With our house on the market and our heads in planning mode for our upcoming giving tour 'round the country, meal planning has been the last thing on our minds.
I took the girls to the grocery store yesterday and couldn't think of a single meal to make (really). I spent $20 – milk, butter, bread, and fruit. We had homemade fruit smoothies and fresh tortillas last night; french toast the night before. Tonight? Um. Something on the grill?
Tim is awesome when it's 5:30 and we're meal-less. He will often grill up chicken, fish, or veggies at the last minute – and the results are rarely disappointing. On special occasions, we grill up a platter of babyback ribs (and the girls love it).
If you're short on space (perhaps you live in a condo, apartment, or duplex) or you want a grill to take camping, I recommend the Weber Q 120 LP Gas Grill ($169; available at Lowe's). It's compact, heavy-duty, and a cinch to use. The fold out wings on either side are great for holding waiting plates and tongs.
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What have been your favorite meals to make in the last few weeks? Your ideas are appreciated.
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* Lowe's sent me a sample for review purposes and is also providing 1 gift card for the giveaway.
*UPDATE* The winner is #231 Sarah. Congratulations!
Wow, that is amazing! I know my husband the grill king would love that.
We love chicken and noodles.
its been really nice outside here lately, especially during the evening! tonight we grilled haburgers and the night before we grilled turkey dogs! when my husband is home we grill steaks once a week no matter how the weather is!
We have never had anything nicer than the cheap round grills from stores like Wal-Mart. They rust so quickly and one even caught on fire. I'd love to put the gift card toward a nice one and host a few cook outs before it gets cold!
We eat out all the time. I mean *all* the time. The last meal I made at home was on Friday; I took a day off work and hubby was working so I fixed some canned soup. It expired about four months ago. I ate some of it anyway. It was okay, but the chicken seemed kind of dry, which is odd when it's been soaking in broth for a least two years.
I guess the easiest meal I make at home, usually a couple of times during the cold months (we don't have central heat) is lasagne. I brown the hamburger meat and drain. Mix the meat with canned (or jarred) spaghetti sauce. Mix shredded mozzarella with a canister of ricotta cheese. Lay down a layer of uncooked lasagne noodles, ladle over a layer of the meat sauce, spoon in some cheese mixer. Repeat. Add about a quarter cup of water (I use it to rinse out the sauce can (or jar) for a little extra flavor. Cover with aluminum foil that you have sprayed with some Pam to keep the cheese from sticking. Bake for about an hour at about 375 (or whatever the back of the noodle box says). Take off the foil and bake for another 15 minutes or so. Mmm-mmm. Overall, not a lot of prep time for a good home-cooked meal.
If I won, I would get a small charcoal grill for tailgating. Lowes has everything I need.
My fave meal ever is grilled salmon and asparagus with a salad. So good and good for you!
Hamburgers on the grill with different toppings. Thanks for the contest.
Pot Roast with carrots and potatos, Tacos, Mushroom Pork Chops is what i made last week.
We have been super busy lately and relying on a lot of quesadillas!
We're currently painting the interior of the house and would use this to purchase more paint.
My favorite thing to make lately has been chicken tikki masala. McCormick came out with these new spice packs and they are delish! Of course, I'm a sucker for any indian food. Served up with some rice and naan and I'm a happy camper.
We've been having taco nights once a week! Its super easy to make them and it gives me a break from cooking one night a week.
My favorite meals last week were Manicotti made with my momsdelicious recipe and pork steaks with Italian crumb coating and a dash of cinnamon and sugar.
We don't have our big old outdoor gas grill anymore, so that little Weber Grill looks like it would really fit the bill just for the two of us. We love to have a simple meal of fish and veggies, so this would do nicely. I have an amazing "wish list" for things I see at Lowes…it would be fun to win to fulfill some of these!
We have been so busy we have eaten out almost every meal for the last two weeks! October is always crazy for us.
Lowe's carries many great products related to spending time outdoors with our families.
My hubby loves to grill and I love to eat his grillin' meals.
Grilling has been a mainstay as our menus – and now our trusty old Weber is literally about to bite the dust (that is: to crumble into dust!) We love to grill meat, fish, seafood, chicken, turkey. and now especially veggies! They really taste great grilled. Hubby likes to grill pizza and bruschetta too. (I admit some "experiments" are more successful than others – but same goes with cooking inside.
This grill looks amazing. You can always count on Lowe's for some good quality products!
I need to get my husband on board with the more grilling thing. We do mostly chicken or burgers on the grill. He's a bit unadventurous. Thanks.
My grill is old and doesn't work anymore so this would be great to have.
I am a Chili making mama..I use smart ground (by boca..we are not vegetarian but I am not a huge fan of ground beef), onions, peppers, lots of tomatoes..I prefer fresh but sometimes I have to use canned, cumin, hot pepper, a little salt..garlic and a skillet of cornbread!..yumm..perfect for the fall weather..and easy, believe it or not to cook on a campfire if you use a cast iron pot!!
Nice little portable grill. One can never go wrong when you decide to grill. This grill is perfect for those summer camping trips too.
We Love to cook out especially Sausage and vegetables!
Brown rice with steamed veggies (usually broccoli) and pre-made sesame ginger sauce. yum! Sometimes I add in cashews or toasted sesame seeds.
Progresso Chicken Gumbo soup over brown rice. Doesn't get much easier than that, and it's pretty good too.
I wish I had great dinner ideas for y'all, but I'm mainly a pasta-with-veggies kinda gal. (My cooking skills are minimal.) I've never even mastered grilling, as local laws, combined with my condo assn rules, don't allow me to use either a charcoal or propane grill on my balcony!
We had some cooler weather, so I have tried a couple of Chili's that were appreciated.
a new bbq would be great for my campsite..
Well, it did start getting colder a couple of weeks ago, so I made a big pot of navy bean soup. It's the easiest stuff to make: beans, a great big ham bone, salt & pepper, and lots of hours in the slow cooker. Yum!
I can make up some of the meanest half pound angus burgers, complete smothered with american cheese and bacon everywhere!
We just sold our house and are builing a house right now and living in a tiny rental house. I need to go to lowes and get some metal shelves to put in the garage to help organize us. This looks like a great grill for us. It has started to be rainy here so i have been using the crockpot quite a bit making a turkey chili, an italian chicken dish and red beans and rice in it.
Lowe's is our go-to home improvement store but I rarely think of them for things like grills- thanks for the reminder.
My fave meal the past week ( and now), I cooked a big dish of breakfast casserole with sausage, bread, eggs, milk, cheese, etc. I just put a chunk of that in the microwave and have breakfast in 30 seconds, then off to work. Easy, quick and deeelicious.
I feel like I'm always making the same stuff. Every week I stand in the middle of the grocery store like what else can I make?? I never come up with anything. It's always nice when the hubby grills..I love grill as do the kids. This Grill really does look perfect from camping!
Cashew chicken is a big hit here, and we have it every other week or so. Hubby and the kids also like homemade pizza with a homemade Fast Rise Yeast crust (Florence-style) and we had that in the form of Spinach Pizza Margherite last week. Tonight we'll have turkey enchildas with fluffed white rice and beans on the side. I like black beans, but refried beans won the vote, so that'll be the side dish (which I'll be starting shortly…is it really 5:30 already??).
I love to cook once and then eat many times. Here's some ideas that should cover your meal needs for quite a while. These are very simple and quite good meals. This past week we had spaghetti and meat sauce and beefy nachos I cooked using the method below.
and also – Place the appropriate number of chicken pieces for your family in a plastic or glass container. Top each container with a different sauce or marinade. One can be BBQ, another Teriyaki, another Italian, etc. Label and date and freeze the containers. Thaw containers in refrigerator and cook a container when you need one. Easy, healthy flavored chicken awaits your family. There are so many different sauces and marinades to try that you'll never be bored.
I have done this method for years and love it. Enjoy and good luck!
I love to grill and this grill looks great for small spaces! Of course with $75 you could get lots of great items at Lowe's!
I grilled out yesterday. It is a charcoal grill, but when you have just one rack of food. We need a small portable gill just for the days when i need the barbecue taste.
I'm getting really discouraged with my grill. I filled up the gas tank and turned it to open, but nothing happens when I turn the grill knob on – sigh. There are SO many things that taste better grilled.
We love the convenience of a gas grill and the flavor of a charcoal grill. Someone should invent a charcoal-flavored gas grill. Thanks for the chance to win the Lowe's GC!
we've been trying all kinds of marinades for chicken. all the different flavors they have out now! the ceaser dressing was top of the list… we took the grill up to the mountains in august and left it up there so the relatives could use it, so now we are without any grill. no matter, we'll find one. clearance sales at the end of the year are best. thanx!
My favorite meal recently was the potato and kale soup that I made when the weather turned cool. I hadn't had any since last winter and it tasted so good.
That grill looks great! A grill has been on my shopping list for a while now!
We grill out all year round. We love to grill steak, hamburgers and hot dogs.
Yum, baby back ribs! I'm sad the summer's over, good thing I still have my foreman for inside grilling when the snow starts!
I really want a gas grill like this one. I have a charcoal one now and it just takes too long to heat up! plus I live in an apartment where space is limited so this grill would be great…my boyfriend and I love to grill out!
Ah, its so nice to have a husband proficient at the grill!
Me and my boyfriend love to BBQ! It's always a hassle initially, but the taste is so worth it.
My new favorite meal is grilled sliders, hot corn and home made cole slaw.
I like to make spaghetti with meatballs, mac and cheese, and roast. If I'm low on time I make tuna pasta (tuna with fresh garlic, olive oil and fresh basil topped with a little parmesan) super quick and yummy!
You sound like a mama after my own heart! We do smoothies for meals quite often at my house. Frozen blueberries, banana, almond butter, blueberry kefir and protein powder is a favorite.
My favorite meal lately has been homemade chili beans.
We definitely need some new grilling tools. We have a great grill, but our tools have seen much better days.
For dinner ideas I use Pioneer Women's site often! Great chicken spaghetti or pork salad recipes are some of our favorites.
My husband and I grill all the time. We have a lil 10$ charcoal grill. Not the best grill in the world. We used it every day to cook for weeks when we moved a few months back. Pretty handy grilling is. Dont dirty as many dished as you do cooking on the stove lol.
We are avid campers and go camping every year. We go with 17 other families and has become a big tradition in our family! This grill would be perfect for us to take camping! My husband has wanted one of these for so long. He would be ecstatic if we won a gift card to buy this. Thanks so much!
I have a small porch which would be a perfect place to use a grill like that.
We used to grill almost everyday year round until our grill started to rust out. Boo. Would love another one!
We've started to get tons of veggies from our local farmer's market, so we've been roasting a lot of potatoes, carrots, beets, and squash, and just last night we warmed up with some delicious pumpkin soup. Baked sweet potatoes and sweet potato fries have also made regular appearances on our table lately. It's going to warm up this week, so we might try to fire up the grill one last time and make some steaks and chicken/veggie kabobs while we still can!
We love grilling,even when it is cold,but our grill is not working that great these days,so this would go towards a new one!
I don't love the heat or mosquitos in Alabama but I do love that the weather allows us to grill year round.
I love going to Lowe's in the summertime for gardening supplies and flowers. In the winter I like to go there for cute Christmas presents for friends or to check out sale items and furniture. I'd love to use that gift card toward a new gas grill. Thanks!
We've only had Lowe's in our town for the last year or so…I'd love a chance to spend time perusing their aisles with a gift card…and this grill would be a great addition to our camping trips.
My favorite meal in the most recent weeks is Chicken Florentine Linguine. I went to great lengths to get the recipe from the person who first made it…I wrote him a note requesting it, I emailed him, asked my daughter to get it from him…finally I got it and made the dish for my family and for a potluck evening as well. I love it! Next time I have company, I'm making it for them.
oh, a new grill to grill some steaks.
We've been loving Kabobs lately!
We're gearing up to re-do our kitchen. Currently, there's no floor in there. We have to even replace the sub-floor. Fun stuff. Lowe's already own our soul's, this would be a great help. I know just the sink I'd go pick up :D Thanks for the chance!
This summer we had a big camping trip planned, but at the last minute my Mom had to have back surgery, so I went to help my Mom and my DH took the kids and his Brother and went on the camping trip (with 3 other families) and for some reason they came home without our grill. I would love to be able to buy a new one!
grilled salmon . . . can't get any better than that!!
i tend to make a lot of casseroles, that way we can have left-overs for a few days — the only downside is sometimes they don't turn out and i hear a lot of complaints when we have to have bad meal after bad meal!
These portable grills are very popular around here for tailgating (big football city–go Colts.) My husband makes up some great rubs and marinades for grilling.
The weather is starting to turn so I made a Coke Roast in the crockpot (can of Coke, Mushroom soup, dry onion soup mix, meat, potatoes,and carrots.) The next night I shredded the left over meat, added a drained can of peas, drained can of corn, and a little water and turned it into stew.
Another night I made Chili. The next night I turned the chili into a Tater Tot Chili casserole whose recipe I got from Taste of Home.
I also love to make homemade pizza. I make the dough in my bread machine. The recipe I use is on Hillybilly Housewife's website.
Grilled chicken and grilled tater tots.
Thank you for the giveaway. We love Lowe's and actually do quite a bit of our shopping there. I enjoy grilling, I wish the weather was perfect all the time to grill out. I experiment with our meats and my husband makes a killer grilled chicken.
Seriously cool grill. Would be perfect for us on our camping trips!
Enchiladas are a stand-by around here too. Do you make yours with flour or corn tortillas?
Pretty much always flour. Mostly because that's what we generally have in the fridge. =) Cheap at Costco! LOL!
I love my webber Q grill, it is perfect! One of my favorite things to grill on it is pizza. Take uncooked pizza dough, place on grill. Grill until brown on one side, flip over. Put sauce, toppings and cheese on. Close lid and grill until cheese is melted and bottom is brown. Oh so yummy!
I would love this gift card to get some grilling supplies.
I make turkey burgers, huge salads with hard boiled eggs and cheese, tacos, chicken pie, breaded baked chicken and spaghetti on the side.
Lately I have been making a lot of stir fry – we're trying to eat healthy and eat more brown rice, so I have been stir frying a bit of meat (chicken, pork, etc), all sorts of veggies (mixing them up so we don't get tired of the dish), lots of bean sprouts, and serve it over rice. Goodness that was a horrid run-on sentence! Thank you so much for the fabulous giveaway and for having such a wonderful blog.
In honor of breast cancer month pink french toast that are cut into heart or pink ribbon shape. Toasted on the little grill would be nice.
We love to grill & have thought of getting a portable grill & keep putting it off. Maybe it's time to finally do it.
Grilling burgers and corn before in gets too cold.
I adapt most dishes to fit kids, as in, taking the hot spiciness away and making them family friendly. I just won a recipe contest for my Gnocchi and I love our style of Zuppa Toscana. I can link you to my recipes if you like Italian, but I don't want to spam your blog with my site.
Tonight, we are having french toast for dinner per children's request. hee hee.
Our family loves shopping at Lowe's. We just bought some great plants there. We're looking for a new BBQ grill so this would come in handy, thanks!
It has finally cooled off for the most part so tater tot casserole, chicken casserole/chicken and dumplings, chili and shepherd's pie have been dinners in the past couple weeks here.
If I can't think of anything to cook, we usually end up eating breakfast foods like eggs and toast. But, I also love to heat up a grill and cook bratwurst for a quick and easy meal.
I love shopping at Lowes. I never looked at their grills before because I have an apartment but the one you featured in this blog looks like it would work well on my patio.
Lowe's is our favorite home improvement store. We could spend hours there browsing. Right now we have a gutted bathroom that use every bit of help. This would be great to buy the cool tile that I want there.
I would love to win. This would come in so handy – we always have something to fix around the house!
I've gotten in a real rut with meals for about the last 6 months. It's time to search the internet for some new recipes. My old grill got dirty so I threw it away, so I'd love a new grill. That would definitely help cooking new stuff.
My favorite meal I prepared over the past couple of weeks is a marinated pork tenderloin. I marinated it in teriyaki all afternoon and grilled it up on my George Foreman and it was delicious.
My husband would go crazy over something like this. It would be perfect for football season…especially tailgating!!!
My hubby and I build our house and are continuing to upgrade and maintain as necessary and we've found that Lowes is far superior to that other store. Around here they build them across the street from each other and both parking lots are usually full, but you won't find my truck anywhere but Lowes. Thanks for the giveaway, its about time we started our outdoor winterizing for this year.
This grill would be great to have for those long days at the ball field. It would end up saving us money because we wouldn't have to buy fromt he concession stand. Thank you!
We haven't grilled out in a long time since our last grill died. This would be a wonderful gift for hubby for Christmas.
Our local grocery has a huge meat sale about 4 times per year. We plan and buy LOTS of meat to put in the freezer. Then we always have something we can get out of the freezer to bake or grill. It also helps our weekly trips to grocery a little easier since we're not buying meat.
We were thinking of grilling out tomorrow for the holiday.
We have come close several times to buying a new grill, but everything we get ready to they do not have the one we want, and we always some how need the money else where, ugh this would be awesome to win maybe I would get lucky and find a nice one marked down because summer is over.
I am smelling it right now. Pork loin, garlic cloves shoved inside and cooked in the crockpot all day!! LOVE it…. smells amazing and what we don't eat today we will eat tomorrow as tacos!!
The weather has turned cooler so we/ve be pulling out our fall favorites like white beans and sausage with swiss chard and braised chicken with the last of the tomato crop.
We are in the process of getting our home ready to put on the market in spring of 2011. And never realized just how many odds and ends needed to be fixed before doing so. It seems as if we are forever going to Lowe's.
We have one of those George Foreman grills but I'd really like an outdoor grill so we don't stink up the kitchen. Also, maybe this would inspire my husband to actually cook something. One can only dream.
Lowe's just opened a new store a couple miles from my house. Woo hoo!
My wife and I love shopping at Lowe's for all our home furnishing needs!
And lately – while my wife recovers from a skiing accident, I've become the family's head chef!
Last night, I prepared Lemon Shrimp Linguine!
When it comes to cooking with less space I'm an expert! Our fave family meal is Chicken Packets. You can do this on a grill or in an oven.
You just take one serving of chicken for each packet and add what you like. We like one potatoe cut up (so it cooks well) with olive oil drizzled over. I prefer hot peppers and salsa, my daughter likes citrus (lemons or oranges) with her fave dry spices. My DH like a bit of both, so he has salsa with lemons.
I wish I could depend on help from the BBQ expert in our house. Unfortunately he seems to grill less and less each year. So far this year it's been two or three times. Maybe I should learn to do it, but lighting the fire intimidates me and I have no idea on how to determine when anything is done.
Maybe Lowes needs to offer free courses on BBQ techniques for women.
It's finally feeling like Fall around here and we realized that we have a lot of winterizing to do around our house. This gift card would sure help with the expenses!
I love Lowe's barbeque and appliance selection. The last barbeque I bought I got from Lowes.
We live in northern Maine, and one of the saddest things about winter coming is that we have to bundle up our grill and say goodbye to it until spring.
Soup season is here. I've been making lots of soup. Last night we had Pumpkin Soup. It was really good.
We love it that Lowe's opened a store nearby. We buy a lot from their garden center and we got a new grill there this summer too.
My husband makes a homemade chicken bbq sauce that is awesome (he takes basic bbq in a jar and adds fresh minced garlic, hot sauce and some other mysterious things). He'll grill up the chicken, cut up sweet potatoes and fry them and we'll add whatever vegetable is fresh at the time. My favorite is broccoli.
We don't have a grill and I recently found some steak on sale, so I bought it. I ended up broiling it – HA! Bloody in the inside and pretty crispy outside, my first time and we both said we wished we had a grill.
Lowe's is so much better than Home Depot! As for meals, grilled New York Steak and grilled vegetables are my favorites! BBQ'd chicken is another fav!
About every 2-3 weeks I fire up the grill – and when I do, I cook until the charcoal burns out. We all love the taste of grilled food and it gives us a break from the amount of time spent in the kitchen standing over the stove. And while the weather is still favorable, I hope to continue grilling right up to Thanksgiving!
When my brain is too tired to think of what to make for dinner I look at my list of ideas that the kids have picked out of my cookbooks, usually something from Rachael Ray or other quick and easy cookbooks. There's usually something on the list that is just a few ingredients which we usually have in the fridge, freezer, or pantry. It's really nice when the kid who picked out the recipe notices I've made something they picked out from the cookbooks.
My favorite recent meal was veggie burgers on the grill. Easy and yummy!!! Thanks for the chance.
One of my least favorite things is trying to decide what to have (and make) for dinner. My husband is super about cooking. As long as we have food in the house he will whip something up so I fill the fridge, freezer and pantry and he'll cook up a storm. Perfect.
I've made soups quite a bit lately, since it's been cold. Beef stew is a favorite!
I grill year-round. A grill like this looks to be very portable to use wherever there is light.
My favorite meal I prepared recently is Gazpacho and grilled cheese sandwiches, with jalapenos of course. :-) Thank you.
Lowe's has so many items that are great for around the house!
We love to gril outside–either chicken or ribs and some veggies like eggplant, squash, etc.
I just put away my grill for the season, getting into the 40's now, but it will be out again in April!
Lately I have been making crock pot slow cooked meals like pot roast and chicken tortilla casserole.
I would love to win this gift card to buy a grill for my daughter who just moved into her own apartment.
I love chicken shiskabobs marinated with herb and garlic marinade and cooked with onions, peppers, and tomatoes.
Lowes is a great place to shop at for a variety of house/yard items. My husband is in to grilling so much that he even grills out in wintertime, snow, rain it doesn't matter. I don't mind a bit because I don't have to cook as much, ha ha!
Love the looks of that grill. We like to camp and usually just use the grate on the fire pit at the campground. But this would be super to make breakfast! As far as grilling, we grill year-round. My hubs has stepped out in the deck in below zero temps to grill a steak. And I love him for it!
Just found your blog from "The Finer Things in Life." Excited for your new venture.
These last few weeks soups have been the favorites to make around here. We love soups and it seems that the fall weather makes them even yummier! Thanks for the giveaway!
My family is so busy with sports in the fall that our favorite meal right now is a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup.
If I win a Lowe's card, I will have to spend it quickly before my husband sees it!
If I win this, I am going to use it for myself instead of giving it to my husband as will be expected LOL!
It would be great to win so I could get some closet organizing shelves and baskets!
I'm not much of a cook myself but my hubby is awesome at it. What I've been asking him to make us late is spaghetti. We use wheat spaghetti here at the house. He also makes meat balls with basil and Parmesan cheese. he cooks it on the outside then he tosses it into the sauce so it absorbs the flavor. hubby also cooks some Italian sausage in the sauce, very very good.
I'v been trying a lot of new recipes lately. Some of them are: Toritlla Pie (this is a very versitle recipe), Apple and Cheese Casserole, & Pasta Courgette. All yummy!
Have a butcher shop near my office and in the summer we love to grill their bacon and cheddar burgers on the grill.
My kids love grilled cheese with soup or macaroni and cheese, big pleasers!
This would be great for our family after moving from a house into an apartment.
Nothing better than grilled steak.
my dad would love this. he's always going to lowe's for one reason or another.
Our family loves to camp and when we do we usually cook on the fire, however on our last camping trip it poured rain, so something like the travel grill looks awesome!
Oooh, that would be nice! This grill could be taken camping, which is so not possible with the bulky charcoal grill I have at the moment.
Pasta is always perfect to have.
We've actually been looking at this grill – need a new camp stove. It looks like a good one.
We have found a new favorite dinner – favorite because it is very tasty, but also SUPER fast and easy – Buffalo chicken dip. It is simply an 8 oz. cream cheese, 1/2 C ranch dressing, 1/2 C Franks Red Hot Sauce, 1/2 C shredded cheese, and one 12 oz. can of chicken. Mix it all up and bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Enjoy with your favorite corn chips. YUM!
Other good things we enjoy are chicken, green bell peppers, pineapple kabobs on the grill; cheesy broccoli soup; chicken cordon bleu http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/recipes/chicken_cordon_bleu.html; penne pasta chicken alfredo, chicken enchiladas; and my favs – breakfast foods like whole wheat waffles; tater tot, egg, cheese tortillas; and of course cereal!
I would like to get some nice cleaning solutions to clean my grill.
In the last few weeks I've loved making chili and roasted vegetables – the colors remind me of fall and served warm they make me feel cozy!
I'm a vegetarian, so there's no meat for me on the grill, but I love everything else! Corn, veggies, and especially garden burgers when they get really crispy!
We could use a new grill! It would be the perfect gift for my husband who loves to cook outdoors. He loves to cook just about anything outside on a grill. He's even made pie on a grill and it was delicious!
Talipia ia our favorite fish. We use instant garlic potato flakes and pat them on the fish. Then cook the fish in hot olive oil. Delicious!! Serve with some steamed brocoli.
The only thing I ever grill is steak – too much trouble for anything else.
I made grilled wasabi encrusted tuna steaks on our grill last week!
Our outdoor grill is on its last legs so buying this would be a great stopgap measure!
I love the idea of a small grill like that. My hubby & I are retired and we like to keep things simple in cooking and the cleanup! My favorite is a tex-mex burger and some nice grilled veggies like zucchinis and red peppers! YUm!
We love cooking vegetable kabobs on the grill. My sister has this grill. It's a nice one.
Also, we have a great little grill like this for tailgating. But, no flip out side tables….those would be handy!!
what a great holiday gift for my husband.
This grill is simply great for campers and RVers. There's lots of features for an item that takes up a minimum abount of storage space.
I currently live in an apartment complex where I can't have a full-size grill since I have no room to store it. I would love to have a small grill… I miss grilling chicken!
Breakfast for dinner is a favorite in our house too. Chicken and rice is another favorite. I have a modern version of a pressure cooker and you can throw frozen chicken breasts, chicken broth and a good gourmet rice mix in it and have a great dinner in 20 minutes with hardly any work at all.
During the warmer months, My husband grill out steaks, fish, chicken, ribs, hamburgers, but with the weather getting cooler now I'm in the kitchen a little more fixing things like lasagna, spaghetti, chicken enchiladas, chili, etc. We still grill out some, but just not as much when the weather is cooler. Thanks for the giveaway!
I've been wanting to grill some pineapple lately, I got to do that before it is too cold! But kebabs are always fun, we'll definitely grill our corn for Thanksgiving!
My favorite in the past few weeks is the Zuppa Toscana soup I made last week. It was yummy, and soup is perfect for the fall weather.
Meat loaf and mashed potatoes – yum!
My husband loves to go to Lowe's on the weekend. He never comes home empty handed from Lowe's. It is either a garden related item or a new found tool that he buys!
My in-laws live in a desert climate, and they love to cook outside as much as possible in order to keep the heat from the oven or stove out of their house. It would be so cool to put this under the Christmas tree for them. They would use it constantly, I know!
As it's starting to cool down a bit here my favorite meals have been Soups and Chilli..I'm making Potato, Cheese, and Ham soup tomorrow..Can't wait! I'm drooling already.
It's gotten pretty chilly here in the past couple weeks so I've been making pot pie, soups, and Indian food. I love warm, hearty foods!
we love that gas grill!
and we really need one too!
hope to win that gift card!!
my favorite dinners this week has to include tomatoes, I have a garden and we are over flowing with tomatoes! I am trying to use them up!
We are on the lookout for a grill and would love a little extra help from Lowes. We left our gas grill behind the last time we moved (it was in poor condition) and have been using an old charcoal grill available with our rental. Unfortunately, I'm charcoal challenged – I can't seem to heat the coals no matter what I do! I used to enjoy grilling but waiting for my husband to come home from work in order to light the grill puts a damper on the process.
Grilling is healthy eating. I need a grill.
We grill year round – seriously. Dead of winter and I'm bundled up in a parka grilling! Unfortunately, our grill is now about 80% rust, so I'd say it's time for a new one!
I really like to cook ribs and steak and hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill. And it would be very nice to have one. So we could cook with it. Thanks!
That grill would be perfect to take with us when we go camping. I get the same way about our dinners…decisions, decisions, but usually I come up with nothing exciting.
I love Lowes. We are currently remodeling our bathroom and this would be wonderful.
Gosh, we've been in the same boat as you! I think last night I ate cereal, the night before that I had cheese and crackers. It's been really BAD, ha! However, tonight I plan on making sandwiches with flatbread, lettuce, mushroom (I'm blanking on which kinds, but the really large heads/tops?) and red pepper mayo.
We go to Lowe's like once a week! It was even worse when we had first moved in to our house!
Well we really don't need a grill or grilling accessories because we already got them at Lowe's a couple of years back. Yet I wouldn't mind using this gift card to stock up on the energy efficient light bulbs, or even some grass seed for next spring.
Sorry but above, I forgot to include my favorite meal the past couple of weeks wasn't a grilling food at all. I made and froze stuffed bell peppers, and made and frozen lasagna's.
I love making a chicken tortilla lasagna thing…. all it is : a rotiss chicken – shredded and mixed with sour cream. Layer that with corn tortillas, salsa, and cheese – like a lasagna. Bake. ENJOY!
We're big on soups–most recently black bean. A few cans of beans, some onions and seasoning, frozen corn and peppers. Super easy to make. I also made a simple cornbread to go with it. It was delicious, and we ate it for quite a few meals without tiring of it.
You name it and I can grill it to a crispy black. Obviously I need a grill for more practice!
That grill looks great, I bet it will be real handy when you are traveling.
My girls loves smoothies for dinner. I've never tried making my own tortillas, maybe I should. Do you need anythign special to make them?
This grill sounds perfect for tailgating! Not that I've tailgated since before I had kids…but maybe someday we can bring the kids with us.
I totally hear ya on the meal-planning. This used to be my strong suit. I don't know what happened?! I'm in some sort of funk. Maybe I need some new ideas or something. It's getting bad and I don't even have an excuse like you do.
Lowe's has a great garden center, with healthy and strong plants, quite a variety, and sales galore!
It's fun to grill in a colorful backyard, with patio furniture, a mosic walk and patio stones, and flowers and birdfeeders, all from Lowe's!
It's not quite cool enough here yet to make my favorite fall recipes but I couldn't wait so we've already had Chili Spaghetti and Tamale Beef soup in the crock pot.
"Hot Dog Casserole" is a favorite in our house when the weather gets cold. It is easy to make and filling.
I have a photo of it along with the recipe on my Flickr.
My brother has one of these at his apartment and he loves it! I have been thinking about getting one myself because it is so portable and would be great to grill in the winter without trudging out the big grill. We love grilling chicken or beef and adding a side for a quick and easy meal.
Fruit smoothies are a favorite here too. Add a little spinach or kale for some extra vitamans!
With it being cooler lately, I'm loving the crock pot!
We love to grill at our house but we also love to have breakfast for supper. We grill anything from chicken to burgers to steaks. There's nothing like the smell of the grill. With a gas grill we are able to grill year around.
Our family likes to cook out on the grill a lot. So this would be a nice win.
I've gotten into coconut chicken curry and different variations on fajitas- steak and chicken with lots of lime for flavor.
Now this is a store my husband and I agree on. I looooove Lowes!!! I love shopping for items and starting new projects in our home.
We eat lots of pasta at our house! It is quick, easy and there are endless ways of pairing pasta with other foods and even leftovers! We are also getting our house ready to put on the market. We are going to be childless in the near future because our sons will be going off to college. Thanks for the chance!
We are big pasta-eaters too! In fact, we just had Pepperoni Pasta Bake for lunch today. Sometimes we even have plain noodles with parmesan cheese sprinkled on top (that is a favorite w/ our girls).
I love hot dogs. Could eat them every day. Yes, the ribs I had the other day were good, but hot dogs have my heart.
Last night I made a baked marinated salmon and served it with garlic sauteed spinach and baked yams.
My Dad is DIY-ing our whole backyard! He's been going down to Lowe's almost everyday for everything from Fence materials to fertilizer, Malibu Lighting…and more. This would definitely help out and make his Birthday a special one.
My family grills out a lot. I would love to replace my old grill. It is a cheap charcoal one that I bought at the beginning of the year and this would be a perfect time to upgrade it.
Oh we just moved into a new house and would ADORE winning this one!
My fave meals have been red beans and rice, minestone soup and pasta.
We have been enjoying grilled meats in salads and chicken fajitas! These have been very fresh and tasty with the heat that we have been having!
When I'm pressed for time and I have the ingredients on hand I throw together a Frito Pise. It's so quick and easy and bakes for only around 20-30 minutes.
Spaghetti & meatballs is my go to meal when I run out of time and ideas! I always keep frozen meatballs in the freezer and sauce in the pantry.
I love to grill vegetables especially! It gives them so much flavor!
Our grill has seen better days so this would definitely come in handy to get a new grill. Thanks for the chance.
I always make rice because you can add just about anything to it to make a meal-it's even good with butter and salt and pepper, or milk and a little sugar!
I really like this because I love cooking out but don't do it enough to warrant a huge permanent grill. Also, sometimes we watch games at other peoples homes and I could take this grill with me!
Looks like a great grill. It would be wonderful to have the next time I go camping.
Left-over delight omelettes. Each one is unique. The best contained left over wined-cook-chicken, tomatoes, swiss cheese and broccoli.
We grill out all the time. This little grill would be cute to take along to the park I think, usually when we picnic we just pack cold meals, but this way we could combine our love of grilling and love of hanging out at the park!
Right now we borrow our neighbor's when we want to grill. It would be great to have one of our own!
I love that this grill is so portable. Great for an impromptu picnic or tailgating. Since grilling is so easy we do a lot of vegetables and chicken all year round.
Lately we have been having steak, chicken, and vegetable kabobs on the grill at least once a week.
I've always thought the little Weber grills were the cutest. Grilled food is my favorite type. I miss it so much in the winter because those indoor grills are just not the same.
We have a large grill for the backyard, but we could use a more portable one to take camping or on picnics.
We love old fashioned burgers. Nothing beats the smokey grilled flavor you get from burgers on the grill. We enjoy them regularly on the patio. Quick and delicious!
We love grilling and do it all year round. Nothing like a delicious charbroiled steak right off the grill in the middle of winter! Thanks.
My grill is from the Clinton administration. It barely made it thru the summer. I need a new one more than I need food, water, and air.
Even without all that going on, I still have trouble coming up with dinner ideas sometimes. I definitely should use my grill more. Good luck selling the house!
I love grilling in the fall. Weather is perfect. You are not sweating in the summer heat.
This is our time of year we grill the most for Football season, we love tailgaiting and wouldnt this little Weber Q be perfect for that?? I can smell the brats and hamburgers.
That looks like a great camping grill. Will you be taking it with you in the RV? My hubby is great too at coming up with something quick when I am unprepared for dinner. He always seems to have an idea!
Also we sometimes have smoothies and something else small for dinner around here too. They can be very filling!
Yes, we will bringing this little grill with us. It should be absolutely perfect for the RV lifestyle!
I have been a slacker lately. Meals have been boring. I do love making pizza at home. Usually I make BBQ chicken pizza with chicken, green peppers, mushrooms, cheese (of course!), BBQ sauce. Yum! It is one of my favorite ways to use up leftover chicken.
We had smoked some brisket this weekend. It was so yummy. I am thinking of making some loaded baked potato soup tonight.
I made some oven baked butterflied pork chops with panko crumb coating last weekend that my husband raved about. Not nearly all my meals are that successful, so I was happy with the results.
We love grilling out steaks now that the weather is cooler.
This would be perfect for cool-weather cookouts on overnight camping trips. I'm in!
I love shopping at Lowe's, my grandson wants some tools for Christmas so he can help his Dad build and fix things!
homemade vegetable beef soup for tonight on this rainy cold day!! We <3 Lowe's!!!
We grill all the time. It's quick, easy & everyone loves it.
We've been making a lot of chicken tenders and chicken nuggets. I don't know why, but we've just been in a mood for them everyday. Maybe, it's the weather. I've also been wanting some hot chocolate topped with whipped cream and popcorn.
This little grill looks so wonderful for when you're short on space. We have a Summit Gold Weber and it is just fantastic, love it! We love Lowe's and just bought a new washer from them. They were wonderful, did a price match and even removed our old washer and installed the new one. Would love to go shopping at Lowe's again! Thank you!
This post describes me. Sometimes I will go to the store and have no clue what I want to make, but grilling would solve the problems some days.
It is getting cooler so that makes me want to cook hearty meals rather then just eat sandwichs. I love grilled chicken. I also like to get the crock pot out and make beef stew…it makes the house smell wonderful all day.
Talking about grilling accessories I've been meaning to get one of those steam powere grill cleaning brush, or something to make cleaning the grill easier.
My parents have one of these and LOVE it. They use it all year long. Our grill broke at the beginning of this past summer and we haven't replaced it yet. I have been trying to convince my boyfriend that this is the one we need!
i love lowes. much better then home depot. better deals, more stuff to offer.
I use our slow cooker to do country style pork ribs in a sweet and sour sauce, serve them up with rice and a salad.
What man wouldn't love to have more grilling accessories! My husband loves to grill at any time of the year. This would be great and Lowes has it all. Thanks.
I have so many memories of camping with my family… and making meals on our coleman cookstove. This makes me so incredibly happy, and I REALLY hope our children have the same memories someday (altho we will haven't attempted a camping trip with all 4 of us!).
No matter what meal, anything with catfish in it is great for me.
Seems like we're always cooking quick meals for during the week. Anything less than 30 minutes is what we look for. Weekends, I'll usually make larger meals.
One quick meal that my family loves is chicken added to a salad. Quick, easy & yummy.
My go to meal when time is short is pasta.
One of our favorites is always American Chop Suey. Quick, easy , tasty (especially as leftovers reheated) cheap to make and filling. Brown ground beef (or ground turkey) and sliced onions. Add 2 cans tomato soup (no water) and cook a pound of elbow macaroni. Add macaroni to the sauce, mix up, serve with some grated cheese on top. Add some Italian bread and a salad, perfect meal.
We go camping all the time, there are tons of things we could use from Coleman.
We got rid of our grill last year because of lack of space. I miss the barbecued meals.
My husband has been lusting after a stainless steel Weber grill at Lowes. If I won, we would put this gift card towards that grill.
We bought our last grill from Lowe's. I enjoy shopping there for things from plants and hardware to appliances and more. I get lost in the store and my husband has to find me.. I never want to leave.
I just grilled portabello mushrooms and asparagus, it was great.
Chicken with noodles, salad and garlic bread. Its quick and everyone likes it.
I make this Italian Chicken Pasta salad with bow tie noodles. It's a hybrid off a salad my best friend makes and it's soooo yummy!
Chopped lettuce, a box of farfalle noodles, Italian dressing to taste, chopped tomatoes and olives, parmesan and mozzarella cheese (shredded) and then grilled chicken with Italian seasoning on it, chopped up. I make it in the biggest bowl I have and it still only lasts about 2 days! Although any longer and the lettuce gets pretty slimy… ;) It's good warm or cold!
You're making my mouth water! Pasta salad is a great idea! (Thank you).
This gift card would motivate me to getting around to projects that need to be done around the house.
I love grilled portabello mushrooms, but since we don't have a grill I almost never get to enjoy them. I think a grill should go on our must buy list.
homemade french bread with homemade chicken soup tonight!
Mmmm. Sounds scrumptious! Homemade bread is one of my favorite foods.
Me and my husband love to grill out, just wish isn't wasn't so cold, or we would be doing it tonight!
Wow, lol way better than the cheap eight dollar rust a lot take along grills for sure!
I'll let you in on a little secret about me-I hate meal planning! Having a clean house, keeping organized, etc, etc. is all super easy for me, but meal planning is tough! I've tried to be better, but often 5 o'clock comes and I realize we don't have anything to eat. Chris often grills on those nights too! :) What a fun little grill though and I think it would be perfect for camping!
oh man – what's for dinner is always a minor stressful situation in our house. Lately, the two of us have been too busy to really "stock-up" on groceries OR cook for that matter. Our current "go to" is soup! So far I'm loving it. A couple weeks ago I made a huge pot of yummy chili and that fed us for a few days….but we typically buy the soup in the cans or cartons made by the market. We are lazy chefs over here.
There's a nice bathroom faucet they have at Lowe's I'd like to get cause I need to replace 2 of them and redo the kitchen and paint and tear the rug up before we can put the house up for sale so this would help.
cold weather crockpot weather…today beef stew- tomm chili.
Okay, so I have to admit, I wouldn't use it for grilling supplies..I would use it for paint. The hubby STARTED painted our bathroom and our kitchen, and has yet to finish them. I have been waiting for, oh, 9 months now? He keeps using money problems as his excuse not to finish up. I'd love to win so he could eat his words and I could finally have my house back!
Our weather here is turning a little cooler, but living in Florida, I have a chance to do a second round of planting for the yard. I would love to use a Lowe's gift card to buy some new fall/winter plants for landscaping! Lowe's always has a great selection of high quality plants to choose from! Thanks for the chance to win!
Its nice to be able to grill something up real quick. I only wish my husband thought the same thing. Maybe I do some grilling with a handy grill like this, ours is old and spider infested so I never want to use it. Ha!
Though we're not a camping family, I do love cooking in my Lodge cast iron dutch oven. Cobblers, stews, even chickens.
Well, I haven't cooked much in the past week, lol. My favorite quick dinner was salad with chicken breast on top with Olive Garden salad dressing. That's my favorite tip: you can buy the delicious salad dressing right from the Olive Garden restaurant!
It looks like a great grill! Some of our favorite meals lately have included make your own taco salads, grilled steak with veggies, pot roast, and sweet and sour meatballs over rice. Yum!
We purchased this grill at the beginning of camping season this year. It's worked GREAT!
I hope you have a lot of oppurtunities around a campfire on your upcoming adventures it is always a great way to meet the other people around you and you never know they might invite you to dinner. My parents took my son to Yelllowstone and the Tetons last year and my five year old insisted they invite their next door neigbor over for dinner.
We're obsessed with frittatas. We make this delicious one with broccoli, lemon, and goat cheese. Right now we're making meatloaf with baked potatoes. And, let's not forget our all time go to meal of polenta and spaghetti sauce with a giant salad on the side. Now that I'm laying it all out like this, I'm realizing that those meals are on a steady rotation at our house. Maybe we should branch out!!
we do a lot of grilled tilapia or salmon. We were awful this year on grilling outside. Hopefully next year will bring more grilling opportunities.
What an awesome looking grill! Veggies on the grill are my favorite….and french toast..yum!
I bet you will get lot's of use out of this during your upcoming travels!
My family always loves Turkey corn chili (a 30 min Rachel ray reciepe), curry beef in the slow cooker and oven fried pork (boneless pork chops breaded and backed in 2 T of butter in the oven) we had last night. I made enough to have as leftovers on Tuesday.
Yeah it's 6 and I have no meat thawed & no plan yet. Lol. And we don't have a grill yet. We've been considering one but didn't know what kind would be good for our apartment-thanks for the recommendation!!
We even tried grilling some vegetables and they came out good too! Thanks for the chance!
That grill is super cool, great for tailgating! We always seem to find some project around the house we need to head to Lowes for! They have a little bit of something for everyone, even us ladies!!
One of our default 'don't have anything planned yet at 5:30pm' meals is a grilled chicken sandwich. Grill up some chicken, put it on some ciabatta bread/roll with some of the yogurt sauce (the same one we use on our lamb burgers) and some fresh spinach leaves. Delish!
I hope it cools down for you soon!
I like your chicken sandwich idea! We may try it. (Do you marinate or season the chicken ahead of time?).
We left our grill when we had to move but I'm already dreaming of getting a new one and bbq days!
My husband learned how to smoke meat on our grill. I'd get him some wood chips, and some garden gloves for myself.
LOL! At first I thought you were giving away the Weber Q grill, which after much research and trial-and-error, we selected as our new camping grill. We love it! Like you said, it is heavy duty, compact, and doesn't take a lot to get set up.
I've been in a cooking funk lately, something that usually comes around the shift of seasons. I'm ready for stews, soups, and chilis, but the weather is not cooperating! So yesterday, I cut up two whole chickens, threw the bones in a pot and made up some stock to freeze for soup when the weather complies, and threw the breasts on the grill for dinner. The thighs and legs went into the freezer for another meal later. And that's about as creative as I've been lately.
I've been having meal-planner's block for weeks, too. I don't know what's wrong with me. My husband also usually steps in at that point. He made some incredible seafood dishes over the weekend.
"Meal-planner's block!" Ha! You'll have to coin that phrase. I get it ALL.THE.TIME.
My hubby makes delicious pork with miso. However he loves grilling chicken and steak and fresh veggies.
Last night we had a party with homemade pizza! It was yummy. I'm really looking forward to chili on the menu this week.
We love grilling out just some plain chicken with seasoning and eating some fresh veggies! It's easy, simple and healthy!
These stuffed zucchini are another recent favorite.
And have you ever roasted beets? They're scrumptious! I never liked beets when I was a kid because I only had them from a can. Fresh beets are so good! I've been peeling them but I think next time I'll leave the peels in place. Just slice 1/4″, brush or drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle with garlic salt, and roast in the oven at 375 or so. I recommend using a glass baking dish for easy clean up.
Melinda! You're quite the gourmet chef! Your meals sound exactly like the kind of food I like to eat.
And now I really want to try fresh beets!
The daily drudgery of dinner planning! Some of my quick and easy favorites include tuna melts (I buy the tuna already made at the deli counter) and soup (Progresso chicken noodle). Sometimes I mix this up and make tuna wraps with tortillas. Spaghetti with meatballs (I buy ready-made at Trader Joe's if I don't have homemade ones in the freezer). I keep homemade spaghetti sauce in the freezer so it's ready in a few minutes. Hot dogs wrapped with Pillsbury croissants and baked for 12 minutes are very popular with my girls. Trader Joe's has a great selection of frozen fish that I throw on the grill (marinated Turbot is a house favorite) and makes for a quick-prep dinner.
its freezing here, so we've been enjoying soup and chili again!! its one of my fav things about fall.


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Smart Parenting Convention 2019
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The Smart Parenting Convention this year has more than 70 concessionaires offering special discounts and bundles. Aside from games, raffle prizes, and booth activities, three blocks were divided into topics to help parents in taking on their role, whether preparing for a baby, recovering from delivery, raising a toddler, and many more.
Pregnancy and Baby Block
Childbirth options and how to prep for the delivery day by Dr. Maynila Domingo – Expectant parents will not want to miss this! Dr. Domingo is a board member of Bayside Council of Obstetrics and Gynecology and a clinical associate professor at the University of the Philippines – Manila. She has attended number of workshops and training abroads, such as the Asia Pacific Conference on Fetal Therapy in Indonesia; the Professional Training Course on Prevention of Pre-eclampsia in Hong Kong; and the UM-CUHK Certificate Course in Clinical Genetics and Genomics in Malaysia.
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Baby Sleep Basics by Ria Campos Lopez – A corporate lawyer by profession, her journey towards being a sleep consultant began when her first child experienced sleep troubles. She believes sleep problems can be prevented by setting healthy sleeping habits early on and aims to educate herself further so she can help her future kids and other moms who may also be going through similar ordeals with their children.
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The Facts and the Curious: FAQs about Parenting Toddlers answered by experts Dr. Maria Josephine Yuson-Sunga, Dr. Francis Xavier Dimalanta and Teacher Tina Zamora.
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Why You Need a Marriage Makeover After Kids by Joy and Edric Mendoza – Edric Mendoza is the President of Homeschool Global, a learning organization that now has over 3,100 students across 30 countries. He is also a Registered Financial Planner, the pioneering lead anchor of the ANC Show On the Money, and an active member of Christ's Commission Fellowship (CCF), where he and his wife, joy Mendoza, coach, mentor, and mount events for families. Joy is an author and awarded blogger who writes about joys and challenges she experiences in marriage, parenting and homeschooling their five kids.
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Money for nothing - Atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease
Silvie Kloeters, Maxime Bertoux, Claire O'Callaghan, John R. Hodges, Michael Hornberger
Neurodegenerative patients show often severe everyday decision making problems. Currently it is however not clear which brain atrophy regions are implicated in such decision making problems. We investigated the atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in a sample of 63 participants, including two neurodegenerative conditions (behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia - bvFTD; Alzheimer's disease - AD) as well as healthy age-matched controls. All participants were tested on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and the behavioural IGT results were covaried against the T1 MRI scans of all participants to identify brain atrophy regions implicated in gambling decision making deficits. Our results showed a large variability in IGT performance for all groups with both patient groups performing especially poor on the task. Importantly, bvFTD and AD groups did not differ significantly on the behavioural performance of the IGT. However, by contrast, the atrophy gambling decision making correlates differed between bvFTD and AD, with bvFTD showing more frontal atrophy and AD showing more parietal and temporal atrophy being implicated in decision making deficits, indicating that both patient groups fail the task on different levels. Frontal (frontopolar, anterior cingulate) and parietal (retrosplenial) cortex atrophy covaried with poor performance on the IGT. Taken together, the atrophy correlates of gambling decision making show that such deficits can occur due to a failure of different neural structures, which will inform future diagnostics and treatment options to alleviate these severe everyday problems in neurodegenerative patients.
NeuroImage: Clinical
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2013.01.011
Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia
Gambling decision making
Iowa Gambling Task
Voxel-based morphometry
10.1016/j.nicl.2013.01.011
Kloeters, S., Bertoux, M., O'Callaghan, C., Hodges, J. R., & Hornberger, M. (2013). Money for nothing - Atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. NeuroImage: Clinical, 2(1), 263-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2013.01.011
Kloeters, Silvie ; Bertoux, Maxime ; O'Callaghan, Claire ; Hodges, John R. ; Hornberger, Michael. / Money for nothing - Atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. In: NeuroImage: Clinical. 2013 ; Vol. 2, No. 1. pp. 263-272.
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journal = "NeuroImage: Clinical",
Kloeters, S, Bertoux, M, O'Callaghan, C, Hodges, JR & Hornberger, M 2013, 'Money for nothing - Atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease', NeuroImage: Clinical, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 263-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2013.01.011
Money for nothing - Atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. / Kloeters, Silvie; Bertoux, Maxime; O'Callaghan, Claire; Hodges, John R.; Hornberger, Michael.
In: NeuroImage: Clinical, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2013, p. 263-272.
T1 - Money for nothing - Atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease
AU - Kloeters, Silvie
AU - Bertoux, Maxime
AU - O'Callaghan, Claire
AU - Hodges, John R.
AU - Hornberger, Michael
N2 - Neurodegenerative patients show often severe everyday decision making problems. Currently it is however not clear which brain atrophy regions are implicated in such decision making problems. We investigated the atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in a sample of 63 participants, including two neurodegenerative conditions (behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia - bvFTD; Alzheimer's disease - AD) as well as healthy age-matched controls. All participants were tested on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and the behavioural IGT results were covaried against the T1 MRI scans of all participants to identify brain atrophy regions implicated in gambling decision making deficits. Our results showed a large variability in IGT performance for all groups with both patient groups performing especially poor on the task. Importantly, bvFTD and AD groups did not differ significantly on the behavioural performance of the IGT. However, by contrast, the atrophy gambling decision making correlates differed between bvFTD and AD, with bvFTD showing more frontal atrophy and AD showing more parietal and temporal atrophy being implicated in decision making deficits, indicating that both patient groups fail the task on different levels. Frontal (frontopolar, anterior cingulate) and parietal (retrosplenial) cortex atrophy covaried with poor performance on the IGT. Taken together, the atrophy correlates of gambling decision making show that such deficits can occur due to a failure of different neural structures, which will inform future diagnostics and treatment options to alleviate these severe everyday problems in neurodegenerative patients.
AB - Neurodegenerative patients show often severe everyday decision making problems. Currently it is however not clear which brain atrophy regions are implicated in such decision making problems. We investigated the atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in a sample of 63 participants, including two neurodegenerative conditions (behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia - bvFTD; Alzheimer's disease - AD) as well as healthy age-matched controls. All participants were tested on the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and the behavioural IGT results were covaried against the T1 MRI scans of all participants to identify brain atrophy regions implicated in gambling decision making deficits. Our results showed a large variability in IGT performance for all groups with both patient groups performing especially poor on the task. Importantly, bvFTD and AD groups did not differ significantly on the behavioural performance of the IGT. However, by contrast, the atrophy gambling decision making correlates differed between bvFTD and AD, with bvFTD showing more frontal atrophy and AD showing more parietal and temporal atrophy being implicated in decision making deficits, indicating that both patient groups fail the task on different levels. Frontal (frontopolar, anterior cingulate) and parietal (retrosplenial) cortex atrophy covaried with poor performance on the IGT. Taken together, the atrophy correlates of gambling decision making show that such deficits can occur due to a failure of different neural structures, which will inform future diagnostics and treatment options to alleviate these severe everyday problems in neurodegenerative patients.
KW - Alzheimer's disease
KW - Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia
KW - Gambling decision making
KW - Iowa Gambling Task
KW - Voxel-based morphometry
U2 - 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.01.011
DO - 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.01.011
JO - NeuroImage: Clinical
JF - NeuroImage: Clinical
Kloeters S, Bertoux M, O'Callaghan C, Hodges JR, Hornberger M. Money for nothing - Atrophy correlates of gambling decision making in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. NeuroImage: Clinical. 2013;2(1):263-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2013.01.011


Cycling with your dog is a great way to keep fit and exercise your dog in one quick hit, particularly if your dog has lots of energy. Before you grab the dog lead and bike and head out the gate, here are a few questions you should ask first.
Is my dog ready? Get your dog checked over by your local vet to ensure your animal is healthy enough. If you have a young dog (under 18 months) sustained jogging is not recommended as the dog's bones are still developing. Once you've been given the OK I suggest short bike rides initially. This will allow you and your dog to become comfortable with the exercise. Your dog may wish to gallop but a slow trot is best and will reduce the risk of your dog overheating.
Does your dog understand some basic commands? It's important for you to have some control over your dog whilst they're running beside you. Keep your commands simple. I click to let my dog know that we're changing direction or speed. Ensure that your dog will keep moving when you're riding a bike next to them. Sudden stops can cause all sorts of problems.
Have I got the right gear? Because your dog may pull at some stage during your bike ride it's important to use a harness instead of a neck collar for attachment. This way weight can be distributed more evenly and the leash will sit in a better position for cycling purposes. I use the EzyDog Quickfit harness because of the way the attachment ring allows the leash to move to either side without pulling the whole harness over to one side.
For the leash I use the EzyDog Mutley leash 25" (64cm) and attach it to the harness and bike. This leash is good because although it's a standard length it has shock absorbing ability which allows for a little bit of give (but not too much). A short leash is preferable as this stops the dog drifting too far ahead and in the way of your front bike tyre. The leash still needs to be long enough for the dog to run confidently beside the bike without getting in the way of your bicycle's actions.
I've learnt that the best place to attach the leash is underneath my bike seat. It's closest to my centre of gravity and enables me to maintain balance if my dog pulls or does anything unusual. To attach the leash onto the bike I use the EzyDog car restraint. By taking my bike's seat off I slip the belt part onto my seatpost and make it sit above my rear reflector. Keep this part high on the seatpost because if the attachment slips down the leash can become entangled with the back tyre. My leg and body remain in front of the leash once attached. I find that my leg acts as a brace if my dog pulls and keeps my dog enough distance away from my bike.
If you're not willing to attach the lead to your bike then do some research and buy a specialized attachment that will detach in emergency.
Is it safe enough? Gears – check, tyres – check, brakes – check, Safety Helmet – check! It also helps if you're a confident cyclist. Ensure that you and your bike are ready for the road trip. Keep your dog on the side that is away from traffic – if your dog pulls then it should take you away from the road, not into it. It's important that people notice that you're travelling with a dog attached. Ensure your dog is wearing a bright coloured lead or harness to alert everyone of its presence.
Most importantly, keep your dog away from the front of your bike. Do not attempt to ride with the dog's leash in your hand – a dog can easily float in front of your wheel or pull your handlebars in the wrong direction – it's an accident waiting to happen!
Cycle where there's the least amount of traffic or choose a time when it's not peak hour. If you can, go offroad – somewhere where your dog can run freely beside you. This way the dog gets the opportunity to put their head down for a sniff or too and its kinder on the dog's paws.
1. Use a dog harness and safe equipment.
2. Keep your dog mainly trotting beside you for the best workout and to prevent overheating.
3. Use simple commands to let your dog know you are turning or slowing down.
4. Try going off-road if you can – it will give you a better workout and be softer on your dog's paws.
5. Carry a saddlebag with treats to help focus your dog's attention back onto you.
Kate Richards is a blogger and promotes an active, healthy lifestyle for dogs and doglovers via her website pawsandpedals.com.au. Scooter and Kate have been biking together for over 2 years. Her dog Scooter inspires her to get out and about, enjoy others and ultimately lead a happier and better life. Hopefully her blog will inspire others to have a bit more fun with the dogs in their life.


There are many mountains that vie for our attention in the Nordfjord area, but it's Hornindalsrokken (Rokken) that really stands out.
With her sharp, pointy profile it is almost impossible not to notice this mountain top north of Hornindalssætra. But what does the world look like from her summit? Hornindalsrokken, or "Rokken" as she is affectionately known, is tougher than she first appears to be. From Sætredalen the trail is quite steep, but is surprisingly easy for mountain hikers. And there's only one thing to say about the view: it "rokks"!
A guide is highly recommended. Contact Uteguiden, Destinate, Norway Adventures or Breogfjell.


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Q: C++ What is the correct syntax when using dynamic binding and pure virtual class? When compiling the c++ code below, I'm getting the following error message:
"Invalid new-expression of abstract class type 'TrainerClass' because the function 'virtual void TrainerClass::AddItems()' is pure within 'TrainerClass'".
The purpose of this code is to initialise a number of "stuff" objects equivalent to the number of trainer (int nbrtrainer = 2;). In this example, 2 "stuff" objects should be created: stuff[0] and stuff[1] (pointers to the 'TrainerClass' class). Then, what's inside each "stuff" object should be defined by pointing the 'BagClass' class to the "stuff" objects.
The difficulty here is that the 'TrainerClass' class includes a pure virtual function which prevents to initialise the class objects as usual.
What is the correct syntax to initialise objects derived from a virtual class using the dynamic binding concept? (All objects should be called 'stuff[x]' with an index)
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

#define Training  // to declare the global variable

///Definition of class Pocket
class pocket
{
  public:
      double volume;
};

///Definition of virtual class TrainerClass
class TrainerClass
{
  public:
    pocket *Space;
    virtual void AddItems()=0;
};

///Definition of derived class
class BagClass: public TrainerClass
{
  public:
      double mass;

      BagClass(double m2)
      {
        mass=m2;
      }

      void AddItems()
      {
         cout <<  "out virtual "  << endl;
      }
 };

#ifdef Training
#define Training
TrainerClass **stuff=0;
#else
extern TrainerClass **stuff;
#endif

int main()
{
    int nbrtrainer = 2;

    TrainerClass **stuff;
    for(int itrainer=0;itrainer<nbrtrainer;itrainer++) stuff[itrainer] = new TrainerClass;

    stuff[0] = new BagClass(0.2);
    stuff[1] = new BagClass(0.5);

    stuff[0]->AddItems();

    return 0;
}

A: Your TrainerClass has a pure virtual (=0) function AddItems(). This prevents you from instantiating any object of this class. Unfortunately you try to do this in your for-loop, and this causes the error.
Note by the way that if it would work, it would be undefined behavior, because you've never initialized the pointer stuff (you only assign stuff elements).
Here a variant which works and which use  #include <vector> for more convenience:
...
vector<TrainerClass*> stuff(nbrtrainer);  // vector of the given dynamic size
//for(int itrainer=0;itrainer<nbrtrainer;itrainer++)
//   stuff[itrainer] = new TrainerClass;  // you can't instantiate an abstract class
stuff[0] = new BagClass(0.2);  // this is a valid instantiation
stuff[1] = new BagClass(0.5);
//
...

Here the online demo.
And here an even more dynamic version:
vector<TrainerClass*> stuff;  // empty vector
stuff.push_back(new BagClass(0.2));  // just add a new eleemnt at the end of the vector
stuff.push_back(new BagClass(0.5));

for (int i=0; i<stuff.size(); i++)
   stuff[i]->AddItems();

The next improvement would be to use a smart pointer instead of a raw pointer ;-)

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Preview: Monday, March 26 from 4 to 6 p.m.
Removal: Saturday, March 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.


When the women went to the tomb on Easter Day they found that the body of their beloved rabbi was gone. Jesus was missing. That "missingness" adds special poignancy to the Easter readings. When Jesus later appeared to his disciples, he appeared in his body. They recognized him, and he showed them the wounds of his crucifixion.
There's something about bodies and resurrection that goes together. God does not seem willing to let go of the body in the midst of resurrection. That's a little uncomfortable for us. I think it would be easier if we could just spiritualize the resurrection or theologize the resurrection. But God wants to keep it real. God has not rejected the form he took on when Jesus was born among us. God is still with us and in our real bodies and real lives.
So much of the suffering in the world has to do with our bodies, whether it's earthquake victims in Haiti or residents in nursing homes, people in prison or in hospital, refugees and victims of war. So much of the pain and suffering we endure is because of our bodies. There is something about the resurrection that means to lift our whole lives to God.
This Sunday when you go to church, bring your real life. Bring the things that trouble you and worry you and give you pain. Let Christ lift you and your real life.
Thank you for those words. I believe absolutely they are true. The distress I feel for the people I try to serve is very physical as well as mental. If I leave this at home when I go to church tonight and tomorrow, my worship is pretend, empty, and without power. Either the whole message of Jesus' death and resurrection is really true, or it is not. Unless I commit myself to its reality for me, I'll never be able to know its power–or even whether it has any power or not. I believe God wants me, really, as I am. It doesn't work any other way.


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Turks Protests Against Rising Prices in Erdogan's Hometown
The northern Turkish state of Rize, the birthplace of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has witnessed protests against price hikes in goods and services.
The Junaysu region, where Erdogan grew up in Rize, witnessed demonstrations in which citizens and representatives of non-governmental organizations participated.
The secretariat of the Republican People's Party in Rize led protests condemning the rise in prices, and after the protests were limited to the city center, they started in other regions.
The head of the CHP division in Rize Saltuk Deniz said that everyone is a victim of price increases and that the increases cannot be prevented, noting that "everything has increased, bread has become three liras, and the increase comes behind the increase in the prices of natural gas, fuel, flour, paper, fruits, vegetables and everything else." Almost something else.
Deniz also criticized the increase in electricity, saying, "It has become a great courage to use electricity at home. At this rate, we will soon be using gas lamps and candles in homes. As a result of rising prices, our citizens are unable to heat themselves and light their homes," adding: "Turkey Reverted to 2002.
It is noteworthy that the monetary inflation rate in Turkey has risen to 36%, and the fees for services provided by the government have witnessed a significant increase by 2022.
Arab Observer Erdogan's hometown Latest and breaking politics news rising prices Rize Turkey
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Petrofac To Divest Remaining Stake In Mexico For $276 Million
Petrofac Ltd. has signed an agreement on Sept. 19 to sell its remaining 51% interest in its operations in Mexico, including Santuario, Magallanes and Arenque, to Perenco (Oil & Gas) International Ltd.
The terms of the transaction are substantially the same as the sale of a 49% non-controlling interest to Perenco in October 2018. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete in 2020.
Under the terms of the agreement, Petrofac will receive an initial $37.5 million upon signing and a further minimum payment of $82.5 million upon completion. The total consideration of up to US$276 million comprises a fixed amount and a series of contingent amounts that depend upon future milestones, including field development, commercial, service contract transition and fiscal terms, and is subject to the level of achievement of the milestones above. Proceeds from the sale will be used to reduce gross debt.
"This disposal reinforces our position as a capital-light business and represents further progress in our stated strategy to enhance returns," Petrofac CEO Ayman Asfari said in a statement.
Source: Hart Energy


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Q: How to modify MySQL 5.5 settings that were set during the installation? Especially the one that defines how MySQL is gonna use server's CPU. I'd like to boost performance. Also, what are other ways to boost MySQL performance? (Maybe some code optimization hints?) Anyway. Any information will be useful. Thanks in advance.

A: Use InnoDB tables and configure it properly.  This site is a great resource:
http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/

A: There's no way to magically "boost performance", but there are ways to better tune your MySQL to fit your application needs. Not knowing your application requirements means this is hard to answer in general terms.
If you're using InnoDB, and you really should be, there are several configuration variables relating to that which should be adjusted.
The primary boost comes from the generic buffer pool:
[mysqld]
innodb_buffer_pool_size=2048M

This should be set somewhere around 40% of system memory for a dedicated database server in order to leave sufficient system memory over for OS filesystem caching and other processes. You can increase this factor on systems with more memory. For instance, on a 12GB system you might allocate 8GB to this pool.
As always, read the documentation on your chosen engine very carefully and benchmark your application against any settings you try. There is no one-size-fits-all solution here. If you're using SSD you would tune quite differently from regular disks, and even then differently for specific RAID configurations.


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The Similars (Hardcover)
By Rebecca Hanover
Don't miss the series debut that readers are calling Gossip Girl meets The Umbrella Academy, set in an elite boarding school, where secret societies rule, nothing is as it seems, and the genetic copies of attending students have just joined the Junior class...
This fall, six new students are joining the junior class at the elite Darkwood Academy. But they aren't your regular over-achieving teens. They're DNA duplicates, and these "similars" are joining the class alongside their originals.
The Similars are all anyone can talk about. Who are they? What are the odds that all of them would be Darkwood students? And who is the madman who broke the law to create them? Emmaline Chance could care less. Her best friend, Oliver, died over the summer and it's all she can do to get through each day without him. Then she comes face-to-heartbreaking-face with Levi, Oliver's exact DNA copy and one of the Similars.
Emma wants nothing to do with the Similars, but she keeps getting pulled deeper into their world. She can't escape the dark truths about them or her prestigious school. No one can be trusted, not even the boy she is falling for with Oliver's face.
This exhilarating and riveting debut by Rebecca Hanover is the next obsession for readers who devoured Two Can Keep a Secret, One of Us Is Lying, Scythe, and Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful.
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire
Minimum Grade Level: 9
Maximum Grade Level: 12
School & Education - Boarding School & Prep School
Science Fiction - General
Paperback (September 3rd, 2019): $10.99


A Frac crew completed the first of two Fracs at approximately 10:30 AM and proceeded to a second location. The equipment was spotted and rigged in on the second location. The sand transport was backed up to the blender sand hopper. The sand transport trailer was positioned underneath a power line. The chemical van was parked directly underneath and parallel to the power line.
The Pre-pump safety meeting was held (job reviewed, high-pressure pumping hazards, CO2 hazards, and equipment assignments, no discussion was held regarding the overhead power line).
After the safety meeting the personnel began preparations to pressure test the surface lines and begin the frac. The sand transport operator hoisting the sand box when the 25kV overhead power line was contacted or the electricity arced across to the sandbox.
The operator was thrown back 6 to 10 feet from the unit onto the ground. The tires and surrounding grass started on fire. Several workers ran over to the sand truck to put the fire out with portable fire extinguishers.
The Supervisors determined that the unit had contacted the overhead power line and sent all personnel to the safe meeting area. Two workers assisted the injured worker to the safe area where he was given first aid. The injured worker was transported by ambulance to Hospital where treated and released that evening.
Fortunately the worker received minor injuries. All 18 tires/rims and numerous suspension components required replacing on the unit.
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WILLEMSTAD - The former Minister of Finance for the MFK party, George Jamaloodin cannot be defended Rutsel Martha. The Court of First Instance rejected the request to admit him to the defense team of the former minister.
The request was made by Jamaloodin's defense lawyer Eldon Sulvaran. But this was rejected.
According to the Council Chamber, Martha is not registered as a lawyer in any court in the world. He is a jurist, but not a lawyer.
Jamaloodin is in prison awaiting his trial. He is a suspect in one of the most important cases in the history of Curaçao. The Public Prosecution is accusing him of being the mastermind behind the murder of the former Member of Parliament and popular political leader Helmin Wiels.


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German Research Foundation to fund two new Research Training Groups in Berlin – one is a joint project with the University of Oxford
News from Nov 11, 2019
Two new Research Training Groups will be funded in Berlin. Technische Universität Berlin is the speaker university for a new international Research Training Group "Stochastic Analysis in Interaction" where stochasticians from Berlin will be collaborating with colleagues from Oxford. Together researchers from Technische Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the University of Oxford will supervise a group of doctoral candidates. This integrates the international Research Training Group seamlessly into the new academic partnership between the University of Oxford and the Berlin University Alliance initiated last year. Another new Research Training Group "Rethinking Quantum Field Theory" will be set up at the Adlershof campus of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The projects will each be funded with just under four million euros for an initial four and a half years. The researchers will take up their work in April 2020. The German Research Foundation (DFG) approved funding for 16 new Graduate Training Groups nationwide, as the DFG announced on November 11.
Next year, within the Research Training Group "Stochastic Analysis in Interaction," 13 doctoral candidates will begin research in Berlin. Together with a similar number of doctoral candidates in Oxford, they will be supervised by 25 researchers in Berlin and Oxford: five at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, eight at Technische Universität Berlin and the Weierstrass Institute, and twelve at the University of Oxford. They will deal with methods of stochastic analysis, which have become indispensable in many fields of application. They are used in different ways, for example, in physics or intensive care medicine as well as the calculation of risks in the financial world.
The Research Training Group "Rethinking Quantum Field Theory" is being hosted by the Institute of Physics and the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences (IRIS Adlershof) of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The participating researchers will address urgent theoretical questions and significant innovations in quantum field theory (QFT) that go beyond established methods. The Research Training Group will be supported by 12 scientists, and it will include all the working groups in theoretical particle physics at the Institute of Physics.
The cooperation partners are the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and the Helmholtz Center DESY. The spokesperson is Prof. Jan Plefka at the IRIS Adlershof. Valentina Forini, Prof. Dirk Kreimer, and Prof. Matthias Staudacher from IRIS Adlershof are also involved.
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Grazie ragazzi è un film commedia italiano del 2023 diretto da Riccardo Milani.

La pellicola è il remake del film Un triomphe di Emmanuel Courcol (2020), a sua volta tratto dal documentario Les Prisonniers de Beckett di Michka Saäl (2005), incentrato sull'esperienze dell'attore svedese Jan Jönson nelle carceri.

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Antonio, un attore teatrale fallito, sopravvive doppiando film porno. Un giorno, il suo ex compagno di scena gli offre un'opportunità di lavoro. Si tratta di creare un laboratorio teatrale nella  Casa Circondariale di Velletri. Nonostante si tratti di poche ore, Antonio accetta. Al laboratorio si presentano pochissimi detenuti.
Antonio decide di mettere in scena l'opera teatrale con la quale aveva debuttato, il capolavoro del Teatro dell'assurdo di Samuel Beckett Aspettando Godot. Dopo tensioni, rabbia e diffidenze iniziali, Antonio riesce progressivamente a coinvolgere i carcerati che, ben presto, mostreranno un inatteso talento.

Distribuzione
Il film è nelle sale cinematografiche italiane dal 12 gennaio 2023.

Note

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Pain Point: How to get growth done in a world of infinite distractions.
Our Answer: Use Noah's Money Mindset Mastery framework to get rid of your head trash and gain the focus you need to succeed.
So how can you kill the productivity killers and get things done in a world of infinite distractions... without spending a lot of time, money and effort?
In this inspiring, research-backed keynote, Noah will help you and your team discover and apply their hidden talents and turn procrastination into productivity even in a world of infinite distractions.
Based on his transformational Power Habits® System and Money Mindset Mastery framework, this performance is like nothing you've experienced before.


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Why Isn't There Evidence of Ancient Warfare Surrounding the Hill Cumorah in New York?
Jan 16, 2021 | The Restoration of Christ's Church
Alright guys, so what you're looking at right now is the hill from which Joseph Smith removed the ancient Book of Mormon plates in 1827. Latter-day Saints call it the Hill Cumorah. Now, if you've read the Book of Mormon you'll recall that the Nephites make their...
Jan 4, 2021 | The Restoration of Christ's Church
Hey guys, so today we're going to look at one of the most controversial questions regarding the Book of Mormon: Why haven't archaeologists found anything in the New World that categorically proves that the Book of Mormon is true? It's a fair question, so let's talk...
Jan 4, 2021 | The Gospel of Jesus Christ
Hey guys, so in our faith, you'll often hear Latter-day Saints talk about "The" resurrection—as if it's this one singular event. But Latter-day Saints actually believe that the resurrection of the dead will occur in stages over quite a long period of time. And that's...
Were the Book of Mormon Witnesses Lying, Tricked, or Telling the Truth?
Dec 17, 2020 | The Restoration of Christ's Church
Hey guys, so I want to start this episode off by making the following point: The things we know about Christ—His earthly ministry, His miracles, His resurrection, and ascension—we know about those things because Christ left witnesses. Some miracles happened more...
Did Joseph Smith Hypnotize the Book of Mormon Witnesses?
Dec 9, 2020 | The Restoration of Christ's Church
Hey guys, so Joseph Smith claimed to translate the Book of Mormon from an ancient set of gold-colored metal plates, which he had in his possession. These plates were not on public display for anyone to come and scrutinize, but eleven official witnesses and a handful...
What Did the "Unofficial" Witnesses of the Book of Mormon Plates Experience?
Hey guys, so here's the deal: Joseph Smith claimed that the Book of Mormon was translated from an ancient set of gold-colored metal plates. Joseph was permitted to show this ancient record to several people who then testified to the world that they were actually real....


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Microsoft's 'Surface Phone' allegedly releasing in 2016
By Matt Brown Neowin @rtenvi · Dec 1, 2015 18:02 EST · Hot! with 69 comments
Microsoft's first purpose-built Windows 10 flagship devices are beginning to arrive in markets worldwide, and despite being the first high-end Windows Phones to come from the firm in recent years, they may not be the 'ultimate' devices we've been waiting for. While the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL are remnants of its Nokia acquisition, Microsoft has supposedly been working on delivering its first mobile device to originate from Redmond.
According to Windows Central, Microsoft's latest collaboration with Intel to build a high-end mobile handset has been abandoned, but in its place, an interesting alternative is in the works from the Surface team. The phone is supposedly tagged internally as 'Panos's Phone', named after Microsoft's overseer of devices, Panos Panay. Obviously this is still an internal nickname for the device, but points towards what we can expect from the handset later down the line. The device is rumored to have the official codename of 'NorthStar'.
Currently little information is known about the phone, but if a similar setup to a Surface tablet is envisioned, the prospect of onboard Intel technologies is likely. If this deems true, the concept of Win32 applications arriving on a Windows 10 Mobile device may become a reality.
The earliest we can expect to see 'Panos's Phone' is August 2016, which falls alongside the alleged release for Windows 10's second major update, codenamed 'Redstone'. A slightly later release window of Fall 2016 is also a possibility, one year after the release of the first Windows 10 Mobile flagship devices.
Source: Windows Central
Samsung launches 'Internet for Gear VR', a feature-rich web browser for VR enthusiasts
Mark Zuckerberg to give 99% of his Facebook shares (worth $45 billion) to charity
Windows 10 19H2 build 18362.10005 lets third-party voice assistants work on the lock screen
Microsoft blocks Windows 10 version 1903 update on the Surface Book 2 due to a GPU bug
Microsoft resolves issues that prevented upgrading to Windows 10 version 1903