The new Google+ is slowly being rolled out to additional users over the next few days, according to Danielle Buckley, Project Manager at Google. Finally, anyone who wasn’t able to take a look at the new features back when the preview was introduced l…
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There’s really no shortage of cars that you can drive in Forza Horizon 3. The lineup is extensive and features models that will appeal to all tastes. If you’re a Halo fan and want to be able to drive the Warthog around Forza Horizon 3’s meticulously recreated locations then you’re in luck because Microsoft has confirmed today that Halo’s Warthog will be available Forza Horizon 3.
This is the first time that the Warthog can be driven in a game that’s not Halo. Both the Forza and Halo community has been asking Microsoft to make this happen for a very long time now and it has finally listened to them. Microsoft already brought over cars from Fallout to Forza 6 so it makes perfect sense to bring the Warthog to Forza Horizon 3.
This Halo vehicle is the 2554 AMG Transport Dynamics M12S Warthog CST and it’s a civilian transport vehicle based on the M12 Force Application Vehicle used for militaristic purposes in Halo.
There is a catch, though. The Warthog won’t just be available to everyone in Forza Horizon 3. Players need to have played Halo 5: Guardians or Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One and they will then receive a code from Microsoft via Xbox Live.
Those who haven’t played these Halo games on Xbox One will have the opportunity to take part in a Forzathon event in October to unlock the Warthog in Forza Horizon 3.
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Sony announced just last week that it’s going to release the PlayStation Now game streaming service for PC which will enable PC gamers to start playing games initially released for PlayStation consoles on their computers. Sony isn’t in the mood to keep us all waiting because it just announced that PlayStation Now has been released today for PC gamers in North America.
PlayStation Now is a subscription service that provides access to more than 400 PlayStation 3 games on both PlayStation 4 and now PC. If you already subscribe to the service on PS3 you don’t need to pay extra to play those games on PC. It’s all covered under one subscription.
Sony adds new games to the PlayStation Network library every month so there’s always something new and interesting to play. It includes 50 Greatest Hits – some of the best titles released for PS3 – they include Tomb Raider, Mafia 2, and Borderlands: Ultimate Edition.
The company has also confirmed today that Castlevania is going to be added to PlayStation Now in the near future as part of its second annual Shocktober celebration. It really wants you to know that you get a lot of value for money with a PSN subscription.
The PlayStation Now PC app is now available for download from PSNow.com. Sony is going to release a $25 dongle next month which is going to bring full DualShock 4 controller support to both PC and Mac.
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We’re about a week away from Apple’s September 7th event where the company is going to unveil new iPhones. A lot has already been rumored about the iPhone 7. It’s believed that Apple will finally ditch the 16GB base storage model and start offering 32GB of storage in the base model. The latest leak reiterates the hope that the cheapest iPhone 7 configuration will now offer 32 gigs of onboard storage.
The leak shows a purported sticker from a returned iPhone 7 prototype at Foxconn which mentions that the handset features 32GB of onboard storage. The prototype is identified as “1902 of 3000” with a return date of August 29th.
“D10” is mentioned as the prototype type which is consistent with previous leaks of alleged iPhone 7 units running Apple test software. Apple is believed to have tested D10, D11, and D12 prototype varieties.
It may have tested three as initially it was rumored that an iPhone 7 Pro might be announced alongside the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus but it’s now believed that the Pro will not be released this year.
Obviously, there has been no indication from Apple that it’s going to make a change that its fans have been asking for a very long time. We’ll come to know for sure on September 7th when the iPhone 7 is formally unveiled.
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Sonos has announced a string of new partnerships today. It has confirmed that Spotify users will soon be able to control Sonos speakers using the music streaming service’s app. They will no longer require the Sonos Controller app. It has also inked a partnership with Amazon which is going to enable devices like the Amazon Echo and Amazon Echo Dot to use the company’s Alexa voice assistant to control Sonos speakers.
The software integration which makes this possible has been built from the ground up by Amazon and Sonos using the Alexa Voice Service SDK. It leverages both Sonos’ and Alexa’s existing music capabilities which means that users don’t have to learn any new commands or keywords to control their Sonos speakers using Alexa.
Users will just need to ask Alexa to play music from any supported streaming service like Amazon Music or Spotify and it will automatically play the tracks to any group of Sonos speakers in the home. They will also be able to use Alexa to play, pause, skip, control volume, and more.
Amazon Echo owners will have to wait for this functionality to arrive. It will be sent out in a software update that will work with all new and previously purchased Sonos and Alexa-enabled devices. The software will be provided through an invite-only beta later this year and a public release is scheduled for next year.
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”The Avengers” take their crime-fighting seriously, but these superheroes look ready to rock their funny side in a tweaked opening of the beloved sitcom “Full House.”
In a YouTube mashup posted Sunday that combines snippets from the movies and gag reels with the “Everywhere You Look” theme song from the vintage family show, the Marvel Universe settles down beautifully into prime-time comedy life.
Who knows? Maybe “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” will come knocking at their door.
Here’s a comparison of the original and the superhero version.
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Today’s meditation features Leonard Cohen’s iconic song, “Hallelujah,” in its most enduring cover by Jeff Buckley. “Hallelujah” contains many biblical references, but perhaps most essentially captures the darkness through which all of us must walk at some point in order to reach deliverance.
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I’ve long been fascinated by the mysterious temples of Angkor Wat. Last fall, I spent several days living out my “Tomb Raider” fantasies in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Most visitors fly here directly from Hong Kong on HK Express, or travel north from Phnom Penh. Even if you come to Siem Reap only for a weekend, you can experience a wide range of nightlife, restaurants and entertainment in this small city.
My Cambodia travel video highlights some of the top attractions in Siem Reap. I hope you find my recommendations helpful for places to stay and eat, and how to make the most of your visit.
Stay: Le Meridien Angkor
I adored the warm Cambodian hospitality at Le Méridien Angkor. The modern hotel is inspired by classic Khmer design — with a swimming pool framed by lotus flowers, and gardens dotted with Hindu statues. The location is also as good as it gets: Angkor Wat is less than a 10 minute drive away.
Explore: The Sunrise and Temples
I recommend going to Angkor Wat at 5pm the day before your visit, to purchase your ticket (for one, three or seven days entry). This way, you can go inside to see the sunset and skip the line-up the next day.
I am not a morning person, but it was worth waking up at 5am to see the sunrise over the towers of Angkor Wat. Our Le Meridien guide took us to a prime photo-taking position by the second reflective pool.
After dawn breaks, many tourists go on to explore the main buildings of Angkor Wat. However, to avoid the crowd, I suggest seeing other temples in the morning (there are over a thousand in this large complex).
Some tourists ride tuk-tuks or bikes, but my team and I had a driver and guide, which made it easier to get around. If you only have one day, be sure to visit Bayon with its smiling Buddha faces. You also can’t miss Ta Prohm, the “Tomb Raider” temple with tree roots converging into the ancient architecture.
In the afternoon, I suggest returning to the main Angkor Wat temple. The lighting conditions are best at this time, letting you capture dramatic light and shadows. My guide walked me through the long galleries, brimming with bas-reliefs of the Hindu epics.
Eat: Cambodian and Italian Food
I developed a new appreciation for Khmer flavors after dinner at Cuisine Wat Damnak. French-trained chef Joannès Rivière changes his six-course set menu every week. His locally sourced ingredients and creative preparations — like frog legs with Cambodian spices — were outstanding.
One of my most surprisingly wonderful meals was at l’Angelo, an Italian restaurant headed by chef Nicolas Rouleau. He served us traditional dishes — such as spicy penne, osso bucco and duck breast risotto — prepared with French flair, and paired with international wines.
Drink: Miss Wong Cocktails
Siem Reap’s Pub Street is a raucous collection of bars geared mainly to tourists. I much preferred the intimate, retro-Shanghai vibe of Miss Wong, a cocktail joint tucked away from the main roads.
Miss Wong infuses spirits with Asian flavors, resulting in nuanced concoctions such as the Lemongrass Collins, Mocha Martini and black pepper Bloody Mary. If you enjoy sipping handcrafted cocktails in a vintage atmosphere, then this bar is a gem.
Watch: Phare, the Cambodian Circus
Now that I’ve seen Phare, the Cambodian Circus, I understand why it has rave reviews. Under a big top tent, I saw young local performers tumble, juggle, balance and clown — while wearing the biggest smiles on their faces.
The show combined folk storytelling with avantgarde antics and sky-high acrobatics. All of the performers came from difficult socio-economic circumstances, but overcame them through the schools and social programs run by Phare.
For colorful footage of the circus and temples, watch my Angkor Wat travel video. (Hosted by La Carmina, photography by Ken Yuen and Sniper Chau.)
Check out more Southeast Asia travel tips on La Carmina’s travel blog. She currently appears on the NBC travel TV show “Better Late Than Never,” starring William Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman and Terry Bradshaw.
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Millennial business coach and content marketer Ryan Robinson noticed that neither his old boss nor his dad were “quick to dish out praise”– even when he did great work. Their approval was, in consequence, “very meaningful” to Robinson.
Ulyses Osuna, the 19-year-old founder of CartoonPhotos.com, felt that both his dad and ex-bosses valued his efforts but disregarded him as a person. “There was no bond.”
I’ve encountered countless comparable tales. Yet many employees view the uncanny resemblance between their relationships with their bosses and those with their parents as coincidental. Psychotherapist Naomi Shragai explained, “People have a way of convincing themselves that work is a less emotionally loaded affair than the messiness of family life.”
In truth, work and life inevitably overlap.
Sometimes we even confuse them. Your mother ignored you, so now you feel unheard at the office; or you distrust your CEO because he smiles like your adulterous dad. Psychoanalysis calls these reincarnated dynamics “transferences”, meaning that “no relationship is a new relationship,” summed psychoanalyst and Insead Business School professor Manfred Kets de Vries.
Ben Michaelis, author of Your Next Big Thing: 10 Small Steps to Get Moving and Get Happy, has witnessed work transferences firsthand as a clinical psychologist. To Michaelis, it’s easy to see why work relationships so often mirror parental relationships: “Your parents are the first authority figures you ever meet.” Patterns initially developed with them have far-reaching–though often unconscious–consequences.
Indeed, modern psychology research reveals that our early relationships later shape our careers. During childhood, “we develop fairly stable patterns of attachment styles with others that carry into adulthood,” said Laura Little, Associate Professor of Management at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Her research suggests that children with consistent, attentive caregivers exhibit more vigor at work. Other research shows that secure children subsequently tend to earn higher incomes than children with anxious and/or erratic parenting. Children raised in stable households are also more likely to become effective leaders.
Unfortunately, 40% of us grow up without these secure attachments. If your parents weren’t perfect and you’re experiencing déjà vu at work, try this:
Acknowledge your bias
Workplace transferences occasionally “override reality,” said Michael Shulman, a psychoanalyst and psychologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In other words, your perception of your boss may be misguided.
To determine what’s real and what’s projected, examine your emotions. “A main signifier that transference reactions are at work is when feelings and reactions are inappropriate to the situation,” Kets de Vries noted. Another indicator that you’re reacting to past–rather than current–relationships is if your feelings seem to “hijack you even when evidence is building that your perceptions are wrong,” Shragai said. For example, Ulyses Osuna recalled feeling constantly ignored by his old bosses. Eventually he realized that his unstable home situation–not anything his bosses actually did–had made him feel personally rejected.
Notice if you react strongly to random triggers, such as your boss’s mannerisms, tone of voice, smell or style. These are clues that your feelings are based more in displaced memory than reality. If you can’t tell whether your reactions are overblown, tell confidants what made you upset. Explain that you don’t want their sympathy or mutual outrage; you want their honesty. Was your response reasonable?
Remember that feelings aren’t facts. “Just because you are feeling hurt or angry does not necessarily mean that your perceptions are accurate,” said Shragai. Instead, “let your mind guide you rather than your feelings,” she suggested.
Revise your expectations
Once you know the source of your work dynamics, you can rationally alter your expectations. Michaelis recommends considering “how you may be contributing to this dynamic: are you expecting too much from [your boss]?” For example, employees sometimes expect female bosses to be empathetic, tender and maternal. But “usually a boss’s approval is more contingent, as it should be, on an employee’s performance than on warm feelings,” wrote psychoanalyst and renowned leadership expert Michael Maccoby for Harvard Business Review.
On the flipside, you may prematurely anticipate your boss letting you down based on your parents’ actions. For instance, “Persons raised by single parent mothers can be less likely to trust the authority of male bosses,” Shulman said. If your dad left your mom, why should you trust your boss?
Or perhaps you too-hastily conclude that your boss doesn’t think you’re good enough. One study found that adults with anxious or ambivalent attachment styles (typically a result of anxious or ambivalent parenting) may enter organizations “expecting leaders to devalue their performance.”
Review what a good boss realistically should do versus what yours currently does. As you revise your expectations, remember that “[h]aving a good boss does not mean having a stress free relationship, just like having a good parent does not mean having a stress free relationship,” said Michaelis.
Cut your losses
But if you’ve done everything you can to improve your supervisor relationship, the conflict could be out of your hands. Everyone brings deeply-rooted but disguised behaviors to work–including your boss, who could be dealing with his own transferences.
Or he could just be a jerk. If someone is manipulating or verbally or emotionally abusing you, it doesn’t matter why. Your boss doesn’t need to mother you, but she does need to treat you like a human being. According to Michaelis, “Your boss’s job is to push you to get the best from you, just like a parent can do.” The key differentiator between a good and bad boss is how: if your boss is “belittling, sets arbitrary rules, is demanding at inappropriate times… is disrespectful of your time or talks down to you, it’s probably time to look elsewhere for a job.”
Unhealthy work relationships distract from our goals and disrupt our success. Studies show that anxious, depressed or irrational management behavior impairs employee performance and self-esteem. In fact, research indicates that a bad mentoring experience has a more negative influence on mentees’ wellbeing than a good mentoring experience has a positive influence; negative relationships are, in a word, stronger. This effect may explain why people with poor supervisor relationships later do worse work–even with a new supervisor!
Whatever your circumstance, don’t get sucked into blaming life on your boss. If you experience tension at work, examine its source and objectively determine who and what is responsible. Whether you decide to change your relationship or leave it, the next step is yours.
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