John Buck homered twice and Aaron Hill had three doubles and three RBIs, but Mother Nature supplied the biggest highlights in the Blue Jays' win over the Padres in San Diego on Monday night as an earthquake stopped play momentarily in the eighth inning at Petco Park.
After David Eckstein grounded out in the bottom of the inning, the stadium began shaking. The next batter, Chase Headley, stayed out of the batter's box for a few seconds, then stepped in before the public address announcer told the crowd that the rumbling was, in fact, an earthquake and for fans to remain calm. MLB.com has the video.
The Jays would go on to win 6-3.


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Splatoon "Fan Fest" videos
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments
At the end of last month, Nintendo hosted a special Splatoon "Fan Fest". The event featured a live day of challenges, held at London's Gfinity Arena. Check out a couple of videos below, including The Great British Splat Off Grand Final.
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Nintendo to award NX systems to best Splatoon team in ESL competition
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Wii U | 36 Comments
ESL and Nintendo will be hosting weekly ESL Go4Splatoon tournaments starting this Sunday for players all across Europe. Six months of tournaments will be held, ending with a final showdown next year where the winning team from each month's cup will compete to win the NX, the big N's next gaming system.
This weekend, players on the cup-winning team will earn an item of official Splatoon clothing signed by members of the development team. The top teams of each weekly tournament will earn Go4Splatoon ranking points. Each calendar month, the eight teams with the most ranking points will proceed to the following month's Europe Monthly Final, with September's highest-ranked teams going through to the monthly cup in mid-October.
Those who are interested in participating can sign up for the first tournament on the ESL Go4Splatoon website here.
Source: Nintendo PR
Producer on Splatoon's future
This week's issue of Famitsu has an interview with Hisashi Nogami, the producer of Splatoon. One portion of the discussion touched on the game's future.
Famitsu asks if it really is the end for Splatfests. According to Nogami, it was originally decided to run Splatfests for a year. Nintendo was able to continue those events, but they feel now is the right time to have them come to a close.
As for the future specifically, Nogami feels that the game is done. Nintendo has stopped with Splatfests and updates, but they'd still like to build excitement through events such as Splatoon Koshien tournaments. When asked about something like a sequel, Nogami said that Splatoon has been raised together with the fans who have been playing it, and they'd like to continue heading in that direction in the future with the utmost care.
More: Hisashi Nogami, Splatoon, top
Splatoon producers on the game's success, Callie and Marie's popularity
At Gamescom last week, IGN spoke with Splatoon producer Hisashi Nogami and Nintendo EPD general manager Katsuya Eguchi.
The Wii U shooter has been a big success having sold well over four million units. On the topic of its success, Nogami said:
"It felt like it has been a while since we created a brand new franchise. We're really happy with the response to Splatoon and with the amount of fans who are supporting it."
Speaking of popularity, the Squid Sisters Callie and Marie have really taken off. The two characters even ended up receiving their own amiibo and closed out Splatoon's final Splatfest, which weren't originally planned.
Nogami shared the following on the Squid Sisters:
More: Hisashi Nogami, interview, Katsuya Eguchi, Splatoon, top
Splatoon producer Nogami on the competitive scene, development, favorite weapon
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment
At Gamescom, the ESL hosted Splatoon Showdown, an official eSports tournament. Game producer Hisashi Nogami was in attendance and took on a few interview questions during the event.
Nogami talked about the competitive scene, how Nintendo approached development for Splatoon, and his favorite weapon. You can watch the full interview below.
The full interview with @NintendoUK's Hisashi Nogami at the #Splatoon Showdown!
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— ESL Splatoon (@ESLSplatoon) August 17, 2016
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Nintendo and ESL to host Splatoon online tournaments in Europe for six months
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 1 Comment
Update: We now have the official announcement. Find it after the break.
Nintendo and ESL announced a new partnership at Gamescom 2016 today. Starting in early September, the two sides are partnering for official online tournaments in Europe. The entire event will last for six months.
Aside from that, we don't have further details just yet. The news was only just posted by Nintendo of Europe's Twitter page:
In early September, Nintendo and ESL team up for official online #Splatoon tournaments in Europe for six months! pic.twitter.com/LcD4isZOxm
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) August 17, 2016
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Splatoon Testfire also confirmed for Europe
Posted on 2 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 0 comments
Yesterday, Nintendo of America announced the return of the Splatoon Testfire limited demo. Today, Nintendo announced that the Splatoon Testfire is also coming to Europe. Players can download the free Splatoon demo starting on August 18th. The Testfire period will end on September 1st.
Nintendo of Europe has not announced any further details so far, such as specific times when you will be able to actually play the demo, like in North America. It would be slightly unusual, but it is possible that you will be able to play the Splatoon demo as much as you want from August 18th till September 1st. We will keep you updated.
Splatoon Testfire Demo returns next week
Posted on 2 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments
The Splatoon Testfire Demo is returning once again. Between Augsut 25 and August 28 between the hours of 3 PM PT and 5 PM PT (5 PM ET and 8 PM ET), Wii U owners can experience the game's multiplayer through a demo on the eShop.
Four different weapons and two popular maps are included:
Splattershot Jr.
Splattershot
Splat Roller
Splat Charger
Saltspray Rig
Walleye Warehouse
Nintendo also passed along the following information about Splatoon as a whole today:
"To date, ink blasted from all modes and Splatfests in Splatoon have covered 3 million virtual square miles, which is equal in size to Australia, or approximately the size of the contiguous United States! Splatoon has also sold over 4 million units worldwide since it launched last year."
Thus far, we've only heard about the return of Splatoon Testfire Demo in North America. We'll let you know if any news is shared about other regions.
Nintendo shares first details on Splatoon Koshien 2017
Some of you may recall that Nintendo hosted Splatoon Koshien last year. The nationwide Japanese tournament did very well, and now it's returning for 2017. First details were shared today about the new event.
Splatoon Koshien 2017 will once again consist of several Japanese battles throughout the rest of the year. It will then culminate on February 11 and February 12, where a winner will be determined.
As for the initial tournaments, those are as follows:
September 25: Tokai (Nagoya)
October 16: Hokkaido (Sapporo)
October 22: Tohoku (Morioka)
November 5: Kinki (Osaka)
November 20: Shikoku (Takamatsu)
November 23: Chugoku (Hiroshima)
December 3: Kyushu (Fukuoka)
January 21-22: Kanto (Tokyo)
The rules consist of the following: Turf Wars, all weapons, all gear, and eight stages in pool that are randomly chosen.
Speaking of the stages, these were the ones selected during a live stream hosted a short while ago:
1. Walleye Warehouse
2. Museum d'Alfonsino
3. Piranha Pit
4. Urchin Underpass
5. Kelp Dome
6. Ancho-V Games
7. Mahi-Mahi Resort
8. Flounder Heights
Check out the gallery below for a look at this year's truck, uniforms, bandanna for all players, and the trophy.
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Splatoon version 2.11.0 out now
Update: These are the patch notes:
– A bug has been fixed in which the splash with Rollers/Brushes would not hit opponents in certain instances.
– Adjustments have been made to make for a more pleasant gaming experience.
The update is 32MB to download.
Splatoon has been undergoing a bit of maintenance tonight. At least partially, that could be due to Nintendo readying a new update for the game.
Version 2.11.0 is out now for Splatoon. We're still waiting on the patch notes, but we should have some information soon.
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Lucky Chances is an action packed card room situated in Northern California. This gaming facility got its start in 1998 and has transformed into an industry leading gaming institution since opening day. Lucky Chances offers refined equipment combined with a gaming environment all standing ready to meet player needs.
This Colma, California location offers 43 tables with fast paced card playing action around the clock every day of the year. An essential element to keeping the tables running smooth and players coming back time and time again is personable staff. The staff is there to cater to every player whim making gaming at Lucky Chances one of the ultimate playing experiences possible.
Attention to detail is readily noticeable on the gaming floor. One feature is a 'missed blind' notification system set in place. A player who elects to leave a gaming table during play for whatever reason receives a 'missed blind' button.
As the blind comes around during a player's absence, a loud speaker announcement is made asking player in seat # to return to table # to return as time has expired. A second announcement is made two to three minutes after the initial announcement. Two or three minutes after the second announcement, a floor manager removes the players' cards and chips to make room for another eager player.
With 43 gaming tables in action 24 hours a day, it is virtually impossible for a player to not find a table game of interest on the playing floor. There are daily games of Texas No-Limit hold 'em games and Limit Texas Hold 'em games. Other poker games featured included Omaha Hi/Lo, Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 card stud and 7 card stud Hi/Lo. All poker games follow a standard poker hand ranking from highest to lowest. The highest card hand is Royal Flush and the lowest card hand is highest card.
The casino features a separate gaming room for poker play. The poker room is equipped with a divider down the center of the room. To one side of the divider are 25 available tables for standard poker games. On the other side of the divider are all the Asian games that are equally as popular. Most nights feature waiting lists for the popular high limit games of 20/20, 40/80, 60/120 and 80/160 Texas Hold 'em.
No Limit Texas Hold 'em games are offered on a daily basis. Wagering limits for various games on the floor are $1-$1-$2 blinds with $4 to open; $2-$3-$5 blinds with $10 to open and $20 – $40 blinds with $40 to open.
Texas Hold 'em games are also available on a daily basis. Wagering limits for those games are $3-$6 limit; $6 – $12 limit; $9-$18 limit; $20- $40 limit and $40 – $80 limit games.
Lucky Chances offers poker tournament play four days a week. Tournaments are held from Sunday through Thursday each week with various games each day.
Play kicks off bright and early on Sunday morning at 9:30 am with a Deep Stack No-Limit Hold 'em tournament. This tournament features a $10,000 first place guarantee and buy-ins is $225. For this a player receives 4000 in chips and each round of play lasts twenty minutes. This tournament is held the first three Sunday's of each month.
Monday morning tournament play starts at 9:30 am with a Deep Stack No-Limit Texas Hold 'em game. This game provides a $3500 first place guarantee. The buy-in fee is $65 with one optional re-buy. An initial buy-in fee earns a player 1500 in chips and the re-buy option earns 2500 in chips. Each round of play lasts twenty minutes.
Three days into tournament play, there is another Deep Stack No-Limit Texas Hold 'em game starting at 9:30 am. With this tournament, the buy-in fee is $150 plus a $25 entry fee. This entitles a player to 5000 in chips. There are no re-buy options and each round of play is twenty minutes in duration. The first place winner earns a guarantee of $6,000.
The tournament that takes place on Wednesday morning is a mirrored version of Monday morning tournament. Deep Stack No-Limit Texas Hold 'em gets underway at 9:30 am with a $50 buy-in fee and $15 administrative entry fee. In addition, there is one re-buy option for $50. Players receive 1500 in chips with the initial buy-in and 2500 in chips with the re-buy. As with other tournaments, each round lasts twenty minutes.
Tournament play comes to an end on Thursday morning at 9:30 am with a Deep Stack No-limit Texas Hold 'em game. This carries a first place guarantee prize of $3500. Buy-in is $100 and the entry fee is $20. There are no options for re-buys. Players receive 4000 in chips to start and each round is twenty minutes long.
On the last Sunday of each month there is what the casino likes to call its 40 K tournament of play. This is a high stakes No-Limit Texas Hold 'em game features 23 rounds of play that last a total of thirty minutes each. A buy-in fee of $500 with a $50 entry fee is charged. This earns a player 4000 in chips.
There are ten minute breaks after every fifth round of play. Rounds one to six feature blinds ranging from $25 to $300 with no ante amounts in play. As tournament play draws to a close, the two final rounds, 22 and 23, offer $20,000 to $60,000 blinds and ante amounts of $5,000. There are single table satellite games each day.
The next specialty tournament event to take place is the World Series of Poker Free Roll game. The grand prize at the end of this tournament is a $10,000 seat in the World Series of Poker main event and a $1,000 cash prize. To be eligible for this prize, a player simply enters the various daily tournaments that are held at the casino. When a player finishes in those tournaments, they earn a point reward. At the end of a month, all player points are added up and the top 50 finishers with the highest points earn a seat at the World Series of Poker Free Roll tournament.
At that point, players earn prize rewards based on where they fall on the 50 seat list for the free roll game. Places 41 to 50 earn 1000 in chips for the game. Places 31 to 40 earn 1250 in chips; place 21 to 30 earns 1500 in chips and places 11 to 20 earn 2000 in chips. For those that finish in 6th through 10th place earns 3000 in chips and the top five places earn 4000 in chips for tournament play. These chip amounts start play in the free roll tournament.
At the conclusion of the free roll tournament the top ten places each receives the $10,000 seat at the word series of poker and a $1,000 cash prize. The first place winner took home a reward of $110,000. $10,000 of it enters the player into the World Series of Poker main event and the remainder is a $100,000 cash prize.
Lucky Chances Casino is always looking to do their part for charitable organizations in the area. This past January the casino held a charitable event for the Bay Area Big Brothers Big Sisters organization. The choice game of play was a No Limit Texas Hold 'em poker tournament for the second year in a row. The casino donated 100% of the money from the buy-in and entry fees to the organization.
The 2nd annual Shuffle Up and Deal charity tournament took place on Saturday, January 26, 2008. The event rose over $42,000 in donations to the Big Brother Big Sister organization for the Bay Area. The organization announced that the charitable profits will go towards supporting youth mentoring programs that enrich lives of young children in need.
Lucky Chances Casino provides some of the premier gaming atmosphere in all of Northern California. Upon walking into the gaming floor, players are greeted with vaulted ceilings and adequate lighting for play. Playing areas are well maintained. A floor manager or higher executive with the company picking up trash on the floor is a common sight in the casino.
The second main attraction at Lucky Chances Casino next to the table games is the food. People have been known to come from various parts of California to enjoy a nice meal at one of the casino's two restaurants. These two eateries offer every culinary dish that one could imagine. Menu selections are served in a warm environment that mimics that of a local neighborhood café. Throughout the last several years, Café Colma and Rene's Fine Dining have earned numerous awards and distinct rankings on the Daly City/Colma city culinary listings.
Parking is never a problem. The casino features the only underground parking facility that offers self-service and valet parking options.
Lucky Chances Casino may not feature the bells and whistles of other local area casinos but it does hold its own in terms of play. Some of the best table games in the state take place on the casino's gaming floor. The menu selections of the two eateries are also second to none. Everything comes together to create a great place to play a few rounds of cards in an environment that is similar to playing a friendly game in the comforts of home.
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Great to hear that Lucky Chances have been around since 1998, and growing daily. I hope to someday see Lucky Chances expand even bigger by adding slot machines & black jact tables just like Cache Creek so others who are not familliar with poker can also participate in the action and not have to drive so far in the boon dockers area. Do you think this will happen anytime in the near future like tomorrow with all the money that's been pouring into Colma's budget and yet we only have basic cable. It's time for an upgraded change. Thanks!


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The machine that I got is a professional grade server, but hopefully Windows 10 wiill be adequate and robust enough to handle these tasks however. I see advantages to using software like Synology DiskStation Manager, FreeNAS, or NextCloud, but none of these seem perfect for the job, and I still need a windows machine for deployment. Unfortunately, I also don't have the IT background or experience necessary to run a Windows Server 2008 for example, so relying on Windows 10 seems most logical to me.
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MSNBC Continues Its Meltdown Over Election Audits.
Chris Hayes calls for the jailing of those who continue to question the 2020 election results.
By Francis P. Sempa | June 22, 2021
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article here about MSNBC's Joe Scarborough going on a rant about the ongoing Maricopa County, Arizona, audit of the 2020 presidential election. Scarborough stated that anyone who questioned the election results should leave the country.
'It is an increasingly militant insurrection,' — MSNBC's Chris Hayes.
I described this as an all-time low for MSNBC, but a few weeks later, they topped it: MSNBC's Chris Hayes described the Maricopa County election audit as "ridiculous and dangerous." On June 3rd, Hayes ridiculed Pennsylvania GOP State Senator Douglas Mastriano for visiting the Arizona audit. The audit, Hayes said, was an "assault on democracy."
"They are trying to destroy" democracy's legitimacy, Hayes said of those who question the election results. The audit is a "mass delusion," he claimed, that will cause damage and destruction to democracy.
A few days later, again on MSNBC, Hayes called those who question the results of the 2020 presidential election "anti-democratic." "It is an increasingly militant insurrection," Hayes said (emphasis mine). Hayes condemned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for lawfully defending Texas election laws against a myriad of lawsuits that were designed to change existing election laws. (Judges sided with Paxton in all of those lawsuits).
Hayes also condemned Trump aide Mark Meadows for reportedly requesting the Justice Department to investigate allegations of election fraud, a crime that falls within the Justice Department's jurisdiction. Hayes then turned his venom on Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani for attacking "free and fair elections." Finally, Hayes accused those GOP congressmen, Senators, and state legislators who support audits, and GOP state attorneys general who used lawful means to attempt to challenge the 2020 election results, and of course Trump, of unlawfully attempting to overturn the election.
Maybe Chris Hayes thinks those who drive pick-up trucks and fly American flags—obvious Trump supporters according to Mara Gay—should also be imprisoned.
What penalties have those who questioned and continue to question the election results faced, Hayes asked. They haven't faced any consequences thus far, so they will continue their efforts unless "some of them go to jail." Let's recap: MSNBC's Chris Hayes called for the jailing of those who continue to question the 2020 election results. Joe Scarborough told them to leave the country. Chris Hayes wants to imprison them. That is how banana republics deal with their opponents.
Joe Scarborough.
Not to be outdone, in a more recent "Morning Joe" show on MSNBC discussing the so-called "Trump threat" to democracy, New York Times editorial board member Mara Gay stated how disturbed she was when she recently visited Long Island and saw white people in pick-up trucks flying dozens of American flags. "Tens of millions of Trump voters," she said, don't want to share democracy and America with Blacks and people of color. Those whites who fly American flags are saying to Blacks, "this is my country, not yours." "We have to figure out," said Gay, ". . . how to separate Americanness, America, from whiteness." Hosts Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski agreed.
We just celebrated Memorial Day, when we honor those Americans of all colors and genders who died fighting for their country, and Americans of all colors and genders proudly displayed American flags that day. Maybe Chris Hayes thinks those who drive pick-up trucks and fly American flags—obvious Trump supporters according to Mara Gay—should also be imprisoned.
We've come a long way since Huntley and Brinkley—a very long way.
Francis P. Sempa
Francis P. Sempa is an attorney and the author of Geopolitics: From the Cold War to the 21st Century and America's Global Role: essays and Reviews on National Security, Geopolitics, and War.


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Watch Bugatti EB110 Prototypes Fight Winter and a Dog
Rare footage shows two Bugatti prototypes from 1991 being pushed to the ragged edge while being chased by a dog.
By Máté Petrány
The Bugatti EB110 was the most forward-thinking supercar right until the McLaren F1 took away the spotlight and Romano Artioli's company went bankrupt, due to, as the Italian entrepreneur claimed, industry sabotage.
When Bugatti Designed A Suzuki to Fight the Miata
Launched in 1991 to celebrate the 110th anniversary of Ettore Bugatti's birth, the first few EB110s came with a self-developed 3.5 liter quad-turbo V12 fed through twelve individual throttle bodies, producing 550 horsepower at relatively low pressures. Built around the world's first carbon fiber production chassis, the EB110 also came with all-wheel drive, a six-speed manual and a speed-sensitive rear wing.
Later editions got lighter and more powerful, but only the first five EB110 prototypes stayed true to Marcello Gandini's original exterior design. The first of the running mules remains a rare sight around Modena to this day, but the video below is more likely to show what are known as A3 and A4.
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A3 was used for numerous tests and emission level runs, while A4 was built to set up the four wheel drive system and ready various mechanical upgrade for series production.
Seen here somewhere in the Italian Alps are both of these factory cars going absolutely crazy on ice, doing donuts, brake tests, runs up and down a ski slope and towing a regular car. As you do with an EB110, or any Bugatti, really.
The supercar industry in the nineties was sure a lot of fun.
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The Challenger TT, is a touch-tone security device for dial telephone lines. It provides an economical method to provide a medium level security to authenticate voice, fax or modem calls.
The caller's Touch-Tone access codes may be up to eight digits. Six of which can be changed easily by the security administrator, locally or remotely (dip-switch enabled). The access codes and programming codes can be entered from any standard telephone, cellular phone or modem, domestically or internationally.
When a call is received, the Challenger TT answers the line and waits for the proper Touch-Tone access codes. This also eliminates war dialers from discovering modems that may be attached. If the proper access code is not received within the user-defined time, the call is aborted.
Calls that include the proper access code re-ring the connected device, transparent to the caller.
Remote Programming Touch-Tone commands are handled in much the same manner.
Outbound calls can be enabled or disabled as a part of the administrative setup.
Since the caller requires no additional hardware, the Challenger TT represents a more economical approach to dial-line security than other Challenger products.
Other higher security level Challenger systems rely on recognition hardware being present at both ends of the dial link instead of the Touch-Tones. See the Challenger P2 and the Challenger P3 .


Prats de Mollo is a fortified city. In between la maison de Xatart and the city you find a fortress built by Vauban at the border of our property.
Villa Pilato is a luxurious property with pool, terrace, barbecue, garden, badminton, billard pool and table tennis.
Holiday apartment Country house "Zugspitze"
Ruins of Hieburg castle, Friedburg castle and Weyerhof castle are nearby.
The house is situated in a quiet area, surrounded by plenty of nature, next to a natural park. The vacation apartment has got an exra entrance. It has got 2 roooms.
Holiday apartment 1 "Am Fürstenberg"
Explore the area around the Schmierenberg ruins and on the way visit the highest vineyard in Austria.
The house is located at the end of a cul-de-sac in a quiet location on the hills above the Rhine with a lovely view of the Rhine and Burg Gutenfels.
Holiday apartment Holiday home Allgäu - Apartment "Paul"
Castle ruins, Neuschwanstein Castle and Hohenschwangau, Ehrenberg Castle near Reutte.
Quiet located, cosy attic apartment with a comfortable living room, a kitchen with corner and a south- balcony with mountain view. Central location.
Great atmosphere in the renovated stone country house with roof terrace. Ideal for relaxing, for sightseeing, nature experiences and culinary delights.
The Salem Abbey, Meersburg Castle, the Cistercian priory Birnau or Neuschwanstein Castle are other attractions worth seeing.
Your holidays in our apartment: free and independent - with the service and comfort of a 4* Hotel!
In South Tyrol, next to the ski slop of world cup downhill race "Saslong" and "Sellaronda"... here is the Appartment Martina to lead Fam. Planker.
Holiday apartment "Ferienwohnung Eifelblick in Schüller"
Ca 'Piero is a medieval Borgo "hamlet" on a mountaintop in the Marche - between Tuscany, Umbria and the Adriatic coast.
Comfortable holiday apartment in Lahn-Taunus. Perfectly suited for 5 guests on a living size of 85m². Quietly situated.
Very quiet located apartment, central location, balcony, complete amenities, separate living room with a cosy sitting area, separate kitchen.


Alcohol use is one of the largest concerns for American youth, as it is the most widely used drug. According to the 2012 Monitoring the Future Study, 42% of all high school seniors, 28% of 10th graders and 11% of 8th graders used alcohol within the past 30 days.
Annual use rates are even higher: 64% of 12th graders, 49% of 10th graders, and almost 24% of 8th graders used alcohol within the last year. These high numbers cannot be ignored. Random student drug testing can contribute to the drug education prevention efforts of schools addressing alcohol use.
Tests for illegal drugs usually do not include testing for the presence of alcohol although for students under the age of 21, alcohol is an "illegal drug." A separate test is required because unlike illegal drugs, alcohol only stays in the body for a few hours after use. Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is a metabolite of alcohol that remains present in the body for up to 6 days after alcohol consumption.
EtG tests are urine tests which determine whether alcohol was previously consumed. EtG tests do not measure the amount of alcohol that was ingested and do not determine the timeframe in which it was consumed. Any alcohol use by anyone under 21 years old is illegal and can be both dangerous and harmful to that youth's health. Determining higher cut-off levels for EtG reduces the likelihood of students testing positive for alcohol consumption due to innocent exposure from products like mouthwash which contain small amounts of alcohol.
Cut-off levels range between 100ng/ml and 1,000ng/ml. The more alcohol a person consumes, the longer alcohol metabolites are present in the body.
EtG testing can be an integrative piece to RSDT programs. More schools are adding EtG tests to their programs. Although routine drug tests do not test for alcohol, adding EtG testing helps to deter students who may have been more inclined to use alcohol because it was not previously included in the test panel. EtG testing gives students one more good reason to stand up to peer pressure by choosing not to use alcohol and illegal drugs.
The Medical Review Officer (MRO) continues to play the same key role in verifying positive EtG test results. Schools using EtG tests often rotate EtG testing so they do not do it on all samples.
Schools can also use breath tests for alcohol at specific school events such as dances and athletic events, when there is higher use of alcohol by students. Conducting random breath tests at such events can act as a strong deterrent for students not to use alcohol before they attend.


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Al-Ittihad and the Saudi "Super" .. Ronaldo's first serious test with Al-Nasr
Veteran Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo is going through his first serious test with Al-Nasr Saudi Arabia since his arrival last month with a fictional deal, when he meets Al-Ittihad today in the Saudi Super Cup semi-finals, while Al-Hilal faces Al-Fayha in the second semi-final.
And Al-Nassr had won the first official appearance of the best player in the world five times, a few days ago, against Al-Ettifaq with a single goal, which kept him at the top of the Saudi League, a point behind Al-Hilal. The Saudi Super Cup system has changed in the past years, with the participation of four clubs.
Al-Nasr and Al-Ittihad met this season in the local league, and the match that witnessed the expulsion of a player from each team ended in a goalless draw, knowing that Al-Ittihad won back and forth last season (3-1 and 3-0).
Ronaldo desperately wants to score his first goals with Al-Nasr, since his record transfer deal, which international media reported amounting to 400 million euros for two years.
Ronaldo appeared for the first time with the Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal Stars team in the Riyadh season match and scored two goals against Saint-Germain of France, but in the first meeting with the victory shirt he did not score a few days ago, and the "global" is waiting for him to score today in an important match, and the meeting is considered a kind of revenge. Al-Nassr against his former striker, Moroccan Hamdallah, whose transfer from Al-Nasr to Al-Ittihad was accompanied by great controversy.
The two teams are experiencing a distinguished season, as each of them suffered only one loss, similar to Al-Hilal.
Al-Ittihad is currently ranked third in the league, two points behind Al-Nassr, after 14 matches.
The match will witness the participation of distinguished stars, such as Hamdallah, the Brazilians Romarinho, Igor and Marcelo, the Egyptians Tariq Hamed and Ahmed Hegazy in Al-Ittihad, Ronaldo and the Brazilians Talisca, Gustavo and Argentine goalkeeper Agustin Rossi.
• Al-Nasr and Al-Ittihad suffered only one loss during the current season, similar to Al-Hilal.
Lorena Álvarez and Pedro Tenorio say goodbye to "Latina news" and reveal their future


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James May Thinks New Top Gear Is Doing A Good Job. What Do You Think?
by Alex Harrington July 1, 2017, 8:18 am
In an interview with BBC Breakfast, James May tells them that he thinks that having the show Top Gear, as well as The Grand Tour, is no bad thing!
He even goes as far to say that they can "spark off each other a bit".
He says, "What we've ended up with is us refreshing ourselves a bit and having a bit of a rethink about how we do it, making space for some other people to take over our old programme – where they're doing an increasingly good job of it."
From the reviews I've read and from the general consensus of comments, it seems as though both shows have their pros and cons according to fans.
Some aren't fans of Top Gear's new lineup, saying they have no chemistry or that it's just not Top Gear anymore, where others complain that The Grand Tour was too scripted and forced, and that with the move to Amazon, Clarkson, Hammond and May have lost their 'mojo'.
James says, "I do think that the viewers now have two shows to watch, where they had one before.
"I don't really see that anybody loses out."
And it's true, isn't it? We now have two motoring shows, each targeting a very specific niche within the automotive entertainment industry.
Top Gear is a bit more about the cars and the reviews, and The Grand Tour is more about the entertainment factor and the comedy – both brilliant within their own right. Well, I like to think so anyway. Patrick Holland, controller of BBC2, has said a similar thing, too. "You're looking at two completely different shows," he said. "We have turned over a new leaf. It's a new team. Chris and Rory have been fantastic and Matt has been terrific in the films and he's really started to enjoy the studios more and more."
I'd like to think one day we could get over the rivalry between the two shows and enjoy them for what they are. We have another motoring show now, how is that a bad thing?
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Spending decisions are ultimately made through consensus on the MACC Money Spokes. It is made up of representatives of each working group, who rotate.


In honour of the game's birthday, we prepared gifts!
A special holiday pattern is available once again.
New unique festive stickers in honour of the 7th anniversary of the game have become available. The stickers will be available for a limited time!
Unique stickers in honour of the 17th anniversary of the company "Targem Games", the developer of the game "Star Conflict". The stickers will be available for a limited time!
Get all the stickers and the festive pattern in a special container bundle. To do this, you will need to go to the "Bundles" tab and select "Festive bundle #7" and "Festive bundle #17".
In addition, we decided to launch fireworks in the Fringe Sectors, of course, with your help. Now for some time you can admire the fireworks in the game and thoroughly celebrate in game modes.
For the most distinguished, we have prepared a special achievement, which can be obtained only during the holiday.
Deal damage with a special anniversary battery of rockets.
The presents are automatically sent to player accounts. Game time was calculated at the time of the Star Conflict 1.6.0d launch.
Pilots! UMC announces the start of the deadly Sector Conquest battles. At the time of the event, the number of possible respawns in SecCon is limited by the number of ships taken into battle. If you lose the ship during the battle, you will not be able to fly it again.
Deadly battles will start on January 31.
Corporations get the opportunity to own three dreadnoughts at the same time.
Added SecCon battle practice to "Custom battle".
Added a daily task with a reward of 5 monocrystals.
The mission "Ariadne's Thread" is once again available to players.
Now the swarm, too far removed from the destroyer, is destroyed. Before the destruction, some time is given to reduce the distance to the destroyer.
The "Crew" button is moved to the combat slots.
The "Atlas" button has been moved to the previous "Crew" button position.
The "Leaderboards" button is renamed to "Achievements" and combines the achievements, medals and leaderboard screens.
The buttons "Atlas", "Achievements", "Medals" are removed from your own profile window.
In other pilots' profile windows the leaderboards, medals and achievements are combined in the button "Achievements".
Some buttons, such as "Custom battle", "Brawls" and "Map" in the mode selection window were swapped for better grouping by PvP and PvE activities.
Improved a number of PvE missions.
Fixed a bug with radar destroyers and certain equipment.
Fixed a container error on the map "New Eden Station".
Fixed a loss of input focus when trading and manufacturing.
Fixed a target lock icon bug.
Fixed the lack of icons of some effects in "Conquest" mode.
Fixed the damage dealt in the profile of some pilots.
Fixed a bug with identical icons of different versions of some guns.
Fixed the influence of the level of installed weapons on the damage of the special module "Cluster missile".


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From sleek hot spots to time-honored, homey favorites, the Valley is brimming with stellar steakhouses serving up prime cuts and decadent sides.
Keep things peachy this summer at Black Angus Steakhouse. During a recent visit we had the chance to try the new menu which features plenty of the juicy fruit, from cocktails to cobblers.


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The Bad & The Beautiful (1952)
Vincente Minnelli's The Bad & the Beautiful for MGM is a sharp little Hollywood melodrama about the ascent of ambitious producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) from B-movie chancer to Selznick-shaped big shot.
As revealing as Robert Altman's The Player (1992) about the seamy underbelly of studio life - the casting couches, the press agents, the money grubbing - The Bad & the Beautiful is a fairly predictable rise-and-fall job enlivened by some masterful supporting turns. Lana Turner is inspired as the lush bit-part actress hung up on her late father who becomes a star and excels in the frightening suicide drive sequence where she skids along the highway, heartbroken, as the rain thrashes down all around her in idiot sympathy with her tears. Dick Powell is also very droll as a Faulkneresque author reeled in to write the screenplay for an adaptation of his new best-seller and doomed to lose his Southern Belle wife (a charming Gloria Grahame) in tragic circumstances. Powell, a former crooner who made a swell Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet (1944), repeats his smart-aleck schtick here. Also good value are Barry Sullivan as Fred Ameil, Shields' jilted director, Walter Pidgeon as cheapskate mogul Harry Pebble, Elaine Stewart as a bitchy starlet and Sammy White as Turner's sentimental agent Gus. Ultimately though the picture belongs to Douglas, who is on barnstorming form as the man everyone comes to hate. There's a fun scene in the costume department where he and Sullivan have to work out how best to handle a wretched looking, zero budget feline horror quickie - a nice spoof of Jacques Tourneur's Cat People (1942).
The Bad & the Beautiful picked up six Academy Awards in the same year as Singin' in the Rain but only Turner triumphed among the cast. Perhaps things were all a little too close to home for the big beasts behind the scenes. Minnelli directed a sort-of sequel, Two Weeks in Another Town, to less acclaim in 1962.
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Labels: Barry Sullivan, David Raksin, Dick Powell, Drama, Gilbert Roland, Gloria Grahame, John Houseman, Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Leo G. Carroll, Paul Stewart, Vincente Minnelli, Walter Pidgeon
The Naked Truth (1957)
Not a porno - I'm afraid - but rather another Terry-Thomas vehicle of excellent vintage. This time our man stars as Lord Henry Mayley, one of several celebrity victims being targeted by smooth tabloid blackmailer Nigel Dennis (Dennis Price). The villain is planning to launch a new scandal sheet entitled The Naked Truth that will feature outrageous stories about an anonymous person on one page with a flattering and apparently unrelated biography of the guilty party on the opposite, thereby heavily implying that the outrage concerns the named grandee without actually saying so and thus neatly circumventing libel laws. A clever ruse by Dennis, the Star editor who hides out in a rickety barge on the Thames, but he hasn't counted on his prey, including Mayley, novelist Flora Ransom (Peggy Mount), model Melissa Right (Shirley Eaton) and camp "Scottish" TV personality Sonny MacGregor (Peter Sellers), joining forces to thwart him...
Released in America as Your Past Is Showing, this is a decent caper somewhat let-down by the irritating Goon Show mugging and lame accents of a hyperactive Sellers in his familiar "master of disguise" mode. Everyone else involved successfully settles on one comic persona but Sellers tries out a whole boxful without coming close to raising a laugh, inadvertently outing himself as a performer too clever for his own good in the process (I'm afraid I simply have no patience with the man). The original trailer tried to use this as a selling point but the naked truth is that Sellers* is consistently out-classed in every scene he appears in with Thomas, Price or Mount. Director Mario Zampi and scriptwriter Michael Pertwee, who had previously combined for 1951's very uneven inheritance comedy Laughter In Paradise plus three others and would make the woeful Too Many Crooks together with Thomas two years later, soon let things get out of hand with some farcical business involving a body in a trunk, a jail break and a blimp escape over the Atlantic. However, Dennis's plot is a cunning one (Sid James once tried something similar on Hancock's Half Hour with a rag of his own called Blabber Mouth) and there's plenty to enjoy, not least some excellent comic turns from Joan Sims, Miles Malleson and particularly Georgina Cookson as Thomas's wry wife.
Here's another nice bit from Kenneth Griffith (a character actor who went on to a career making political documentaries about the IRA and Northern Ireland), playing Sellers' exasperated valet and actually offering a rather pertinent critique of his co-star.
*To his credit, Sellers was nothing if not self-aware and spoke interestingly about his preoccupation with mimicry and impersonation in 1980: "As far as I'm aware, I'm nothing. I have no personality of my own whatsoever. I have no character to offer the public. I have nothing to project... When I look at myself I see a person who strangely lacks what I consider the ingredients for a personality. I can see personality in other people but I can't see any in myself. One feels that perhaps through playing so many characters one becomes a sort of nil on one's own account."
Labels: British, Comedy, Dennis Price, Edie Martin, Georgina Cookson, Kenneth Griffith, Mario Fabrizi, Mario Zampi, Michael Pertwee, Miles Malleson, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas
School For Scoundrels (1960)
Don't play cards with Satan. Or tennis with Terry-Thomas. "Hard cheese, love fifteen!"
Ian Carmichael stars as Henry Palfrey, a nice guy sick of finishing last after being routinely patronised at work, duped into buying a clanking heap of an ex-colonial jalopy by two "Winsome Welshmen" and in danger of losing out on April (Janette Scott), the girl of his dreams, to fellow clubman and rotten bounder Raymond Delauney (Thomas). In a bid to reverse his fortunes, Palfrey enrolls at the Mephistophelean Dr Stephen Potter's (Alastair Sim) "School of Lifemanship" at Yeovil to learn how always to win the upper hand in any given situation without actually cheating...
This splendid British one-upmanship comedy was credited to Robert Hamer of Kind Hearts & Coronets (1949) fame, although his last film as director was actually largely completed by the unacknowledged Cyril Frankel after Hamer sadly succumbed to the demon drink during shooting. Similarly, the screenplay, based on a series of spoof self-help books by the real Stephen Potter, is credited to brash American producer Hal E. Chester and Patricia Moyes but was in fact largely written by actor Peter Ustinov before being revised by the blacklisted US scriptwriter and exile Frank Tarloff at Chester's request (the producer an "infuriating" man to work with, according to Carmichael, though he did mortgage his Hampstead house just to ensure the film had sufficient funding). All participants though deserve the honours for School For Scoundrels, a very pleasing film indeed with an amazingly rich supporting cast that includes Dennis Price, Peter Jones, John Le Mesurier, Hugh Paddick, Irene Handl and Hattie Jacques in small cameos, many of whom had appeared together with Carmichael and Thomas in the Boulting Brothers' Private's Progress (1956), Brothers In Law (1957), Lucky Jim (1957) and I'm All Right Jack (1959) and all of whom hit their marks perfectly.
The late Carmichael makes a fine put-upon lead but certainly looks uncomfortable when required to exercise his newfound "woo-manship" skills on Scott, which is odd as they had already been successfully paired in Happy Is The Bride (1958) and would be again soon after in Double Bunk (1961). Nevertheless, we cheer Carmichael on in his triumphs over the "Swiftmobile" and in the rematch against Thomas. Naturally though, it's the latter who really steals the show - purring after Scott and losing his rag with Carmichael in fine style. As biographer Robert Ross said of T-T, "The curl of the lip, the quivering moustache and the gap-tooted sneer were the stuff of British post-war humour. The immediate post-war era itself was somehow encapsulated in the waistcoat-wearing, sports car-driving chancers whom Terry-Thomas perfected". But let's not forget the glorious Alastair Sim too, who had appeared with Carmichael before in the toothless political satire Left, Right & Centre (1959) and who finds himself fronting an unconventional school once again after his masterful drag turn as headmistress Millicent Fritton in The Belles Of St. Trinian's (1954) and Blue Murder At St. Trinian's (1957). His turning directly to camera to decry Carmichael's "sincerity" and bemoan the swirling orchestral score that accompanies the hero getting the girl is as hilarious an ending as it is surprising. Sim may not be the first to break the fourth wall to engage an audience but rarely has the effect been better done.
Labels: Alastair Sim, British, Comedy, Dennis Price, Hattie Jacques, Ian Carmichael, Irene Handl, Janette Scott, John Le Mesurier, Peter Jones, Peter Ustinov, Robert Hamer, Terry-Thomas
The Quiet Man (1952)
"I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade."
- W.B. Yeats, 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' (1892)
Oirish blarney of the first order. Only misty-eyed Americans could have made this sentimental valentine to the Old Country and thank goodness for us and the Republic's tourism industry that they did. Johns Ford and Wayne reunited once more with usual suspects Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond and Mildred Natwick for the romantic story of Pittsburgh boxer Sean Thornton (Wayne), who escapes to the idyllic Ireland of his childhood after accidentally killing an opponent in the ring. Buying a cottage in remote Innisfree, the "Yank" befriends the locals, becomes a regular at the pub and begins the tortuous Catholic courtship rituals necessary to ensnare fiery shepherdess Mary Kate Danaher (O'Hara), much to the chagrin of her brother, local squire "Red" Will (McLaglen)...
Seemingly a big departure for Ford and Wayne, The Quiet Man actually follows a familiar Western structure - a mysterious stranger arrives in town (by train here, as in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962), falls in love and ends up reluctantly fighting a duel. Little surprise as the script is by Frank S. Nugent, the genre scribe who would go on to write The Searchers (1956). As usual there's plenty of lush cinematography on show from Winton Hoch, who captures a windswept and verdant Emerald Isle of trailing stone walls, brooding hillsides and babbling brooks. Every stereotypical national trope going is out in force (flat caps, cobblestones, chronic alcoholism played for laughs), not least in the person of Barry Fitzgerald's whimsical "match maker" Michaleen Og Flynn, a bowler-hatted leprechaun who spends his days driving oxen and humming 'The Wild Colonial Boy' with a pipe clamped between his teeth. Fitzgerald though (seated below) is an utter joy throughout and the scene in which he greets the sight of Wayne's smashed marital bed with an awe-struck cry of, "Impetuous! Homeric!", is a scream.
Ford's film was a real family affair on set. Maureen O'Hara's two younger onscreen brothers are really her own, while John Wayne's four children feature in the horse racing scene at the beach. Francis Ford, the director's elder brother appears as the formidably bearded Dan Tobin (above, left), as does Fitzgerald's, Arthur Shields, playing the kindly Protestant Reverend Playfair. The chemistry between the leads stemmed from the great friendship between Wayne and O'Hara, this the second of their five films together, the others being Rio Grande (1948), The Wings Of Eagles (1957) McClintock! (1963) and Big Jake (1972).
There are any number of great moments in The Quiet Man. The wild, wordless kiss in the cottage stands out but it's the fist fight between Wayne and McLaglen under the Marquess of Queensbury rules that most people remember. A film generally thought of as a charming melodrama that presents a nostalgic, rose-tinted view of Yeats country, the tragedy that underscores Wayne's character is actually very affecting and crucial to The Quiet Man's appeal. You could do a lot worse than dig this one out next St Patrick's Day.
P.S. Well worth checking out if you like The Quiet Man is Geordie (1955), a hopelessly inept British variation from the Sidney Gilliat-Frank Launder stable based on a novel by David Walker. Attempting to do for Scotland what Ford's film did for Ireland, Geordie tells the story of a gamekeeper's son who grows up to be an Olympic champion hammer thrower. Absolutely asinine but also rather sweet, it stars Bill Travers and Alastair Sim.
Labels: Barry Fitzgerald, Drama, Frank S. Nugent, John Ford, John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Merian C. Cooper, Mildred Natwick, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond, Winton Hoch
Here's a little more Buster, Fatty and Al St John for your delectation. Two grocery store clerks fight for the affections of a pretty girl (Josephine Stevens), throw knives and flour around, pour molasses in one customer's hat, scald another with boiling water and then disguise themselves in drag to take the battle to Miss Teachem's School for Girls. That's basically it, bar the welcome return of Luke the Dog, a bull terrier who was one of the great unsung talents of the silent era. This was Buster's first appearance on screen after an early career in vaudeville performing with his parents as the Three Keatons (an act that played domestic violence for laughs in which the child Buster was billed as "the Living Mop" and claimed to be an adult midget to get around pesky child-labour laws) and he nailed his opening scene in one take. Step right up and watch it here folks.
Labels: Al St John, Buster Keaton, Comedy, Joseph Schenck, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Short, Silent
Busy Bodies (1933)
It's amazing how often you can watch the same two people doing the same thing over and over again. No matter how many times you see Fred and Ginger overcome their various misunderstandings, complications and entanglements to fall in love and throw themselves around a big white set, they never lose the zing. Similarly, no matter what ludicrous scrapes Laurel and Hardy find themselves in they always make it worth your while. Their partnership too is a kind of co-dependent love affair - the perpetually exasperated Ollie daring to hope that this time things will be different and the frowning, childlike Stan rely on each other to get by in a hard world - as well as a tribute to the joys of ineptitude and unshakeable optimism against all evidence to the contrary.
Along with the likes of the French Foreign Legion-set Beau Hunks (1931) and The Music Box (1932), in which the hapless buffoons find themselves charged with shifting a piano up a steep L.A. stoop, Busy Bodies is one of their best-ever Hal Roach sound shorts. Benefitting from the simplicity of its set-up - the boys doing a day's work at a sawmill - there's plenty of expert pratfalls and a death-defying ending that anticipates Chaplin's Modern Times (1936) and still makes audiences gasp. Two chumps falling over, breaking things and slapping each other with saws will always be funny, the paint brush bristle shaving scene is masterful and you've got to love the fact that their car stereo is a fully-functioning gramophone hooked up to the dashboard.
Labels: Comedy, Hal Roach, Laurel and Hardy, Lloyd French, Short
I wish life was actually like this. Fred and Ginger tap dancing in roller skates on a rink in Central Park to the Gershwins' 'Let's Call The Whole Thing Off'. What else do you need?
Having said that, this effortless-looking scene in fact took 34 hours of rehearsal, four days of shooting and 150 takes. Who needs that much hassle every day?
Whatever you think about musicals, the Astaire-Rogers films for RKO are perfect entertainments, their pairing a seminal moment in American art. Budd Schulberg called Astaire "the classless aristocrat", a Depression dandy who showed ordinary shlubs that "aristocracy, talent, style" were not in the blood or exclusive to Europeans but freely available to all - a nice summation of his appeal. Not only were he and Ginger wonderful dancers, they were also fine comedians and always had splendid support from the likes of Edward Everett Horton and professional English butler actor Eric Blore, both of whom are on hysterical form here. Horton running around in a top hat and underwear during a harmless fire drill aboard an ocean liner is priceless, as is Blore's crazed phone call from the "Susquehannah Street Jail". Fred's ropey Bela Lugosi impression as "Russian" ballet star Petrov is also one of the many comic highlights of Shall We Dance?
OK, so the plot isn't one of their best (the gossip and confusion about their marital status could all have been resolved with one press conference) and Harriet Hoctor's ballerina-contortionist act is just creepy but it's still a blast from start to finish. I could honestly watch Fred and Ginger doing their thing from now until the end of time without getting bored. Fred's biographer Peter J. Levinson, author of Puttin' On The Ritz (2009), is right though when he says of Shall We Dance? that, "Puritanism pervades the entire script," the result of Joe Breen's meddling over at the Production Code offices. The censor finally demanded no less than 19 changes to Allan Scott and Ernest Pagano's original screenplay, then called Watch Your Step, feeling that any jokes whatsoever at the expense of marriage or pre-marital sex were too rich for his blood and contravened the sacred Hays Code.
One of the most inventive but problematic set pieces in Shall We Dance? is the musical number 'Slap That Bass', in which Fred throws himself around a spotless art deco engine room aboard the ship, mimicking the repetitive action of the pistons in Chaplinesque style while beaming black workers provide a rhythm section by banging away at the pipes and humming "Zoom zoom zoom." The New York Times dance critic John Rockwell addressed the issue of racism - in this scene and in the blackface, Bill Robinson-referencing 'Bojangles Of Harlem' sequence in Swing Time (1936) - very helpfully when he said:
"Even though it was kind of racist looking, in a way, by doing these numbers you could argue it was part of the process of opening up black culture to mainstream America. The point is that by having scenes like these maybe it's exactly the opposite of what [Astaire] wanted, but it was part of a process of destroying the very world he was epitomising or at least of transforming it."
Here's an interesting production still that captures the collaborative process in action. Standing from left to right, choreographer Hermes Pan, director Mark Sandrich (a trained physicist who had already made The Gay Divorcee and Top Hat with Astaire and would direct him again in Holiday Inn, 1942), Ira Gershwin and musical director Nat Shilkret. In the foreground, Astaire and Rogers are seated beside a grinning George Gershwin at the piano.
Labels: Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Fred Astaire, George and Ira Gershwin, Ginger Rogers, Jerome Cowan, Mark Sandrich, Musical
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America's Promise Alliance identifies Five Promises to children that contribute to their success as an adult. Number one is "Caring Adults," stating that relationships with a caring adult is the centerpiece of a child's development. Based on the need to implement high-impact tutoring and mentoring, the Middle Grades Network designed "Who Got You Through?" (WGYT), a volunteer recruitment campaign focused on recruiting a "second-shift" of caring adults to help students stay on track towards long-term success. As part of WGYT, volunteers work with various Middle Grades Network partners to support students one-on-one and in groups.
Learn more about how to volunteer with middle schoolers through our volunteer center Hands On Asheville-Buncombe or contact Volunteer Engagement Director Michelle Bennett.


Consider the difficulties of traveling on the airlines these days and you'll want to fly on private jets instead. Then, add a pet to the equation. With the restrictions put in place by the airlines, which vary from carrier to carrier, it can be difficult to take the family pet along on a trip. Once en route, complications such as missed connections, weather or maintenance delays can wreak havoc on the best laid travel plans. Most airlines require that animals larger than 20 pounds be transported in the cargo compartment, an often inhumane and harsh environment in all but the mildest seasons. Many times the strange sounds and unfamiliar surroundings are so overwhelming that many pets can't handle the stress. According to the Humane Society, as many as 5000 animals each year are lost, injured or accidentally killed during commercial airline travel. Even if a pet is small enough to be allowed in the cabin, they must be constrained in an approved carrier just barely larger than the animal itself, and are subject to restrictions based on limits of the number of animals traveling in the cabin.
No longer do pet owners have to worry about their pet's safety when traveling. Desert Jet, the Palm Springs area's premier jet charter service, has introduced a new complimentary program on private jets to cater to our four-legged friends. Jet Wags™ allows travelers and their pets to enjoy all aspects of your charter flight with special amenities and conveniences tailored to the needs of pet travelers. When your companion travels with you on a Desert Jet flight, he or she is free to sit next to you or on your lap, off-leash and without the confines of a crate, in the same level of comfort you enjoy. Jet Wags™ amenities include special treats for doggies, a pet water bowl and magazines such as "Fido Friendly," "Modern Dog," and "Bark" on the aircraft for your reading pleasure.
"As pet owners ourselves, we love being able to offer our clients these special amenities", said Denise Wilson, President of Desert Jet and the guardian of three Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. "We travel extensively with our own pups so we understand the importance of peace of mind and comfort when traveling with pets".
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Green, Rockets rally to beat Hawks
Jalen Green scored 30 points, Kenyon Martin Jr. and rookie Jabari Smith Jr. added 21 each and the Houston Rockets overcame a 15-point second half deficit to beat the Atlanta Hawks 128-122 on Friday night.
Jalen Green , The Canadian Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Jalen Green scored 30 points, Kenyon Martin Jr. and rookie Jabari Smith Jr. added 21 each and the Houston Rockets overcame a 15-point second half deficit to beat the Atlanta Hawks 128-122 on Friday night.
"There is a maturity that comes with every experience that we have," coach Stephen Silas said. "But to go through everything that we went through in this game and get down and fight back shows not only maturity, but also shows character."
The Rockets (4-14) got a rare win in this tough season despite huge nights from Trae Young and Dejounte Murray. Young had a season-high 44 and Murray set career highs with 39 points and eight 3-pointers in a game where big man Clint Capela didn't play.
Green made four quick points to put the Rockets up 118-117 with about two minutes to go. Garrison Mathews grabbed a steal after that and made two free throws after he was fouled on the other end.
Young made 1 of 2 free throws for Atlanta before Smith made it 122-118 on a put-back layup with just over a minute remaining.
Green fouled out just after that and Young made 1 of 2 free throws again. An off-balance layup by Mathews pushed Houston's lead to 124-119.
Smith talked about the key to finishing this game.
"Just togetherness," he said. "We didn't have that energy and that same pop we had to start the game, so we were just trying to find that. Playing angry and just trying to come back."
Daishen Nix made a free throw with about 30 seconds left to add to Houston's lead and Mathews added two free throws to make it 127-119 with 13.3 seconds to go.
"Defensively we never established that we could stop this team and when we did force them to miss they beat us to the glass with 22 offensive boards," Atlanta coach Nate McMillan said. "No defense at all in this game, 122 points is enough points to win a game."
The Rockets scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter, with 3s by Smith and Mathews, to get to 104-102 with about 10 minutes to go.
Murray gave Atlanta its first points of the quarter with two free throws to start a 6-2 run that made it 110-104.
Houston then used an 8-2 spurt, capped by a 3 from Green, to tie it at 112-all with about five minutes to go.
Murray hit a 3-pointer seconds later to give Atlanta the lead and put his finger to his lips to hush the crowd as he ran down the court.
The Hawks led by 3 at halftime and scored the first nine points of the third, with a 3 from Murray, to make it 81-69 with about 8 1/2 minutes left in the quarter.
Green made three free throws before Atlanta went on a 9-2 run, with two 3s from Murray, to push it to 90-74 with about seven minutes left in the third.
The teams got into a scuffle after that with Murray and Smith pushing each other and jawing. Young and Green then ran over and began pushing each other and arguing while Murray and Smith were separated. All four players were given technical fouls after a review.
The Rockets trailed by 11 later in the third when Silas got a technical foul for yelling at the referees when he thought Martin was fouled.
Two free throws by Young made it 104-92 late in the third but Porter made a basket near the buzzer to get Houston within 10 entering the fourth.
Hawks: Capela missed the game with dental pain. … Bogdan Bogdanovic sat out as part of recovery from a right knee injury. … Jarrett Culver was out with a bruised hip. … Atlanta made 15 of 39 3-pointers.
Rockets: Eric Gordon missed the game with a groin injury. … Jae'Sean Tate was out for an 11th straight game with a sore right ankle. ... Mathews had 20 points off the bench.
REBOUNDING WOES
Houston had 22 offensive rebounds to just six by the Hawks. Young said there's no excuse for such a disparity.
"I know we didn't have Clint tonight for our rebounds," Young said. "But we still should have been able to rebound and do a better job that way. That really hurt us."
Hawks: Host Miami on Sunday.
Rockets: Host Oklahoma City on Saturday night.
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NeverWet: magic coating to repel any liquid
The future is here. NeverWet literally keeps liquids from penetrating anything it is applied to.
Jennifer Walpole, Sr. Staff Writer
Move over Apple magic, NeverWet is the MOST magic of all
NeverWet is a revolutionary superhydrophobic spray-on coating that gives a new meaning to the term "water-resistant." NeverWet is a silcon-based covering that deflects nearly all liquids, heavy oils, acids, bases, and salt-solutions and was launched years ago but was not yet publicly available… until now.
For businesses that manufacture that will be exposed to any type of liquid or oil, this product is invaluable, but also, for the everyday consumer. The NeverWet site features videos demonstrating an iPhone that has been sprayed with their product and remains fully functional while submerged in a bowl of water for thirty minutes. This could also be used to liquid-proof clothing, carpet, shoes, tools, bathrooms, technology, roofs, buildings, basements, and endless other possibilities.
Anti-icing, anti-corrosion, anti-bacterial
In addition to the anti-wetting, NeverWet also offers the protection of anti-icing, anti-corrosion, anti-bacterial, and the benefits of being self-cleaning; let me briefly explain each one. There are videos for each on the site as well. It is anti-icing because water cannot stick to anything that has been coated with NeverWet, so ice never has the chance to form. If you have ever had an air conditioner freeze over, you can understand the benefit this would give you. Any droplets that might normally freeze would simply roll off.
It offers anti-corrosion protection because water never has the chance to penetrate and do damage. See the video for their salt fog experiment. It is anti-bacterial because dirty water and oil cannot stick to and dry on the surface, so there is little to no chance of bacteria remaining. And self-cleaning happens because water and dirt are repelled therefore there is nothing left to clean.
On the off chance that there are some dust particles, a simple spray of water will clean everything right off as the water will be instantly repelled taking the dust with it. Think about what this would mean in terms of washing your house or equipment. How much time would this save you?
NeverWet finally available to the general public
The spray cans are available now, after a much anticipated journey. NeverWet is a two step process. The first coat is the base coat and the second coat seals it all in, not only making the surface liquid proof, but liquid repellant. You only have to wait about fifteen minutes between applications; fifteen minutes between the base coat and sealer, and then fifteen minutes until you can use it, for thirty minutes total. Then you are liquid repellant and ready to go.
The site does say to avoid exposing NeverWet to the following substances: detergents, soaps, oils, solvents, and high-pressure water. If you are using it on a deck, they suggest using only low-pressure measures, such as a garden hose. You should also avoid brushes and abrasive cleaners as this could diminish the effectiveness of NeverWet. NeverWet by Rust-Oleum is available at retail stores, primarily Home Depot in North America for $19.97.
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Written By Jennifer Walpole, Sr. Staff Writer
Jennifer Walpole is a Senior Staff Writer at The American Genius and holds a Master's degree in English from the University of Oklahoma. She is a science fiction fanatic and enjoys writing way more than she should. She dreams of being a screenwriter and seeing her work on the big screen in Hollywood one day.
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18.10.2011 - For the past 10 years, Nawaf Al-Janahi has led efforts to build a viable film scene in the UAE, both as a spokesman (he started the country's first online film community) and as a filmmaker and actor who frequently contributed to the vanguard Emirates Film Competition. Over time, his short films were selected by more regional and international festivals, and he gained more attention as a rising local talent. His first feature, The Circle (2009) was one of the first Emirati features to be screened internationally.
Now Al-Janahi, who was born and raised in Abu Dhabi, stands poised to become one of the region's most prominent filmmakers. His second feature, Sea Shadow, is backed by ImageNation Abu Dhabi - the powerhouse behind No. 1 box office hits Contagion and The Help - and looks to be distributed overseas. The film, which receives its world premiere at ADFF on Wednesday as part of the Festival's New Horizons Competition, is a gentle coming-of-age drama set in a small seaside community in Ras Al Khaimah, far from the stereotypical glamour and bustle of the UAE's urban centers. Al-Janahi sat down with us this week to talk about the development of the film, representing Emirati cinema and his vision of storytelling.
How did you come to choose Mohamad Hassan Ahmad's screenplay for your second feature?
Well, we've known each other for many years now. We've worked together on many films before - most of them shorts - but it was never a relationship of writer and director. Over time the relationship grew in such way that we realized that we like each other's ideas - we have shared concepts and ideas.
And then he proposed the initial concept for this film as a short; that was maybe in 2007 or 2008. I liked the idea, and we worked on a few drafts. We were almost ready to shoot in 2009, but finally I told him that I didn't feel this was a short film: I felt it had potential to be a feature. That was like three or maybe four weeks before the shoot. And I thought he was going to hesitate, or maybe ask me to give it to someone else because he had never written a feature film before. But no, in fact, his eyes glowed, and he said, "Let's do it!" So I stopped everything on the project, and we went back to work on the script with the objective of making a feature.
So you worked closely with him on the screenplay?
Yeah, you could say that. Mohamad is a very brilliant writer, but I like to work very closely with my writers, and I think it helped a lot that we started with the concept from the beginning together. So the progression was natural.
Tell us about the differences between the film's small-town setting and the typical image of the UAE.
The location is important because of the story and the characters. We needed someplace humble and simple. It was crucial for the nature of the story, to make it believable and its characters believable. I get this question sometimes - people ask, "Why did you have to go there?" It's as if there are no stories there. People are used to the image that we always see on TV of UAE: the big buildings, the glass towers, Abu Dhabi, Dubai. All that is nice, but there is also the other side, there are other areas that have their own rich stories.
So it was important for you to bring out that side of life here?
The most important thing to me is to tell a story. Where that story is, I really don't care. In what language, I really don't care. It has to be deep and human. If I love the story, then I'm going to tell it.
Do you feel any pressure as a prominent Emirati director to be a spokesman for Emirati cinema?
Well, I don't know if such a situation exists. [laughs] Because my fellow filmmakers and I, we've been talking about Emirati cinema all these years, since we started with the Emirates Film Competition here in Abu Dhabi in 2001. So I don't see the difference. I'm just doing what I'm doing, I keep making films, and since I care a lot about where Emirati cinema is going, and how is it shaped, I don't think the status of one film makes a difference.
How would you characterize Emirati cinema? How would you describe your national cinema to an outsider?
In my view it's a little bit too early to give Emirati cinema such labels. It's too young and it's too, let's say, passionate, and too new. Things could change considerably in a year or two - I don't know. But to give labels like we have for Russian cinema, Italian cinema, French cinema - this happens over a period of years, it needs some buildup. And I think we're still in that phase. Nobody talked about neo-realism in the first year of that movement in Italy, you see what I mean? It has to happen first, and then people later reflect on it, critics reflect on it - it's a buildup. So let's wait a little bit and see. The most important thing today is to keep making films. The most important thing is to keep the cycle spinning, and focus on making good films.
You received a grant from the Emirates Foundation for Sea Shadow's screenplay before the project was picked up by ImageNation Abu Dhabi. How do you feel about the initiatives set up by the government to support the film industry here?
I think today the possibilities are there, the options are there. When we started out in 2001, there was nothing, literally. I mean, you had to pay for everything from your own pocket. Today, at least you have some options, there are many doors open. I think this project was blessed to be considered by these entities - it's a great thing. ImageNation spoke to me after they saw my first feature, and they were interested in what I was planning next. I told them about what I was working on, and they liked the idea - we hit it off from there.
What would you say to a young filmmaker who was starting out in the industry here?
The first thing I always say is you should understand what you are getting yourself into. This is a very difficult field, it's a very complicated field. Have commitment, have devotion, stay true to your real work. It's the most complicated job in the world in my view. Being a director, or a filmmaker in general, is not easy. It's not about the glamour or the spotlight. It's about telling stories. It's a 24/7 job. Some people have the passion, and that passion is important of course, but it's not enough. You really need to do your research, you really need to build up your taste, build up your cinematic awareness. You need to read, you need to watch films. And you need to know people - it's a lot of things. I think what would help any young filmmaker is to plan. Know your path, know where you're going.
Do you feel an obligation to stay here and make films in the Emirates, or do you feel you can also represent your country by making films abroad?
Both, definitely. I represent my country just being a citizen, just being myself. I'm an Emirati, so whether I work here or outside of the country, I'm an Emirati and the name of my country will be mentioned anyway. I don't feel an obligation to stay here, nor is there a mandate to go abroad. It's a career, and wherever that career takes you, you never know. Like I said, I'm looking for beautiful stories, human stories. Where they happen, in what language - it's really not important to me.
Sea Shadow makes its world premiere on Wednesday, October 19 at 9:30pm at Abu Dhabi Theater and screens again on Thursday, October 20 at 10pm at Marina Mall's VOX Cinemas. Director Nawaf Al-Janahi will be present at both screenings to introduce the film and to answer audience questions afterwards.