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True story of torch singer Ruth Etting's struggle to escape the gangster who made her a star.
At a Chicago dance club in the 1920s, small-time Jewish gangster Martin Snyder is collecting money for his laundry service and protection racket when an altercation breaks out over a taxi dancer, Ruth Etting, who has kicked a customer for getting fresh. Ruth is fired, and Marty--who is known as "The Gimp" because he walks with a limp--offers to help with her show business aspirations by using his many nightclub connections. Marty's business card gets Ruth a job as a chorus dancer at a fancy nightclub, where she meets handsome pianist Johnny Alderman. Eager to reap his reward for helping her, Marty tells Ruth she is going to Miami with him, but when she angrily refuses to be his mistress, he relents. Although he has no idea if Ruth can even sing, Marty hires Johnny as her coach and arranger, and Ruth turns out to have great natural talent. Johnny warns her that Marty's intentions are not honorable, but Ruth maintains that she needs him to advance her career. Marty arranges for Ruth to replace the headliner at the club, and her debut is a great success. Marty fills Ruth's dressing room with flowers and tells her after the show that they will celebrate at a weekend house party in the country. Ruth demurs, saying she is too tired to go out, but Marty informs her that their relationship has changed. As they quarrel, Ruth smoothly manipulates Marty, who has fallen in love with her, and he cancels the weekend plans.
One night after a show, Ruth introduces Marty to New York agent Bernard V. Loomis, who says he has lined up a booking for her. Marty jealously dismisses Loomis, telling Ruth that he has other plans for her. Marty then tells his right-hand man Georgie that he wants to get Ruth radio exposure, and she soon has her own radio program, with Johnny conducting the orchestra. Now in love with Ruth himself, Johnny advises her to end her relationship with Marty and let Loomis represent her, but she refuses. As Ruth's popularity grows, Marty contacts Loomis and arranges Ruth's New York debut as the star of the Ziegfeld Follies. Johnny tells Marty he will not accompany them to New York, and the men argue bitterly over Ruth. During rehearsals, Marty is outraged when Ziegfeld's staff does not treat him with the respect he is accustomed to commanding in Chicago. Loomis counsels him to keep a lower profile, to avoid damaging Ruth's chances, and Marty tries to rein himself in. However, Marty insists on seeing Ruth after her first number on opening night, and when he finds he is not welcome backstage, becomes violent. Angry and humiliated, Marty wants to break Ruth's contract, but she refuses to leave the show. When Ruth tearfully explains that his crass behavior does not fit in with her new life, Marty reproaches her for not standing by him. Although she does not love Marty, Ruth marries him out of a sense of obligation and quits the Follies. Ruth's career continues to flourish under Marty's management, and she sells out nightclub appearances all over the East Coast as Marty works tirelessly on her behalf.
One night, Marty tells Ruth he has made a movie deal for her, but the embittered Ruth, who has taken to drinking, responds indifferently. She brightens when she receives a phone call from Johnny, who now works in Hollywood and says he will be working on the film with her. In Hollywood, Marty and Loomis meet with producer Paul Hunter, and Marty is shocked to discover that Johnny is the music director on the picture. Afterward, Marty derides Johnny to Loomis as a phony, and Ruth snaps that Marty has accomplished nothing on his own. Stung by Ruth's words, Marty sells his laundry in Chicago and invests all his money in a nightclub that he wants to remodel. Later, Marty secretly comes to the studio and watches a recording session, and fumes when he notices the silent connection between Ruth and Johnny. Marty tries to have Johnny fired from the picture, and orders Ruth to quit the film and work in his club. When Ruth accuses him of being afraid of losing his grip on her, Marty loses his temper and strikes her. Ruth flees, and the next day arranges a meeting in Loomis' office, where she tearfully begs Marty for a divorce. Although Marty declares that Ruth will come running back to him, he is crushed by the rejection and can think of nothing else, even with his club about to open.
Several nights later, Johnny follows Ruth home and kisses her, and as he returns to his car, Marty shoots him. At the hospital, Ruth declares her love for Johnny, then tells Loomis that she feels bad about the way she left Marty. She visits Marty in jail and says she plans to marry Johnny, then tries to thank him for all he has done, but Marty bitterly refuses to listen. Loomis bails Marty out of jail, and Georgie takes him to the club, where Marty is shocked to see a neon sign announcing Ruth's appearance. Marty flies into a rage at the "handout," but Loomis insists that he be big enough to allow Ruth to repay him. Due to the publicity generated by the shooting, the club is swarming with autograph-seekers and press, and as Marty escorts the reporters through his elegant establishment, his old confidence begins to return. When asked about Ruth's appearance at the club, Marty replies that it is strictly a business arrangement, adding that he has great respect for Ruth as an artist. As the floor show begins, Marty watches with pride and satisfaction as Ruth sings before the appreciative audience.
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cheryl 2019-06-13
Doris Day showcases her talents, dancing and singing, in this bio-flick of Ruth Etting. I loved every moment of it! James Cagney shines as the, at first,... MORE>
Love Me or Leave Me
Nina 2018-12-31
Although she was better in this than in other movies, I thought Doris Day was miscast for this movie. A more natural actress would have been better--one... MORE>
Day & Cagney Work Well Together
jimmygent 2018-12-30
Yeah,Cam Mitchell should've looked more like he was playing piano,script okay,but great stars. MORE>


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Jan 8 (Reuters) - Three environmental groups sued the U.S. government on Tuesday for what they said was Washington's failure to take urgent steps to ensure the survival of endangered loggerhead sea turtles.
"Loggerhead sea turtles are among the most imperiled of sea turtle species and have experienced alarming declines in recent years," said the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
The lawsuit said loggerheads were already being pushed to the brink of extinction and that the government had failed to comply with deadlines set under the Endangered Species Act to establish protected areas or "critical habitat" for loggerhead sea turtle populations.
The suit, brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana Inc and Turtle Island Restoration, cited the destruction or degradation of nesting and foraging habitats, pollution including oil spills, climate change and sea level rise among other threats to the long-term survival of the marine turtles.
"Loggerhead sea turtles face numerous, ongoing threats in waters off the coasts of California and Hawaii, along the continental shelf off the eastern seaboard from Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, south through Florida and the Gulf of Mexico," it said.
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The legal complaint said the "incidental capture, injury and death by commercial fishing fleets" posed another clear danger to the loggerheads.
Of the seven species of sea turtles, six are found in U.S. waters. The marine reptiles live mostly in the ocean and often migrate long distances, but adult females return to land to lay their eggs along beaches.
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Defendants named in the lawsuit include the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
"The Services are depriving this critically imperiled species of significant legal protections that are important for its conservation and recovery, especially in light of the continuing negative effects of climate change and commercial fishing activities which include the use of harmful longlines, trawls and gillnets," the lawsuit said.


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Geneva – The number of countries collecting all their blood supplies from voluntary unpaid donors increased by more than 50% between 2002 and 2008, according to new global data from WHO, released on World Blood Donor Day, 14 June.
World Blood Donor Day is celebrated each year to highlight the contribution voluntary unpaid blood donors make to public health. This year's slogan, "More blood, more life" aims to encourage still more people to come forward to give blood and save more lives.
"WHO's goal is for all countries to obtain all blood supplies from voluntary unpaid donations by 2020," says Dr Neelam Dhingra, Coordinator, Blood Transfusion Safety at WHO. "Nine years ago, 39 countries were obtaining all their blood supplies from voluntary unpaid donors: in 2008 that figure had gone up to 62. We hope that World Blood Donor Day will encourage more people in more countries to become regular voluntary blood donors."
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In 70 countries, voluntary unpaid blood donations rose by more than 10% between 2007 and 2008. India reported the greatest increase, from 3.6 million to 4.6 million. Other countries reporting substantial increases over the same period include: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Belarus, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Sri Lanka, United States of America and Viet Nam.
The WHO data reveals new information about the gender and age of donors. Some 100 countries provide data on gender, revealing that 70% of all blood donations are collected from male donors. Just 25 countries collect more than 40% of their blood supplies from female donors. They include Australia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Swaziland, Thailand, United States of America and Zimbabwe. And in 16 countries, less than 10% of donations come from female donors.
In richer countries, donors tend to be older (over 44). In low- and middle-income countries, they are younger (under 25). Seventy-seven countries provide data on distribution of blood donations by age group. In high-income countries, only 27% of donations are from the under-25 age group, while 40% of donations are collected from donors older than 44 years old. In low and middle-income countries, almost half (45%) of all donations come from people under 25, and 18% from the over-44 age group.
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Every Wednesday, food52's Senior Editor Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that are nothing short of genius. This week: a simple formula for doing right by fish, from Eric Ripert's On the Line.
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When I was a wee culinary student, I spent one very long, lucky Saturday trailing in the kitchen at Le Bernardin.I minced parsley, nervously. I huddled among the line cooks, tasting spoonfuls of soulful, intricate sauces. I wandered into a walk-in, where geoducks lolled out of their buckets (look, terrifying!). I tried, and failed, to help a person much more skilled than I drag crusty, frozen bread across a meat slicer, making planks as thin as Melba toast. I stood transfixed in front of pastry chef Michael Laiskonis' dark, calm lair for a good 40 minutes, until he handed me an eggshell filled with chocolate custard.
But mostly I backed into a corner and watched. The pre-theater rush of orders stirred up the cooks in the raw station first at 5pm, then pulsed through the kitchen, on and on the rest of the night. (Here's a glimpse of what it looked like, from the blog Zen Can Cook).
In this carnival of high technique, there were many things I would never try at home. For those flourishes, I would go to Le Bernardin for dinner, in my approximation of fancy clothes, and it would be worth it, I promise you. But there was one surprisingly simple technique, showed to me proudly by a nice fellow on the line, that changed the way I cook fish at home.The secret ingredient? Wondra® flour, usually heralded for its clumpless gravies and sauces. It's "the quick and easy flour for today's lifestyles" (a tagline that probably hasn't been updated since the product's debut in 1963). But despite its scary casserole-era gimmickry (and packaging), it turns out it's long been a favorite of Julia Child (for crepe batter), Jacques Pepin (for chicken cutlets), David Bouley (for dusting anything pan-fried) and, in turn, Le Bernardin's gleaming star chef, Eric Ripert (above, a-gleam).
Classically trained French cooks. A decidedly American convenience product. What gives? For his part, Ripert says he learned the technique in Bouley's kitchen in the early 1990s, his last post before moving to Le Bernardin. "It surprised me because in France we didn't use any flour at Jamin (Joël Robuchon's first restaurant). We didn't use anything at all for this purpose when sautéing fish -- but I found Wondra makes it easier."Wondra is known more generically as instant flour, because it has been pre-cooked and dried using a "patented agglomeration process" (shh, General Mills) -- which leaves it with a fine, slightly gritty texture, reminiscent of cornmeal. Some malted barley flour is thrown in too. All of this means that it's more prone to beautiful browning and crisping than regular all-purpose flour.
Ripert has been known to use Wondra on anything from monkfish loins to soft-shell crab, but it's especially good for bringing out the beauty of skin-on fillets of things like salmon or striped bass. It goes like this: Dry your fish well -- you can even squeegee off excess moisture with the back of a paring knife. After dusting with salt, pepper and Wondra, you lay the skin side in bubbling canola oil and press down commandingly with a spatula (the skin contracts and buckles instantly, and you want to keep it all in contact with the pan).
A couple minutes later, you flip the fish, and shove it into a 400°F oven, where the skin will continue crisping up in the dry heat as the bottom poaches in the oil. Wait just a couple more minutes, then pull it out and stick a metal skewer into the center. Count to 5, then touch the metal to your lip to make sure it feels just warm. Done. The skin should be golden and taut, the flesh tender and just cooked through.
Seafood is increasingly precious these days. You want to treat it right and you really want to taste it, every last bit. Once you get this simple rhythm down, you won't overcook it, undercook it, or push the soft, slack skin to the side of the plate again.
Le Bernardin's Crispy-Skinned Fish
Adapted from On the Line by Eric Ripert and Christine Muhlke.
Serves 4
1 tablespoon canola oilFour 6-ounce skin-on fish fillets (like striped bass or salmon)Fine sea saltFreshly ground white pepperWondra flour for dusting
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It promises to be a memorable occasion at Windsor Park on Saturday night as the new-look stadium is officially opened.
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To get started you will want to open your project from the previous tutorial I wrote. If you haven't completed that tutorial go now and read it. You can find it at this link: http://www.dreaminco...topic143585.htm
Now that you have the tutorial loaded you are ready to start. To handle the different screens in the game what I am going to do is to create an abstract base class called GameScreen that other screens in your game will inherit from. If you are unsure what an abstract class is, an abstract class is a class that you must inherit from. Any methods, properties, fields, indexers, etc that belong to the abstract class can be used in the inherited class. The inherited class can use any protected or public items of an abstract class but not private. You can also use the abstract keyword inside the abstract class to define properties and methods that must be implemented in the base class. You can not create an instance of an abstract class. An object of an abstract class however can be assigned objects of derived classes. This is an object-oriented principle called polymorphism. Polymorphism is the ability of a base class to act as an inherited class at run time. This is one of the key three principles of object-oriented programming: Encapsulation, Inheritance, and Polymorphism. Polymorphism is probably the hardest to understand. I hope that showing you an example of polymorphism will help you understand the principle better.
I also decided to have both of the screens have a background image. You can select the two images below or you can find two of your own. Add the two images to the Content folder by right clicking it and selecting Add and then Existing Item. Select your two images and they will be added to the Content folder and you can load them using the Content.Load method.
What you will want to do next is add a new game component to the project. Right click your project in the solution explorer, select Add, and then select New Item. Make sure that the XNA Game Studio node is selected on the left and choose Game Component. Name this Game Component GameScreen. I will explain the code after you have read it.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GamerServices; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Net; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage; namespace ScreenManager { public abstract class GameScreen : Microsoft.Xna.Framework.DrawableGameComponent { List<GameComponent> components = new List<GameComponent>(); protected Game game; protected SpriteBatch spriteBatch; public List<GameComponent> Components { get { return components; } } public GameScreen(Game game, SpriteBatch spriteBatch) : base(game) { this.game = game; this.spriteBatch = spriteBatch; } public override void Initialize() { base.Initialize(); } public override void Update(GameTime gameTime) { base.Update(gameTime); foreach (GameComponent component in components) if (component.Enabled == true) component.Update(gameTime); } public override void Draw(GameTime gameTime) { base.Draw(gameTime); foreach (GameComponent component in components) if (component is DrawableGameComponent && ((DrawableGameComponent) component).Visible) ((DrawableGameComponent) component).Draw(gameTime); } public virtual void Show() { this.Visible = true; this.Enabled = true; foreach (GameComponent component in components) { component.Enabled = true; if (component is DrawableGameComponent) ((DrawableGameComponent)component).Visible = true; } } public virtual void Hide() { this.Visible = false; this.Enabled = false; foreach (GameComponent component in components) { component.Enabled = false; if (component is DrawableGameComponent) ((DrawableGameComponent)component).Visible = false; } } } }
The first thing that you will see is that between public and class there is the keyword abstract. This makes this an abstract class that you can not create an object with. In order to use it you must inherit from it. Since your game screens will have visual components I inherited the class from DrawableGameComponent instead of just GameComponent. There are three fields in this class: components, game, and spriteBatch. The first one, components, is a List<GameComponent> that will hold any child components of the screen. game is an object of type Game and will hold the current Game object. Finally, spriteBatch is a SpriteBatch object that you will be able to use to draw in your inherited classes. There is also a get only property, Components, that you can use in child classes and classes that use your screen to get the list of components of your screen.
The constructor of the class requires two parameters: a Game object, game, and a SpriteBatch object, spriteBatch. Since this is a game component there is also a call to the constructor of the base class with base(game). The constructor then sets the game and spriteBatch fields with the parameters passed in to the constructor.
In the override of the Update method I have a foreach loop that will loop through all of the game components in the components field. Inside this loop I check to see if the Enabled property of the current component is true. If it is I call the Update method of that component passing in gameTime.
In the override of the Draw method there is a foreach loop that will loop through all of the game components in the components field. This is an example of polymorphism in action. When the game is running you don't know if the component is a DrawableGameComponent or a GameComponent. In C# you can use the is keyword to text if an object belongs to a class. I check to see if component is a DrawableGameComponent. You might think that C# will through an error in the and part of the condition. It will not. C# is smart enough to know that if the first part is false there is no need to check the second part. In the second part in paratheneses I cast component to a DrawableGameComponent and check the Visible property of component. This is the syntax you need to use when you are using polymorphism of a inherited class of a base class that implements fields, properties, methods, etc that are not in the base class. If this is a DrawableGameComponent and the Visible propery is true I call the draw method, again casting it, of component.
Next there is a virtual method called Show. Virtual methods are methods that you can override in inherited classes to change their behavior. This method will be used to set the component to be enabled and visible. It sets the Enable and Visible properties to true so the component will be updated and drawn. Then in a foreach loop I loop through all of the game components and set their Enabled property to true. Then, after checking if this component is a DrawableGameComponent, I set the Visible property to true.
There is another virtual method called Hide. This method works in the opposite method of Show. It sets the Enable and Visible properties to false so the component will not be updated or drawn. Again in a foreach loop I loop through all of the game components. If they are DrawableGameComponents I set their Visible property to false.
Now I will create a new class that inherits from GameScreen that will act as the main menu for the game so the player can choose to play the game or exit the game. To do this right click your project in the solution explorer and then select Add and then Class. Name this class StartScreen. I will again explain the code after you have read it.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics; namespace ScreenManager { class StartScreen : GameScreen { MenuComponent menuComponent; Texture2D image; Rectangle imageRectangle; public int SelectedIndex { get { return menuComponent.SelectedIndex; } set { menuComponent.SelectedIndex = value; } } public StartScreen(Game game, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, SpriteFont spriteFont, Texture2D image) : base(game, spriteBatch) { string[] menuItems = { "Start Game", "End Game" }; menuComponent = new MenuComponent(game, spriteBatch, spriteFont, menuItems); Components.Add(menuComponent); this.image = image; imageRectangle = new Rectangle( 0, 0, Game.window.ClientBounds.Width, Game.window.ClientBounds.Height); } public override void Update(GameTime gameTime) { base.Update(gameTime); } public override void Draw(GameTime gameTime) { spriteBatch.Draw(image, imageRectangle, Color.White); base.Draw(gameTime); } } }
This class uses parts of the XNA framework so there are using statements for the framework and the Graphics classes. This class inherits from GameScreen so it has all of the functionality of the GameScreen class and it can override parts of it that it wants to act differently than the base class.
The class will handle the menu for the game so there is a MenuCompontent field. Because I will have a background image I have a Texture2D field called image and a Rectangle field called imageRectangle. I will be using this rectangle to have the image fill the entire game window. The game will be acting on the player's menu choice so there is a property called SelectedIndex that just gets and sets the SelectedIndex property of the MenuComponent.
The constructor for this class takes four parameters: a Game object, a SpriteBatch object, a SpriteFont object and a Texture2D. The constructor also calls the constructor of the base class that requires a Game object and a SpriteBatch object. The constructor creates a new menu with two options: Start Game and End Game. It then adds the menu to the list of components for the component. It then sets the image field to be the image being passed in. It then creates a rectangle that will fill the entire window. There is a property of the GameComponent class called Game that gets the Game object associated with the component. The Game object has a property Window that holds information about the window. I used the Width and Height properties of the ClientBounds property to get the width and height of the window. I created a rectangle with X and Y values of 0, the upper left hand corner of the window and with the width and height of the window. You will see why when I get to the Draw method.
There is an override of the Update method so that the menu will update itself. There is also an overload of the Draw method. The order of rendering in 2D is important. If you want objects to appear above other objects you need to draw them last. That is why I call the Draw method of the SpriteBatch object before the call to base.Draw. When base.Draw is called all child components, if they are visible, are drawn. So, if you draw the image after the call to base.Draw the image will be drawn over top of the menu and it won't be seen. The overload of the draw method that I used takes three parameters: the Texture2D to draw, the destination Rectangle, and the tint color. Because of the way I created the rectangle in the constructor using the height and width of the window it will fill the window.
I am going to add a second screen to the game. This one is where the game will take place. You can modify this screen to work like your game. You can add a ContentManager object for instance to load in your content like a regular game and work on everything in that screen. Right click your project and add a new class called ActionScreen. This is the code for that screen.
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics; using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input; namespace ScreenManager { class ActionScreen : GameScreen { KeyboardState keyboardState; Texture2D image; Rectangle imageRectangle; public ActionScreen(Game game, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Texture2D image) : base(game, spriteBatch) { this.image = image; imageRectangle = new Rectangle( 0, 0, Game.window.ClientBounds.Width, Game.window.ClientBounds.Height); } public override void Update(GameTime gameTime) { base.Update(gameTime); keyboardState = Keyboard.GetState(); if (keyboardState.IsKeyDown(Keys.Escape)) game.Exit(); } public override void Draw(GameTime gameTime) { spriteBatch.Draw(image, imageRectangle, Color.White); base.Draw(gameTime); } } }
There are using statements for the XNA framework, the Graphics classes, and the Input classes. The reason for the Input classes is that I want the game to be able to exit if the player presses the escape key while the action screen is the current screen. This isn't the best behavior for your game but it will work for this sample. This class also inherits from GameScreen. There is a KeyboardState field to hold the state of the keyboard, a Texture2D field for the background image to draw and a Rectangle field to hold the rectangle for the window.
The constructor for this class takes three parameters: a Game object, a SpriteBatch object, and a Texture2D. Just like the constructor for the StartScreen class this class calls the constructor of the base class passing the Game and SpriteBatch objects. The constructor just sets the image field and creates a rectangle the size of the window like in the StartScreen class.
In the Update method, after the call to base.Update, I get the state of the keyboard. I then check to see if the Escape key is down. If it is I exit the game calling the Exit method of the Game object. Like I mentioned earlier this isn't good practice but it will be okay for this tutorial. You will want to do something different in your own games. The Draw method draws the image for the background and then calls base.Draw to draw any child components, even there are none it is a good habit to have.
It is time to implement these screens into the game. The first thing you can do is replace the MenuComponent field with the following fields.
KeyboardState keyboardState; KeyboardState oldKeyboardState; GameScreen activeScreen; StartScreen startScreen; ActionScreen actionScreen;
The first two fields, keyboardState and oldKeyboardState, will hold the current and last states of the keyboard. I will use these to check if the player has selected a menu item when the StartScreen is the active screen. The third field is activeScreen and it is of type GameScreen. Like I mentioned at the start of the tutorial I will be using polymorphism for handling the different screens. In this case activeScreen will be set to either startScreen or actionScreen, which are the objects of type StartScreen and ActionScreen respectively. Because both of these types inherit from GameScreen at run time you can assign them to GameScreen and when you call any methods that have been overriden the methods of the appropriate class will be called. I do not have to cast them because the methods that I am using all belong to the base class GameScreen.
In the LoadContent method I will create the new screens and add them to the list of components of the game. By adding them to the list of components when the game runs the Update and Draw method of the components will be called automatically by XNA which in the end simplifies the game and makes all of this work worth while. I will explain the code further after you have read it.
protected override void LoadContent() { spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice); startScreen = new StartScreen( this, spriteBatch, Content.Load<SpriteFont>("menufont"), Content.Load<Texture2D>("alienmetal")); Components.Add(startScreen); startScreen.Hide(); actionScreen = new ActionScreen( this, spriteBatch, Content.Load<Texture2D>("greenmetal")); Components.Add(actionScreen); actionScreen.Hide(); activeScreen = startScreen; activeScreen.Show(); }
The code first creates a new instance of the StartScreen class passing in: this which is the current Game object, spriteBatch which is the SpriteBatch object for the game, the call to Content.Load loads in the font added to the game in the last tutorial, and it loads in the one image that I added to the game called alienmetal. If you used a different image you will have to substitute its asset name with alientmetal. The startScreen field is then added to the list of components for the game and then the Hide method is called to hide the screen. You might be screaming that there was no Hide method in the StartScreen class. There didn't have to be. Because the parent class had a public method Hide, the derived class StartScreen has access to that method and because it is public it can be called outside of the class.
I do something very similar for creating the ActionScreen object. It just required three parameters. I passed in this, the spriteBatch field, and the return of Content.Load with the asset name greenmetal. Again, if you used different assets you will need to use the appropriate asset name. The ActionScreen object is added to the list of components of the game and I call the Hide method as well. This is where polymorphism comes into play again. The field activeScreen is of type GameScreen but since StartScreen inherits from GameScreen I can assign startScreen to activeScreen. I then call the Show method of activeScreen. When you do this C# will see of what type activeScreen is and then it will go to that type and see if there is a method in that class. If there isn't a method that matches it then checks the parent class. If the parent class doesn't have that method it checks to see if that class has a parent class and if it does it will check that class and so on. If no method is found at compile time you will get an error, the program will not build.
That just leaves handling the input to move between screens. That will be done in the Update method. Just like in the MenuComponent I want to check if the key was down in the last frame and is up in the current frame. It is a very helpful method so I copied the CheckKey method from the MenuComponent class. This is the code for the Update and CheckKey methods.
protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime) { keyboardState = Keyboard.GetState(); if (GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).Buttons.Back == ButtonState.Pressed) this.Exit(); if (activeScreen == startScreen) { if (CheckKey(Keys.Enter)) { if (startScreen.SelectedIndex == 0) { activeScreen.Hide(); activeScreen = actionScreen; activeScreen.Show(); } if (startScreen.SelectedIndex == 1) { this.Exit(); } } } base.Update(gameTime); oldKeyboardState = keyboardState; } private bool CheckKey(Keys theKey) { return keyboardState.IsKeyUp(theKey) && oldKeyboardState.IsKeyDown(theKey); }
What I did was at the start of the Update method was get the state of the keyboard using the GetState method. I kept in the if statement that checks to see if the back button on the XBOX 360 controller was pressed. There is then an if statement that checks to see if activeScreen is equal to startScreen. This checks to see if the instances are the same, not if the objects are equal. Inside that if statement I check to see if the enter key has been pressed just once. Inside that if statement there are two other if statements. The first one checks to see if the SelectedIndex of startScreen is 0, which is the first menu item. If that is true I call the Hide method of activeScreen to hide the screen and its components. I then set activeScreen to actionScreen and then call the Show method of active screen. That effectively changes the game to use actionScreen as the current screen instead of startScreen. In the next if statement I check to see if the SelectedIndex property of startScreen is 1, which is the second menu entry. If it is I call the Exit method of Game class to exit the game. After the call to base.Update I set the oldKeyboardState field to the keyboardState field. The last method CheckKey is the same as the CheckKey method from the previous tutorial.
This is a simple way to implement screen management in your games to separate the logic of the screens into separate classes. I will write two more tutorials in this series. The next one will be about creating a pop up screen that the player can choose between yes or no answers. The other one will be about implementing a simple text box using this concept.


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Reading can have a profound impact on a child's life in and out of the classroom. Reading can help a young student develop a more extensive vocabulary, and a study from the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics found that reading to young children promotes language acquisition, making it easier for them to learn a foreign language. That's a significant advantage for children growing up in a world that's increasingly global.
But reading has benefits outside the classroom as well. Reading can provide an escape from the daily grind, which is something even today's youngsters can appreciate. Reading also is a great way for kids to relax and unwind while simultaneously giving their brains a workout.
While many parents recognize the impact reading can have on their children, it's no secret that getting kids to embrace reading can be difficult. Distractions such as video games, social media and even the great outdoors are all there to draw kids away from reading. But parents who want to instill a love of reading in their children can still take steps to ensure their kids don't miss out on the benefits of a good book.
* Read to your children. Numerous studies have discovered various benefits of reading to children when they are young. The National Center for Education Statistics notes that children whose parents read to them typica
lly become better readers and perform better in school. Reading to children early on is the first step toward fostering a love of reading kids will develop and continue throughout their lives. Many parents read to their children at night before bedtime, but any time of day will suffice.
* Don't be discouraged if kids are not interested in books. While reading fiction can help develop a youngster's imagination, parents should not be discouraged if kids don't want to read books. Reading the newspaper, magazines and even comic books can help kids develop strong reading skills and an extensive vocabulary and, in the case of comic books, inspire their imaginations. Young sports fans might be more inclined to read the sports page than a novel, so let them do so. Kids are more likely to embrace reading if what they're reading interests them, so encourage kids to read up on those interests, even if that reading does not involve picking up a book.
Get your youngster his or her own library card. Thanks to the popularity of e-readers, many adults would be hard pressed to locate their local library if asked to do so. But visiting the library is a great way to encourage kids to read, especially if kids have their own library cards. Kids with their own library cards tend to look at visits to the library as shopping trips where they get to make their own choices about what they're taking home with them. And once kids reach a certain age, they can visit the library on their own.
Share your own reading experiences with children. Kids look up to their parents and often want to mimic their behavior. So parents can set a good example by reading as well. On trips to the library, check out your own book. While you might not want to discuss every book you read with your children, discuss the books they're reading. Chances are you read many of those same books yourself when you were a child, and discussing books with your child is a great way to improve his or her reading comprehension.
Distractions abound for today's youngsters, who might not embrace reading as readily as they do video games or social networking. But parents can take many steps to instill a love of reading in their kids that will last a lifetime.


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There are two kinds of family activities we absolutely love; the free ones (Don't we all?) and the activities where we teach our kids to have fun while we invest in their future by investing in the environment- taking care of each other and nature through responsible tourism. Have family fun while you educate and inform yourself and your children on this route.
African penguins have lost their natural nesting habitat. According to their research during the mid 1800's and early 1900's, guano was scraped from seabird islands and sold as fertilizer in Europe and the USA. African penguins nest by digging burrows in guano, laid down by seabirds over time. With this source being depleted, African penguins cannot burrow into the rocky islands and are forced to nest on the surface, leaving their eggs and offspring exposed to predation and the elements. .
1. SANCCOB – Table View, Cape Town
SA National Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds is where injured or oiled sea birds (including penguins) have been captured, stabilised, treated, washed (if necessary) then maintained until waterproof & ready for release for the past 25 years.
Over 20 000 penguins were individually caught , hand-washed and fed for 3 weeks in penguin pens successfully in just one oil spill incident. These penguins were then transported by container trucks by road more than 8 hours to Port Elizabeth, released to swim back to Cape Town. By which time the oil spill had been cleaned up. Each oiled penguin is tagged after their wash so that they can be monitored in future. "Peter & Percy & Pamela" were 3 very special oiled penguins that were given satellite packs attached to their backs and released from Port Elizabeth. They were tracked by satellite as they made their way back down the coast to their original breeding ground, where the penguin colony re-established itself.
Visiting one of their two centres (Cape Town and Cape St Francis) is educational and fun.
SANCCOB Sea Bird Centre is open daily at feeding times: 10h00 & 15h00
Visit SANCCOB inside the Eco Marine Tent during the Hermanus Whale Festival
2. Boulders Beach in Simonstown, Cape Town
Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. An attractive destination during the summer months, but you will be able to see the penguins throughout the year. It is a great spot to set up camp for the day – your little ones will love climbing over the rocks and playing in the rock pools.
The place smells and sounds like you'd expect from a beach that's home to penguins. If you keep your eyes and ears to the ground, you'll locate some penguins nesting very close .However, the birds do spend much of September and October feeding out at sea, so the number of penguins on the beach at this time of year is lower. For a real treat, try to visit in January when the juvenile birds are moulting on the beach.
At the Boulders Visitors Centre, you'll find information about the penguins and knowledgeable guides.
Entrance fee of R35 for adults and R10 for children under the age of 12. This gives access to the beach as well as the walkways and viewpoints.
3. Stony Point in Bettiesbay
Stony Point is one of only three land based colonies in South Africa for the African Penguin. From the notice board at the entrance of this protected area you can find out a little bit more about what goes on at Stony Point. Breeding season takes place from February to October we discovered and mate for life – how cool is that! And both parents share the nesting and feeding duties! One modern coupleI won't give away all the penguins secrets, you'll need to visit yourself to find out all about them.
The Stony Point Penguin Colony is also used as a research and monitoring facility so some of the nests are colour coded, green indicating there are chicks and yellow indicating eggs. When you start to walk along the wooden boardwalk you will immediately spot penguins and nests in every direction. If you're not familiar with what a penguin nest looks you'll notice it by the little hole which is the entrance with a green leafy covering, some of the nests we looked into we could see the penguins curled up. Most nests had penguins all around them waddling as only penguins could do.
The restaurant inside one of the old whaling station buildings applicably had a fresh seafood menu. There is also a very informative picture history of the whaling and the Old Whaling Station, which was in operation from 1912 to 1930 at Stony Point.
They are open to the public from 9:00- 17:00 daily. Entrance fee R10 per person
5. African Penguin and Seabird Sanctuary (APSS) in Kleinbaai
The Sanctuary offers viewing of the species that are in rehabilitation. This is not a zoo or animal touch farm, thus there is no guarantee that you will see a Penguin or Seabird when you visit, so consider phoning in advance. We were fortunate to see two penguins in rehabilitation but they were kept out of public's eye for now, as they were still in sensitive stage of rehabilitation. The centre went the extra mile by installing cameras so we could still view them on the provided big screen.
APSS provide you with informative talks and curios as well as a coffee shop with freshly baked cakes. I would however like to encourage you not to only visit the centre but to really invest family time in this initiative by contributing to their projects. (Donations are welcome, and they are also in need of old towels and newspapers for their daily operations.)
They are open to the public from 9h00 – 16h00 daily. No entrance fee
Visit APSS in the Eco marine Tent during the Hermanus Whale Festival
6. Off Shore Penguin Colony at Dyer Island
African penguins have lost their natural nesting habitat. According to their research during the mid 1800's and early 1900's, guano was scraped from seabird islands and sold as fertilizer in Europe and the USA. African Penguins nest by digging burrows in guano, laid down by seabirds over time. With this source being depleted, African penguins cannot burrow into the rocky islands and are forced to nest on the surface, leaving their eggs and offspring exposed to predation and the elements. Cape Nature, in partnership with Dyer Island Conservation Trust, has embarked on a programme to install artificial penguin nests on Dyer Island and Stony Point. This provides shelter to eggs, parents, and chicks – the nests project was approved by WWF.
Marine Big 5 whale watching trips offered by Dyer Island Cruises, a boat based whale watching company operating from Kleinbaai , include viewing trips to Dyer Island as part of their tour. The island is under protection of Cape Nature and not accessible to the public but the penguins can be viewed in their natural habitat from the boat.
Boat trips are weather dependant and are part of the whale watching (in season) or eco marine trips.


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|Ned Colletti Special Advisor to the President and CEO
Ned Colletti enters his eighth season as General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, making him the fifth-longest tenured GM in the National League since his appointment on Nov. 16, 2005.
In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing the team's baseball operations, including all scouting, player personnel and player development.
Colletti is the 10th general manager in Los Angeles Dodger history and is entering his 32nd year in Major League Baseball. Since Colletti joined the Dodgers, inheriting a team that finished with a 71-91 record, the team has posted a 597-536 record (.527), the most wins by a National League general manager in that span and the third-best overall mark in the NL behind the Phillies (.563) and Cardinals (.531).
Among NL West opponents, the Dodgers lead second-place San Francisco by 18 games during the seven-year span. In his last 16 seasons as a general manager or assistant general manager, Colletti has finished over .500 14 times, went to the postseason seven times and had teams eliminated on the last day twice and next to the last day twice.
He reached 500 victories as a GM in 2011, hitting that milestone in 953 games, which was faster than every GM in Dodger history besides Buzzie Bavasi (895 games).
Over the last seven seasons, the club has the best ERA in the Major Leagues, six winning campaigns and reached the postseason three times.
The Dodgers appeared in postseason play three of his first four seasons (2006, 2008, 2009), making him the first general manager in Dodger history to accomplish that feat.
In 2009, the Dodgers finished the regular season with the best record in the National League for the first time since 1983 and swept the National League Division Series for the second consecutive season to reach the NLCS in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1977-78.
In 2008, the Dodgers won the NL West and swept the Cubs in the Division Series to reach the NLCS, capturing their first postseason series victory since their World Championship season of 1988.
In 2006, his first year as a GM, Colletti assembled a Major League team that tied for the National League Western Division title and reached the postseason as the National League Wild Card.
The 2013 Dodgers demonstrate Colletti's commitment to acquiring the game's top talent through all possible avenues, building this year's club through the draft (Matt Kemp, Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley), key trades (Andre Ethier, Hanley Ramirez, Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez), free agency (Zack Greinke, Brandon League) and international signings (Hyun-Jin Ryu).
Much of the team's core has been locked up long-term with Crawford (2017), Ethier (2017), Gonzalez (2018), Greinke (2018) and Kemp (2019) signed for at least the next five seasons.
Colletti has renewed the club's focus on finding talent throughout the globe with additions both in the club's front office in International scouting and through free agent signings this year, including Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig and top Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu.
Under Colletti, the Dodgers have further solidified their roots in Asia with the free-agent signings of Takashi Saito (2006) and Hiroki Kuroda (2007) as well as inking Robert Boothe, the club's first Japanese amateur signing.
In addition, the Dodgers played the first-ever Major League exhibition games in China in March 2008 and traveled to Taiwan for a goodwill series against a group of Chinese Professional Baseball League All-Stars during Spring Training in 2010.
The Dodgers have also been active in Central America and the Caribbean with amateur free agents Rubby De La Rosa (Dominican Republic) and Kenley Jansen (Curacao) reaching the Majors in recent years and the club's working agreement with the La Guaira Tiburones in Venezuela, signed in 2009, which reestablished a presence in that country.
Colletti and his staff have focused heavily on developing top talent at the minor league level and in the last two seasons, Dodger affiliates have posted a .536 combined winning percentage (818-708), which is the second-highest mark among Major League teams.
In addition, Dodger farm teams have made eight postseason appearances in the last two years with the 2011 Rookie-level Arizona Summer League Dodgers winning a league title.
For the past six seasons, the Dodgers have executed an offseason Winter Development Program for top prospects, which includes instruction both on and off the field.
In addition to learning the game from Dodger legends like the late Duke Snider, Tommy Lasorda, Maury Wills, Don Newcombe, Wes Parker and others, the young players take part in classroom sessions that help acclimate them to Los Angeles and the Major Leagues upon their eventual arrival.
Since the Winter Development Program's inception in 2008, 36 participating players have reached the Major Leagues.
Colletti also created the Dodger Pride Awards, which honor the organization's top minor league players each month.
Colletti has become known throughout the game for his success at obtaining talent during the season, particularly at the trade deadline.
This past season, he acquired All-Stars Hanley Ramirez (Marlins), Brandon League (Mariners), Shane Victorino (Phillies), Josh Beckett (Red Sox), Carl Crawford (Red Sox) and Adrian Gonzalez (Red Sox) along with left-handed specialist Randy Choate (Marlins), utilityman Nick Punto (Red Sox) and right-hander Joe Blanton (Phillies).
The nine-player trade with Boston, which consummated on Aug. 25 and sent five players to the Red Sox, was the largest trade in Los Angeles Dodger history.
Among the key contributors he has added in midseason in the past several years are three likely Hall of Famers Greg Maddux (twice), Manny Ramirez and Jim Thome as well as veterans Ted Lilly, Scott Podsednik, Ryan Theriot, Casey Blake, Vicente Padilla, George Sherrill, Ronnie Belliard and Jon Garland.
Colletti's first trade as GM netted All-Star outfielder Andre Ethier, while he continued to hold onto several key players who have become the nucleus of the team, including All-Stars Chad Billingsley, Kemp and Kershaw as well as A.J. Ellis and Dee Gordon, among others.
Colletti's acquisition of Manny Ramirez has been deemed by many as the greatest trade in Dodger franchise history, as he traded for the perennial All-Star just minutes before the trade deadline in 2008.
Ramirez went on to put together two of the greatest months in team history before continuing his torrid hitting during the postseason.
That trade, and the subsequent play of Ramirez, was named the top moment in Los Angeles sports in 2008 by the Los Angeles Sports Council.
During his tenure, the Dodgers and Colletti have been recognized for excellence, both locally and at a national level.
Topps named the Dodgers as Organization of the Year in 2010 with the prestigious award, which dates to 1966, recognizing the Major League team that has shown outstanding performance, depth and talent throughout their organization.
Similarly, the Dodgers were recognized as Baseball America's 2006 Organization of the Year as the Major League team reached the postseason spurred by homegrown talent and a deep farm system.
That offseason, the Los Angeles Daily News named him Sportsperson of the Year in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Sports Council tabbed him as Co-Executive of the Year, which he shared with his great friend, Brian Burke, then GM of the Anaheim Ducks and the Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago dubbed him Major League Executive of the Year.
Prior to joining the Dodgers, Colletti spent 11 seasons with the San Francisco Giants, the last nine years as the assistant general manager.
During his time in that position, the Giants posted an 813-644 record (.558), an average of more than 90 wins per season.
Since the beginning of the 1997 season, the club had played just 14 games that did not have playoff implications and during that nine-year span, the team advanced to the postseason four times and was eliminated on the final day of the season on two occasions.
From 1997-2004, the Giants posted a .570 winning percentage, the best eight-year record in San Francisco history and the third-best record in Major League Baseball. The club's .585 mark from 2000-04 was its best five-year mark as well. In his 14 seasons as a General Manager or Assistant General Manager, teams he has been associated with have finished over .500 in 12 seasons, qualified for the postseason seven times and were eliminated on the last day twice.
Prior to joining the Giants, Colletti worked for the Chicago Cubs, beginning his Major League career in 1982. He worked for three years in media relations before transitioning to the baseball operations department while handling salary arbitration cases, assisting in player acquisitions, evaluations and contract negotiations. He was a member of the organization when the Cubs won National League East Division titles in 1984 and 1989 and was honored with Major League Baseball's Robert O. Fishel Award in 1990.
The Chicago native graduated from Northern Illinois University and East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, IL, the same high school attended by Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan, former Toronto Raptors general manager Glen Grunwald, and former NBA head coach Jimmy Rodgers. He was inducted into the Triton College Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, entering the same time as former Major League players Kirby Puckett, Lance Johnson and Jeff Reboulet.
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Babbett Peterson thought there was nothing less sexy than her husband's snoring — until he brought home the cure.
The 47-year-old Trabuco Canyon, Calif., woman took one look at the plastic face mask, the long tubing and the whirring motor that ran all night and decided there were worse things than a few snuffles and snorts.
As far as she was concerned, the Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine — known as a CPAP — was a threat to her 22-year marriage.
"Things were great in the bedroom," Peterson said. "Then there was this thing strapped to his head."
Peterson and her husband, Chris, a 47-year-old engineer, are among growing numbers of couples whose romantic lives have been derailed by sleep problems — or their solutions.
Bedtime troubles send three in 10 couples to separate rooms, according to a poll by the National Sleep Foundation, a nonprofit agency. About a quarter of people with partners and 10 percent of singles said sleep problems left them too tired for sex.
Snoring is the most obvious interference, sleep experts say, but some users contend that the most commonly prescribed cure — the CPAP machine — can put an even bigger damper on libido.
"It's a huge emotional loss," said Peterson, who works as an executive assistant. "I am a cuddler. I felt like I couldn't touch him."
Peterson's opinion isn't the most popular view in the online support group at www.sleepapnea.org, the Web site aimed at people who suffer from the serious sleep disorder that advocates say involves so much more than snoring.
People with obstructive sleep apnea have a problem that causes their airways to collapse during sleep, cutting off breathing sometimes dozens — or even hundreds — of time a night. Because they awake over and over, they're never fully rested and often wind up with the chronic, life-threatening consequences of extended sleep deprivation.
Compared to the possibility of high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, looking less sexy at bedtime is a minor concern, said Barbara Ruggiero, who coordinates the southern Nevada chapter of the AWAKE support group run by the American Sleep Apnea Association.
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"I couldn't have cared less," said Ruggiero, 49, a married mother of two from Las Vegas who started using a CPAP nearly three years ago. "It's not just the snoring; people do die from sleep apnea."
But while CPAP users are grateful for the treatment, dozens of posts on the popular apea Web sites reveal some also are worried about the social consequences of the cure.
"I am having a hard time seeing an educated, attractive man looking for an over-weight single mother (2 year old girl) who also has the joy of wearing a full face mask to bed," one 27-year-old woman wrote.
"It's a very big thing," acknowledges Edward Grandi, executive director of the sleep apnea association that counts 10,000 registered members in its ranks. "We hear that a big challenge is having somebody that's coming to bed with all these accoutrements as opposed to just their jammies."
Like sleeping with Darth Vader
And the challenge is growing with the number of sleep apnea sufferers. An estimated 4 percent of men and 2 percent of women between the ages of 30 and 60 in the United States suffer from severe sleep apnea, Grandi said.
That's at least 18 million Americans who shuffle through life in a sleep-deprived haze. Only about 10 percent of sufferers are diagnosed, but the most common prescription is a CPAP.
Still, less than half of those sent home with a CPAP wind up using it, experts said. It's easy to see why. The machine works by blowing a stream of air down a plastic tube and through a plastic mask, using the pressure to keep airways open.
Even the most streamlined models can't hide the Darth Vader-like effect of slipping on the device and flipping the switch, acknowledged Dr. William Orr, a sleep expert and president of the Lynn Health Science Institute at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center.
"It's like sleeping with a vacuum cleaner strapped to your nose," he said. "You wouldn't go around dating somebody and put this thing on and say, 'Hey, look what I've got.'"
While CPAP wearers complain about claustrophobia, inconvenience and the weird effect of being plugged into the wall all night, their partners have other issues.
The noise of the motor can be annoying, like leaving a blow-dryer on for hours, although some users insist the new models are no louder than a large fan or a refrigerator. The CPAP's steady stream of exhaled air also can bother partners who suddenly feel like they're sleeping in a wind tunnel.
After 46 years of marriage, Jim and Ann Hurd of Colorado Springs, Colo., had to stop cuddling because of her CPAP machine.
"My husband and I were snugglers all night long," said Ann Hurd, 66. "But he doesn't like the cold air blowing on him."
And there's no question it's hard to feel seductive while wearing the thing. Vern Hulse, 66, of Ririe, Idaho, has worn a CPAP for seven years, so when his wife, Betty, 63, got one last fall, she didn't mind.
"But if I wore one and he didn't, I might have been a little vain," said Betty Hulse. "If I were a young woman in my 20s and I was alone, I would wear it, but if I had an overnight visitor, there's no way."
Despite those obstacles, CPAP users and sleep experts said the benefits of the machine far outweigh the impositions on intimacy.
'Most unromantic device ever'
Sleep-deprived people are not good partners, noted Rosalind Cartwright, chairman of the of the psychology department at Rush University and founder of the school's sleep disorders center. She calls the CPAP "the most unromantic device ever," but says using the machine or an oral applicance can rescue a troubled marriage.
"You don't want somebody to go untreated," she said. "When people are sleepy, they can keep up their work role, but their husband role, their parenting role, their love role, they can't keep it up."
That's often true in a sexual sense as well. In addition to life-threatening health problems and psychological symptoms, people with untreated sleep apnea often suffer from impotence and other disorders.
Unexpected perks
For Reid Johnson, a 28-year-old salesman from Charleston, S.C., using the CPAP caused some funny moments with college girlfriends, but also some unexpected benefits.
"The relief of being able to sleep and have energy again was so great that I did not care what anyone thought," Johnson said. "And, after the mask my libido unquestionably went up. I had energy again and was not always sick."
Now married, Johnson said his CPAP doesn't hamper his sex life. His wife, Christina, even nicknamed the device "Snuffalufagus," he said.
Most CPAP users say they're as matter-of-fact about the device as anyone who needs crutches, prosthetics or other aid for a serious medical condition — and that they expect romantic partners to be the same.
"I've never been self-conscious about it," said Vicki Thon, a 50-year-old single mom who has balanced CPAP use and an active social life for 11 years. "I say, 'This is what I need to be healthy.'"
For couples who can't tolerate the device, there are a few options. Chris Peterson, for instance, lost 20 pounds, decreased his snoring — and ditched the machine, much to his wife's delight.
"We got our life back," Babbett Peterson said.
When that's not possible, CPAP users have to cultivate a sense of humor — and a practical view, said Grandi, the apnea association director.
"No, it's not sexy, but I don't think snoring is sexy," he said. "And, you know, you don't have to do it with the mask on."
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February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month! Dating violence can happen to any teen in a romantic, dating, or sexual relationship, anytime, anywhere. It can happen in person or online with a current or former dating partner. Bullying involves acts of violence, power or control of one person over another. But it does not have to happen at all.
One study found that young males who frequently bully peers in school are likely to perform acts of domestic violence as adults. Preparing schools and communities to prevent, identify and respond when students are in need of help is a high priority.
Below are examples of programs that can assist schools and communities:
- Expect Respect is a program that assists students, parents and teachers in supporting healthy relationships. The program uses groups, presentations, training and a volunteer program.
- Safe Dates is a program that helps teens recognize healthy and abusive relationships. The program seeks to prevent the onset of abuse in dating relationships.
- Fourth R: Skills for Youth Relationships is a program that promotes healthy and safe behaviors. The program aims to improve relationships with peers and dating partners.
Below are examples of programs and resources to help teens navigate bullying and teen dating abuse:
- That's Not Cool Campaign is a national campaign raises awareness of teen dating abuse. The campaign youth are encouraged to send examples of unhealthy behavior to others via text messaging.
- Loveisrespect.org provides a safe space for young people to be feel safe and supported online and offline. Peer advocates are available to chat online.
- The National Dating Abuse Helpline offers online chatting, texting, and other resources. If someone needs help, please provide the number to the National Dating Abuse Helpline 866-331-9474 (TTY: 866-331-8453). You may text "loveis" to 77054.
These are all excellent resources to provide you with the information you need to be a voice for change in teen dating violence and bullying prevention.


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Exploring animated images in a comic book is often a portal to activating one's imagination, inspiring a desire to read and the possibility that one can create such worlds themselves.
Three local venues are holding the creative space for that to take place, starting with the annual Free Comic Book Day on Saturday. It was the brainchild of Concord proprietor of Flying Colors Comics and Other Cool Stuff, and soon went viral, with 64 countries now taking part, including 2,100 participating stores, and more than 1.2 million people going away with a free book in their hands.
If you show your public library card on the day of the event, you can get two free comic books to take home.
Cartooning events at two branches of the Contra Costa County Library follow Free Comic Book Day, in Pleasant Hill and Lafayette, where youth can take part in a comic trivia throwdown and design their own superhero.
Concord illustrator Sam Filstrup will be demonstrating the craft at both library events.
"Graphic novels have tremendous power to capture the imagination of all readers through their blend of visual and literary arts, but they're especially potent for drawing reluctant readers into great stories, whether they are superhero epics, funnies, or even real stories from history," says Patrick Remer, youth services librarian at the Pleasant Hill branch.
Like many others, Orlando Guzman, a librarian at the Lafayette branch, reconnecting with the genre evokes feelings of nostalgia for his boyhood spent poring over comic books.
Joe Field, who came up with Free Comic Book Day, has been a devotee of Marvel comics since 1967 when at age 11 he fell out of tree. His childhood friend brought him such titles as "The Fantastic Four" and "Spiderman" while he convalesced in his Moraga home with a broken arm — and he was transformed.
The two boys had already formed a cartoonist club and Field, who now dabbles in doodling and has a couple of ideas for comics "aching to get out," had attempted his own version of "Peanuts" at age 9.
"It doesn't matter whether you're 6 or 65, comics ignite the imagination at any age," he says of an art form of expression which dates back to cavemen crafting the first comic books on walls.
Field fondly recalls his Spanish class at Campolindo High School, reading bilingual comic books that his teacher Lola Danielli would pass out to students who had gotten their work done early.
While Danielli, who has taught at the Moraga campus for 50-plus years, doesn't consider comics as a teaching tool per se, she has seen students' interest in learning the meaning of certain words they encounter in a strip.
Field also notes how comic book readers are often more actively engaged in the text and visual depictions, as they are giving characters' voices and envisioning other plot twists that are intentionally omitted.
"It's theater of the mind," he says.
Flying Colors Free Comic Book Day features comic book writer and illustrator Jimmie Robinson, who grew up in West Oakland "in the golden years of 'Superman.'"
Robinson penned "Batman," "Wonder Woman" and "My Little Pony" characters and his own "Five Weapons" animated protagonists on the cover of some blank pages that visitors can use to create their own comics at the Concord store.
"There is a diverse wealth of what constitutes a comic book," says the Point Richmond resident, noting it as a powerful means for youth to express their feelings by way of a superhero, and in an eye-catching way, addressing issues such as peer pressure, making new friends and honing one's observation skills.
So You Missed Free Comic Book Day? 3:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8, in Arts & Science Discovery Center at Lafayette Library and Learning Center, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette. 925-385-2280. Kids in grades K-6 can come in costume and celebrate superheroes, comics and graphic novels. Free comics for ages 13 and younger, with prizes, contests, crafts, and second Lafayette Super Hero Trivia Throwdown. Register by 5 p.m. May 8.
Comic Book Night 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, Pleasant Hill Library, 1750 Oak Park Blvd., Pleasant Hill. 925-646-6434. Kids ages 5-11 can come in costume to celebrate their favorite funnies or superheroes and make their own comics at family event.


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This series looks at the etymology of Florida place names derived from the Muskogee and Hitchiti languages.
Many Florida place names owe their origins to Muskogee and Hitchiti, two of the languages spoken by members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. The persistence of Muskogee and Hitchiti words as modern Florida place names reflects the prominent role played by Native Americans in the region's history.
Today's term is Apopka, meaning "potato eating." According to scholars of Muskogee linguistics, the word is sometimes translated as "potato eating place." Another possible meaning is "trout eating place," which is the generally accepted translation of Tsala Apopka as in Lake Tsala Apopka in Citrus County, Florida.
Shown as "Ahapopka" on the map excerpt above, the term is spelled Apopka today and refers to both a city and a lake in modern-day Orange and Seminole counties in Central Florida.
Little is known about Seminole settlements near Lake Apopka, other than that the area apparently yielded wild tubers from the rich soil surrounding the lake, or, in reference to the possible alternate translation, furnished copious trout from the lake itself.
In an 1822 letter to Kentucky congressman Thomas Metcalfe, John Bell, "Acting Agent for the Indians in Florida," included A-ha-pop-ka on his list of 35 "Indian Settlements in Florida." Bell placed A-ha-pop-ka "back of the Musquito," meaning the Mosquito Lagoon/Halifax River/Indian River area near modern-day Titusville on the east coast.
Another list, made two years after Bell's, noted the settlement of Ahapapka at the head of the Ocklawaha River and listed Ocheesetustanuka as the chief. According to J.T. Sprague, Apopka was the birthplace and home at the beginning of the Second Seminole War (1835-1842) of Coacoochee (Wildcat), one of the best known Seminole leaders of his time.
During the U.S. Army campaign against the Seminoles in early 1837, General Thomas Sidney Jesup described "a large Indian force" under the command of Osuchee (also known as Cooper) "on the borders of Ahpopka lake." On January 23, Jesup ordered his troops to attack the settlement, which resulted in three Seminoles killed and 17 captured, including 8 Black Seminoles. The area near Apopka remained the scene of occasional fighting in the Second Seminole War as late as 1842. Jesup reported large herds of cattle near Apopka and south towards the high sand hills known as Thlanhatkee. These sand hills are traversed today by drivers traveling between Okahumpka and Ocoee on the Florida Turnpike.
To learn more, see Bertha E. Bloodworth and Alton C. Morris, Places in the Sun: The History and Romance of Florida Place Names (University Presses of Florida, 1978); John K. Mahon, History of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842 (University of Florida Press, 1991 [1967]); Jack B. Martin and Margaret McKane Mauldin, A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee, with Notes on the Florida and Oklahoma Seminole Dialects of Creek (University of Nebraska Press, 2004); John T. Sprague, The Origins, Progress, and Conclusion of the Florida War (University of Tampa Press, 2000 [1848]); John R. Swanton, Early History of the Creek Indians and Their Neighbors (University of Florida Press, 1998 [1922]).
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