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Summer 2014 Playlist: 10 Hot Imports You Should Be Listening To, From Gorgon City To Mr. Probz
If you checked out our spring playlist featuring the hottest imports from around the world, then you know that deep house is alive and well in the club and on the radio in 2014. In the months since then, a few of the cuts we featured in the previous roundup, such as "Hideaway" by Canadian singer Kiesza and "Rather Be" by Brits Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne, have gone on to be hits here in the States.
Now, deep into the summer months, we bring you even more tracks to crank up and dance to. From England to Sweden to Norway to France to Jamaica, it's clear that the worldwide theme of the year is Get Your Ass On The Floor.
10. Lilly Wood & The Prick — "Prayer In C (Robin Shulz Remix)" This French duo first rose to prominence in their home country in the late '00s thanks to both their cover of Santigold's "L.E.S. Artistes" and their own catchy alt-pop tunes. German producer Robin Shulz recently reworked the pair's 2010 lament "Prayer In C" into a breezy dance track, leading the song to top the charts in no less than nine countries across Europe.
And speaking of Robin Shulz…
9. Mr. Probz — "Waves (Robin Shulz Remix)" Dutch rapper Mr. Probz was looking to expand his horizons, and the first song he recorded after teaching himself to play the guitar was the ballad "Waves." As he explained to Idolator recently, "There were like all these remixes and bootlegs out there. At first, I didn't know what to do with it. Of course, it felt like a compliment for people to make something that is inspired by something that you made, so for me that's like a pay it forward type of thing. The Robin Schulz version caught our eye when a UK label hit us up asking, 'Can we please release a house remix?' We were talking, and we were like, 'Okay, if we're going to do a move like this, that version makes the most sense.' So, we contacted Robin's people and decided to put it out officially."
The result: A chart-topping single across Europe this past spring.
8. Jess Glynne — "Right Here" You know British singer Jess Glynne from her featured vocals on Clean Bandit's "Rather Be" and Route 94's "My Love," two of the year's biggest house smashes. Her first breakout single as a solo artist is the Gorgon City-produced "Right Here," currently a Top 10 hit in the UK.
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More From Alumni
"Taiji explores the dynamic, as experienced in an instant. Practice explores the becoming, as transformed into being."
—Jack Chambers (2012)
"Inner Reflection is a constant battle between willingness and resistance. What make me willing and why do I say or feel NO. Fun debates always surround this issue and one avenue that I take to discover more answers is Tai Chi.
Life is a mystery and it's a constant collection of courage, acceptance of love, understanding when to figure things out and when to let go. Working with fear is also a part of creating acceptance and/or change. Having the inner reflection or movie screen helps to gain understanding so there is no more fear. One realizes there is a choice of doing something or to sit still and allow. The body is the most physical part of being here and to bring an inner experience out to our bodies is one challenge, maybe it's the hardest challenge of all. Tai Chi is a beautiful way to experience the inner world and bring it out to the body for the body to feel connection and possible change"
—Jan Taylor (2012)
"I am practicing Tail Chi because I need to regain balance and a sense of myself moving in space. Also I am drawn to the cultural foundation of Tao Te Ching and I Ching within which Tai Chi developed. Mostly though I am practicing Tai Chi with Gu Feng Tai Chi Club because the way we practice Tai Chi to selected Chinese music is so very beautiful and emotionally engaging."
—Rowan Murphy (2012)
"I chose to practice tai chi because I thought it would be good for me, and not too difficult to do while still challenging me. It has much more depth and value than I ever imagined it would, and is a lot more challenging than I expected too. I thought I could learn tai chi and become good at it within a year or two, but now I think it will take more than my whole life to really learn all of the depth and wisdom it has to offer. I am grateful to have the opportunity to learn such an incredible art in such a sincere environment, and the benefits of practicing and learning tai chi are already much more than I had hoped I could get. It's a humbling experience, and it's good for my soul, and those benefits even reach those who are a part of my life."
—Keith Dunnigan (2010)
"Tai Chi is a great teacher. It teaches me to listen inside to move on the outside. It teaches me to extend to the tips of my body without losing my center. There is gentleness and fierceness. There is spaciousness and flow. It is beautiful. It teaches me to be patient and persistent. And to accept where I am when I am none of these things I've described."
—Jan Vanderlinden (2010)
"After witnessing Master Ding's live Tai Chi presentation, it is very clear to me why I practice. He gave me so much to aspire to, being so full of life and physically fit in his 80's. If I can attain even a fraction of his accomplishments then my Tai Chi practice will have served me well."
—Linda Kasper (2010)
"A very famous Greek man once said, "Know Thyself". Tai Chi has enabled me to learn more about myself than any other single thing I can think of. How I move my body, deal with life situations, and deal with the world in general, have all been tremendously influenced by Tai Chi. It has taught me the importance of balance and not to go outside the "Tai Chi Circle".
Tai Chi is a part of my total being.
And, Oh yea…it is fun!"
—Michael Kasper (2010)
"I came to Tai Chi because my wife and I were looking for an activity that we could do together. I stay because I appreciate the beauty of the art, and the camaraderie of the club members. Tai Chi also complements my meditation practice, and has provided me a small, but interesting glimpse into Chinese culture and customs."
—Robin Hodge (2008)
"Sunday morning Tai Chi classes represent a very much fun and calming time for me to spend with my husband and a very wonderful group of people under a direction of a superb teacher, Dr. Laura Ting."
—Boba Stankov (2008)
"Eight years ago I had a significant head injury. After a few years of focus on recouping as many brain cells as I could I found I had a significant problem with my hand eye coordination and felt very "out of body".
Through Tai Chi I have had tremendous gains in coming back into my body.
There is always someone to observe doing forms, and always several people to ask for assistance when I have questions.
I have good days, I have bad days. The one constant since becoming a member of the Gu Feng Tai Chi club is that I ALWAYS feel better at the end of practice than I did at the beginning.
Through the program my meditations have deepened, my skiing improved greatly, and I never fall over waiting in line at the grocery store anymore! ! !
I feel the deepest thanks and respect for all of the members and instructors, it is a very close knit group, more like family."
—Phil Londal (2008)
"I have found the ongoing process of learning tai chi to improve my focus and sense of humor at work, my balance and efficiency at sports, and overall comfort at everyday activities."
—Martin Muggli (2008)
"I started diligently practicing Chinese martial arts shortly after moving to Massachusetts in 1997. This included tai chi, but the emphasis was mostly on external styles (primarily kung fu/wushu). In 2004, my wife and I moved to Colorado and I decided to pursue my PhD in electrical engineering at CSU. Due to the time commitments of school, some back problems I began to experience, and a desire to refocus my Way in the martial arts, I decided that a tai chi only school was my best option. While I don't practice as much as I'd like to, tai chi still helps to provide some balance to my life, and is certainly helping with body awareness to overcome my back issues."
—Jason Fritz (2006)
"Tai Chi is the way that I can bring myself into my body, to explore the dynamic between my breath, movement, balance, mind and spirit. It is very helpful to calm me down and for the rehabilitation of my brain injury and PTSD."
—Shing-Jiuan Liau (2005)
"In the last seven years I had been under tremendous work and family related stress. Having changed two jobs and my wife have had a life threatening health problem, I have found TaiChi to be a grate discipline that helped me to cope with my stress. Since the year 2001 I have been practicing TaiChi and this helps me to balance my body and mind in an integrated way, as well as been an internal martial art, when practice as an internal exercise, has many health benefits, which I have been benefiting from. I thank Laura Ting and all the instructors from the Gu Feng Tai Chi Club for the excellent and unconditional help that I received during these last years."
—Miguel Villasenor (2005)

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Mazal tov to Andrew & Natalie Cohen on their 15th wedding anniversary, to Howard & Sharon Smith on their 5th wedding anniversary and Simon & Andrea Alexander on their 20th wedding anniversary.
New Members
We are delighted to welcome the Kosky family to HEMS. They are well known to long standing HEMS members and we are really delighted to welcome Mark and Elizabeth back, to our growing family.


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Football is not only about the 90 minutes on the pitch, it is a passion and often includes an active lifestyle. We have named this passion #unisportlife, and our Football365 collection for women here on Unisportstore.com enables you to wear football and sports inspired clothes even for everyday use! It is simply packed with cool women sports fashion.
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Unisport is proud to present a large selection of sports fashion items, for all ages and sexes. A lot of items is unisex, and can be used by all. But sports fashion is increasingly popular, and right here you can find all the items we offer here at Unisport. All the items in this category is especially designed for a womens fit, making them the best choice. If you are looking to upgrade your wardrobe, with some excellent sports fashion - check our collection right her, with many different colors, models and size from brands like Nike and adidas.


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How To Make a Success of Your Small Business
Whether your company has been up and running for a short period of time, or if it's been established for a while now, driving more traffic towards your business can prove difficult. For a business to be successful, it needs to gather traction and always be on an upwards trajectory towards gaining more recognition and profits. In order to achieve this, you need to set clear business goals to aim for.
If you're unsure of what goals you should be setting in order to make more of a success of your business, then here are three examples detailing how to get you there.
Make customer service a priority
One of the simplest ways to keep customers coming back to you is to ensure that you treat all of your clients with respect. Customers value positive experiences with companies, especially personalized ones where they feel that their individual needs are being recognized and being put ahead of profits or money making schemes.
Loyal customers are much easier to sell to, and are likely to bring you repeat business and spread a positive reputation for your company via word of mouth: this alone will keep you in business for far longer than a one-off sale. Therefore, it is important that you take the time to evaluate your current customer services, and ensure that you make the necessary changes to your sales, enquiries, and returns and complaints procedures so that you can live up to your customers' expectations.
Focus on effective marketing
The marketing strategies that you use for your business are key to increasing your sales, and there are a range of different marketing strategies which you can utilize depending on your individual budget. It is important to understand that marketing isn't just about advertising, it's also encompasses branding your business in the best light possible to attract your target market. The marketing strategies you choose will also depend on the industry or sector you work in.
For example, if you work in the legal sector, then your branding will need to be sensitive and sophisticated in its approach. This is because you'll want to promote nothing but professionalism, reliability and empathy for your potential clients. Email marketing strategies can work well within this sector, a process which Just Legal Marketing can help you with, as this strategy would be better suited to a professional clientele.
Building an online presence
As most people spend a large majority of their time online, both in a personal and professional capacity, having a strong online presence can be essential in the marketing of a business. At the very least, you should be able to boast a comprehensive website, presented in a concise and articulate manner, which is easy to navigate and is user friendly. You may also benefit from having at least one social media platform that you can use to connect with existing and potential customers; Instagram is best for visual companies such as within the art or food industries, whereas Facebook or Twitter might be more suitable for a law firm or marketing agency.


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We've officially reached the "has the world gone mad!" stage of LeBron James Jr. coverage.
The eldest son of newly-signed Laker LeBron James, LeBron "Bronny" James Jr. receives more attention than most members of the USA TODAY Chosen 25. He's a superstar of elite high school senior proportions, despite entering the eighth grade.
RELATED: See all our LeBron James Jr. coverage here
If that sounds absurd, just consider everything that happened during his AAU squad's recent run to a USBA national title. It's crazy, but it's also reality. That, apparently, is also why at least one national sports betting outlet is already accepting wagers on where Bronny James will play in college, as reported by our Louisville Gannett partners at the Courier-Journal.
Let us briefly stop to consider all the ways this is preposterously foolhardy.
First of all, it's highly likely James Jr. won't attend college at all. NBA commissioner Adam Silver has already said the league is likely to revoke the so-called "one-and-done" rule that sends elite high school hoops recruits to college for a single season, then welcome them to the league with open arms. Dropping the one-and-done rule would allow James Jr. to head to the NBA after his high school senior season, saving his father one more year of grind on his body if the two legitimately hope to play together, or against each other in the league.
Still, for the sake of argument, let's suspend our knowledge of the actual state of play and imagine Bronny James still has to spend a year on a college campus. Why wouldn't Kentucky be considered a co-favorite?
LeBron James has never hidden his bro-lationship with Wildcats coach John Calipari. While Duke is considered the favorite to sign James Jr. by bookmaker.eu, that's only because Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski coached LeBron on the U.S. national team. Why wouldn't that have a real impact on where LeBron Jr. decides to play?
Furthermore, with the family now settled in L.A., wouldn't it make more sense for LeBron Jr. to reinforce his roots at a California school (it would have to be USC or Stanford, because UCLA and Cal are Under Armour schools). Or perhaps he would choose to chase the college basketball legacy his father passed on at LeBron Sr.'s home-state school, Ohio State. After all, the Buckeyes have worn uniforms with LeBron's Nike logo. Perhaps LeBron Jr. coming back to the Buckeye State would reinforce the family's ties and commitment to Ohio.
For what it's worth, all three of those schools are off-the-board choices for LeBron Jr.'s future, which either highlights that the bookmakers know something no one else does (always possible) or they greatly underestimate the influence sneaker companies have on college programs and athletes (they're European, so this seems highly likely).
Put it all together, and what we have is a set of odds based on rampant speculation around an event which is unlikely to even occur because of operating changes in an American professional sports league, with even those odds overlooking a clear determining factor in a player's decision which keeps three likely contenders out of the betting odds entirely.
That's a mouthful, and it's unlikely to ever happen. If anything, it's reinforcement that the James family needs more space, even if it's less likely than ever to receive any in Hollywood.


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Two decades after the fall of communism, Albania became a registered destination in the most famous tourist guides. The development of tourism helps to slow down the effects of the global crisis on this Balkan country.
Albania had to wait a hundred years since gaining independence to see its inclusion in the most famous tourist guides and become a destination to visit.
The country was underdeveloped by the past and is now a candidate for membership of the European Union. It has transformed its 700,000 bunkers (once used to defend themselves against potential enemies) into real tourist attractions.
The tourist boom
The tourist boom has helped to mitigate the effects of the global crisis on the country. Albanian tourism is booming in recent years. Tourists are more likely to visit the country. Government is increasingly investing in tourist cities. Albania offers 300 days of sunshine per year and 450 kilometers of coastline on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea.
Many hotels and resorts have been built in Tirana, Durres, Vlora and Saranda. Prices are much more attractive than in neighboring countries.
Infrastructures for travel, including roads within the country, are being rebuilt to facilitate transit between the tourist towns. Some cities like Gjirokastra and Berat are on UNESCO's World Heritage List. The ruins of Butrint, the ancient Greek city of Apollonia (Illyria), Skanderbeg Castle in Kruja… are places you should not miss.
3 million tourists visited Albania last year and this represents a turnover of more than 1.5 billion Euros.


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If you have been hankering for authentic Italian food and have maybe even wondered how the real deal is cooked, the 1,235-acre Tenuta La Badiola Estate in Tuscany may be just the place. Home to La Villa and the Michelin-starred Trattoria Toscana (which is the only Alain Ducasse restaurant in Italy), the resort is one you will definitely want to visit. Found near the Castiglione della Pescaia coastline and the Tyrrhenian Sea, the property is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. It houses the L'Andana hotel and Casa Badiola Golf House, an ESPA spa, tennis courts, indoor and open-air swimming pools, and a driving range.
On a recent visit, we participated in a cooking class in the trattoria's cozy kitchen, which was once the granary of Grand Duke Leopold II of Lorraine. Chef Alessandro Battisti selected traditional dishes handed down through generations for our lesson: crostino di fegatini (rabbit pâté served on warm, unsalted Tuscan bread) and pappa al pomodoro (a thick Tuscan soup typically prepared with fresh tomatoes, bread, olive oil, garlic and basil). Commonly known as a "farmer's meal," the dishes are often prepared by housewives using leftover bread.
Italy offers so much more than pasta and pizza, which Chef Battisti proved during our enjoyable two hours in his company. Honing his skill from a young age, Battisti learned from his grandmother while working in a small town restaurant. The Roman chef showed us how to select the best pancetta and how to create a tasty meal out of lesser-used animal parts, which in this case was rabbit liver.
Being in Tuscany, wine obviously played a pleasing role in our culinary experience, both as a fine accompaniment and as an important ingredient. For instance, Vin Santo (holy wine) is used as a key element in the pâté, along with the pancetta, fresh fennel, onion and celery.
Our culinary experience was capped off with dinner at La Villa, a restaurant emanating a country-house atmosphere with views of the estate vineyard. The wines, categorized as Maremma Toscana appellation and promoted to Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) status four years ago, reflect diverse personalities. We chose to pair an Aquadoro white made from the Viognier grape, which has a floral and herbal bouquet, with delicious homemade nettles and sage ravioli. The Acquagiusta 2012 red went perfect with our tagliata of Maremma beef, cut from the long-horned breed indigenous to the region. Served with arugula leaves and parmesan cheese, the tender steak was bursting with flavor, having been grilled slowly, barbeque style.
Our favorite wine of the evening, however, was a sparkling, rusty-colored Alicante Bouschet Andane. Somewhat akin to sherry, we enjoyed the wine with the rabbit liver pâté bruschetta we had prepared earlier in the day.
If you value a truly Tuscan meal complete with a range of locally-produced wines, traditional foods and a hands-on experience, La Badiola Estate may just satisfy your needs.


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Blog Archives
Random Awesomeness (part 2019.14)
I've been a bit busy lately with some projects that are non-blog related. But I'm still reading and Tweeting and collecting Random Awesomeness to share…
- '56 of the month: Andy Seminick [Night Owl Cards]
- Angels No-Hit Tribute to Tyler Skaggs [Cards That Never Were]
- 2020 Topps is here [Cards That Never Were]
- 1988 All Star Game Honorary Captains: Bobby Doerr & Willie Stargell [Cards That Never Were]
- The 1967-68 Player Boycott of Topps [SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee]
- The Baseball Card Olympics [The Lost Collector]
- Joy of a purchased complete set: 1985 Topps Goonies [Baseball Card Breakdown]
- The Family's All Here #GB20 [Jason Reitman's Twitter]
Purchase the classic self-titled debut album from Georgia Satellites!
Fun Cards: 1990 Topps All-Star Jack Armstrong
I love the All-Star Game. To see the game's brightest stars and the surprising stars and the soon-to-be has-beens all together on the field, it is one of the greatest spectacles in all of baseball.
My beloved Cincinnati Reds (who are absolutely killing me this year and I refuse to even wear my Reds hat until they get back to at least .500) have two All-Stars on the roster this year, pitchers Luis Castillo and Sonny Gray. I am of the opinion that Castillo should be starting the game, but that honor is going to Dodgers hurler Hyun-Jin Ryu tomorrow night. I hope that Castillo and Gray see some time on the mound, especially since the game is again simply an exhibition and not the decider of home-field advantage for the World Series.
The Reds have had a number of pitchers on All-Star rosters through the years, but it has been 29 years since a Reds pitcher started the game. Not Jose Rijo or Tom Browning or Danny Jackson, but Jack Armstrong was the starting pitcher for the 1990 National League All-Stars at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Armstrong had an insane first half with 11 victories and a 2.28 ERA.
He finished the year with 12 wins.
You read that right. In the second half of 1990, the All-Star starter won only one more game.
1990 was Armstrong's only winning season, and his only full season with an ERA lower than 4.00. He finished his career with only 40 wins and a 4.58 ERA. But in the first half of 1990, he was one of the baseball's top pitchers.
For more 1990 Topps All-Star goodness (or nonsense, if that is your opinion of the design), check out the latest post on The List of Fisk.
Fun Cards: 1988 All-Star Managers
Tom Kelly and Whitey Herzog led their teams to the World Series in 1987, but 1988 was not as kind to either manager. Kelly did get mentioned in the AL Manager of the Year voting, but the Cardinals' 5th place finish in 1988 ensured that Herzog would be ignored at the end of the season. Kelly was at the beginning of his managerial career; he stayed with the Twins through the end of the 2001 season. Herzog was nearing the end in 1988; he was dismissed after 80 games in 1990 and never managed in the big leagues again.
I have enjoyed making these "fun cards" and researching the players that appeared in the 1988 All-Star Game, one of the first I remember and one of the most fun because of how close it was to me.
Fun Cards: 1988 National League All-Star Pitchers
The National League was absolutely loaded with starting pitchers in 1988. At the end of the year, it was a three-man race for the Cy Young Award, but at mid-season the field was wide open. Dwight Gooden got the starting nod. You would not have convinced me in 1988 that he would never be on another All-Star team.
Next up was Houston's Bob Knepper, the only Astro on the team. I shook his hand during the All-Star workout the night before. I didn't have anything to get signed with me, and he was the only one that acknowledged my existence.
David Cone is another one of the borderline Hall of Fame cases. I wouldn't vote for him, but there are a lot of Coneheads who believe he was snubbed by the voters.
I never would have guessed that Kevin Gross was an All-Star. He did have 10 wins at the break, though, and 2.47 is a pretty good ERA. He just doesn't register as an All-Star in my brain.
Mark Davis got a hefty raise after his 1989 Cy Young season, but he never pitched like he did in 1988 and 1989 again.
As names go, "Walk" may be one of the worst for a pitcher. "Homer" beats it, but "Walk" is not far behind. Fortunately, Bob Walk never appeared in the top ten for walks.
Orel Hershiser spent 18 years in the majors, winning 204 games for the Dodgers, Indians, Mets, and Giants. 1988 was his greatest season, winning the Cy Young Award, the NLCS MVP, and the World Series MVP.
Just as Tom Kelly chose his closer for the American League roster, Whitey Herzog named his closer Todd Worrell to the National League team. Worrel actually got into the game and retired the side in the top of the 9th: George Brett, Cal Ripken Jr., and Don Mattingly.
Greg Maddux made his first of eight All-Star teams in 1988, but didn't pitch in the game. Am I the only one who thinks eight is way too low of a number for one of the greatest pitchers ever?
Danny Jackson was one of three Reds on the roster, but didn't get to play in the game. There should be a rule that all players from the host city get to play. Jackson only made one more All-Star roster; while with the Phillies in 1994, he faced Scott Cooper, Kenny Lofton, and Will Clark without getting an out. He allowed two inherited runners and one of his own to score.
Fun Cards: 1988 American League All-Star Pitchers
"Sweet Music" Frank Viola was 14-2 at the All-Star break in 1988, making him the easy choice to start the game for the American League. He pitched two innings and earned the victory.
"The Rocket" Roger Clemens was next up for the AL, and retired all three batters he faced.
Mark Gubicza was the first American League pitcher to enter the game that didn't have a cool nickname. He was also the first (and only) to let the National League score; Vince Coleman came home on a wild pitch in the 4th.
Should Dave Stieb be in the Hall of Fame? I think not, but there are a lot of Stieb stumpers out there. He appeared in seven ASGs in his career, but only tallied 176 victories over 16 seasons.
Jeff Russell was the "player to be named later" in the 1985 Reds-Rangers trade that saw Buddy Bell come to Cincinnati.
Doug Jones had a breakout season in 1988; it was the first of five seasons in which he saved at least 30 games, and his first of five All-Star Games.
When I started collecting baseball cards, Dan Plesac seemed to be in every discount store box set. He had a solid 18-year career, but nothing that would have warranted his inclusion in so many "Young Superstar" and "Hottest Players"-type sets.
Dennis Eckersley was the only Hall of Fame pitcher on the American League roster. Of course, Clemens would have been enshrined long ago if he hadn't derailed his chances by getting caught using performance enhancers.
Two pitchers were on the American League roster but didn't get into the game. The first is the manager's own closer, Jeff Reardon. I wonder if players get mad when they don't get to play, or if the experience of being there is enough.
Doyle Alexander started his big league career in 1971 and was named an All-Star for the first time in 1988. He did not get an opportunity to take the mound.
Fun Cards: 1988 National League All-Star Catchers
Being associated with the 1986 World Champion New York Mets was like a golden ticket for many players. The National League fans' 1988 All-Star selection of Gary Carter was not as egregious as Terry Steinbach, but he still was not the best choice. Lance Parrish of the Phillies would have been a better fit to start according to the players.
The results of the USA Today players poll for NL catchers follows:
- Lance Parrish 66
- Mike Scioscia 30
- Gary Carter 25
- Mike LaValliere 16
- Benito Santiago 14
- Tony Pena 6
- Jody Davis 2
- Bruce Benedict 1
- Steve Lake 1
- Bob Brenly 1
Fun Cards: 1988 American League All-Star Catchers
To say Terry Steinbach was a controversial pick to start at catcher would be an understatement, and even he knew it. "There were a lot of mixed emotions. In 1987, I had a decent year as a rookie, but in '88, I had missed a month with an injury and wasn't hitting worth crap." His home run off NL starter Dwight Gooden and MVP win briefly quieted opponents. Looking back historically, however, it's clear that he was a poor choice.
Tim Laudner of Minnesota was selected as the backup. The players would have made him the starter and Steinbach's teammate Ron Hassey the backup, though B.J. Surhoff and Andy Allanson had their apologists as well.
- Tim Laudner 24
- Ron Hassey 21
- B.J. Surhoff 20
- Andy Allanson 18
- Rick Cerone 14
- Bob Boone 13
- Matt Nokes 12
- Carlton Fisk 12
- Terry Steinbach 9
- Don Slaught 8
- Ernie Whitt 8
- Mike Macfarlane 4
- Dave Valle 1
- Geno Petralli 1
- Mike Heath 1
- Ron Karkovice 1
Fun Cards: 1988 National League All-Star Outfielders
The National League took six outfielders from four teams to the midsummer classic in 1988: starters Darryl Strawberry, Vince Coleman, and Andre Dawson, and backups Willie McGee, Rafael Palmeiro, and Andy Van Slyke.
I love the nicknames of the 1980s. The Straw, Vincent Van Go, The Hawk…the nicknames of players today just don't have the same panache.
Not everyone liked their nickname, though. Case in point, Willie McGee hated the name "E.T." He hated it so much, it became a national news story. The New York Times reported in 1982, "Willie McGee won't elaborate on his dislike for the nickname. Perhaps he thinks that it's a racial slur since E.T. is dark-skinned. Perhaps he's embarrassed because he has the hooded eyes and pinched nose similar to that of the little creature; he also wobbles when he walks, as E.T. does in the movie. Whatever the reason, Willie McGee is entitled to prefer his name to that nickname, even though he has virtually landed in the World Series from another planet."
If Palmeiro had a nickname, what would it be? "Finger-pointer"?
Kirk Gibson is the only difference between the players' top six and the actual roster. Gibby was the eventual National League MVP and had one of the most dramatic home runs in World Series history, but his invite to the 1988 All-Star Game was evidently lost in the mail.
- Darryl Strawberry 118
- Andre Dawson 100
- Willie McGee 71
- Andy Van Slyke 57
- Kirk Gibson 37
- Rafael Palmeiro 32
- Vince Coleman 25
- Tim Raines 25
- Barry Bonds 20
- Tony Gwynn 10
- Dale Murphy 8
- Gerald Perry 7
- Eric Davis 5
- Will Clark 3
- Tom Brunansky 3
- John Shelby
- Candy Maldonado 2
- Brett Butler 1
- Dave Martinez 1
- Casey Candaele 1
- Jeffrey Leonard 1
- Danny Heep 1
- Kevin McReynolds 1
- Keith Moreland 1
- Mike Aldrete 1
- Gerald Young 1
- Albert Hall 1
Fun Cards: 1988 American League All-Star Outfielders
The top three vote-getters among American League outfielders were Rickey Henderson, Dave Winfield, and Jose Canseco.
Canseco went on to win the AL MVP Award on the strength of the first-ever 40 home run/40 stolen base season.
Coming in second for the MVP Award was Mike Greenwell, who believes he should be retroactively honored due to Canseco's admitted steroid use.
Kirby Puckett rounds out (no pun intended) the AL outfield in 1988.
Was anyone snubbed? The players would have added Cleveland outfielder Joe Carter to the roster ahead of Henderson, but since the fans get to select the starters, Carter stayed home.
- Dave Wlnfleld 141
- Jose Canseco 129
- Kirby Puckett 126
- Mike Greenwell 50
- Joe Carter 47
- Rickey Henderson 32
- Ellis Burks 8
- George Bell 6
- Bo Jackson 5
- Dwight Evans 3
- Robin Yount 3
- Chili Davis 3
- Danny Tartabull 2
- Jack Clark 2
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The players poll showed that those who shared the field with the Wizard agreed wholeheartedly with the fans' choice.
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Angry Inuk director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril hopes to change minds on seal ban
'Something had to be said ... about how unfairly we've been treated by anti-sealers'
An Iqaluit filmmaker's documentary that looks at Inuit and the sealing industry is being screened at the HotDocs film festival this week in Toronto.
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril spent eight years on her film Angry Inuk, inspired in part by Aaju Peter's work to bring the voice of Inuit to the debate over seal product bans in Europe.
Arnaquq-Baril spoke with Kevin Kablutsiak, host of CBC Radio's Qulliq, earlier this week. This interview has been edited and condensed.
Why did you want to tell this particular story?
I'm a filmmaker and I'm Inuk so of course I'm think of issues that are important to us as Inuit. And I felt like something had to be said on the international stage about how unfairly we've been treated by anti-sealers. I had to make this film.
You started filming this documentary about eight years ago. Why did it take so long to complete?
When I wanted to make this film, it was going to be about the history of sealing and how the European Union banned seal products from white coat baby harp seals in 1983. I was going to tell the story of how Inuit were affected, how incomes dropped to about five per cent of what they were before the ban and how many Inuit went hungry, had to move off the land and into town. There were very real effects on a lot of Inuit and I wanted to tell that story.
But as soon as we started filming, it turned out that the European Union wanted to pass a new ban that was even more strict than the last one. I thought I was going to make a historical film about the past and suddenly it had to be about the present day, too, the present-day fight to stop the new ban from happening.
Of course we all know the ban happened anyway. My film talks about how that happened, and all the people that ignored us, and how the animal rights groups ignored us and continued to say things they knew were untrue. They tried to minimize the importance of Inuit on the sealskin market, but in fact most people who sell sealskins in the world are Inuit.
Who is the angry Inuk?
It started out it was going to be a lot about Aaju [Peter] and all her work over the decades, along with many other Inuit, but Aaju's definitely been a voice on this issue publicly, nationally and internationally for a long time. She does it all as a volunteer on her own time and I've just really admired that and I wanted to show that to the world.
But as time went on I realized that I'm an angry Inuk, too. Something I learned while making the film and the reason why I decided to call it Angry Inuk is because — Aaju really taught me to notice this about our culture — as Inuit we tend to try to not be too angry, and if something is upsetting or not fair or not right, we try to stay calm about it and talk about it reasonably. So of course sometimes inside you feel anger, but we tend to express it much more quietly and not as loud and angry as we see on TV with animal rights protests.
Also, in the past, qallunaat [white] filmmakers for a very long time now, a hundred years, have portrayed Inuit as very happy little simple people, sometimes in a condescending way. So the title is kind of poking fun at that stereotype of us and I think part of that stereotype exists because of the way we express anger. I called it Angry Inuk for that reason, because the anti-sealers have been so wrong and treated us so wrongly and I want the world to understand that just because Inuit aren't screaming and yelling and fighting back and throwing bombs and protesting in the streets, it doesn't mean that we're not upset about how we've been treated.
What is the message that you hope comes out of your documentary?
I want the world to know that sealing is extremely important to us as a people for food and for sealskins; that there are thousands of Inuit in Canada and Greenland that sell sealskins and are part of the commercial sealskin market, because the world tends to think of us a people who just hunt for food, and of course many, many Inuit only hunt for food, but there are also thousands of Inuit who sell sealskins.
I didn't realize before I started this film how many Inuit there are who sell sealskins. There's lots! Lots! So we're commercial sealers, too. Just because we hunt seals one or two at a time doesn't mean that the cash from those sealskins isn't important. Many of us who get seal meat for free from hunters who share it so generously, many of us don't realize that those same hunters are selling the sealskins from that seal so they can buy more gas and bullets to go hunting.
And I want the world to know that when we don't have the sealskin economy as an option for our young men and women, we're more up against the wall to do things like mining. Of course they're a part of life now but I want people to take part in that because they want to, not because they have to.
When will you be showing Angry Inuk to the general public?
It's really important to me to show it at home, I can't wait to do that but I want to ask my fellow Inuit to be patient, because I'm hoping this film will change the minds of millions of people across the world and in order to do that they have to see it in Europe and the United States and the south of Canada. The major film festivals, they prefer to only show films that haven't been seen anywhere else before. They want to be the first place it's been seen in Canada, and the first place it's been seen in Europe. They like to have those big premieres. And in order to reach as many people as I can and change as many minds as I can, I want to get to the big major festivals.
I hope people will be patient. It will be probably be fall or winter before I can show it at home.


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Confident Sharapova moving on
Battling her way out of three set points, Maria Sharapova needed to work overtime on a cool, windy Wednesday at the Sony Open to reach the semifinal with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over the little seventh seed, Italian Sara Errani.
By saving those set points, Sharapova created a record for herself — 20 straight sets won. Never before has she gone 10 matches without dropping a set, and it says much for the confidence that has flooded through her game since she beat this same opponent in the final of the French Open last June that the tall Russian was able to hit her way out of trouble with three big winners.
"I want to play aggressive," said Sharapova. "That's my game. I mean, I want to take my chances. I don't want to be waiting for my opponent to make mistakes. I felt I had to start doing that, because I didn't feel like I had much pace to start with. I wasn't hitting the ball, not stepping in. So on those set points, I guess I buckled down and made those good shots."
They came in the 10th game of the second set and all three left Errani standing. On the first, Sharapova conjured up an acute angle off her backhand and watched it clip the sideline. Then, a big forehand winner saved the second. A forehand into an empty court after drawing the Italian wide took care of the third.
Obviously Sharapova was happy with the way she extracted herself from the mini-crisis, but she was still cross with herself.
"It's great I got myself out of it, but I don't feel like I should have been in that position,'' she said. "I was up a break. I had my chances. I felt I made things much more difficult than they should have been."
It was no surprise that most of the problems Sharapova created for herself came from double faults — 14 in all, most of them in the first set. They might seem like gifts to an opponent, but Errani looked at the other side of the coin.
"Sure, she double faults sometimes, but that is because she hits such a flat second serve," she said. "It comes at 90 mph, which is very difficult to return. So she wins many points by risking a double fault. But I played OK. I did my best. But like the other times, it was not good enough."
Apart from the final at Roland Garros, Errani has lost in straight sets to the world No. 2 at the WTA Championships in Istanbul as well as Indian Wells 10 days ago. Yet the 25-year-old from Bologna has shot up the rankings in the last 12 months and, having won the title in Acapulco and reached the final of the Paris Indoors in February, now is established in the world's top 10.
"She makes you work," said Sharapova. "She doesn't have the height, doesn't have the power, but her ability to get so many balls back with so much variety over and over again makes it extremely difficult."
The other women's quarterfinal took just as long to reach a conclusion. Former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic eventually prevailed over Roberta Vinci 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, also in 2 hours 30 mins, which made it a bad day for the Errani-Vinci partnership that makes up one of the best doubles teams in the world. But at least the Italians have reached the semifinals in doubles.
In men's singles, No. 3 seed David Ferrer recovered from losing the first set to the Austrian left hander Jurgen Melzer to reached the semifinal with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 win. Following a trend we are seeing in the men's game now, this was a clash between more senior players — Ferrer, is 30 years old and Melzer 31.
Physically, Ferrer can handle most things on a tennis court. The muscular Spaniard is known primarily has a clay court specialist but he has proved himself on other surfaces, too, especially here on the hard courts at Key Biscayne, where he was a semifinalist in 2005 and 2006. Once Melzer ran out of steam after a hard-fought first set, Ferrer's relentless ground strokes took over.
Tommy Haas, who upset world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in such sensational style on Tuesday night, moved swiftly into the semifinal by outplaying the Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-1. Haas, who will turn 35 next week, looked far too sprightly for Simon, who is almost seven years younger.
Simon, normally a smooth baseliner, could not reproduce the form that enabled him to beat No. 7 seed Janko Tipsarevic on Tuesday and gave Haas an unexpectedly easy passage into the last four — a win that made him the first German to reach semifinal in the tournament's history.


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Starbucks Teams Up With Danone
Starbucks has a new dairy offering -- but don't try adding this one to your coffee.
On Tuesday, the Seattle coffee company announced that it's teaming up with France's Danone to begin marketing a "jointly created and developed" selection of specialty yogurt products.
The new yogurt offerings, branded "Evolution Fresh, Inspired by Dannon," will be sold in Starbucks coffee shops, beginning in spring 2014, and subsequently marketed by Danone to grocery stores in 2015. If successful, the product may be marketed globally thereafter.
The companies further noted that they may be cooperating on other products in the future.
In possibly related news, shares of a Danone sometimes-partner, sometimes-rival in the drinkable yogurt market, kefir-maker Lifeway Foods , is seeing its shares come under pressure Tuesday. Specializing in grocery sales, Lifeway also operates a chain of yogurt-inspired restaurants of its own known as "Starfruit Cafe." As Danone shares gain 0.5%, Lifeway is down 4.5%.
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Prague, Czech Republic – Magdalena Kytnerová, the oldest Czech citizen, has died at the age of 108.
Ms. Kytnerová passed away this week-end in the city of Kroměříž, in Moravia, where she was living.
In her old age, she was taken care of by her son and daughter-in-law, and used on a regular basis her phone and Skype to stay in touch with her daughter, who lives abroad, Kroměříž local authorities revealed following her birthday last year.
Born on March 17, 1911, in then-Austro Hungarian Empire, Magdalena Kytnerová lived through WWI and WWII, the birth of Czechoslovakia as an independent state, the Nazi occupation and Soviet rule, the fall of communism, the return to democracy, the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993 and the Czech Republic's accession to the EU.
Marie Schwarzová, the former oldest citizen in the country, died in August at the age of 109.
The Czech Republic currently counts more than 430 centenarians, according to Radio Prague, most of them women.
With life expectancy rising and the Czech population ageing fast, their numbers keep growing by the year. According to projections by the U.N., the Czech Republic's population could decrease by more than 5% by 2050 due to strict immigration policies, a strong emigration among the country's youth and low birth rates.


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Emotions can be hard sometime for the littles, so this week we are doing yoga to help with those emotions sometimes. Come join in and have a bit of fun! (Trust me it won't be hard if I can do it!! lol)


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For so many children, going to bed in the dark can be frightening - for months they don't mind going to bed with the lights out and suddenly they develop a fear of darkness, are worried about what's under the bed or nervous of what's lurking in the wardrobe. Here are a few activities to reassure them and lessen the threat of darkness terrors by playing a few games that use a torch to light the way.
Hunt the teddies - Hide a few teddies around the room prior to bed time and turn off the lights. With a torch search for them together and discover their hiding places. You could make it a bit crazy by hiding some things that don't belong in a bedroom. Hide a few wooden spoons from the kitchen or new toilet rolls or plastic food bowls. You could hide some family photos too and see who can be discovered.
Who's under the bed? - Show your little ones that there is nothing under the bed to be scared of. Ask them to choose a couple of favourite teddies to stay under the bed and look after the bed during the night. They could easily report back in the morning that there was nothing to be afraid of. Similarly put a couple of trusty teddies in the wardrobe to stand guard during the night.
Finding things - Another activity for slightly older children would be to find really small things like small pompoms or cotton wool balls. Give them a collecting bucket and tell them they need to find all 12 pompoms that you have hidden. Then try it again but this time in the dark, just using the torch to see.
Sleeping Mummy - Hide yourself in a room and cover with a blanket or toys and see if your little one can find you just using a torch. Pretend to be sleeping when they do discover you. Try to avoid jumping out to startle them though... the aim is to build their confidence rather than scare them!
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Most adults need at least five hours of uninterrupted sleep every 24 hours in order to function properly and some need as much as eight hours, but new parents, research shows, get less than four hours sleep each night because of disturbances created by their children. This major deficit in sleep required to function properly can lead to mood swings, depression, arguments and even break-ups.
As many as 12% of parents get less than 2.5 hours sleep per night. 1,000 parents were questioned to mark national Love Your Bed week. It does seems unfair that a side effect of being a new parent renders you unfit to actually be a new parent by making you into a confused, exhausted person existing in a sleep-walking state.
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Coping with lack of sleep
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Cure for lack of sleep
There is only one: get some sleep!
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No, they don't, but there are some useful tips to help those who seem to wake as soon as the early morning sun tickles the horizon...
In the summer months, many parents complain that their toddler wakes up too early and a child that used to sleep until 8am is now up and raring to go at 6am. Toddlers need at least eleven hours sleep a night. If there are getting much less than this, something needs to be done.
There are two types of children that wake up too early.
To find out which your toddler is, take a look at their behaviour during the day:-
If your toddler is waking becaue there's something specific that might be causing them to wake, then try to remedy the situation:-
If they are waking and are not able to go back to sleep, then try to establish a way for them to get back to sleep without you needing to be there. Give them a special toy or teddy, give them a muslin or favourite cushion or something that is comforting.
If your toddler is up and raring to go at 6am and has been in bed since 7.30 the night before, you must remember that they only need so much sleep and cannot be forced to sleep once they have had their quota: around eleven hours of sleep.
You could try putting them down a little later at night, although surprisingly putting them down earlier will, for some children, make them sleep in later in the mornings. This is because if they are going to bed too late, and are sleep deprived, it will result in a less restful sleep.
Good luck! Sweet dreams!
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The number of babies being put to sleep on their backs - a sleep position considered the safest - has reached a plateau since 2001. The Back To Sleep campaign launched in 1994 encouraged parents to place babies to sleep on their backs - rather than lying on their front. It was discovered that this position resulted in less incidences of Infant Death Syndrome (commonly known as "cot death").
Cot Death is the sudden, unexpected death of a baby. Even after a post mortem, the death remains unexplained. It is referred to as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Do we know the causes? Not really. A single cause has not been named. There could be various, even numerous factors that lead to the death, occurring when the babies are most vulnerable.
Are all babies at risk? It seems so. There is no evidence it happens to a certain race, or culture, or type of person. It usually occurs when the baby is under 6 months and it can happen at any time - not just when the baby is in a cot.
Are baby boys or girls more prone? It seems boys are slightly more at risk, as are premature babies and those of a low birth weight.
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Ann Sophie, the 2015 German Eurovision representative has released her very own version her Eurovision entry Black Smoke along with a brand new videoclip.
Ann Sophie was awarded the golden ticket to represent Germany at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna after Andreas Kummert declined to represent the country after having won the 2015 German Eurovision national final- Unser Song Fur Osterreich. Anna Sophie qualified to compete at the German national final after winning the Wild Card Selection.
Despite an energetic performance in the grand final in Vienna, Germany failed to score on the leader board and tied with the host country Austria with 0 points.
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Capturing History Challenge – Week 6
Still on a high from yesterdays news, we have a much scaled down edition of the Capturing History Challenge for you this week. Sadly only three submissions came in this week, so I have bumped up the numbers with a … Continue reading
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We are seeking to recruit staff to fill the following position: Accounts Manager
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Job Title: Accounts Manager
Job Summary
• The successful candidate will report directly to the Head of Sales and Marketing, West Africa Cluster. He/She will mainly be responsible for renewals/client retention, sales administration and people management.
These will include:
• Effectively managing a predefined list of existing accounts to ensure 100% renewal is achieved
• Cross-selling and up-selling the range of products and services available to the predefined list of existing accounts
• Generating proposals, pricing and contract negotiation across all medical and security service solutions as per guidelines and assigned clients or prospects
• Providing consistent administrative support to the Sales and Marketing Department in relation to the client renewal process, on-boarding of clients, invoicing of clients and client reporting
• Assisting with tenders and RFP's as required
• In conjunction with operations, investigating and preparing draft responses to complaints handling and quality assurance events
• Managing and coaching members of the client service team and providing a leadership role
• Monitoring and assisting the client services Ghana team with the implementation of client service activities
• Interfacing effectively with the sales and marketing, operations, finance/billing and IT teams to develop and maintain strong working relationships
Qualification Required & Experience
• A minimum of tertiary education in marketing/business administration or in other related field
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The House passed a bill Monday that would establish a reinsurance program intended to help stabilize rising insurance premiums in the individual marketplace by providing health carriers a collective financial cushion.
Approved on a 78-53 vote, the Minnesota Premium Security Plan Act, or HF5, sponsored by Rep. Greg Davids (R-Preston), would establish an insurance pool for health insurance carriers, governed by the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association, a Legislature-created nonprofit. Under the plan, carriers would share the burden of high-risk patients' medical costs once claims hit a certain threshold.
Nonpartisan fiscal staff estimate the plan could cost the state $384 million over the next biennium.
Because an estimated 2 percent of high-risk patients incur approximately 40 percent of the individual market's medical bills, which, in turn, causes insurance companies to increase premiums throughout their network, proponents believe a reinsurance system will address concerns for insurers and customers alike. Davids said he believes the reinsurance system would result in a 17 to 18 percent decrease in individual premiums.
The bill heads to the Senate where Sen. Gary Dahms (R-Redwood Falls) is the sponsor. That chamber is expected to debate the bill Wednesday.
"This is about moving forward," Davids said. "This is about getting a market stabilized for 2018."
Under the plan, once insurers hit $50,000 in claims, they would be eligible for a 50 to 70 percent reimbursement, funded by the established system, up to $250,000 in claims.
The bill would redirect a number of funding sources into this new account, including a one-time $80 million transfer from the Health Care Access Fund, designed in 1992 to increase access to health care for low-income residents. It also includes a $70 million per year credit from the General Fund, along with taxes from insurance companies and HMOs.
Davids said at a news conference earlier in the day that there's no guarantee the plan will keep insurance companies competing in the state, but added that "reinsurance programs work."
Some DFLers disagree. Rep. Clark Johnson (DFL-North Mankato) unsuccessfully pushed a plan that would allow customers in the individual market to buy into MinnesotaCare, similar to something Gov. Mark Dayton proposed earlier this year. House Minority Leader Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) touted her caucus's plan as "sustainable" and less expensive than the GOP reinsurance bill.
The Republican plan costs "more than $700 million to prop up the individual marketplace in Minnesota through the private insurers," Hortman said. "This is not affordable. This is not sustainable."
"Our goal should be people should be able to get health care," Rep. David Bly (DFL-Northfield) said. "Instead we're talking a lot about how we have to keep insurance companies interested in offering people access to health care."
The reinsurance pool is the second major insurance overhaul passed this session in the House. The chamber previously approved a $327 million package that gave insurance companies funding to issue reimbursement checks to individual insurance market consumers.


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Back in February, Currensy teamed up with his good friend Wiz Khalifa to finally put out their 2009 tape which you can stream here. Since then, Spitta hasn't released much new music which is rare for him. Statik Selektah is fresh off of his collaboration album with Bun B TrillStatik which you can check out here.
Tonight, the pair team up for Gran Turismo with features from Wiz, Jadakiss, Jim Jones, YBN Cordae and more. Stream it in its entirety below.


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President Trump started the week with an early morning tweet storm suggesting that instead of investigating him, the House Judiciary Committee should look into former President Barack Obama.
"I have a better idea. Look at the Obama Book Deal, or the ridiculous Netflix deal," he said, before suggesting the committee investigate "all the deals" made by congressional Democrats. "Those investigations would be over fast!"
….work that way. I have a better idea. Look at the Obama Book Deal, or the ridiculous Netflix deal. Then look at all the deals made by the Dems in Congress, the "Congressional Slush Fund," and lastly the IG Reports. Take a look at them. Those investigations would be over FAST!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 16, 2019
It's unclear what aspect of the House Judiciary Committee's probe set Trump off, but just last week the committee voted along party lines to approve its protocol plan for determining whether to recommend an impeachment vote on the House floor. The committee has been attempting to probe a litany of possible Trump offenses, including his alleged role in the 2016 hush money payments and the obstruction of justice components of special counsel Robert Mueller's report.


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BSP file format description
Many people share .bsp files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn't evident for everyone which program a .bsp file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .bsp files.
4 filename extension(s) found in our database.
.bsp - Quake Map Data
The BSP game data files are related to Quake. The BSP file is a Quake Map Data. BSP (Binary Space Partitioning) is a general map file extension used in games such as the Doom, Quake, and games that use Quake-derived engines, such as the Half-Life series and Call of Duty series.
.bsp - BestAddress HTML Editor Project
The BSP project files are related to BestAddress HTML Editor. The BSP file is a BestAddress HTML Editor Project. BestAddress HTML Editor is a complete HTML editor, that includes syntax coloring, code checking, auto-completion, templates, etc.
- Application:
- BestAddress HTML Editor
- Category:
- Project files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- BestAddress HTML Editor Project related extensions:
.bsp - BioShock Saved Game
The BSP game data files are related to BioShock. The BSP file is a BioShock Saved Game. BioShock is a first-person shooter video game.
- Application:
- BioShock
- Category:
- Game Data files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- bsb
- BioShock Saved Game related extensions:
.bsp - PBASIC Preprocessor Input
The BSP development files are related to PBASIC. The BSP file is a PBASIC Preprocessor Input. PBASIC is a microcontroller-based version of BASIC created by Parallax, Inc. PBASIC is used for writing code for the BASIC Stamp microcontrollers.
- Application:
- Category:
- Development files
- Mime-type:
- application/octet-stream
- Magic:
- - / -
- Aliases:
- -
- PBASIC Preprocessor Input related extensions:
- .bsx
- PBASIC Preprocessor Output
Naturally, other applications may also use the .bsp file extension. Even harmful programs can create .bsp files. Be especially cautious with .bsp files coming from an unknown source!
Can't open a .bsp file?
When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:
Windows can't open this file:
To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.
To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.
- Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
- Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.
The .bsp file extension is often given incorrectly!
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
bcp, bep, bp, bps, bs, bsl, bso, bwp, bxp, bzp, fsp, gsp, hsp, nsp, sbp
Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?
Similar file extensions in our database:
- .gsp
- Sketchpad Document
- .bp
- SoundMon 2.0 Music Data
- .nsp
- KayPentax CSL Audio
- .sp
- SignPlot Document
- .gsp
- Tascam Gigastudio Performance Data
- .bp
- Binary Picture TIFF Image
Operating systems
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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android
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Sean Tizzle – For Me Ft. Wyclef Jean
Nigerian talented singer and songwriter, Sean Tizzle dishe out a new love song titled, "For Me" featuring Haitian rapper, singer and producer, Wyclef Jean.
The new song was taken off his just released project tagged, "Where You Been EP" which consist of 5 lovely tracks.
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A rare early 18thc Oak Centre Table....it is of a small size and very finely proportioned, which leads me to think it was probably used as a carriage table or even for drinks outside....as it is very light and easy to move....ideal as a small lamp table...in excellent condition with a very good colour.
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Journey of A Quilter - 10 Part Block of the Month
"I have stitched, formed friendships, laughed, shared secrets, eased burdens and learnt lessons. For this I can be grateful. This is the journey of a quilter." These words inspired this entire quilt.
Finished Size:114cm x 114cm (45" x 45")
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