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Winter Meetings Notes: Cubs 'Main Threat' for Bogaerts, A's Want MLB Players for Murphy, Turner Turned Down Biggest SS Contract Ever
There's so much information coming out of the Winter Meetings in San Diego that it's hard to keep track of everything. Rather than waiting for another Rundown Wednesday morning, I figured it was worthwhile to explore a few notes here. Rest assured there will be numerous wrinkles added before the afternoon is up.
First up, Marino Pepén of WJDA in Boston tweets that the Cubs "represent the main threat" to the Red Sox when it comes to landing Xander Bogaerts. Pepén reported Sunday that the Cubs were planning to make an offer to the shortstop, which seems to hold water given their earlier meeting and Jed Hoyer's comments on Monday.
HOY: Los #Cubs representan la principal amenaza para #RedSox por los servicios de Xander Bogaerts.
Buscan un SS de cartel y tienen cartera abierta…#WinterMeetings #MLB
— Marino Pepén (@Marino_Pepen) December 6, 2022
If that's the case, Hoyer should try to move quickly to set a tone and make sure the Cubs can secure at least one star following the news that Tom Ricketts has apparently mandated spending whatever it takes. As unlikely as it is that the Cubs would also be able to land Dansby Swanson, there's some thought that he might be willing to get a deal done quickly.
Swanson is getting married this weekend, so there will probably be a moratorium on negotiations as he celebrates for a while. His fiancée, Mallory Pugh, plays for the Chicago Red Stars and has pretty much the same season as the Cubs, so living in the city during the spring and summer sure would be nice. Perhaps Hoyer can put a massive check into one of those wedding cards made to hold money.
Landing two top free agents would improve the roster dramatically while also pushing some current players to the bench. That could influence the potential pursuit of a trade with the A's for Sean Murphy, though Oakland might want to get something done before all those dominoes have fallen. It sounds like they're being patient, however, with Ken Rosenthal reporting that they're willing to hold onto Murphy if they don't get the right offer.
I didn't really believe the Cubs were legitimately in on Murphy at first because the assumption was that they'd have to deplete the upper reaches of the farm to get him. But as Rosenthal wrote, the A's are seeking major leaguers rather than prospects. Knowing their penchant for maintaining a low payroll, we can assume that means cost-controlled players with upside.
You have to wonder whether some combination of four players from the following group would get it done: Patrick Wisdom, Nick Madrigal, Nelson Velázquez, Christopher Morel, Keegan Thompson, Adrian Sampson, Caleb Kilian. That would be a lot more palatable than giving up Kevin Alcántara, Owen Caissie, and another top-10 prospect. I don't think this is very likely, but the possibility goes up in a big way if the Cubs land a shortstop, let alone two.
That shortstop market decreased by one on Monday when Trea Turner agreed to an 11-year, $300 million deal with the Phillies that effectively set the bar for his colleagues. Or did it? According to Buster Olney, the Padres actually offered Turner a deal larger than the $341 million Francisco Lindor got from the Mets. San Diego had previously set a record by giving Fernando Tatis Jr. a $340 million extension, but they clearly aren't sitting back and saving their money.
If the $41 gap between the two offers seems far too big to pass up, consider California's higher income taxes and cost of living. There's also the matter of Turner simply preferring the East Coast, though it's probably safe to say getting a no-trade clause and having his money up front with no deferrals helped. It's not always about getting the biggest offer on paper.
Maybe the Cubs can find a way to lure a top player or two without simply making the biggest offer, though I would advise strongly against depending on such a strategy. They need to make aggressive offers to bring players into the fold so we don't have to hear about trying to make reasonable proposals that just ended up being beaten.
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This is the kind of screen that you would see if their web host was having issues, or worse, they were hacked.
Yes, I can login, however why is the main web site at www.1and1.com down this afternoon?
All of the web sites that I have hosted at 1and1 are all up and running without issue.
When I filled out a Support request on their web site it was about 10 minutes later that I got a reply e-mail asking me, "Which browser are you using?" I replied that it was Google Chrome on a Mac. Next, I tried out four other browsers and they all worked OK (Firefox on Mac, Safari on Mac, IE on Windows, Firefox on Windows).
Hmm, sounds like a browser issue and not a web hosting issue. I then went into the settings on Google Chrome on my Mac and cleared the cache, sure enough I can now browse 1and1 OK, it was a browser bug and not a 1and1 issue. You see, even an expert like me can mis-diagnose a tech issue.
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Originally a trading center founded by the Romans in 222 BC, Milan is still THE place the entire world travels to for luxury goods. Boutiques beckon with their fine gauge sweaters and silk ties. Scout out which stores you'd like to window-shop in before committing your entire paycheck away.
For starters, prepare for your arrival into Milano Centrale station by not wearing too-tight yoga pants, fanny pack and white sneakers. Not that you should care what other people think. But you are in the city of Gucci, so you might as well try to look effortlessly chic. Exit the train to find a sea of black suits, men groomed with slick dark hair and many pairs of oversized glasses covering women's delicate faces. And the stilettos. Lots of 4-inch heels easily walking through the station. How do they do it? They're Italian.
Mark Twain visited the Milan Cathedral, and upon seeing the masterwork said, "What a wonder it is! So grand, so solemn, so vast! And yet so delicate, so airy, so graceful!" With its 135 spires, the church is the 4th largest in the world and took over 500 years to build. You too can tour the wonder. Head to the roof and get a better look at the delicate flying buttresses and openwork pinnacles.
The Teatro alla Scala, or as it's more commonly referred to, "La Scala," is one of the world's leading opera and ballet houses. A museum documenting the theater's history contains an extraordinary collection of paintings, drafts, statues, costumes, and other documents. In recent years, the theater has been renovated to improve sound quality. Now that's music to your ears.
For many, the main reason to visit Milan is to witness the DaVinci iconic masterpiece, "The Last Supper." In order to enter Santa Maria della Grazie, you'll need to purchase tickets in advance to view the most visited painting in all of Italy.
Need a break from the frenetic pace of city life? Take your designer duds and new appreciation for opera and art and hop on board the high speed train to Como. In just over 30 minutes,you'll be in the land known as Lago di Como. The sparkling lake is surrounded by sophisticated towns: Bellagio, Tramezzo, Varenna. Take a boat out into the middle and marvel at the surrounding vistas. And maybe a sighting of George Clooney.
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In the continual quest for gains, coaches and athletes are now looking at "carbohydrate periodization" as an avenue to performance gains, so let's learn a bit more about this concept… "Periodization" of your training calendar is the common approach to planning your season. Similarly, the concept of "carb loading" is also a commonly understood concept to maximize performance potential.
Training periodization, the systematic breaking up of training into specific blocks at specific times in the season, has been around since at least the second century A.D. and the work of Roman physician Galen and Greek scientist Philostratus. It was Philostratus who wrote of Olympics preparation that is should include a "compulsory 10-month period of purposeful training followed by 1 month of centralized preparation…prior to the Olympic Games." Despite this long history it wasn't until the rise of the Eastern Bloc system in the 1950's that periodization was implemented in large scale. The work of Lev P. Matveyev compiling all of the related research and developing training plans used throughout eastern Europe, earned him the title of "Father of Periodization," but it was the seminal work of Hans Selye with his "General Adaptation Syndrome" and Tudor Bompa's book the "Theory and Methodology of Training" that brought periodization to modern and western audiences.
Similarly, "nutrition periodization" has gained popularity as a way to further maximize performance gains by sequencing your food intake. Noted researcher Asker Jeukendrup offered the following definition of nutrition periodization as "the strategic combined use of exercise training and nutrition, or nutrition only, with the overall aim to obtain adaptations that support exercise performance." I wrote a bit about the approach of noted dietitian Bob Seebohar and his efforts to increase the metabolic efficiency component HERE.
Carbohydrate Periodization can be seen as, perhaps, the next phase of performance development. To that end Impey, Hearris, et al recently published a review of literature that sought to "present a contemporary overview of CHO periodization strategies for training from both a theoretical and practical perspective." Let's look at the specifics.
To start the authors defined CHO availability as the "sum of the endogenous (i.e., muscle and liver glycogen) and exogenous CHO (i.e. CHO consumed before and/or during exercise) that is available to sustain the required training intensity and duration." Accordingly, it is possible to have insufficient CHO availability, even with high pre-exercise glycogen stores, if "an inadequate dose of CHO is consumed during exercise to sustain the desired workload." Then again, it is also possible to start an exercise bout with reduced muscle glycogen yet complete the workout if exogenous CHO consumed during the exercise bout allows for completion of the workout intensity and/or duration.
Twice Per Day Training – where athletes undertook two bouts of training ever other day, the second deliberately low on CHO. 3-10 weeks of "train low" leads to an increase in oxidative enzyme activity, whole body and lipid utilization, and improved exercise capacity and performance. While the lower overall intensity of the second exercise bout is a bit of a red flag from an absolute performance point of view, twice a day training does provide a practical framework to increase the total time spent exercising in the "low" state.
Fasted Training – Similarly, undertaking fasted training was shown to be a somewhat simpler way to accumulate training time in a "low" CHO state. Of note are the observations that muscular glycogen levels were not substantially different between fasted and fed states while liver and circulating glucose levels are higher in a fed state. In addition there is increased free fatty acid (FFA) availability and lipid oxidation in the fasted state when exercise is matched for intensity, duration, and total work performed. Notably oxidative enzyme activity and lipid transport protein content both rise after several weeks of fasted training, however such adaptations may be regulated via CHO restriction versus a truly "fasted" state.
Sleep Low / Train Low – Athletes undertake an evening exercise bout, restrict CHO intake during the remainder of the night, thereby accumulating 8-14 hours of "low" CHO state. One to three weeks of this type of training showed improvements in cycling efficiency (3.1%), performance in a 20 kilometer time trial (3.2%) and 10Km running performance (2.9%) compared to the normal "train high" approach. Unfortunately, the amount of CHO restriction needed for this type of protocol is not well established.
High Fat Feeding – Rather than engage in CHO restriction it may seem plausible to increase FFA availability to help regulate signaling, however it has been shown that 1-5 days of high fat feeding tends to decrease expression and activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase, a key factor in CHO oxidation and high intensity exercise.
"Given the similarities in metabolic adaptation to both CHO and calorie restriction, such data raise the question as to whether the enhanced mitochondrial responses observed when training low are actually due to transient periods of calorie restriction (as mediated by a reduction in CHO intake) as opposed to CHO restriction per se. This point is especially relevant given that many endurance athletes present daily with transient periods of both CHO and calorie restriction due to multiple training sessions per day, as longer-term periods of suboptimal energy availability."
As was shown above, "train low" is known to be an effective approach, yet the true efficacy of the approach would seem to lie in consideration of the absolute glycogen concentrations necessary to facilitate such responses. Based on the 'train low' research, the authors noted that pre exercise CHO concentrations of <300mmol/Kg dw showed the most promising outcomes. In addition, longer term "low" training may increase susceptibility to illness, and CHO concentrations under 200mmol/Kg dw will generally not allow completion of the focused work protocol. These observations gave rise to the Glycogen Threshold Hypothesis whereby a "critical absolute level of glycogen depletion must be induced for significant activation of cell signalling pathways to occur on the proviso, of course, that the desired training workload and intensity can be completed without any maladaptations." Which is a wordy way of saying there is a window of optimal concentration that allows for maximal adaptation and they theorize that it is between 100 – 300mmol/Kg dw.
Carbohydrate is the primary energy source used in endurance sports, however, optimization of the mechanisms of carbohydrate utilization can be positively manipulated by intervention via a depleted carbohydrate training state. These adaptations can include increased Free Fatty Acid concentrations, mitochondrial mechanisms for carbohydrate production, and better efficiency. Impey, Hearris et al sought to establish a theoretical framework for the establishment of a "Glycogen Threshold" that might serve to drive day to day carb intake in order to meet the demands of the workout, but also optimize the development of other energy delivery systems that facilitate performance via, for example, increased carb retention for later in a competition. Unfortunately there are still several notable caveats to this model, primarily that there is a limited understanding of what the actual carbohydrate cost of habitual training, which limits our ability to create meaningful training regimens. Additionally glycogen utilization rates are non-linear and subject to a myriad of influences including fatigue state, substrate availability, and exercise type. In short, this theory of a "Glycogen Threshold" may prove valid with additional research, but should not be taken as a given for your individual training, however workouts following one of the above "low" concentration approaches have been shown to increase capacity and performance in clinical studies thus far, a positive for athletes looking for new ways to improve.


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55:15 Never Too Late is a 2021 Thai streaming series starring Korapat Kirdpan (Nanon), Kanyarat Ruangrung (Piploy), Thanawat Ratanakitpaisan (Khaotung), Kay Lertsittichai, Benyapa Jeenprasom (View), Wasu Saengsingkaeo (Jeep), Sinjai Plengpanich (Nok), Songsit Rungnopakunsi (Kob), Amarin Nitibhon and Kara Polasit.

Directed by Saranyu Jiralaksanakul, produced by Thai company GMMTV and distributed exclusively by Disney+ Hotstar for the first time, this series is one of the sixteen television series of the aforementioned production company for 2021 during their "GMMTV 2021: The New Decade Begins" event on 3 December 2020. The series premiered on Hotstar on 6 December 2021 meanwhile, it will premiered on GMM 25 on 5 January 2022 airing every Wednesdays and Thursdays at 20:30 ICT (8:30 pm) replacing Baker Boys' timeslot on GMM25. The official trailer of the series was released on 25 November 2021 by GMMTV, along with its official main casts and characters.

Synopsis
'55:15 Never Too Late' follows 5 characters, aged 55, who one day woke up and was their 15 year old selves.  San,  a professional voice actor; Jaya, a popular singer who gained popularity during the 1980s; Paul, owner of a bar; Amonthep a former boxer who now owns a boxing ring center, and Jarunee, a high school teacher. The five characters have a second chance to pursue their dreams, aspirations and more, by redoing their lives at the age of 15.

Will the five figure out what turned them back to 15 years old? and will they change back to 55?

Casts and characters

Main
Korapat Kirdpan (Nanon) as San (aged 15 years old)
Vasu Sangsingkeo (Jeep) as San (aged 55 years old)
Kanyarat Ruangrung (Piploy) as Jaya (aged 15 years old)
Sinjai Plengpanich (Nok) as Jaya (aged 55 years old)
Thanawat Ratanakitpaisan (Khaotung) as Songpol (aged 15 years old)
Songsit Roongnophakunsri (Kob) as Songpol (aged 55 years old)
Kay Lertsittichai as Amornthep (aged 15 years old)
Amarin Nitibhon as Amornthep (aged 55 years old)
Benyapa Jeenprasom (View) as Jarunee (aged 15 years old)
Kara Polasit as Jarunee (aged 55 years old)

Supporting
Grace Mahadumrongkul as Prim (aged 55 years old)
Krissana Sreadthatamrong (Tu)
Anusorn Maneeted (Yong) as Mathee
Luckana Siriwong (Bim)
Anuwan Jiranantawat
Michael Shaowanasai
Pahun Jiyacharoen (Marc)
Weerayut Chansook (Arm) as Bomb
Tawinan Anukoolprasert (Sea) as Pangpond
Pawin Kulkaranyawich (Win) as Pipu
Sureeyares Yakares (Pringkhing) as Noinae
Preeyaphat Lawsuwansiri (Earn) as Joom
Natthisarat Phongphanumaspaisarn (Mind)
Napasorn Weerayuttvilai (Puimek) as Prim (aged 15 years old)
Praekwan Phongskul (Bimbeam) as Kiki
Natthachai Sirinanthachot (Birth)

Guest
 Sahaphap Wongratch (Mix) as Himself
 Pirapat Watthanasetsiri (Earth) as Himself

Soundtracks

Reception

Thailand television ratings
In the table below,  represents the lowest ratings and  represents the highest ratings.

 Based on the average audience share per episode.

References

External links
 55:15 Never Too Late on Disney+ Hotstar

 GMMTV

2021 Thai television series debuts
Disney+ Hotstar original programming
Television series by GMMTV
Thai drama television series

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Bimini's Oyster Bar & Seafood Café puts an island spin on local seafood, and it has that steam pot loaded oysters, clams, mussels, and shrimp, along with a "local favorites" section of the menu. Also, it's a chain, but it's a fairly local chain. 930 Lake Arrowhead Road, (843) 449-5549.
Captain George's caters to the glutton in your group if you happen to have someone in your entourage who wins all the eating contests. A huge 70-item buffet focuses mainly on seafood (raw, steamed, baked and fried) and also includes meats, vegetables, and desserts. This is a chain but, again, it deserves a mention, especially if you're interested in putting a hurt on yourself. 1401 29th Avenue North, (843) 916-2278.
Carolina is owned by the same people who run two California Dreaming restaurants (see the North Myrtle Beach section), all with approximately the same menu. Order the big salad with choice of salmon or chicken toppings, and you'll get a honey-drizzled croissant to go with it. 4617 North Kings Highway, (843) 497-9911.
Cheeseburger in Paradise sounds kind of familiar, doesn't it? Chew on where you've heard that before while drinking a tropical drink with a little umbrella in it and deciding whether to go American or Caribbean with your sliders or burgers. Don't forget to wear flip-flops and a loud flowered shirt. 850 North Kings Highway, (843) 448-9293.
Collector's Café is primarily an art gallery that happens to have a Mediterranean menu, so it's important to go in there hungry for food for thought. On exhibit are the works of 40 local artists including the works of the owners, and on the menu are creative seafood and veal presentations as well as an upscale wine list. 7740 Kings Highway, (843) 449-9370.
Damon's is right on the beach and focuses most emphatically on ribs, but with burgers, chicken, steak, fish, and salad also in the line-up. 2985 South Ocean Boulevard, (843) 626-8000.
Hard Rock Café is also a chain – a huge chain with locations (and t-shirts) in 52 countries – but each destination is unique and united around one central theme, which is rock 'n roll. Each location is chocked full of music memorabilia and this particular one is pyramid-shaped with enough exterior lighting to divert air traffic. Lunch and dinner menus reflect the heritage of the founder, who is from Memphis, and include among other things the flying pig. 1322 Celebrity Circle at Broadway at the Beach, (843) 946-0007.
Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville continues the Parrothead theme we've seen elsewhere, and actually, that's because it's under the same ownership as Cheeseburger in Paradise. Showmanship will be the main course of your meal, such as a recurring announcement of a hurricane party followed by the lowering and pouring of a huge bottle of tequila into a gigantic mug. Also hovering overhead are fish and airplanes, and lest you forget this experience you'll be sent home with a souvenir container. Oh yes, also there is food such as might be found in paradise: coconut shrimp, jerk salmon, salads with mango and pineapple chunks. 1114 Celebrity Circle, Broadway at the Beach, (843) 448-5455.
Longbeards Bar & Grill is a bit off the beaten path, and maybe for that reason, it seems to attract Harley Davidsons and various sportsmen and sports fans. Due to the high testosterone level, you'll see quail, bison, and elk on the menu, but the wife and kids can choose poultry, seafood, and more traditional meats. Pittsburgh Steeler fans congregate here regularly and tend to get a bit enthusiastic on game night. 5040 Carolina Forest Boulevard (on US 31), (843) 903-2905.
Pier 14 Restaurant & Lounge will be an instant favorite. You'll get a windowed view of a pier built in 1926 and you can watch all the comings and goings of people fishing, swimming and sunbathing. You can also eat outside, consuming a fish sandwich, fish entrée or a seafood dinner while you enjoy people watching at its finest. 1306 Ocean Boulevard, (843) 448-4313.
Pier House Restaurant is on the Second Avenue Pier, serving a full breakfast, fresh salads, sandwiches, seafood, and steaks. It has an open-air bar and huge bay windows so you can keep an eye on the action on the pier. 110 North Ocean Boulevard, (843) 445-PIER (7437).
Planet Hollywood is more oriented toward entertainment than food, but somewhere among all that glamorous memorabilia and collectible souvenirs you should be able to find exotic salads and fancy burgers. 2915 Hollywood Drive, (843) 448-7827.
Roy & Sid's American Kitchen is a great place to sit down after your shopping spree in The Market Common and order something light, one of the low-carb, low-cal specialties, many of them pure vegetables. Sunday brunch is omelets, cheesy grits, hash browns, toast, pecan waffles and blueberry pancakes. 1160 Farrow Parkway, The Market Common, (843) 839-9770.
Sea Captain's House gives you a great ocean view where you might see dolphins splashing around. You'll also see fine seafood and dessert creations – that is if you can get a table. 3002 North Ocean Boulevard, (843) 448-8082.
Soho Café and Bar is a trendy spot that serves the hot and the happening, sushi, skewers, lo mein, hibachi, tempura, with all fresh ingredients. 406 21st Avenue North, (843) 443-9441.
Sticky Fingers is a chain that is all about the sauce, which is the thing that makes fingers sticky. It is slathered all over ribs and wings, in Memphis Original, Tennessee Whiskey, Habanera Hot, Memphis Style Dry and Carolina Sweet. 2461 Coastal Grand Circle, (843) 839-RIBS (7427).
Tommy Bahama's Restaurant & Bar adds an island-inspired touch of coconut, mango and/or macadamia nut sprinkled into salads and seafood, and then you'll need a tropical drink to go with that. A gift shop is attached for those who need a souvenir of their visit to the Caribbean. 3044 Howard Avenue, The Market Common, (843) 839-1868.


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BBQ FILMS:
Bringing Films To Life
By Rachel Galvin
What if instead of going to the cinema to escape reality, the cinematic experience became reality? That is the mission of a New York based creative team at BBQ Films. For them, the film is only part of the production. They create a cinematic playground, an immersive experience with a party atmosphere that allows guests to experience scenes from the movie in real life.
The concept began in 2007 when creator Gabriel Rhoads and his wife Lauren Lickus showed summer film series to friends on their urban rooftop in Spanish Harlem while serving up food from their grill.
But piecemeal, they began adding film industry professionals to their creative team to expand, creating pop-up cinematic experiences eventually culminating into what BBQ Films offers today. The team's brainstorming sessions are often done with wine, pizza and plenty of creative energy.
"That type of ideation to creation make these events so raw and exciting," says Rhoads. "It takes it from a static medium and makes it engaging and immersive."
Lickus says, "We are doing more than just programming events; we are building a community. I am constantly amazed and humbled by the people who choose to add their talent to our growing vision. Together, we are finding new and challenging ways to celebrate the art of storytelling with our audience."
With less and less people attending the movies and turning, instead, to Netflix, Hulu and Video on Demand, this type of experience is just what the doctor ordered to get movie-goers back into an audience experience where they are actually able to enjoy a movie with other people. This takes the cinematic experience to the nth degree.
The team brought "Back to the Future" to life by creating the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance complete with lookalikes from the cast and a doo wop band, along with having guests watch the film. For "The Fifth Element," guests were given a lei and a multi-pass before boarding the space liner yacht, the Fhloston Paradise, for a massive party complete with an operatic performance of the aria seen in the film performed by a costumed actor playing Diva Plavalaguna and an appearance of lookalikes of Lilou, MC Ruby Rod and even Zorg and the Mangalores. An '80's mansion party showing the film "Weekend at Bernie's" included a surfer beach band. Through a sponsorship with Chevrolet, VIPs were shuttled away in style via Chevrolet Stingrays to the Rockaways.
Rhoads says they asked Chevrolet to not only provide the cars, but also underwrite the event.
He says, "We try to integrate product placement in a way that does not seem obnoxious. We avoid stylized product placement that does not belong." It seems the BBQ Films team has thought of everything, and paid careful attention to detail to bring these films to life. Other films they have created parties around include "America Psycho" and also "Mutant Ninja Turtles"
Executive Producer, Lenny Platt, got involved after attending the "American Psycho" party. He says, "We were invited to party with Patrick Bateman and his friends for his 27th birthday party. The basement of the Tribeca Grand Hotel was transformed into an '80s nightclub, where a DJ spun Depeche Mode and New Order while I danced with Robert Palmer's video and Patrick ran around the party wearing only an ice mask and a chainsaw. 'American Psycho' was one of my favorite books and films, so an opportunity to live inside that story for one night was life-changing. The next day, I emailed the company offering to do whatever I could do get involved. Two years later, I'm now lucky enough to help conceive and produce these magically transformative experiences to new audiences around the country."
What also makes BBQ Films events unique is the fact they give their profits back to non-profits. Rhoads's day job is working with non-profits so this is something he is very familiar with. In the past they have done everything from helping people going through Hurricane Sandy to giving thousands back to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's (www.michaeljfox.org).
Find out more about the BBQ Films experience at
www.bbqfilms.com.-


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Q: I want to implement bandpass filter to remove noisy frequencies and then find the peak frequency I want to filter the frequencies and then find the peak frequencies. But I am getting irrelevant values which are not in the frequency range. I don't know where am I going wrong.
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w = np.fft.fft(data)
freqs = np.fft.fftfreq(len(w))
print(freqs.min(), freqs.max())
# (-0.5, 0.499975)

# I want to implement a bandpass filter here and I have tried this

'''
iw = butter_bandpass_filter(w, low_cut, high_cut, sample_rate, order=10)
w = np.fft.ifft(iw)
'''

# Find the peak in the coefficients
idx = np.argmax(np.abs(w))
freq = freqs[idx]
freq_in_hertz = abs(freq * frate)
print(freq_in_hertz)
# 439.8975

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Sumirago ist eine Gemeinde (comune) in der Provinz Varese in der Region Lombardei.

Geographie
Die Gemeinde liegt etwa neun Kilometer südsüdwestlich von Varese und bedeckt eine Fläche von 54 km². Zu Sumirago gehören die Fraktionen Albusciago, Caidate, Menzago und Quinzano. Die Nachbargemeinden sind Albizzate, Azzate, Besnate, Brunello, Castronno, Crosio della Valle, Jerago con Orago und Mornago. Östlich der Gemeinde fließt der Arno und verläuft die Autostrada A8 von Mailand nach Varese.

Geschichte
Sumirago, Teil der Gemeinde Somma, wird in den Statuten der Straßen und Gewässer der Grafschaft Mailand als locho da Salmoyrago erwähnt und war eine der Gemeinden, die zur Instandhaltung der Straße von Rho beitrugen (1346). In den Registern des Estimo (Grundbuch) des Herzogtums Mailand von 1558 und den nachfolgenden Aktualisierungen im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert war Sumirago eine der Gemeinden, die in derselben Pieve erfasst wurden. Nach den Antworten auf die 45 Fragen, die 1751 vom zweiten Rat der Volkszählung gestellt wurden, wurde Sumirago, eine Gemeinde mit etwa 225 Seelen, an den verstorbenen Grafen Giulio Visconti Borromeo Arese gegen Zahlung einer jährlichen Volkszählung belehnt. Die Bezahlung umfasste 2 Quartari und 6 halbe Haferflocken sowie 6 Krüge Wein für jeden Kopf ab 18 Jahren. Die Gemeinde unterstand der Gerichtsbarkeit des königlichen Richters von Contado del Seprio und des Feudalrichters von Varese. Der jährliche Eid wurde in der Strafbank von Seprio abgelegt. Es gab keinen allgemeinen oder besonderen Rat, sondern nur zwei Bürgermeister und einen Konsul. Die Bürgermeister wurden von der Gemeinde gewählt. Die Verteilung der Lasten fand auf dem öffentlichen Platz statt, nachdem die Bevölkerung aufgerufen worden war. Die Durchführung der Verteilungen und das Führen des entsprechenden Buches wurden dem Kanzler anvertraut, der in Brunello wohnte und 12 Lire erhielt.

Im Jahr 1786, nach der neuen Unterteilung der Österreichischen Lombardei, wurde Sumirago Teil der Provinz Varese, kehrte aber bereits 1791 in die Provinz Mailand zurück. Während der napoleonischen Zeit (1809) wurde die Gemeinde Sumirago aufgehoben und der nahen Gemeinde Caidate angefügt, aber nur zwei Jahre später wurde auch die Gemeinde Caidate aufgehoben und der Gemeinde Albizzate zugeschlagen.
Alle Gemeinden erlangten die Autonomie nach der Errichtung des Königreichs Lombardo-Venetien im Jahr 1816 wieder, in dem Sumirago weiterhin zur Provinz Mailand gehörte. Nach dem vorübergehenden Zusammenschluss der lombardischen Provinzen mit dem Königreich Sardinien wurde die Gemeinde Albusciago mit 282 Einwohnern, die von einem fünfzehnköpfigen Gemeinderat und einem zweiköpfigen Stadtrat verwaltet wird, auf der Grundlage der durch das Gesetz vom 23. Oktober 1859 festgelegten Gebietsaufteilung dem Bezirk V der Somma, Bezirk IV des Gallarate, Provinz Mailand, zugeordnet. Bei der Verfassung des Königreichs Italien im Jahr 1861 hatte die Gemeinde 306 Einwohner (Volkszählung 1861). Nach dem Gemeindegesetz von 1865 wurde die Gemeinde von einem Bürgermeister, einer Junta und einem Rat verwaltet. Im Jahr 1867 wurde die Gemeinde in den Bezirk Somma Lombardo, den Bezirk Gallarate und die Provinz Mailand eingegliedert. Im Jahr 1869 wurde die Gemeinde Albusciago mit der Gemeinde Sumirago zusammengelegt (Königlicher Erlass Nr. 4961 vom 7. März 1869). 1869 wurden die bis dahin eigenständigen Gemeinden Albusciago, Caidate, Menzago und Quinzano Ortsteile der Gemeinde Sumirago.

Im Jahr 1924 wurde die Gemeinde in den Bezirk Gallarate der Provinz Mailand eingegliedert. Nach der Gemeindereform von 1926 wurde die Gemeinde von einem Podestà verwaltet. Im Jahr 1927 wurde die Gemeinde der Provinz Varese zugeschlagen. Nach der Gemeindereform von 1946 wurde die Gemeinde Sumirago von einem Bürgermeister, einer Junta und einem Rat verwaltet. Im Jahr 1971 hatte die Gemeinde Sumirago eine Fläche von 1.150 Hektar.

Bevölkerung

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Pfarrkirche San Lorenzo (Sumirago)
 Kirche Santa Maria (Sumirago)
 Villa Molino (Sumirago), Gemeindehaus
 Kirche San Siro (Fraktion Albusciago)
 Villa Castiglioni (Fraktion Albusciago)
 Kirche San Vincenzo (Fraktion Menzago)
 Kirche Sant'Eurosia (Fraktion Menzago)
 Kirche San Giovanni Evangelista (Fraktion Caidate)
 Castello Confalonieri (Fraktion Caidate)
 Kirche San Genesio (Fraktion Caidate)
 Kirche Santi Pietro e Paolo (Fraktion Quinzano San Pietro)
 Kirche San Giuseppe (Fraktion Quinzano San Pietro)
 Villa Della Croce (Fraktion Quinzano San Pietro)

Persönlichkeiten
 Erminio Poretti (* 19. Januar 1946 in Sumirago), Maler

Unternehmungen
 Sitz der Firma Missoni seit 1953

Literatur
 Sumirago (italienisch) auf ilvaresotto.it

Weblinks

 Sumirago (italienisch) auf lombardiabeniculturali.it
 Sumirago (italienisch) auf comuni-italiani.it
 Sumirago (italienisch) auf tuttitalia.it/lombardia
 Sumirago (italienisch) auf lombardia.indettaglio.it

Einzelnachweise

Ort in der Lombardei


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International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
Rapid Response Fund
Promoting harm reduction in China by sharing good practice abroad
AIDS Care China's innovative techniques for domestic advocacy have been instrumental in the development and expansion of community-based harm reduction programmes for people who use drugs in China.
In June, the Chinese government hosted a delegation of East African government officials and HIV and drug treatment workers to share their experience of innovative harm reduction techniques being implemented in Yunnan province. The African delegates observed and learned about local approaches to needle and syringe exchange, community-based drug treatment, and take-home methadone treatment.
Dr. Cassian Nyandindi from Tanzania, and Tina Luo, Execitive Director of AIDS Care China, discuss Yunnan's methadone treatment programme in a methadone clinic in Kunming. © Charlie Baran/Alliance
The take-home methadone programme was initiated by AIDS Care China (ACC, the Alliance Linking Organisation in China), which has advocated effectively to gain government support to scale up this model and for implementing other innovative harm reduction interventions.
Tina Luo, Executive Director of ACC, described her organisation's approach to advocacy in China, and how it differs from the approach of its counterparts in other countries: "What AIDS Care China does is very innovative. Our approach is to lead from behind, not with protests or direct action, but rather work with the government."
ACC partners with communities and government to develop and pilot innovative methods that are responsive to both the programmatic needs and political imperatives at play in China. They then use the results from the pilots to gain buy-in from municipal, provincial, and national officials. Once the higher echelons of the government are convinced of the interventions' effectiveness, they are scaled up, funding is allocated, and policies are changed. The good practices are then promoted within China and abroad to consolidate support throughout the government and in communities.
The case of take-home methadone is an example of the success of this approach, as is the implementation of opioid substitution therapy (OST), which is now a government priority intervention for people who use drugs. In China, what the national government determines as a priority invariably becomes a priority for all lower levels of government as well.
The East African delegation visiting the roof garden in AIDS Care China's community-based treatment centre in Yuxi, Yunnnan province. © Charlie Baran/Alliance
The African delegation's visit was therefore both an outcome of domestic advocacy and a means to further shore up support in China for these programmes. The visit created an opportunity for positive media coverage of the programmes, which solidified their legitimacy in the eyes of many people involved in policy formation and implementation in China. Because they are now being shared with an international audience, they carry more weight at home too.
Tina reflected: "We are very happy to see these programmes being promoted internally and abroad as good practice. It gives us hope that more people who use drugs, or who benefit from methadone treatment flexibilities, will have access to the life-changing and life-saving services they need. We know this would not be possible without the leadership of national, provincial, and local government. I, too, am proud to see China taking a leadership role on this issue and look forward to more exchanges with our colleagues in other countries, and to further strengthening China's response to HIV at home."
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This interesting illustration was published in 1853, and depicts a KhoiKhoi man riding an ox. (The KhoiKhoi people were formerly referred to as Hottentots by the Dutch settlers in South Africa.) The KhoiKhoi were a cattle-herding people even before the arrival of European settlers. Oxen are castrated male cattle, usually chosen for their large size and strength, used for draft work or (less frequently) riding. They are slower and more sure-footed than horses.
Basically the indigenous Khoi-Khoi people of Southern Africa had used their oxen to transport their goods and as riding animals for generations before the arrival of the white man.
Zebra carry the horse sickness virus which even today wipes out large numbers of horses, mules and donkeys.
Horses were also a rich man's possession which had to be imported and the poor settler farmers had to make use of one animal for milk, meat, hides and transport. The harsh grazing conditions and the tick infestations in the area also take a heavy toll on the non-indigenous livestock.
Warlike tribes would ride their cattle into battle with fiery brands tied to their sharpened horns, and settlers would often strap their goods onto the horns of the oxen that they were riding (in one case on record, a batch of piglets in baskets) and travel the 20 or more kilometres into the nearest town to barter.
We have trained a number of local Nguni cattle for riding and find most of them to be amenable for wagon work, while a good riding ox needs to be carefully selected from the herd according to his temperament.
If you are traveling in South Africa and would like to see for yourself, the Mills' can be contacted via the info on this page. Thanks, Debbie!
NamibWeb.com, a travel site, has an article uncovering the mystery of a valley full of old horse bones that occasionally appears deep in the desert. Spooky! I wouldn't want to wander into that on a moonlit night!
The South African Boer Horse (Boerperd) descends from an interesting mixture of breeds. The first horses brought to South Africa by Europeans were Andalusians, Persian Arabs and Java Ponies. These were mixed and selected to provide all purpose horses and cavalry mounts. In the 1800s the blood of Friesians, Norfolk Trotters, Cleveland Bays and Hackneys was added. Today's Boerperd is somewhat variable in appearance, with some horses showing their Arabian or Andalusian ancestry more strongly, and others leaning more towards the Norfolk Trotter, Hackney or Cleveland Bay appearance.
As can be seen on this website (look under "Stallions/Hingste") some of the horses are 5-gaited, and shown saddleseat style. Others are clearly trotting horses with sport-horse conformation, and are used as jumpers or for dressage. Others are used as pleasure horses.
Because of the many influences, the Boerperd comes in a variety of solid colors, including roan and dun.


In second grade, children practice addition a lot. They add several single-digit numbers, learn the basic addition facts by heart, add mentally in various ways, and learn regrouping in addition with two- and three-digit numbers.
This is also called column addition: we write the numbers under each other for adding. Most worksheet below involve regrouping with tens (aka carrying to tens).


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Mike Oldfield Moonlight Shadow
"Moonlight Shadow" is a pop song written by British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield and released as a single in May 1983 and included on the album Crises in the same year. The vocals were performed by the Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had joined Mike Oldfield in 1980. It has been his most successful single to date, with Tubular Bells being his most successful album worldwide. It is said that the lyrics were a reference to the death of John Lennon.
The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
He passed on worried and warning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow.
Lost in a river last Saturday night
Far away on the other side.
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through
The trees that whisper in the evening
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
He was shot six times by a man on the run
I stay
I pray
See you in heaven far away
See you in heaven one day
Four am in the morning
I watched your vision forming
Star was light in a silvery night
Far away on the other side
Will you come to talk to me this night
But she couldn't find how to push through
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
The night was heavy but the air was alive
She couldn't find how to push through
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Прозвучала 35 раз на 5 станциях Москвы
Радио на частоте 96.4 FM
Монте-Карло 102.1 FM
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Newspapers denounce Trump's attacks on the press
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16 August 2018, 9:53 PM | Sherwin Bryce-Pease	| @SABCNewsOnline
Tags: United States, Donald Trump, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Newspapers, Guy Berger, NBC News, Attacks on the Press, Editorials
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More than 300 newspapers in the United States and elsewhere on Thursday ran editorials denouncing President Donald Trump's attacks on the press.
The media has become a regular punching bag for the President who has accused several media organisations as peddling "fake news", calling journalists the "enemy of the people" who could also start wars.
In a move spearheaded by the Boston Globe, the nations newsrooms are pushing in a series of coordinated editorials condemning the President's penchant for attacking the free press.
Leading publications from the New York Times, the Washington Post, NBC News, CNN and others have all felt the ire of a President who does not take kindly to critical reporting of his administration – particularly the blatant lies that have been peddled by both this President and those who work for him.
The Boston Globe has warned that this behaviour has dangerous consequences. These are just some examples of President Trump taking direct aim at the media.
"You can talk all you want about Russia which was all a fake news fabricated deal to make up for the loss of the Democrats."
"It's frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write, and people should look into it."
"They can make anything bad because they are the fake, fake, disgusting news," he said, adding "They are the enemy of the people."
At their urging of the Boston Globe, hundreds of liberal and conservative editorial boards have heeded the call: The Philadelphia Enquirer said a war on the press is a war on democracy.
The Chicago Tribune told the President they're not the enemies of the people but a check on government. The Miami Herald called for President Trump to end his war on the free press while the Denver Post said they had no political filter, just a desire to inform the public.
Director for Freedom of Expression at UNESCO, Guy Berger says, "One wants to not put the press above criticism but one doesn't want the press to be subject to strong rhetoric which could fuel antagonism against journalists in general and so I think it's important in countries where you do have press freedom that there is a vibrant debate about that but it should try to be in civil terms."
CNN reporter Jim Acosta has covered the Trump campaign and Presidency for more than two years.
"As I like to remind people because we forget these things. During the campaign the now president, then candidate Donald Trump, referred to the press as liars, as scum, as thieves, as disgusting and dishonest and he carried that act, that stick right into the White House and started to refer to us as the enemy of the people and fake news. That has had a corrosive effect. I think it has undermined people's confidence in the press and what we've seen since then is not only does the President do it but he has legions of followers who will repeat that and parrot that on social media."
With observations that the public lacks a broader understanding of the role of the press. Columnist Melinda Henneberger of the Kansas City Star has this to say:
"There's just much less understanding than there used to be, we work for the public, we're not pushing an agenda which is another thing I hear all the time, our agenda is facts and that's the other frightening thing I think. Facts are under assault. The idea that there would be a shared knowledge base and we would come up with and if it were very well proven, the public would say, whoa, okay, I'm gonna react to that. And that has really been eroded in a very serious and dangerous way."
In a tweet earlier on Thursday, President Trump said quote – "The fake news media is the opposition party. It is very bad for our great country but we are winning" – closed quotes – the clearest indication yet that he will take no heed of the appeals made by hundreds of newsrooms around the country.
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A few answers to some commonly asked questions with brief and simple explanations. I suggest that you also back this up by using the internet and typing in your query into a search engine such as 'google'.
A macrobiotic diet involves eating grains as a staple food supplemented with other foodstuffs such as local vegetables avoiding the use of highly processed or refined foods and most animal products. It addresses the manner of eating by recommending against overeating and requiring that food be chewed thoroughly before swallowing. Macrobiotics writers present it as a means of combating cancer.
Free radicals are atoms, molecules, or ions with unpaired electrons, which make them highly reactive and if allowed to run free in the body, are believed to be involved causing degenerative diseases such as ageing and cancers. Created in their millions, they are essential to life, and we need them to fight bacteria, fungus, and parasites. Once created, they are checked by enzymes, or anti-oxidant nutrients in our food (vitamins C and E, beta carotene and bioflavonoids). However, if there are too many, they reek havoc over run the enzymes and anti-oxidants and create damage to the cell membrane resulting in arthritis, emphysema, bronchitis, atherosclerosis or heart disease, peptic ulcer, ageing and wrinkling.
Antioxidants include beta-carotene, lycopene, vitamins C, E, and A, and other substances. They interact with free radicals, stabilizing them and preventing some of the damage they cause to cells and which may lead to cancer.
Organic food means it is produced without the use of conventional pesticides and artificial fertilisers, is free from contamination by human or industrial waste, is processed without ionizing radiation or artificial food additives, and does not contain genetically modified organisms (GMO). Also, in the context of livestock, use of antibiotics or growth hormones is not allowed. Food that is grown closer to us has travelled a shorter distance to reach us – meaning less environmental pollution. Locally produced food can also be fresher, healthier and more nutritious having being spared lengthy periods of storage, chilling and travel.
It usually refers to a form of therapy that does not fall within the realm of "conventional therapy" as practiced by most doctors and hospitals. It is a form of therapy or medicine that "complements" conventional treatments and is variously known as Complementary Therapy, Alternative Therapy, or Holistic Therapy.
Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and vital for life. There are 22 standard amino acids – 20 are created from compounds within the human body and 8 that must be got from food. These are known as "essential".


My Blogging 101 assignment is to write from the prompt the "and all was right in the end." I think this is a perfect example of that…in the end every experience could be looked back at and decided, "it all worked out in the end".
1.) I don't understand why I don't have the God-given talent to sing like a Gospel Singer. I would totally belt out "Amazing Grace" everywhere I went to uplift anyone who needed it.
2.) Sometimes I feel like I was born in the wrong era…I love anything vintage from the 1940's and 1950's and early 1960's, especially linens and glassware.
3.) I am in the process of becoming an International Certified Lactation Consultant. (IBCLC) My goal is not to come off as a Breast Feeding Nazi, but to support and encourage women in a nurturing way to breastfeed their babies.
5.) When I am at work, (I am a NICU nurse), I sing to my little patients as I take care of them. I am sure my co-workers think I'm crazy, but the babies don't seem to mind.
6). Giving birth to my first born was probably the worst and scariest experience of my life. To this day, if I saw the obstetrician who delivered him on the street, I would probably punch him in the throat.
7.) I am the queen of the locker room, excuse me, my household with a husband and two boys. We had to get a female dog to kind of even things out a bit, but sometimes the dog smells worse than the kids.
I'm having a hard time completing my daily assignments.
Between all the real world stuff I have to accomplish on a daily basis, I'm finding it difficult to find the time to invest into my blog. I'm hoping I could catch up this weekend, but it looks like this might be a hard task to accomplish.
Case in point…Right now I have a group of 10-11 year old boys in my basement celebrating my youngest's birthday with a sleepover.
My husband and older son are away at a hockey tournament and I am home to organize the chaos.
I hear Nerf guns going off, yells and squeals, video game challenges, negotiations, a very loud TV, air hockey games, etc. You get the picture.
This follows Assignment #8 which is to Be a Good Neighbor. To be a good blog neighbor, the task was to comment of 4 blogs you've never commented on before.
I did that assignment, but couldn't remember which four blogs I had commented on! (Oh my gosh! I can hardly remember where I put my car keys!) Luckily, I found my comments by scrolling through my history on WordPress.
I found an admirable post about Ebola Fighters on the blog Faradays Candle. It's a blog written by two grade school sisters who find Science fascinating. That's right, I said grade school sisters.
The post is about Ebola volunteers in West Africa and how deserving it was that they were named Time Magazine's Person of the Year.
Most days I scarf down my food during my break and sometimes I have to wait an ungodly amount of time to go to the bathroom.
I continue to do all this because I really love being a a nurse. With all the bad that goes along with this profession, there is so much more good that comes out of it. I really feel I am contributing something to this world. I truly feel I am happiest when I am serving others.
However, with all my good intentions, I would never volunteer to work with Ebola patients. Is that selfish of me? Whether it is or isn't, I really don't care. I just wouldn't do it…I have a husband and children who I love very much and who love me back. I'm not willing to sacrifice like that.
It reminds me of how I feel about the firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11…Knowing you just might not make it out, that you might not ever see your family again, that your wife might be a widow, your children fatherless…What gave them the courage to go in and try to help? I can't even fathom it. Truthfully, I would've ran the other way.
Most of all, I am truly and immensely thankful for people like this who are nothing short of Heroic.
We met while our sons played on the same hockey team a couple of seasons ago but discovered we had more in common than just the highs and lows of youth hockey and stinky-smelly hockey bags.
She likes to re-do furniture too and has an incredible talent for taking old and used furniture to fabulous and amazing pieces anyone would be proud to have in their home.
She shared with me some of her Before and After's and I think she does a marvelous job.
She took this scratched and dinged up dresser and transformed it beautifully.
This transformation came out so Beautiful!
Isn't Anne truly talented? I know she uses one of my favorite paints to paint her furniture (Annie Sloan Chalk Paint) and puts a lot of elbow grease into fixing these babies up. I honestly admire her work and can't wait for spring to come so we could hit up some estate sales together and maybe work on some projects together.
You can find more of her curbside finds and furniture re-dos on her Facebook page. If you live in the Chicago land area, she might be able to help you take an old, worn out piece of furniture and turn it into something lovely.
In the meantime, I hope she has inspired you like she has inspired me.
Keep up the good work, Anne!
Another assignment has come my way via Blogging 101 and that's to choose five new blogs to follow.
Well, kids are home from school with a "too cold to go to school day," so that means I have to search for some interesting new blogs in between the chaos that is two boys home from school, stuck inside and bouncing off the walls.
I can't wait to try some of her healthy recipes, especially the oatmeal-banana energy bars which I plan to give to my hockey players for pre-game nutrition.
I was drawn in by her blog's name…I thought it to be very clever. And then I saw she likes to thrift like me, so…there you go.
I loved her pictures! I'm always intrigued by people who have the talent to capture moments on film so beautifully, and then the different ways these moments are interpreted.
How could I not follow that one? Treasures from the curb? I'm in!
A runner and hockey mom who loves cupcakes. Well, I'm a hockey mom that also loves cupcakes, but I HATE to run so maybe she could inspire me?
There are tons of other great, interesting, mind-blowing blogs out there, but these are the five I picked.
In an attempt to make my blog a better place, I enrolled in "Blogging 101" from WordPress and my first assignment is to introduce myself.
So by now you have guessed correctly that I am a Generation X'er. A forty-something person just trying to find my way to live a fulfilling life.
I've been blogging for a bit so you can check out my about page.
But I will delve a bit deeper here for the sake of prosperity.
I have a lot of labels-wife, mother, daughter, sister, nurse, friend to many, enemy to some.
I am loyal and true to my roots. (My upbringing roots, not my gray hair roots that are starting to show through! Damn, I gotta make a hair appointment).
I am funny and sarcastic sometimes.
I am sappy and sentimental most of the time.
I am more spiritual than I ever thought I would be, and I believe in a loving God.
I'm here blogging because I'd love to share my projects and ideas with whoever is interested on the internet. Hell, if Kim K can share her big booty with the world, surely I can share my dresser makeover. Right?
So welcome to my little corner of the world. I hope you stay.


DISCLAIMER: This review was done in 2013 when iOS 6.x was the current operating system and iOS 7.0 was due in a month after posting this review. It appears that this device will not work on devices with iOS 8.x or higher. I'm leaving this note for people due to the amount of comments posted regarding this. I apologise for not responding to them sooner, so I hope this note will be loud and clear enough that it won't work on iOS 8.x or 9.x.
Before you shake your head going "Dave? Why the heck are you reviewing something for a new device?" Take a moment to breathe in.. Breathe out.. Now all of you who have owned an Android or iOS device for a long while now would probably be aware of the barrage of reboots and other independently developed games heavily inspired on classic gaming on their respected stores.
But what is the one thing that is lacking on such touchscreen-based devices when playing games? Physical control right? This is where the Ipega Wireless Bluetooth Controller (model PG-9017) comes in.
The unboxing reveals the controller of course, USB charging cable and instructions on syncing the controller to your device of choice. Unfortunately I don't have an Android device to test this product with, I do however have my trusty ol' iPhone 5, and with most things if supported officially, works straight away. Or so I thought.
For a minute I was wondering why the device won't sync to my phone, turned out that holding the home button alone won't just do. You need to keep pressing the Y button and then hey presto it works. Helps to read the manual sometimes I guess! Now that the device is synchronised to the phone, Let me explain about how the controller feels.
Bonus points for a proper D-Pad!
I'll say it straight out. It feels cheap to begin with, but it works very well. The analog sticks feel as small on the thumbs as it would on a PlayStation Vita. Granted I haven't played any games that worked with them, however further reading in to the manual, it seems that you can change the modes for control (iCade, Mouse, Keyboard and Joystick) depending on how you connect your device to the controller.
As for latency between pressing the button and the game responding? Close to zero, which is a bonus. Battery life is decent too, played with this thing for a couple of hours after a full charge and no problem, although it's hard to tell if the device is fully charged as the orange light was still on after I left it charging overnight.
All right enough about the controller, it's game time!
Yes, that is a Leap Motion on the left!
Sonic the Hedgehog (iOS & Android) which for the record doesn't have any mention anywhere that the game supports bluetooth controls, but it does!
So after having a go at a few games that support bluetooth controls I can say that for it's size and weight, the PG-9017 controller is a good choice for portability. It includes an ample amount of buttons and that is a good thing which shows that it can be used for other devices and not just iOS and Android.
My only concern is how cheap it feels in comparison to a games controller and of course the controller only support games in landscape mode as opposed to how the iCade has the space for you to prop a device in portrait or otherwise. I should mention that although the phone grip feels flakey, it's fine for slight movement of your hands, but don't wave or shake it around like a maniac!
With all that written, If you are a dedicated portable gamer with your mobile tablet or phone and have loads of emulators or games that support such controls, then I would recommend the PG-9017 controller.
Special thanks to Chris at MobileZap.com.au for providing us with the controller to review!


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Suffering and The Sovereignty of God in the Psalms of David and Life of Joseph
The Twelfth Northern Ireland Ministry Assembly
The aim of our annual assembly is to encourage preachers. We firmly believe that when the Bible is opened and taught faithfully and relevantly the voice of God is heard in a living and powerful way. We therefore seek to encourage those engaged in preaching to see the exacting work of expounding Scripture as the pressing need in today's church. While the assembly, therefore, is mainly for those in current full-time preaching ministries, others are very welcome, especially students, apprentices and spouses of Christian workers.
In light of our increasingly tumultuous society and world, we look forward to taking time to look at Suffering and the Sovereignty of God in the Psalms of David and Life of Joseph. Christopher and Colin will seek to encourage and challenge us as we seek to reconcile our individual and global suffering with the Sovereignty of God in all situations. Come along to be fed, encouraged, challenged and strengthened in the Word of God.
Christopher Ash is a pastor, author and writer in residence at Tyndale House, Cambridge. He was Director of the Proclamation Trust's Cornhill Training Course from 2004–15. He is married to Carolyn and they have four children and three grandchildren. Apart from Christopher's writing ministry, he and Carolyn hope to encourage younger scholars to grow in faithful loving loyalty to Jesus, and to use their gifts to serve the church of Christ. For our Tuesday post-lunch seminar Christopher will be looking at 'How the Psalms can nourish your soul in the pressures of ministry'.
Colin Smith is Senior Pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church and teacher of the daily radio program, Unlocking the Bible. The ministry challenges listeners to believe that their lives can be transformed by personal study of God's Word through 'the Power of the Open Book'. Born in Scotland, Colin was Pastor of the Enfield Evangelical Free Church in North London for sixteen years and during that time served in various capacities in the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, including a time as their President. He is married to Karen and they have two grown children and two grandchildren. Having pastored in Enfield for 16 years he continues to be a Tottenham Hotspur fan and closely follows the Premier League.
Maze Presbyterian Church, 47 Kesh Rd, Lisburn BT27 5RR (situated between Lisburn and Moira)
How to get there: From the M1 take the Sprucefield exit and follow the signs for Hillsborough/Dublin/Newry onto the dual carriageway. After 1 mile and at the top of the hill you will see a sign pointing right for Culcavy (and a brown sign for Down Royal Racecourse – if you follow these signs you'll arrive at the church!). This road is Harrys Road. Travel for 1 mile, go straight across the cross-roads, and onto Aghnatrisk Road, which again is 1 mile long. At this cross-roads turn right – past houses and a Methodist church. Once over the motorway bridge the Church is on the left – in total it's just over 3 miles from Sprucefield. See www.mazepc.org/contact for map.
(10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.)
to Tuesday 14 November 2017 (9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.)
lunch included on both days
Audio recordings of the sessions are now available for free download.
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Regine Velasquez free concert will be on Dec.8!
Regine Velasquez the new Piyok Queen will have a repeat concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on December 8!
Her 25th anniversary concert Silver was cut short due to viral infection that affects her throat and she told her audience to keep the concert ticket since she will again do a repeat concert for free to her fans.
Are you excited to see the repeat concert?
GMA-7 Wins 3 World Medals and 6 Finalist Certificates in 2012 New York Festivals!
GMA News and Public Affairs has bagged three Silver World Medals and six Finalist Certificates at the prestigious 2012 New York Festivals Television and Film Awards held on April 17 at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
I-Witness' "Lapnos" (Burn) episode won the Silver World Medal for the Social Issues and Current Events category, while GMA News TV's Front Row brought home two Silver World Medals – one for the Social Issues category for its "Yaman sa Basura" (Child Urban Miners) episode and another one for the Biography/Profiles category for the documentary program's "Bente Dos" (Twenty-Two) episode.
I-Witness' "Lapnos" gives viewers a glimpse inside the burn unit of the Mindanao Burn Center in Davao City . Here, Peabody Award winner Jay Taruc learns about the victims' individual – at times, harrowing – stories.
"We are honoured to receive this silver medal from the NYF. Lapnos was a heartbreaking yet powerful story that moved all of us who produced it. But what makes this story truly remarkable, apart from the recognition it recently received, is its power to raise awareness on this small, forgotten hospital in Mindanao . Even now, we continue to receive pledges for the hospital and its patients, and for this we are truly grateful. We dedicate this award to the burn victims who shared their story with us and hope that more can be done to alleviate their suffering," says Angeli Atienza, program manager for I-Witness' Lapnos episode.
"This documentary was passionately executed by the men and women of I-Witness. We dedicate this award to our dear 12 year old Christy, who succumbed to complications from her burn wounds. God bless you and God bless Mindanao," adds Executive Producer Lea Llamoso.
Front Row's "Yaman Sa Basura" tells the story of twin boys risking life and limb working in an urban mine in order to help their family. "Bente Dos" (Twenty-Two), on the other hand, narrates the life of a couple living in Manila 's slums, together with their children – all 22 of them.
"GMA News TV is just a year old channel. With Front Row's two medals, we take so much pride and honor to receive more medals than any other Philippine network from the New York Festivals this year. Our local audience has embraced the non-traditional, no-host, no-voiceover documentary format and we are glad that jurors from international award-giving bodies have appreciated it as well," says Johnson Tam, Program Manager for Front Row.
Meanwhile, three GMA entries brought home Finalist Certificates including the I-Witness episode on compressor mining presented by Peabody award-winning journalist Kara David dubbed Gintong Putik; the GMA special that delved deep into the current situation of the country's education system in Report Card; and Born To Be Wild'sThe Born Expeditions Finale: The Monster of Mae Klong and The Great White Shark where, in the presence of a Philippine wildlife team, a world breakthrough in sting ray research was documented on video.
Leading Philippine news channel GMA News TV – only on its first year of airing but is already making its presence felt even in the international arena – also brought home three more Finalist Certificates: GMA News TV's historical docudrama tracing the evolution of Dr. Jose Rizal's writings, Pluma: Si Rizal, Ang Dakilang Manunulat (Rizal, The Great Writer); and two Reel Time episodes – Lusong and Tira. Lusong (Live to Dive) tells the story of a father and his son's race to earn enough money through diving while Tira (Infected) narrates the alarming cases of young teens suffering from sexually transmitted diseases.
The New York Festival International Television and Film Awards is one of the world's most prestigious award-giving bodies dedicated to both the television and film industries. It encourages next generation story-tellers to break new grounds by honouring the winners within each competition each year.


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In its earlier years, the business ran specifically in the European market; nevertheless, over the past decade, GetResponse has actually made a concentrated effort to expand its reach to the American market.
GetResponse is a popular email marketing service that just performs well. Servicing businesses in more than 180 nations with over 1 billion customers each month, GetResponse projects itself as the world's most convenient email marketing system. The platform makes it simple and problem-free to create professional-looking e-mails and landing pages with its editor.
What makes GetResponse such a great business software solution? To begin, you don't need a technology background to utilize its marketing and email automation tools to improve your business. The vendor provides a beneficial 30-day free trial and flexible pricing bundles with plenty of additional features. You don't need a credit card to sign up for the totally free trial which enables up to 1,000 contacts.
The GetReponse site hosts a comprehensive Help Center where you can easily find answers to usual questions. The vendor also provides 24/7 support through live chat and e-mail. The user experience is incredible and the third-party integrations enable you to quickly link the application with your existing business software application platforms. We offer the thumbs as much as GetResponse and invite you to check out its leading rate email marketing functionalities.
Marketing Automation – GetResponse's marketing automation feature lets users develop scalable workflows based upon client journeys. Action-based autoresponders enable the production of messages that are activated by appropriate recipient actions – with customized one-to-one responses. Additionally, GetResponse supplies users with sophisticated segmentation tools that allow them to divide their contacts into subgroups and tailor emails appropriately.
Landing Page Builder – GetResponse has an intuitive drag and drop landing page builder that allows users to create 100% responsive landing pages and web forms. Business marketers can build web pages for sales, webinars, thank yous, opt-ins, about-me and downloads in simply a few minutes. Additionally, GetResponse lets subscribers test, analyze and optimize their pages to increase conversion rates.
Comprehensive Reporting – GetReponse has robust reporting abilities. A couple of easy reports appear directly in the control panel, offering a short overview of project success through pie chart and raw numbers. The E-mail Analytics section offers additional information, with line and bar chart for clicks, unsubscribes, opens, complaints and bounces. Additionally, for every single report, users can view which customers within their email list performed any provided action.
Webinar Integration – The GetResponse webinar platform flawlessly integrates with GetResponse e-mail marketing, allowing users to host product statements, demonstrations and training sessions. Features include presentation sharing, chat moderation, surveys, desktop sharing, guest management and VoIP abilities. Furthermore, GetResponse lets users choose whether their webinar will be password protected or available to everyone.
On the whole, GetResponse is quite straightforward to use. It's certainly easy enough to do all the essentials: import contacts, make campaigns, set up autoresponders and check statistics and the interface is quite clean and intuitive.
In terms of how it compares to its competitors in this regard, I would argue that Campaign Monitor is a little bit more user friendly although not as complete, and Mailchimp has a slicker user interface however one that makes finding certain functionality a bit challenging at times).
Whilst its drag & drop method does in theory offer an extremely flexible method to create blocks of material and move them around an e-newsletter, in practice it is a bit clunky to utilize and can lead to accidental removal of content, or placement of it in the incorrect part of the e-newsletter.
If you can get your head around it, and practice using it a bit, it does make for an extremely useful tool – it's simply that the execution of it might be rather better which I was able to do rather fast!
GetResponse offers a 30-day free trial for a list of as much as 250 subscribers, no credit card required. Know, however, that for the trial (and only the trial), if you add, delete, and then re-add a contact, it counts as 2 contacts. Once the trial has ended, there are a number of rate plans readily available. The rates format is somewhat intricate, with advanced plans appearing as your business's list size grows. Pre-paying for one year's worth of service will save you 18 percent. If you think you will be using GetResponse for the foreseeable future, you can save 30 percent by pre-paying two years.
Pro gets rid of the limitations on landing pages and permits you to make as much of them as you like. You will likewise have access to webinars (as much as 100 attendees). A Pro account can accommodate up to 3 users.
The Max plan ups the amount of users to five and the max webinar participants to 500. You will also get a customized domain and an account manager.
Enterprise brings an entire host of brand-new functions for bigger companies looking for extremely personalized features. You'll need to set up a demonstration before signing up.
Landing pages –you can just get landing pages that allow split testing and endless views if you are on a 'Pro' plan or greater.
Webinars –this feature is not available at all on the 'Email' plan and the number of webinar attendees is maxed for the 'Pro' and 'Max' plans at 100, 500 respectively (it is unclear what the limitation is on the 'Enterprise' plan).
The 30-day completely free trial that Getresponse gives is completely functional (up to 1,000 subscribers) and it's not contingent upon providing credit card information.
We understand that when you make a decision to buy Marketing Software applications it is very important not just to see how professionals examine it in their evaluations, but likewise to discover if the genuine individuals and businesses that buy it are actually pleased with the product. That's why we have actually found a behavior-based Customer Satisfaction Algorithm that collects consumer reviews, remarks and GetResponse examines across a vast array of social media websites. The data is then presented in a simple to digest form showing how lots of people had favorable and negative experience with GetResponse. With that info at hand you must be equipped to make an informed buying choice that you will not be sorry for.
GetResponse has an award-winning customer support group, winning gold, silver and bronze Stevie Awards in 2013 and 2014. The company provides email support in 7 languages and is the first email service provider (ESP) to supply 24/7 live chat, also on weekends.
It is also among the most intriguing products of its kind – in that it gives e-mail marketing, automation, landing pages, some CRM performance and webinars all under one roofing system.
It's difficult to think about any competing product that uses this 'all round' proposal, and it's what continues to convince us to use it for our businesses e-mail marketing.


Here's some tips and guidelines for your engagement session photos.
The choice of location for the session is totally up to you! Make it a special date at a location that's close to your hearts if you'd like. Add personality by picking out a favorite downtown district or a beloved outdoor park that's dear to your hearts as a couple!
If you want suggestions, I'm here to help too. Let's find a location that you're most comfortable and relaxed at.
Head over to the locations ideas page if you'd like!
It's best to pick out your favorite style and be yourselves! A lot of clients bring 2 different outfits - something more "dressy" and then change into a more casual look to bring variety to your photos.
There's no need to match colors exactly. White goes great with just about anything. If one of you wears a solid color, then pick a subtle pattern for the other person to add interest. Pick what you love - you'll feel the most comfortable and show off your personalities!
Generally, bright colors, really busy patterns and large brand logos can be distracting - muted earth tones, white, tan and pastels are always a safe choice.
We'll try to schedule most sessions in the evening starting about 1-2 hours before sunset.
The natural light during this part of the day is at it's best and sets the stage for beautiful memories to be created!
Think about what you both love to do together and bring it with you if possible! I love being able to tell your story through photography and give you unique images.
If you both share a love of sports, bring a football and have some fun tossing it around.
Love music? Then bring your favorite guitar or instrument!
Have a favorite dog or puppy? Bring him/her along for some fun during the session!
If you're getting a haircut for the session, make sure to get it done at least a week before…hair almost always looks better after a little time.