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Universal's Horror Unleashed is officially opening in Las Vegas on August 14th—but will it succeed? Meanwhile, China's tourism industry is rebounding, with the government aggressively fueling growth through investments, policy changes, and new attractions. This week, we break down Horror Unleashed's opening details, including ticket pricing and what guests can expect. But with a challenging location at AREA15 and IPs that feel familiar rather than fresh, we discuss whether Universal's year-round haunt is built for long-term success. Then, we shift focus to China's massive tourism revival—including record-breaking attendance at Harbin's Ice Festival, Hong Kong's visitor rebound, and Warner Bros. bringing a Harry Potter Studio Tour to Shanghai. What does this mean for global theme park trends? And is China reclaiming its status as the next big market for attractions? Subscribe to our Patreon for weekly BONUS Episodes.

The boys have shaken off their Super Bowl hangover. They recap the game and discuss their favorite commercials. Matt went and checked out the Minnesota Ice Festival at TCO Stadium. He gives a rundown of his experience and gives you some insightful tips if you are thinking of attending.Check out the event here: https://minnesotaicefestival.com/Lastly they go through some MN inspired Valentine's Day trivia. Listen along to see how well you know your state!Send us a text

A sporty weekend: Alexis went to the Timberwolves game and NFL action was had! Plus, Holly went to a soup party and Jason had a LAUGHING AND LEAKING moment at the Minnesota Ice Festival, and "E.T." could have had a sequel! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kendall with her sister and guest co-host Elle Live at Minnesota Ice Festival for myTalk Loves Local LIVE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Festival Founder Robbie Harrelll joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News! Find out more by heading to www.minnesotaicefestival.com

Festival Founder Robbie Harrelll joined Vineeta on The WCCO Morning News! Find out more by heading to www.minnesotaicefestival.com

Kendall, her sister Elle and Mike are broadcasting LIVE from the Minnesota Ice Festival at the Vikings TCO Stadium in Eagan. Latest on Baldoni vs Lively, Crazy update from the Bachelor breakup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justin Flagel from Niles Main Street talks about everything you need to know about the Hunter Ice Festival happening this weekend in Niles! Got Something to Say? is brought to you by United Federal Credit Union - We Get U! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hour 3: Jason talks to Mark Freie about our first "Word of the Year" for 2024. Then on the DeRush-Hour: are you ready for the Ozempic Thanksgiving. And finally, Robbie Harell from MN Ice joins him to talk about the Minnesota Ice Festival!

Jason talks to Robbie Harell, the Founder and CEO of Minnesota Ice about last year's warm winter and finally getting to launch his idea of a MN Ice Festival this winter.

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If you're planning a vacation for the whole family, you may be wondering how you're going to keep everyone happy. We Love Travel Blog recommends some of the world's best cultural festivals that everyone will cherish for years to come. Learn more at https://welovetravelblog.com/family-friendly-cultural-festivals-for-multigenerational-family-trips/ We Love Travel Blog City: Santa Fe Address: 530b Harkle Road Website: https://welovetravelblog.com/

Today on Ice Ice Beta, we're chatting with Melissa Orzechowski of The Adirondack Queer Ice Fest

Tim Matthews talks with Sue Olmscheid with the Buffalo Area Chamber of Commerce about the status of the upcoming Kites on Ice Festival in Buffalo.

This episode features Shawn House of Hempzels. Shawn's company began in 1997. The journey began with a high protein, sourdough crunchy pretzel that utilized the flour derived from hemp. It was expanded to a soft pretzel that has a nutty flavor and a pillowy texture. The line has evolved to peanut butter, mustard and a hot jelly. All featuring the the wonderful nutritional value that hemp has to offer. Shawn has so much knowledge and experience in the world of hemp. The products are easy to find and order from their website. "At Hempzels, It's all about the seed." www.LancasterTradingHouse.com - 800-USE-HEMP - Facebook Highlights From Our Discussion: PA Farm Show Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council Ralph Amato Richard Rose - The Hemp Nut Ohio Hempery Hempola Farm Woody Harrelson Dutch Country Soft Pretzels Holistic Spirits Renewal Kombucha Atlantic City Beer Fest Bube's Brewery PorcFest Distiller Woody Highpoint Kombucha Dancing Star Farms Lititz Fire and Ice Festival

Today -- we're diving into the upcoming Ice Festival, a thrilling event that's been captivating the hearts of outdoor adventure seekers for over three decades. Support the show: https://www.montrosepress.com/site/forms/subscription_services/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Cabin is presented by the Wisconsin Counties Association and this week we're featuring Portage County: https://bit.ly/3QBhUu1The Cabin is also brought to you by Group Health Trust: https://bit.ly/3JMizCXCampfire Conversation: Ana, Eric, and Jake give their takes on some fun winter festivals that, at this point in mid-January, are still on the horizon. Some are coming up this weekend, including Waukesha's annual Jan-Boree Festival, a city-wide brouhaha of winter activities that span 10 entire days! Up in Superior, the Lake Superior Ice Festival offers family fun the last weekend of January. Both of these fests feature activities like ice carving, winter disc golf, sledding, bonfires, and more. The Superior festival adds ice racing, a kubb tournament, and a market and craft fair. The end of January sees the start of Lake Geneva Winterfest, a long weekend celebration that embraces rides on and above Geneva Lake, ice sculptures throughout downtown, family friendly (and grown-up) activities of all kinds, and the crowning event: the U.S. National Snow Sculpting Championships, welcoming the best snow sculptor teams from around the country.February is filled with festivals, including Madison's Winter Carnival with events at the UW campus both on and off the ice; the unique Scandihoovian Festival in Mt. Horeb embraces the Scandinavian way to enjoy winter, with social activities and fun with turkey bowling, fiddling, fat tire biking, and even a spelling bee. The middle weekend of February, the 15th-17th, is packed with events all over including the Northwoods Blizzard Blast centered in Conover; from the market to snowshoe baseball to outdoor recliner races on the ice plus sleigh rides, ice bowling, hockey, archery, snowshoeing, even pin-the-nose-on-the-snowman, it truly is a blast! At the same time, you can hustle across Chequamegon Bay during Book Across the Bay, the annual over-ice trek between Ashland and Washburn on Lake Superior, with plenty of fun events before, during, and after. Over on the Door Peninsula, the Sturgeon Bay Fire and Ice Festival features luminary night hikes, snow and carvers of all experience levels in the downtown crafting masterpieces and whimsical creations, even free trolley rides. For more motorized excitement, check out the Manawa Snodeo. It features snowmobile racing, ice drags, even racing with mini-bikes and lawnmowers along with hot air balloons and pyrotechnics lighting things up!They cover several craft beer festivals happening in February too, so you're covered there as well. Plenty of festival fun awaits yet this winter, let this episode inspire you to check more out! Links to these fests are below:Waukesha JanBoree (Jan 19-28): https://www.janboree.org/Lake Superior Ice Festival: https://lakesuperioricefestival.com/Lake Geneva Winterfest & The US National Snow Sculpting Competition: https://www.visitlakegeneva.com/event/winterfest-2024/12242/Madison Winter Carnival: https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/special-events/wintercarnival/Scandihoovian Festival in Mt. Horeb: https://trollway.com/scandihoovian-winter-festivalNorthwoods Blizzard Blast: https://northwoodsblizzardblast.com/Book Across the Bay: https://www.batb.org/Sturgeon Bay Fire & Ice Festival: https://sturgeonbay.net/special-events/fire-ice-festival/Manawa Snodeo: https://www.manawasnodeo.org/More festival and road trip fun can be found at https://www.statetrunktour.com/

American in China, Ben Watson, discusses being a foreign-local in the coldest major city in China. He's been in this country for more than 20 years. He tells tales of the Ice Festival, local cuisines, and finding his home in Harbin. He also explains how Harbin and Detroit share a lot in common. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dive into the cool world of ice carnivals and ice sculpting as we find out about the 17th Annual Loop Ice Carnival happening in the U. City Loop. Jessica Buehler, discusses the schedule of the carnival and reveals the exciting attractions, which include over 50 handmade ice sculptures, an ice carving demonstration, free hayrides, a penguin crossing, and so much more. Sean Leahy, owner of Full Spectrum Ice Sculptures, shares his professional journey as an ice sculptor, the intricate process of creating spectacular ice sculptures, and his experiences in ice sculpting competitions across the nation. This episode provides an opportunity to discover and appreciate the underrated artistry within ice sculpting.[00:00] Introduction to the Ice Carnival[00:15] Welcome to St. Louis In Tune[01:11] The Return of the Ice Carnival[02:13] Exciting Activities at the Ice Carnival[03:55] The Ice Carnival's Drone Show[04:25] Exploring the Ice Carnival Map[06:44] Food and Games at the Ice Carnival[08:36] The Ice Carnival's Tattoo Scavenger Hunt[09:04] Family Fun at the Ice Carnival[09:47] The Ice Carnival's Grand Giveaway[10:33] Closing Remarks from Jessica and Invitation to the Ice Carnival[17:31] St. Louis In Tune Show Information[19:04] Supporting the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation[20:24] Introduction to Ice Festivals[20:30] Exploring the World's Best Ice FestivalsIce Music Festival in NorwayIce Magic Festival in CanadaInternational Festival Competition of Snow and Ice Sculpture in RussiaEdmonton's Ice Festival in CanadaBudweiser International Snow Sculpture Festival in BreckenridgeInternational Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival in ParisSnow King Festival in CanadaQuebec Winter Carnival in Quebec CityInternational Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China[23:53] Ice Sculptures in Modern Events[25:55] Interview with Sean Leahy, Professional Ice Sculptor[27:04] Sean Leahy's Journey into Ice Sculpting[28:49] The Process of Ice Sculpting[37:01] Challenges and Achievements in Ice Sculpting[41:09] Certification and Professionalism in Ice Sculpting[44:43] Closing Remarks and Upcoming Ice CarnivalThis is Season 7! For more episodes, go to stlintune.com#icesculpting #icesculpture #ucityloop #delmarloop #loopicecarnival #icecarnival

This is a preview of a story exclusive to Little Stories Premium. Someone is knocking on Little Hedgehog's burrow door...or is it possible the knocking is coming from somewhere else?? See what happens when Little Hedgehog and Bebe receive a delightful invitation from an unexpected visitor. ENJOY! To hear the full episode, you can sign up for Little Stories Premium by visiting http://littlestoriespremium.com Join Little Stories Premium to get more of the stories you love, ad-free listening, and access to Little Stories for Sleep, an exclusive bedtime podcast filled with sleepy stories! You can also purchase Little Stories Premium as a gift! Visit https://www.littlestoriespremium.com/gifts to learn more.

We're in Detroit, Michigan, with Rebecca Gade Sawicki of VeggiesAbroad.com. We talk about attending the Fire & Ice Festival, riding a bike in the Slow Roll, and visiting The Schvitz, Detroit's last remaining bath house. Show notes are at https://WeTravelThere.com/detroit Bluffworks' stylish clothing is designed with the modern traveler in mind. It is wrinkle-resistant, machine washable, and very comfortable with hidden pockets to protect your valuables. Save 10% with our promo code at WeTravelThere.com/bluffworks

“The City of Harrisburg presents "The FREE Fire and Ice Festival in downtown Harrisburg on March 3rd and 4th. You'll love all the beautiful and unique ice sculptures, the ice slide, fire dancers, kids' activities, food trucks, vendors, and so much more...you can even be a part of the 1st annual chili cook-off at the Broad Sheet Market.” www.harrisburgpa.gov/ice

Taylor Lightman, Executive Director, Lewisburg Neighborhoods, on the state of his work, the projects recently completed, Trevina Brunch, Ice Festival Plunge, and the upcoming work. And Lynne Sobel Ragusea, Executive Assistant, Lewisburg Downtown Partnership.

This week I talk to Josh Rosard, a pilot for Fed Ex and one of the lead organizers of the upcoming Klezmer on Ice Festival. We talk about where the idea for the festival started from, his love of flying, and how he got hooked into the Minneapolis klezmer scene, on this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast.https://klezmeronice.com

Got Something to Say is brought to you by United Federal Credit Union – We Get U! The Hunter Ice Festival is coming up this weekend and recently Jonny Reinhardt had a chance to catch up with Justin Flagel one of the organizers for the event happening in Niles! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of the Hay Now Podcast, we sit down with Patrick O'Brien from the Ice Mill to talk about his involvement with the upcoming Maggie Valley Ice Festival.  Happening on January 28th from 3-8 p.m., this FREE and family-friendly event will feature LIVE ice carving demos, an ice slide, food trucks, art vendors and so much more! For more information, visit our Facebook event page. 

Ellen J. Ruby, Executive Director, Lewisburg Downtown Partnership, and guest(s), on the upcoming Lewisburg Ice Festival events, the many other organizations that help make the festival a tremendous success. We'll discuss the Chocolate Gala at the Lewisburg Hotel (again), which benefits the Donald Heiter Community Center, and the Lewisburg Rotary Clubs (Sunset Rotary is hosting the Frosty 5K and Sunrise Rotary is hosting the Hearty Chili Cookoff). And of course; The Plunge.

Carlos Goñi con su libro Hispanos, Ice Festival en Madrid, ¿Quién es la Bicha de Balazote? con Pedro Pérez y el reportaje folclórico de Alicia Parente

Each fall as winter nears and cold temperatures descend on Hyalite Canyon near Bozeman, water that weeps from the cliff bands lining the canyon walls freezes into bulging layers of ice with translucent hues of white, yellow and blue. And each year, that frozen water allows human to defy the gravity that pulled the water out of the rock in the first place.  If, of course, they're willing to climb it. Many are. And fear is sometimes the best motivator to keep climbing, but there are a lot of things about ice climbing that go well beyond the simple act of climbing up a vertical frozen waterfall.  On this episode is Joshua Murdock, the outdoors and natural resources reporter at the Missoulian, and a rock and ice climber himself. He spent four days at the Bozeman Ice Festival, climbing a bit but mostly reporting and photographing different aspects of the event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcription:00:04Welcome to Changing The Rules, a weekly podcast about people who are living their best lives and advice on how you can achieve that too! Join us with your lively host, Ray Lowe, better known as the luckiest guy in the world.Ray Loewe00:18Good morning, everybody. We're here in our brand new studios in Willow Street, Pennsylvania. We're here with our engineer, Luke Cagno. If Luke weren't here, this thing wouldn't come off. We have a special guest today that we're going to introduce in a minute. But I want to take a minute before we start and remind you of why we're doing these podcasts. Every week, we try to interview one of what we think are the luckiest people in the world. Now, the luckiest people in the world are those people who have pretty much-taken control of their lives; they live them under their own rules, based on their own purpose and what they want to accomplish. When they do this, it allows them to live the way they want to live. They live more exciting and more fascinating lives. So we're showcasing somebody every week with a hope that maybe those of you who are struggling to find where that is for you. You'll find a role model here. And again, the name of our show is Changing The Rules. One of the things that we find is that the people who are the luckiest people in the world deal well with rules. You know, we're filled with rules, right? Our whole life. When we're born, our parents give us rules. Then the church gives us rules. Then the schools give us rules. And before you know it, we have all these rules that are trying to determine what it is that we do. It was Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, that came up and said, 'if you're living your life under somebody else's rules, you're not living your own life'. So there's a time when we have to sift and sort through these rules and decide which ones are going to be important and which ones are going to be the guiding principles for us. We have a young man here, I emphasize young, who has been all over the world, and who has certainly find out found out what's important to him. I want to introduce Phil Schwab. I met Phil actually in a swimming pool, believe it or not, and Phil is a fourth-generation missionary. So Phil, say hi to everybody. Tell us a little bit about being a fourth-generation missionary.Phil Schwab02:34Hello, everybody. My grandfather was an elder in the Presbyterian Church and taught a men's Bible class and did ministry for many, many years. Then my father after being in the Navy, just four years, he went to Japan with my mom. By then I was I was around. So the four of us, my younger brother, and I, and my mom and dad went to Japan in 1948. So I grew up there.Ray Loewe03:03So you were kind of preordained with where your life was going to go early, weren't you? You had you had a lot of direction. Phil Schwab03:04Yeah, that's right. Ray Loewe03:04Tell me a little bit about your early life in Japan. I think one of the things that you mentioned during our pre interview was that missionaries were very welcome to Japan after the end of the Second World War. So tell us a little bit about that, too.Phil Schwab03:32Well, the atmosphere in Japan had changed a lot after they lost the war to America. And it's like they were thinking, hey, you know, maybe the American God is stronger than the Emperor and all of our worship of Shinto and everything like that. So General MacArthur said to have made a request that 1000 missionaries come to Japan because the doors are wide open. So I think that's what you're referring to. A lot of people that were in the military, and fighting the Japanese, they had a heart to go and reach their enemies with the gospel. So that's my dad. That's what Dad and Mom did.Ray Loewe04:22So you were dragged along at this point, you're not old enough to make your own decisions, right? At age three. You were actually born in the United States?Phil Schwab04:31Yes.Ray Loewe04:32You're a US citizen that was born at a Naval Hospital. You moved to Japan. So I think obviously, Japanese is one of the languages that you speak.Phil Schwab04:43Well, I picked it up as a kid. I was three and for two or three years in the neighborhood, I played with Japanese kids. Then I taught English later when I was in high school, and it ended up that my students, who were university students, they taught me more Japanese and I taught English. Because I had to explain a lot in Japanese. So I picked up kind of a little grasp of Japanese, which I still have, but it's very informal and conversational. Ray Loewe05:11I bet you can get along pretty well over there if you have to. So the first 10 years, or maybe a little longer of your life, was living in Japan. One of the things that you mentioned is that you learn to love the Asian culture.Phil Schwab05:29Yeah, well, it's almost like wherever you grow up, you tend to appreciate your surroundings and so forth. Here I was, most of my time with Japanese people riding Japanese trains to go to school, it was an American school we went to, so I grew up knowing English. But surrounded by Japanese, and of course, Japanese are very serious people. Kissinger once said that the Japanese are people that have no sense of humor. It's a very serious society. So I almost grew up being very serious, but I somehow overcame. I appreciate having grown up in Asia.Ray Loewe06:11So this set a structure for where you're going to go in your life. We talked briefly about your choice of college and where you went to college. So what formulated all that?Phil Schwab06:28I was having to make a choice, of course, and I was offered a full scholarship to a liberal arts college. At the same time, I felt I should start preparing for the ministry because that was what was on my heart. I wanted to be maybe going back to Asia or somewhere. So I chose to go to a Bible college where I graduated with a bachelor's degree with a Bible major. That's where I met my wife, actually. Okay. My wife is a missionaries kid, too. Her parents were missionaries of Bolivia. I was talking to her this morning and she said, [well, actually, we're both third generation. And then our daughter is a missionary in England working with young people.] So she was saying, 'I'm a fourth-generation too!.Ray Loewe07:17So we need to get her in here. We'll get the whole South American approach later. So you're done with college now? How did you decide what you want to do? How did you formulate your plans? Where did you go?Phil Schwab07:32Well, I actually went on to graduate school, a seminary graduate level. When I was there, I met a lot of Chinese that were overseas students. My roommate for a couple years was from Hong Kong. We got along very well. I don't know as long as time went on, I thought, Man, I, I relate well to these Asians. And if possible, I like to go back to Asia.Ray Loewe08:00And you did.Phil Schwab08:01I did. We did.Ray Loewe08:02So where did you go now? You were married by this time and everything. So where did you wind up? And? Where did you wind up? Let's start there. Phil Schwab08:11We wound up in Taiwan. I was interested in a ministry with Chinese people. So we wound up in Taiwan with a daughter, three months old, and starting language study in Taiwan. So we studied Taiwanese full time for two years, part-time for two years, and got going on that Asian language. And then later, 10 years later, we studied Mandarin as well and spent two more years. Anyway, that was our start. We had to learn culture and language.Ray Loewe08:48So we have you down with four languages. We have some Japanese, and then Taiwanese, and then Cantonese,Phil Schwab08:57Actually Taiwanese, and only two sentences of Cantonese, and Mandarin. I like to tell friends you know, I've been in Asia so long now my English have some problems.Ray Loewe09:09We have English too. So when somebody becomes a minister or a missionary, what's the process? I mean, you just don't go to a foreign country and say, 'Here I am. I'm a missionary'. Do you get a sponsor? How do you do that? What what happens here?Phil Schwab09:30No matter what, how you go out, who you're with, you have churches behind you; whether you're with the denomination or you're in a big program with the denomination. In our case, our mission is interdenominational, which means that we have churches, from different connections that supported us. So you've got the church, sending you out basically; but, then you need to go through an organization that can lead you, and train you, and also accept you in the first place. Well, actually the church is fun to you. But the organization has work going on in that country. So they have a program going. So you come there, and they help you get the language and then get into ministry. So it's a combination of the church and the sending organization.Ray Loewe10:26So here you are in Taiwan now, what was your primary mission once you got to Taiwan? And what were your responsibilities?Phil Schwab10:37Well, twofold. I for a number of years, we were in what we call "church planting", which means starting new churches, and Taiwan, which is only 2%. Christian, today, maybe a tiny bit more, but there's a need for as we looked at it a need for churches. So we did that. Then toward the latter time, latter part of my time there, they elected me as field chairman. So I was responsible for about 60 people for a few years. Those are the two things I did.Ray Loewe11:12Then you were in Taiwan for 23 years. What caused you to go on next? Because next was Hong Kong.Phil Schwab11:19It was. The year was 1996. Our organization realized that there were a lot of openings in China at that time. I mean, China was wide open. It just happened to be really wide open at that time for people coming in to do medical work, educational work, other kinds of social work, working with tribal, poor, tribal people, all kinds of things. So our mission asked me to be kind of the point person, and the good place to be a point person was Hong Kong. I was trying to help teams get started in China. That's what I was doing for four years after we left Taiwan.Ray Loewe12:07Let's go back to these two places that you've been. When you look at your experience in Taiwan, is there any particularly thing that stands out as a memory, or a tragedy, or a benefit, or anything that you want to talk about?Phil Schwab12:26Well, you mentioned a tragedy. That's because I've shared with you we did face a tragedy.Ray Loewe12:33I cheated on that one a little bit.Phil Schwab12:34Our son Brian was 15. He was in the American School. He was a freshman in high school and doing very well in English. Of course, it was Americans school. But also, he was one of the best students in Chinese. He took Chinese as a foreign language. Just a regular kid, you know, he liked soccer and so forth. He was in a dormitory because we were living three hours away from the school. His dorm dad planned an outing, a camp out by a river. Some of the dads were there, and some of the teachers, and so the guys were swimming at one stage along the way. The people in charge didn't have any safety equipment, just plain old, what he called life preservers, and all that kind of stuff. Because this is like 30, 32 years ago. So, unfortunately, Brian jumped into this river along with some other guys. It had been raining for three weeks and the river was very swollen. Somehow he, he got swept away, and we were too far away to actually rescue him. We lost him and didn't find his body really for a week. This is a big thing, not only for us, but for all his friends, and colleagues that we've had there in Taiwan. Ray Loewe14:17You took a tragedy and you're doing some good things about it. I know you have a campaign here to improve safety equipment, to make sure that that doesn't happen again. This an extension of your being a missionary, I think to a large extent. So anything else you want to say, that unfortunately, you have this in your life?Phil Schwab14:41Yeah. Excuse me. We have a daughter and a son. Brian and then Beth Ann was two and a half years older. If I could focus on the main thing that I faced in this situation was being able to forgive the school and the people that planned this thing. And basically, faulty planning, allowed this to happen, allowed the accident to happen. So I had a challenge with this. Just a simple word forgiveness, being able to forgive the school and it all happened internally. No, they didn't know I was struggling with this. But one guy was on the staff of the school said you should sue the school. And I just very simply said to him, you know, the Bible says Christians don't sue Christians. And it was a Christian school. And it was not intentional. But nevertheless, this was a struggle for me. I told God at one point, I said, I feel very bitter and very hateful here. But if you can change me, I'm willing to be changed. One day, as I was out walking, I realized that I had been changed by God. I never had any problem with the bitterness and the hatred and all of that for the next 32 years till today. And it was a miracle.Ray Loewe16:10So let's take a different approach here and go back because one of the things that we've found about all of the luckiest people in the world is one of the mindsets that they have is, is the fact that they work real hard to find their sense of purpose. I think yours might have been a little easier, because it was kind of you were born into it, to some extent. So what is your sense of purpose in life? Phil Schwab16:35When I met you at the swimming pool, you asked me the same question. It kind of shocked me, I don't have people just saying, what's the purpose of your life? You know, the first time I met you, you know? I said I'll tell you, I'm a minister. The Catechism says, the purpose of mankind is to love God and enjoy him forever. That's the purpose of my life.Ray Loewe16:58It's helped you make decisions along the way as to where you want to go, how you treated your son's death, and everything. It's interesting exploring lucky people for a long time. It's amazing how many people have no sense of purpose or can't define what their sense of purpose is. So when you can do this, and when you can get a handle on it, it certainly allows you to live your life in a more fulfilling way. Let's go on here because there's more to your life than we've had so far. We're in Hong Kong, and now we're going over to China. Where did you live in China and tell us a little bit about the China experience?Phil Schwab17:42If you look at a map of China, and I like to call it the New England of China because China sticks up just the way the United States does. So we lived in a city called Harbin, H-A-R-B-I-N. A lot of people call it "Ice City", because it's below freezing almost half of the year. They have this big Ice Festival there every year. It's very famous. This is a long story, but this is where we ended up. We felt like people were interested in learning English, they were interested in medical teams, various social services we could provide. So a team of us, five couples, ended up in Harbin. I was there with part of that team for almost 10 years. And I liked it. You could ask the question: 'You've lived in all these places? Which place did you like best?' Well, I liked China best because the people, at least in that area, more disconnected from Beijing, the big cities. They weren't spoiled, like people we've been with other kinds of Chinese that were kind of wealthy and kind of first worldy. This area, they were just wondering why we had come all this way and all that stuff. They were very easy to get to know and so we established friendships that have lasted till today. In fact, I'm on a Zoom meeting once or twice a month right now with some of the guys we got to know there. I call one pastor there about once a month to and have a long conversation with him. So here I am. We left there in 2008. And here I am, all these years down the road. These are friendships that really meant a lot to us. These are people that appreciated our being there. It doesn't seem like any of the Hong Kong or Taiwan really necessarily appreciated our being there. Oh, another American big deal. But this that was the attitude of these people. So we just right from the word "go", we established close relationships and they were very good. They reached out to us. They were very open. So that was our favorite place to be.Ray Loewe20:03It's interesting you're still in touch. Yeah. 13, 14 years since you've been away? Phil Schwab20:10About 14 years. Yeah.Ray Loewe20:12So continuing with your life, you now came back to the United States, right? So you're in of all places, Washington, DC, that had to be a big letdown for you after all of these other places, right? Phil Schwab20:27In some ways it was, but in other ways, depends on what you mean, right? But we were invited, we were actually on loan to another organization, from our organization, to work in Washington, DC. And this organization's purpose was to minister to leaders in Washington, DC; so on the hill and in the Pentagon, and then also foreign diplomats. That's why we were asked to come, is with our background. And overseas for all these years, they asked us to join a team, a small team, to do various projects to help these diplomats to adjust in some ways. Also, if they were interested in studying the Bible. That's what we were really excited about doing that with them. But we were there for almost 10 years before we retired to our fourth country. My wife calls it Lancaster, Pennsylvania. And we love it. It's like country, we've been in all these cities. Now we're in the countryside, and we love it.Ray Loewe21:40Let's talk for a minute about being retired because retired by a lot of people's definition is you sleep late in the morning, you go play golf, you do crazy things like that. You're far from being retired. So what is it that you're doing now? And where are you? Where are you headed in the future?Phil Schwab21:58Well, I tell people, I'm retired but not tired. I was eager to, well, actually, my wife was worried about our moving here that I go get in my rocking chair. I wouldn't really know what to do with myself. But early on, we came to know the proportion of refugees here to the population is one of the very highest in all of America. So we ended up joining a team of people that were already working with forming welcoming teams for the refugees. We're starting a church that's trilingual. Actually, whatever is said in English is translated into Arabic and sometimes into Russian. This is moving along. But we're also developing welcoming teams that help families get settled, find jobs, learn to drive, all of these different things, that get the kids in school and all of that. I've taught a couple, a new family. They came with three kids, beautiful family from Syria. But what happened was the husband was ganged up on back in Syria. They hopped on him, took him away, and didn't give him anything to drink for two days. When they gave him something to drink, they brought this big cup of what looked like water, but it was actually Clorox. He drank enough down to really ruin his system going down. The US government is really interested in bringing in some people who have serious physical conditions, and we have the facilities here to help people like that. So anyway, that's, that's his background. I've enjoyed teaching the husband and wife English, but in this case, I had to start with ABCs and helping them write their alphabet. So that's pretty basic. But the kids, this son, who's in fifth grade now, or I think he's in seventh grade now, he picked it up in about six months. He was quite fluent in six months. He would sit down with us, this couple that was just on the basics, and he would help us interpret and so that's one of the things I enjoy doing very much. There's other practical things like I've already said that we help in developing these welcoming teams. Ray Loewe24:46I could carry this on forever, but unfortunately, we're near the end of our time over here. I think our listeners are going to very easily see why you're one of the luckiest people in the world, in spite of the tragedy in your life. Because you found a way to deal with all of these things in a way that not necessarily make you happy but make you fulfilled. The track that you've been on is just absolutely fascinating, from China to Japan, or Japan, I guess to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. When you start driving a horse and buggy over here, then we'll know you're in your next level of your career. Do you have any final comments that you want to add before we sign off?Phil Schwab25:39That's a good one, that's hard to do. I think every day, all the problems you face you accept as coming from, we say coming through the hands of a loving God is how I look at it. So we can accept whatever happens and deal with it because he realized that it comes through that grid and we can survive.Ray Loewe26:03Well, Phil Schwab, thanks for being a guest on Changing The Rules. Thanks for being one of the luckiest people in the world. At thanks for being you. Luke, why don't you sign us off?26:21Thank you for listening to Changing The Rules. Join us next week for more conversation, our special guest, and to hear more from the luckiest guy in the world.

Legendary Lancaster band Inca Campers kicked off the Lititz Fire & Ice Festival at the Lititz Shirt Factory back in February,2022. Jim invited the band back to the Shirt Factory for a chat about the longevity of the band, who celebrates their 30th anniversary this year, their new album Soul Gizmo, and the ever evolving […]

Plymouth's annual Ice Festival, a weekend long festival displaying dozens of elaborate ice sculptures done by artists from across the Midwest. WWJ's Zach Clark took a walk on a rainy day though downtown Plymouth and caught up with  Ben Goebel and Elizabeth Kline from Top Shelf Ice in Whitmore Lake who were working on a large sculpture. Take a listen to find out how it's done.

A kingdom of ice and snow, located in China's northernmost province? Pack your long johns and get ready for any potential snowball fights. Kelly, John, and Joe discuss a true winter wonderland of ice sculptures and so much more. The “China Highlights” website: https://www.chinahighlights.com/festivals/harbin-ice-and-snow-festival.htm - Check out the show's Instagram feed: https://www.instagram.com/livingmyfestlifepodcast/ - Follow Kelly Collette online! https://www.kellycollettecomedy.com/ - Original Theme music performed and written by Honey Combs and Combo Slice. Stream their album today: https://open.spotify.com/album/4VZ775lbPom1lv3Vmi4KIM?si=YKFkPNWFQDC5zJ3AP4r_zQ&nd=1 - Editing provided by Phil at https://www.instagram.com/micompodre/

On Saturday 27th February 2021, myself and Glenn Murray, The Nordic Tourist, were invited to a special event on Lake Lappajärvi in Etelä-Pohjanmaa, to witness an attempt at the world record biggest ice carousel. What is that? Listen in as I interview Janne Käpylehto, the modern-day father of ice carousels, who will explain all... Show notes & links

V oddaji tokrat izpostavljamo tri morda celo najmarkantnejše dogodke letošnjega Festivala Ljubljana: dva koncerta opernih arij, na katerih sta zasijali dve izmed najsvetlejših zvezd operne glasbe zadnjega desetletja – Ana Netrebko in Jonas Kaufmann –, in nedeljski sklepni koncert festivala, ki je potekal v Gallusovi dvorani Cankarjevega doma. Tam je nastopil Filharmonični orkester milanske Scale pod vodstvom Fabia Luisija. V nadaljevanju bomo osvetlili tudi dogajanje na dveh osrednjih poletnih festivalih, namenjenih glasbi starejših obdobij – festivalu SEVIQC Brežice in Festivalu Radovljica, sklepni del oddaje pa namenjamo še projektu Razpoke časa skladatelja in pianista Žige Staniča ter multiinstrumentalista Boštjana Gombača ter pregledu izstopajočih glasbenih dogodkov prihodnjih dni.

[The Weekender] Contributor: Joyce Paek - Bukchon Cultural Day - 13th Starlight Garden Festival - 화천 산천어 Ice Festival - 28th 대관령 Snow Festival 대한pedia Contributor: 조주연 - Table manners with elders Koreanish Guest: Sean Pablo

WWJ's Roberta Jasina has a look at some of the events happening around Metro Detroit this weekend including the Fire and Ice Festival, Winter Dog Classic at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi and the Detroit Boat Show at the TCF Center in downtown Detroit.

As they celebrate 10 years, the Annapolis Towne Centre is going full bore for the holiday season! Come along with us as we pick up some gifts at Scout & Molly's, South Moon Under and About Faces Day Spa & Salon.   With nearly 30 retail shops, 18 dining options, and 4 fitness and beauty businesses, anyone's Santa List can be fulfilled! And speaking of Santa, he has taken up residence in his cottage at the Annapolis Towne Centre and is seeing only the good boys and girls by appointment! He has some parties planned as well and is looking forward to taking photos with your favorite pets as well. Appointments are for your convenience, but walk-ups are also very welcome! Plenty of free parking is a hallmark of the Annapolis Towne Centre and this holiday, they have added free valet parking with a relaxing valet lounge for you while you wait for your car--thank you Brothers Services Company. There is a FREE Fire and Ice Festival on December 7th, a Festive Friday on December 13th with sales and discounts throughout the center. And a wonderful Holiday Art Pop Up Shop by the Annapolis Arts Alliance! You really do need to check it out.  All of the details are available on the Annapolis Towne Centre website; and if you are looking for an appointment with Santa, heres your link!

As they celebrate 10 years, the Annapolis Towne Centre is going full bore for the holiday season! Come along with us as we pick up some gifts at Scout & Molly's, South Moon Under and About Faces Day Spa & Salon.   With nearly 30 retail shops, 18 dining options, and 4 fitness and beauty businesses, anyone's Santa List can be fulfilled! And speaking of Santa, he has taken up residence in his cottage at the Annapolis Towne Centre and is seeing only the good boys and girls by appointment! He has some parties planned as well and is looking forward to taking photos with your favorite pets as well. Appointments are for your convenience, but walk-ups are also very welcome! Plenty of free parking is a hallmark of the Annapolis Towne Centre and this holiday, they have added free valet parking with a relaxing valet lounge for you while you wait for your car--thank you Brothers Services Company. There is a FREE Fire and Ice Festival on December 7th, a Festive Friday on December 13th with sales and discounts throughout the center. And a wonderful Holiday Art Pop Up Shop by the Annapolis Arts Alliance! You really do need to check it out.  All of the details are available on the Annapolis Towne Centre website; and if you are looking for an appointment with Santa, heres your link!

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Fans of progressive electronic/ambient music: I'm at the helm of 101 Dimensions again, and as usual I have tried to dig up some interesting stuff for you! Here's what I came up with:1. Nik Turner – Out Of Control (3:57); Interstellar Aliens (5:12); Thunder Rider (6:36); and The Final Frontier, Pt. 1 (5:15) (from the album The Final Frontier, 2019)2. Rick Wakeman – Music Reincarnate Pt. 1-5 (28:30) from the album No Earthly Connection, 1976)3. Garrett N. - The Eternal Laugh (14:20); Reprise/Bak3/Unknown (10:08) (from the album Let's Get Surreal, 2018)4. Eddie Jobson – Inner Secrets (3:51); Spheres Of Influence (3:01); The Sojourn (6:32); and Ice Festival (5:34) (from the album Theme Of Secrets, 1985)5. Brian Eno – Manila Envelope (12:14); and Beast (6:51) (from the album Headcandy, 1994)I hope you will join me!

Kathleen Merrill from Promedica discusses the Fire and Ice Festival

Yes everyone, you are warned. As this episode of Doctor Who just aired recently on TV, this episode of DW Don&apost Blink in which we discuss it contains SPOILERS! If you have not watched it, and don&apost want it spoiled, we will have another William Hartnell episode on DW Don&apost Blink for you shortly! This episode we take a break from William Hartnell and slideshows to join Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Bill and discuss how their trip to the frozen Thames river where a large alien creature lurks gobbling up unsuspecting Ice Festival goers.Original Posting Date: Fri, 12 May 2017

By Sharon See

If you happen to visit Hwacheon in Gangwon-do Province this winter, be sure to look around one of Korea's most iconic wintertime festival. Since its start in 2003, the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival has become the most well-known winter event in Korea, drawing more than one million visitors from home and abroad. The festival offers a variety of fun activities, such as ice fishing, sledding, ice soccer, and skating, as well as great food.

Curbed Detroit Editor Robin Runyan drops by The D Briefpodcast to talk to Seth and Mike about the state of real estate in the Detroit area. They also talk to Cynthia Jones of The Henry Ford Museum about The Science Behind Pixar exhibit. Plus, they speak to James Gietzen, the organizer of the Plymouth Ice Festival.

A very special episode of Excelsior, this set was performed live in New York's Central Park for the Ice Festival on Valentine's Day 02/14/2015. This mix is sure to uplift, spread the love

In todays show we talk about the newest party, the Ice Festival! We also give our thoughts about all the new Catologs and the new igloo. We talk about RockHoppers late return and we have an interview with a year old Club Penguin Player. We give our piece of mind about a clock thats coming out and a pizza machine. We announce the final winners of the motto contest and we say all the helpful listener feedback. We then say the new rumors and tell the new hidden items. We then close down the show with both of the new festival songs. Remember the email is: clubpenguinpodcast@gmail.com and the site is: http://cpcast.podomatic.com/