the mothers will be less anxious about forcing their daughters to undergo FGM. The remaining obstacle will be those women who perform the procedure. Perhaps we will overcome this obstacle by taking a leaf from the US Department of Agriculture and pay them for not performing FGM.
ST. LOUIS (RNS) After a prayer service outside her church turned violent last month, the Rev. Teresa Danieley, pastor of St. John’s Tower Grove, allowed those trying to escape the demonstrations to enter her church.
Now, Danieley and dozens of other clergy members are preparing to once again offer their churches as safe spaces, or sanctuaries.
The grand jury decision on whether to indict Darren Wilson, the officer who fatally shot African-American teenager Michael Brown, is expected by the end of the month, potentially triggering further civil unrest. Clergy anticipate some might seek refuge in churches, whether to escape violence or find fellowship.
Organizations such as the Don’t Shoot Coalition, which was formed after the death of Brown, and Metropolitan Congregations United, a group of interdenominational, multiracial congregations from around the region, are in the process of creating a list of churches that are volunteering the use of their space. Many of these churches will be packed with supplies such as food, water and phone chargers. Medics, legal observers and counselors will also be on hand.
Some believe that unless officers are needed in an emergency, churches should also function as police-free zones during protests.
The Rev. Tommie Pierson of Greater St. Mark Family Church says that while his church does not intend to harbor criminals, he expects police to keep their distance. The idea is to make everyone, especially protesters, feel like they have a safe place to go. Pierson’s church is near many of the protest staging areas used over the last few months in Ferguson.
“We just want to administer to the needs of the people,” Pierson said.
Danieley said she and the St. Louis police have always had a good relationship. She doesn’t expect that to change if and when protests take place in her neighborhood.
She noted, for example, that police have been respectful when she asked them to intervene with the mentally ill who visit the church to receive free meals.
“I’m not worried about police not respecting our boundaries,” she said. “I think if you have transparency and communication, then this doesn’t even come up.”
But the decision to mark a church as a safe space is not easy under the current circumstances.
The Rev. David Gerth, executive director of Metropolitan Congregations United, said many clergy feel obligated to consider how members of their congregation feel about the safety of their property.
“It’s not for everybody, and there’s lots of other ways that congregations can be open and supportive without being a sanctuary,” Gerth said. “I think there are a number of congregations that will respond to what’s in front of them.
“If it were a tornado, it would be a little more straightforward for folks,” he said.
Denise Lieberman, a lawyer specializing in civil rights who works with the Don’t Shoot Coalition, said some churches are still determining where to draw the line.
Although churches are under no special legal protection, there is a long history of operating as safe houses. The Bible refers to cities of refuge for accidental killings where those accused of murder could safely await trial. In the 19th century, churches hid runaway slaves.
In the 1960s, civil rights leaders often gathered at churches. In 1963, for example, Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed, killing four girls.
And in the 1980s, hundreds of churches supported the so-called sanctuary movement in an attempt to save Central American refugees, fleeing civil conflict from deportation. Some of those active in the movement were put on trial and criminally prosecuted for transporting illegal immigrants.
Churches are also involved in the current battle for immigration reform, sometimes hiding undocumented immigrants.
Local clergy say they hope there won’t be a great need for people to get off the streets when the grand jury decision comes.
But churches plan to be there for the community under all circumstances. St. John’s has set a prayer vigil for 7 p.m. the day of the grand jury announcement.
Christ Church Cathedral downtown will host a 24-hour prayer vigil after the announcement. West Side Missionary Baptist Church in Florissant is throwing a freedom rally and prayer service at 7 p.m. that day.
Clayborne Carson, a professor of history at Stanford University and director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute, hopes all the preparation for violence, including Gov. Jay Nixon’s declaration earlier this week of a state of emergency, won’t turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, for his part, released a letter earlier this week that specified the city plans to “honor safe houses, and will consider churches to be sanctuaries, except in extremely rare circumstances.”
St. Louis County police said officers will enter churches only “under one or more of three conditions: consent, exigent circumstances, and search warrant.”
Rabbi Susan Talve of Central Reform Congregation said she knows protesters strive to be peaceful.
“The highest priority here is the saving of lives,” Talve said. “Because what started this whole protest movement is the loss of Michael Brown’s life. He became the symbol for all the loss of life that we believe can be prevented.”
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