![]() ![]() The blistering heat wave was forecast to get worse this weekend for Nevada, Arizona and California, where desert temperatures were predicted to soar in parts past 120 degrees Fahrenheit (48.8 degrees Celsius) during the day, and remain in the 90s F (above 32.2 C) overnight. Nearly a third of Americans were under extreme heat advisories, watches and warnings. ![]() "We've been talking about this building heat wave for a week now, and now the most intense period is beginning," the National Weather Service wrote Friday. Tens of millions of others across California and the Southwest, were also scrambling for ways to stay cool and safe from the dangers of extreme heat. Meanwhile, emergency room doctors were witnessing another world, as dehydrated construction workers, passed-out elderly residents and others suffered in an intense heat wave threatening to break the city's all-time record high of 117 degrees Fahrenheit (47.2 degrees Celsius) this weekend.įew places in the scorching Southwest demonstrate the surreal contrast between indoor and outdoor life like Las Vegas, a neon-lit city rich with resorts, casinos, swimming pools, indoor nightclubs and shopping. But most will spend their vacations in a vastly different climate - at casinos where the chilly air conditioning might require a light sweater. LAS VEGAS - Visitors to Las Vegas on Friday stepped out momentarily to snap photos and were hit by blast-furnace air. A man walks along a sidewalk under the misters on Friday in downtown Phoenix.
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![]() Huston's biggest achievement is maintaining a tone of suspense throughout the running time. There are some carefully used tracking shots and extreme close-ups for artistic purposes that work perfectly and the film on Blu-Ray looks very pleasing to the eye. Although Huston doesn't use too many attention seeking shots or too much fancy camera work, one can easily see the noir-ish elements in the lighting and prominent shadows in the film. It takes a lot to be in the same scene with Bogart and go toe to toe with him in terms of exuding authoritativeness, but Robinson does it effortlessly. Johnny Rocco oozes charisma and a sense of control. Robinson is a dynamite in every scene he is in. Nora's presence and her innocent sweetness has an undeniable effect on McCloud which makes him reconsider his moral stance and contemplate the idea doing something instead of continuing his reluctance about standing up to the gangsters. There are genuinely sweet and charming moments between Bogart and Bacall. Instead of being the 'Femme fatale' with the seductive allure and the sharp tongue, her character Nora is a sweet, kind-hearted widow taking care of her father-in-law. Lauren Bacall doesn't give us the quintessential 'Lauren Bacall' performance either. There is an ambiguity to his character that makes him interesting. But McCloud also shows signs of selfishness and cowardly reluctance which are a consequence of his pessimism towards life after war. ![]() Bogart gives a subdued performance with moments of tenderness reminiscent of the tenderness of Rick Blaine in 'Casablanca'. He is a sane version of Travis Bickle, he might have been a vibrant, hopeful man in his pre-service days, but after coming back from the war and watching an America that has further collapsed into corruption, mob activity and evil, he has slipped into a state of depression and deliberate indifference. McCloud is a war veteran who has now become a homeless drifter due to his lack of interest in a settled life. This is not a very characteristic role for Bogart. This is epitomised by the character of Frank McCloud played by Humphrey Bogart. It's about the loss of a self-respecting identity. ![]() John Huston's 'Key Largo' is set in a Post World War II America and the film is unapologetic about showcasing the pessimism that had enveloped America and Americans after the war. Who could have known this would be the fourth, last, and best of the Bogey and Bacall teamings. They play well against each other in a reverse from the 1930s Warner gangster flicks where Robinson was usually the good guy. He's evil incarnate and Humphrey Bogart as Frank McCloud is the jaded, cynical former idealist who redeems himself and becomes the countervailing force for good. Robinson's Johnny Rocco is based on Lucky Luciano who had been deported a few years back. The shock value of that scene for 1948 audiences would have a dimension that can't be appreciated now. He swings and misses and falls down and Bogey and Bacall pick up Barrymore and bring him back to his wheelchair. When Robinson and his goons goad him to a futile gesture of bravado, Barrymore rises from that chair and moves slowly towards the snickering Robinson. Lionel Barrymore had been acting from a wheelchair for 10 years and movie audiences were used to that. There is one scene however that I don't think viewers today can fully appreciate. Movie goers had to be on the edge of their seats in 1948. ![]() Robinson and his hoods take everyone hostage in Lionel Barrymore's hotel there is a tension that does not let up for one second. My favorite Bogart movie is also Key Largo. ![]() If left alone, even when not encountered, it will sometimes charge up on its own. ![]() Zinogre also has a pin attack which it only uses when it is low on Stamina.Zinogre preys on Gargwa, Aptonoth or feeds on carcasses (depending on where it's fought) when its Stamina is low.The horns can also be broken twice the first time its right horn chips, and the second time half of the left horn breaks off. Its claws and back can be broken and the tail can be severed and carved once. ![]() As a result, it shares a symbiotic relationship with Thunderbugs, which supply it with the electrical energy it needs in exchange for protection. Zinogre's body is highly conductive of electricity, but it cannot produce any on its own.Zinogre is very likely inspired by the Raijū from Japanese folklore.The second half could be the Japanese transliteration of ogre, since Zinogre is heavily built and possesses brute strength. The first half of the Japanese name could either be jin (kanji: 神 / kana: ジン), meaning "deity" (which hints its mythological inspiration), or jin (kanji: 迅 / kana: ジン), meaning "quick".The name Zinogre is simply a transliteration of the original Japanese name, ジンオウガ (Jin'ōga).Zinogre inhabits mostly temperate mountainous areas such as the Misty Peaks and Heaven's Mount. They are aggressive and will attack intruders on sight. Zinogre are solitary hunters, roaming their territory for prey. The states of charge can be determined aesthetically after its first charge, numerous Thunderbugs fly around Zinogre's body, and after the second, all Zinogre's fur stands on end in spiked clumps to release excess electricity. If the hunter is hit by its electrical attacks, it will cause Thunderblight. At this point its body will glow an electrical blue and its attacks increase even more in power. Each state of charge means Zinogre will deal a corresponding level of damage and become more agile, but beware Zinogre can enter a traditional enraged state even in its final charge state. The charge has two levels first, a weaker preliminary charge will form, and if Zinogre charges up again, a stronger charge will form. During this charging state, Zinogre is left vulnerable to attacks, and Hunters have approximately 6-7 seconds to stagger Zinogre and cancel the process. If the charge is lost, Zinogre will at some point attempt to gather Thunderbugs in order to increase its attack power. This charge can be lost if Zinogre takes enough damage if this occurs Zinogre becomes much less aggressive as a result (at least until it can build up another charge). Uniquely, Zinogre can 'charge' itself by summoning Thunderbugs from the vicinity, utilizing their natural electrical abilities for its own purposes, during which time its claws will emit blue light similar to the markings on its back. ![]() The spikes on its body mostly lie flat, but when it has built up an electric charge they stick out vertically into the air. Despite its hulking size, Zinogre is very agile and is able to perform many impressive aerial and land-based maneuvers. Its forelegs are extremely powerful and can kill prey in one brutal blow. It has highly developed limbs, sharp fangs and claws. Zinogre is a quadrupedal monster with superficially lupine features.
![]() This game is so great, it still surprises me after so many hours. While normally the hero reunites her with her father for a reward, if she can be convinced, she becomes useful support ally, healing and buffing the hero in battle. She is a young girl who is seperated from her father, her only family left. Thats really awesome! So I wonder if male NPCs can like guys? Ive gotten a Masochist Duke before who made "Oh yeah" type noises when he took damage, but I didnt know it changed dialogue that much. Exclusive for One Way Heroics Plus, Mila is a potential Ally NPC with a recruitment method that differs from the other allies. Never seen that on a female NPC before and Ive got about 30hr in this game. Thing is knowing this game, (I met the mercenary and his.love of womens undergarments already!), I'm wondering if it was just laziness on the part of the dev to fail to create gender specific dialogue -ive caught a few other references of my characters being referred to as a "him"-, or maybe the queen just swings both ways.ĮDIT: Just now noticed her title was "Chick-Digging". ![]() The Fairy got confused and then the queen told me "Just getting a whiff of Raixel's sweaty body drives me crazy." Then she said "that she shouldnt say that because it wasnt very ladylike." The fairy then warned me that I should watch out for the queen sneaking in my sleeping bag. I spoke to the Queen shortly after rescuing her for the first time and she told me "she loves the way I smell". ![]() Don t know if anyone else noticed got this one, but I had a female knight avatar as I prefer to play characters that mach my irl gender. RIP Pro-wrestling Zenura Build How am I gonna steamroll through the entire game now I liked the idea of wrestling everything to death as a naked man. ![]() While the laws vary from state to state, bouncers and private security must follow a strict code of conduct while on the job and dealing with customers.īouncers are not afforded special privileges when it comes to the use of physical force. What are bouncers allowed to do in a situation? The visible presence of a bouncer or security team could also be enough to discourage things from getting out of hand. ![]() It is possible that duties such as checking ID’s and asking over-served guests to leave can be handled by existing staff members, such as bartenders or managers.īut if the venue is prone to fights, large crowds, the presence of drugs and weapons, it’s probably asking too much of a typical service industry worker to step in and mitigate these types of situations. Most security duties are non-violent, non-confrontational enforcement of the house rules. Would your business benefit from having trained personnel to deal with these situations? Remember, it’s not necessarily the number of violent situations that require a bouncer but the types of risks present to patrons and staff members. If you are deciding if you need a bouncer or a security team, evaluate your venue’s potential for violent confrontations. Oftentimes, in more casual or smaller venues bouncers are also required to help with front of house and back of house duties such as collecting used drink containers, cleaning tables, changing kegs and bartending. Contacting local law enforcement when necessary.Helping drunk patrons find safe transportation home.Physically removing guests who refuse to leave.De-escalating confrontations between patrons.Helping bartenders to avoid over-serving guests.Making sure contraband is not in anyone’s possession.Floor security protects patrons and co-workers from threatening and obnoxious guests. Floor security teams work inside the club ensuring that situations inside do not escalate. If you want a do it all rifle you can also reliably hunt with, 6.5 Grendel would be more humane and better to lug around. 224 is nice and you won't have complaints if you build it right. If you want a bench shooting target rifle. (I would personally stay away from the Privi Partisan stuff, as I have not had good experiences with that - it performs about as well as the steel cased wolf for 50% more) And you can shoot steel cased plinking ammo for around 72 cents per round as well. However, the better part of this is that hunting ammo for the 6.5 Grendel is just about 50 cents more than. You can also shoot 1000 yards as well, but I don't think it would be that flat that far out.įrom what I can tell from my own ballistics app, you would still retain around 1000 ft/lbs of energy out to 350 yards with a 123 grain Hornady SST 6.5 Grendel out of an 18" barrel. They all have fun shooting out to 500 yards and hitting steel with no problem using Medium-Power hunting scopes. My friends who have 6.5 Grendel builds have either 18" or 20" barrels, and none of them have spent any time thinking about gas system lengths or anything like that. 224 caliber.Ħ.5 Grendel is more of an all around cartridge. Be aware, this is a BTHP and I'm not entirely sure on how reliable that would be for hunting with the. 18" barrel puts this around 300 yards (but I don't have figures on this from personal experience). With a 24" barrel, this is around 400 yards. If you want to hunt, just be aware that factory 90 grain federal rounds will drop below 1000 ft/lbs around 2200fps. My problem was that this was a great target rifle, but I couldn't see any use for it except for punching holes in paper and ringing steel. I don't think I could have reliably taken accurate shots holding it without some sort of support. This was with a 24" barrel and it was extremely difficult to handle for anything that wasn't just bench shooting. 563) listed for the 90-grain projectile’s muzzle velocity. I mainly reloaded and had no problem shooting out to 1000 with a cheap Primary Arms Classic scope and getting 80% of my magazines on steel. Suspiciously, I manually overrode the Sierra-provided variable BC numbers, plugging in only the highest, max-velocity BC (G1 BC. 224 Valkyrie in 2017 as the precision rifle cartridge of choice for the AR-15. Ammo is at the cheapest going to be about $22 a box plus tax/shipping for Hornady ELD-M's and this is much cheaper than when I got into the game (I paid $237 for 200 rounds in early 2021 for 75 grain Federal TMJ's). If you build it right, it will be a tack driver. ![]() Honestly I was between 6mm ARC and 6.5 Grendel, but chose 6mm ultimately. I JUST pulled the barrel and swapped it for a 6mm ARC. I have a couple years behind me shooting. ![]() It is worth noting that in The Blockheads has great gameplay and good interface, as well as easy operation, which will please inexperienced players. As with all Terraria-like games, here you can explore a huge and boundless world, develop your own tools, and destroy many blocks around you. The name of the game speaks for itself – in The Blockheads you get to the block world, which is made in 2D graphics. You may also like: 16 Best Survival Games for Android & iOS The Blockheads We recommend that you pay attention to weekly quests, which can bring you a good reward. It’s worth noting that if you want to steal or commit complete robberies, you won’t be able to do that on the beginners’ server.įor beginners, there is protection against attacks by other players and unfriendly gestures, which is ideal at the very beginning of the game in Growtopia. In this article, we have selected for you 13 Best Games Like Terraria for Android & iOS.įor example, it will allow you to ignore messages from other players, as well as set the order of interaction with other people. Such applications include the changing of day and night, the occurrence of different characters, and you will be constantly in search of different materials and tools.Īre you able to explore the world of not only Terraria but also of other games? We decided that it will be interesting to find other games, where you will not only build, but also dig, and mine. This genre of games, in general, is popular because the players are not limited by anything. It is not very good to compare these two games, however, you may enjoy the list of 11 Best games like Minecraft for Android & iOS. Also in the world of Terraria, you can find different monsters and creatures that will constantly try to kill you. The game is made in the sandbox genre with an open world, where you have complete freedom of action.Īn integral part of it is to create various game items from the resources that you will find around you. Terraria is a fairly popular game that takes you from the real world to the pixel one. ![]() The TTCT test is a series of figural exercises (thinking with pictures) and verbal activities (thinking with words) that students do to showcase their. Schools evaluate assessment results and recommend services. Many school districts include some kind of creativity testing as part of their assessment of gifted children, and the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking are one of the most commonly given. STEP 4: All assessment scores are recorded. STEP 3: Students are formally evaluated for gifted services in the areas of mental ability, achievement, creativity, and motivation. The team is looking for consistent characteristics and behaviors that indicate the need for gifted testing. Possible items that may be reviewed include MAP data, reading level, GMAS scores, grades, pre- and post- assessment data, iReady, IXL, MobyMax, iStation, Education Galaxy, etc. Gifted children tend to have above-average intelligence that can be demonstrated through standardized test scores on a neuropsychological evaluation. The ShapiroWilk’s test was significant for the children’s FSIQ (p. More than two-thirds of the mothers and over half of the fathers also achieved an IQ 120. STEP 2: The school eligibility team reviews data on each student to make a determination on whether to move forward with gifted testing. The gifted children (IQ 120) obtained particularly high scores in verbal comprehension (VCI) and visual-perceptual reasoning (PRI). At this point, the Gifted Lead Teacher will begin to gather data pieces in preparation for step 2. ![]() ![]() Students are also automatically nominated for gifted testing, through the county's automatic screening process, if they score a 90% or greater on the MAP Growth Reading or Math Assessment. STEP 1: Parents, Teachers or Students nominate themselves for possible gifted testing by completing a nomination form and the TABs form. And in the universe of “The Hunger Games,” in which the oppressed citizens of the fictional Panem live under the constant threat of execution by an exploitative upper class, that reference is all the more poignant. ![]() Whether you owed a debt or had murdered your wife’s lover, hanging was a likely punishment in the ballad universe.įor Americans, murder by lynch mob-that tried-and-true act of citizen vigilantism by which white supremacists terrorized and dominated the black population in the aftermath of emancipation-is probably a more familiar context for hangings. Appalachia’s songs are themselves descendants of ballads brought over by English and Scottish settlers, and hangings are a common occurrence in both traditions. “The Hanging Tree” is written from the perspective of a man accused of murder and hung as punishment. And Collins’ lyrics, too, play with the tropes of the genre. Lawrence’s character Katniss Everdeen hails from District 12, a coal-mining sector located in a post-apocalyptic Appalachia. The Appalachian inflections in “The Hanging Tree” are no accident. There is a satisfying aptness to the astounding popularity of “The Hanging Tree.” In a sense, folk songs were the original Top 40 hits. Though the sing-songy melody feels more like a caricature of an Appalachian ballad than the real thing, it is nevertheless a recognizable riff on the genre. “The Hanging Tree,” which employs lyrics based on those written by “The Hunger Games” author Suzanne Collins, is set to an eerie tune penned by the folk-pop group The Lumineers and given extra dramatic heft by the unearthly orchestrations of composer James Newton Howard. 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