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Welcome to My House!
Posted by Anthony Peoples in Uncategorized.	Tagged: Benny The Fisherman, Moulin Rouge!, Old Jaffa, Panama City, Paris, Paul Lekakis, Tel Aviv.	20 comments
Okay, more correctly, it's an apartment. But, "My House" sounds better!
I've been in Panama City, Florida, for three months now and I still haven't posted any pictures of my place.
So, I guess it's time for the unveiling. 🙂
This is a cool shot I took of the reflection on the ceiling coming in from my balcony's French doors. My spare bedroom is still "under construction" and is being used as storage. I'll have to have it ready for my sister's visit in October!
One major thing I ran into decorating was limited space compared to what I had back in the Quad Cities!
So, here's what it looked like when I moved in. Much to my chagrin, the living room is so awkwardly shaped and my furniture was so big that I had to cover the fireplace! So, here it is. I had to put my wine rack in the living room just to center my table and chairs in the dining room under the light. It would have imposed on guests sitting at the table. However, it gives me a chance to display some of my wine and olive pictures I took in California and the awesome treasure I found in a thrift store in San Francisco! I found the fish light display at a yard sale in Moline! In the three months I've been here, I haven't eaten at the dining room table — maybe when I have guests! My bedroom… My bathroom… The three pictures you see below are a celebration of my 50th birthday.
The moment I turned 50, I was sitting at the stage of the Moulin Rouge in Paris sipping champagne and watching the exciting show.
Then, it was off to my dream destination, Tel Aviv, Israel.
The picture on the bottom left is still the best meal I've ever eaten at Benny The Fisherman on the Mediterranean Sea. That's just the "salad" portion of the meal!
And, the bottom right picture is looking toward Tel Aviv from Old Jaffa, a city that's more than 3,500 years old and one of the oldest port cities in the world. The guest bathroom with photos that I've taken since being here. My balcony… Well, that's it. This is where I hang my head.
Random Friday Thoughts — June 2, 2017
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I can't believe that it's June already.
With Memorial Day behind us, it's "unofficially" summer and it's definitely feeling like it across the Florida Panhandle and it's only going to get warmer and more humid!
Thank you for checking out my Random Friday Thoughts and have a great weekend.
SAD DAY WITH MANY MORE TO COME…
CLOSER TO STABILITY…
My apartment is still not all set up, but all of the boxes are unpacked now. I'm really thinking I'll have the walls decorated soon and I can share where I'm living with you.
Well, you've already seen my surroundings outside from my walks. 🙂
Speaking of that, I had to move another killed duck — the dead duck count is now up to seven in my four weeks here! 😦
As for work, I train on the morning and midday show next week and my official on-air start date is Monday, June 12th. This has been a long process with too many meteorologists on board, so I'm ready!
MISSING THE SEASONS….
I mentioned the heat and humidity earlier and I already miss the Midwest seasons. When it gets warm there during the day, you know there's usually a nice 20° temperature drop off at night.
We don't get that here!
With the warm Gulf of Mexico so close to Panama City, it's stays muggy and warm all night.
After being here three weeks, I finally broke down the other night and turned on the AC! While I know it'll likely stay on until October, when it only dropped off to 83° in my apartment the other night, I knew it was time. 🙂
In almost a month that I've been here, it's only rained three times in Panama City — two were stronger thunderstorms and one was a pop-up shower event.
This cool lightning show produced storms to the east, but no rain here.
PRAYERS FOR OLIVIA
It saddened me earlier this week when I learned that Olivia Newton-John is fighting cancer again after being in remission for 25 years. 😦
I know that she's a fighter and that she'll win again!
This photo is from May 30, 2014, when I saw her at The Flamingo in Las Vegas, Nevada!
Best of luck, Olivia, You're in my thoughts and prayers.
"MAMMA MIA: HERE WE GO AGAIN"
I can't believe that "Mamma Mia!" hit movie theaters nine years ago this summer.
The $52 million musical based on the music of ABBA is now of the biggest movies of all time. It grossed $610 million worldwide.
I was over the moon recently when I learned that the sequel is scheduled to be released on July 20, 2018! I know where I'll be on that hot and muggy Florida afternoon.
In the original, the beautiful Greek setting of the wedding sold me on visiting the country. Ironically, even before "Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again" was announced, I was already considering a spring 2018 visit there. It must be fate!
To the writers, producers, and the director, if Pierce Brosnan is back, please, please, please, don't let him have too many musical numbers. His songs in the original were painful!!!!!!!!
The fifth season of the critically acclaimed Netflix series dropped this week.
After being down and out over the real 2016 presidential election, I can't wait to see how the Underwood campaign progresses with Frank and Claire fighting for his reelection with Claire as the VP candidate!
Ironically, it sounds like Frank is lip-syncing my words and sentiments! 🙂
P.S. Seven months later, I don't really feel any better than I did on the night of November 8, 2016. It doesn't help much to hear about all of the travesties of the real life world we're enduring with #45 and with me living in a true "red state".
SPEAKING OF "RED STATE"
I'm planning on watching the Kevin Smith-directed movie again this weekend. It was my 8th favorite movie of 2012.
It stars one of my favorite actresses, Academy Award winner Melissa Leo. Golden Globe winner John Goodman is also in the movie.
Warning: This trailer contains violent scenes and very, very, adult language.
Here's my original movie review. By the way, I gave it an "A" in early 2012.
https://anthonypeoples.wordpress.com/2012/02/21/this-red-state-is-violent-deadly/
DREAMING OF….
Nicole Kidman!
I remember some of my dreams and some I don't. The other night I dreamt that Nicole and I were hanging out as friends.
It's been weeks now since I watched "Lion", her amazing Oscar-nominated movie, and "Big Little Lies", her HBO miniseries, so I don't know what prompted the dream.
Maybe it's time to have a Kidman movie weekend this summer: "Moulin Rouge!", "The Golden Compass", "The Hours", and "Australia" (I have the last two, but have never watched them.)
The psychological thriller is creepy and there's more coming.
The movie deals with "Dissociative Identity Disorder" or multiple personality and stars the incredible James McAvoy, whose character suffers from 23 "split" personalities.
The $9 million film has already grossed an astounding $278 million (I hope McAvoy is getting a nice chunk of change on the backside).
It was great seeing Daytime Emmy and Grammy Award nominee and Tony Award winner ("Cats", 1983) Betty Buckley ("Carrie") again in a movie.
There's a surprise appearance at the end of "Split" that lets you know that this is a sequel to another movie and that both movies' stars are back for the January 18, 2019 sequel called "Glass".
While I'm still on the fence about whether I'll be back for the eighth season of "The Walking Dead" in October, the series' sequel, "Fear The Walking Dead" returns this weekend for its third season.
I can't wait!
P.S. I know I'll probably cave in and watch Rick and company's return this fall. I just didn't care for season 7 of "The Walking Dead", which saddens me because it used to be one of my favorite series.
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The weekend is almost here. You know I love my weekends and I start counting down to them when I walk into work Monday mornings.
I greatly appreciate you taking the time to check out my random thoughts. I think about a lot of things and writing not only gives me an avenue to express myself, but it gives me a chance to process all of the things that are happening in the world.
So, bear with me this week even if you're over this year's circus of a presidential election.
I also have random thoughts that are not about politics. But, I feel it's worth mentioning.
As always, if you disagree with me, just do it diplomatically.
SECOND DEBATE HIGHS AND LOWS
Here's a shocker — I'll say a nice thing about Donald Trump.
He did better in last Sunday's debate. However, he also did a better job of showing he knows nothing about the job of president!
When asked repeatedly about what he'd do in Syria, he ranted and raved for minutes without ever answering the question. I swear he thought they said, "cereal". It confused him and he didn't know what to say — like most of what he said all night!
He did have one nice thing to say about Hillary before saying he didn't agree with much of what she said.
TELL HIM THE WAY IT IS!
My favorite celebrity tweet of the night came from Shonda Rhimes, the creator of "How To Get Away With Murder", "Grey's Anatomy", and so many more ABC hits.
Look on the bright side, it's all over in just a little over three week! Get out and vote!
SHE SAID WHAT(!) IN THE BEST QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Republican strategist and political commentator Ana Navarro made headlines last week in the wake of Donald Trump's "Access Hollywood" secret recording degrading women.
In 2005, he was recorded boasting that because he was a celebrity, he could kiss anyone he wanted and could even grab their p***y.
In this video, Navarro shocked television censors when she stood up to Trump bobble head Scottie Nell Hughes.
Warning: This is not censored like my statement three lines up!
Kudos to you Ana. Speak the truth. Sometimes that's harder to swallow for some!
EARLIER THIS WEEK, I HAD MUCH MORE TO SAY…
Since my thoughts here are random and I don't want to write chapters, I posted a blog about the Donald Trump and Billy Bush scandal and what it meant to me earlier this week.
If you missed it Wednesday, here it is (if you click on this link, it'll open in a new window and you won't lose your place here.)
Donald & Billy's "Locker Room Talk"
Since I posted that blog on Wednesday, I've gotten great feedback. Not everyone agrees with me, but we have that right. As I said above, you can disagree, just do it diplomatically.
ANOTHER BIRTHDAY
On Thursday, I celebrated another birthday.
It was a low-key affair. We'll be celebrating with dinner and cake next week when my sister, Tammy, and Gretel are with us.
As I celebrate another year of life, I think back to my favorite birthdays.
Let's see, there was my 50th, two years ago, sipping champagne at the Moulin Rogue after a trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower after a dinner cruise on the Seine River. Thanks Ray!
After that, it was on to Tel Aviv, Israel, one of my favorite places I've ever visited.
In 2012, we were in Vegas and I saw Madonna on the "MDNA Tour".
And, of course, I'll always cherish my birthday in 2011. It was the last one with my golden retriever, ABBA, my best friend.
Finally, while I don't remember it, here's a photo of my first birthday celebration in 1965.
Not bad for a premature baby born six weeks early weighing only four pounds before dropping down to three pounds and spending the first six weeks of his life in the hospital!
No, I'm not talking about the movie, "The Lobster", even though it was a great movie with Colin Farrell and Ben Whishaw.
This is about the lobsters that sadly find themselves one day swimming in the ocean and then on plates served with drawn butter.
I was reading an article in "Coastal Living" and I learned that regardless of their original color, lobsters turn red when cooked! The exception is the albino (white) lobster that remains white.
By the way, some other lobsters colors include red, yellow, blue, and blue-green. As you'll see in this video, some of those are VERY RARE.
See, my thoughts are random!
The cast of Fox's "Empire" have something to say about the upcoming election.
But, where's Terrence Howard????
COULD THE ELECTION BE RIGGED?
Donald Trump supporters definitely think so.
Full Frontal's Samantha Bee sent two correspondents out to get to the bottom of the latest conspiracy!
As you see, this only applies if Hillary Clinton wins the election!
"THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN" — THE NOVEL
Back in my "Random Friday Thoughts — July 24, 2015" blog, here's what I wrote about Paula Hawkins' amazing debut novel, "The Girl on the Train".
"THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN" — THE MOVIE
Last Friday, the movie adaptation of the book came out in theaters. It debuted at #1 in the United States with $24.5 million. It's global opening weekend box office draw was $41.2 million.
From book to movie, the location was changed from London to New York City. This also meant that Rachel's drink of choice had to be changed.
Sadly, there were no gin and tonics in a can on the train. I won't tell you what her movie drink is — spoilers. 🙂
I sure hope when the Oscar nominations are announced in early 2017 that Emily Blunt's name is on the list.
Blunt, as Rachel, was so compelling, sad, and heartbreaking. I teared up when she took her first sip on the train.
Haley Bennett (Megan) was also a strong force in the movie.
If you loved the book, you'll love the movie. For me, it started out a little slow. That's because I read the book. However, the pace quickly picked up.
If you haven't read the book, this is one psychological thriller/drama that you'll definitely want to see.
GRADE – "THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN" — THE MOVIE: A-
GRADE- "THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN" — THE NOVEL: A
Time travel as a premise for a television series is not a new idea. The new NBC series, "Timeless" is the latest to take this on.
In the premiere episode, a time machine that the government was unaware of (shock!) was stolen by an evil man (Goran Visnjic).
A ragtag trio consisting of a college history professor, a soldier, and a scientist working for the company that created the time machine are brought together to track him down.
I admit that the promos and print ads featuring the very sexy Matt Lanter caught my attention first. I took notice of the show and its premise.
After the premiere, which took us back to 1937 and the Hindenburg explosion, and the second episode (Lincoln's assassination in 1865), I'm hooked on the show.
It's still early in the run, so you have a chance to catch up.
This Australian romantic drama film was released late last year and is based on a 1995 memoir by Timothy Conigrave, an Australian actor, writer, and activist.
It tells the story of his life with his partner, John, from the time they met in high school in the 1970s to John's death in the early 1990s.
It's not too often these days to see a gay movie with a central plot line centered around AIDS. Today, it's more about coming-of-age or marriage equality.
But, other than vital to their lives and the decades it covered, it's important in 2016 to see this story line. People are still getting infected daily from HIV and people die daily from AIDS.
Younger men and women, whether LGBTQ or not, are becoming less familiar with the AIDS epidemic that took so many of our loved ones and friends in the 1980s and 1990s.
"Holding The Man" is not just a AIDS movie. It's a love story and a touching one and the lead actors, Ryan Corr and Craig Stott, are adorable as a couple.
Kelsey Waldon is from Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky, just down the road from where I grew up in Mayfield.
She was one of six artists that "Entertainment Weekly" featured as up-and-comers, " The New Queens of Country" in a recent magazine article. Last week, I featured Margo Price.
If you like real, traditional country music, then you're going to love "I've Got A Way".
Listening to Waldon, I couldn't help but imagine this collection of songs sung by another of Kentucky's icons, Loretta Lynn.
So, until my favorite Kentuckian Patty Loveless releases another album, I'll enjoy Waldon's debut and maybe check out the newly recorded Christmas collection from Loretta Lynn, "White Christmas Blue".
FINAL BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS
To all of you that took the time out of your day to send me birthday wishes, thank you very much. I appreciate each and every one and I hope I responded to all of you.
Here are a couple more that I got — one by mail and one by email. If you follow me on Facebook, you've already seen them! 🙂
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It's now the last weekend of August. Where did summer go?
While we still have about four weeks of summer left, Labor Day is fast approaching and, for some, that's the unofficial end of the summer season.
If you're ready for fall (and winter), then the first story in my "Random Friday Thoughts" is just for you.
Even if it's not for you, if you live in the Quad Cities or nearby, please read it and take it to heart.
THE BOY THAT CRIED WOLF
It's still summer, but we all know that fall is getting closer since our low dropped to 53° this past Monday in the Quad Cities.
While there's plenty of warm weather left and time for several tropical systems to develop in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, colder weather is spilling in well to our northwest and some long-term computer models even paint a little snow over western Canada by September 1st. 🙂
This is a perfect time to clarify a couple of things and I'm sure you'll hear me reiterate this again during the winter months!
We know there are some local forecasters across Iowa and Illinois that cry wolf and dramatize every potential snowflake to get Facebook likes, shares, and blog hits!
That's not me! While I love for people to read what I write and comment on it, I'm not going to sensationalize a forecast to get you to watch me or brag about the number of people that click on my page.
With that being said, when you see astronomical snow forecasts a week or so ahead of a potential snow event (which is stupid from a forecasting standpoint), just ignore them!
However, if you insist on looking, don't make the mistake of asking me about it! If I think there's a chance of seeing a decent snow, I'll definitely be telling you. But, I will not justify another forecaster's sensationalism!
Again, I know I'll have to mention this again this winter.
I'm so proud of all of the athletes on Team USA that won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I'm just as happy for those that made the team that didn't win medals, too.
I didn't watch the games, but I did follow the medal count as Team USA won more gold and more medals overall than any other team in the world.
All of those performances shined brighter than the adolescent ignorance and shame brought on by gold medalist swimmer Ryan Lochte and his three friends who claimed they were robbed at gunpoint. Lochte now says his story was "over-exaggerated".
SPEEDO FALLOUT
No, there's no photo of a "wardrobe malfunction" with Lochte and his Speedo. However, there is fallout from his lies.
Speedo USA ended its sponsorship of him earlier this week. The company will still donate a portion of his fee ($50,000) to the global charity "Save The Children" in Brazil.
RALPH LAUREN FOLLOWS SPEEDO
The hits against Lochte didn't stop with Speedo. Ralph Lauren and two other companies cut ties, too.
The fashion company says, "Ralph Lauren continues to proudly sponsor the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team and the values that its athletes embody."
It added, "Ralph Lauren's endorsement agreement with Ryan Lochte was specifically in support of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and the company will not be renewing his contract."
Lochte, stuff that in your Speedos!
STILL NOT READY!
The Dixie Chicks debuted on the Billboard County charts in 1997 with "I Can Love You Better". From 1997-2003, the Texas trio charted 16 Top 40 hits with 14 of them reaching the Top Ten, and six topping the charts.
Then, in 2003, lead singer Natalie Maines told a foreign crowd that she was ashamed that then President George W. Bush was from Texas. The fallout at country radio was swift, but not like Taylor!
"Travelin' Soldier" was at the top of the country charts when Natalie's words made is back to America. Cumulus radio stations banned the Chicks and the song dropped off the charts in two weeks — from #1!
The Dixie Chicks returned with a new album, "Taking The Long Way", in 2006. It topped Billboard's Top 200 and Country album charts, sold over two million copies, and won a total of five Grammy Awards.
They're back on tour now, their first since 2006, and Natalie still has more to say!
I'll be seeing Natalie, Martie, and Emily for the second time in less than three weeks when they play the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois, on September 15th, on the "DCX MMXVI World Tour".
I'm currently listening to all my Dixie Chicks CDs again to rank my 20 favorite songs before the concert!
If you want to see the April 2012 blog I wrote about them and the war with country radio, here it is. (It'll open in a new window.)
https://anthonypeoples.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/a-nation-at-war-abroad-on-country-radio-as-a-statue-topples/
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY!
It's not a milestone birthday, but here's to a great year ahead Ray as you celebrate your birthday week.
While we may not be on a Danube River cruise in Europe like when we celebrated your 50th birthday, I hope you enjoyed the margarita and Mexican food Thursday night.
Here's a trip down memory lane!
Ray, while you celebrated this birthday in the Quad Cities, it's never too early to be thinking ahead of a fun place to be next year when it comes around again!
Here's to many more birthdays (and vacations)!
DO YOU LOVE COTTON CANDY?
I love cotton candy and I eat it every time I go to Spice Market Buffet at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
However, I thought of it in a different way recently reading an interview with Jennifer Lawrence talking about her upcoming movie, "Passengers", with Chris Pratt.
Lawrence says (referring to Pratt), "He's a bag of Gummi Bears. He's human cotton candy."
Three things crossed my mind: (1) "human cotton candy" sounds like something Hannibal Lecter would make if he was slumming for a dinner party dessert, (2) I do like cotton candy, and (3), I'd like it even more if it comes in the shape of the new and improved Chris Pratt body!
I have another thought about winter today.
I know the most critically acclaimed show of all time (Guinness World Records, 2013), "Breaking Bad" concluded its five year run in the fall of 2013.
Ray and I were finally going to binge watch it when we got snowed in this winter, but we started it this week and after just three episodes, all I can say is "it's incredible" — even if we saw Walter White (Bryan Cranston) too many times in his tighty whities. 🙂
Now, if we start seeing Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) in his, that'll be different!
While we'll still be watching "Breaking Bad" this winter, we also have "House of Cards", "Justified", and "Tyrant" to binge watch on when the days get short, the air gets colder, and the snow piles up.
A BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR ME???
At my age, I don't really make a big deal out of my birthdays since I've already passed many of the milestones (13, 16, 18, 21, 30, 40, and 50). Okay, I still have many years to go before retirement and social security.
For my 50th birthday, Ray treated me to a dinner cruise on the Seine River, a trip to top of the Eiffel Tower, and a show at the world famous Moulin Rouge, where I was sipping champagne and watching very risque and sexy performers at the stroke of midnight!
But, this year there'll be a fun birthday present that I might just have to buy for myself.
One of my favorite bands of all-time, Erasure, is releasing a mammoth boxed set called "From Moscow to Mars". If you're a die-hard Erasure fan or a fan of 1980s music, you'll know where that title came from. I know, you're racking your brain now!
Check out this incredible video teaser!
Who knows how much that 13 disc set with over 200 tracks will cost, but I think I'm worth it!
AND THERE'S MORE….
If that wasn't enough, Michael Buble is back, too, with a new album, "Nobody But Me" on October 21st.
His last album, "To Be Loved" came out more than three years ago and his last tour ended in March 2015.
Michael has been spending more time with his wife, Luisana, and their two sons, three-year-old Noah and seven-month-old Elias.
The first single and the title track came out last week.
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS OFFERING
Christmas is still four months away, but it's that time of the year when details of upcoming holiday albums emerge.
Already, I've talked about a duets Christmas album from Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood and a new holiday album from Kacey Musgraves.
Illinois native and country hit maker Brett Eldredge will also be releasing his first Christmas collection this fall.
The album will feature classics and a new song called "Glow". It'll also have a "big band and swing sound".
Until we get the track listing and that first video, here's Brett from the 2014 CMA Country Christmas special.
And, if it's too early for you to listen to a Christmas song, here's Brett with one of my favorite songs of last year, his #1 country smash, "Lose My Mind".
Random Friday Thoughts — May 27, 2016
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Happy Memorial Day weekend! It's the unofficial kick-off to the summer season. I hope you have a great one. It'll be especially nice for those with a three-day weekend (Ray!).
I wasn't planning on an installment of Random Friday Thoughts, but here it is. Surprise!
We're running behind schedule this year, but we're putting up our pool this weekend.
We closed it down in late September, but I'm ready to float the weekends and afternoons away — especially now that we're enjoying summer-like, above average temperatures in the Quad Cities.
R.I.P. BETH HOWLAND
Beth Howland, who played ditzy waitress Vera, on the long running 1970s-1980s CBS sitcom, "Alice", has died of lung cancer. She was 74.
Howland actually died December 31, 2015, but her actor husband, Charles Kimbrough, told The Associated Press that it "her choice" not to have a memorial service or funeral. That's why the news is just now coming out.
As a kid, I loved her character and comedic timing.
"GOODNIGHT MOMMY"
For whatever reason, the 2014 Austrian psychological thriller/horror movie, "Goodnight Mommy", just hit Redbox and I highly recommend it!
Susanne Wuest is incredible in the role as "The Mother" and twins, Elias and Lukas Schwarz, are mesmerizing.
The movie was Austria's entry for Best Foreign Language Film for the 88th Annual Academy Awards, but it wasn't picked as a nominee. Oscar fail!
Before I saw the movie, I wrote, "the trailer definitely creeps me out". Wait until you see the movie!
I don't give too many movies this grade, but "Goodnight Mommy" gets….
GRADE: A+
LET'S CHARGE FOR PLASTIC BAGS!!!
I know Earth Day is in April. But, there's something that we can do to cut back on pollution and some communities are working hard to make it happen.
As I travel across the country (and the world), I see more and more businesses charging for those paper-thin, flimsy plastic bags that Walmart and other stores use.
They're cheap to produce and many aren't used again because they rip open before you even get home! Many end up blowing in the wind or floating in area lakes and rivers.
More businesses are selling cloth reusable bags and I think that's fantastic.
Aldi stores sell the reusable bags, but they also have plastic bags. However, if you want one (whether you throw it away or reuse it), you pay for it.
I know it'd get expensive if you're paying for the plastic bags at big stores like Walmart, but it'd probably prompt you to buy quality, reusable bags. And, the environment would love you for it.
Many communities are even banning or proposing bans on the plastic bags.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY (AND EVERYDAY)
POLITICS TIDBITS
I was wrong!
In my "Random Friday Thoughts — December 19, 2014", I predicted that Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush would be the two candidates on November's ballot for U.S. president.
Well, it looks like I'll be right with the Democratic nominee come June 7th once New Jersey and California vote, but who would have thought the presumptive nominee out of seventeen candidates on the Republican side would be Donald Trump!
Scary, right? Yes! I don't need to wait for an answer!
NEXT VEGAS PLAN CHANGES
Going to Las Vegas is an annual pilgrimage for me and Ray.
We love to eat, gamble, catch a couple of shows, walk, walk, walk, and see the sights.
We love checking out the beautiful hotels and casinos — especially the displays made of flowers at the Bellagio. I really want to visit one December when the glitzy city is decorated for Christmas.
However, our next trip in late July will not include a visit to the gorgeous The Venetian and The Palazzo.
The CEO is donating $100 million (yes, million) to Donald Trump's presidential campaign! I'm sorry, but I will not help fund in any way that sorry excuse of a man that wants to be president!
There are plenty of other places there to try my luck at the slots — and eat desserts!
We'll be visiting the Spice Market Buffet at Planet Hollywood. It's a tradition for us to eat there and have the weekend champagne brunch at the Stratosphere.
Have I mentioned how much I love buffets, slot machines, and Las Vegas?
FOR THE LOVE OF NANCY REAGAN
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan died earlier this year of congestive heart failure at the age of 94. Her husband, Ronald, our country's 40th president, died back in June 2004 at the age of 93.
Since it's an election year, I've mostly been reading biographies and autobiographies of political figures. I've read books from Hillary Rodham Clinton and Jimmy Carter, plus books on presidential wannabees Marco Rubio and Mike Huckabee.
I just finished Nancy Reagan's "My Turn" and Kitty Kelley's "Nancy: The Unauthorized Biography".
What I concluded from Nancy's book is that she definitely heavily influenced Ronald Reagan in his two terms as California's governor (1967-1975) and his two terms as president (1981-1989).
Even in her own words, I don't think she was probably a very nice person (outwardly). However, I don't think she was the evil pariah that Kelley made her out to be.
But, reading some of the accusations made by Kelley — including an affair with Frank Sinatra, date rape, and unplanned pregnancies — it definitely makes one wonder what was really going on in the lives of one of the most conservative political families.
To restore some of my faith in Ms. Reagan, I read Michael Deaver's "Nancy: A Portrait of My Years with Nancy Reagan".
Although it's a short book, don't waste your time. It's basically the "CliffsNotes" version of Nancy's "My Turn".
He told the same stories she did with very little new insight. The book only one earned its worth when in the last thirty or so pages, he addressed Ronald Reagan's Alzheimer's Disease.
There's one thing that I would never dispute about the Reagans — their love for each other in their 50+ years of marriage. It's very admirable.
I still have a few more books to read about them — about their love and President Reagan's autobiography.
PRESIDENT REAGAN, I NO LONGER HATE YOU
I didn't personally know or like the Reagans (especially the President).
There's one big reason that I used to despise Reagan and it was much deeper than him defeating my favorite President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election. Here's a blog from the summer of 2012 to explain. (Clicking on this blog link will open a new window, so you won't lose your place in today's reading.)
https://anthonypeoples.wordpress.com/2012/07/05/president-reagan-i-no-longer-hate-you/
TWO WEEKS IN CHINA
Since my last "Random Friday Thoughts", Ray and I spent two weeks in China. We met some really nice people in our tour group from all over the world, including New Zealand.
We climbed the Great Wall of China, cruised on the Yangtze River (when we weren't fogged in and unable to move), saw the stunning Gorges, endured the worst smog I've ever seen in Beijing where our trip started and ended, and witnessed the lights and glamour of Shanghai, the reason we went to China!
Maybe because it was for a tour group, the food was pretty bland and too Westernized. I'm ready to enjoy my favorite Asian food in the Quad Cities, Osaka Buffet, in Moline, for some "real" tasty cuisine.
Would I ever go back to China? Probably not. Would I recommend seeing it once in your lifetime? Definitely!
The first time I heard "Faded" by 18-year-old British-born Norwegian record producer Alan Walker (with vocals by Iselin Solheim), I fell in love with the song.
Instantly, I searched out more songs from Walker and much to my chagrin, I found there isn't an album — yet.
The ethereal, very moody, and captivating song is already a chart-topping smash in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vietnam, and eight other counties!
Here is the United States, the song is racing up the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart jumping from #26 to #17 this week and it's already in the Top Ten on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart.
It's getting some airplay at Top 40 radio here, but I hope it really catches on soon. If you haven't heard it, here it is.
Call B100 and 101.3 KISSFM here in the Quad Cities and request it. Just tell them that Anthony from Local 4 requests that you play it. 🙂
"LONDON SPY"
If you're looking for an intelligent television series to add to your summer viewing, you have to check out this five-part BBC America series. (You can catch it on Netflix.)
"London Spy" stars one of the best English actors working today, Ben Whishaw, who's also appearing on Broadway in "The Crucible".
It doesn't hurt that Whishaw is charming and adorable, too! But, I'm recommending this thriller because he's incredible and the story is very suspenseful.
It also stars Jim Broadbent ("Moulin Rouge!") and Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling ("45 Years").
Since I don't write as much as I used to or as much as I'd like, I appreciate you checking out this week's "Random Friday Thoughts". As always, feel free to let me know if you agree or disagree — just do it diplomatically.
Have a great holiday weekend and remember the great men and women that made this Memorial Day weekend a holiday.
When The Hell Did I Get So Old?
Posted by Anthony Peoples in Uncategorized.	Tagged: Britney Spears, Charlie XCX, Clean Bandit, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kiesza, Kylie Minogue, Las Vegas, Madonna, Michael C. Hall, Moulin Rouge!, Renee Fleming, Sia, The Merry Widow, Whitney Houston.	3 comments
Age is just a number!
I tell myself that all the time because I feel great and I think I look decent for 5o! I see other people younger than me and they look years beyond their age.
However, with Ray out-of-town for a conference, I turned the radio on shortly after midnight (Mix 96 in the Quad Cities) as I was getting ready for work yesterday morning and Whitney Houston was belting out "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)".
I didn't think of her death, her drug abuse, her marriage to Bobby Brown, or that Lifetime movie. All I thought about was how happy that song and much of her music made me feel.
But, it really got me to thinking about my 22-year-old self back in Kentucky getting ready to go out for a night of clubbing at the gay bar in Paducah and playing that song when I was spinning records. Yes, records!
I thought of how young I was then and how much life I've lived since 1987. And, then I thought, "When the hell did I get so old?"
Yes, that sounds contradictory because one moment I'm talking about looking and feeling great and the next I'm talking about how I got to be so old.
I love to travel. Just last year alone, I was fortunate enough to go to Las Vegas, Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), Paris (France), Tel Aviv (Israel), and New York City for New Year's Eve and that holiday weekend.
I saw the glitz and glamour, historic buildings, the Eiffel Tower, the Mediterranean Sea, Old Jaffa, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, One World Trade Center, Rockefeller Center in all of its Christmas glory, and much more that those cities offered.
I saw Olivia Newton-John and Shania Twain in Las Vegas and a show at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and I turned fifty during the performance. I saw Michael C. Hall as Hedwig in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" on Broadway and the incredible Renee Fleming in my first operetta, "The Merry Widow", at the Metropolitan Opera.
However, one thing that I never saw in any of those worldly cities was the inside of a nightclub.
As a youngster, in my 20s, I loved going out and partying with my friends back home, taking short road trips to Louisville (Kentucky) and Nashville (Tennessee) and much longer road trips to Milwaukee (Wisconsin) and Chicago (Illinois). I loved making new friends, cruising hot guys, and hanging out with drag queens.
Even in my 30s, I had a blast in the nightclubs during the four years that I lived in Chicago.
Fast forward to 2015 — I'm older now and I'm married to a wonderful man and we have a teenage daughter.
I love sitting at home and veggie out on the couch watching movies and our favorite television shows. I love working in the yard and the garden and floating in the pool on summer nights and weekends.
But, I still love throbbing and pulsating club music. I still love Madonna and Britney Spears.
Whitney may no longer be with us in life, but she lives on and she still inspires.
On my next trip to a metropolitan city, I'm going out, I'm going to dance and have a good time.
But, I won't slam shots and cocktails because it takes longer to recover than it did twenty years ago. I'll refuse cocaine standing at a urinal in a bar, just as I did on my first visit to Las Vegas in 1993.
Age is just a number and just another candle on the cake of life.
And, to prove that, how many of you remember Giorgio Moroder?
The 74-year-old Italian musician released his first record 50 years ago! He gained international fame by making disco king in American by producing many of Donna Summer's 1970s club and radio classics.
This spring he's releasing his new album, "74 is the New 24", with guest appearances by Britney Spears, Sia, Charlie XCX, and Kylie Minogue, who's featured on the album's first single, "Right Here, Right Now".
Giorgio says, "Dance music doesn't care where you live. It doesn't care who your friends are. It doesn't care how much money you make. It doesn't care if your 74 or if you are 24 because… 74 is the new 24!"
Amen, Giorgio! So, dim all the lights, turn on the strobes and the fog machines.
I'm ready to dance with somebody who loves me or someone who just wants to share the dance floor with me.
I'm not stuck in the past with my love of Madonna and the sounds of the 1980s. I love new dance artists like Kiesza and Clean Bandit. If you're not familiar with them, check these out!

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Oh my heart! When Neb and Milana stepped in front of my camera last month for their engagement photography, I must have been smiling like a fool. Watching their love unfold in front of me was so beautiful as they excitedly talked of their wedding coming up and of how Neb proposed to Milana.
They happily traipsed hand in hand through the bush as we chased the afternoon light and I am thrilled to be photographing their wedding this weekend. I know that if their engagement session is any indication, it is going to be magnificent!


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util_draw_init_info(struct pipe_draw_info *info)
{
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static INLINE void
util_draw_arrays(struct pipe_context *pipe, uint mode, uint start, uint count)
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Three Months in Argentina: First night out!
Well, I can officially say that I got in the latest I've ever come back from clubbing this morning -- around 6:30 AM! And amazingly, this was still early by the club standards, as in the club was still bopping in full force when we left! I'm amazed by how late everything gets going here. We had dinner at 11:00 PM and no one was there, hardly anyone was on the streets... gradually over the next couple of hours things started to pick up, and by 2:00 AM the streets were thronged with people and the club was packed. Actually, the atmosphere of the club was surprisingly similar to every other club I've ever been to-- I guess there's a universal appeal to hot, sweaty, loud and crowded. They played some American top 40 stuff and lots of upbeat Spanish numbers, and more than once I was suddenly and unexpectedly jostled all over the place when a popular Spanish song came on and the, er, crowd went wild singing along and jumping everywhere. It was definitely akin to where Journey comes on at the end of the night at a social back home!
One thing I did notice was that people didn't seem to be drinking that much! At home, everyone on the dance floor has a drink in their hand at every moment; here, it was quite rare to see, and we were spared that early-in-the-morning atmosphere of vomit, discarded bottles and glasses and incoherent, stumbling drunkards trying to find their way to the door (or maybe we just left too early?) It was nice because it kept the vibe of the place a little more civilized and a lot less gross.
The people are all dressed quite nicely at the club, especially the girls; I did feel quite conspicious in my loafers (although, in my defence, they are very nice loafers!) However, people are short here. It's a pretty rare day when I can walk through a crowd that size and feel tall, but last night I did. Navigating the language barrier when the bass is thumping made for some pretty interesting conversations. Guys would come up and start yabbering away, "Blah blah blah-o?" "No hablo espanol." "No?? Hablas ingles?" "Si, solo ingles..." "Blah blah blah blah!" and leave me staring blankly at them and backing away. I quickly learned not to respond to everything with "Si.." as well.
All in all, it was a really fun night and a super interesting experience. Today is looking like a nice day for lazing around, recovering some energy, maybe eating some ice cream and reading some Harry P... heaven!


How did you address one another while filming?
LSG: By name, not character names but our real names.
Are you the same age?
For both of you, it's your first time starring in a romantic comedy.
LSG: Personally, I like the romantic-comedy genre, and I want to be good at it. Meaning that it's a genre in which an actor has to show both diverse and natural attributes. In choosing my first film, since I didn't have experience on a huge action or blockbuster project as of yet, I didn't feel I could do it well. On the other hand, with this movie, I felt I could create and develop this well with Chaewon.
MCW: Different from Seunggi, I didn't like romantic comedies. I will be 29 in the new year, and I did want to do a romantic comedy at least once before I turned 30. I wanted to see how I would appear in a romantic comedy. And at that point, I got to meet a personality similar to that of Jun Jihyun's character in <My Sassy Girl>. Someone once said, if I wanted to do a romantic comedy after the age of 30, it would have to be with a young guy. (chuckles) I feel very lucky to have met this project now.
In the movie, Junsoo and Hyunwoo have a 'some' relationship and have been friends for 18 years. When you received the script, what type of character came to mind?
LSG: Junsoo is a friend who would be extremely good to Hyunwoo. I felt I could convey these sincere, loving positive attributes for Hyunwoo. More importantly, since the character Hyunwoo acted by Chaewon has a lot of charms, I thought a lot of fun scenes could come out when [Junsoo and Hyunwoo] get together.
MCW: Junsoo has deep perseverance. Even though he also shows pitiful sides in order to make the story fun throughout, by and large, he is a man who does everything he needs to do.
LSG: For our generation, the 'Cold/Heartless Guy' is very popular. A guy who is cold and prickly toward a woman. Junsoo is a man who's opposite to that.
MCW: Not really into cold/heartless guys.
LSG: Yeah, more than that, 'Cold/Heartless Guy' is not suited for me, right? Through the movie, I wanted to show a sincere and charming love and depth to the generation of daters for which the 'Cold/Heartless Guy' has been popularized.
MCW: Hyunwoo acts like a tomboy in front of her dear friend Junsoo, and acts like a cunning fox in front of her work boss. She's rough around the edges but also tenderhearted, therefore she's a woman who always needs to be taken care of by someone.
What did you think when you heard the other person was cast for the role?
LSG: Honestly? Haha. I really liked it. For a romantic comedy, I think actors' friendly nature is just as important as their acting skills. I've always been close with Chaewon, and Chaewon's face is a style I like.
MCW: (raising one arm up to the sky) Wow! (busting out laughing) When Seunggi said he was going to do it, I thought it was the best casting. (chuckles) On top of being able to convey an easygoing, unaffected charm, there's also a sweet charm to him. If another person was cast, I probably would've thought he at least had charms as an actor, but I don't think he could have showcased Junsoo and Hyunwoo's relationship to the extent Seunggi did. Like when would you become close?
How often did you meet before filming?
MCW: On the first day of filming there was a drunken fit scene, and we filmed a kiss within four days, no, I mean a [bo-bo, not deep kiss] scene. (chuckles) Unlike Seunggi, who tends to treat even people he's met for the first time quite naturally, I have a tendency to be very reserved. This time, I wanted to become close with Seunggi quickly, and so I tried hard to do that. Although I don't appear very tense in the movie, early on, I was incredibly nervous. As time went on, I became comfortable, and I found myself leaning on Seunggi again and again.
Like Junsoo and Hyunwoo in the movie, do you think it's possible for two friends to be in a 'some' relationship for a long time?
[ENG] 'Love Forecast' Movie Making Production Video – Why Lee Seunggi + Moon Chaewon? Why Director Park JinPyo?
Thanks Ann for the translation.
Thank you so much! This is great!!!
Omg why are they so cute together??
We shall look forward to watching this drama. Hope it out shines brilliant legacy.


Lili Reinhart talks Vogue through her future and debunks the Hollywood myth.
Lili Reinhart has no intention of playing a teenager for decades to come. Yes, playing Riverdale's high school sweetheart Betty Cooper catapulted the 22-year-old to fame but it's certainly not her intention to be trapped within the walls of any fictitious high school forever.
"Well I definitely think that my heart is in film, that's where I feel myself most artistically fulfilled," Reinhart, who says she's on the couch in a ripped T-shirt and hasn't washed her hair for two days, tells Vogue over the phone. Coincidentally, her Friday is wrapping up while in Australia, Saturday is only just beginning and this writer is in her own ripped T-shirt, with bed hair to match on the other side of the world.
"I see myself hopefully doing a lot of feature films and playing roles that are not high school characters, I'm definitely right now…looking at other projects to do in the future. I'm very much staying away from high school-based characters and scripts because I play a high school student for nine months out of the year, I don't want to play…I don't want to do another high school story," the actor says, choosing her words carefully but reiterating her desire to move past the high school clichés and bite into something more substantial.
"I think in order for me to feel that I'm pushing myself and growing as a performer, I need to kind of do things that are a little bit more adult and maybe things that are more grounded, because Riverdale is so over the top and very fast paced and everything is very dramatic," Reinhart says of The CW program that centres around the teens made famous by Archie Comics (Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones and the aforementioned Cooper) and the serial killer-riddled world they find themselves caught up in.
And there's certainly no question about range, at least from what we glimpsed from three seasons of Riverdale. Case in point, Dark Betty and season three's recent flashback episode: The Midnight Club. It seemed easy for Reinhart to shed the girl next door sheen of Betty Cooper for her onscreen mother Alice Cooper's (played by Mädchen Amick) rebel without a cause act that saw Reinhart switch roles to play the young, eye-rolling Alice Cooper (née Smith) for an episode.
But it's not just Reinhart's acting gig that has led to her to dominate headlines in recent months. Yes, there is her relationship with co-star Cole Sprouse (Riverdale's Jughead Jones). But more than anything, it's Reinhart's continued efforts to breakdown the idea of Hollywood perfection and call out bad fan behaviour that has many in her corner.
In the past year, Reinhart has taken to social media on multiple occasions to defend herself against body-shaming or her desire to keep her relationship private and out of the public eye, something that surely takes a lot of confidence.
"I feel like in being in the spotlight, you're forced to see your insecurities mirrored back at you, because you have hundreds of people pointing out your flaws. Or things that you don't like about yourself or things that you're self-conscious about, you're having people that you don't know judge that, and it's hard," Reinhart admits.
Reinhart goes on to note that digesting Hollywood should always be done so with a pinch of salt, daily. Because there's a carefully applied filter across it all—smoke and mirrors if you will.
"You see these beautiful perfect people in front of you, shoved down your throat all the time, when in reality, such a small amount of people look like that, or act like that, or have that body, so it's kind of unrealistic for us to be comparing ourselves to these quote 'perfect people' if that makes sense. It's a matter of realising the world around you and that Hollywood kind of puts a filter across everything to make it look more attractive than it really is. You don't see the eating disorders or the acne or the depression or the struggles that are going on behind the scenes. You just see these beautifully put-together people. So coming to the understanding that that's a façade, it makes it easier to accept your own flaws," Reinhart reiterates, adding that feeling insecure around airbrushed and "perfectly put-together" people is an easy trap to fall into.


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Resident leaves millions to school, law enforcement, animals
Christmas came early for one Hancock County community after a woman died and left a surprising amount of money for the community.
GREENFIELD — Christmas came early for one Hancock County, Indiana, community after a woman died and left a surprising amount of money for the community.
Patricia Pope, a Greenfield native, worked as a receptionist at Eli Lilly for 28 years.
"She drove a Kia and lived in $140,000 home," Ginny Brown, a Hancock County resident, said. "She was very frugal. And it was kind of a shock really that she had all that money."
When she died she left $500,000 for Greenfield-Central High School, Eastern Hancock County High School, and Greenfield-Hancock Animal Management, $50,000 for the Greenfield Police Department and $25,000 for the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
She left a total of $3 million to various organizations, including the ones above.
"I guess her parents divorced when she was young, so she was unable to go to college. So she was a firm believer in education." Ginny Brown, executive director of the Greenfield Central School Foundation said.
The school district says they plan to use the money for scholarships to help graduating seniors attend college.
Because Pope was an animal lover, the money given to the police department and sheriff's department will be used for its K-9 programs.
The mayor says they will use the money given to animal management to help build a new animal control building.
"One of my goals when I came in was 'I will have you in a new place,'" Greenfield Mayor Chuck Fewell said. "I don't know how yet. But I was thinking about how and then we got notified that Ms. Pope donated this money."
This article was written by Stephanie Wade for WRTV .


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*Did you include FormsModule (or other possible dependencies) in the imports of the module you use MatInput?

*If nothing works, delete node_modules folder and run npm install again.

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American Express Blue Cash Preferred vs. Wells Fargo Active Cash: Two Great Cash Back Cards for Everyday Purchases – NextAdvisor
Holly Johnson is a credit card expert and writer who covers rewards and loyalty programs, budgeting, and…
6% Cash Back at U.S. supermarkets on up to $6,000 per year in purchases (then 1%
). 6% Cash Back on select U.S. streaming subscriptions. 3% Cash Back on transit including taxis/rideshare, parking, tolls, trains, buses and more. 3% Cash Back at U.S. gas stations. 1% Cash Back on other purchases.
Earn unlimited 2% cash rewards on purchases.
6% Cash Back at U.S. supermarkets on up to $6,000 per year in purchases (then 1%). 6% Cash Back on select U.S. streaming subscriptions. 3% Cash Back on transit including taxis/rideshare, parking, tolls, trains, buses and more. 3% Cash Back at U.S. gas stations. 1% Cash Back on other purchases.
The Blue Cash Preferred from American Express and Wells Fargo Active Cash cards are both cash reward heavyweights, with high-value rewards on everyday spending. While the Blue Cash Preferred offers tiered bonus rewards with up to 6% cash back in certain categories (up to limits) the Wells Fargo Active Cash comes with a flat 2% cash rewards on purchases. How you spend, along with your willingness to pay an annual fee, what you're looking for in an intro offer, and redemption options can all help you decide between these top cash back picks.
The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express and the Wells Fargo Active Cash℠ Card are two of our favorite cards for earning cash back rewards on everyday spending. Plus, they come with some great benefits, welcome bonuses, and introductory offers.
But there are some significant differences between the two. Including their differing types of cash back rewards structures. Where the American Express Blue Cash Preferred is a tiered bonus category cash back card that offers more rewards in select spending categories, the Wells Fargo Active Cash Card is a flat-rate cash back credit card that doles out 2% cash back on every purchase.
There are other distinguishing factors to compare between these two cards — including fees, perks, and redemption options. Before you choose, here's everything you need to know about what both cards offer.
Side-by-Side Comparison
Blue Cash Preferred Card from American Express
Wells Fargo Active Cash Card
Annual Fee $0 the first year, then $95 $0
Welcome Offer $300 when you spend $3,000 within six months of account opening $200 when you spend $1,000 within three months of account opening
Cash Back Rewards 6% back on up to $6,000 spent at U.S. supermarkets per year, then 1% back
6% back on select U.S. streaming subscriptions
3% cash back at U.S. gas stations and on transit
1% back on other purchases Earn an unlimited 2% cash back on all purchases
Other Benefits • 0% APR on purchases for 12 months, followed by a variable APR of 14.24% to 24.24%
• Global Assist hotline
• Travel and purchase protections • 0% APR on purchases and qualifying balance transfers for 15 months, followed by a variable APR of 15.24- 25.24%
• Cell phone protection
Bonus Comparison
With the American Express Blue Cash Preferred, you can earn $300 after spending $3,000 on purchases within six months of account opening. This works out to about $500 per month for the first six months.
The Wells Fargo Active Cash Card has a comparatively lower welcome offer, but also requires less spending. With this card, you'll get $200 in bonus cash when you spend at least $1,000 on purchases within three months, or about $334 per month over that timeline.
If you have a large upcoming purchase or your regular budget already allows for at least $500 in monthly spending, the Blue Cash Preferred offers more cash back after account opening. But the $200 Wells Fargo Active Cash offer isn't bad either, and may be a better fit for smaller budgets.
Both cards offer great cash back rewards, but your top pick will depend on your individual spending.
The American Express Blue Cash Preferred offers tiered rewards in bonus categories. You'll get 6% back on up to $6,000 spent at U.S. supermarkets per year (then 1% back), 6% back on select U.S. streaming subscriptions, 3% cash back at U.S. gas stations and on transit and 1% back on other purchases. This card is a good choice to earn rewards on common everyday purchases — especially with rising grocery and gas prices.
Keep in mind that the 6% back rate at U.S. supermarkets is capped after you spend $6,000 per year. Many families spend a lot more on groceries than that. In fact, the average family of four with two adults under age 50 and two kids (a boy and a girl, ages 12 and 13) spend $1,239.50 on groceries each month (or $14,874 per year), based on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's "moderate" food plan.
By contrast, the Wells Fargo Active Cash Card offers an unlimited 2% cash back on all purchases. You can earn flat rewards outside of bonus categories, which can add up to more rewards over the year, especially if your spending doesn't often fall into common rewards categories. For instance, if you do your food shopping at superstores or warehouse clubs, which are often excluded from grocery bonus categories.
Another thing to consider is redemptions. The American Express Blue Cash Preferred only lets you redeem your cash back for statement credits, while the Wells Fargo Active Cash Card lets you redeem for purchases, transfers to an eligible Wells Fargo account, cash at an ATM if you have a Wells Fargo debit card, or gift cards.
If you're hoping to save money on interest with your new card, the Wells Fargo Active Cash Card is the better option since it extends 0% APR on both purchases and qualifying balance transfers for 15 months (followed by a variable APR of 15.24% to 25.24%). This makes it a reasonable choice whether you want to make a large purchase and pay it down over time or you have high interest debt to consolidate.
If you need to consolidate existing debt, the Wells Fargo Active Cash Card is the only card of these two that allows balance transfers. You'll get an introductory 0% APR on qualifying balance transfers for the first 15 months, which can help you save money as you pay down your balance. However, if paying down debt is your main goal, consider other balance transfer cards with up to 21 months interest-free.
The Amex Blue Cash Preferred has no intro offer for balance transfers, but can be a good choice if you just need to make a big purchase. It offers 0% APR on purchases for 12 months, followed by a variable APR of 14.24% to 24.24%.
The Wells Fargo Active Cash Card doesn't have an annual fee, which makes it a good card to keep for the long haul. By contrast, the American Express Blue Cash Preferred charges $0 the first year, then $95 annually.
In terms of other fees, they both charge the same late payment fee up to $40. The American Express Blue Cash Preferred also charges a returned payment fee of up to $40. If you decide to transfer a balance to the Wells Fargo Active Cash Card, you'll need to pay an intro 3% for 120 days from account opening, then up to 5% (minimum $5) balance transfer fee.
Both cards charge foreign transaction fees (2.7% with the American Express Blue Cash Preferred and 3% with the Wells Fargo Active Cash Card). If you plan to travel outside the United States often, you may also want to look at other credit cards that don't charge foreign transaction fees.
Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express
Wells Fargo Active Cash℠ Card
As with all of our credit card reviews, our analysis is not influenced by any partnerships or advertising relationships.
Both of these cards make our ranking of the best cash back credit cards, but the best one for your wallet depends on your top spending categories, how you plan to use the card, and the fees you're willing to pay.
If most of your budget goes toward everyday spending within the Blue Cash Preferred's bonus categories, you can get a higher rewards value on your regular purchases, including the unbeatable 6% cash back at U.S. supermarkets (up to $6,000 per year, then 1% after that). Look back at your previous few years' spending to ensure the rewards you'll earn are enough to offset the $95 annual fee.
On the other hand, if you don't want to pay an annual fee or track any bonus rewards categories, the Wells Fargo Active Cash Card is a better choice. Whether you're planning for a summer vacation, supporting local businesses, or shopping online, you're guaranteed to earn 2% rewards — regardless of your category or budget.
You should always consider your own spending habits for the best estimate, but based on average American spending data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we estimate the Blue Cash Preferred offers about $302 in annual rewards value after the first year, and the Wells Fargo Active Cash about $265.
You could choose maximize rewards even more by pairing these two cards and strategizing which you use to spend to earn the most cash back. You could use your Blue Cash Preferred to earn more rewards on U.S. supermarket spending (up to the annual cap), select streaming services, purchases at U.S. gas stations and transit purchases. From there, you could use your Wells Fargo Active Cash Card for everything else to secure the elevated rate of 2% cash back.
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Robert Belfort, Alex Dworkowitz
Federal confidentiality rules, such as the "Part 2" rules, can be a stumbling block for primary care practices seeking to integrate substance use disorder treatment. This paper summarizes the rules and outlines steps that practices can take to coordinate care and stay within the law.
Behavioral Health Integration
The California Health Care Foundation is deeply committed to fostering behavioral health integration — the knitting together of mental health care and substance use disorder treatment with health care as a whole.
CIN Webinar: Behavioral Health Integration
The California Improvement Network (CIN) is launching a behavioral health integration affinity group to bring partner organizations together to identify and solve a critical challenge in the field. This webinar provides information about that group.
SB 1004 Implementation Technical Assistance Series: Gauging and Promoting Sustainability and Success
Serious Illness & End-of-Life Care
This webinar helped palliative care providers and managed care plans develop strategies to track and evaluate the quality of implemented SB 1004 palliative care services, to identify potential barriers to program success and longevity, and to collaborate on strategies to promote the delivery of high-quality palliative care.
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Leslie Walker
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The company that beat out more than 70 competitors believes that a person's physical and mental well-being are inextricably linked.
California Lawmakers Asked CHCF How to Improve Access to Care in Medi-Cal. Here's What We Told Them.
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Chris Perrone, director of CHCF's Improving Access team, told the California Legislature how Medi-Cal expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has affected access to care for people who rely on the program.
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Sandra R. Hernández: Too many Californians with low incomes are held back or suffer because it is difficult to get the care they need. There are clear ways to make health care work for low-income Californians — if we work together across sectors, across professions, and across ideological camps.
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Contracting processes between payers and providers to deliver palliative care can often be cumbersome. This project evaluates the use of consensus standards across multiple payer-provider contracts.
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Q: With the lack of Java pre-processor, How should I isolate non-free packages? I'm developing a Java Android app, I use some non-free components: Google Maps, Analytics, .. along with many open source (GPL'ed) packages. I want to be able to easily compile two releases:

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*Full Fledged with non-free [Upload to Market]

*Limited but GPL'ed for the open-source community

I think Eclipse has some pre-processing powers, but this is not portable or standard.
What's the best practice for this case?

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What's the best practice for this case?

There are three answers to this question.
The first answer is to consult with qualified legal counsel, along with relevant technologists, to determine if your plan will meet the GPL's requirements. IANAL, but if "full-fledged" contains GPL'd components, you cannot substitute some separate app's source code, even if some of that source code is the same, and claim that you are complying with the GPL, should somebody request the source to the "full-fledged" app. License term discussions are off-topic for StackOverflow, though if you have questions of "will such-and-so implementation satisfy this technical requirement (which happens to be imposed by the GPL)", feel free to ask those here.
The second answer is what zapl suggested in the comment, which is to consider Gradle for Android. The "product flavors" introduced in that build system make it comparatively easy to have one project that builds separate app versions for separate circumstances, such as:

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*Use separate in-app purchasing APIs for separate distribution channels (e.g., Play Store vs. Amazon AppStore for Android)

*Use ARM vs. x86 NDK-compiled binaries

*Use different ad networks

*Etc.
However, while there are ways to have Eclipse and Gradle for Android get along, it would only be for projects that would not have different source code, resources, or manifest contents for the different product flavors. Otherwise, Eclipse will not be an option, at least today. Android Studio should be an option, though I have not tried using it to build product flavors. If you have not been using an IDE for builds, but instead have been using Ant, Gradle for Android pretty much supports a superset of Ant's capabilities today, even though it (and Android Studio) are still pre-release at this time.
In the absence of Gradle for Android, you could put common code in an Android library project and consume that library project from two apps.
Again, though, focus first on a solution that complies with the license terms, then determine the means by which you would implement the solution.


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package org.charlie.chess.moves;

import java.util.*;
import java.util.function.Consumer;

public class PossibleMoves implements Iterable<ChessMove> {

    private final Set<ChessMove> possibleMoves;

    public PossibleMoves(ChessMove... chessMoves) {
        HashSet<ChessMove> possibleMoves = new HashSet<>();
        Collections.addAll(possibleMoves, chessMoves);
        this.possibleMoves = possibleMoves;
    }

    public void addMove(ChessMove... chessMoves) {
        Collections.addAll(possibleMoves, chessMoves);
    }

    public void addMoves(PossibleMoves movesToAdd) {
        this.possibleMoves.addAll(movesToAdd.possibleMoves);
    }

    public SimpleMove getMove() {
        return null;
    }

    public int size() {
        return possibleMoves.size();
    }

    @Override
    public Iterator<ChessMove> iterator() {
        return possibleMoves.iterator();
    }

    @Override
    public void forEach(Consumer<? super ChessMove> action) {
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Lovecraft in the Theatre: Manhattan Theatre Source's Things at the Doorstep
the rejectionist
Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:11pm 4 comments Favorite This
A friend of mine reviews plays for theasy.com, and he took me on Tuesday to see Manhattan Theatresource's production of Things at the Doorstep. The double-bill show is a set of one-man plays; the first piece, "The Hound," is an adaptation of the Lovecraft story written and performed by Greg Oliver Bodine, and the second piece, "I Am Providence," is from playwright Nat Cassidy.
One knows, straight off the bat, that even if one is a Lovecraft fan (which I am, with reservations), two back-to-back one-man shows based on Lovecraft stories are either going to be truly amazing or staggeringly awful. There is not much room for the middling in such an endeavor. Luckily for me, they verged on magical.
The occasion did seem fortuitous: Tuesday was the 74th anniversary of H.P.'s death (of intestinal cancer). That I was wearing the same shirt as playwright Nat Cassidy, who was present for the show, was a nice fateful touch (Bauhaus, very appropriate). Equally apt—particularly for Lovecraft, who was obsessed with astrological omens—the moon was five days away from perigee; on the 19th of March the full moon will be the closest to earth it's been in twenty years. So! all of that, rather portentous indeed.
Thus it was quite fitting that Things at the Doorstep turned out to be an unexpectedly brilliant mediation on the use and function of horror, on H.P. Lovecraft himself, on the supernatural, on storytelling, on death, on hope. On acting, which bears a suspicious similarity to writing: a career that is almost entirely out of your control—a series of petty humiliations and ongoing miseries that one endures for the sake of those rare and perfect moments of transcendence, when one crosses over into another world, another body, another story than one's own.
"The Hound" is a smart and lively adaptation by a fantastic actor. Bodine's performance is gleeful but never ham-fisted (no mean feat, considering he's left Lovecraft's overwrought language unchanged). The production makes excellent use of the tiny, intimate theatre space, creating an air of palpable spookiness with smart set design and well-used sound effects, and the piece is deliciously macabre. But it's Cassidy's "I Am Providence" that I'm still chewing on days later, thinking about what it means to tell a story, and about what it means to love a writer whose work is truly horrifying—and not in the Stephen King sense of the word, either. As someone who has struggled for years to reconcile her love of, shall we say, problematic texts with her love of a radical and liberatory politics, it is both reassuring and useful to watch someone else wrestling with the same questions—in this case, in the course of a play creepy and thrilling enough to do old H.P. proud (although it is difficult to imagine that gentleman being pleased with much of anything, to be honest).
Who knew that there were so many lessons to take home, from the life of a man who hated people in general and women and people of color very much in particular; a lonely, nasty, bitter human being who spent the majority of his life in a state of profound misery, who died alone and penniless and in excruciating pain, having never known a moment of success; and yet, who produced one of the most enduring and influential bodies of work in literary history.
I'm not going to spoil the secret of this play for you, except to say that it is the most delightful thing I've ever seen anyone pull off on a stage, anywhere, ever, and if you are in New York you must go see it. You must. You REALLY MUST. Whatever you do, do not leave during the intermission.
Things at the Doorstep plays at Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal Street, through March 26, 2011. Performances are Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM, and Sunday, March 20th at 7 PM. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased at theatresource.org or by calling 866.811.4111.
The Rejectionist is pretty Cthulhu-like on a good day. She blogs at www.therejectionist.com, where a slightly different version of this review first appeared.
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Economy adds 213K jobs in June, unemployment ticks up to 4 percent
by Vicki Needham - 07/06/18 8:33 AM ET
The U.S. economy added a solid 213,000 jobs in June, a stronger number than expected and a sign of the labor market's steady strength even as concerns mount about President Trump's trade policy.
The unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4 percent from 3.8 percent as more workers jumped into the labor market, the Labor Department reported on Friday.
The economy has added jobs for 92 straight months, beginning in October 2010 under President Obama, the longest streak on record.
Job gains also rose 37,000 more than previously reported in April and May.
"If any doubts lingered that slack in the labor force — the number of Americans on the sidelines waiting for a good opportunity — has been underestimated, they were quashed with this report," said Robert Frick, corporate economist with Navy Federal Credit Union.
Unemployment rose as 601,000 people entered the labor market and not all of them found a job.
"This slack could be one reason why wage growth disappointed again," Frick said.
"The labor market must tighten more before wage gains rival previous expansions and American workers can fully enjoy the fruits of this expansion," he said.
Wage growth remained lackluster with average hourly earnings up only 2.7 percent for the year.
Fewer burdens on employers — tax and regulatory cuts — have yet to yield better pay for workers. Even with the slow rate of pay growth, economists still expect that paychecks will grow as the labor market continues to tighten.
"The tight labor market is leading businesses to raise pay to retain their current workers and attract new ones, and wage growth will strengthen through the rest of this year and into 2018," said PNC Chief Economist Gus Faucher.
The unemployment rate rose in June for the first time since January 2017 but is expected to fall through the rest of the year to about 3.5 percent, Faucher said.
After revisions, job gains have averaged 211,000 per month over the past three months.
But Trump's decision to levy tariffs on close U.S. allies has led to massive retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports, which trade experts argue will cost jobs and damage the healthy economy.
On Friday, the U.S. and China exchanged tariffs of $34 billion on each other's exports, with billions more expected to come in the months ahead.
Business groups, lawmakers and foreign leaders have urged Trump to work with top trading partners such as Mexico, Canada and the European Union on global trade.
"The major downside risk is trade," Faucher said.
"Right now the tariffs imposed by the United States, and the retaliation from its trading partners, are limited and will have minimal impact on U.S. and global economic growth and the U.S. job market," he said.
"But if the U.S. and other nations enter into a full-fledged trade war with tit-for-tat responses, global economic growth could slow dramatically and weigh on the U.S. economy, leading to much weaker job growth by the end of the year."
The Federal Reserve at its June meeting noted that some businesses had expressed concern about the "possible adverse effects of tariffs and other proposed trade restrictions, both domestically and abroad, on future investment activity."
The Fed on Thursday noted that companies have "indicated that plans for capital spending had been scaled back or postponed as a result of uncertainty over trade policy."
Steel and aluminum firms have said they expect price increases after Trump imposed tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum coming into the United States.
"There is no longer a 'threat' of a global trade war, the battle has begun," said Hun Quach, vice president of international trade for the Retail Industry Leaders Association.
"Americans are caught in the crosshairs of the administration's three-front trade war, and they will be the ones paying the price," Quach said.
"The recent onslaught of tariffs will jeopardize manufacturing and agriculture jobs in the U.S. while driving up prices on household items."
Retailers shed 22,000 jobs last month after adding 25,000 in May.
Manufacturers, which added 36,000 jobs in June, also expressed concern about the use of tariffs to force China to change its trade policies.
"Tariffs have not and will not solve the existing problems in China," said National Association of Manufacturers President and CEO Jay Timmons.
"Tariffs will bring retaliation and possibly more tariffs," Timmons said.
"No one wins in a trade war, and it is America's manufacturing workers and working families who will bear the brunt of continued tariffs."
A separate report released Thursday by private payroll processor ADP showed that American companies added 177,000 workers last month, fewer than the 189,000 added in May.
But amid the labor market's expansion, there is growing concern about the shrinking labor pool, with the unemployment rate expected to eventually fall to historically low levels.
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics who oversees the ADP report, said the top problem for U.S. businesses is finding qualified workers.
"At the current pace of job growth, if sustained, this problem is set to get much worse," Zandi said.
"These labor shortages will only intensify across all industries and company sizes," he said.
The Fed also said that "labor market conditions continued to strengthen in recent months" and gross domestic product (GDP) "appeared to be rising at a solid rate in the first half of the year."
Despite robust jobs growth during the first three months of the year, the economy's expansion slowed to a 2 percent annual pace, down from the 2.2 percent rate initially reported.
Economists are expecting a stronger April-June quarter, with growth estimates in the 4 percent range.
Many sectors continue to see strong growth.
Employment in professional and business services increased 50,000 in June and has risen by 521,000 over the year.
Construction employment rose 13,000 in June and has increased 282,000 over the year.
Health-care payrolls jumped 25,000 for the month, increasing by a total of 309,000 for the year.
Mining employment continued on an upward trend in June, adding 5,000 jobs last month. The industry has added 95,000 jobs since a low point in October 2016.
Retailers lost 22,000 jobs last month after a gain of 25,000 in May.
–Updated at 10:26 a.m.
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