![]() A sequel, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, was released on October 12, 2018. It was a commercial success, with it becoming the top-selling retail game in the US in 2015, and one of the most successful titles released for the eighth generation of video game consoles.įollowing the years after its release, Black Ops III has gained a cult following and the online modes still remain active, with an average of over 10,000 players a month. The seventh-generation console versions in particular were singled-out for their lack of a campaign and numerous features, as well as them being online-only. However, it was also criticized for its story and lack of innovation. Upon release, the game received generally positive reviews from critics, praising the gameplay, Zombies mode, and amount of content. The game also features a standalone Zombies campaign mode, and a "Nightmares" mode which replaces all enemies as zombies.Īnnounced in April 2015, the game is the first Call of Duty video game released after Activision ended its partnership with Microsoft Studios and instead partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment, which secured the timed exclusivity of the game's downloadable content. As the player character is cybernetically enhanced, players have access to various special activities. The game's campaign is designed to support 4-player cooperative gameplay, allowing for bigger, more open level design and less corridor shooting. Similar to its predecessors, the story follows a group of black ops soldiers. A feature-limited version developed by Beenox and Mercenary Technology that only supports multiplayer modes was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and was also the final Call of Duty title released on those platforms.īlack Ops III takes place in 2065, 40 years after the events of Black Ops II, in a world facing upheaval from climate change and new technologies. It was released on PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on November 6, 2015. ![]() It is the twelfth entry in the Call of Duty series and the sequel to the 2012 video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II. Call of Duty: Black Ops III is a 2015 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision.
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![]() "I had a thoroughly, unbelievably entertaining and wonderful time making this movie and, hopefully, it shows. "It's a movie that can bring the entire family together," Winkler said. Winkler said it was "a holiday gift for me to participate in it." But if you can somehow put it aside, I think that's one of the great things about this movie, 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' - that it very gently allows you to have good holiday time without that stress." "And then there is just the strain of whatever's going on in your life that's getting in the way of allowing you to relax into the holiday. "Then of course you've got the financial problems that the world is going through at this moment, which will change the way that you can celebrate, the way that you can give during the holidays." "I think what happens is the movies that we watch about the holidays give you a sense of the way you're supposed to celebrate," said Winkler, who also has a role in "Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh," a new TV movie that debuts at 9 p.m. It's not groundbreaking or earth-shattering, but "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is the kind of feel-good holiday programming the entire family can sit down and watch together. ![]() That is, until Uncle Ralph tries to work a little magic. And she's so obsessed with work that she can't see love and joy right in front of her face. and sparks begin to fly between Morgan and Jennifer.Įxcept that Jennifer already has a boyfriend. So Uncle Ralph brings Morgan along with him. Uncle Ralph (Winkler) is headed to Jennifer's for the holidays, and along the way he befriends a young man, Morgan (Warren Christie) whose plans are disrupted by the weather. full-time starter at a hybrid shooting guard/small forward position enters NCAA tournament leading SVC and ranking fourth in. Her 6-year-old son, Brian (Connor Levins), isn't exactly a big believer in Santa Claus. Jennifer (Brooke Burns) is a single mother who has pretty much ignored and forgotten Christmas. It's the story of a snowbound stranger, a crafty uncle and a precocious boy who remind a workaholic woman what the holiday season is all about. Which is why he jumped at the chance to join the cast of "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year," which premieres Saturday, Dec. Time Out For Sport was awarded a Best Editing award at the Ann Arbour Film Festival in the US in in 1996 and Rotation 1998 was awarded a Directors Choice. At the core of our emotionality you can absolutely identify and empathize with those glorious uplifting emotions that people have about the holidays." It doesn't matter what we do or where we come from or what our religious beliefs are. The truth of the matter is we're all alive on this Earth and we are the same. Philharmonic that just about pushed me over the edge because it was the most powerful experience," Winkler said in a conference call with TV critics. "A few years ago I was able to do 'The Night Before Christmas' with the L.A. He's still lighting the candles on the Menorah at his home in Los Angeles, "but we do have a pine garland that goes down the staircase and fills the house with the smell of Christmas."Īnd the star of the Hallmark Channel movie "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" has some strong ties to the Christmas holidays. So there was probably not a shot that I was going to (celebrate Christmas) in my home in New York City." "No, I celebrated Hanukkah," said the man best known for playing Fonzie on "Happy Days" three decades ago. The hotel’s ski bus will take you to the Kronplatz-Plan de Corones slopes free of charge.As a kid growing up, Henry Winkler didn't celebrate Christmas. Hiking excursions are organised by the property, and mountain and electric bike rental service are provided at reception at an extra cost. The on-site game room is stored with a Play Station, and outdoor and indoor play areas, as well as a babysitting service are available on site. Guests can take a dip in the internal hot tub, work out in the gym or relax in a wide range of saunas and steam baths for free. A selection of South Tyrol and quality national recipes from the menu plus a cake buffet can be tasted in the restaurant. Served on the panoramic terrace or in the restaurant, breakfast is a buffet with handmade jams and yogurt together with cold cuts, eggs and cheese produced at nearby farms. The fully equipped bathroom is complete with slippers and bathrobes. They are fitted with a minibar, flat-screen satellite TV and carpeted floors. Featuring a balcony with mountain, garden or village views, rooms and suites at the Winkler feature refined traditional décor. It offers a gym with climbing wall, a refined restaurant and panoramic terrace with a heated infinity pool. Offering a wellness centre with 7 pools, Hotel Winkler Sport & Spa Resort lies in Santo Stefano, a hamlet 3 km from San Lorenzo. Īnd if you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc.com features newsletter, called The Essential List. If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter. Love film and TV? Join BBC Culture Film and TV Club on Facebook, a community for cinephiles all over the world. Released on 3 March in the UK, Ireland, Finland and Taiwan, and on 17 March in Sweden "Delicately tracing the emotionally deadening but invisible frameworks of conformity that are imposed on young people in their most formative years, it's a quiet tragedy that's rendered close to uplifting by its gentle grace and compassion." This sensitive peer-pressure drama from Lukas Dhont (Girl) is a "beautiful elegy of lost innocence," says Phil de Semlyen in Time Out. But at the age of 13, the boys enroll in a new school where their casual intimacy prompts questions and rumours that could push them apart. They spend every moment together in idyllic rural Belgium, and can't imagine life being any different. Léo (Eden Dambrine) and Rémi (Gustav De Waele) are as close as brothers, if not closer. Released on 24 March in the UK, Ireland, the US and Canada ![]() "I wanted to write something that would feel universal, so it wasn't necessarily about a horrific car accident, but rather about the audience's personal low point in their own lives." Could her salvation be her friendship with Daniel (Morgan Freeman), a widowed Vietnam veteran who would have been her father-in-law? "I wanted to write about grief and how people stand up after grief," said Braff. But after she is in a car accident that kills her prospective sister-in-law, she plunges into alcoholism and substance abuse. ![]() Florence Pugh (Braff's ex-girlfriend) plays Allison, a successful and happily engaged young woman. "I think both A Good Person and Garden State are authentically me in different times of my life," he told Nadia Khomami in The Guardian. And we've really been given the opportunity – while staying entirely true to Luther."Īlmost 20 years on from Garden State, Zach Braff's debut as a writer-director, the former Scrubs star has made A Good Person, another indie comedy drama inspired by his own life and his own hometown in New Jersey. He told Morgan Jeffery in the Radio Times: "What we've been able to do – having delivered every episode of Luther on budgets which are comically small – is to have a wider canvas and a bigger budget to tell the kind of stories that we we've always wanted to be able to tell. Can John catch the maniac before another police detective (Cynthia Erivo) catches John? The series' creator, Neil Cross, promises to answer that question with more locations and elaborate action sequences than the TV series ever had. Since we last saw John Luther, the disgraced police detective has been in prison, but he breaks out to track down a wealthy serial killer played by Andy Serkis. ![]() But they can console themselves with Luther: The Fallen Sun, a Netflix spin-off of the long-running BBC series. Now that Idris Elba is 50, his fans might have to give up on their dream that he will eventually be cast as James Bond. ![]() ![]()
![]() They thought of Canada as this pipe dream, as this place where they could go to be free and to create a better life for their kid.”Įven fans still crossing their fingers for a “Shang-Chi” theatrical release have mostly admitted defeat after these comments resurfaced, and fear a broader ban on the star. “When I was young, my parents would tell me these stories about growing up in Communist China where you had people dying of starvation,” he said in footage seen by Variety. More problematic still for nationalists is a 2017 interview in which Liu discusses his family’s immigrant background in a video celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary, which began circulating on Chinese social media last week. He likely didn’t know that two months ago, millions of outraged mainland consumers had called for a boycott of the company for being “anti-China.” Against the backdrop of recent pro-democracy protests, the company had expressed condolences to the family of a Hong Kong employee who stabbed a policed officer and then died by suicide. In the clip, Liu praises a lemon tea drink made by Hong Kong beverage firm Vitasoy. ![]() Seeing him more as one of China’s own, nationalist detractors have been quick to label him a “traitor” to the motherland - accusations that China-born director Chloe Zhao also faced earlier this year.įor such critics, even a light-hearted GQ video about Liu’s favorite Asian snacks is evidence of his offensive politics. Though Canadian, Liu was born in Harbin and speaks nearly accent-less Mandarin. Unfortunately for Marvel and Chinese exhibitors alike, “Shang-Chi” hits at a time when China-born stars with foreign passports are under fire for profiting in the country while holding foreign citizenship. Pointing out a “Shang-Chi” fight scene prominently featuring a giant digital billboard ad for major Chinese e-commerce company Jingdong, one exasperated blogger asked: “If ‘Shang-Chi’ is insulting China, why don’t you boycott Jingdong next?” Anti-China Asian Snacks “Shang-Chi” has so far grossed $146 million in North America and will likely become the first domestic release to cross the $200 million mark since the pandemic began.Īs China’s box office hits new lows, numerous Chinese industry players and fans have watched bitterly while the film rakes in ticket sales and acclaim abroad, criticizing the hypocrisy of knee-jerk nationalist denunciations that have left China without a piece of the action. “Although the Chinese accents of the American-born Chinese and Hong Kong stars was a bit hard to get through, they were done with sincerity.” “‘Shang-Chi’s’ take on Chinese elements is so much better than that of ‘Mulan,’” one wrote. Many Chinese viewers discussed their appreciation that there had been so much Chinese dialogue. “I didn’t see any insulting of China - I saw kissing up to China,” one quipped. The particular irony is that most Chinese viewers who have managed to actually see the film abroad or otherwise have deemed it “unexpectedly good” in post-show online reflections, with some going so far as to call it the most respectful treatment of Chinese culture coming from a Western production they’ve seen in years. The lack of a mainland release will be a sad result for Disney, which has so actively courted China for this film and paid tribute to aspects of its rich culture. Those odds have grown slimmer still after jingoistic social media users unearthed content featuring “Shang-Chi” star Simu Liu that they say “insults China.” In the country’s current political climate, the accusations could potentially lead to the ban of the star, the expensive blockbuster he anchors, and even future franchise films in which his character appears. ![]() ![]() As the days stretch on without any word of a China release for “ Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” there are increasingly slim odds that residents of the world’s largest film market will get to see Marvel’s first Asian superhero on the big screen. ![]() ![]() It was following a total of 12 people at the time of writing. The POTUS account has amassed close to 5 million followers since it was launched last week. My heart oh my god lmao I can finally see the president’s tweets and they probably won’t be unhinged- chrissy teigen January 21, 2021 She wrote: "OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!! my heart oh my god lmao I can finally see the president's tweets and they probably won't be unhinged." Teigen reacted to the follow after it was highlighted in a tweet by the political author Gabe Fleisher. ![]() "hello I have been blocked by the president for four years can I get a follow plz," Teigen tweeted, tagging Biden's personal account.Īs of Thursday morning, the request had attracted hundreds of comments, more than 23,000 retweets and a whopping 600,000 likes from other users on the platform, where Trump's personal account has been permanently suspended since January 8. She was previously blocked by Donald Trump. Teigen, who commands a vast following of more than 13 million on the social media platform, appealed for a follow from the incoming commander-in-chief ahead of his inauguration on Wednesday. The newly-created presidential Twitter account currently follows a dozen people, and while most are Biden administration aides or top-level staffers, model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen also made the cut. These benchmarks are only available in this document, so please be aware the benchmark sets available elsewhere likely are not intended for Iowa use. The old benchmark for Kindergarten in the fall was 295, and the updated benchmark is 313.īelow are the 2021-22 benchmarks that will be used for MAP assessments in Iowa for the purpose of ELI and Healthy Indicator reports. The first table detail is from last year’s benchmarks. Here is an example of the change in benchmarks. With the winter screening window just weeks away, we recommend making sure that those using the data are aware of the benchmark changes and make any necessary changes to plans for student needs after the winter screening data are available. The updated benchmarks should be applied to the data in Student Success by mid-December. We want to support the best possible decision making for identifying students at risk in reading or math and the updated benchmarks will improve those decisions. This means that the literacy status has been calculated for students based on the old benchmarks, communicated with parents, and used to decide which students will receive interventions. We became aware of the change after the fall screening window closed. In other words, the old benchmarks were under-identifying students at risk when compared to the definitions used by other measures. The result of this change is that a few more students will probably be identified as below benchmark using the new benchmarks. This practice aligns with other screening assessments in use to meet ELI requirements. ![]() i-Ready benchmark updates for 22-23Ĭurriculum Associates informed us that they updated benchmarks for i-Ready for the 22-23 school year. Perviously, the benchmarks reflected only students at high risk.They added a “some risk” category which is also considered to be below the benchmark when screening for literacy risk in Iowa. The information below is based on that communication. Due to the impact of the change on reports/risk levels for some students, an email was sent 12/8/22 to the MTSS contacts for districts who have i-Ready as a default assessment. ![]() Download the 22-23 Iowa i-Ready Benchmarks here. ![]() The official Fastbridge benchmarks and norms are located in Fastbridge > Training & Resources > Benchmarks & Norms.Ĭurriculum Associates has updated the i-Ready benchmarks for Iowa for the 22-23 school year. Note for 2022-23: Looking for the quick reference document? The document was created by a non-FastBridge/non-Department of Education source and will no longer be available due to the lack of capacity to maintain and ensure the accuracy of the tables on a document that is duplicating information that is available from the vendor in the FastBridge system. If the student scored 145, the student is above the benchmark. For example, if the benchmark is 144 and the student score is 144, the student performed below benchmark. The benchmark numbers are generally the highest numeric score a student can get that does not meet the benchmark. This is one of the best-driving sports cars in the world-at any price. Pull one of the shift paddles that flank the steering wheel (yes, shift paddles on a manual) to activate the slick rev-matching feature, which makes you sound like a heel-and-toe hero on downshifts. ![]() One might expect a car with such heavyweight performance to have a transmission that takes muscle to shift, but that’s not the case. The Z06 makes a rather astonishing 650 hp from its supercharged V-8 and when shifted by an expert tester can hit 60 mph in just 3.3 seconds. And that’s true even for the top Z06 model. The new seven-speed manual transmission (an eight-speed automatic is optional) is one of the best hooked to any V8. But as radical as the new look was compared to previous Vettes, they made sure to keep essentials unchanged-a powerful V-8 and a manual. The Corvette, redesigned in 2014, underwent its most dramatic redesign in decades. ![]() And regardless of whether your Miata has a hard roof or a soft one, it’s one of the best manual transmissions available on any car at any price. Either way, 2019 MX-5s get an uprated engine that now makes 181 hp and revs to 7,500 rpm. The Miata was all new for 2016, and a few years later the Mazda not only retains the easy-shifting and precise six-speed manual transmission in the Roadster model but also the even better driving retractable fastback (RF) model. The second-generation Miata of 1999 got one more gear in tenth anniversary models-a six-speed-that remained optional (the five-speed was standard) well into the third generation was equally great to use. ![]() The stubby little shifter was so effortless, it moved with just a modest flick of the wrist. But it’s no stretch to say it was Mazda’s brilliant five-speed manual transmission that seriously added to the thrill ride. The Miata’s organically responsive handling mixed with a large dollop of 1960s British roadster drew buyers by the tens of thousands to Mazda stores. Since the summer of 1989, the reasonably priced Mazda MX-5 Miata has been thrilling sports-car fans with its featherweight rear-drive chassis (just over 2,000 pounds) and drop-top fun-in-the-sun persona. ![]() is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites. 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