For a variety of professional reasons from time to time I happen to be in contact with Francesco Morace and his Institute. Such a collaboration is always a guarantee. But beyond this, the work of Morace has served me greatly due to his brilliant and very attentive hypothesis, aimed at imagining new scenarios and new worlds for society, and all of humanity. His slogans, formulas, and visions of change are to me a continuous and stimulating verification that I often place at the basis of my own research. Thus I own the entire collection of his books, and I keep updated on the activities of Future Concept Lab, of which I am grateful and appreciative for their intelligent activity.
Future Concept Lab's contribution was instrumental during a crucial phase of Meltin'Pot's launch, that of defining its "personality". Without the tools and analysis that they provided us with, everything would have been much more difficult.
As we well know within the (very special) practises of Italian design, the classic marketing research model does not enjoy a large audience: we usually proceed by intuition, with a deliberately paradoxical way of doing that is hard to grasp for this discipline absorbed in its purely numerical and statistic ways. Having said this I must admit that Francesco Morace and his team at Future Concept Lab have so far been the only specialists who have helped me to better understand our way of marketing ourselves.
The meeting with Francesco Morace and the Institute that he created and directs is not only useful but also essential for all those who want to reason on the future of human needs.
My own experience with Future Concept Lab helped me to reflect and grow; no words exist to thank him for existing.
For the Deborah Group, Future Concept Lab offers a unique opportunity to "connect" with the world and to decode new sociological trends. Being able to break away from the business, to broaden our horizons, by dealing with the experiences of other brands and sharing the behavior and consumption trends that will spread in the short-term is essential for a company like ours that wants to stay current both with the times and consumer needs.
Their workshops are fundamental moments of discussion that offer a broad look at what is happening in dynamic and rapidly developing countries such as Brazil, China, India and Russia. Its division into modules (Retail, Communication…) allows us to involve our employees in a systematic manner depending on the area, so as to maximize on the training element of these events.
Future Concept Lab is a glimpse into the present future. Its instruments are the most simple and easy way to grasp even the weakest of signals regarding consumer expectations of services and habits in the coming years. Indispensable!
Fundemental. A single adjective to describe our meeting with Future Concept Lab and their qualified activities of research and strategic consulting. Particularly appreciated was the extraordinary ability of their team to get in tune with our company supporting us in the incessant activities of aesthetic and functional research and supporting us with their ongoing commitment to anticipate the constantly changing needs of the consumer.
In a scenario of hyper competitiveness and discontinuity like that which we are experiencing, the competitive differential becomes a deep knowledge of human desires, interpreted with an eye for business and surprising the market with new propositions of value. With this in mind a better understanding of people's behaviours across the generational targets offered by Future Concept Lab has been very important in the identifying of latent opportunities in the relationship with current and potential clients.
In recent years, the partnership between the Centre for Jewish Culture and Future Concept Lab has led to the conception of special projects able to highlight the central role of culture in the formation of man. Starting from the paradigms analyzed by Future Concept Lab for all areas of human behaviour, both within the personal and professional context, it has been possible to bring new insights into culture and innovative themes and thus enrich the debate on the future conduct of society. In this way, we have expanded the field of our activities to embrace different audiences, and we have strengthened our position as a cultural institution of excellence, open to all.
There is a fine line between reality and trend: one is punctual, describes the moment, the other describes the prospect of what we can do to change this reality; by following this difference in meaning, one must be the agent of this collective change and not "run after" it alone. In the various projects in which Grendene has worked with Future Concept Lab, it has been possible, with clear methods and objectives, to balance these insights very well, so as to ensure the analysis of the perceptions/feelings of consumers and, consequently, design actions that surprise consumers and shareholders. This is how we firmly maintain the market: through constant research, and without a crystal ball.
We contacted Future Concept Lab because we were interested in understanding the still unexpressed communication potential of our brand.
Thanks to the efforts of the team we have had the opportunity to reflect on the possibility of telling our story to other parties beyond that of our groups of consum-authors of choice.
Working with Future Concept Lab has been a very strong way of looking at the past and present time to build a product looking at the future in a sort of open lab where all the professions involved in the project were bringing expertise, new way of reinterpreting key elements and visions, positive energy and new constructive ideas. Great alchemy and complicity between ICR ITF group, the Trussardi Family and Future Concept Lab where then translated into a product: the new Trussardi My land.
The collaboration with Future Concept Lab has provided an opportunity for many professionals in the company to open their horizons and minds regardless of their specific activity. It's a less conventional approach to the observation of trends that are shaping the planets societies. The assistance of Future Concept Lab's experts in the dissemination and understanding of these phenomena is the other strongly qualifying uniqueness of this collaboration.
Future Concept Lab has a medium to long-term vision, in contrast to today's fast consumption of ideas.
Francesco Morace and his Future Concept Lab are really unconventional, outstanding providers in innovation process: their restless creativity and smart angle to look at business challenges make them an excellent partner to face the complex contemporary consumption environment.
Working with Future Concept Lab has allowed us to better understand our customers and to see within and beyond the trends of the consumer that we serve.
Each innovative project capable of making a positive change at 360 degrees shows us how success is dependent on having an understanding of the social dynamics in the markets and the cultural transformations of consumers. Future Concept Lab has a unique vision because of their viewpoint and their keen ability to interpret. All this makes Future Concept Lab a strategic partner in the innovation process.
Even for the experts, is sometimes not easy to disentangle the complex and ever-changing scenarios of Fashion. Thanks to the transversal approach and distinctive competencies of Future Concept Lab, but above all thanks to their constant and tireless pursuit of excellence, we have been able explore new trends and make the most of the untapped potential of our brand.
I think that the distinctive value of Future Concept Lab, be their curiosity and ability to be influenced by so many different territories and a critical and constant analysis that leads to the identification of new worlds to be explored.
The meetings with Francesco Morace and all his teams have always fascinated for the vision that they have proposed, for the prospects that exceed channels and geography.
Francesco has also participated in meetings with our sales team, and his charisma has always involved and excited all.
There are aspects of a brand that are difficult to perceive through internal processes. Future Concept Lab has helped us discover new readings and different mental paths to allow us to effectively manage our communication.
The need to communicate with the world in a different way is essential today: the values, ways of life, have changed, consumers desire products that give new sensations. Future Concept Lab has successfully supported Sistema Moda Italia to help companies in the textile and fashion sector to understand the changes and epochal trends in act.


Perry–Much More Than Florida's Forest Capital!
There's something for everyone when you visit Perry, Florida–Florida's Forest Capital!
Yes, Perry's main industry still revolves around pine trees and the products produced by the wood harvested nearby. But there's more to see and experience in Perry, and it's certainly worth a visit if you're traveling down US19/98 into our Natural North Florida region.
Your first stop should be downtown, on Jefferson Street. While there's no longer a traditional town square (or County Courthouse), there still are a few things to see, and experience in Taylor County's largest town. There are shops to visit, as well as several excellent restaurants and coffee shops. And don't miss a stroll along the creek at Perry's newest park, Rosehead Park.
Speaking of food, there are two destinations of note in Perry. Deal's Famous Oyster House, west of town on US98, has been a locally popular seafood restaurant for many years, and it's arguable that Johnson's Bakery on Jefferson street has the best donuts in the United States!
Making Perry the destination for a long weekend can be more fun than a quick visit, especially if there's a festival going on. The Florida State Bluegrass Festival is held the first weekend in April, and the Smokin' in the Pines BBQ Festival is held each year in September. There's also the Florida Forest Festival, usually held in October. And, don't miss a trip to one of Florida's most interesting and historic State Parks, the Florida Forest Capital State Park.


ABOUT 300km south of Chennai, a six-hour car ride away, is Kumbakonam, famed for its medieval temples dating back to the late Chola period.
The Cholas reached their zenith during the period 1010–1200 when they annexed parts of Sri Lanka and occupied the islands of the Maldives as well as the kingdom of Srivijaya in the East.
The Cholas were known to be master builders, and like the Pharaohs before them, saw temples not just as places of worship but hives of economic activity.
Kumbakonam is not short of gopurams, the tall and colourful entrance structures that mark major Hindu temples. There are at least 15 major temples in the town itself. It is therefore not surprising that one of the major cottage industries in the town is the production of bronze statues of varying sizes and complexities, from 3m high weighing several tons to small hand-held ones.
During a recent visit to the town, in a place called Swamimalai, I visited one of the bronze workshops to see the traditional "lost wax" process of sculpture-making.
First, a detailed wax model is made of the image to be cast. The wax is made of pure beeswax together with plant resin and groundnut oil.
If there are many parts, then the parts are made separately and fused together, for example when the metal image has many hands, each holding an object or forming a specific mudra or hand gesture.
The craftsman, or sthapathi, covers the wax image with three separate layers of fine clay and sand, the first one being the finest. The alluvial sand is from the River Cauvery on the banks of which Kumbakonam is situated. The clay mould is then allowed to dry for a month or so in the shade.
When the mould is ready, a few holes are made in the right places, and the mould is warmed up. This causes the wax mixture to melt and flow out of the holes (hence "lost wax" process).
The laborious process of making deities results in spectacular forms.
The empty mould is placed firmly in the soil or clamped with wood and prepared for casting. The alloy is melted and poured into the mould. In olden times, the molten metal was an alloy of five metals known as Panchaloha — gold, silver, copper, zinc and lead. Today, tin and iron have mostly replaced gold and silver, which are now used in insignificant quantities more for symbolic purposes.
When the sthapathi determines that the metal has hardened, he will break the mould to reveal the semi-finished sculpture.
Work then begins to clean and polish the sculpture.
They come in all shapes and sizes, but all deities demand careful attention to detail.
The Pallavas and the Cholas were brilliant in creating magnificent statues and icons for temples all over India. Today, the workshops of Swamimalai supply the images (murtis) to temples all over the world. One good example was a set of 108 cosmic dance poses by Shiva produced for a Hindu temple in Hawaii.
Many of the sthapathies are descendants of generations of craftsmen and work by instinct and feel, rather than using any scientific instruments.
During my visit, I did not see any measuring instrument, only the tools of the trade.
It is an open question as to how much longer such cottage industries will last without modernisation and investment. But even in this primitive workshop, one can feel the passion and spiritual underpinnings of this craft, which always starts with a prayer for the skills required to produce the icon without any blemish.


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Q: Unable to change screen resolution in Ubutu 21.10 with Lebula 7-Inch touchscreen monitor Raspberry pi In order for the touchscreen to work, I need to change the resolution to 1024x600.  If I go to Settings, display, I have a 'Unknown Monitor' with a resolution of 720x480 (3:2). There are no other options.
I used cvt to get the modeline for that resolution and xrandr to add the resolution.
Now in displays, I have the additional 1024x600 resolution, and I can select it and click [Apply] and confirm, but it remains 720x480.  This display is on the HDMI port of the Raspberry Pi, but xrandr shows "Screen 0":
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"All we can really do is somehow incentivize the breeding of the wise/intelligent/strong individuals while disincentivizing the reproduction of the weak/dumb/mentally-ill… and in an objective and uncorrupted fashion. Easier said than done."
So how do you rectify this statement with the Christian faith who loves all of God's children?
And what about the mentally challenged? Why are you protecting this group given the fact they are technically considered societal dead ends by your own metric?
Furthermore, how do YOU prove that you are of the group who is wise/intelligent/strong? What criteria do you possess as evidence?
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Robert Lee Edwards
July 26, 1931 ~ November 25, 2019 (age 88)
Robert Lee Edwards of Rancho Cordova peacefully passed away Tuesday,
November 25th surrounded by his family. Robert was born in Whitehall,
New York on July 26th, 1931 to Elizabeth and Arthur Edwards. When his
family moved to Flushing, NY he began shining shoes in Manhattan at the
age of 9, then began caddying. Though poor, he loved his childhood in NY.
When he was 16, Bob was discharged from the Army and moved to Los
Molinas, California to join his family where he met his future wife, Donna
(Genie) Foster. After serving in the Air Force, Bob and Genie made the
Sacramento area their home where they owned Bob's Pastry Shop in North
Sacramento and later in Auburn. Bob moved on to work in the construction
industry in several positions, but his favorite occupation was working in
tunnels as a miner and eventually as an inspector until he retired at the age
of 83. He was a long time member of Laborers Local Union 185.
Bob is survived by his loving wife Genie of 69 years, their children: Donna
(Gary) Boise, Karen Leighty, James Edwards, John (Angela) Edwards, and
Shannon (Eric) Alward; sister Nancy Coffman, many grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his sons, Bobby and
David, son in-law, Dr. Steve Leighty and siblings, Norman Edwards, Jean
Wikoff, and Kathy Mann.
Bob was very proud of his family and showered them with love and
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Q: Finding the angle between two points given their Azimuth and Elevation angles I have two points in the sky and I have their coordinates in Azimuth and Elevation angles with respect to position O. I want to find the scalar angle between the two points w.r.t. position O. Thank you so much for your help!

A: The simplest is to convert from spherical to Cartesian coordinates and take the dot product (cosine of the angle).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinate_system#Cartesian_coordinates

A: The angle may be calculated as the angle between the two unit vectors starting at position $O$ and pointing to each location in the sky. The angle between any two vectors with the same origin may be calculated using the dot product in Cartesian coordinates but since we just have unit vectors, we can simplify the math a bit.
The angle $\theta$ between any two vectors with the same origin $\vec{v}$ and $\vec{u}$ is
$$\theta_{u,v}=\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{\vec{v}\cdot\vec{u}}{\|\vec{v}\|\|\vec{u}\|}\right).$$
However, since we have unit vectors, i.e., $\|\vec{v}\| = 1$ and $\|\vec{u}\|=1$, we can simplify to
$$\theta_{u,v}=\cos^{-1}\left(\vec{v}\cdot\vec{u}\right),$$
which in Cartesian coordinates is
$$\theta_{u,v}=\cos^{-1}\left(x_vx_u+y_vy_u+z_vz_u\right).$$
To get Cartesian coordinates from the $Az$ and $El$ angles (remembering that we are using unit vectors so $r$ is 1):
$$x = \cos El \cos Az,$$
$$y = \cos El \sin Az,$$
and
$$z = \sin El.$$
Note that here $El$ is defined as the angle from the $x$-$y$ plane. Thus, if we have two points in the sky defined by ($Az_1$,$El_1$) and $Az_2$,$El_2$ relative to some location $O$, the angle between them may be calculated as
$$\theta_{u,v}=\cos^{-1}\left[ \cos El_1 \cos El_2 (\cos Az_1 \cos Az_2 + \sin Az_1 \sin Az_2) + \sin El_1 \sin El_2 \right].$$


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Diddy: President Obama "Shortchanged" Black People, Hillary Clinton Hasn't Earned the Black Vote Yet
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Updated September 8th, 2016 at 5:18 pm
Sean "Diddy" Combs is not quite feeling President Barack Obama or the two candidates currently running for the president. In fact, the hip hop mogul feels "shortchanged."
Diddy appeared MSNBC's PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton to discuss his new Harlem Charter School. The conversation moved to politics and Diddy did not hold back his opinions, particularly how he feels Obama let down the black community.
"My number one thing, though, to be honest, is black people. I feel like we put President Obama in the White House. When I look back, I just wanted more done for my people because that's the name of the game. This is politics. You put somebody in office you get in return the things that you care about for your communities. I think we got a little bit shortchanged."
"That's not knocking the President. There's a lot going on — a lot of balls for him to juggle — he's done an excellent job, you know, but I think it's time to turn up the heat because the black vote is going to decide who is the next president of the United States."
In recent years, Diddy has been extremely invested in the political process and encouraging young adults to vote with his popular "Rock the Vote" initiative. Though criticisms of the president are valid, I think it has to pointed out that Obama has faced heavy opposition in his proposed policies. The president (even the first black one) has to govern for the entire county, not just a specific community of people.
Diddy also makes it clear that he will not be voting for Donald Trump in November, but he's also not too keen on Hillary Clinton either.
"Ms. Clinton … Hillary Clinton, you know, I hope she starts to directly talk to the black community. … It really makes me feel, you know, almost … hurt that our issues are not addressed and we're such a big part of the voting [bloc]."
Feeling "shortchanged" over Obama's presidency may be a harsh sentiment, but this may be nothing compared to four years of Trump or Hillary Clinton. Both candidates have been accused of dismissing concerns of those within the black community and only pandering for votes, not actual action/policy.
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The community of Rosslyn, Virginia offers many different things—it's located right on the Potomac River, directly across from the nation's capital. Plus, it offers some fantastic homes and condos for sale. The neighborhood also has a unique and colorful history.
While many Washington Metro communities share genteel historical tales of tobacco plantations and early settler days, Rosalyn was a wild and wanton place. As in gambling halls and houses of ill-repute, and robberies in the dead of night. When the twentieth century arrived, a morals cleanup campaign was initiated but there was still the matter of waterfront industrial pollution. Yuck!
But Rosslyn is no longer Sin City—not unless you consider it a crime to have a few drinks at the Continental Pool Lounge, soak it up with greasy, cheesy food from Ray's Hell Burger and then retreat back to your awesome penthouse overlooking the river. Sounds wickedly appealing, doesn't it? For more information about Rosslyn, VA homes for sale, contact us today!
So what kind of homes for sale can you find in Rosslyn? All sorts. This place is heavy on condos, from old converted brick commercial buildings to luxury townhouses. And there's also a lot of very tall buildings with even more on the way. The reason being, that there's a height restriction on development across the water in Washington, DC but none here. The tallest skyscrapers in the entire metropolitan area can be found right here and that means some excellent views of the river and DC monuments.
You can still find some old detached single-family homes for sale as well—often Craftsman-style bungalows with generous front porches. This old neighborhood lies immediately east of Clarendon-Courthouse and in fact, the three communities are often lumped together in one vibrant blend of restaurants, retail and awesome condos and homes for sale. Rosslyn-Clarendon-Courthouse has become a catch-all phrase for everything that's hot and trendy in Arlington.
From upscale townhouse condos for sale like the four-level Gaslight Square residences, to cost-effective studio units, Rosslyn holds a wide appeal to real estate buyers. Prices start in the low six figures and top out at around $3 million. There's tons of nightlife, a nearby Whole Foods and mass transit at the Rosslyn Metro station. This unique urban community of about 9,500 residents continues to grow and evolve.


Wednesday's article about the Bannerman Family's South American tour sparked conversations.
"Those pictures really brought back some memories."
"What a great write-up! Thank Lee Anne for me. I tell the story about her ankle in my Cajun Carnval book, D.L. (Menard) is a traiteur!"
"I remember stories about that trip being told at an all-day hoe down at Teeter's Barn... What an idea -- 'cultural exchange,' 'good will...'"
"Thank you for this reminiscence," Barbara Ford commented to the article's author, Lee Ann Bannerman. "I had no idea about this travel experience, or what a long legacy your parents have had. Bannermans: to eternity and beyond!"
I also caught sight of a note from my own mother, which read: "This story brought back many happy memories, especially of Thanksgiving Family Dance Camps."
Indeed, it had done the same for me, which led to my own trip down memory lane. Aiding in this journey was a photo discovered on the Bannerman Family Thanksgiving Dance Camp website.
There I was, circa 6th grade, with a disasterous attempt at a "shag" haircut, and a mouth so full of braces I couldn't close my lips.
This sent me digging through my own scrapbooks, where I unearthed a photo or two.
As you'll note from the photo above, previously published in the Sanford Herald newspaper, my family brought the folk dances back into our day-to-day lives. Here, we're teaching some Girl Scounts how to do the Hava Nagila.
So the next time we attended Thanksgiving Dance Camp, I was sporting long hair, all one length.
As for my cousin, Lee Ann, she'd just been in a horseback riding accident, during which a tree branch took her out. I was impressed by her derring-do.
All our favorite things were on tap. There was dancing, of course. And puppet-making followed by performances from these newly created masterpieces.
...cute boys like David Oroshnik. Sigh. Just dreamy. But I digress.
Back in the day, Thanksgiving Dance Camp was held at Massanetta Springs Camp & Conference Center, a Presbyterian camp and conference center in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
For several decades, though, it's been at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, North Carolina (pictured above).
Those stories are for others to tell. Unfortunately, the photos from my scrapbook were my last foray to Thanksgiving Dance Camp. As it did for my mother, dance camp left me with many indelible memories.
I'm happy to see the traditions continue, with Thanksgiving Dance Camp now in its 46th year.
Conversations are had and bonds are solidified. Yep, David Oroshnik and I are Facebook friends to this day!
Then there's the other magic that comes via music and dancing (scroll to the end of this article to see a video of camp in action).
Each year, as Thanksgiving rolls around, I'll check my calendar and wonder: is this the year I'll make it back to dance camp?
Someday. Until then, blowing big kisses to the Bannermans (below)!
For information about the Bannerman Family Thanksgiving Dance Camp visit http://familydancecamp.com/. You can also learn more at http://www.bannermanfamily.com/.
Beth Gunn - Wonderful trip down memory lane!! It great to see camp from a participants view point - thank you for sharing AND you should come back one year soon!!
Nancy Perrow - I love this story! I love the photos of young you and the one of your Dad teaching the Girl Scouts! Thanks for sharing.


Kyiv's Solomiansky District Court has selected a preventive measure for Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan, who is suspected of illegal enrichment, in the form of personal guarantees provided by Ukrainian Youth and Sports Minister Ihor Zhdanov and MP Fedir Bendiuzhenko and released him from the courtroom.
Judge Hanna Serhiyenko read out the operative part of the court decision on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
"To apply to Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Omelyan a preventive measure in the form of personal guarantees. To oblige the guarantors - Ukrainian Youth and Sports Minister Ihor Oleksandrovych Zhdanov and People's Deputy Fedir Volodymyrovych Bendiuzhenko - to ensure the performance of duties by Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Omelyan," the judge said.
In addition, the court ordered Omelyan to hand over to the relevant authorities all his passports for traveling abroad.


A Bad Hair Day. Sometimes the devil is in the details.
Every year the night before my birthday I promise to call my parents the next day at 4:36 AM so they can relive the glory of the birth of their favorite son. For the past forty some odd years my failure to come through has put a smile on their face, but that may not happen this year.
That is because we live in different time zones and at 6:36 AM C.S.T. I will definitely be awake and more than happy to remind them that their bouncing baby boy is hungry and ready for breakfast.
Sadly we won't be able to share that meal together or any meal on my birthday but I do have a potential solution. They could print out the picture above and place it at my seat at the table and sing my praises.
You can consider that my last silly suggestion for year number 43. Did I mention that 43 is the smallest prime that is not a Chen prime. It is also the third Wagstaff prime.
That picture was taken in early March of this year. I have mixed feelings about it. I don't like my hair, my pants are falling off and I really should have worn a different pair of shoes.
Does any of that matter? Is any of it significant or any material import?
It really depends on who you are speaking with. Friends and family might have some interest in those things and someone who is into fashion might have comments or questions about my attire.
But what happens when you look at my face? Does it look honest, trustworthy, warm, intelligent and or friendly?
Ignore the narishkeit (foolishness) of the beginning and think about how your business and how many different parts make it go. Think about how much information is being thrown at you at breakneck speed and then ask yourself where do you focus your attention.
Ultimately the question of where to focus our attention is one of the most critical ones we face on a daily basis because time is a limited resource and how you spend it has a significant impact.
The most successful companies I have worked with and people I know have all been very good at mastering time and controlling the flow of information so that it did not overwhelm them.
A couple more thoughts/comments to share with you and then it will be time for me to focus my attention on my kids.
If your business has a website and you haven't installed some sort of analytics package you are making a huge mistake. If you have installed an analytics package and haven't taken the time to learn how to use it you are making just as big a mistake.
Data can be great but if you don't know what you are looking at you can succumb to information overload and lose you ability to determine what really is important. There is no real distinction between not having data and not understanding it.
I agree The human side is critical. It is a big part of developing a relationship with our readers.
We are always critical of ourselves as I think that picture looks really good.
Making better use of our time and knowledge could help to produce better results.
My parents got lucky and I decided to give them the gift of not calling. Besides I wanted them to be awake to baby sit.
Appreciate the birthday wishes and kind words. You are right, we are often our own worst critics.
I'm getting to grips with Google Analytics. I'm not sure entirely what I'm looking at but I'll get there.
I really wish they'd make all of the search keywords available to view that people get to your site from. That would really help but I don't think that's going to happen any time soon.
Have you watched any of the GA YouTube webinars? They have some that are designed to help teach us how to use it more effectively. They are free, just have to find time to sit and watch.
Some of us are slower than others!
GA is a tremendous resource but if you are not familiar with it there is a bit of intimidation factor. It really does offer enormous amounts of information.
Thank you Kaarina. It was a good one.
I don't see the bad hair day, I really like that picture. But, I understand what you're talking about, because I almost never like any pictures of myself either, and it's all in the tiny details. I have installed Google Analytics and Clicky on my sites, and look at the numbers once a week to see how I'm doing.
Thank you, I appreciate it. I expect that people are naturally their own worst critics.
I use Clicky, GA and Statcounter. It is sort of interesting to me to see where they cross over and where they differ.


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Cocktails and besties, the perfect combination.
(2018) Suspense (Lionsgate) Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Eric Johnson, Jean Smart, Sarah Baker, Gia Sandhu, Kelly McCormack, Glenda Braganza, Linda Cardellini, Andrew Rannells, Rupert Friend, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho, Glenda Braganza, Danielle Bourgon, Andrew Moodie, Bashir Salahuddin, Aparna Nancheria, Gia Sandhu, Katherine Cullen. Directed by Paul Feig
Da Queen will tell you that I love a good whodunit. Da Queen will also tell you I despise a lazy one. A Simple Favor falls somewhere in between; I don't love it but I don't hate it either.
Stephanie (Kendrick) is a suburban supermom who has a mommy vlog full of life hacks for moms and so on. Her son (Satine) is a school chum of the son (Ho) of Emily (Lively), a high-powered public relations VP for a high-powered New York fashion firm led by the aptly named Dennis Nylon (Friend) who never met a wardrobe he couldn't insult, especially if it didn't involve his own clothing line.
Stephanie and Emily bond over martinis and quickly become besties, sharing their deep dirty secrets – Emily's marriage to struggling writer Sean (Golding) is crumbling. Emily's job is demanding more and more of her time and Stephanie is only too happy to pick up both boys from school, but then one night, Emily doesn't come to pick up her boy – nor does she show up the next day. Stephanie fears the worst.
But Stephanie is a bit of an amateur sleuth and when the police don't seem to have any leads on the whereabouts of Emily, Stephanie takes over looking for the lost item as any proper mom would. And what she finds…isn't what she expects.
Paul Feig, director of Bridesmaids, isn't afraid to inject some humor – okay, a lot of humor – into the neo-noir thriller. Sometimes, the movie seems almost schizophrenic at times. The tone varies from light to dark and sometimes in between. The chemistry between Lively and Kendrick absolutely works; they both look like polar opposites but it isn't hard to see what draws the two characters together. The humor works well, but surprisingly it's the thriller portion that's less successful; the denouement isn't hard to figure out in advance and the movie definitely loses narrative steam during the last third. Still, the things that work in A Simple Favor work very well; the things that don't can be overlooked.
REASONS TO SEE: Kendrick and Lively have excellent chemistry.
REASONS TO AVOID: More or less mindless entertainment, appearances to the contrary.
FAMILY VALUES: There is sexual content and some graphic nudity, drug use, violence and profanity.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: While the character of Emily is a heavy drinker, Blake Lively (who plays her) has been a teetotaler all her life.
BEYOND THE THEATERS: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango Now, Google Play, Hulu, Microsoft, Vudu. YouTube
CRITICAL MASS: As of 1/10/20: Rotten Tomatoes: 85% positive reviews: Metacritic: 67/100.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Gone Girl
NEXT: Searching
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Posted on January 2, 2020 by carlosdev
Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon shouldn't need to crawl for anybody.
(2018) Spy Comedy (Lionsgate) Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux, Gillian Anderson, Hassan Minhaj, Ivanna Sakhno, Sam Heughan, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Fred Melamed, Justine Wachsberger, Dustin Demri-Burns, Kev Adams, Mirjam Novak, Jane Curtin, Paul Reiser, James Fleet, Carolyn Pickles, Tom Stourton, Lolly Adefope, Ruby Kammer. Directed by Susanna Fogel
Getting dumped is a bummer. Then again, getting shot at by assassins who are after your ex because he's really a spy – something that apparently didn't come up in conversation. Then, having to complete his last mission by flying to Vienna with a plastic trophy to give to some mysterious figure…not cool.
But that's what happens to Audrey (Kunis) whose boyfriend (Theroux) had already 86ed her by the time the movie starts. Audrey's less-than-responsible friend Morgan (McKinnon) tries to cheer Audrey up to no avail but when the rubber hits the road – and the bullets start to fly – she's got her bestie's back.
Buddy spy movies have been done both on the big screen and small over the years although distaff versions are rare indeed, so writer-director Fogel gets points for that. She also gets points for casting Kunis, a gifted comedic actress who takes a fairly colorless character and makes her relatable, no easy task. However, she completely wastes McKinnon, so effective on Saturday Night Live who hasn't really found a role on the big screen that really captures her talents well. Here, Morgan is extremely overbearing but not in a funny way and in fact so much so that we end up wondering why Audrey would want to hang out with her.
Then again, Morgan is at least a loyal friend and that's not always an easy trait to find, so there's that. There are some halfway decent action sequences – some which are unusually bloody for this genre. Sadly, the plot is kinda predictable too. The relationship between Morgan and Audrey, as well as Kunis' screen charm are what save this film. Otherwise it's one of those you might well see only if you're bored and stoned out of your mind.
REASONS TO SEE: Kunis does her best considering the material
REASONS TO AVOID: McKinnon is overbearing
FAMILY VALUES: There is violence, some crude sexual material, graphic nudity and pervasive profanity.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: McKinnon once won a Halloween costume contest by dressing up as Scully, Gillian Anderson's character from The X-Files.
BEYOND THE THEATERS: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango Now, Google Play, Hulu, Vudu, YouTube
CRITICAL MASS: As of 1/2/20: Rotten Tomatoes: 49% positive reviews: Metacritic: 52/100.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Spy
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Celeste and Jesse Forever
Posted on February 13, 2016 by carlosdev
There is nothing more romantic than smooching in front of a giant fondant ribbon.
(2012) Romantic Comedy (Sony Classics) Andy Samberg, Rashida Jones, Elijah Wood, Chris Messina, Emma Roberts, Chris D'Elia, Will McCormack, Ari Graynor, Eric Christian Olsen, Shira Lazar, Matthias Steiner, Rebecca Dayan, Janel Parrish, Rich Sommer, Rafi Gavron, Mathew del Negro, Kris Pino, Rafi Gavron, Zoë Hall, Lauren Sanchez, Ashli Dowling. Directed by Lee Toland Krieger
It is said that it usually isn't clear when love begins, but it's always obvious when it ends. Sometimes couples that seem to be made for each other don't make it; staying in a relationship in the 21st century is no easy task and requires sometimes a lot more of ourselves than we're willing to give.
Celeste (Jones) and Jesse (Samberg) have been married for six years and they're everybody's favorite couple. Celeste is essentially the breadwinner, owning a trendy L.A. agency that has just landed Riley (Roberts), a brand new super-hot pop star. Jesse is an artist but doesn't seem to have enough gumption to actually produce much in the way of art. Still, they clearly care for each other and share a great deal of love. Everything is perfect – except they're getting divorced.
Their impending divorce is not terribly well-received by their friends, for whom they have been something of an icon; if these two can't make it work, how can the rest of us? But most are puzzled by the way the two hang out together all the time, how Jesse lives in his artist studio shed in their back yard while Celeste sleeps in her own bed at night. Why don't they hate each other? And why oh why are they breaking up in the first place?
However, this idyllic circumstance of two best friends begins to change as things inevitably do. Jesse, whose slacker existence was an issue for the more controlling Celeste suddenly finds himself in a situation that changes his outlook. Celeste is unable to handle the change in Jesse and suddenly finds herself adrift, not ready to move on as Jesse had not been ready to move on initially. Now it is obvious that Celeste and Jesse aren't forever.
Jones wrote the film with Will McCormack who has a supporting role as a pot dealing friend of the couple. The film has some smart writing, realistic dialogue (i.e. the characters say things real people actually say) and a hefty dose of heart. It also has a surfeit of indie cliches that definitely reduce my affection for a film that could easily have garnered more of it.
Jones and Samberg are at their best here; both are enormously likable actors who get roles here they can sink their teeth into. Samberg in particular comes off as a much more multi-dimensional performer than he had shown previously on SNL and the Adam Sandberg movies he had done. He has enormous star potential which he shows here and some of his Funny or Die clips. He's one good role away from the A-list.
Jones has been one of those actresses who never seem to deliver a subpar performance. I've always thought her immensely talented and this is one of the first roles in which she really shows off her potential. Celeste is very complex and in some ways unlikable; one feels throughout the movie that Celeste is taking a good thing and tossing it in the waste basket but eventually we begin to see that things aren't that simple and a lot of that has to do with Jones' emotional performance.
The movie works when we get into Celeste's head; Jesse seems to be mainly an instigator for the various things going on there. When the movie tries to be indie-hip, it drags – there is a mumblecore sensibility here that doesn't quite jibe with the overall mood. When the film gets away from that sense, it works.
Some relationships are meant to be and others, not so much. It is how we handle the not-so-much that prepares us for the next ones down the line and makes us better partners. Not every relationship is forever even though we want them to be; letting go can often be the hardest thing we ever do.
WHY RENT THIS: Jones and Samberg make an engaging non-couple. Cute in a quiet sort of way.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: At times feels like there's nothing going on. Overloaded with indie cuteness to the point of distraction.
FAMILY VALUES: A bit of bad language, plenty of sexual content and some drug use.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The original title was Jesse Loves Celeste before it was decided that the focus of the film was going to be on Celeste.
NOTABLE HOME VIDEO EXTRAS: Footage and a Q&A from the premiere, and also footage of Chris Pine, whose tiny role was cut from this film before he went on to star as Captain Kirk.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $3.1M on an $840K production budget.
SITES TO SEE: Netflix (DVD/Blu-Ray Rental only), Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, M-Go
COMPARISON SHOPPING: The Break-Up
NEXT: Cinema of the Heart concludes!
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Kickin' it, old school.
(2015) Holiday Comedy (Columbia) Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie, Jillian Bell, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Shannon, Heléne Yorke, Ilana Glazer, Aaron Hill, Tracy Morgan, Darrie Lawrence, Nathan Fielder, James Franco, Miley Cyrus, Kamal Angelo Bolden, Baron Davis, Jason Jones, Jason Mantzoukas, Randall Park, Mindy Kaling, Lorraine Toussaint, Theodora Woolley. Directed by Jonathan Levine
Christmas traditions, established when we are young, can sometimes last a lifetime but some of those traditions, particularly of the sort that most wouldn't consider Christmas-y have a tendency to die out as we mature. When we reach a time in our lives in which we're making a turning point into adulthood, traditions of all sorts change.
That seems to be happening for a trio of friends who have gone out every Christmas Eve ever since the funeral of Ethan's (Gordon-Levitt) parents in 2001 when they died in a tragic car accident. His good friends Isaac (Rogen) and Chris (Mackie) took Ethan out partying that night to get his mind off his grief, and it became a tradition of sorts; going to see the tree at Rockefeller Center, hanging out in their favorite karaoke bar (and doing a killer rendition of "Christmas in Hollis") and searching for the legendary Nutcracka Ball, the Holy Grail of Christmas parties in New York.
Being that this is a Seth Rogen movie, there are also copious amounts of drugs, supplied in this case by Isaac's wife Betsy (Bell), a good Catholic girl who is days away from giving birth and wants to reward her husband for having been "her rock" throughout the pregnancy by allowing him to have a good time with his buddies, no questions asked.
All three of the boys are on the cusp of becoming men as they hit their thirties; Isaac about to be a dad, Chris – now a pro football player – having the best season of his career although it is suspiciously late in said career….well, that leaves Ethan who is still struggling with adulthood. His failure to commit has cost him his longtime girlfriend Diana (Caplan) whom he runs into at the karaoke bar, partying with her friend Sarah (Kaling). While serving canapés dressed as an elf at a hoity toity Manhattan party, he runs across tickets to the Ball – and knowing that this is their last hurrah, the three intend to send their traditions out with a big bang.
There are celebrity cameos galore, including Rogen's bromance buddy James Franco, playing himself (and Sarah's date) sending dick pics to Sarah which Isaac gets to see since the two accidentally switched phones; Michael Shannon plays Mr. Green, a mysterious drug dealer who might be a whole lot more than he seems; former Daily Show regular Jason Jones also shows up as a semi-inebriated Santa who appears at a particularly low point in the evening for Ethan.
The movie is surprisingly heartwarming, and while allusion to Christmas tales like A Christmas Carol and Die Hard abound, this is definitely a Rogen movie (his regular writing partner Evan Goldberg is one of the four writers on the project) although to be fair, Isaac is more of a supporting character to Ethan who is the focus here.
The chemistry between the three leads is solid and you can believe their friendship is strong. Levine wisely uses the comedy to serve the story rather than the other way around which most comedies these days seem to do; there are some genuinely funny moments as the night becomes more and more surreal (it's also nice to hear Tracy Morgan narrating and make a late onscreen appearance). Of course, being a Seth Rogen movie (as we've mentioned) the drug humor tends to go a little bit over-the-top and those who think Cheech and Chong are vulgar are likely to find this one so as well.
The good news is that the performances here are solid and the likeability of Gordon-Levitt gives the movie a whole lot of cred since the characters on the surface aren't terribly likable. Hanging out with the immature can make for a trying cinematic experience but fortunately the fact that all three of the actors here are so genuinely likable and charismatic saves the movie from being a drudge and actually elevates it into maybe not Christmas classic status, but certainly a movie that might generate some holiday traditions of its own.
REASONS TO GO: Really, really funny. Some nice performances by Gordon-Levitt, Rogen and Shannon.
REASONS TO STAY: Overdoes the drug humor.
FAMILY VALUES: A ton of drug humor, lots of profanity, some graphic nudity and a good deal of sexual content.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Gordon-Levitt, Rogen and director Levine all worked together in the film 50/50.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Knocked Up
NEXT: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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What If (2014)
Indie cute OD.
(2014) Romantic Comedy (CBS) Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Adam Driver, Rafe Spall, Megan Park, Mackenzie Davis, Lucius Hoyos, Jemima Rooper, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Meghan Heffern, Jonathan Cherry, Rebecca Northan, Jordan Hayes, Oona Chaplin, Adam Fergus, Sam Moses, Ennis Esmer, Mike Wilmot, George Tchortov, Tamara Duarte, Vanessa Matsui. Directed by Michael Dowse
Finding The One is a matter not only of chemistry but of timing. Both of you have to be in the right place to be able to accept someone into that kind of intimacy. Both of you have to be available. It would help a lot if you're both as attractive, cool and hip as Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan.
Wallace (Radcliffe) is a medical school dropout who has had his heart broken one too many times. He lives in his sister's (Rooper) attic as a kind of live-in babysitter to her son (Hoyos) and spends a lot of time sitting on the roof of his sister's house gazing soulfully at the Toronto skyline.
His cynical friend Allan (Driver) gets him to go to a party where he meets Chantry (Kazan). The two hit it off right away and spend much of the evening talking. To Wallace's surprise (and perhaps disgust) Allan has hooked up with Nicole (Davis) and those two are going at it like sailors on a 24 hour pass in a brothel. Not much chance of that happening with Wallace and Chantry though – she has a boyfriend named Ben (Spall) who is a pretty decent fellow who works for the U.N. Kind of a rough challenge for an unemployed medical school dropout to take on, y'know.
Nonetheless Wallace and Chantry become the best of friends and when Ben's work takes him to Dublin for six months, the opportunity is there although Wallace – something of a wimp – shies away from it even though it is clear to everyone who knows him that he's hopelessly smitten by the comely young Chantry. And for her part, Chantry's friends suspect she likes Wallace a lot more than she's letting on, although she lets her somewhat slutty sister Dalia (Park) take a crack at Wallace which ends up pretty disastrously. However as Chantry begins to question her relationship with Ben and a major opportunity knocks for her which might send her halfway around the world. Wallace has the choice of doing the right thing, or…but what is the right thing in this situation, anyway?
This Canadian-made rom com based on a stage play has the advantage of having some attractive leads but the disadvantage of fairly bland personalities for the both of them. Sure, Chantry is an animator whose scribblings occasionally come to life but this contributes to a cuter-than-thou vibe that over-sweetens this concoction like someone dumping a whole jar of refined sugar into a glass of tea. The animations really add nothing to the movie other than to be a distraction reflecting Chantry's occasional melancholy. Sure Wallace comes off as cooler than the average bear but with a sweet sensitive side that is apt to get all the indie gals in their vintage dresses and fuchsia hair misty-eyed.
Radcliffe, now a grown-up after we watched him grow up in the Harry Potter movies, is an engaging romantic lead, not conventionally handsome like a Hugh Grant but having the same tripping-over-his-own-feet awkwardness that Grant made into a trademark in the 90s. His character here has little in the way of backbone and tries so hard to do the right thing that he ends up making everybody around him miserable. Sometimes doing the wrong thing is the right thing.
Like a few other critics, I found the relationship between Allan and Nicole far more interesting and would have appreciated much more insight into their relationship, even though they do pull a few dick moves during the movie. Their characters seemed more realistic and more alive than the sometimes walking cliches that are Wallace and Chantry.
That's not to say that the relationship between the two leads doesn't have its moments. There's the slapstick sequence that sends Ben out of a window during a disastrous dinner party but sadly there isn't enough of that. When late in the movie the two of them "break up" as friends due to an issue that could have been resolved simply with a phone call and seems blown way out of proportion in order to manufacture conflict, I could feel my eyes rolling into the back of my head. This is one of the most egregious of rom-com cliches of the 21st century.
This is basically a movie that has a lot of potential but tries too hard to be charming in a Bohemian way, sort of like Toronto doing the East Village and realizing far too late that they're far too polite and less pretentious to make that work effectively. I liked Radcliffe and Driver, with a hint of Davis and Spall but after that there is much less to love.
REASONS TO GO: Daniel Radcliffe is awfully engaging.
REASONS TO STAY: Way too cute. A surfeit of indie rom-com cliches.
FAMILY VALUES: A whole lot of sexual references including some brief partial nudity and not an inconsequential amount of profanity.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Casey Affleck and Mary Elizabeth Winstead were originally cast as the leads but the producers decided they wanted to go with younger actors instead which is ironic since Zoe Kazan is in fact older than Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: When Harry Met Sally
NEXT: Bellflower
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Jason Vail likes to watch.
(2012) Horror (Gut Productions) Jason Vail, Nicholas Wilder, Sarah Schoofs, Kirstianna Mueller, Kaitlyn Mueller, Angie Bullaro, Ria Burns-Wilder, Leisa Haddad, Misty Gonzalez, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Karl Pfeiffer, Jordan Sariego, Christine Kadets, Deborah J. Atuk, J. Brett Rose, Heather Lattuca Ferrari, Frank Pelligra, Antonia Roman. Directed by Elias.
There are things in our personality that we aren't proud of. It might be a quick temper, or a tendency towards procrastination. Sometimes they are dark sides of our nature, something that we can't share with anyone but a select few.
Tom (Vail) has a pretty decent life all things considered. He has a job albeit not a very good one, but his closest friend Dan (Wilder) works with him. The two have a shared love for horror flicks, the darker the better. But since Tom got married he and Dan have been drifting apart.
And why wouldn't Tom start drifting away? His wife Lily (Schoofs) is amazing, very into sex and supportive. Their daughter Katie (the Mueller twins) loves her daddy very much. It's a pretty good life, with a better one in their sights; Katie and Tom are thinking of moving away where they can get a better home and a better job for Tom. Besides, Dan has gotten a bit…clingy.
The two have lunch together nearly every day at a local diner. Not because the food is so great but Dan is sweet on Sally (Bullaro), a waitress there. Dan whines about Tom paying less attention to him and eventually Tom agrees to drop by and watch a video with him.
So one night Tom goes over to hang out with Dan in his apartment and Dan pulls out this DVD he's purchased from the Internet and it's freaking creepy. It's a naked woman strapped to a table. Her cries are muffled. A pair of hands in surgical gloves rubs up and down her torso before producing a wicked looking knife and cutting her open. Her cries slowly fade away as she bleeds out….after which those surgically gloved hands go inside her body, rooting away in an almost erotic, loving fashion.
So is the tape real? Both Tom and Dan seem to think it is. Tom is at first appalled and tells Dan not to order any more of those sorts of DVDs anymore. But despite his protests, Tom is secretly mesmerized by the images. And turned on by them. Sex with Lily has become less exciting and no matter what she does he finds himself unable to be stimulated unless he is thinking about those images.
As you can expect Dan gets more tapes of similar types and it is plain both men have become obsessed. Dan is missing work and Tom, well Tom and Lily are beginning to have problems. Even roughhousing with Katie is bringing images of blood on her bare torso to Tom's mind. He can't seem to get those images out of his head, even though he knows its wrong.
But as they inevitably do, things spiral out of control and both men begin to suspect that each of them may be the one taking these movies. Who is behind it? And what was Tom doing at the beginning of the film?
This is a disturbing psychological horror film. While there is some blood, there isn't an overabundance of it. The theme is more about obsession with death than it is about actual death, and about the eroticism of horror.
The movie is very starkly filmed. Possibly that's because of the low budget but I think it might also be intentional. The feel is almost clinical in some ways, which makes the horror even more intense. Adding to that sterility is the flat performances of the actors who at times seem to lack any emotion. Is it a commentary on how numb our society has gotten? I like to think it is.
This is both social commentary and horror – the eroticism of death and the general desensitized populace that is modern Western society. The problem with horror films in 2013 is that they have a hard time competing with the real horrors that we see every day – gunmen opening fire on schools, whack jobs planting bombs at popular and prestigious events, planes full of gasoline being flown deliberately into buildings full of people, terrorists strapping bombs to their chest and setting them off on city buses. How is a vampire or a werewolf compete with that when there are monsters everywhere with human faces?
Gut actually explores that a little bit and modestly at that. I found it to be disturbing and provocative and, if you'll pardon the pun, a cut above most horror films that are out there.
NOTE: Gut is being released on DVD on May 28. Click on the photo above to go to their home page and find out a little bit more about it, or to stream the movie from several online sources.
REASONS TO GO: Unnerving. Clinical view of horror makes it more intense.
REASONS TO STAY: A curious emotional flatness to nearly all the characters.
FAMILY VALUES: There's some gore, quite a bit of graphic nudity and sexuality and a bit of bad language.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Played last year's Orlando Film Festival.
CRITICAL MASS: As of 5/6/13: Rotten Tomatoes: 17% positive reviews. Metacritic: no score yet; while not a lot of mainstream critics have seen this (and those who have didn't like it much), the underground horror press has been raving about this one for some time.
COMPARISON SHOPPING: Videodrome
NEXT: Pain & Gain
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Life's a party when you have a Hall Pass.
(2011) Sex Comedy (New Line) Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer, Richard Jenkins, Christina Applegate, Alexandra Daddario, Stephen Merchant, Nicky Whelan, Larry Joe Campbell, Tyler Hoechlin, Joy Behar, J.B. Smoove, Alyssa Milano, Kathy Griffin. Directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly
Hollywood has made a good profit off of the immaturity of men who are really adolescent boys in grown-up bodies. It plays into a female stereotype of men as being more or less lost and helpless without them, not to mention oversexed and a little bit ridiculous. Not that there isn't any truth to this, mind you – where there's smoke there's fire – but definitely it's a stereotype the movies have helped perpetuate.
Rick (Wilson) and Fred (Sudeikis) are best buddies, and their wives Maggie (Fischer) and Grace (Applegate) are likewise. Rick and Fred have a lot of things in common, not the least of which is possessing the names of the "I Love Lucy" husbands, but also they both possess a case of the Wandering Eye. You know; whenever a pretty girl walks by the two of them are compelled to stare. Fred is a little bit more subtle about it than Rick is but nonetheless both are caught out by their wives who are none too pleased by their propensity to girl-watch.
Finally fed up with their spouses behavior, the two women determine to give their fellas a hall pass. They agree to leave for a week on a Cape Cod vacation and whatever happens during that week is a freebie – they can do whatever they want without repercussion. The boys accept eagerly.
Of course, these guys – who have been married 15 years or more – have absolutely no game. They are as rusty as Newt Gingrich's exercise equipment. They flounder around trying to pick up hot chicks – at Applebee's. Meanwhile, their wives – far better looking physical specimens – are discovering that they have a Hall Pass of their own and are far more likely to cash in with the minor league baseball team whose manager is friends with Maggie's dad (Jenkins).
Of course each member of this foursome will have their moment of truth and they may find out just what is important to them and who they are. At least, that's the idea.
The Farrelly Brothers had the blessing/curse to make an iconic movie early on. Everything they've made since has been compared to There's Something About Mary and let's face it folks, not many movies are going to turn out that good. Hall Pass is nowhere near that level, which is disappointing but inevitable in some ways. There are some moments that are laugh out loud funny but the movie, like many comedies, is uneven to say the least.
Owen Wilson has made a career out of playing affable young men who have a good deal of charm, and he does it very well. Still, there are occasions when he breaks out of the mold a little bit and those tend to be his best movies. This won't be remembered as one of those, however; that doesn't mean he is any less capable in it. He pulls off his part with charm.
Sudeikis has shown some flashes of brilliance over his career and has been impressive in a number of films as of late. He plays the everyman with a bit of a twinkle in his eye, and that again serves him well here although the part is not written as well as I might have liked. I get the sense that Sudeikis didn't really get a handle on the character, although I may be wrong on that score – I certainly didn't and that did make the movie less successful for me.
I enjoyed the parts with the wives more and not just because Applegate and Fischer are far easier on the eyes. It just seemed more realistic to me and less of a goof. I mean, yeah make the guys a little awkward in terms of their game but don't turn them from horndogs into eunuchs. That seemed a little stereotypical – guys talking a good game but falling short when it came time to man up.
I'll admit the male ego is easily bruised and has a tendency to overcompensate for our insecurities. I am also willing to admit that this is a legitimate source for humor and entire movies have been made – successfully – about this fact and this one could have been successful as well. It could have used less juvenile humor and a little more wit. I have nothing against dumb jokes but maybe my fragile male ego could have used a little less smacking around. I'd rather laugh with this movie than be laughed at by this movie in other words.
WHY RENT THIS: The girls are very hot. Jenkins, Smoove and Merchant are veteran scene-stealers.
WHY RENT SOMETHING ELSE: Dumb and dumber. Too many gags fall flat. Too much sophomoric humor.
FAMILY VALUES: Well, there's quite a bit of crude sexual humor, a little bit of drug use, some graphic nudity and its share of bad language.
TRIVIAL PURSUIT: Maggie's father is played by longtime Boston Red Sox outfielder Dwight Evans. The Farrelly Brothers are both sports fans, particularly of Boston-area sports teams and often have sports personality from that region cameo in their films.
NOTABLE DVD EXTRAS: Nothing listed.
BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE: $83.2M on a $36M production budget; the movie was profitable.
TOMORROW: Encounters at the End of the World
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What is RTAS and VST?
1999 saw the release of the first version of VST – Virtual Sound Technology. This became the starting point for a new history of the music industry. Since then, new versions of this software and its analogues have appeared.
The popularity of this format has given rise to new plugin formats. But oddly enough, there was no competition – VST remained the most beloved and most frequently used format.
From the point of view of the end user, the formats are the same. Aside from internals and various names, all formats are program-specific VST implementations. A number of products are available in legacy or highly specialized RTAS, DXi and ReFill formats. The NKI format also deserves a separate mention; it was invented for a more convenient implementation of virtual instruments.
The limitations of the VST format have haunted Digidesign (now Avid Technologies) since the advent of virtual effects. At some point, the Pro Tools developers decided to drop VST support and come up with their own RTAS format – Real-Time Audio Suite, compatible only with Pro Tools.
RTAS was a fork of VST, supposedly working more efficiently inside Pro Tools. The format was used until the release of Pro Tools 10, and was later replaced by the new AAX, which can work with the processor and DSP chips. There are no differences between RTAS and VST and AU, except for the exclusivity for DAW from Avid.
From the point of view of practice, there are no differences between the formats. The main difference lies in the technical aspects that do not affect the work of the end user – development features, plug-in bit depth and methods of its delivery.
With the development features, everything is simple: developers create plugins the way they can. At the same time, the stories about delivery methods and bit depths require further explanation. Today, with fast Internet access available in most countries around the world, plugins come as a downloadable installer. Once launched, the installer downloads the necessary files and installs them on the system.
RTAS is generally considered an outdated format that is relatively rarely used in the music industry. However, some developers continue to release boxed versions of their products: for example, extensive plug-in kits like Native Instruments Komplete or Toontrack Superior Drummer virtual drums come on an SSD. This approach saves the time required to download all the components and allows you to work with the tools from an external drive. Depending on the operating system, after purchasing the plug-in, the user is provided with a file in EXE, DMG or PKG format. Some virtual tools and plugins are supplied as a ZIP archive.


In the April 19, 2014 issue of the Economist featured an excellent article entitled 'Highways to Hell – A Harsh Winter and Tight Budgets Means Lots of Potholes'.
The article notes that with respect to America's roads, "$91 billion is spent on them every year, that is nowhere near enough to keep the country's 4.1 million lies of public roadways in good" condition. Notably, the article cites a study that references that "32% of America's major roads were in poor or mediocre condition".
Interestingly, the article notes that a decline in highway finances stems in part from the tax on gasoline, not being indexed for inflation – resulting in less purchasing power.
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Q: Issues when inserting multiple rows into a tableView using NSFetchedResultsController delegate methods So I'm using the NSFetchedResultsController for an entity that is always increased by 10 or any number divisible by 10. The issue I'm having is that after the delegate methods are called for the NSFetchResultsController and the rows are inserted, the tableView will scroll to some random spot (usually towards the bottom of the table). I don't know if this is an issue with the heights of the cells (dynamic), or the fact that the cells contain images that need to be loaded, or if I'm handling the delegate methods wrong, or if I'm creating the objects wrong. Any help would be appreciated
Also, I'm using MoPub hence the mp_
NSFetchedResultsControllerDelegate Methods
func controllerWillChangeContent(_ controller: NSFetchedResultsController<NSFetchRequestResult>) {
    self.tableView.mp_beginUpdates()
}

func controller(_ controller: NSFetchedResultsController<NSFetchRequestResult>, didChange anObject: Any, at indexPath: IndexPath?, for type: NSFetchedResultsChangeType, newIndexPath: IndexPath?) {
    switch type {
    case NSFetchedResultsChangeType.insert:
        guard let insertIndexPath = newIndexPath else { return }
        self.tableView.mp_insertRows(atIndexPaths: [insertIndexPath], with: .fade)
    case NSFetchedResultsChangeType.delete:
        guard let deleteIndexPath = indexPath else { return }
        self.tableView.mp_deleteRows(atIndexPaths: [deleteIndexPath], with: .fade)
    default:
        break
    }
}

func controllerDidChangeContent(_ controller: NSFetchedResultsController<NSFetchRequestResult>) {
    self.tableView.mp_endUpdates()
}

Inserting method
for index in 0..<posts.count {
    let post = posts[index]
    guard let _ = RecentPost.createInManagedObjectContext(context: context, post: post, sequence: index) else { continue }
}

The createInManagedObjectContext is just a method I use to insert the new object, and the post.count is always a dividend of 10

A: Since my cell heights are dynamic, I was setting the estimatedRowHeight to 300, changing it to 1000 seemed to fix my problem. If you know of any other way to fix it besides this, or any improvement to my code, let me know. Thanks
This is what lead me to my answer.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/38867302/4745553
EDIT
I actually was still having an issue and since I was responding to multiple changes, I was just using the controllerDidChangeContent delegate method and called tableView.reloadData() in their. Their is no animation but that's okay with what I'm doing.
This helped me fix it as well. https://stackoverflow.com/a/3013353/4745553


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A letter from a prospective client brings paranormal investigator Edgar Sullivan face to face with a terror the likes of which he's never known.
The client, Henry Whitaker, seeks to cast out a troublesome resident spirit he has termed the ""Pale Watcher."" Each night, this frightening apparition manifests in his bedroom and watches him sleep till morning. Sullivan agrees to take on the case and travels to the Whitaker estate in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
The details of this haunting are not so simple as they seem however.
Upon his arrival in the midst of a January snowstorm, Sullivan is informed by the head servant, Louis, that Henry Whitaker has fallen mysteriously ill. With his client hospitalized and a blizzard raging outside, he begins his investigation.
The winters of the Upper Peninsula are infamously brutal. Trapped by the snow, Sullivan is forced to confront the horrors that dwell in the Whitaker estate. Throughout the course of his investigation he comes upon strange clues; Mr. Whitaker's journal, a demonic sigil, a room full of antique mirrors. Can Sullivan piece together these clues and come up with a way to stop the haunting, or will he and Louis be devoured by the malevolence of the Pale Watcher?
"Okay, tell me the ghost story about Annie."
Hailey and her best friend Jared on another exciting adventure to check out a ghost story which takes them to an old cemetery.
A beautifully written and illustrated children's fiction book in which an 8 year old girl, Emma, goes on adventures with her stuffed bear named Teddy. This story teaches the value of positive thought and correct thinking.
Wonderfully imaginative, this book makes learning important lifelong lessons fun and enjoyable. Emma shares with Teddy, and all who read the book, her positive and loving insights into how to see the world at its best.
This first book of the series takes the readers on a fun, heartwarming, and educational journey, while teaching the beauty of right thinking. Written with love, this masterful children's book is sure to endear itself to readers of any age and will have you coming back to read it again and again.


Ms A.L. Soh, a main college trainer of 20 years, has spent her annual bonus for the past six years on Hermes luggage. The necessity to set up one's belongings is common, thus purses exist in differing kinds in cultures world wide. The purses included luxury manufacturers similar to Chanel, Prada, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo and Louis Vuitton. Discount is reflected in pricing and excludes ultimate sale and out of stock objects.
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In the course of the Forties, the rationing of textiles for World Conflict II led to the manufacturing of purses made in supplies like raffia eleven or crocheted from yarn. Some have a number of pockets to make sure your entire gadgets are organised, whereas others are regular beautiful handbags that happen to be giant sufficient to suit a laptop computer inside.
At Luxury Luggage yow will discover purses which can be now not being produced or sold, luggage that were a part of limited editions, or manufacturers that aren't generally sold within the Czech Republic, and way more. We continually hear from clients it is like a 'handbag museum' in our store." Stolz and accomplice Marc DeLeon are dedicated to finding the rarest, most attention-grabbing, and most enjoyable luxurious handbags on the resale market.
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Two women filed personal injury lawsuits yesterday claiming that a Roman Catholic nun sexually abused them in the mid-1960s.
Patricia Schwartz and Karen Bitten both alleged that they were molested by Sister Benen Kent – a member of the Sisters of the Third Order Regular, Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes.
Schwartz said that she was molested when her family visited Kent on several occasions in Rochester, Minnesota. Britten claimed that Kent abused her repeatedly during piano lessons in Chicago.
According to their lawsuits, the religious order knew that Kent suffered from mental illness and had a history of questionable behavior around children, and yet the ordered failed to protect them by concealing this information.
Last year, Britten's sister also sued the order citing its failure to protect her from being sexually abused by Kent.
Kent died in 2003 at the age of 85.