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NCCU wins second in a row, defeats Delaware State, 87-52
Being at home just makes things easier.
North Carolina Central has won two in a row at McDougald-McLendon Arena after defeating Delaware State 87-52 Monday night. The 35-point margin of victory was the largest in a regular-season MEAC game since Jan. 23, 2017, a 74-39 win over Howard.
The Eagles (11-13, 6-4) improved to 7-2 at home this season. They did it by shooting lights out against the Hornets (4-19, 1-9). NCCU shot 50 percent from the field for the game, and were particularly hot in the first half.
It's the third time this season the team has shot 50 percent from the floor or better in consecutive games. They shot 62.9 percent against Warren Wilson and 51.1 percent against George Mason in November, and did it for a second time later that month, shooting 53 percent and 58 percent from the field in consecutive games against Southern and Christendom.
"I thought we came out and made some good passes, which in return created some good shot opportunities," Eagles' head coach LeVelle Moton said. "Zacarry (Douglas) was huge at the beginning, Randy (Miller) was huge at the beginning."
Moton said there have been times when he can tell how his team is going to perform just by watching them practice. With one day of rest between Saturday's game and the contest on Monday, the veteran coach had a feeling a big game was coming.
"That's the one thing you can't really control, being able to shoot," Moton explained, "But you can control your energy. You have to use it to your advantage. We had a good practice. Randy (Miller) came back and had a great practice yesterday in terms of his energy and you see the results. It goes hand and hand. That's one thing I learned in my playing career and I try to relay that to them."
Up 49-30, the Eagles shot 57.6 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes and 50 percent from three. Junior guard Randy Miller, Jr. led the attack early on, connecting on 4-of-5 from 3 in the first half and had all 14 of his points at the break, securing his 15th double-digit scoring game this season.
Miller had help from Zacarry Douglas, who had 14 of his 19 at intermission. Raasean Davis (10), Larry McKnight (10) gave the team four players in double figures.
After the Hornets tied the game at nine, the Eagles went on a 16-0 run. Miller got it started with consecutive 3s. Douglas then knocked down a wide open triple from the top of the key to make it 20-9. Douglas would score six in a row to put the home team up 23-9. DSU didn't do themselves any favors, at one point missing nine shots in a row from the field.
An old-fashioned three-point play by McKnight gave NCCU a 20-point lead with more than five minutes remaining in the first half.
The Eagles got their largest lead (26) in the first half when Douglas drew a foul after slamming home a dunk on a fast break. The Hornets closed the half on a 7-0 run, but missed their first three shots of the second half, and NCCU led by no less than 24 in the second half.
When the two teams met in Dover on Jan. 14, the Eagles needed a Jordan Perkins layup to escape with a one-point win. This one lacked the drama as NCCU improved to 12-3 in games they led at halftime.
"Anytime the ball goes in you really feel good about yourself," Moton said. "When they hit some early that's normally a sign that it's going to be a good shooting night."
The Eagles play again on Saturday at Norfolk State.
"Obviously it's going to be a huge basketball game," Moton said. "They'll be ready to play. We got our hands full. We're going to have to be men. It's going to be a character test and I'm looking forward to it."


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A9 Tour 2015 Re:birth -Tensyou- Live in Singapore
Japanese Visual Kei rock band, A9 (previously known as Alice Nine) is back in Singapore for the third time and it's the first time they're holding a two days solo concert in this sunny island!
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Limbaugh should know better.
Rush Limbaugh's argument that President Barack Obama referred to Trayvon Martin, the diseased African American teenager, who had died from a gun shot by a Florida neighborhood watchman, as his (president's) son was not true.
The president was using an analogy to say that he felt deeply for the family that has lost a son; and though, that family happened to be African American, it (analogy) did not equate to the skin color of Trayvon.
The statement in question did not correspond to what Limbaugh was making his listeners to believe, that the president was being racially inclined.
In other words, the remarks by the president could reference any family in America, whose member has suffered death, while doing no harm to anyone.
The story of Trayvon Martin could be any other boy's story, as he was walking home from the store, with a hoodie over his head, and he was not thinking of anything else at the time, but to get to where he was going.
Suddenly, he was confronted by a man, who might have asked about where he was heading, and he reacted and answered that it was none of the man's business. The man, now identified as George Zimmerman, continued to follow him, and he might have somehow touched Trayvon's person.
The boy turned around and said, "Come on, let go," trying to free himself. Instead of Zimmerman becoming civil in his actions and subsequent interrogation, he became unreasonably aggressive, and the situation catapulted into a scuffle.
The boy was defending himself, and he was able to beat off his pursuer and inflicted a blow on his face to give him a broken and bleeding nose. Trayvon was unarmed, and so, it was a fair fight, until the man pulled out a gun for whatever reason.
The boy was still in the mode of defending himself, and so he rushed Zimmerman to get the gun away, but it was too late for him to do so, because it was in that instant that the man fired the gun.
Zimmerman had been in contact with a dispatcher of the local police, who told him to stop chasing after the trespasser, which he (Zimmerman) thought Trayvon was; and even so, he was not up to anything that could be described as criminal for Zimmerman to be so intensely suspicious.
Therefore, there was no need for him (Zimmerman) to start a fight with Trayvon Martin, in the first place.
The boy laid dead after the shot, in an unfamiliar neighborhood; a community within a gated area that had a security company or a neighborhood watch guarding its property. He was young and only 17 years of age, and that should not have happened to him.
That was what the president was addressing his remarks to; an unfortunate tragedy that had befallen a family like his. Only to indicate that Trayvon was a boy, and he (Obama) had two daughters.
In was in that light that he made the statement, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon," just to show his sympathy toward the grieving family.
That was naturally understandable to millions of Americans, who took to the streets to demonstrate that children, of whatever shade of skin color, must be fearless walking practically anywhere in the country.
Zimmerman should have been arrested by the police that went to the scene, because he has earlier been instructed to stop following Trayvon, and he ignored that warning; and that alone was probable cause for the officers to place him in custody.
To politicize the case and make the president to be someone, who was discriminating against any other child, due to his or her color, was disingenuous and improper; and Limbaugh and other politicians attempting to gain some kind of advantage to maximizing their radio shows and political campaigns, should be ashamed of themselves.
The best those people could do would be to advice Zimmerman to give himself up to the police and to face the charges of killing an unarmed person.
Instead, he has chosen to remain in hiding, and that has infuriated a lot of people even more so; hence the civil gatherings and demonstrations around the country.
Aiding and abetting Zimmerman by anyone was not the right thing to do.
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Good Morning Everyone!
Pray you had a fun-filled long weekend with your friends and families!
This morning I wanted to share with all of you my quick go to smoothie I love to make!
Since I started back at work over a month ago I find my mornings are quite rushed with getting my little one ready + myself.
I don't know about your family but it seems like on the days you need to be somewhere in a rush is when your house turns into total chaos! Little ones crying and wants to be held, dogs are barking, you still have wet hair and no time to do anything about it, diaper bag isn't packed… you get my point!
Among all of this I forget to make breakfast for myself and usually end up paying for it later… I need food!
Smoothies have become my favorite go to breakfast because they are fast, nutritious, and tasty ( seriously, you could put almost anything in a smoothie and make it taste good!)
This yummy drink it the perfect way to add energy to your morning! Go ahead, give it a try!
The Best Purple Power Smoothie
Blueberries ( Frozen or Fresh)
Coconut Milk ( or Nut Milk of choice)
Flax Seed
Protein Powder
Add all fruits and veggies to blender and blend on medium till combined.
Add milk, flax-seed and protein powder and blend on medium till well combined.
Add ice and blend well. If you prefer your smoothie thinner add 1 cup of water and blend.
This smoothie is the perfect breakfast or snack that will help add energy to your day! Its packed with tons of nutrients and antioxidants, but don't worry it taste amazing too!
This flavorful drink is one of my favorite go to smoothies. I hope you enjoy it just as much as I do!
Please remember to spread the love and share if you liked this recipe!


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Nashville is home to great music, across the genres. It is also home to great people. One of whom is Jason Lyle Black. His most recent video release, "How Far I'll Go" from Disney's Moana, is in honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Month. The trio performing the song, pianists Cambria (16), Joby (16), and Kiley (17), all were born with Down syndrome.
"I really wanted to tell a story of individuals with special needs at the piano…It's what I call the 'Susan Boyle' effect—demonstrating to others just how incredible these girls are. My goal is for us all to realize the innate potential within ourselves."
Watch the video here and behind the scenes extras here.
Jason Lyle Black's bio reads in part "an award-winning pianist, composer, entertainer, and speaker, known for his performance on the Ellen Show and for his 30 million music video views worldwide."
Award-winning composer, concert pianist, and musical comedian – wouldn't expect them in the same sentence – how did you come to combine them?
"These are my passions—music and comedy. Both began organically for me at age 15. That's when I started playing the piano backwards and started writing comedic parodies at the piano. It's also the time that I started composing serious music for the piano, and working on my very first album. So it's really been the brand since the very beginning.
The way I try to explain it is to think of the Disney film brand, and how those movies make us laugh and cry in the same story—that's what I seek to do onstage and with my music and videos."
Growing up what role did music play in your life? Do you come from a family of musicians?
"I'm the first in my immediate family to have a career in the entertainment business. My dad worked as an engineer and my mom was a full-time mom. But, my mom did play the flute at a collegiate level, and my grandparents (as you know) are also pianists. But I'm the first in that line to do it as a profession. On the other side of my family, I do have a few cousins who perform professionally and tour, but what influenced me to pursue the business was really my passion to use my talents and gifts in a way I uniquely could to do good in the world. We all have something that makes us unique, and for me, I've felt driven to use that to impact the world, ever since I was a teenager.
I started playing piano at age eight and then started trumpet around age 10. I got to where I was playing both at a collegiate level but then decided to quit trumpet to focus exclusively on piano. That was largely driven by my desire to really spend more time composing. I didn't really start performing a lot until college, though I would do a few performances for family and friends, but nothing on a large stage until college."
You are a corporate entertainer. Do you also perform for schools? Your "How Far I'll Go" video sends a powerful positive message that students of all ages, along with teachers, can benefit from watching. How did you select the three artists who are in the video?
"My main activities as a performer are doing corporate events and then touring publicly, so like community theaters, ticketed shows at performing arts centers, etc. I do school shows as the opportunity arises though, often in conjunction with a larger show that is bringing me into town. I do love to speak as well (to school/corporate/community groups) and incorporate part of my message into my concerts. You can see some of that in my videos!
As for the selection of that video, I put out a "casting call" for teenage pianists with Down syndrome, in the Salt Lake City area (where I was living at that time), and that led to the introductions to those girls, and thus began what was a very rewarding project."
What was the first music you arranged for another artist? What is it like to hear your vision performed by someone else?
"So a lot of the arranging I have done has been for sheet music for piano—I've had the privilege to work with Hal Leonard for a couple years now (second full book is forthcoming very soon), so it's been amazing to get to finally have the opportunity to share arrangements with the world of some of my favorite songs. In my first Hal Leonard book, I had the chance to share some arrangements I had actually written many years earlier, of various pop hits.
As for hearing others performing my music, I think one of the best experiences was working on my album, Piano Preludes, of original music, when we had all of the musicians in the studio to record there in Utah. We had folks from the Utah Symphony, we had my friend and Grammy-nominated violinist Jenny Oaks Baker as a soloist, we had arranger Marshall McDonald who has an incredible list of instrumental and choral credits with global stars, and to hear them performing music I had written was a real treat.
I still remember the feeling of first hearing my friend Austin Packer play the cello piece 'Winter's Passing' that I had composed for piano/cello duet. It was surreal, as this was the very first piece I ever composed for piano and string. And one critic called that song 'worth the price of the whole album by itself!'"
How did the Frozen piano medley video lead to your first publishing contract? From concept to arranging, then recording, and releasing – were you in charge of it all? What was the inspiration for it?
"The Frozen medley was a huge project, and yes I was basically over almost all of it. I had some input on storyboarding and specific scenes, and of course we had an outside videographer who shot and edited it (my friends Dane Christensen and Eric Thayne), and then I was fortunate to have my friend Eric Thayne assist in media promotion with the video, which made a huge difference. But I developed the concept and re-worked the story many times.
The simpler the story on video, the harder it actually is to write—and you need something very basic, simple, and fun to be viral. (UP and the Moana videos are also cases in point here—all were projects I personally spent many many months on).
The inspiration for Frozen was really two-fold—first, I was hoping to get the attention again of Ellen Degeneres (as I had been on her show previously), and I felt that doing a song that appealed to her viewer base would be a great idea (thus we settled on Frozen). But the other inspiration was the girl, Sara Arkell, who I did that video with. In all the years I have been playing piano behind my back, I've never met anybody else who actually plays that way also (and who can really do it), and she can, and so that, combined with the fact that we looked like we could be brother and sister, led to the idea of a 'dueling siblings' skit for YouTube. And it really took off.
We didn't end up hearing from Ellen, but we got the attention of a Tokyo television producer and ended up flying out there for a show, which was a blast.
Oh and the publishing deal—that basically came about as a result of the virality of the Frozen video, and the fact that people all over the world were begging for the sheet music; that, combined with the fact that I'd been trying to access Hal Leonard for quite a few years, to be able to release some of my arrangements of famous songs—well the stars aligned and I suddenly got to know. Hal Leonard and had a publishing deal with them within days of the video going viral, and now I have a great relationship with them and have my second book coming out very soon (next month I expect). It is a book of Disney medleys for piano—one of the first of its kind!"
Your recent YouTube posts include "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art" – what role has faith-based music played in your life and career? Listening to "Morning Prayer" is a great way to start the day.
"Thank you! Faith is a huge aspect of my career. I am an active Christian and believe in using music to bring light into the world. For me, I see my role as bringing people closer to God in whatever way that may be.
In some cases, that may actually mean sharing my own religious beliefs (as I've had the opportunity to do, both within my own faith circles and in other Christian groups). But in other cases, that can mean just sharing an uplifting, positive message that resonates with people regardless of their religiosity or belief system. I believe that all of these things ultimately bring people closer to God, and that is a very real source of satisfaction and purpose for me as an artist.
Ultimately, my purpose as an artist is to 'put a smile on people's faces.' I came to understand and articulate that purpose a few years ago and have stuck with it ever since.
The benefit of my album Piano Preludes is that the album, at the end of the day, is really spiritual. Meaning, I think that someone who uses meditation and yoga as a form of spiritual connection can be blessed by that music just as much as someone for whom the Bible or another book of scripture is a major source of their inspiration. And that is really our record label's goal (to provide music that soothes and heals hearts)."
For fans who may not be familiar with your music, how would you describe it? What song represents you best? Why?
"For my more serious side, I love the song 'Champs-Élysées.' That to me is the crowning jewel of the album. I feel 'Evening Prayer' is the most emotional and spiritual. That song has a connection to my sister who passed away from cancer and to her faith and example to me.
On the more comedic side, I think my 'Song on the Spot' in my concerts (also viewable on my YouTube channel). 'The Wedding Pianist' probably capture my personality in a nutshell. I love creating the show with the audience's input, and a lot of the comedy I do onstage just comes from actual real-life experience of having found ways to entertain myself."
What has been the greatest challenge in your career to date?
"Oh boy. I don't think we have hours to go into all of the challenges of a career in music. I released an album in high school of original compositions (that I actually think were quite good, if I may say so), and then released three more albums in college. But none of those ever went anywhere. I didn't really know what to do to market them or to market myself. So that led me to be discouraged, doing four albums and feeling I had nothing to show.
It is hard too when you see others who seem to find success 'so quickly"'(so it appears), and to tell the truth, I was very discouraged by the time I graduated college, so I decided to pursue a different career and basically retired my music hat.
A few years later, I couldn't get away from it though, so I eventually quit my corporate career, and then fast forward and now I make a full-time living in music. But ultimately, looking back over the years since that first album I recorded at home in 2004, to finally making a living, I think that the greatest challenge has been having the faith to overcome discouragement. I am grateful to finally be at a place where those challenges have been replaced by confidence in my vision. There are still challenges constantly, but they don't affect my confidence in what's to come. And I have great mentors to thank for that, who've played a huge role in my career."
The most rewarding career experience to date has been what?
"Well, artistically, it's been my album, Piano Preludes (which I should add is streamable 24/7 on Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, etc. all the platforms). I am so thrilled with that album and look forward to future recordings. And my forthcoming Disney book—Disney Medleys for Piano Solo—still makes me pinch myself, the fact that I got to arrange some of the greatest classics ever, and that there are honestly very few people who ever get the opportunity to put their name on a book, released officially by Disney, of piano arrangements. That's such a huge, huge honor.
At the end of the day though, I just love putting a smile on people's faces. My favorite experience as an artist is performing onstage. I love having a full auditorium of a diverse, high-energy audience. I love surprising them with the unexpected in a show and having people leave blown away by having had so much variety and fun in one concert. Also, having experienced so many emotions ranging from the comedic to the deep and inspiring. That's what I love.
Often I hear comments of people saying that the concert was so much more fun and varied than what they imagined (even knowing that I do comedy onstage). And that's always my goal—to surprise with the show and to create an experience that appeals more widely than any other piano concert they've attended."
What are your future plans?
"Within the next five years, goals include selling out a national tour in performing arts centers, more viral videos in the 'millions' range, collaborating with industry stars, and more album releases. I'm humbled by the amazing relationships I've built already from just having been in Nashville a very short time.
There's a special spirit to this community, and I'm thrilled to be part of it and hope to contribute in a meaningful way. I also want to be able to really encourage other artists who may feel trapped in not seeing results—I want to help them to find the encouragement, confidence, and success that really is possible. Here's to living the dream!"


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Welcome to our Make Bake Create Party! Every Wednesday come and link up your favorite projects from the week. This could be any food, recipes, crafts or DIY! Since there are 5 hosts… your link will be seen on 5 blogs at once. SWEET! Meet your hosts:
MBC Hosts: Rachel from Bubbly Nature Creations, Sarah from Hope In Every Season, Kristy from Mommy Hates Cooking, Brandi from The Creative Princess and Vanessa from The Rookie Seamstress.
We would love for you to follow us on Google+!
Are you ready for another yummy sweet recipe? Sarah from Hope In Every Season whipped up some Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge for us this week. This sounds and looks divine.. sometimes I really wish I had smell and taste-a-vision! Head on over to her blog for the recipe!

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When Eaton was 12 months old I bought him first toothbrush. He was asking for it. He wanted to try brushing his teeth by himself. Playing with a toothpaste was even better!
It's great to start teaching a baby good habits when they are little. There is no pressure associated with teaching because they naturally are eager to discover by themselves how the toothbrush works. They imitate you with everything you do and say, so why not to use it as a teaching tool since they are little.
But I'm not talking only about brushing your teeth.
Saying please and thank you is another example I started with Eaton since the beginning of our early learning journey. He is saying please and thank you to us most of the time already. Actually, he says "thanks" as his daddy says "thanks buddy" a lot to him and Eaton loves it!
Once Eaton hears that over and over again he just applies that. It's great to hear the word "thanks" when you pass him a piece of an apple! My heart is melting!
By applying this simple strategy of saying please and thank you to your baby you are able to get positive results. Your baby can follow your directions. Like simple activity of closing the door. Eaton is always in and out and closing the door is a must because of cats and bugs. Here is the short video of Eaton following my direction.
You can also apply that to cleaning activity and putting toys away where they belong.
Very important thing to mention is that we (parents) should be consistent with these habits once they are understood by babies.
So start early! Be an example! Be a teacher of good habits and you will raise positive, happy and discipline kid!
Until next time :-)


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Single moms do it all ... alone
Maya Rhodan | 6/7/2013, 12:17 p.m.
"[After her father left] we had to survive," Jackson said. "He wasn't providing, he made it clear he wasn't going to, so I had to."
Jackson considers herself blessed to be in a position where she can easily provide for her daughter; she does not receive child support from her ex-husband. However, she worries that because her father isn't around, her daughter will not know what a healthy relationship looks like, as she grows older.
"A part of her is still in a fairytale world," Jackson said. "She's seen a lot of her friends with a mom and a dad and she wants that."
"I try to do all I can to keep positive male role models in my daughter's life," Jackson added. "We've lost a lot of our wholesome values as a society. I understand that it's a different day and you have to be able to adapt and be fluid, but we have to keep those core values that African American families were raised with."
JayVon Muhammad, a midwife based in the Bay Area of California, agrees.
"There is a decline of relationships and parental structures," Muhammad, 41, said. "Women are having to do everything and become everything instead of making better decisions from the beginning."
Muhammad has become a crusader against what she calls the "baby-mama epidemic," which she said is destroying the Black community.
"I think that we have to recognize that what is happening to us and our families is not normal," Muhammad said. "It's not okay for a community to have 70 percent of their [babies] born to single mothers"
Muhammad had her first daughter at 17 to a man she said was a "drug dealer and a hustler," the type of man she considered normal growing up in a low-income, Black community of San Francisco.
She called the relationship she had with her baby's father "dysfunctional," and said she found herself, "willing to compromise my own happiness to make sure he was all right." But she wasn't all right as she struggled to raise their child while he spent his time in and out of jail.
When her daughter was 4 years old, however, her life changed for the better when she married her current husband.
"The contrast was huge," Muhammad said. "I went from having to do it all to having help."
Muhammad speaks out against "baby-mamas" not because she's critical of the situation, but because she wants women, especially African American women, to want more for themselves and their families.
"Most women say they want love, they want a family where a man supports them but they can't succumb to the feeling because they have to do it all," said Muhammad, the founder of Sista Girl Midwifery.
"We have to start admitting that we don't want to raise children on our own, that we deserve to have the option to stay at home so our children are safe," Muhammad said. "If we don't start taking the stance that's least accepted but is best for our children, we're going to die."
Kia Smith, 31, a single mom in Atlanta, said that although her situation isn't ideal, when you consider the stability she and her 13-year-old son have, the positives outweigh any negatives.
"You can look at us on the outside and think it's bad," said Smith who had her son at 17, but graduated from Spelman College within four years. "But when you look at our lives, everything we've been able to do, can you really say that it's negative?"
Huff agreed.
"Being a mom is the best thing that's ever happened to me," Huff said. "It's not always perfect. I definitely have moments of feeling overwhelmed, but when I wake up and my children are on the side of me I realize I am so blessed."


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Alright this is going to be the final vacation post I promise! Actually, that is a lie because I brought along a camera with film and if those pictures are great I am going to want to post them…whoops! But here are a few more pictures since it's 30 degrees out and I miss the sunshine…
(more from the buggie day)
(forcing him to be in pictures)
And because I can't stop watching it I'm posting the video again…
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In Nomine Matris premieres in Spain
IN NOMINE MATRIS is the Closing Film at the VII Ciclo de Cine y Flamenco in Sevilla, Spain
Filipino independent movie IN NOMINE MATRIS (In the Name of the Mother) by writer and director Will Fredo has been selected to be the closing film at this year's VII Ciclo de Cine y Flamenco in Sevilla, Spain. The yearly celebration of Flamenco films at the heart and origins of the dance, Andalusia, Spain, will premiere the movie at its capital in Sevilla this July 4th as the festival's closing film. Instituto Andaluz Del Flamenco, Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Government of Andalusia with the support of UNESCO and Centro de Iniciativas Culturales de la Universidad de Sevilla (CICUS) organize the festival.
As critic and columnist Mario Bautista declares, "In Nomine Matris is the first local [Filipino] movie to feature flamenco as part of the story. It could very well be our official introduction to this classical Spanish dance with its elaborate footwork, arm, hand and body movements, sometimes with castanets or a fan." The movie, produced by HUBO Productions, is the first Filipino film to be presented in the Festival. In Nomine Matris stars 38th Metro Manila Film Festival New Wave Best Actress Liza Diño (also a contender for the Best Actress plum of the forthcoming Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino URIAN Awards) together with Biboy Ramirez, Al Gatmaitan, Tami Monsod, and Clara Ramona (URIAN Best Supporting Actress nominee).
"Kinakabahan ako actually. To show the people of Andalusia (Spain) our movie is a big deal. The place is the heart of Flamenco, they can be really critical about the art form. But for the film festival to invite and appreciate what we tried to do in In Nomine Matris is very humbling," expresses Fredo. "It's about time we highlight the thriving topnotch Flamenco artists we have here in the Philippines," he added. As articulated by Tito Genova Valiente, Chairman of Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino, "In Nomine Matris remains one of the most thematically daring and, ultimately, most visually compelling of films produced in this republic. Dance in this film is not merely an expression of a mood; dance in this film pushes the tale to a finish."
Based on real life events, this heart-stomping and intense drama, In Nomine Matris (In the Name of the Mother) dares to capture the passion of women and their dance. At the same time the narrative pays homage to the Philippines' Spanish heritage and culture.
In the heart of Metro Manila, Mara (Diño), a young dance protégé, seeks to land the principal part of a dance company that is helming a show named In Nomine Matris. On her quest to land the coveted break, a series of events turned her sense of meaning upside down and is faced with a life-changing decision. She turns to her mentor Mercedes (Ramona) and her mother Ava (Monsod) as she searches for answers in the beautifully loud and endlessly moving world she lives in.
The movie also features Jam Pérez, Maradee De Guzman, Bong Cabrera, Leo Rialp, and Joan Palisoc. Flamenco master Clara Ramona dance-choreographs and world jazz musician Bob Aves scores the film, fusing original Filipiniana and Flamenco movement and music.
IN NOMINE MATRIS (Sa Ngalan ng Ina) GOES NATIONWIDE
IN NOMINE MATRIS opens MAY 8 in SM Mega Mall, SM North, SM Manila, SM Centerpoint, SM Marikina, SM Fairview, SM Southmall, Robinsons Galleria, Star Mall (Metropolis Alabang), Gaisano Cineplex (Cebu), Eden Cinema (Cebu City), and starting MAY 10 in GMALL (Gaisano Davao City). Additional theaters will be announced or check your local theater listings during the release date. TRAILER and SYNOPSIS: http://www.hubo.asia/in-nomine-matris
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IN NOMINE MATRIS (Sa Ngalan ng Ina), a film by HUBO Productions, premiered last December at the 38th Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). Its dramatic premise and visually stimulating dance sequences choreographed by world renowned Flamenco master, Clara Ramona, was the much talked about and biggest hit for the New Wave entries during the festival. The movie bagged in the Festival's NEW WAVE category the Best Actress award for Liza Diño and the Most Gender SensitiveAward. Due to clamor and demand, the movie will be released in selected Philippine theaters nationwide starting May 8, 2013, right in time for the Mother's Day week.
Supported by the Embassy of Spain in the Philippines, Instituto Cervantes/SPCC, and Trinity Hearts Media, IN NOMINE MATRIS is written and directed by Will Fredo. The movie revolves around Mara, portrayed by beauty queen/actress Liza Diño, a young dance protégé who seeks to land the principal part of a dance company that is about to embark on a tour. On her quest to land the coveted break, a series of events turned her sense of meaning upside down. She is then faced with a life changing decision. She turns to her mentor Mercedes (Clara Ramona) and her mother Ava (Tami Monsod) as she searches for answers in the beautifully loud and endlessly moving world she lives in. Within this premise, director Fredo fuses the sensitivities of the Spanish culture into the Philippine modern setting through a highly tense mix of drama, dance, singing, and poetry.
Dramatic actor Biboy Ramirez and Italy-trained opera singer Al Gatmaitan, who both played Mara's lovers in the movie, adds the complexity in the movie. The love triangle between the two half-brothers and Diño's character creates the breath of the story. "Kikiligin at maaawa ka sa pinagdaanan ng dalawang lalaki sa kamay ng character ni Liza, maski ikaw na nanunuod, iisipin mo kung ano ang dapat mong pilliin — passion ba or true love?" quips the director. The movie is not as simple as it appears to be, IN NOMINE MATRIS is not your typical Filipino love story. The filmmaker promises that a lot of people will be able to relate, "lahat naman tayo may mga passion sa buhay, kahit ano pa yan. Araw araw, may mga choices tayong ginagawa, no matter what the consequence diba." A perfect date movie, IN NOMINE MATRIS might be a good alternative to the high testosterone Hollywood movies coming out this May.
"Not all independent movies get the opportunity to release in wide distribution. Honestly, it is a difficult task. We are encouraged though by the audience reaction and by the support of our partners," explains Producer Ida Tiongson. Executive Producer Greg Macaraeg enthused, "It is seldom we see an audience cheer and clap in between scenes, especially after each dance or performance. It feels like you're watching a live show, but it's on screen." Medwin Garcia, one of the producers, further shares, "I hear the audience getting involved, invested with the characters. Nakakatuwa panuorin!"
The movie also stars Nepal's foremost Flamenco dancer, Maradee De Guzman, Flamenco dancer/openmic poet Jam Pérez, award-winning actors Bong Cabrera and actor/director Leo Rialp, first time comedienne theater/TV actress Joan Palisoc, and a group of dancers from various background who trained for more than 3 months to dance Flamenco. World jazz musician Bob Aves created the beautiful music score, a first in Philippine cinema wherein "Kundiman" and Flamenco rhythms were fused together.
IN NOMINE MATRIS will be shown MAY 8 – 14 in SM Mega Mall, SM North, SM Manila, SM Marikina, SM Fairview, SM South Mall, Robinsons Galleria, Robinsons Metroeast. Additional theaters will be announced or check your local theater listings during the release date.
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More information about IN NOMINE MATRIS, check movie official website:
HUBO Productions is an independent multi-media production company that is known for its core film ventures. The film group is headed by Will Fredo, Gregory Macaraeg, Ida Tiongson, Joan T. Manalang, Medwin Garcia, and George K. Sommerrock. HUBO has ventured its artistic reach in music, theatre, dance, and visual arts. HUBO encourages artistry through practical means, and dedicates its art to stimulate the mind however unconventional and unfamiliar.
An Actor's Journey: Excerpts from In Nomine MatrisActress LIZA DIÑO in the raw, as Mara Bonifacio Advento, the protagonist in the movie In Nomine Matris (In the Name of the Mother). She plays a young dance protégé in search for perfection, her real passion, and her true love.
Inspired by Bjork and Marina Abramovic work, transposing excerpts and creating a simplistic collage of lines from the movie In Nomine Matris as a performance piece, director Will Fredo together with long time collaborator Roldan Din, harnesses the rawness of Liza Diño by subjecting the actress in constrained body movements. At the same time, this piece showcases in a playful form the Spanish style monologue coming from the movie's dramatic narrative. Accompanied by a heartfelt acoustic Flamenco-Filipiniana inspired musical score from Bob Aves, this performance piece will draw you closer to your own personal passion and desires.
"Sometimes, watching the journey of an actress go through cycles of emotion in constrained situations is simply breath taking," Fredo explains.
Produced by HUBO Productions
Creative Directors: Roldan Din & Will Fredo
Cinematography: Kim Guanzon & Marden Blake
Music: Bob Aves (taken from the movie In Nomine Matris)
Make-Up: Laa Hernando-Guanzon
Production Assistants: Ferdz Din & Zaldy Ilagan
Post Engineer: Will Fredo
This piece is not in the movie. This is simply a creative play used by the artists.
Fusing Worlds: A Glimpse at Art Collaboration
CLARA RAMONA, a world-renowned Flamenco master, shares her artistry in the movie In Nomine Matris. In this rare footage of deleted scenes from the movie, her character Mercedes Lagdameo pours out her soul, her passion, her frustration as an aging dancer, an embattled teacher, and above of all, as a loving mother.
Filipino music scholars agree that kundiman is uniquely Filipino musical form that taps deep into one's heart and bring untold emotions. Felipe M. de León Jr. once wrote that kundiman is a "unique musical form expressing intense longing, caring, devotion and oneness with a beloved…its music is soulful and lofty…"
Soleá is one of the foundational styles of flamenco that always incorporates the elements of romantic tragedy, desolation, and death. It affords the dancer both profound emotion and blazing footwork in the unique 12-beat cycle of flamenco music.
What WILL FREDO envisioned for the scene is to narrate the travails of being a mother from a Filipino perspective but express it in a form that is at once foreign and familiar. From this direction what BOB AVES has done is absorb the 12-beat cycle of soleá flamenco music into the lyrical triple time of kundiman. In this way the expressiveness that is distinctively Filipino is overlayed on the aggressiveness and passion that the dance required. This has not been done before, and the result is simply astounding.
The Movie | The Music | The Cast
In Nomine Matris Dance Company
Behind the Scenes
The Movie | The Music | The Principal | The Ensemble
In Nomine Matris Music Score
Nana, that's how lullabies are commonly called in Spanish language. In flamenco, it's a quiet place for womanhood. The chant, the melody, the instrument recall all shades of walking, the rhythmic rocking of the cradle, the passion, the work, the love—all indisputable flamenco content. Bob Aves puts all these elements together and amalgamated them with distinctive Filipino undertones serving a heightened drama and poetic sense.
In Nomine Matris is a film set in Manila. It is about a dancer who wanted to be the principal dancer of a Flamenco dance company based in Manila that is about to embark on an international tour. A series of events, however, threw a wrench on her quest and must now face the question of what matters most in her life.
Flamenco is a form of music, song, and dance from Spain where it traces its origin in the Andalucian region in the southern part of the country. Flamenco has a certain soul, commonly referred to as duende, replete with intensity that is almost fiery in nature. Flamenco music uses three basic counts: binary, ternary and, unique to flamenco, twelve-beat cycle.The drama unfolds in a flamenco beat, music is essential to the underlying structure of the film that is set in the Philippines. Though the Philippines was under the Spanish rule, flamenco never became part of the popular taste. The Spanish influence is undeniable—it is in the food, the dance, the music, the language, in general sensibilities of Filipinos—yet flamenco, in its pure form, remains a foreign element. How does one present something foreign yet in many ways familiar to Filipinos? Faced with this predicament, Bob Aves, the musical scorer of the film, tackled the project to be a presentation of a "the fusion of traditional Philippine music and Flamenco music and bring it to a contemporary style." Fusing different musical forms is not new to Aves. In the 1990s, he embarked on a quest to rediscover Philippine indigenous music and re-conceived them with different instrumentation and rhythms. His experimentation became a distinctive element in his music, a unique blending that can only come from a deep understanding of the different forms and styles on their own.
In the film In Nomine Matris, the dance is not a simple case of showcasing the actors' talent, nor is it indulgent. It becomes the rhythm by which the narrative is further told, music naturally become prominent. Aves felt that it is "important to present Flamenco music from our Philippine perspective as our contribution to promote our traditional music in cinema. Since this fusion has never been done before, therefore leaving us with no reference at all, we have to develop the pieces from scratch. We also needed to present this fusion in a very contemporary style therefore incorporating electronic elements, while retaining the aggressiveness and passion that these dances required."
The music is not used as a background, in which case it would serve to underline the atmosphere, accentuate grief, joy, or any other emotion. The music becomes a character in itself, a very important character. In Aves's mind, "the music had to have such fluidity to flow in and out from dance to soundtrack mode … and even from dance music becoming the soundtrack and soundtrack becoming the dance music."
Aves explains that the film has its particular challenges, primarily that it being a weaving of flamenco and a Filipino story, thus he "focused on the elements that were relevant to the Flamenco, like it's specific steps and rhythmic counts and musical forms, while utilizing the traditional southern gong ensembles to play these rhythms. We also wanted to show the versatility of our gongs in adopting to new environments." This accounts for the music not only being prominent but also recorded with great attention to detail. The music score contributes to the musical and visual quality and depth of the film. The music is not mere ornaments but rather closely connected with the plot. It functions as a narrative tool that is essential to the film. Some critical scenes were constructed in a highly effective cinematic terms that owes much to the music, an element that is normally considered least cinematic. The scenes would have not been half as effective.
The music in In Nomine Matris is a fine example of a cinematic technique through which complex ideas can be expressed entirely without words, a story is moved forward by aural intimacy. Usually cinematic film employs image rather than sound to achieve a narrative force, the application of music in In Nomine Matris makes it a remarkable cinematic feat.Roberto 'Bob' Aves is a composer, performing artist and a multi-award-winning arranger and producer. Born and raised in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, in central Philippines, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Composition (1979) from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
In the 1990s, Bob embarked on a quest of rediscovery of Philippine indigenous music, fusing traditional instruments, rhythms and chants, with contemporary music genres. This unique blend of musical style ultimately became the hallmark of Bob's work, ranging from his musical collaborations with Grace Nono, his Philippine-jazz, music scores for documentaries and independent films and music for theater and dance.
Together, Bob Aves and Grace Nono co-established Tao Music in the 90s, an all-Filipino record label that specializes in the production and publication of traditional and contemporary culture-based titles of Philippine music. Their collaboration in the filed of performance have brought their brand of Filipino world music to international music festivals world wide (2011 Penang World Music Festival, Archa Theater, Prague / "Phil. Sacred Chants", HK University / Prince Albert Fundraiser for the Filipino Child, Monaco / Festival Asia, Barcelona-Madrid, Spain / Asean-China Summit, Nanning, China/ World Exposition, Aichi, Nagoya, Japan / House of World Culture, Berlin, Germany / Singapore Arts Festival / WOMAD, Yokohama, Japan / Music Village Festival, UK)
Today, Bob Aves continues to push the boundaries of his unique musical style in the development of Philippine Jazz, a groundbreaking integration of the gong culture of the southern Philippines and contemporary jazz. His jazz group has performed in various jazz festivals such as the Phil. International Jazz festival, Penang Int. Jazz festival (Malaysia), Zhujiajiao Water Village Music festival (Shanghai, China), Jarasum Jazz festival (Korea), National Museum of Singapore, among others.


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Vanguard led all ETF issuers in cash inflows last year, thanks in no small part to a shift among investors towards the most cost-efficient ETF options. Now the company is lowering expenses on six of its international equity ETFs, reflecting greater efficiencies realized in the form of asset growth and operating cost reductions. The ETFs impacted by the expense ratio reduction include:Ticker ETF Old ER New ER VWO Emerging Markets ETF 0.27% 0.22% VGK Europe ETF 0.16% 0.14% VPL Pacific ETF 0.16% 0.14% VT Total World Stock ETF 0.30% 0.25% VEU FTSE All-World ex-U.S. ETF 0.25% 0.22% VSS FTSE All-World ex-U.S. Small Cap ETF 0.40% 0.33%
The reduction to VWO makes it the cheapest option in the Emerging Markets Equities ETFdb Category-an honor previously held by Schwab's SCHE. VWO recently became the largest U.S.-listed emerging markets ETF, surpassing iShares EEM. Both funds offer exposure to the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, but there is a considerable expense differential between the two. iShares recently lowered the fee on EEM from 0.72% to 0.69%, but at just 22 basis points, VWO is now cheaper than EEM by 0.47% [see ETF Investors Becoming Cost Conscious...Or Are They?].
Vanguard had more than $40 billion in inflows last year, topping iShares by about $10 billion. The company raked in another $4 billion in January, and many have attributed the firm's success to its competitive expense ratios. Vanguard's market share of ETP assets stood at about 15% in January according to data from the National Stock Exchange, up from 12.3% a year earlier [see Eleven Predictions For The ETF Industry In 2011].
Vanguard also lowered expense on several other share classes of its international equity products. The company holds a patent on a structure that allows it to offer ETFs as separate share classes of index mutual funds. That structure is one of the factors that allows Vanguard to keep down expenses on its ETF offerings. Assets in VWO, for example, stood at about $45 billion at the end of January, but total fund assets across all share classes was close to $60 billion. Those economies of scale have translated into lower expense figures on the ETF share classes.
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The time is the late 20th century and the cigar industry got a shot in the arm from Marvin Shanken and his new glitzy publication Cigar Aficionado. The boom had started and cigars were flowing off the shelves of every shop around the country. Prior to the 1990s cigar production was stable and consistent. It was predictable. Companies were able to plan for the marketplace. Back in those days the market was somewhere near 100 Million cigars and there were far less premium brands and blends available for the cigar lover although we didn't know much different and accepted the norm. According to Cigar industry veteran Lew Rothman
Because there was only a finite number of potential customers and a fairly predictable demand for premium cigars, the quantity of tobacco planted to supply that demand, and the price for those wrappers, binders, and filler leaves, remained very constant throughout the 1980s and into the '90s. Basically, there were no new farmers, brokers, or factories for the product, and it was 'the same old, same old' for over a decade.
Enter Marvin and Cigar Aficionado in 1992 and things started to change. Cigar smoking became more glamorous. Celebrities were featured on the covers of the magazine and cigar production and import numbers started to rise. It was a boom for the industry. The industry saw double digit % increases through the 1990s. In fact, the 1996 production numbers were more than double that of the early 90s, coming in at 293 million cigars!
While this was good for the cigar industry they did struggle with the growth and keeping up with the orders. They started to use inferior tobacco in many of their products including priming that were not normally targeted for the cigar market. New brands were damaged the most and many failed as experienced smokers shied away from new brands and stuck with established names like Macanudo, Punch, La Finca, Romeo y Julieta, and Hoyo de Monterrey, Ashton, Don Tomas and Fuente.
As 1997 came, the industry was in a free fall. The shelves were now over stocked, but the demand declined as the cigar "fad" started to die off. The new manufactures that survived the crash, changed with the times, offering larger ring sizes and additional vitolas to their lineup. As 2001 approached, the industry started to rebound but in a more predictable way. Growth was at a more stable 6% or so and now there is roughly 300 million cigars imported or made in the US.
During the boom and bust, cigar lovers like me enjoyed what was available. We had less choice than we do today but still enjoyed a good stick with our friends. We didn't have Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram to discuss our latest smoke or new find, we relied on the local brick and mortar shop to have that discussion. The local tobacconist introduced us to a new blend or perhaps they carried the one we found out about reading Cigar Aficionado.
Times have changed; we now have active social media groups, blogs, and more print media that share thoughts on the latest flavors, pairings, and adventures in cigar enjoyment. We share selfies of us smoking our favorite cigar of the day. We trade and barter cigars with each other and even "bomb" each other to share the love. In 2014 there were over 1275 new blends that hit the market, offering everyone from the newbie to the most experienced aficionado a wide range of smoking choices.
The cigar business is strong in the 21st century, but it is about to fight the battle of its life as the FDA releases it upcoming regulations on the industry. We can only hope that it will not destroy, what we as manufactures, consumers, and small business owners have spent so long to build up.


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Please inform the office if your child(ren) will be transferring to another school or leaving Caronport before the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year. This advance notice helps us to prepare the paperwork. Transfer to Caronport Elementary School…We would appreciate your assistance in letting the community know that we are now registering students who plan to attend CES during the 2017-2018 school year. Thank you.


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To stick to the text, I should cut the paper in a rectangular shape but I'll continue to search for other solutions before considering this as the right version.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
The silhouette of the night
Frist try on a text by Eric Chevillard, from his book Du Hérisson.
Friday, March 29, 2013
Vine on zinc
Part of an ongoing project, a white vine pattern on zinc, engraved with acid.
Ce circle is approximatively 4cm in diameter
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Acid 2 - Benoit 0
New fail while using acid to engrave a plate of metal. I left the plate a bit too long in the acid-bath and lost the beginning of the sentence.
Six hours of work to the bin...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Cthulhu - step2
Sunday, March 17, 2013
First step of a new work on slate.
This time, I took a good quality slate plate and, apart from a little shard on a letter of the penultimate line, I had no accident to deplore.
Still a lot of work to do as I intend to add another line from H. P. Lovecraft's writings to this work. To be followed ...
While waiting, you can have a look to these two close-ups of the current engraving :
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Mixed media
Here is a first draft of a mixed media work, just to see whether it has an interest from a graphical & visual point of view.
As for me, the answer is definitively yes even if, for this trial, I used a bad quality slate which broke at the last minute.
To be tried once more so, this time with better materials and probably a more ambitious work.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Painting the street
I've been playnig with man hole covers but it's not enough.
The street is not only man hole covers, it also has pedestrian crossing and asphalt.
So here is my first version of an urban landscape, there will be others as I'm not totally satisfied with this one.
First some close-ups :
The street is not only man hole covers, it also has pedestrian crossing and asphalt.
So here is my first version of an urban landscape, there will be others as I'm not totally satisfied with this one.
First some close-ups :
And then a view of the whole thing :
Sunday, March 3, 2013
I continue to play with man hole covers. Here is an embossing made with a new design, I used wallnut stain & ferro-gallic ink to imitate the color of the cast iron.
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A farmer from the Harborough district has put up a reward of £10,000 in a bid to catch the arsonist who burned down his barn.
The farmer, who asked not to be named, put the £10,000 reward up on Facebook "for the successful conviction of the arsonist".
The farmyard - off Drayton Road, Medbourne - was hit by an arsonist on Saturday, June 3. The same yard was also hit by an arsonist on December 28, 2015.
"Having two arson attacks in 18 months, it feels like someone's got it in for me" the farmer told the Mail.
"The first fire damaged a large barn, except for one wing of the barn, which was not damaged.
"The fire last weekend burnt out the last part of the barn.
"It's hard enough being a farmer these days, without all the extra problems I've been getting."
The farmer's Facebook message says: "If the person wants to know that they have inconvenienced us, stressed us, put animals' lives at risk, annoyed our neighbours, created a lot of work, robbed us numerous times, emptied our fuel tanks on countless occasions, etc, etc, I will agree with them.
"If you ask whether we will give up, the answer is 'no'. It makes us more determined and with more sophisticated technology, we will catch you, that is a promise.
"The criminal needs to be brought to justice. Business is as usual."
"I don't want to be in the limelight myself" the farmer told the Mail.
"I just wanted people to know that I'm not going to cease trading."
He urged anyone who knows something about either fire to contact the police in Market Harborough.
"The money is 100 per cent genuine" he said. "I'm determined to catch these people."


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- Coconut Milk (2 cups)
- Tomato (1 small, finely chopped)
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- Heat Butter. Add garlic, onion and basil. Fry until golden brown.
- Add mixed vegetables, salt, chili paste, and soy sauce. Stir and cook on a high heat for 2 minutes.
- Add coconut milk, water, and spaghetti. Stir and cook on a heat between medium and high for 5 minutes.
- Turn off the gas and add cheese. Stir once.
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I'm new to sharepoint and want to review different options for charts.I can't seem to find much on the web about this, I hear about the OfficeWeb Components and SQL Reporting Services. Anyone know where I can finda review of some of the different options? Looking for MS basedsolutions.
Here is the link to the Office Web Parts.www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx6A1-84B1-337FFB549C5C&DisplayLang=enSql Server Reporting Services sp2 adds some Web Partswww.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx662-8F58-CEC55EF1235B&displaylang=enI am not sure about SQL Server 2005 and RS.


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Clients in wheelchair
The Company is equipping its fleet for the transportation of clients in wheelchairs. At the moment, not the whole fleet is equipped with platform for disabled persons, but the routes that are guaranteed with the platform are indicated on the timetable for the urban service.
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Bowles' (2006) concepts about industrial capitalism have also resonated with the news media. The mainstream news media operate as a corporation, and they inherently have the same market place objectives as any other corporation: earnings. As a component of capitalism's emphasis on high-efficiency, sociology and phycology professors, Croteau, Hoynes, and Milan (2011) have argued that the corporate news media owners demanded substantial returns on their investments" (p.59), which created profit pressures. They claimed that these profit pressures have encouraged news content to attract massive audiences and to be cost efficient. Croteau, Hoynes and Milan (2011) wrote, Newspaper editors, increasingly trained in the planet of business alternatively of news reporting, focus much more on marketing and advertising and packaging the news" (p. 59). Packaging the news entails sensationalism and bias, which hinders the consumer's ability to distinguish in between the good quality of the media's goods—information.
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Bowles (2006) has argued that whilst free of charge market place-advocates attribute economic troubles to the government, free market place opponents attribute financial difficulties as being an inherent part of the capitalist method. In the eyes of market place advocates, inflation is triggered by the government making as well much income, and unemployment is triggered by institutional frictions such as minimum wages and pro-trade union bargaining" (Bowels, 2004, p.37). Other people, like John Maynard Keynes, viewed the capitalist technique as getting inherently unstable and crisis-ridden—crises like the ongoing economic downturn that began in 2008.
Righty-. Well, look. There really is no program of belief, no rule book, no suggestions which I, or any atheist I know, adheres to as part of our atheism. Several of us could have similarities, but they are far from ordered, and the most prominent seem to deal with the inclination to market skeptical considering, a special affinity toward science, and the propensity to ridicule, be annoyed with, and vocally question silly ideas and beliefs. Individuals are cost-free to believe what they want to, yes, but that does not mean we can not giggle or scoff at those beliefs.


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After searching all around the world for Sam, Jimmy and Tommy report their findings (or non-findings) to Billy and showcase a new song all about trying to call Sam on the phone.
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The planning paid off. Although I didn't start on the day originally planned because I couldn't force myself to hit the grocery store (in my defense, I despise shopping!), I felt guilty and decided to just do it. So on Tuesday, I went 100% THM and I am so happy I did! It was so easy I couldn't believe it!
Our menu ended up like this:
Tuesday- Chicken Philly Cheesesteak Bowl, THM-S
Hubby and I both enjoyed this. His was wrapped in a low-carb tortilla. Mine was in a bowl. We both agreed that there was something "missing" though. I'll be toying with this one to get it "just right" while keeping it an S meal.
Wednesday- Bacon Chicken Ceasar Casserole, THM-S
This was UH-MAAAY-ZING! So much so that I had leftovers for lunch on Thursday and Friday. Even better the second and third go around! NOTHING to change on this one, at all. We loved it just the way it is!
Thursday- Beef Stroganoff, THM-E
Can I say how incredibly happy I was to be eating rice? This was okay. In the recipe's defense, I did NOT use the mushroom portion because hubby and I both dislike mushrooms. We decided that we will try it again, and on second go around I will make the mushroom portion but will "puree" the shrooms so that we can stomach them. I've made recipes before THM using cream of mushroom soup with the tiny chunks picked out. I think the pureeing option will work for us and probably add back the bit of flavor that was missing.
Friday- Sour Cream Beef Echhiladas, THM-S
We both loved these! Loved them! I skipped the jalapenos and cilantro (we both dislike cilantro) so I think we missed out on a bit of flavor. I'll be making them again with jalapenos for a bit of heat and flavor that I think will make all the difference.
Now onto my breakfasts, lunches and snacks! 🙂
I am an avid lover of these amazing little organic protein packs with oven-baked chicken breast, white cheddar and dark chocolate covered almonds. 14g of fat and 8g of carbs, but I figure by leaving off the almonds the carbs and sugar drop to acceptable amounts. These little packs are great because they are a super convenient snack and very tasty! And my kiddo loves the almonds 🙂 In addition to my protein snack, I found that I really like Vanilla flavored Oikos Triple 0. So much so that I had one for breakfast one morning! Two hard-boiled eggs served me well every other morning. Lunch was left-overs from the night before (or 2 nights before as in the case of the Chicken Ceasar!), roughly 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup serving.
I found that spreading my meals and snacks over the course of the day, 3-3.5 hours apart kept me eating small portions and completely satisfied ALL day! THIS is absolutely amazing all by itself!
I haven't had a single Diet Dr Pepper Cherry since Monday, and I'm completely okay with that. I bought some bottle water and other than one cup of coffee each morning, have had 2-3 bottles each day. I figured out that if I buy bottles rather than keeping a reusable water bottle, I actually DRINK the water. It's a mind trick I'm sure but for me, it works.
I have been so happy with the past 4 days that I couldn't stop myself from stepping on the scale this morning. Much to my surprise, I saw a 3 pound drop! I honestly wasn't expecting a change at all but couldn't resist. My happiness skyrocketed needless to say! For the first time in I don't know how many months, I KNOW this lifestyle will work for me!
I am now a THM for life!


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I am using PracticeWorks v8.1.0 and recently one of the doctors in the practice purchased a third party intraoral camera. We are having some difficulty integrating it with PracticeWorks imaging.
It's a Daryou DY-50 camera and I was hoping there might be an easy way to integrate it.
It is required to use an intraoral camera that uses a Twain driver for it to integrate with the CS PracticeWorks software charting module. We do not supply this driver so it must be acquired from the manufacture of the camera.
There are some settings to take a look at as well to make sure it is being seen by the software.
At This point you can try to go into the capture tab of the chart and use the Capture option to see if it will launch and view the camera image.
If this does not work, then the twain driver is not installed properly.
If you are needing to have it integration into the CS imaging software (DIS) then you will want to reach out to our imaging department for their assistance. You can find their contact information here.
Thank you!
We had to download the Twain driver, so we will be trying this fix once we have everything settled.
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text: Quoting Patrick McGrane <N2OEQ at aceweb.com>: > Greetings from pat n2oeq > > I have been looking forward to the launch of P3E which I thought was > going to be this year. > I am concerned about the germans use of the SDR technology over william > Liejanier's transponder design. > I am of the belief that signal processing presents a loss in the path, > please correct me if I'm wrong. > Williams Hamsat transponder is excellant and made me very interested in > P3E. > Besides making the voice unnatural, are other modes allowed through the > SDR transponder? > Does the Helaps system compensate for the loss? > I'm of the Keep it simple discipline as once its up there nothing can be > done to fix it. > > If amsat-dl is monitoring , please update your website and provide a > direct Paypal donation utility. > > Thanks to amsat-na for the donation to P3E recently. 73, pat > The amsat-dl article "Launches Speak Louder Than Words", published in May 2006 http://www.amsat-dl.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=97 noted that Nov. 2008 was the first relatively secure date. I believe more recent sources have suggested that the bird will be ready in Spring or Summer of this year. Perhaps there is some hope that a more recent launch opportunity will arise. >From my reading, and I'm not an expert, SDX technology is predicted to be indistinguishable from a linear xponder to the ground station: I have read no account of entailed losses. What it *does* aim to provide is a newly flexible and configurable bent pipe. One obvious application is to limit the amount of output power in a given portion of the passband, thereby reducing the impact of alligator stations. The audio files posted on this list indicate no unnatural artifacts to my ear, and such transponders are routinely built to operate with varying modulation schemes. As this technology matures, one could imagine groundstations developing 'applets' for the SDX. For instance, imagine an bit of SDX code that listens on a certain very small passband and responds to any CW signal with a report that indicates that signal's average power in dBm or dB above noise, or what have you. This would be an invaluable tool for calibrating a station! What if the report were sent three times, each signal 10 dB lower than the previous (something like the IARU beacons); then you'd have some hard numbers on how your Field Day station was performing on both uplink and downlink. My point is that SDX allows us to dream of these things, and potentially to implement them even after the bird is up. Yes, it entails a risk. We're fortunate to be able to mitigate this risk: SuitSatII will fly with SDX on-board so that we can test this technology. To my mind, the satellite service/hobby is a branch of the hobby that continues to fulfill the experimental origins of amateur radio. We need to do so prudently, given the cost of launching the hardware into space, but I think the SDX concept fits nicely within that curve. 73, Bruce VE9QRP