This morning at Agritourusmo San Giusto we enjoyed a leisurely breakfast with our new friend and fellow pilgrim, Johann of The Netherlands, did our push-ups, then headed out at 9:00 for an unexpectedly challenging day.
The push-ups are a practice we began about ten days ago — three sets of 20 push-ups (or however many we can manage) and today Johann called us on the obvious. We'd been doing "easy" push-ups, not touching our nose to the floor. At his insistence we corrected our form and, of course, reduced our total count. Even though he reduced our sense of satisfaction at an ever-increasing push-up total, we were coming to enjoy our new fellow pilgrim.
We had met Johann a few days earlier between Ceselli and Arrone and then we discovered him last night at our agritourismo. We shared dinner and conversation and found him to be sincere and enjoyable. He's an experienced pilgrim who's walked many hundreds of miles, including to Santiago from his home in The Netherlands.
Our agriturismo was a couple of km outside Poggio San Lorenzo, so our first task was to get to the town itself. We walked down the hill, then up a hill some more, then up more and more to the town. Actually, this was the story of the whole day — up and down from town to town.
After Poggio San Lorenzo it was up-down, up-down to Montelione, where we met an Italian woman who'd been a pilgrim to Santiago. She asked us if we'd walked there, then joyfully told us in Italian about her Camino Frances experiences. We understood a surprising amount, through the universal language of happy camino memories.
As we entered town Andreas ducked into a grocery store for his lunch and the rest of us headed to a bar just off the piazza for panini and potato chips. We gave thanks that our day had been relatively dry so far.
We headed down and out of Montileone, past the Church of Santa Vittoria from the 12th century, crossed an ancient bridge across a small creek, then trudged up an enormous, concrete-paved hill path opposite the town.
At this point we realized this camino is actually very physically challenging. We have walked up and down countless hills. In fact, we have been in hills or mountains basically the entire time. Unlike the Camino de Santiago there really are no long, flat stretches. You're always either going up or going down. The result is lots of exercise. In fact, when we arrived in Poggio Maiono there was a .20 Euro outdoor scale. I popped a coin in, stepped on it, and discovered I've lost 4-5 lbs (2-3 kilos) in weight in just 10 days. What a nice surprise!
As we enjoyed cafe lattes and caldo chocolates in Poggio Moiono the rain began, briefly turning to hail before continuing as cold rain. We waited it out, then began the final two hours of our walk — to Ponticelli. Unfortunately, after leaving Poggio Moiono the rain began in earnest and we each realized our rain gear would be on for the rest of the day.
As we neared Ponticelli we heard rustling in the bushes and noticed a brown boar ahead in the pathway. "Look out!" said Sebastian in excited German (I learned the translation later), "they can be dangerous." The boar ran off, and then a few moments later off to the left we noticed an adult wild boar, two feet tall, brown with light brown stripes, and three of her piglets. They scurried around as they heard us, and we realized we didn't want to be in the way of a mother boar's wild charge. We hurriedly continued walking and soon the boars were behind us.
After eight hours of tough terrain the town of Ponticelli appeared before us. Our next challenge was where will we sleep? Johann came to the rescue. "Why not my hotel?" he said. Soon a driver from his hotel appeared and before long we were ensconced in warm room at the Salaria Hotel, a 10-minute drive from hotel-free downtown Ponticelli. Warm showers, pizza and laundry filled the evening of a cold and challenging day of rain, hail and wild boars.
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Q: Sql index storage and locating rows I have a general question about how in general SQL servers store their indexes and how the index locate the record (row(s)). When an index is created on a table, is all the index stored in-memory? When a Sql server starts, is all the index loaded from disk into memory?
Another question is, how does an index find the row in the table? Is it through hashing function like an index is found and the location is hashed into some location on a disk? How does the data is stored in disk? By location? It kind of puzzles me, because the data retrieval is fast in Sql servers.

A: Is described in Clustered Index Structures:

In SQL Server, indexes are organized as B-trees. Each page in an index B-tree is called an index node. The top node of the B-tree is called the root node. The bottom level of nodes in the index is called the leaf nodes. Any index levels between the root and the leaf nodes are collectively known as intermediate levels. In a clustered index, the leaf nodes contain the data pages of the underlying table. The root and intermediate level nodes contain index pages holding index rows. Each index row contains a key value and a pointer to either an intermediate level page in the B-tree, or a data row in the leaf level of the index. The pages in each level of the index are linked in a doubly-linked list.

Non-clustered Indexes are organized simialrly, also as B-Trees:

Nonclustered indexes have the same B-tree structure as clustered indexes, except for the following significant differences:

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*The data rows of the underlying table are not sorted and stored in order based on their nonclustered keys.

*The leaf layer of a nonclustered index is made up of index pages instead of data pages.

B-trees are described in Wikipedia:

In computer science, a B-tree is a tree data structure that keeps data sorted and allows searches, sequential access, insertions, and deletions in logarithmic time. The B-tree is a generalization of a binary search tree in that a node can have more than two children

The Searching topic describes the b-tree search algorithm:

Searching is similar to searching a binary search tree. Starting at the root, the tree is recursively traversed from top to bottom. At each level, the search chooses the child pointer (subtree) whose separation values are on either side of the search value.
  Binary search is typically (but not necessarily) used within nodes to find the separation values and child tree of interest.

As for what is in-memory vs. what is on-disk, read about Buffer Management:

The buffer manager manages the functions for reading data or index pages from the database disk files into the buffer cache and writing modified pages back to disk. A page remains in the buffer cache until the buffer manager needs the buffer area to read in more data. Data is written back to disk only if it is modified. Data in the buffer cache can be modified multiple times before being written back to disk. For more information, see Reading Pages and Writing Pages.

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Bowden is a town in the province of Alberta.
One tradition says the community was named for Bowden, Chestershire, England. Another says it was named for the wife of a railway surveyor.
Sections below provide additional information and links about Bowden travel and tourism, maps, recreation, government and transportation.
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In Nurse to Forever Mom (Single Dad Docs #4) by Susan Carlisle, as a travelling nurse Stacey Ryder is only on Maple Island temporarily. For six weeks, she'll work alongside Dr. Cody Brennan and then move on since she already has her next assignment lined up. Yet, the more time she spends with Cody and his daughters, the harder she finds it to leave. Will Cody be able to convince Stacey to stay?
You once told me not to put you on a pedestal, I'm going to say the same." She too was afraid she would fall.
"Then we'll agree to be less than perfect." He took another bite of his sandwich.
This story ends this series brilliantly. Really, it's a story packed full with emotion in the way it made me smile or laugh because of the heroine's playfulness and made me want to cry because of the way this couple's relationship goes awry. Why can't the heroine accept that not everyone will leave her like they've done in the past? As for the way this story started, it had me liking the hero and heroine immediately, as the hero is a good dad that will do anything for his daughters. However, he's lucky the heroine comes to his rescue. However, it was from the moment the hero and heroine realize they'll be working together where this story really takes off, as the heroine tries to break the ice by teasing the hero. Will he take the teasing well? Will she be able to break through the hero's walls? Will the hero be able to break through the heroine's walls? Since both have been hurt by previous relationships and don't find it easy to trust.
As for the dialogue, it was entertaining due to the main characters back stories and I loved the growing bond between the heroine and the hero's daughters. She's good with the two girls, even though she's never had much experience with kids besides in her line of work and certainly never had a good role model as a mother. Moreover, I really enjoyed the heroine. She's resilient, courageous kind, caring and a good nurse. I also liked how determined she was to keep her distance from the hero because she can't afford to get close when she's leaving. However, I liked how much of a losing battle she faces when it comes to her attraction to the hero. While the hero, he's a great doctor, a good father, driven, smart and I liked how determined he was to win the heroine over because he's finally ready to give another woman a chance. Which is huge, considering the damage his ex-wife did that left him no choice but to leave and take his daughters away from her.
Overall, Ms. Carlisle has delivered a really good read in this book where the chemistry between this couple was tangible from the moment they meet; the romance was wonderful and had me loving this couple together; and the ending had me enjoying how far both are willing to go fight for their relationship. However, in saying that, I liked what the heroine does to prove she wants to be a part of the hero's life. Moreover, the epilogue wrapped this story up nicely because no one deserves happiness more than this couple after everything they've been through in their pasts. I would recommend Nurse to Forever Mom by Susan Carlisle, if you enjoy medical romances, workplace romances or books by authors Karin Baine, Annie Claydon, Annie O'Neil and Scarlet Wilson.


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It is the weekend, and this is what we are singing!
As we already know, it is important to saute onions, garlic, and rocoto in olive oil to add to the beans at the end, and to pulverize some of the beans (with a wooden spoon, against the side of the cast iron pot you are cooking them in) so as to thicken the liquid.
Fine tea is like fine wine. It is made by expert teamakers, each with his or her own style, and its taste reflects the natural atmosphere of the particular mountainside upon which it is grown. You should drink pu-erh tea as it is very good and even better for you. You can order it from California. Pu-erh tea is from southwestern China. These farmers are particularly hard hit by the recession and they need your business.
If I had a shotgun, if I knew how to shoot it and if it were legal to do so in my area, I would shoot a marauding cat. Instead I am going to trap it and send it to animal control, which will euthanize it in three days unless you go and pick it up. No, I do not do this normally, but this cat is so mean and so insistent that not only my own cat, but I, too, am afraid to go out on my porch.
I believe it belongs to someone, because this is not a feral cat. But noone has neutered the cat and it is not being fed enough or regularly enough. Neither is it being petted enough. I have been tolerant of this cat for some time and the reason I have not put up "found cat" signs is that I do not believe it is lost, I believe it is marauding, and dealing with it more kindly is the owner's job, not mine.
You really should feed your cats and let them indoors. You should not just leave them when you go hunting for the weekend, or to the Gulf for fourteen days, or to Houston for the work week.
Student I Insisted Go To A Larger Graduate Program Than Ours: Dear Professor Zero, This is just to say my new university is not as scary as I thought it would be. My students listen to me! My professors know you! I find I am already familiar with the books and reading lists! I guess I really am prepared!
Student I Failed In A Basic Course: Dear Professor Zero, You are of course entitled to your opinion of my performance, but I am confident that my level of mastery of this material meets or exceeds national standards.
Of course the prepared one thought they weren't, and the unprepared one thought they were.
See Tom's Fiddle and Bow, which also has classes with Mitch Reed and Al Berard for $15 every Monday from 6 to 8.
This is golden right here, y'all: Robert Pete Williams. He went to jail. Back in the day I dated a Cajun. I mean a real Cajun from Pont Breaux. We would go up to Lafayette to go canoeing, and on to Opelousas. There we went dancing at Slim's Y-Ki-Ki, and stood in the back of the church to hear Gospel Mass. On the way we would stop in the country and give fifty dollars to Robert Pete Williams' mother, because she was widowed and he was dead, and he never did make any money on his music.
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"If I had you, Governor O. K. Allen, like you have me, I would wake up in the morning, let you out on reprieve." I have to listen to this song again. My student's great grandfather, an Angola official, is apparently mentioned in it. His name is in French but it was translated from the Spanish, as the family was Mexican.
See the latest strategies of discrimination. Street cleaners may not enter supermarkets to buy lunch, and a department store will not sell in cash but only to their (upscale) credit card holders.


I have known Erik Fredrickson for the past three years. We frequently trained clients simultaneously at Stretch Fitness in Voorheesville, NY where my Pilates studio is located. He is a highly professional, innovative, and cutting edge trainer. He is an expert in his field and translates his knowledge of biomechanics and physical fitness to his clients whether they are novice beginners or seasoned professional athletes and dancers. He is keenly aware of safety issues and designs his workouts according to his clients' individual needs. He is focused and listens and observes carefully as he teaches. He challenges his clients fully and safely while remaining compassionate. He has the unique ability to teach everyone. His clients range in age from preschool children through elderly adults as well as the mentally disabled. His focus on core strength and balance is especially appealing to me since I am a Pilates instructor.
I have tremendous respect for Erik Fredrickson. He sets very high standards for himself both professionally and personally and I am confident that anyone who is fortunate enough to have the opportunity to work with him will realize this immediately.


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How Will I Postaday When I'm on Vacation?
A few weeks ago, I was speaking with my 80 year old aunt who, except for a spell in Canada, has lived in the U.K. since 1954 – way before I was born.
I'm not sure how the conversation veered towards her trip from Kingston, Jamaica to London but for the first time I heard that she and 16 others had traveled on the Reina del Pacifico, the ocean liner aboard which a former British Prime Minister, James MacDonald, had died and King Peter of Yugoslavia had sailed.
But that's not what caught my attention. According to Aunt Connie, her voyage had lasted three weeks. Three weeks?!
Could I survive being unplugged for that long? I doubt it seriously.
When did I get so connected? Every so often, I leave my phone at home intentionally or turn off the television.
But I'm getting ready to go on vacation and remaining connected is my biggest concern. Always has been.
Living in the U.S., I've become so used to being always 'on' that I take for granted the limitations of technology elsewhere.
On my last trip, my laptop traveled with me as it always does. However, in two and a half weeks, I got online for only a few minutes. When I did, it was like winning the lottery – miraculous and unexpected. My first few days had been tortuous. Like quitting smoking cold turkey, I felt 'whole' again once I got online.
So how will I be able to postaday when I'm on vacation?
I plan to have a few posts queued up and ready to go but I love to share my experiences shortly after they happen – not when I get back. So I've spent the last day trolling the Internet to make sure there'll be free WiFi hotspots near my hotel (T-Mobile tells me I can turn off the data service and connect using WiFi but I'd rather have my phone off completely) that I'll be able to find a convenient location to buy a SIM card when I arrive (I have an unlocked phone that I use whenever I travel) and that my adapters will work (They didn't in South Africa). I'll buy a few minutes on Skype so I can call home in case there's an emergency or use GoogleChat.
I'm confident these steps will keep me connected so that I can keep my commitment to postaday while I'm away. I'll know for sure once I arrive.
How do you stay connected when you're traveling outside the US?
If you like what you've read why not Share, Tweet, Digg, Like, etc. You never know who you might be interested.
I'd like to have that problem. At this time my traveling is limited to that within the US. Enjoy your trip. I can't wait to hear about your adventures.
Hahahaha! Thanks, Rene, I will definitely keep you posted.


CHARLESTON — U.S. Senate-hopeful Don Blankenship has filed a petition with the state Supreme Court requesting that the court order Secretary of State Mac Warner to put him on the ballot for the November election.
Blankenship said his Aug. 9 petition makes it clear that the law relied upon by Warner is flawed in several ways, and violates both the West Virginia and the U.S. Constitutions.
Blankenship said even if the law were not otherwise flawed, it did not take effect until June 5—after the primary election and half-way through an election cycle.
"Generally, laws are rarely applied retroactively and, for obvious reasons, it is even rarer when the law relates to elections," Blankenship said in a statement provided to The West Virginia Record.
Blankenship said former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that "as a general rule, almost invariably, a legislation makes law for the future, not for the past."
"Simply put, the Secretary of State declaring that I am impacted by any so-called 'sore loser law' for a primary election loss prior to the law being enacted is nonsensical," Blankenship said.
Blankenship believes the West Virginia Constitution also specifically prevents the law from being enforced retroactively, as it states that passage of a law depriving a right or privilege because of actions before the law is expressly prohibited.
"This too clearly means that even if the law were otherwise valid, which it is not, it would not apply to this situation because my primary election loss occurred in May—before the law was even enacted," Blankenship said.
Blankenship lost in May when he ran for U.S. Senate as a Republican. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey won the Republican primary.
Blankenship then changed parties to the Constitution Party and filed to run in the general election in November.
Warner denied the filing, stating that the sore loser law stated that he could not run in the general election with a non-ballot-qualified party after being registered with a different party for the primary.
Blankenship said the petition points out that the West Virginia Constitution requires that the title of every law passed include an accurate description of the law, including any major things the law intends to do.
"The law relied upon to deny me access to the general election ballot contains no reference whatsoever to the preclusion of a candidate who loses a primary election from gaining access to the ballot in the general election of the same year," Blankenship said. "This may seem petty, but the Constitutional requirement that the bill's title state what the law is intended to do is for good reason. If someone is searching the law books to find laws that are relevant to an action someone is contemplating—like running for the U.S. Senate, for example—then proper titling is critical to making the search effective and easy."
Blankenship said he has a fundamental right to be on the ballot as the nominee for the Constitutional Party "unless the government demonstrates a compelling state interest that I should not be."
"The state has not stated a compelling reason because there is not one—only the interests of the political parties and politicians are served by my not being on the ballot, and those interests are not to be considered in determining who is and who is not on the ballot this fall," Blankenship said.
"The bottom line is that if the West Virginia Supreme Court rules that I cannot be on the ballot, it will be reversible error."
Marc Williams, who is representing the Secretary of State's Office, did not return calls for comment. Steve Connolly, chief legal counsel with the Secretary of State's Office, also did not return a request for comment.


Calling all dads! Sign up for Dad's Night Out on Thursday, March 21st and enjoy an evening of food, beverages, poker & socializing! Dad's Night will be held at Birch Road Cellar (owned by Mayer parents) from 7-10pm and will include tasty food from The Little Meatball, spirits & poker.
Ticket price is $50 and includes food & beverages for the evening, poker buy - in, as well as the purchase of alcohol for the "Stock the Bar" auction prize at the Mayer Magnet Benefit.


Uber is gone for good in the Philippines and in other countries across Southeast Asia. On Monday (April 16), Uber app officially became useless in the country, same as the case in all other nations in the region where the ride-hailing service operated (except Singapore, where Uber operations have been extended until next week).
With the exit of Uber in this part of the globe, the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia will never ever have a chance to experience three of its new app features and services. Yes, elsewhere in the world, Uber is going beyond just facilitating hailing of cars for transport.
In the U.S., particularly in Washington, D.C., Uber has announced three new services that will make it not just a ride-hailing firm. The company now has car-sharing, bike-hailing, and new transport ticket purchasing services—features of the app that will never see the light of day in the Philippines.
Uber Bike is getting a much-awaited coverage expansion—from San Francisco in California to D.C. The service started earlier this month (April) after Uber bought San Francisco-based Jump Bikes, which facilitates sharing of dock-free electric bikes. Uber Bike is now a pilot electric bike-sharing program that is integrated, where applicable, in the company's app.
Uber Rent is another pilot program, which is a collaboration with Getaround—a peer-to-peer car-sharing service intended for passengers who prefer to have the entire vehicle to themselves. This service, also in the app where applicable, facilitates finding, renting, and unlocking vehicles listed on Getaround's platform. It is also initially offered in San Francisco this month.
Lastly, Uber is also starting to offer mobile transit ticketing service through a partnership with Masabi, a startup firm. This will allow public transport commuters in selected cities globally to purchase public-transit tickets via Uber app. As of press time, it is still not clear how and when this service will manifest in the Uber app, though it will surely tap debit and credit card payments and ensure, of course, convenience for passengers.
Don't we all miss Uber?


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'The Hollywood Masters' Set to Stream on Netflix
9:41 AM PDT 7/24/2017 by THR Staff
Courtesy of Loyola Marymount University
Stephen Galloway and Amy Adams
The series, moderated by THR's Stephen Galloway, will be available on the streaming service starting Aug. 1.
The Hollywood Masters, a series moderated by The Hollywood Reporter's Stephen Galloway, is headed to Netflix.
Each half-hour episode of Hollywood Masters, which is filmed on the campus of Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television in front of a student audience, takes an in-depth look at the life and career of one Hollywood icon. The series is filmed by a crew comprised largely of LMU students and alumni.
Netflix has licensed three seasons of Hollywood Masters, totaling 36 episodes. The first season of the series, produced by LMU's School of Film and Television, will be available to stream on Aug. 1. Those 11 episodes feature talent including Ethan Hawke and Billy Bob Thornton, Clint Eastwood, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Amy Adams, Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), George Miller (Mad Max) and Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity); producer-actor-musician Ice Cube (Straight Outta Compton); Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn; and legendary writer-producer Norman Lear (All in the Family).
"The Hollywood Masters not only introduces viewers to the best of global filmmaking, but it's also produced by our students and alumni, giving them hands-on training, professional credits and furthering their careers in the industry," said Stephen Ujlaki, dean of the School of Film and Television. "We are so thrilled that this series, which has become one of our school's most anticipated programs, will be available on Netflix for the world to see."
Added Galloway, who is executive editor of THR: "The Hollywood Masters centers on artists and filmmakers at the very peak of their careers, reflecting on their work with unusual depth and candor, and providing students and Netflix viewers with an insight they won't otherwise find. Each Masters interview is a miniature film school in its own right."
The series is executive produced by Ujlaki, Galloway and Anay Tarnekar.
THR Staff

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F-Cards come in all shapes and sizes. One unique issue is the 1938 Dixie Lids set. These were literally lids off of the top of ice cream products that featured a variety of athletes, including football players.
All football food issues presented here are a bit unusual compared to traditional cards. These sets included lids from ice cream products, miniature stamps, and panels from the backs of cereal boxes.


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Wet Hot American Summer: Ken Marino
Victor the Virgin on Wet Hot, The State, and Other Cult Roles
Jul 30, 2015 Ken Marino By Austin Trunick
Ken Marino has had roles in more cult television shows than probably any actor this side of Ray Wise. In recent years, Marino his appeared on Party Down, Veronica Mars, Eastbound and Down, Reaper, Marry Me, Burning Love, and Childrens Hospital—just to name a few. The actor and comedian got his start as part of the sketch comedy troupe The State, whose self-titled TV series aired on MTV for four seasons in the early '90s. (Marino, of course, played a wide variety of roles, but this particular writer will always remember him most fondly as Louie, the "I wanna dip my balls in it" guy.)
It was as part of The State that Marino first worked with Wet Hot American Summer creators David Wain and Michael Showalter (as well as co-stars Joe Lo Truglio and Michael Ian Black.) In the film and its all-new prequel series, Marino plays camp counselor Victor Pulak, a closeted virgin.
We chatted with Ken Marino about Wet Hot; the secrets behind The State's long, happy marriage; his fitness routines, and other projects.
Austin Trunick (Under the Radar): You've collaborated with David Wain on many of his films that have come out since Wet Hot, and of course you've done many seasons of Childrens Hospital together and have known each other forever, so I imagine you're in pretty regular contact. Do you recall how long ago it was when you first heard chatter that more Wet Hot American Summer was in the works?
Ken Marino: I feel like once Wet Hot started to become a cult go-to movie, David and Show—there were different versions of what they wanted to do. They were always talking about it: was it a movie, was it a prequel, was it a show? Was it flashing forward ten years into the future, like the one part in the movie? Is it a series? Is it a TV show? I don't think it ever really became fully realized until this wave of Netflix and Yahoo! and these internet companies that are maybe a little more open to letting people's creative ideas come to fruition as opposed to trying to rework it. The combination of Wet Hot and Netflix was a perfect match, and so it finally happened. But they'd talked about it throughout the years, about trying to do a follow-up or add another chapter to this movie.
David and Michael had said they weren't going to do the show if everyone wasn't going to come back for it. Were you in from the very beginning?
Absolutely! Oh, of course. I mean, Michael Showalter and David Wain are my brothers, and so I'll do anything with them.
This is going to sound like one of those "What's your secret to a long, happy marriage" questions, but one of the things I love about The State is that you guys still do work together so much, even after all these years. Do you guys just genuinely like each other that much, or do you feel you bring out the best from each other creatively?
I think it's a combination of both of those things. I respect everybody in The State creatively, and I look up to them, I'm inspired by them. I also enjoy working with them, professionally. I think that together we create something special, even in small groups. It's certainly something memorable, for me—I can't speak for what other people feel about it, but for me it's exciting and it's something that I look forward to doing when I get the chance.
Also, separately from that, these are my brothers and sister, and I care about them. They're my family and I love them. Any opportunity to get to hang out with them and be silly is something I look forward to.
Fifteen years have passed since you shot the first Wet Hot. How did you manage to stay among the fitter portion of the cast? Did you go into a training regimen once you knew you'd have to put on the cutoff shorts and sleeveless tee once again?
Well, the way I try to look fitter now in my 40s was to drink a lot and eat a lot of crappy food in my 20s. That way you're a little puffier. Then scale back on that a little bit in your 30s to maintain that puffiness. Not as much—you don't get bigger, but you maintain the out-of-shape look. And then in your 40s, you stop eating shitty food and drinking as much, have a family and have kids, and stress out about that. And then you become thinner.
How did it feel – was it weird or surreal at all to be wearing that old costume again, and standing in a pretty faithful recreation of the camp you shot in 15 years ago?
It was surreal, but as soon as we stepped into it, it was like not a day had passed. It was surreal, yet incredibly comfortable. It was like, "Oh, great! We're back on the set of this ridiculous story, playing these ridiculous characters."
David mentioned how Childrens Hospital had been good preparation for him, in that both that and this are shot with huge casts and are working around nutty scheduling issues. Can you describe what your experience was on set while making this series? What was the vibe like?
I think David was right. David and I and everybody—Showalter, and every actor who worked on this production—we have 15 more years of experience. We've all been working on some level pretty consistently, and so we all have a lot more experience and we know how to work better and faster. But also, I think we truly appreciate what was so special about what we worked on 15 years ago, because we all have experience working on things that are maybe fun but not as rewarding, creatively; or, are rewarding creatively but not very fun, and all the different combinations of that. Once you've experienced all of those things, I think you appreciate those magic moments.
I think doing Wet Hot was a magical moment—a sort of perfect storm of a perfectly silly script, with the perfect director and writers and all of these people doing their first or second film, and they're all excited and gung ho about it. Everyone was trying to make it as fun and ridiculous as possible, and we all clicked and enjoyed each other's company. We all became friends. Because of doing that I have a lifelong friend in A.D. Miles, and Chris Meloni, and Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, and Bradley Cooper and Zak Orth. All these people—we became friends because of that movie, and I have them forever now.
You have a scene in the series with Chris Meloni—and I won't spoil any details—but it's one of my favorite from the new Netflix episodes. Were those sequences with Chris, Joe Lo Truglio, and A.D. Miles as fun to shoot as they looked?
Yeah. I mean, those three guys are incredibly talented and funny, but also friends. You get to be together on set and laugh, and say "Oh, what if I do something stupid like this?" Then the captain of the ship, David Wain, he's like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah!" and he can balance the stuff out. It's a fun group of people to shoot those scenes with and add funny stuff, and kind of create things in the moment. David is wonderful with that stuff, because he knows that if you have a bunch of people who are having a good time on set, you'll get even more ideas to shoot.
Of course you're awar of what all of your State colleagues bring to the table, and of course what people like Lake Bell, Michael Cera, and Jon Hamm are capable of from working with them on Childrens Hospital. Out of any of the other newcomers, though, was there anyone whose work in the series really surprised you?
Well, I haven't seen the series yet, but I think that the cast that they got was incredible. In particular, I'm a huge fan of Jason Schwartzman. I think he's special. But there are so many exciting, funny people in this movie. I didn't get to work with a lot of them because everyone's schedule was tricky, but I did get to see Jason a little bit. Also, I don't know what Michael Cera's part is, but Michael Cera—when I got to do Burning Love with him—my wife and I would drive home at night talking about how brilliant he was.
I mean, there are so many people in this series that I think are incredible. Michaela Watkins. Lake Bell. Super, super funny people. I loved that I got to do some stuff with Michaela, because I got to work with her on Wanderlust, the movie that David and I wrote. She was unbelievable in that, and that was the first time I'd worked with her. Since then, I've worked on different things with her—I directed an episode of Trophy Wife that she was on, and we've done some Childrens Hospital and other things together. I think she's an incredible, incredible actress and comedian. And I didn't get to do stuff with Lake [in this], but I think she's special. It's crazy how many people I admire are in this movie.
You've written and co-written screenplays, and you've directed a ton of television over the last several years. Should we anticipate you directing a film of your own someday soon?
It's something I'm gearing towards doing. I'm trying—there are things I'm attached to direct—but it's hard to make a movie. It's going to happen, I just don't know which project exactly it's going to be. But yeah, that is something I'll be doing soon, hopefully.
Wet Hot American Summer was inspired by a lot of David and Michael's experiences attending summer camps growing up. Did you ever go to one?
I did. I didn't have the experiences that they had because I didn't go to camp for more than like a week. I went to two camps when I was a kid: one camp for one week, and then one camp for another week. That was about it. So, I don't have that going-away-for-the-summer and the growing up over the summer with these people that David and Showalter had, and so many people respond to.
I think that's one of the reasons that this movie hits home with people: as absurd as it is, it comes from a place of real love. I think that people respond to that. As ridiculous, and crazy, and stupid (in a good way) as it is…. Sure, it makes fun of that world in a little bit, but it embraces that world in a real way and it's not cynical. I think that's what people respond to. That movie, and really any movie David does, because that's that's who David is. He's not a cynical guy. He's a guy who really has a huge heart.
Between The State, and Party Down, Veronica Mars, and Wet Hot, you've been involved in so many projects with rabid cult followings. Where does Wet Hot American Summer rank as far as the thing fans approach you about on the street?
It's funny. Wet Hot has been around, so people approach me about it on the street. It depends on what day it is and where I'm at. Nobody will say anything for a long time, then suddenly I'll get a barrage. It can be anything: sometimes it's Wet Hot, sometimes it's the show Reaper, or Party Down. And then, all of a sudden I'll get Dawson's Creek, or like a Hallmark movie of the week I did. It just really depends on who I walk past. It's so random, but Wet Hot is definitely a big one.
It took the original Wet Hot movie a little while to find its audience. Do you think its comedy was just a little too ahead of its time?
I don't know. I know that when we did The State—and I think that Wet Hot is a sort of extension of The State's humor on some level—we were just doing stuff that we thought was funny. And we were so young that we didn't know any better. We would do stuff that copied other sketch shows before ours, but we were trying—and I think we succeeded at times—to do new things comedically, and when we were able to nail that I think it was something unique and special. I think the humor and tone of [Wet Hot], part of that comes from The State and what we were trying to do, and I do think it was sort of fresh at the time. Maybe it was ahead of its time? I don't know. All I know was that it was funny to me.
David and Michael sound like they're totally up for trying to do even more Wet Hot if this Netflix series is a big hit. If that were to happen, do you have any ideas for where you might like to see them take it, or your character?
No, I haven't really thought of that. I'd like to see Victor get laid at some point, I guess. But for dramatic and comedic purposes, I don't know that he should ever get laid. I just feel bad for the guy!
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp premieres on Netflix on July 31st, 2015.
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Five Points to Ponder: NASCAR Aero, Advertising… And Scotch?
Danny Peters August 10, 2015 5 Points To Ponder, Cup Series, Danny Peters, Featured Content, Xfinity 9 Comments
ONE: Aero Packages
Conversations continued on Saturday with the now much more open-to-listening governing body on the much-discussed subject of aero packages. The net of the conversation was that the low-downforce aero package, tested at Kentucky Speedway a few weeks back, will be run again at Darlington Raceway with race-specific tires and then not again until 2016. This news, such as it is actually news, is really a confirmation on what was expected to be the case but I was hoping that maybe, just maybe, the low-downforce package might have been reconsidered for the 2015 Chase races.
Sadly, though, this isn't to be the case and we'll be back to the "basically impossible to pass the leader except on pit road" package we've suffered through at the mile-and-a-half circuits this season. For me this is a missed opportunity but on the other hand I also understand why the governing body is reluctant to make changes for the playoffs and add significantly more work to the already crowded plates of the NASCAR teams. Typically we see great racing at Darlington, so in some senses, it might not be the best test of the new package but it will certainly be interesting to watch how it unfolds. All that being said, though, it's good news that NASCAR are considering some significant changes as what we've had to put up with this year hasn't been that entertaining to watch.
TWO: All Quiet On the Title Sponsor Front
What sponsor's name will be on the Cup champion's trophy after the 2016 season? (Photo: NASCAR via Getty Images)
We've not heard so much as a peep on the subject of who will be replacing Sprint as title sponsor following the conclusion of the 2016 Cup season. Literally absolutely nothing (or at least that I've been able to find) has been mentioned on the topic of what is a crucial role in the sport as a whole. With lengthy TV deals in place and similarly long title sponsorship deals for the second and third series, all that is missing is the replacement for Sprint. Now it is of course still early – there are 16 months until what will be Sprint's 13-year association with sport ends. But at the same time we haven't heard anything about possible candidates nor even statements about a short list of interested parties or something like: negotiations are underway. In short, we've heard a big fat nothing. You can be sure that behind the scenes there is much going on, of that I have no doubt, but with a possible billion dollar 10-year ask for sponsorship on the table you aren't going to have many companies lining up to bite. Precious few, in fact, will be able to come to the table with the finances and then activate on top of that at 36 race weekends. Watch this space, folks. This one might run for a while.
THREE: "Couple scotches, I'll be fine"
All ten of Kenny Habul's XFINITY Series starts, spread across the past four seasons, have come on the road courses. His average start is 24.6 with his average finish a fraction higher at 24.8 and he has not led any of the 600 laps he run. The Australian Habul is also the President and CEO of Sun Energy 1, a company that adorned fellow Joe Gibbs Racer Denny Hamlin's XFINITY Series car all the way to Victory Lane at Loudon this past July. This past Saturday at the Glen, Habul had run upfront for much of the day, and was in eighth place when contact with Brendan Gaughan led to a spin, a hard follow up hit from Ryan Reed and a car spewing flames (which you can view here.) It was certainly a tough end to what looked like a career best top-10 finish for the 42-year old Habul, but that wasn't what caught my eye (or more accurately my ear). In the post-race interview with NBC Sports's Dave Burns, Habul was asked if he was okay after the hard hit from Ryan Reed. And his response was priceless: "It's all right, couple of scotches I'll be fine." To which Burns replied "spoken like a true gentlemen." Yes, indeed Dave Burns. Yes indeed.
FOUR: Next Up – Michigan
Next up we head to Michigan International Speedway for the second of two races at the venue in 2015. This will be Cup race number 93 at the two-mile D-shaped oval with the previous visit back in June being won by Kurt Busch. Michigan will also see the second usage of the higher drag/downforce package we first saw utilized with mixed results at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
As I've said before, credit to NASCAR for listening to the feedback from drivers, teams (and let's be fair — the fans) and attempting to change things up but from what we saw at the Brickyard, the bar is set pretty low. But should the package succeed this weekend, the plans are for it to be used next season at Pocono Raceway, Auto Club Speedway and again at Michigan. Clearly these new package tests are works in progress and it will take turn (and a bunch of data) to really find what sings, but NASCAR is to be applauded for listening and taking action. They could have stayed pat and gone with what we had but the openness and willingness to plough a new furrow is a harbinger of what's to come.
FIVE: Busch's Handshake Deal
And finally this week, a quick word on Kurt Busch who has what Gene Haas describes as a "handshake deal" that will see Busch continue to pilot the No. 41 Chevy in 2016. Of course there are t's to be crossed and i's to be dotted, sponsors to be signed on etc. over the next few weeks but all being well an official announcement will be forthcoming. I talked briefly about Kenny Habul above and his couple of scotches and this feels like the same kind of "gentleman racer" sort of deal. A handshake agreement with a tacit understanding that it will get done on paper is proper old school and I have to say I really like it.
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Danny starts his 12th year with Frontstretch in 2018, writing the Tuesday signature column 5 Points To Ponder. An English transplant living in San Francisco, by way of New York City, he's had an award-winning marketing career with some of the biggest companies sponsoring sports. Working with racers all over the country, his freelance writing has even reached outside the world of racing to include movie screenplays.
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Why would any corporate entity spend the money necessary to sponsor NASCAR given the free fall decline in interest? It is just plain bad business. NASCAR got lucky with Comcast (voted the worst company in America in 2014) sponsoring the Xfinity series. If anyone at Comcast had done even a little homework they would have realized what a terrible investment it was. It is not exactly like NASCAR has been able to hide any of its myriad problems.
Charles Jenkins
John Q, I agree with you 100% about the business aspect. That said, BZF seems to have the golden horseshoe of all time when it comes to draining money from corporations' pockets. I will not be surprised to see someone come on board, just puzzled.
You wouldn't happen to think that the driving force behind Nascar's(i.e. the France Family) sudden openness to change could be due to this would you? Imagine it, that if they cant find somebody else to foot the bills, leaving them all the profits, than they might have to start going into their own pockets. The proverbial fox would be in the henhouse then wouldn't it?
As a business owner would you make this investment if you could afford it? Why or why not? How difficult do you think attracting a sponsor will be?
The people that counsel me strongly advise against car sponsorship, not so much against a series. So if it made sense I would do it.
But the higher the price the fewer companies can afford it. Then it has to be a win/win situation. That may narrow it down even further. But somebody will.
Earner
These potential sponsors are Very educated & loaded with knowledgeable people who are quite often Stars at their positions.(present france family corp not included) They have & will again look at the cost vs benefits & decide that way. That being said one would think the Kentucky down force pkg would be a Great catalyst to the Racing action & create a Draw…But why give the fans what they want…Having the high drag pkg at Indy was dull & is just adding to the cost to the teams for something the fans are not asking for & the car looks even more ridiculous..brian seems to want odd looking cars that handle like indy cars(they won't) instead of admitting how bad these cot decisions were…P.S he's Not a Corporate Star ..Just lucky he works for family ..Kentucky package should be on everything except plate racing …These cars still have throttle & brake controls & "The Best Drivers in the World" or so we are told…Let them drive
DoninAjax
Brian won't give the fans what they want because it would be a detriment to Jimmie Johnson and he has to keep Mr. H happy and paying. He wants to enjoy the Monday morning phone calls.
Let's say it's Verizon who becomes the title sponsor. I can't wait (well maybe I can) for the talking heads doing the Fox telecasts next year telling us about seven time Verizon champion Jimmie Johnson, seven time Verizon champion Dale Earnhardt and seven time Verizon champion Richard Petty. And any of the other Verizon champions.
It bothers me that this writer appears to be patting Nascar on the back for listening to teams, fans etc. Sorry, I'm not buying that they are listening. Fans and drivers have been complaining about the product for a long, long time and it has fallen on deaf ears. My guess is Brian France's wallet is starting to get affected by the poor racing and as a result has finally decided to do something about it. It has nothing to do with listening to drivers or fans.
If NBC forked over what they did for the television rights, essentially getting on board a sinking ship, it would not surprise me at all if a company were stupid enough to pay the kind of dough Nascar is asking for to be the title sponsor. One could argue a company paying that much for title sponsorship is the reason Nascar is now racertainment instead of a sport.


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