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The benchmark indices snapped their two-day losing streak on Thursday, thanks to gains in index heavyweight Reliance Industries and steady FII inflows. However, indices may once again face some pressure and edge lower amid signs of a weak start. Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 20 points down at 15,177, indicating a flat-to-negative start for D-Street. Going into trade today, market participants will be tracking key macroeconomic data like IIP, CPI and WPI data for cues. Besides that, stocks specific triggers and Q3 earnings would also guide market mood. In the overnight session, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 eked out modest gains with investors betting on more fiscal stimulus, but US President Joe Biden said China was poised to “eat our lunch,” a warning that tempered enthusiasm for a market near record highs. The S&P 500 gained 0.17%, the Nasdaq Composite added 0.38% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.02%. In Asia, early gains fizzled for shares in Japan and Australian stocks slipped while markets in China were shut. Japan’s Topix index dipped 0.1% and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 0.3%. Meanwhile, in the oil market, prices fell a second day on Friday, extending losses after OPEC cut its demand forecast and the International Energy Agency said the market was still oversupplied. Brent crude was down 0.6% at $60.80 a barrel and US oil was down 0.6% at $57.88 a barrel. That apart, it looks like there is no stopping the rally in bitcoin. The cryptocurrency as on course for its best week since the start of the year after surging to a fresh record above $49,000 following news that BNY Mellon had become the latest firm to embrace cryptocurrencies. Now, a look at the stock-specific developments that are likely to sway the market today: Grasim Industries, Dilip Buildcon, Inox Wind, Godrej Industries, Hindustan Aeronautics, Indiabulls Housing Finance and Sobha are among over 950 companies that are set to post their quarterly numbers today. Airline stocks will be in focus today after the government increased the upper and lower cap on airfare by up to 30 per cent in a move that’s expected to push up tariffs and improve the financials of airlines hit hard by the pandemic. However, the cap on airline capacity, currently at 80 per cent of the pre-Covid level, has been extended till March 31. Cigarette-to-hotel conglomerate ITC reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 3,587 crore for the quarter ended December 31, down 11 per cent from Rs 4050.40 crore clocked in the corresponding quarter a year earlier. ITC's board declared an interim dividend of Rs 5 per share for the current financial year. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and its senior officials, including Managing Director Dilip Shanghvi, on Thursday, settled with regulator Sebi a case pertaining to an alleged violation of listing obligation and disclosure requirements norms. Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday allowed Thomas Cook (India) to withdraw its buyback offer because of substantial deterioration in the company's financial position due to the COVID–19 pandemic. Ashok Leyland on Thursday reported a net loss of Rs 19 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2020. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 28 crore in the October-December quarter of 2019-20.

A sharp downtick in auto, pharma, metal, and PSU bank stocks dragged domestic indices from their record peaks to end marginally lower on Tuesday. Market breadth favoured bears today as 1,658 stocks declined on the BSE as against 1,303 stocks that rose. Around 193 remained unchanged at close. The indices snapped a six-day winning streak with the S&P BSE Sensex closing at 51,329 levels, down 20 points or 0.04 per cent. Asian Paints, ONGC, Titan, L&T, UltraTech Cement, and Nestle India, up in the range of 1 per cent to 4 per cent, were the top gainers today while M&M, Sun Pharma, Bajaj Auto, and ITC, down up to 3 per cent, ended as top laggards. The index edged closer to the 52,000-mark today and hit a new peak of 51,836 on the BSE in the intra-day trade. The broader Nifty50, on the other hand, managed to close above the 15,100-mark, at 15,109 levels, down 6.5 points or 0.04 per cent. The index hit an all-time-high of 15,257 during the day. Broader markets too ended in the red with the S&P BSE MidCap index down 0.18 per cent at close while the S&P BSE SmallCap index slipped 0.26 per cent. On the sectoral front, most of the indices were gripped in profit booking. The Nifty Auto, Metal, and Pharma indices settled over 1 per cent lower each, followed by losses in the Nifty Realty Index (down 0.7 per cent) and the Nifty FMCG index (down 0.6 per cent). Among individual stocks, shares of Balaji Amines zoomed 20 per cent to hit a new high of Rs 1,514 on the BSE in today's intra-day trade after its profit more-than-doubled to Rs 70.16 crore in the October-December quarter on the back of healthy revenue. The stock eventually closed 14% higher at 1,443 apiece. On the downside, shares of Balkrishna Industries slipped 11 per cent to Rs 1,640 on the BSE in Tuesday's intra-day trade as investors booked profit after the company announced a capex plan of up to Rs 1,900 crore, which will be funded by internal accruals and debt, if required. The stock ended 10% lower at Rs 1,654 per share. On the earnings front, shares of Berger Paints ended 2 per cent higher after its Q3 profit jumped nearly 51% on a yearly basis to Rs 274.8 crore, compared with profit of Rs 255 crore in the year-ago period. It's revenue increased 8.5 per cent YoY to Rs 2,118 crore. Those of Adani Ports, meanwhile, settled flat as its net profit stood at Rs 1,561.5 crore for Q3FY21, up 15.5% YoY. It's revenue came in at Rs 3,746 crore, up 12% YoY. Global markets Global stocks rose for the seventh straight day to reach a record high on Tuesday, while bitcoin also reached a peak after an endorsement from Tesla in the prior session had sent the cryptocurrency up 20 per cent. It climbed to a new peak of $48,216 late in the Asian afternoon on Tuesday. Rival cryptocurrency ethereum had struck a record high of $1,784.85 in the early morning. In the equities' market, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan were up 0.3 per cent, led by Chinese blue chips, up 2.2 per cent. Meanwhile, the MSCI All-Country World Index edged up 0.1 per cent to its own record high. In Europe, the STOXX 600 index fell 0.1 per cent while Germany's DAX index was down 0.2 per cent. Dow Jones Futures were last down over 100 points indicating a weak start on Wall Street later today.

Winning streak extended at the bourses into sixth straight day on Monday as investor optimism stayed elevated. An across-the-board buying helped frontline indices scale fresh record highs in the intra-day trade, before settling at new closing peaks. M-cap of all the listed firms on the BSE also hit a record Rs 203 trillion in value. Among key indices, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex settled tad below the 51,350-mark, at 51,349 levels today, up 617 points or 1.22 per cent, aided by buying in M&M (up 7.4 per cent), Bajaj Finserv, Infosys, Tech M, and Bharti Airtel. On the downside, HUL (down 1.5 per cent), Bajaj Finance (down 0.7 per cent), and ITC (down 0.5 per cent) remained top laggards. Weightage-wise, Infosys, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, M&M, and TCS contributed around 408-points towards overall gains on the index. It's NSE counterpart, meanwhile, clinched the 15,100-mark on the closing basis and settled at 15,116 levels, up 191.5 points or 1.28 per cent. M&M, Hindalco, Shree Cement, JSW Steel, and Bharti Airtel were among the 40 of the 50 constituents that ended the day in the green. The Sensex and the Nifty indices hit record peaks of 51,523 and 15,160, respectively. In the broader markets, small-cap peers outran their mid and large-cap peers today. The S&P BSE SmallCap index ended 1.53 per cent higher, while MidCap index was up 1.5 per cent at close. Meanwhile, largely all the Nifty sectoral indices ended the day in the green, barring the Nifty FMCG index (down 0.4 per cent), and the Nifty PSU Bank index (down 1 per cent). On the upside, the Nifty Auto and the Nifty Metal indices were the top gainers (up 3 per cent each). Among individual stocks, shares of Mahindra & Mahindra rallied 10 per cent to Rs 952 on the BSE in the intra-day trade today, but ended over 7 per cent higher, after the firm reported a healthy operational performance in the October-December quarter. The stock was close to it's all-time high level of Rs 992 hit on August 30, 2018. That apart, shares of Bajaj Finserv hit a fresh 52-week high of Rs 10,113, up 4 per cent on the BSE, in the intra-day trade on Monday. In the past six trading days, the stock has rallied 16 per cent after the government proposed to increase foreign direct investment in the insurance sector to 74 per cent, a move aimed at attracting overseas players. It ended 3 per cent higher at Rs 10,032 apiece on the BSE today. Shree Cement, meanwhile, joined the elite club of companies with Rs 1-trillion market capitalization on the BSE, after its share price hit a new high of Rs 28,059 on Monday. The company, engaged in the manufacture and sale of cement and cement related products, surpassed its previous high of Rs 27,356, touched on February 4, 2021. On the earnings front, Aditya Birla Fashion reported a net profit of Rs 59.4 crore for the December quarter, compared with a net loss of Rs 37.6 crore in the previous year period. It's revenue, however, declined around 20 per cent YoY to Rs 2,076 crore. Global markets   European shares rose on Monday, after their best weekly gain in nearly three months. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.4 per cent. Moreover, Frankfurt shares rose 0.6 per cent, outperforming European peers in early trading. In Asia, shares hovered near record highs on Monday while oil surpassed $60 a barrel. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5 per cent. Japan's Nikkei jumped about 2 per cent while Australian shares ended 0.6 per cent higher. Chinese shares advanced with the blue-chip CSI300 index up 1.3 per cent. Dow Jones Futures were last up 88 points indicating a positive start on Wall Street later today.

On episode 220 of the NintendoFuse Podcast, we discuss what we've been playing lately and talk about some of the recent Nintendo news: - Nintendo releases fiscal numbers from October-December 2020 - Astral Chain IP now fully owned by Nintendo - 'Finalized' Bowser's Fury details - Reggie says Switch was a "Make or Break" console - Nintendo is updating Multiplayer server providers - Nintendo says Switch Pro isn't happening "anytime soon" - Nintendo Toys heading to Burger King Kids Meals until March 15 - Pikmin 3 Deluxe is the highest selling Pikmin game (of all time) - Apex Legends coming to Switch on March 9 - Mario Party series has topped 50 million in sales And as usual, we interact with you all in the live chatroom throughout the show! Join our Discord and follow us on social media to join the conversation before and after the podcast! http://discord.gg/HQt4ZMR http://twitter.com/nintendofuse http://facebook.com/nintendofuse http://instagram.com/nintendofuse --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nintendofuse/message

A volatile session ended deep in the red on Thursday amid expiry of the January series of the Futures and Options (F&O) contracts, and profit-booking on stretched valuations and ahead of the Union Budget announcement next week. Markets ended lower for the fifth straight day with realty and public sector banks' stocks nursing the most severe losses. At the index level, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex tumbled 891 points in the intra-day deals today but managed to settle 535.6 points, or 1.13 per cent, down at 46,874.36 levels.  HUL (down 3.6%), Maruti Suzuki (3.4%), HCL Tech (2%), and Bajaj Finserv (2%) were the top losers on the Sensex today while gains in Axis Bank (5.5%), SBI (2.7%), and ICICI Bank (1.3%) trimmed losses. On the NSE, the Nifty50 closed above the 13,800-mark at 13,817.5 level, down 150 points or 1.07 per cent. The index hit an intra-day low of 13,713. In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index ended 0.4 per cen lower while the smallcap counterpart closed down 0.45 per cent. Sectorally, Nifty Realty index ended as the top loser on the NSE, down over 2 per cent. However, Nifty Bank and Private Bank index, up around 0.3 per cent each, were the only gainers. InterGlobe Aviation-run IndiGo airline on Thursday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 620.1 crore for the October-December quarter of FY21 (Q3FY21), as against a net profit of Rs 490.5 crore in the year-ago period. The airline, however, narrowed its loss from Rs 1,194.8 crore incurred in the September quarter of FY21. Auto major Maruti Suzuki, on Thursday, reported a 25.8 per cent year-on-year growth in consolidated profit at Rs 1,996.7 crore for the December quarter of FY21 (Q3FY21) while revenue rose 13.26 per cent to Rs 23,471.3 crore. In comparison, the company had posted revenue of Rs 20,721.8 crore and profit of Rs 1,586.9 crore in the corresponding quarter of last year. Shares of United Spirits slipped 7 per cent to Rs 597 on the BSE in Thursday's intra-day trade following its December quarter numbers announcement. Despite a rebound in performance, the management remains cautiously optimistic due to continued uncertainty in the medium term. In the past one month, the stock has outperformed the market by surging 14 per cent as against a 1 per cent gain in the S&P BSE Sensex till Wednesday. Shares of Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail (ABFRL) dipped as much as 6 per cent to Rs 153 on the BSE on Thursday. The company had, on Wednesday, announced a strategic partnership with India’s largest designer brand Sabyasachi by signing a definitive agreement for acquiring 51 per cent stake in Sabyasachi brand for a consideration of Rs 398 crore. Global markets Shares wiped out their gains in Europe for the year early on Thursday, soured by a sell-off on Wall Street, no end in sight to pandemic lockdowns and a squeeze in short positions. The pan-European STOXX benchmark was down 1.8% at 395.77 points, its lowest since December. London, Paris and Frankfurt all fell. Asian shares slid on Thursday while the safe-haven dollar rallied as Wall Street’s sell-off and delays in coronavirus vaccines provided an excuse to book profits on recent gains. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 2%, Japan’s Nikkei fell 1.5%, its sharpest drop since October, and Chinese blue chips lost 2.7% as liquidity tightened before the Lunar New Year holidays. South Korea fell 1.7%, led by losses in Samsung after it reported earnings.

The fiscal trend during FY21 turned a corner in the October-December quarter with sequential improvement in revenues, particularly in GST and income tax collection, alongside already-elevated excise duty collections helped by higher petroleum taxes. With pandemic risks largely capped for now, India has experienced a faster-than-expected pace of economic normalization. However, at the end of November the government’s fiscal deficit soared to 135.1% of FY21 Budget Estimates (BE). So, the crucial question is how will the FM tackle the pesky issue of fiscal deficit in the budget. Will the budget lean towards fiscal prudence? To discuss that Mint's Nasrin Sultana is joined by Aditi Nayar, Principal Economist, Icra. 

Indian benchmark indices look set to take a pause after Monday's stellar rally, with SGX Nifty futures trading 32 points down at 14,463 around 7.15 am, tracking weak cues from global peers. Besides a financial stability report by the Reserve Bank that raises concerns on the banks' financial health might also dampen the mood. In overnight trade, Wall Street’s main indices closed lower as investors took some profits while they waited for earnings season to begin and eyed events in Washington with trepidation. Investors believe a bigger stimulus could be delayed as House of Democrats introduced a resolution to impeach US President Donald Trump, accusing him of inciting insurrection following a violent attack on the Capitol by his supporters. Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.29%, the S&P 500 lost 0.66% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.25%. Tracking a weak finish for Wall Street, markets in Asia opened lower. Japan’s Nikkei slipped 0.48%, South Korea’s KOSPI fell 0.91% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index futures lost 0.54%. While global cues paint a grim picture, the market bulls may take some strength from the strong GDP growth projections for India and development on the Covid vaccine front. According to a report by UBS global research, India's economy is expected to clock the fastest growth among Asian peers with higher than 11.5 per cent growth in FY22 amid fast falling active COVID cases. Meanwhile, rating agency Icra too sees double-digit growth for the Indian economy at 10.1% in the FY22, however, it cautioned that in absolute terms the country’s GDP would only “mildly” surpass the levels of FY20. In another positive development, India has signed the first purchase agreement for the government-sponsored Covid vaccination programme with Serum Institute of India. The first consignment of vaccines is likely to be shipped by air on Tuesday morning, said a Business Standard report. Besides that, market participants will also eye the Industrial Production and Manufacturing Production data for the month of November, along with CPI inflation for December that are slated to be out today.  That apart, cryptocurrency bitcoin crashed 20.1 per cent to $30,500. The cryptocurrency had more than doubled in price from early December to a record $42,000 on Friday, leading some investment banks to warn of an impending bubble.  Now, a look at the stock-specific developments that are likely to sway the market today: Bank stocks are likely to be in focus today after RBI's Financial Stability Report of December 2020 stated that banks' gross non-performing assets may rise to 13.5% by September 2021, from 7.5 per cent in September 2020 under the baseline scenario. The bank-level NPA had touched 14.7 per cent in 1998-99. Tata Motors share will likely react to a 9 per cent YoY fall in Jaguar Land Rover's retail sales in the October-December period. The sales were, however, up by 13.1 per cent on a QoQ basis. Gail's board is scheduled to meet on January 15 to consider the proposal of buyback of shares. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition of share capital in Adani Green Energy by a subsidiary of Total SE. Karnataka Bank, Tata Elxsi, Steel Strips Wheels are among 10 other firms scheduled to release their December quarter results today.

The benchmark equity indices extended their record-breaking bull run in the past week, hitting all-time highs on almost all days. In the last five trading sessions, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty added almost 2 per cent each. This week markets are likely to take cues from Q3 earnings, a host of macroeconomic data and global trends. Meanwhile, progress on the coronavirus vaccine front, which India is looking to roll out from January 16, and a bigger stimulus in the US would also be in focus. When markets open for trading today, they will react to the Q3 numbers reported by IT major Tata Consultancy Services whose profit jumped 7% YoY in the December quarter to Rs 8,701 crore. Shares of Avenue Supermarts are likely to be in focus too as the firm posted a 16% jump in profit. That apart, a number of companies are also slated to release their Q3 numbers this week, including Infosys, Wipro, HCL Tech, HDFC Bank, Filatex India, Tata Elxsi, L&T Finance Holdings, PVR and Karnataka Bank to name a few. Besides this, market participants will eye the macroeconomic data such as the Industrial Production and Manufacturing Production data for the month of November, along with CPI inflation for December that are scheduled to be released on January 12, while WPI inflation for December is slated on January 14. According to a Reuters poll, India’s retail inflation likely fell sharply in December, landing within the Reserve Bank of India’s target range, due to a significant drop in vegetable and food prices. Meanwhile, there are expectations that industrial production likely expanded for the second month in a row after six months of contraction. Any development on the global front too will sway the market sentiment back home. US President-elect Joe Biden last Friday said he will deliver a coronavirus relief plan costing “trillions” of dollars next week and the markets will likely react to that, and also to the US jobless claims due on Thursday. Lastly, movement in crude oil prices and rupee, along with inflows from FIIs would be of keen interest for the markets. And now, let's take a look at the trade setup for today Tracking a strong finish for Wall Street in overnight trade on Friday, Indian markets are set to kick off the week on an upbeat note, hitting yet another record high at the open. SGX Nifty futures were trading 72 points up at 14,448. However, tepid cues from Asian peers are likely to limit gains for benchmark Sensex and Nifty. Asian shares took a breather as “trillions” in new US fiscal stimulus plans were set to be unveiled this week, stoking a global reflation trade. S&P 500 futures slid 0.5%, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.6% while South Korea’s Kospi index advanced 2.7%. On the stock-specific front, shares of TCS and Avenue Supermarts will be in focus after reporting strong Q3 numbers. Drug major Cipla is recalling over 5.8 lakh packets of a drug for the reduction in the occurrence of gastric ulcers from the US market, as per a report by the US Food and Drug Administration. Tata Steel's total output from India operations rose 3% to 4.60 million tonnes (MT) during the October-December quarter of the current financial year. Bharti Airtel announced the appointment of Pradipt Kapoor as its Chief Information Officer (CIO).

In overnight trade, stocks on Wall Street hit record levels as investors bet a Democrat-controlled Congress will deliver more stimulus spending to help the US economy overcome a steep pandemic-induced downturn. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.69%, the S&P 500 gained 1.48% and the Nasdaq Composite added 2.56%. Tracking a firm close for Wall Street, Asian stocks opened higher, with Japan hitting a three-decade high as investors looked beyond rising coronavirus cases and political unrest in the United States and bet on an economic recovery later in the year. Futures for the S&P 500 jumped 1.48% while Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.84%. Gains in Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 were more moderate at 0.16% after Covid-led lockdown in one of the states. In the backdrop of this, Indian markets too looked set to kick off Friday's session on a firm footing after suffering losses for two days in a row. SGX Nifty futures traded 58 points higher at 14,268 at around 7.30 am. Besides cues from global peers, market participants are likely to react to the FY21 GDP estimates and all eyes would be on TCS, who'll kick off the Q3 earnings season today. According to an estimate released by the Central Statistics Office, India’s economy is expected to contract 7.7% in the current financial year ending in March. This could prompt the finance minister to make a push for growth in the budget next month. Meanwhile, top economists and experts are slated to hold a virtual interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, FM Nirmala Sitharaman and NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar among others today on the state of Indian Economy. That apart, it looks like there is no stopping bitcoin. The cryptocurrency has doubled in less than a month and surged to $40,000 for the first time. Now, a look at the stock-specific developments that are likely to sway the market today: Five companies, inclusing TCS, are set to report their December quarter results today. The Tata Group company is expected to post a robust performance in Q3, with analysts projecting up to 8% jump in net profit. Biocon has announced that the board of its subsidiary Biocon Biologics has approved a capital injection of $75 million from Abu Dhabi-based ADQ. Vodafone Idea has moved the Supreme Court to seek a modification on orders which had held that the Rs 58,400 crore claimed by the telecom department to be the final AGR due amount, pointing out arithmetical errors in the government’s calculations, a media report stated. Bharat Rasayan will consider the proposal of buyback of equity shares on January 12. JSW Steel on Thursday posted a marginal growth of 2 per cent in crude steel output at 4.08 million tonnes during the October-December period of the ongoing fiscal.

In overnight trade, Wall Street ended the choppy session marginally higher ahead of the outcome of the Senate runoff elections in the battleground state of Georgia, which will determine the balance of power in Washington. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 0.55%, the S&P 500 gained 0.71% and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.95%. The latest exit polls gave a slight edge to the two Democratic challengers who need to win both races for Democrats to gain US Senate control from Republicans. Along with their narrow majority in the House of Representatives, a “blue sweep” of Congress could usher in larger fiscal stimulus. It could also pave the way for President-elect Joe Biden to push through greater corporate regulation and higher taxes.   Even in Asia, investors anxiously awaited the outcome of US runoff elections and traded on a mixed note. While Australian shares dipped 0.43%, Japan's Nikkei added 0.1% and South Korea’s Kospi Index topped the 3,000 level for the first time. Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.07%. Meanwhile, crude oil prices held overnight gains and traded near $54 per barrel after Saudi Arabia on Tuesday pledged to cut an extra 1 million barrels a day of crude output in February and March. Brent crude futures were up 0.67% at $53.88 per barrel. They had surged 4.9% on Tuesday. Amid this backdrop, Indian equity markets were set to start Wednesday's session on a muted note as SGX Nifty traded 5 points down at 14,221. Besides this, a report by World Bank predicting a 9.6 per cent contraction in Indian economy in the fiscal year 2020-21 could give market bears another reason to return to the Street today. Investors will also keep an eye on Markit Services PMI and Fed minutes that are slated to be released later today. That apart, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to present the Union Budget on February 1, media reports on Tuesday stated. Now, a look at the stock-specific developments that are likely to sway the market today: HDFC Bank on Tuesday said the bank has witnessed a loan growth of 19 per cent to Rs 10,82,000 crore during the third quarter ended December 2020. Godrej Consumer Products on Tuesday said it expects to deliver "close to low double-digit sales growth" in the domestic market during the October-December 2020 quarter, led by soaps and household insecticides segments. The Reserve Bank on Tuesday said it has imposed a penalty of Rs 2.5 crore on Bajaj Finance Limited, Pune for violation of various directions, including on recovery and collection practices. Mortgage lender HDFC on Tuesday said it is planning to raise up to Rs 5,000 crore by issuing bonds on private placement basis to meet its business requirements.

Indian benchmark indices are likely to snap their 9-day winning run and open with deep cuts tracking poor cues from global peers. At around 7.25 am, Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded 103 points down at 14073, indicating a gap-down start for Indian markets. The losses follow a sharp slide on Wall Street on Monday, the first trading day of the year, as risk appetite ebbed amid upcoming runoff elections in Georgia and the persistent surge in coronavirus cases. Runoff elections in Georgia, which are set to determine whether Democrats take effective control of Congress to push President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda, are impacting market sentiment. Traders are weighing scenarios such as the possibility of greater US fiscal stimulus, higher taxes and more regulation under such a so-called “blue wave.” All three main indices hit two-week lows. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.25%, the S&P 500 lost 1.48% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.47%. Consequently, Asian shares too edged lower on Tuesday. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.12% while Australian stocks fell 0.16%. Japanese shares lost 0.47% after a media report that the government will curb business hours in Tokyo and surrounding cities from Thursday. In another development, nearly 56 million people in England will return to a full coronavirus lockdown, possibly until mid-February, to try to cut spiralling infection rates, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. That apart, bitcoin’s rally fizzled as the famously volatile cryptocurrency sank as much as 17% before steadying. Bitcoin was last down 8% at $30,542. Now, a look at the stock-specific developments that are likely to sway the market today: All the three bidders of DHFL -- Oaktree, Piramal and the Adani group -- have valued the housing finance company's shares at zero, thus giving no upside to its shareholders when it is offered to the highest bidder by January 14. As on Monday, DHFL had a market valuation of Rs 941 crore as its stock was traded at Rs 30 a share. HDFC's individual loan business continued to see improvement during the October-December period. For the nine months ending December 31, 2020, individual loan disbursements stood at 86% of the same period last year. Gross income from dividend during the quarter at Rs 2 crore from Rs 4 crore. Bajaj Finance's AUM rose 4.66% quarter-on-quarter to Rs 1.43 lakh crore in the October-December quarter, however, it contracted 1% year-on-year. The company added 6 million new loans in Q3 as compared with 7.7 million a year ago. Further, the total deposits of the NBFC rose to Rs 23,800 crore in Q3, up 17% year-on-year. The government and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India should allow IDBI Bank to come out of the prompt corrective action (PCA) framework before they go ahead with the stake sale in the lender, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has suggested.

The Beginning of the Good News A sermon preached by Rev. Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli with Foundry UMC, October December 6, 2020, “The Fullness of Time” series.   Text: Mark 1:1-8 “Once upon a time...” “In the beginning was...” That’s the way it always starts off. Every story, gospel, history, chronicle, myth, legend, folktale, or old wives’ tale blues riff begins with “Woke up this mornin’...” Rock legend Steven Tyler is the source of this little truth nugget. Stories have a beginning. And in the span of human time, every beginning means that something is ending or, at least, changing. If a new story is told, the existing story is amended or released. “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” The beginning of the gospel according to Mark begins with a fragment, a sentence with no ending. I guess I’d always known that, but it struck me in a peculiar way this year. I found myself puzzling over it—probably more than it warrants. Steven Tyler came to the rescue, reminding me that maybe this sentence fragment is simply the way stories begin, a signal of a new chapter in the human story. And what a gift to receive a new chapter that begins with the promise of good news! // When bad news has been our daily bread, when we’ve had to labor to hold on to hope, when we’ve been bombarded with confusion and gaslighting and reports of violence and abuses of every kind, our bodies and spirits long for a good word, some good news. Bring on the εὐαγγελίου (euangeliou), the “gospel,” of Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, the anointed one in whom the fullness of God was pleased to dwell! Lest we get ahead of ourselves, notice that the most ancient account of the good news of Jesus begins in the wilderness. It doesn’t begin in the party hall or throne room. It doesn’t begin in a time of peace and plenty. It doesn’t even begin in a bucolic and potentially sappified setting with a manger and glowing light. No. In Mark’s version the beginning is in the wilderness. The wilderness is where Israel rebelled against God—not once, not twice, but again and again. The wilderness is also where God continued to show up with mercy, sustenance, and guidance bringing water from a rock, manna from heaven, and elemental signs to lead the people forward. And the Jordan river where John does his baptizing runs through the wilderness and is a symbolic place of crossing over from one life to the next. Having visited that place for the first time in January of this year, I can tell you the Jordan is not a clear, sparkling river. Anthony accidentally drank some of the water I’d set aside to bring home and was afraid he was a goner. Just sayin. That place now as then is a place surrounded by violence and struggle and deep-seated enmity among people and nations. The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ starts with a fragment, echoes of prophecy cried out by John, reverberating across the stark wilderness landscape of an occupied land filled with ancient enmities and alighting on the waters of a murky river. The good news begins right where it is needed—in places of struggle and uncertainty. And then, as now, good news was a draw. We are told that “all the people of Jerusalem were going out” to receive John’s “baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.” Would that be received by us as “good news” today? The words—“repentance”…“sins”—have become heavy with the baggage laid upon them, so heavy that they might sink to the bottom of the river once we have thrown them away. But I hope we won’t throw out the gospel truth with the bath water. And there is gospel—good news—to be found here. To repent is to acknowledge something is wrong and turn away from it. It is being honest about our sin, about the things that we have done and left undone that separate us from God and other people, things that have done harm. Just imagine if you had to eternally drag around all that baggage…imagine if there was no facility available for clearing our conscience, writing a new chapter, making new choices and commitments about how to live? A baptism with water, even iffy, murky water as found in today’s Jordan River, is a washing, a cleansing. And that is a good feeling! Think about any time in your life when you’ve not been able to have a bath or shower for a time. Perhaps it was during a hospitalization or on a mission trip or work assignment without the kinds of facilities available to most of us; or perhaps for some of us, it was during a time lived on the street or in our car. Those moments help us understand what a privilege it is to get to take a shower! After many days or weeks, you emerge from the water, feeling like a new person!  And water baptism is, at its most elemental level, a washing facility. The water baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins is an opportunity to remove at least a layer of the gunk that clogs the arteries of our hearts so that love can’t flow freely, the grime of resentment and regret that has built up on our being over the years making us—if we’re being honest—small-minded and ashamed, the prejudicial gack that has been smeared over our proverbial eyes that keeps us from perceiving what is real, from perceiving every human as our family. A water baptism is very good news! Because it means that, should we so choose, we can present ourselves acknowledging we are in need of a scrub… and emerge from the waters lighter, free, and shining…maybe like a new person! This baptism is not only found at the beginning of the good news but is, itself, the beginning of the good news. It is the necessary preparation for what comes next. Repentance and forgiveness of our sins, removes all that gunk that gets in the way and takes up space better filled with what Jesus comes to offer. John proclaims that Jesus comes to baptize us with Holy Spirit, the very breath of life and conscience and creativity and prophetic power. Prepare the way of the Lord! Take a bath! A repentance bath…forgiveness and mercy are in the water. And those beautiful, humbling gifts liberate us, open us, to receive and share the life that God promises in and through the one who is coming, Jesus. What comes next in Jesus is more powerful than our most stubborn excuses and rationalizations, more powerful than empire and all its agents and effects, more powerful than bullies, more powerful than our neuroses and our addictions, more power than the voices in our head trying to convince us we can’t be forgiven, more powerful than prejudices and bigotry encrusted in our psyches through centuries, more powerful than water, that elemental symbol of chaos and destruction, water that Jesus calms with a word, so that it drapes in gentle folds about his feet. // Writer Kathleen Norris tells of how, in her work as an artist-in-residence at parochial schools, she uses the Psalms as examples of poetry. The children, she says, are often surprised about the Psalms—the way the poetic prayers of the Bible don’t mince words or leave out painful things in human life. And Norris says the children’s writing captures much of that emotional directness and honesty. She goes on to share this: “Once a little boy wrote a poem called ‘The Monster Who Was Sorry.’ He began by admitting that he hates it when his father yells at him; his response in the poem is to throw his sister down the stairs, and then to wreck his room, and finally to wreck the whole town. The poem concludes: ‘Then I sit in my messy house and say to myself, ‘I shouldn’t have done all that.’” ‘My messy house’ says it all: with more honesty than most adults could have mustered, the boy made a metaphor for himself that admitted the depth of his rage and also gave him a way out. If that boy had been a novice in the fourth-century monastic desert, his elders might have told him that he was well on the way toward repentance, not such a monster after all, but only human. If the house is messy, they might have said, why not clean it up, why not make it into a place where God might wish to dwell?” And there it is. The beginning of the good news is a clean up job, it is a preparation of our “house” to receive Christ who fills us with new life in the power of Spirit. It doesn’t just magically happen. We’ve got to show up and do our work. We’ve got to get into the water with John. Honesty and vulnerability are required of us. Fessing up and Self-love and open hearts are required of us. But even in the wilderness, even in these days of pandemic, even in the swirl and churn of these difficult days in our nation and world, we can do something. We can do those things—honesty, vulnerability, fessing up, self-love, open heartedness—right? We are not powerless. We can wake up each morning with our minds stayed on Jesus, proclaiming that new every morning is God’s love and mercy, new every morning is a new beginning…We can look around at the mess made after we’ve made it again and say “I shouldn’t have done all that.” And then get busy cleaning it up. And, by doing so…once again, in the wilderness, in the mess, the good news is proclaimed, a new chapter begins…and we prepare the way for Christ to be born again. https://foundryumc.org/

With next week's regular Between The Sheets being lighter than usual (albeit long by normal human podcast standards) and it being about six months months since we last did this, we decided that now is a great time to give everyone another peek at the kind of shows we do on Patreon! This time out, thanks in part to the suggestion of Joe Sposto, we flash back to the show we did looking at Sid Eudy's transformation from Sid Vicious to Sid Justice in 1991-1992, going from his very unconventional WCW departure to the unceremonious end of his first WWF run. For dozens more deep dives like this, including the ongoing ECW on TNN series, all you need to do is sign up for our Patreon at just the $5/month level or higher by going to *Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets* ( http://www.patreon.com/betweenthesheets ) *.* *----------* We're back to look at (approximately) a year in the life of Sid Eudy, going from his bizarre WCW departure in Spring 1991 through his similarly bizarre WWF departure in Spring 1992. Kris and David look at the back and forth drama of Sid leading WCW on about re-signing, audio of Jim Herd answering questions from the big three newsletter writers about letting Sid out of his contract early, Sid being grossly underpaid for his role in the SummerSlam '91 main event, both the WWF and WCW's complete inability to book Sid properly, softball season and the effect it had on Sid's wrestling schedule, why Sid Justice starting as a babyface was a mistake, just how easy it would be to book Sid better, how Hulk Hogan's probably responsible for the times he was booked like an asshole, WWE retconning the original Royal Rumble '92 commentary, whether or not you can actually put urine in a Visine bottle, and MUCH more. This show is definitely not BOGUS. Timestamps: 0:00:00 April 1991 0:48:48 May 1991 1:19:17 June-August 1991 1:39:59 September 1991 1:56:39 October-December 1991 2:24:47 January-March 1992 3:07:44 April-June 1992 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/between-the-sheets/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

How would it feel to have an organized and productive end to 2020 so you can set yourself up for a successful start in 2021? Listen in as Ashlie shares her exciting new planner that incorporates both digital and paper strategies to keep your goals within reach by taking action every day!    In this episode, Cathy and Ashlie discuss:  The importance of creating goals with a reasonable action plan Differences between a digital calendar vs. a paper planner  Details about Ashlie’s new digital planner  Why action items are not the same as a to-do list    The benefits of the physical act of writing  Why Ashlie keeps her personal and business action items separate  Ashlie’s affiliate program to offer her October-December planner to clients        Memorable Quotes: “A calendar and a planner are two totally different things even though they do cover some of the same ground.”  “Being able to keep everything in one place in terms of organization is just really helpful.” “Make sure you’re going after your big goals and that you’re preparing for the year ahead, but make sure you’re getting them down so they’re bite-size so you’re not trying to fit the entire mountain in your mouth.”    Ashlie Pappas is married with two teenage children. She has been in the health and wellness industry for over a decade as a nutrition counselor, weight loss specialist, personal trainer, yoga instructor, health coach, meditation teacher, and essential oil educator. She is the founder of Naturally Ashlie-Naturally Oiled, and the host of the successful Stress Free Naturally and Naturally Recovered Meditation Podcasts. She's personally lost over 100 pounds, as well as adapted to life with a debilitating nervous system disorder. When not hard at work, Ashlie gets outdoors as much as possible, frolics, plays ice hockey, and tackles her bucket list. She helps others to learn to love themselves again through simple and realistic lifestyle shifts that include nutrition and healthy eating, physical activity, stress reduction, and activities that bring more meaning and joy into life. Through her blog, podcast, courses, and coaching, she's dedicated her life to helping others to prioritize themselves, reduce stress and achieve their health and wellness goals.    Mentioned In This Episode: GoodNotes  Nifty Project Manager Stress Free Naturally Ashlie’s October-December 2020 Digital Planner  Apply to be an Affiliate with Ashlie    Links to resources: Health Coach Group Website

Season TWO IS HERE!! MORE DISNEY FOOD is headed your way. But this time, we'll be asking what YOU want to see. We'll launch a few polls on Instagram and Twitter (handle is @SCFADP) for you to tell us what table service restaurants and snacks you'd like to see us review and what Disney food you'd like to see us attempt to cook at home. We'll also have more reviews, more food, more laughs, more trivia, and more Disney pro-tips! Season 2 will run from October - December, expect all things Halloween and Holidays for the next three months.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/scfadp)

Spider-Man: Powerless Welcome back to Ultimate Spider-Cast!  This time Phil and Lilith review Amazing Spider-Man #340-#343 (October-December 1990, January 1991) featuring Spider-Man powerless, an army of villains, a mysterious mastermind, and the Black Cat! Show Notes: Spider-Man Powerless: Ultimate Spider-Cast Episode #89 Find all of our Social Media here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn’t cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics

Nightwing #71 (2020), NIghtwing #13-#15 (1997): 80 Years of Grayson Phil and Kristen review NEW issues NIghtwing #71, part of the Joker War.  Classic issue review includes Nightwing #13-#15 (October-December 1997) and Nightwing Annual #1 (1997). Show notes: Nightwing #71 (2020), Nightwing #13-#15 (1997)—80 Years of Grayson: Nightwing News #45 Find all of our Social Media here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Find Kristen’s book Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder here: https://www.amazon.com/Dick-Grayson-Boy-Wonder-Nightwing/dp/0786497882/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540958908&sr=8-1&keywords=dick+grayson+boy+wonder Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nightwingpdp Follow Kristen Geaman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/75yrsofgrayson Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn’t cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics

Nightwing #1-#3, #6: 80 Years of Grayson Phil and Kristen review issues #1-#3 (October-December 1996) and #6 (March 1997) of the first ongoing NIghtwing series. Show notes: Nightwing #1-#3, #6—80 Years of Grayson: Nightwing News #43 Find all of our Social Media here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Find Kristen’s book Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder here: https://www.amazon.com/Dick-Grayson-Boy-Wonder-Nightwing/dp/0786497882/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540958908&sr=8-1&keywords=dick+grayson+boy+wonder Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nightwingpdp Follow Kristen Geaman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/75yrsofgrayson Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn’t cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the SMG Podcast Network on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup

Thousands of migrant workers are left stranded at the borders across the country due to coronavirus lockdown, even on a day which is observed every year to pay tribute to the contribution of workers across the world. Yes, it's May Day or International Workers' Day. Here's a look at the status of thousands of migrant workers amid the global pandemic and also the measures announced for their welfare. Let’s begin with some good news . Indian Railways flagged its first special train to ferry 1,200 stranded migrants from Lingampally in Telangana to Hatia in Jharkhand. "The 24 coach train started at 4.50 am today (Friday)," RPF DG Arun Kumar told PTI. It's the only train to be deployed so far, he added. Incidentally Friday is also the international Labour Day. The global tally of Covid-19 patients has so far crossed the 3 million-mark. However, meeting the constant demand of testing kits and other medical equipment seems to be difficult, at least  in the near future. No doubt, the labourers/ migrant workers seem to be among those most affected.   Here's a report released on Wednesday, in which the International Labour Organization estimated a 4.5 per cent drop in working hours (about 130 million full-time jobs) across the globe in January-March 2020, compared to the previous quarter. However, the worst is yet to come in the second quarter in which a 10.5 per cent slump is expected in working hours, equaling 305 million jobs, compared to October-December 2019. Speaking of India, despite an extensive lockdown of over a month, the country’s tally of cases is increasing and it has reported more than 35,000 cases so far. There are even talks about an extension of the lockdown which has already caused turbulence in the lives of thousands of the workers. A Business Standard correspondent went to a relief camp in Sarai Kale Khan and spoke to some migrant workers. Before this we did come across news of migrant workers, first thronging the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border and then flooding Bandra station in Mumbai, in an attempt to reach their homes in far-flung areas, notwithstanding the lockdown rules. No doubt, the centre government has created relief camps for them, and provides them with food and shelter but apart from this nothing major seems to have come in picture which could help them cope with the situation. On Thursday, the Union home ministry made it clear that no separate passes are required for inter-state movement of trucks — those carrying goods or returning after delivery — during the ongoing lockdown and licence of the driver is enough. This means, all the stranded drivers at the borders could now move with a little ease. In one of our recent podcasts, Stranded migrants, students can now go home, but process is not that easy! we did talk about how people can now travel back to their home towns according to the new guidelines.   But since, the government has permitted only the roadways, except the special train we talked about, to carry out the transportation process, state governments  are citing logistical challenges in transporting thousands of people by road especially in the summer heat. They said both arranging buses in a large number and ensuring the norms of social distancing during the long travel is quite difficult. That apart, for the first time in around one-and-a-half centuries, Indian workers will have to work for 72 hours in a week (up from 48 hours a week) as five states — Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab — have amended the Factories Act of 1948 through executive orders to effect this change. However, these states have mentioned that the move is temporary in order to boost the production at factories and mines which has otherwise been affected due to the nationwide lockdown in view of the pandemic.

Batman A Lonely Place of Dying: 80 Years of Grayson Phil and Kristen review Batman: A Lonely Place of Dying from Batman #440-#442 and New Titans #60-#61 (October-December 1989) featuring the introduction of Tim Drake as the third Robin and Nightwing comes to terms with his past. Show notes: Batman A Lonely Place of Dying—80 Years of Grayson: Nightwing News #35 Find all of our Social Media here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Find Kristen’s book Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder here: https://www.amazon.com/Dick-Grayson-Boy-Wonder-Nightwing/dp/0786497882/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540958908&sr=8-1&keywords=dick+grayson+boy+wonder Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nightwingpdp Follow Kristen Geaman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/75yrsofgrayson Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com  When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn’t cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the SMG Podcast Network on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup

Japan's economy contracts 7.1% in fourth quarter Japan's economy shrunk more than initially estimated in the fourth quarter, raising recession fears amid the coronavirus outbreak. GDP contracted by an annualised 7-point-1 percent in the October- December period, as last year's sales tax hike hit consumer and business spending. The preliminary figure announced last month was 6-point-3 percent. Aon to buy Willis Towers Watson for $30B Insurance brokerage Aon has agreed to buy rival Willis Towers Watson for nearly 30 billion dollars. The all-stock-deal will create the world's largest insurance broker with an equity value of about 80 billion dollars. The move comes as the insurance sector battles with falling margins and challenges ranging from the coronavirus to climate change. Australia sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal Australian privacy regulator has filed a lawsuit against Facebook over its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The social media giant has been accused of breaching privacy law by sharing the personal details of more than 300-thousand Australians with the political research firm. Facebook has so far paid more than 5 -billion dollars in fines related to the scandal.

Stocks witnessed a lacklustre trade on Tuesday amid lack of any positive triggers and fears of spreading coronavirus. According to a Reuters poll, India's GDP (gross domestic product) grew 4.7 per cent in the October-December period of the financial year 2019-20 (FY20).  The S&P BSE Sensex ended at 40,281, down 82 points or 0.2 per cent. Sun Pharma (down over 2 per cent) emerged as the biggest loser on the index while TCS (up 2 per cent) gained the most.  Market breadth remained in favour of sellers as out of 2,616 companies traded on the BSE, 964 advanced and 1,469 declined while 183 remained unchanged. As many as 58 securities hit their 52-week high on the BSE while 183 securities fell to 52-week low.  On the NSE, the 50-share Nifty index slipped below the key level of 11,800 to end at 11,798, down 31.5 points or 0.27 per cent.  In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index lost 68 points or 0.4 per cent to settle at 15,376 while the S&P BSE SmallCap index ended at 14,448, down 65 points or 0.45 per cent.  On the sectoral front, Nifty Pharma index dropped over 2 per cent to end as the biggest sectoral index loser. The index closed at 7,937 levels. On the other hand, realty and IT stocks made decent gains.  GLOBAL MARKETS  Global stock markets stabilised on Tuesday after a wave of early selling petered out and Wall Street futures managed a solid bounce after the previous day’s sharp selloff on fears about the spreading coronavirus. MSCI’s All Country World index, which tracks shares across 47 countries, was down 0.16 per cent, paring some earlier losses when Asian markets were trading. The index suffered its biggest daily drop in two years on Monday. In commodities, oil steadied after shedding nearly 4 per cent on Monday. US crude was up 0.2 per cent at $51.55, while Brent crude firmed 0.4 per cent to $56.51. Individual Stocks Led by strong rally in the past month, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has entered the list of top 100 companies with the highest market capitalisation (m-cap). In the past month, the stock has zoomed 99 per cent from level of Rs 1,003, as against a 3 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex. Shares of TVS Motor Company slipped 6 per cent to Rs 410 on the BSE on Tuesday after the two and three-wheelers manufacturer said the outbreak of pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19) in China will lead to 10 per cent drop in its planned production in February. The stock was trading at its lowest level since October 17, 2019. Shares of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) were trading lower for the fourth straight day, slipping 1.3 per cent on Tuesday to hit 52-week low of Rs 1,244 on the BSE. The construction & engineering company's stock was trading at its lowest level since February 18, 2019. Read by: Sukanya Roy

India's telecommunication network is the second largest in the world with more than a billion subscribers. But the prevailing situation of telecom companies is alarming.  Vodafone-Idea last week reported widening of losses to Rs 6,438 crore in the October-December 2019 quarter against Rs 5,004 crore in the same period a year ago. The company earlier reported a massive net loss of Rs 50,922 crore for the three months ended September 30, 2019, the highest-ever in a quarter by an Indian company.  This month, Bharti Airtel also reported December-quarter loss of Rs 1,035 crore. The December Q3 scorecard marked the third straight quarter of losses for the company, which had logged a net profit of Rs 86 crore a year ago. Ever since Reliance Jio started operations in September 2016, the telecom market saw a huge decline in tariff rates and reduction in data charges, which changed the economics for some telecom players. Many smaller players were forced to exit from the market, as a result.  Jio offered cheap data and talk time to woo customers.  As of November 2019, it is the largest mobile network operator in India with over 360 million subscribers.  But this in turn forced rivals to follow suit in order to retain their customer bases, and ended up making losses in the process. To make matters worse, AGR (Adjusted Gross Revenue) kicked in, even as telecom companies were struggling to take on Jio. Now what exactly is AGR? AGR is the basis on which the Department of Telecom calculates levies payable by operators. Basically, it is a metric calculated from a company's gross revenues and is used to determine the levy that be imposed on the income The AGR issue is a 14-year-old case that had mobile operators locked in a legal battle with the government over the definition of of the term. While the telecom providers insisted that AGR should only include revenue from core operations and that other sources should be excluded, the Department of Telecom (DoT) maintained that AGR also embraced non-core revenue from the sale of assets, interest on deposits, rental income and such like.  Ending this legal tussle, the Supreme Court on Oct 24, last year rejected telcos' definition of adjusted gross revenue (AGR) and held that telecom service providers have to pay now fines and penalties on the unpaid fees, other than termination fee and roaming charges. The apex court allowed the Centre to recover over Rs 92,000 crore from the already financially stressed telecom industry within three months. The order came as a major blow to the two incumbent operators — Vodafone India and Bharti Airtel — and also forced them to hike tariffs. Last week, the Supreme Court slammed mobile carriers for non-payment of dues and threatened them with contempt proceedings if they didn’t pay up by March 17. The court, which had asked Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel among other companies to pay 92,000 crore rupees ($12.89 billion) in overdue levies and interest by January 23, had rejected petitions seeking a review of its order last month. The move threatens the survival of Vodafone-Idea, a joint venture between Britain’s Vodafone Group Plc and India’s Idea Cellular, as the unit is saddled with about $3.9 billion in overdue payments. The Supreme Court had on Monday even denied it protection from the invocation of the bank guarantee by the DoT, in case it failed to pay up the dues linked to AGR. To know more, listen to this podcast

Show #683   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Friday 31st January 2020. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story to save you time.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   HYUNDAI TO DELIVER KONA ELECTRIC IN EUROPE SOONER "Hyundai has announced a “drastic” reduction in delivery times for Kona Electric in Europe. From March the Korean car manufacturer will also produce the electric model in its Czech plant." reports Electrive: "Hyundai thus confirms rumours from the middle of last year. In addition to making the electric cars in Europe, production in Ulsan, South Korea will be increased. In total, Hyundai promises to triple the availability of its Kona Electric (called Kona Elektro in Germany) for customers in Europe. The increased capacity is now to “keep pace with rising demand”, as this has exceeded expectations since the start of sales in 2018."   https://www.electrive.com/2020/01/30/hyunda-to-deliver-kona-electric-in-europe-sooner/   From PushEVs: "The Hyundai Kona Electric is a hatchback with a WLTP range of 482 km (300 miles) that strongly appeals to the European market. Hyundai could have made it the best selling electric hatchback in Europe last year if it wanted to. However, this year it’ll more difficult to achieve that feat, since it’ll have the competition of the new Renault ZOE, PEUGEOT e-208, Opel Corsa-e and Volkswagen ID. 3. legacy automakers will only increase the production of electric cars to minimal levels, enough to avoid EU emissions fines. We won’t see legacy automakers producing enough electric cars to challenge Tesla until 2022. In 2022 Volkswagen could take the lead with the ID. brand…"   https://pushevs.com/2020/02/01/hyundai-boosts-kona-electric-supply-to-europe/   ASTON MARTIN’S EV PLANS FALL VICTIM TO STROLL RESCUE "Aston Martin's cash lifeline from Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll has a major casualty -- the company’s push into electric cars." according to Automotive News Europe: "The launch of the full-electric Lagonda marque, due in 2022, has been stalled for three years, Aston Martin said Friday, while development of the Rapide E, the main brand’s first electric model, is under review despite being almost complete. The rethink on electrification, a costly technology previously deemed vital to Aston Martin’s future, will see the company switch focus to providing hybrid autos. It’s part of a “reset plan” that will also see unspecified job cuts and a restructuring of sales and marketing operations."   https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/aston-martins-ev-plans-fall-victim-stroll-rescue   HUMMER WILL RETURN AS A 1,000-HORSEPOWER ELECTRIC VEHICLE "Following months of rumors, General Motors confirmed the return of the Hummer — with an Earth-friendly twist. The name previously attached to gas guzzling SUVs will now adorn an electric car sold under the GMC brand. Set to debut in a Super Bowl ad on Sunday, February 2, the electric Hummer will have specifications that are more supercar than truck." says Digital Trends: "Called the GMC Hummer EV, the reincarnated Hummer will have 1,000 horsepower and 11,500 pound-feet of torque. While a handful of cars — including the Faraday Future FF91 electric SUV — have achieved four-digit horsepower outputs, the Hummer EV will be the undisputed ruler of torque. The Hummer EV will make its first public appearance in a 30-second Super Bowl ad during the second quarter of the big game on Sunday, GMC confirmed. However, the vehicle won’t be fully revealed until May 20"   https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/gmc-hummer-ev-officially-confirmed-with-1000-horsepower/   Jalopnik had their own take on it: First, there’s the Hummer name and brand itself, which is about as anti-environmental as one could imagine. The connotation of “Hummer” has always been actively hostile to any sort of ecological awareness, in a very brutal and almost childishly reactionary way. If people drove hybrid Priuses and EV Leafs as a way to say “love the Earth” via their car, then driving a Hummer said “fuck the Earth.”" This all means that now EVs are just another kind of car in our minds. They don’t need to have their unique traits pointed out, no matter how important those traits may actually be. We’re now in the era where EVs get promoted and advertised and understood with the same delerious irrationality as any other car out there."   https://jalopnik.com/seriously-the-electric-hummer-is-a-total-change-in-how-1841363548   TESLA Q4 STORAGE DEPLOYMENTS AT ALL-TIME HIGH Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) yesterday reported a new quarterly energy storage installation record of 530 MWh, and 54 MW of solar deployments for October-December 2019. " writes Renewables Now: "The fourth-quarter (Q4) total included the first deployments of Tesla’s newest battery storage product, the commercial-scale integrated storage system called Megapack.The company deployed 1.65 GWh of energy storage in 2019, which is more than it installed in all prior years combined.  The Q4 solar deployments were up by 26% quarter-on-quarter but down 26% year-on-year. Tesla said it continued to ramp both SolarglassRoof production and installations, but did not provide specific figures."   https://renewablesnow.com/news/tesla-q4-storage-deployments-at-all-time-high-solar-at-54-mw-685363/   THE SECRET BEHIND ROLLS ROYCE’S E-PLANE When Rolls Royce in December unveiled its new electric plane, it said it would be the fastest electric aircraft, capable of achieving a top speed of 300 mph. It also said the plane will be able to fly from London to Paris on a single charge." according to OilPrice.com: "The ACCEL aircraft has three battery packs that power its three electric motors. Each pack weighs 450 kg and has a capacity of 72 kWh. According to the project manager, Matheu Parr, the best battery cell shape for the aircraft battery pack turned out to be the cylinder. These, Parr told Patel, could hold a lot of energy and could release it quickly at high power. The secret to the weight was the packaging materials: using as little as possible of those and only the lightest-weight. Yet there are some 200 companies working on electric aircraft technology. The promise is big: electric motors require a lot less maintenance than jet fuel engines, which means they are cheaper over their lifetime; they are also, of course, a lot more environmentally friendly."   https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Secret-Behind-Rolls-Royces-E-Plane.html   NEW QUESTION OF THE WEEK The MYEV.com Question Of The Week…   If I could one something extra in 2020 with EV News Daily, what would it be? Collaborations? Education?   I want to say a heartfelt thank you to the 231 patrons of this podcast whose generosity means I get to keep making this show, which aims to entertain and inform thousands of listeners every day about a brighter future. 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India's equity markets may react to the fine-print of the Union Budget 2020 after Saturday's immediate reaction, but the focus will largely shift to quarterly earnings and rapidly spreading coronavirus. Participants will also keenly watch other developments like RBI policy and the release of key macro data. On the corporate earnings front, Bharti Airtel, Lupin, Sun Pharma, and Mahindra & Mahindra are among the major companies scheduled to declare their October-December results this week. The Reserve Bank will announce its first bi-monthly monetary policy post-Budget on Thursday. While experts aren't pinning any hope on the rate cut front this time, largely due to high inflation, the RBI's commentary on inflation and growth forecast would still be keenly watched. On the macro data front, Markit Manufacturing PMI data for January will be released today and Services PMI numbers on Wednesday. Besides, foreign fund flow, the Rupee's trajectory and oil price movement will also impact sentiments. On the global front, concerns related to coronavirus will dictate sentiments. A total of 350 people have died in China from the new virus with the first death out of the mainland reported on Sunday in the Philippines. Trading resumed in China following the Lunar New Year break. In order to minimise any panic, China’s central bank plans to inject 1.2 trillion yuan of liquidity into the markets via reverse repo operations today. Moreover, a Reuters report said that China Securities Regulatory Commission has issued a verbal directive to brokerages to bar their clients from selling borrowed stocks today. Despite these measures, stocks in Shanghai fell up to 8.7 per cent at the opening. Australia’s benchmark index opened in the red to be down 0.7 per cent while New Zealand shares faltered 1.8 per cent.The SGX Nifty was trading around Nifty's Saturday closing level. In commodities, oil futures were down on worries about a slowdown in demand with Brent crude sliding 39 cents to $56.24 a barrel, the lowest since January 2019. Giving a thumbs down to the Budget, the market benchmark Sensex logged its biggest single-day plunge in nearly five years on Saturday. Investors were disappointed as the Budget failed to live up to market expectations of growth-boosting measures. According to analysts, the Nifty is witnessing strong resistance in the sub-11,800 zones. They say that the Nifty should hold 11,650, otherwise, it can see level of 11,500 in this week. Traders should try to book profits at higher levels keeping close eye on 11,800. However, if Nifty trades below 11,600, then we can see downside movement to 11,500.

The week ahead will be dominated by the ongoing corporate results and the countdown to the Union Budget. Investors will first react to earnings of some index heavyweights which were announced post market hours on Friday and throughout the weekend. TCS reported a muted 0.2 per cent growth in consolidated net profit at Rs 8,118 crore for the third quarter while Reliance Industries posted a 13.5 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to a record Rs 11,640 crore in the October-December period of FY20. For HDFC Bank, Q3 profit jumped 33 percent, but asset quality weakened and provisions spiked. A total of 26 companies, including Just Dial, KEI Industries, and ICICI Securities, are scheduled to announce their quarterly earnings later in the day. Besides, the deadline of January 23 for the telecom companies to pay AGR dues of more than Rs 1.47 lakh crore is nearing and hence investors will track any developments on that front. The Rupee's trajectory, oil price movement, and foreign fund flow will also affect investor sentiment throughout the week. On the global level, the Bank of Japan is slated to release its interest rate decision on Tuesday while the European Central Bank (ECB) is slated to unveil its policy rate decision on Thursday. Asian shares neared a 20-month top on Monday. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan firmed 0.1 per cent, after notching its highest close since June 2018. Japan’s Nikkei added 0.2 per cent to be near its highest in 15 months. Australia’s main index scored another all-time peak and South Korea was near its best level since October 2018. The SGX Nifty was trading higher, indicating a positive start for domestic indices. In commodities, concerns about a cut in supply from Libya sent oil prices higher and Brent crude futures rose 79 cents to $65.71 a barrel. Back home, Indian equities closed flat on Friday. The S&P BSE Sensex ended the day at 41,945, up 13 points while the Nifty50 slipped 3 points to 12,352. Going forward, analysts remain upbeat and expect the index to steadily head towards next millstones of 12,400 – 12,500. Traders should play the range and buy as close as possible to supports and sell as close to resistance as possible. And, in the end, here's a trading idea for you by Angel Broking which recommends buying Alembic Pharmaceuticals for the target of Rs 690. with stop loss at Rs 551.

Equity markets ended the penultimate trading session of the calendar year 2019 on a flat note amid mixed global cues and lack of market participants in the holiday season.  The S&P BSE Sensex on Monday lost 17 points or 0.04 per cent to settle at 41,558 amid selling in financial and IT bellwethers. ICICI Bank (down around 1 per cent) emerged as the top loser on the index while Nestle (up around 1.5 per cent) was the biggest gainer. ICICI Bank, TCS, Axis Bank, and Infosys contributed the most to the index's slide while HDFC Bank, RIL, Bharti Airtel, and Maruti gave the much-needed support.  Out of 30 constituents, 18 advanced and 12 declined. During the day, the index hit a high and low of 41,715 and 41,453, respectively.  Market breadth remained in favour of advances as 2,767 companies traded on the BSE, 1,449 advanced and 1,124 declined while 194 securities remained unchanged.  NSE's Nifty closed at 12,261, up 15 points or 0.12 per cent. Volatility index India VIX surged around 3.5 per cent to 10.89 levels.  In the broader market, Nifty Midcap 100 index gained 0.37 per cent to 17,070 levels while Nifty SmallCap 100 index rallied 0.6 per cent to end at 5,792-mark.  Sectoral indices:   Auto stocks advanced the most in trade with Nifty Auto index rising 1.5 per cent to 8,329.50. All the 15 constituents in the index ended in the green. Metal counters were next on the list as Nifty Metal index gained 1.20 per cent. On the downside, PSU bank stocks slumped the most. The Nifty PSU Bank index fell over 1 per cent 2,538 levels.  Buzzing stocks: Shares of Tata Motors climbed over 4 per cent to Rs 183.60 on the BSE, gaining more than 50 per cent in October-December quarter. The stock of Tata Group automobiles company is set to post its sharpest quarterly gain in the past one decade.  Shares of cinema theatre operators were in focus with PVR (Rs 1,925) and Inox Leisure (Rs 399) hitting their respective all-time highs on expectation of strong earnings growth in October-December quarter (Q3FY20).  Shares of Prince Pipes and Fittings Ltd made a tepid market debut today and listed at Rs 160, a 10 per cent discount against its issue price of Rs 178 per share on the BSE. The stock ended the session at Rs 166.60. And, now let's take a look at how the global markets fared in today's session -  A broad gauge of Asian share markets rose to an 18-month high on Monday as Chinese equities gained, while oil touched three-month highs on a combination of US crude inventory drawdowns, trade optimism and unrest in the Middle East. Japan's Nikkei stock index finished its last trading day of the year down 0.76 per cent.

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times)  Pam and Dawn had the pleasure speaking with actor, writer & producer A. Martinez! Join us on Monday, Dec. 9th at 7pm eastern time to hear about his career as well as his upcoming movie "Christmas on the Range" with Erin Cahill, Nicholas Gonzalez, Lindsay Wagner, & is available on DVD and digitally Dec.15th!  About A. Martinez: He is an award winning actor and writer, known for Longmire, Santa Barbara, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautiful, One Life to Live, The Bay the Series, LA Law, Powwow Highway as well as many, many other television series and movies!   Photo Credit: Dakota Lee & Photo Credit:Sydney Productions for the Christmas on the Range  photo  Follow us: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies  websites: take2radio.com & christmasmuviesspotlight.com  Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times) Wednesday, Dec. 04th 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 3 Episode 7  We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, UPtv, ,IONtv, andBET tv!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, and, BET tv, and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times)  Pam and Dawn had the pleasure speaking with actor & producer George Stults! Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 29th at 7pm eastern time to hear about his career as well as his upcoming movie "Staging Christmas" which airs on Lifetime TV on 11/29/19 8pm eastern/7pm central! George was so much fun to speak with again!  About George: He is an actor and producer, known for 7th Heaven, Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion, and What Lies Above as well as many other television series and movies! Photo Credit: Steve Granitz wireimage.com Photo Credit: Lifetime Television for Staging Christmas photo  Follow us: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies  websites: take2radio.com & christmasmuviesspotlight.com  Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, and other holiday talk! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  ***CMS Special Edition on Monday, Nov. 25th at 7pm eastern our interview with actor & producer Ryan Paevey! Lots of great stories and fun so don't miss this special interview!***  About Ryan: Ryan started modeling in high school and has, with a few breaks, been shooting ever since. In 2012, he appeared in Christina Aguilera's "Your Body" music video, which shows Aguilera taking control against a male dominated society. Ryan debuted on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital on January 2, 2014. Ryan has starred in the Hallmark Channel's movie "Unleashing Mr. Darcy", "Marrying Mr. Darcy", "Harvest Love", and coming up on November 29th he'll be starring in Hallmark channel's "Christmas at the Plaza". Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com ***photo credits Crown Media. For personal use only***

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times) Sunday, Nov. 24th 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 3 Episode 6  We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, UPtv, , Netflix, On Demand, Disney Plus, & new holiday music!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, Freeform, Netflix, Amazon, Disney Plus, and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow chus on social media or check our websites for dates/times) Sunday, Nov. 17th 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 3 Episode 4 - We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, UPtv, , Netflix, On Demand, new holiday music, & other fun stuff!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, Freeform, Netflix, Amazon and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times)  Join us on Friday, Nov. 15th at 7pm eastern with the legendary actor Ed Asner! Hear about his career and more! Mr Asner was funny, truthful, and very interesting to speak with so you don't want to miss this one! If you are listening or viewing this description please wish Mr Asner a very happy 90th birthday today!  About Ed: Ed Asner is a television legend, the winner of seven acting Emmy Awards (which puts him tied with Mary Tyler Moore, both of whom rank second to their "The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) Show" co-star, Cloris Leachman who has nine). In all, he has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award, with 17 nods for a Primetime Emmy and three for a Daytime award. (All of his wins were for Primetime.) Best known as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show as well as the spinoff series Lou Grant. Follow us: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies  websites: take2radio.com & christmasmuviesspotlight.com  Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times)  Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 13th at 7pm eastern with actress & producer Dee Wallace to hear about her career, her upcoming projects, and what she does to help empower positivity. (Photo credit: Joe Bryant) About Dee: This attractive, happy go lucky blonde actress, educated at the University of Kansas and a former ballet soloist, first broke into both TV and cinema screens in the mid 1970s and through her appearances in several well remembered horror and sci-fi films, and Dee quickly gained a cult following among the fantasy film fans. Well known for her roles on The Hills Have Eyes, The Howling, the sympathetic mom in the mega sci-fi hit E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and in the heart stopping Cujo Dee will be starring alongside Barry Bostwick in the Lifetime holiday movie "Christmas in Louisiana" on Saturday, 11/16/19 at 8pm ET Follow us: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies  websites: take2radio.com & christmasmuviesspotlight.com  Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times) and other surprises! Sunday, Nov. 10th 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 3 Episode 4 - We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, UPtv, , Netflix, On Demand, new holiday music, & other fun stuff!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, Freeform, Netflix, Amazon and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times)  Join us on Saturday, Nov. 9th at 7pm eastern with actor Jon Cor to hear about his career as well as his upcoming holiday movie "Picture a Perfect Christmas" which airs (Saturday) Nov.9th 8p ET/7p CT on the Hallmark Channel. About Jon: He booked his first audition for a major film franchise while courting multiple agencies at the end of the second year of the Theatre Arts and Performance program at Fanshawe College in London, ON. Since then he has gone on to win increasingly key, diverse, and demanding roles in projects such as ABC Disney's Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, Syfy's Dark Matter, Hallmark's Picture a Perfect Christmas, and Historic Homes Pictures Inc.'s Trouble in the Garden, Love on Safari, Saw: The Final Chapter, Picture Perfect Mysteries, Ghost BFF Jon Cor is also a writer, martial artist, re-burgeoning tricker, and hobby musician. Follow us: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies  websites: take2radio.com & christmasmuviesspotlight.com  Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times)  Pam and Dawn had the pleasure speaking with actor & producer George Stults! Join us on Monday, Nov. 4th at 7pm eastern time to hear about his career as well as his upcoming movie "A Kiss on Candy Cane Lane" which airs starting Tuesday, Nov.5th on On Demand, iTunes, Amazon Prime and anywhere you normally watch your online shows!  About George: He is an actor and producer, known for 7th Heaven, Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion, and What Lies Above as well as many other television series and movies! Photo Credit: Steve Granitz wireimage.com  Follow us: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies  websites: take2radio.com & christmasmuviesspotlight.com  Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times) and other surprises! Sunday, Nov. 3rd 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 3 Episode 3 - We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, UPtv, , Netflix, On Demand, new holiday music, & other fun stuff!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, Freeform, Netflix, Amazon and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times)  Pam and Dawn had the pleasure speaking with actress & director Beth Broderick! Join us on Saturday, Nov. 2nd at 7pm eastern time to hear about her career as well as her Hallmark movie "Christmas Town" and her Lifetime movie "Always and Forever Christmas which airs Sunday, Nov. 3rd at 8pm Eastern!  About Beth: she is an actress & director. Beth is known for her role as Aunt Zelda on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, as Rose Twitchell on Under the Dome, The 5 Mrs Buchanans, Glory Days, Hearts Afire, A Very Merry Toy Store, Bosch, Fear and Loving on the Way to Las Vegas with George Lopez, and many more television series as well as movies! Follow us: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies  websites: take2radio.com & christmasmuviesspotlight.com  Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times) and other surprises! Sunday, Oct. 27th 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 3 Episode 2 - We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, UPtv, , Netflix, new holiday music, plus other fun stuff!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, Freeform, Netflix, Amazon and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times)  Pam and Dawn had the pleasure speaking with award winning actor & producer Darby Hinton! Join us on Saturday, Oct. 26th at 7pm eastern time to hear about Darby's career as well as some interesting stories, and his Hallmark movie "Christmas Wishes & Mistletoe Kisses" airing tonight at 8pm eastern with Jill Wagner, Donna Mills, & Matthew Davis!  About Darby: Darby started his long acting career at the tender age of 6 months old and he hasn't stopped since. His first appearance was on 'Play House 90' followed by commercials and many of the classic TV shows back then. Like, 'Mr. Ed,' 'Wagon Train,' 'Route 66' & The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. He has portrayed some memorable historical characters; Like David Burnet, 1st president of Texas in, 'Texas Rising.' George Donner in, 'The Donner Party - Dead of Winter,' and his most recent role, Cole Younger in, 'Bill Tilghman and The Outlaws.'  Follow us: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies  websites: take2radio.com & christmasmuviesspotlight.com  Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight   

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, (interviews will air on different days so be sure to follow us on social media or check our websites for dates/times) and other surprises! Sunday, Oct. 20th 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 3 Episode 1 - We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, UPtv, new holiday music, plus other fun stuff!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, Freeform, Netflix, Amazon and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

In Episode 12 of the Blogging, Unscripted podcast, I'm equipping you with all of the strategies you need to effectively navigate holiday season as a blogger. We'll chat about the best practices for holiday content planning, holiday pitching & collaborations, and how you should be shifting your content during Q4 to set yourself up for success. NEW: Blogging, Unscripted Premium resources. If you’re looking to level up and take our episode content one step further, make sure to visit bit.ly/bloggingunscriptedpremium. Premium resources for this episode include a Holiday Pitch Template and a Q4 Timetable, including top-pinned content and buzzworthy topics of interest for October-December.For additional discussion and resources, visit our Blogging, Unscripted Facebook Group and come say hi on IG over at @daniellegervino!SUBSCRIBE TO EXCLUSIVE BLOGGING TIPS

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Wednesday, July 10th at 7pm Eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actress, Lily Anne Harrison and a clip of our chat with author, actress, producer, Karen Schaler from 2018 when she spoke about writing the Hallmark movie and book "Christmas Camp"! We chat with Lily about her career and upcoming holiday movie, "Christmas Camp" premiering on Thursday, July 11th 8pm EST/7pm CST on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel!** About Lily: Lily Anne Harrison is the daughter of actor Gregory Harrison and actress and model Randi Oakes. She has studied acting, screenwriting and improvisation at various schools and in several programs in Los Angeles, most notably, The Groundlings School Of Improv, Margie Haber Studio, Lesly Kahn & Company, Ivana Chubbuck Studio, and UCLA. Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Some mosques in Sri Lanka have held Friday prayers despite warnings of more attacks after the deadly Easter suicide bombings. Muslims have been told to pray at home rather than attend communal Friday prayers. Hundreds gathered at a mosque in the capital despite warnings of more bomb attacks by Islamic State-claimed militants. The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.2% annual rate in the first three months of the year, a far better outcome than expected amid global weakness, rising trade tensions and a partial government shutdown. The advance in the gross domestic product marks an acceleration from a 2.2% gain in the October-December period. A quarantine's in place for students and staff at the University of California and Cal State University who may've been exposed to measles and either haven't been vaccinated or can't verify they have immunity. Affected people are required to stay home. The number of measles cases across the U.S. has hit a 25-year high.

This past Quarter was the most jam packed with movies by a long shot! We make an attempt to highlight our Top 10 movies released October - December. We ran out of time to devote full episodes to some every single movie, but be sure to listen for recaps for the following: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Roma, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Bird Box, Mowgli, & They Shall Not Grow Old. Join the discussion by emailing us at MainlyMoviesPod@gmail.com and leave us a review on iTunes or on Podchaser!

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Friday, Dec. 21st at 7pm Eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actor, producer, tv host, Jonathan Bennett! We chat about his career and upcoming holiday movie, "Christmas Made to Order" premiering on Saturday, Dec.23rd 8pm EST/7pm CST on the Hallmark Channel!** About Jonathan: Jonathan's career has been on fire. He has appeared in a slew of teen comedies, side-by-side with some of the biggest and brightest stars of their time including; "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" (with Steve Martin) and "Lovewrecked" (with Amanda Bynes). He also stepped into and took over the iconic role replacing Ryan Reynolds as Van Wilder in "Van Wilder: Freshman Year.", and has hosted Cake Wars on The Food Network ***Christmas Made to Order movie pic credit of Crown Media. For personal use only*** Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided  **Thursday, Dec. 20th at 7pm Eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actor, producer, Jacob Young! We chat about his career and upcoming holiday movie, "Christmas Made to Order" premiering on Sunday, Dec.23rd 8pm EST/7pm CST on the Hallmark Channel!** About Jacob: Without any prior professional acting work on his resume, Young scored big  when he landed the part of Eric Forrester Jr, called Rick, on the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful. Since then Jacob has been very busy in daytime television with roles on General Hospital (Lucky Spencer), All My Children (J.R. Chandler), One Life to Live (crossover), & on Broadway in Beauty & the Beast (Lumiere). Jacob has been nominated 5 times & a win for outstanding younger actor on General Hospital.  ***Christmas Made to Order movie pic credit of Crown Media. For personal use only*** Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark,Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Wednesday, Dec. 19th at 7pm Eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actress, producer, Catherine Lough Haggquist! We chat about her career and upcoming holiday movie, "Jingle Around the Clock" premiering on Saturday, Dec.22nd 8pm EST/7pm CST on the Hallmark Channel!** About Catherine: She is an actress, known for Elysium, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Fifty Shades Freed, Continuum, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries, Falling For You, Supernatural, Christmas Pen Pals, and so many more television series & movies!  ***Jingle Around the Clock movie pic credit of Crown Media. For personal use only*** Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Tuesday, Dec. 18th at 7pm Eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actor, producer, Brennan Elliott! We chat about his career and upcoming holiday movie, "Christmas at Grand Valley" starring Brennan, Danica McKellar, Dan Laria on Friday, Dec.21st 9pm EST/8pm CST on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!** About Brennan:  He is an actor and producer, known for UnREAL, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Curse of Chucky, Hallmark's All of My Heart, All of My Heart: Inn Love, All of My Heart: The Wedding, Cedar Cove, and many more movies and television series! ***Christmas at Grand Valley movie pic credit of Crown Media. For personal use only*** Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Saturday, Dec. 15th at 7pm Eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - Author/writer, Teri Wilson! We had so much fun speaking with Teri about her books she's written and some that have become movies on Hallmark loved by many!  About Teri: Author of fun, flirty rom-com novels and four Hallmark Channel Original Movies. She is the author/creator of the Hallmark Channel Original Movies UNLEASHING MR. DARCY, MARRYING MR. DARCY, THE ART OF US and NORTHERN LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS, based on her book SLEIGH BELL SWEETHEARTS. She is a double finalist for the prestigious RITA Award for excellence in romantic fiction for her novels THE PRINCESS PROBLEM and ROYALLY WED. She has a major weakness for cute animals, pretty dresses and Audrey Hepburn films, and she loves following the British royal family. Feel free to visit and connect with her here at TeriWilson.net, and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. *Photo credtis Crown Media and Teri Wilson. For personal use only* Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Friday, Dec. 14th at 7pm Eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actor, writer, producer, Jamie Spilchuk! We chat about his career and upcoming holiday movie, "Christmas Around the Corner" starring Alexandra Breckenridge & Jamie Spilchuk on Lifetime tv, Friday, Dec.14th 8pm EST/7pm CST!** About Jamie: He is an actor and writer, known for ARQ, Transporter: The Series, Being Erica, Stoked, Running with Violet, Hard Rock Medical, and Christmas in Love.  ***Christmas Around the Corner movie pic credit of Lifetime Television. For personal use only*** Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! Wednesday, Dec.12th 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 2 Episode 8 - We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, Freeform, IONtv, Netflix and UPtv plus other fun stuff!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, Freeform, Netflix and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Monday, Dec. 10th at 7pm Eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actor, producer Michael Gross! We chat about his career and upcoming holiday movie, "Christmas Pen Pals" premiering on Dec. 15th on Lifetime tv, & so much more!** About Michael: he is an actor & producer. Most will remember him as Steven Keaton, the Dad on Family Ties. Michael has worked steadily since then on televison and movies. Just to name a few: Tremors as Burt Gummer, ER as John "Jack" Carter Jr., The Young and the Restless as River Baldwin, the movie Becoming Santa, Adopting Terror, & many more.  **Christmas Pen Pals" movie pic credit Lifetime TV. For personal use only** Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! Saturday, Dec.1st 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 2 Episode 6 - We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, Freeform, IONtv, Netflix and UPtv plus other fun stuff!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, Freeform, Netflix and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Thursday, Dec. 6th at 7pm Eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actor Paul Greene! We chat about his career and upcoming holiday movies, "Buttons" starring Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury & Paul opening in select theaters on 12/08 and then on the Hallmark Channel on Dec. 25th in the movie "When Calls the Heart: The Greatest Christmas Blessing", & so much more!** About Paul: He is known for his work on Wicked Wicked Games, Bitten, When Calls the Heart, A Wish for Christmas, A Christmas Detour, Christmas in Angel Falls, My Favorite Wedding, and more!  **Buttons" movie pic credit Fathom Events Production Co. via IMDB and Crown Media for "When Calls the Heart The Greatest Christmas Blessing". For personal use only** Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Monday, Dec. 3rd 7pm ET - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actress Lisa Durupt! We chat about her career and upcoming holiday movie, "Christmas Lost & Found" premiering on Lifetime tv 12/07 8pm EST/7pm CST, her recent Hallmark movie "Reunited at Christmas", & so much more!** About Lisa: is an actress, known for roles on Hallmark's Murder She Baked as Andrea Todd, Preggoland as Hillary, Heartland as Jen, Operation Christmas, A Dream of Christmas, Less Than Kind as Shandra, and she continues to work steadily on film and tv.    Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! Saturday, Dec.1st 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 2 Episode 6 - We talk about the upcoming holiday movies for this week on Hallmark, Lifetime, Freeform, IONtv, Netflix and UPtv plus other fun stuff!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media, Lifetime Television, UPtv, IONtv, Freeform, Netflix and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  **Thursday, Nov. 29th 7pm ET - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Special Edition show with special guest - actor Brendon Zub! We chat about his career and upcoming holiday movie, A Twist of Christmas premiering on Lifetime tv, Saturday, Dec. 1st at 8pm ET/7pm CT and his new movie premiering next year on the Hallmark Channel** About Brendon: is an actor, known for Supernatural, The 100, The Christmas Calendar, Sleigh Bells Ring, A December Bride, Operation Christmas, Jon Benet Story, and Charmed.  *A Twist of Christmas photo credit Lifetime Television - For personal use only* Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  ***Christmas MuVies Special Edition with Special Guest Jen Lilley on Tuesday, Nov. 27th at 7pm Eastern - We spoke with Jen about her music and upcoming Hallmark movie "Mingle All the Way" premiering Saturday, Dec. 1st 8pm ET*** About Jen: She is known for her role as Theresa Donovan on Days of Our Lives as well as many other television series and movies! She had wanted to become a singer since childhood, and in 2001 she garnered the National Educators award in Guatemala by giving multiple concerts for underprivileged Guatemalan youth. In the late summer of 2007, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Lilley devotes her spare time to charities focusing on children, homelessness, and the world water crisis. *MIngle All the Way photo credit Crown Media - For personal use only* Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  *Christmas MuVies Special Edition with special guest 3x Emmy award winning storyteller, Karen Schaler! Karen has done so much it's hard to say it all here so you'll have to listen! She's an author, a screenwriter - one of her movies is "A Christmas Prince" the most talked about Netflix movie & sequel "A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding", she wrote the movie to book crossover "Christmas Camp" (book is out now), hosts Travel Therapy TV, wrote the screenplay for Lifetime's holiday movie "Every Day is Christmas" starring Toni Braxton which premieres on Saturday, 11/24, and she's a journalist!  ABOUT KAREN: She is a three-time Emmy award–winning storyteller, author, screenwriter, journalist and national TV host. She has written original screenplays for NETFLIX, Hallmark, and Lifetime Christmas movies, signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins, William Morrow, and is the creator and host of Travel Therapy TV. Karen's travels to more than 65 countries inspired Christmas Camp, the novel and movie. All of Karen’s stories are uplifting and empowering, filled with heart and hope.  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  *CMS SPECIAL EDITION WITH ACTOR ADAM MAYFIELD on Nov 23rd at 7pm eastern time*  We spoke with Adam about his career & upcoming projects including starring in Lifetime's "Christmas Harmony" premiering on Saturday, November 24th at 10pm eastern time! He has the best stories!  About Adam: recently guest-starred as Tall Tony in CBS's NCIS and had the recurring role of a lovable schizophrenic psychopath in NBC's Days Of Our Lives; although his bread and butter over the last decade has been starring in a slew of Christmas romantic comedies for Hallmark, Jenny Garth's husband in the ABC sitcom, Mystery Girls, and Jennifer Love Hewitt's happy-ending customer, Ben, in The Client List. Adam also played Scott Chandler, son of Stuart Chandler played by the late David Canary on All My Children. Recently he played Ted on The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell on Netflix.  *Christmas Harmony photo credit Lifetime Television - For personal use only* Social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  ***CMS SPECIAL EDITION WITH ACTRESS & SINGER KELLEY JAKLE on November 21st at 8pm eastern time*** We spoke with Kelley about her career and upcoming projects including starring in Lifetime Channel's "Christmas Harmony" premiering on Saturday, November 24th at 10pm eastern time!  About Kelley:Kelley has appeared on tv series and movies such as Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2, Pitch Perfect 3, and will be starring in Christmas Harmony on Lifetime tv.   Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  ***CMS SPECIAL EDITION WITH ACTOR PETER PORTE on November 21st at 7pm eastern time*** We spoke with Peter about his career and upcoming projects including starring in Lifetime Channel's "Christmas Harmony" premiering on Saturday, November 24th at 10pm eastern time!  About Peter: He is an actor, known for The Young and the Restless, Devious Maids, Baby Daddy, Living with Models, A Cinderella Christmas, and will be starring in Christmas Harmony on Lifetime TV. ***Christmas Harmony photo credit Lifetime Television - For personal use only***  Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  ***CMS Special Edition interview with actor Marcus Rosner on Tuesday, November 20th at 7pm eastern*** Marcus will be starring in Lifetime channel's holiday movie "Poinsettias for Christmas" on Friday, November 23rd.  About Marcus: Some of his more notable roles include appearances in the TV Shows Arrow, Supernatural, Once Upon a Time, UNreal TV, and When Calls the Heart to name just a few. Marcus is a busy working actor who continues to garner higher profile roles with each passing year. Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com  

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  ***CMS Special Edition on Monday, Nov. 19th at 7pm eastern our interview with actor Ryan Paevey! Lots of great stories and fun so don't miss this special interview!***  About Ryan: Ryan started modeling in high school and has, with a few breaks, been shooting ever since. In 2012, he appeared in Christina Aguilera's "Your Body" music video, which shows Aguilera taking control against a male dominated society. Ryan debuted on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital on January 2, 2014. Ryan has starred in the Hallmark Channel's movie "Unleashing Mr. Darcy", "Marrying Mr. Darcy", "Harvest Love", and coming up on November 20th he'll be starring in Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel's "Hope at Christmas". Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com ***photo credits Crown Media. For personal use only***

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  Sunday, Nov. 18th at 7pm eastern - We cover all of the upcoming holiday movie oremieres from Lifetime, UPtv, Netflix, INSP, & Freeform tv for the Thanksgiving week!  ***All clips are credited to Lifetime, UPtv, Netflix, MarVista Entertainment, INSP, Freeform, and are used for personal purposes only*** Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  Friday, Nov. 16th at 7pm eastern - We cover all of the upcoming movies from the Hallmark Channel & Hallmark Mysteries & Movies for Thanksgiving week!  ***All clips are credited to Crown Media and used for personal purposes only*** Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  ***Monday, Nov. 12th, 7pm eastern*** - Join Christmas MuVies Spotlight with Pam & Dawn as we speak with the dynamic duo SQuire Rushnell and his wife Louise Duart, authors of the book series "Godwink" and their upcoming Christmas movie, "A Godwink Christmas" starring Kimberley Sustad, Paul Campbell, and Kathy Lee Gifford on the Hallmark Channel, Sunday, Nov. 18th at 9pm ET/8pm CT! Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! We'll also have special edition episodes with interviews from your favorite actors & more! Visit take2radio.com for upcoming episodes. You can listen live or to the replay with the links provided.  ***Wednesday, Nov. 7th, 7pm eastern*** - Join Christmas MuVies Spotlight with Pam & Dawn as we speak with actor, director & producer Tyler Hynes about is career and upcoming Christmas movie, "It's Christmas, Eve" on the Hallmark Channel!  About Tyler: He is an actor and director, known for UnREAL, The Girlfriend Experience, Flatliners, Saving Hope, and many more television series. He starred in Falling for You with Taylor Cole and will be starring in the Christmas movie It's Christmas, Eve with LeAnn Rimes.on the Hallmark Channel! Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com *****Tyler Hynes Photo credit: Joshua Shultz @joshuashultz*****   

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! Sunday, Nov. 4th, 8:30pm eastern - Join Christmas MuVies Spotlight with Pam & Dawn as we speak with actor & producer Giles Panton about is career and upcoming projects including 5 Christmas movies!  About Giles: With impressive acting skills in voice, film, and television, Giles Panton has enjoyed a dynamic and rewarding career that continues to grow. This fall, Giles can be found on Amazon’s popular dystopian series, "The Man in the High Castle" as Billy Turner. A newly promoted minister of Propaganda for the American Reich, Billy’s exciting journey begins this October 5th 2018. He is in Hallmark's "It's Christmas, Eve" & "Gingerbreak Romance", and on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries "Godwink Christmas", also in Lifetime's "Christmas Pen Pals" and in UPtv's "Christmas on Holly Lane".  Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! Sunday, Nov. 4th 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight Season 2 Episode 3 - We talk about the upcoming holiday movies and music for this week on Hallmark and UPtv plus other fun stuff!  ***BE SURE TO TUNE INTO THE SPECIAL EDITION OF CHRISTMAS MUVIES SPOTLIGHT AFTER THIS SHOW FOR OUR INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR GILES PANTON! (11/04/18 8:30PM EASTERN TIME)**** ***All clips are credited to Crown Media and used for personal purposes only*** Follow us on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio On Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com and christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! Thursday, Nov. 1st 7pm eastern - Join Christmas MuVies Spotlight with Pam & Dawn as we speak with actress & producer Lindsey McKeon about her career and upcoming projects!  About Lindsey: She starred as "Katie Peterson" on Saved by the Bell: The New Class from 1996-2000, but is best known for her roles as "Taylor James" on One Tree Hill and "Marah Lewis" on Guiding Light, where she became a two-time Daytime Emmy nominee. Lindsey has also appeared as a series regular in FOX's Opposite Sex, and has had recurring and guest-starring roles on shows such as House, CSI: Miami, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Supernatural, "Trish" on "Veronica Mars", as "Murphy McCall" on Girlfriends of Christmas Past as well as many other series and movies. Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists.  Sunday, Oct. 28th 7pm eastern - Christmas MuVies Spotlight S2 Ep2 - upcoming holiday movies & music & we have 2 interviews! Tune in to hear from actress Jessy Schram & then from award winning actress Teryl Rothery who are both in Hallmark's holiday movie Road to Christmas!  About Teryl: A Vancouver, British Columbia, native, Teryl Rothery always knew she wanted to be an entertainer. She began her career as a dancer at age thirteen when she performed in her first musical, "Bye Bye Birdie". Her role in "Annie Get Your Gun" earned her a Most Outstanding Performer award with her theater company. Teryl has been working in the TV & Movie industry for many years. Teryl has been seen on many Hallmark movies and series.  About Jessy: Jessy Schram has been a natural performer since early childhood. At the age of 10, her "intangible star quality" was recognized by the Stewart Talent Agency in Chicago, which signed her as both an actress and fashion model. She immediately established herself as one of Chicago's most successful child models by booking numerous commercials, print campaigns, voice-overs, and television work. In addition to acting, Jessy discovered her groove for music as a singer/song-writing solo artist.  Follow on twitter @xmasmuvies @take2radio Facebook & Instagram @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com ***All clips are credited to Crown Media and used for personal purposes only***

Special Guest - Ruth Mayer Hill, Freelance Writer & author of "My Devotional Thoughts" blog! Ruth is a seasoned expert in all things Hallmark Channel USA & Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, having interviewed many of the incredible actors we know & love! Please join us THIS SUNDAY, OCT 21st - 7PM ET / 6PM CT for the premiere of Season 2 of Christmas MuVies Spotlight! Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Brand new website: christmasmuviesspotlight.com ***All clips are credited to Crown Media and used for personal purposes only***

Special Guest - Ruth Mayer Hill, Freelance Writer & author of "My Devotional Thoughts" blog! Ruth is a seasoned expert in all things Hallmark Channel USA & Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, having interviewed many of the incredible actors we know & love! Please join us THIS SUNDAY, OCT 21st - 7PM ET / 6PM CT for the premiere of Season 2 of Christmas MuVies Spotlight! Tune in from October-December, Sundays at 7pm ET to our Christmas MuVies Spotlight show where Pam and Dawn talk about the upcoming holiday movies from Hallmark, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, IONtv, Lifetime tv, etc. and holiday music from various artists. We will chat with some of your favorite actors, have giveaways, and other surprises! Follow on social media: Twitter @take2radio @xmasmuvies Instagram & Facebook @take2radio @christmasmuviesspotlight Websites: take2radio.com christmasmuviesspotlight.com

In 1769, a Peruvian noblewoman set out with 41 companions to join her husband in French Guiana. But a series of terrible misfortunes left her alone in the Amazon jungle. In this week's episode we'll follow Isabel Godin des Odonais on her harrowing adventure in the rain forest. We'll also learn where in the world "prices slippery traps" is and puzzle over an airport's ingenuity. Intro: In 1949 neurophysiologist Grey Walter built electronic "tortoises" with primitive nervous systems. In 1952 G.V. Carey added an index to his manual of indexing. Sources for our feature on Isabel Godin des Odonais: Anthony Smith, The Lost Lady of the Amazon, 2003. Robert Whitaker, The Mapmaker's Wife, 2004. Jean Godin, "Voyage of Madame Godin Along the River of the Amazons, in the Year 1770," in Charlotte-Adélaïde Dard et al., Perils and Captivity, 1827. Larrie D. Ferreiro, Measure of the Earth, 2011. Edward Julius Goodman, The Explorers of South America, 1992. Londa L. Schiebinger, Plants and Empire, 2009. J. Donald Fernie, "Marginalia: The Shape of the Earth, Part II," American Scientist 79:5 (September/October 1991), 393-395. Donald D. Brand, "A Brief History of Anthropology in Brazil," New Mexico Anthropologist 5:4 (October-December 1941), 99-150. David Taylor, "An Adventure of Historic Measures," Americas 50:6 (November/December 1998), 14-21. James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 1898. Edwin McDowell, "The Middle of the World," New York Times, Nov. 25, 1990. "First Woman Over Andes," New York Times, Nov. 5, 1922. Henri Froidevaux, "Documents Inédits sur Godin des Odonais et sur Son Séjour a la Guyane," Journal de la Société des Américanistes de Paris I, 1896. "An Account of the Singular Misfortunes of Madame Godin, in a Voyage Which She Made From the Province of Quito to Cayenne, by the River of the Amazons," New Wonderful Magazine and Marvellous Chronicle 4:37 (July 1794), 309-313. Listener mail: Robert Plummer, "Giving Everyone in the World an Address," BBC News, April 30, 2015. "Ivory Coast Post Office Adopts Three-Word System," BBC News, Dec. 9, 2016. Plus Codes. Wikipedia, "Open Location Code" (accessed Sept. 13, 2018). what3words. Wikipedia, "What3words" (accessed Sept. 13, 2018). Belinda Lanks, "This App Gives Even the Most Remote Spots on the Planet an Address," Magenta, Oct. 11, 2016. Joon Ian Wong, "Mongolia Is Changing All Its Addresses to Three-Word Phrases," Quartz, June 13, 2016. Jacopo Prisco, "Ivory Coast Street Addresses Are Now Made of Three Words," CNN, Sept. 4, 2017. what2numbers. what3emojis. what3goshdarnits. what3ducks. what3[redacted] (warning: many, many expletives). This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Josva Dammann Kvilstad, who sent this corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Episode Recorded in September It’s time for another new release show. Join us as we talk about our most anticipated new releases for October, November, and December 2017. National Book Long List Leigh Bardugo King of Scars New Releases for October: Devils and Theives Before the Devil Breaks You Far From the Tree That Inevitable […] The post Adventures in YA Episode 052: New Releases for October – December 2017 appeared first on Adventures In YA.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/BwNY7cpSZhI visit www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com or www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Related Article: Why does the seller make me WAIT so long for information? I got a call from a client the other day. He’s been trying to decide if he wants to pursue a business that is rumoured to be for sale. I say ‘rumoured’ because it certainly doesn’t seem like it’s for sale. The owner says he wants to sell, he speaks highly of the business and its potential, but he just won’t hand over the information the buyer is asking for; the latest financial statements. What on Earth is going on? I explain the possibilities in this video: https://youtu.be/BwNY7cpSZhI The first thing that is obvious is that this seller hasn’t read my best-selling book; How to Sell My Own Business. If he had, he would know that you never go out looking for buyers and talk with them before you’re completely prepared to answer all their questions and you’ve got your ‘package’ together. Putting together Confidential Business Profiles is part of what I do for my clients. From the seller’s perspective here’s what may be going on: 1. There may have been a pressing emotional or personal need which pushed the owner to decide to sell and this need may no longer be so aggravating. 2. If the business is profitable, then the longer the seller delays the sale, the more money they make in the interim. 3. There may be some pressing business needs that require their attention in the present, selling the business may actually be a ‘side project’ and doesn’t get the proper attention. 4. Outside advisors or service providers like accountants may not be available because of workloads or vacations. Let’s be clear, any delays caused by the seller are not good for the deal. They upset the buyer and buyers can be hard to find. One of the hazards of this scenario is that the more a buyer follows up and ‘chases’ the seller, the more the seller may begin to think that the buyer is in love with the business. This can cause them to believe they can get more money for the business. As a buyer, this is bad. So stop it. Stop following up, emailing and calling the seller continuously. Slow down. Look at other businesses. One of the problems from a buyer’s point of view is that they may be imagining themselves as the owner. They start to get excited and REALLY want to buy the business NOW. This is called Buyer Fever and it’s a very dangerous illness. It can cost people hundreds of thousands of dollars in over-payments when it leads them to make bad deals and not do proper due-diligence. If you’d like help to buy or sell a business, call me at (506) 381-8416 or visit www.HowToSellMyOwnBusiness.com or www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com Please remember to like and share this article, it’s the only way the people who run the internet have of knowing if the content is any good or not. The more you share, the more likely someone who needs this information will be able to find it. If you would like to hear from me weekly before anyone else, you can sign yourself up at www.DavidCBarnett.com Do you live in Toronto or the Maritimes? I’ve got workshops coming up for Toronto in September on buying and selling businesses and in October-December in the Maritimes. Book now http://davidbarnett.eventbrite.ca If you’d like to learn how to create high returns by making local private lending deals, check out http://www.LocalInvestingCourse.com The Local Investing Academy starts in September. Thanks and I’ll see you next time.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/MeFAmvf6veE Learn more about Local Investing at http://www.InvestLocalBook.com or buy it at Amazon. Learn about the local investing academy at http://www.LocalInvestingCourse.com Related Article: Why can’t a borrower offer the same collateral to many lenders? I got a question from a viewer in Prince Edward Island the other day. He had read my 2014 best-selling book, Invest Local, and had a question about preparing information for a lawyer in order to register security on a lending deal. Many people who are contemplating investing in a small business via making a secured loan often wonder how they can make sure the borrower isn’t offering the same collateral to more than one lender. I made this video to explain how registries work and give a brief history of how they came to be. Watch: https://youtu.be/MeFAmvf6veE The PPSR registries (or UCC registries) allow you to publicly record the fact that a certain piece of property has been pledged as loan collateral. They’re the most versatile registries because you can record a lien on almost any kind of property (outside of real estate.) The system is so straight forward that many local investors register their own security using online services. This is in contrast to real estate registries which are strictly the domain of attorneys because they are so complex and every jurisdiction is unique. I’ve done dozens of deals where I’ve registered myself, using a third party service provider, as a lender in a PPSA database. I’ve also done many lien-searches when investigating the purchase of used vehicles or equipment. It’s critical to learn how this works if you want to deal in lending or used equipment because a lender’s rights under a lien don’t go away if the property is sold. Simply put, if you buy an RV and there is an outstanding loan secured against it and the loan goes into default, the lender can still take it to satisfy the debt whether you bought it or not. If you’d like to learn how to create high returns by making local private lending and lease deals, check out http://www.LocalInvestingCourse.com The Local Investing Academy starts in September. For a quick introduction, read Invest Local. It’s available from Amazon stores worldwide or as a .pdf here: https://gum.co/quoB Please remember to like and share this article, it’s the only way the people who run the internet have of knowing if the content is any good or not. The more you share, the more likely someone who needs this information will be able to find it. If you would like to hear from me weekly before anyone else, you can sign yourself up at www.DavidCBarnett.com Do you live in Toronto or the Maritimes? I’ve got workshops coming up for Toronto in September on buying and selling businesses and in October-December in the Maritimes. Book now http://davidbarnett.eventbrite.ca Thanks and I’ll see you next time.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/JUItDU5cn-E Get a copy of Franchise Warnings at http://www.franchisewarnings.com Learn to buy a business at http://www.businessbuyeradvantage.com Ed asks, ‘What would David look for in a new franchise?’ Ed recently downloaded a copy of my 2015 Best-seller, Franchise Warnings from www.franchisewarnings.com He wrote me an e-mail saying that he was looking at franchises and enjoyed the book. He thought that the central theme of the book was ‘do your homework.’ It’s not. The book’s purpose was to dispel the myth that buying a franchise is less risky than starting a business from scratch. Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/JUItDU5cn-E Ed also asks what I would look for if I were buying a new franchise. Interesting question. My first idea is that I would want a fee based franchise over a royalty based one. It allows you to grow the business and keep more of the gravy for yourself. Secondly, I would need to ensure that the business systems were actually provided and worked well. I know of a two franchises who provide no operating manual and one where the systems are very poor. (I’m sure they’re not alone.) For my third item, watch the video ;) To learn more about buying a business, visit www.BusinessBuyerAdvantage.com If you’d like to learn how to create high returns by making local private lending and lease deals, check out http://www.LocalInvestingCourse.com The Local Investing Academy starts at the end of September. For a quick introduction, read Invest Local. It’s available from Amazon stores worldwide or as a .pdf here: https://gum.co/quoB Please remember to like and share this article, it’s the only way the people who run the internet have of knowing if the content is any good or not. The more you share, the more likely someone who needs this information will be able to find it. If you would like to hear from me weekly before anyone else, you can sign yourself up at www.DavidCBarnett.com Do you live in Toronto or the Maritimes? I’ve got workshops coming up for Toronto in September on buying and selling businesses and in October-December in the Maritimes. Book now http://davidbarnett.eventbrite.ca Thanks and I’ll see you next time.

Intro   Hi and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, parents, librarians, and anyone who wants to connect middle grade kids to books they will love.  I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a mom of two and a 5th grade teacher.  My students worked so hard this week that we took a break Friday afternoon and watched the first episode of A Series of Unfortunate Events together on Netflix and then when I got home my daughters wanted to watch it. The performances were great and of course, Neil Patrick Harris is hilarious as Count Olaf. If you liked the Lemony Snicket books, I think you’ll be pleased and a whole new group of kids are now going to be hooked into the series, which is always fantastic.   This is Episode #15 and Today we are discussing how the Newbery Awards work, two fantastic adventures, and I’ll answer a question about this year’s top contenders for the Newbery Award.   Main Topic - How the Newbery Awards Work   There are lots and lots and lots of Children’s Book awards but without question, the most prestigious award that recognizes quality children’s literature is the Newbery. Right now, we are almost exactly one week away from finding out which books from 2016 will earn medals this year.  So today we are diving into the who, what, where, when, and how of the Newbery Awards. And I’ll also chat about some of the controversies and include some great resources where you can find out more.   What is the Newbery? The Newbery is an annual award given by the Association for Library Service to Children - abbreviated ALSC - so if you see those four letters, that’s what they mean. The ALSC is a part of the American Library Association - the ALA. A little interesting side note - the Association for Library Service to Children has changed it’s name a couple times and so the Newbery medal itself still says “Children's Librarians' Section.” which doesn’t actually exist anymore.  The award is almost a hundred years old - it was established in 1922 and named after John Newbery, an 18th century British publisher and bookseller who was well known as one of the first publishers of children’s books.  And - the Newbery was the first children’s book award in the world.   Alright - the criteria. Let me read exactly what the ALA website says: “ The Medal shall be awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children published by an American publisher in the United States in English during the preceding year.”   So the award goes to a children’s book that is distinguished, noted for significant achievement, marked by excellence, and contributing something special to American literature. It has to be an original work, in English, and the author has to be a citizen or resident of the U.S. The focus is really on the text of the work and not any illustrations and it could be any genre. And notice that it doesn’t say that it has to be a novel or even fiction. Last Stop on Market Street, last year’s Newbery winner was a picture book. And boy - were there some shocked folks last year!  The ALA criteria only states that it has to be a book for children, which is defined as up to and including age 14. So that’s a wide range to consider.   Every year there is one Newbery Winner and usually between about two and four Newbery honor books. Although - they don’t have to award any honor books and some years they have not. So that will be something interesting to look for this year.   Where & When is the Newbery awarded? The Newbery is awarded once a year in January during the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting. Don’t you just love how that sounds? “Tis a “widwinter meeting” - I’m imagining everyone wearing long luscious cloaks and carrying chalices filled with hot cocoa - and marshmallows. Sigh - it’s not really like that, is it? Alas - that’s how I’m picturing it in my head anyway. And if I ever have a chance to attend, I will wear a fancy cloak and bring some hot chocolate - with marshmallows.   So - the ALA Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits (we can’t forget the exhibits) is in Atlanta this year. Last year was Boston, previously Chicago and Philadelphia so they change location every year. The conference lasts about five days and within that time, the members of the Newbery committee meet in seclusion for two very, very full days to discuss, and vote, and eventually decide … and call the winners in the early hours of the morning the day that they are announced.  This year, the announcements are made on the morning of Monday, January 23rd from about 7:30-9 EST - along with several other fantastic awards, including the Caldecott.  And you can see it live right through the ALA website - ala.org ! Definitely have it streaming in your classroom or library or at home!   Who decides the Newbery Award? It’s a committee of 15 people and the members are public - posted right on the ALA website. But that’s about all that you’re gonna get to know! Well - you know the process and the people, but the details of the deliberation are all secret. So, let’s talk about those 15 people and then we’ll discuss their process. So how do you get to be on the Newbery Committee and be in the room where it happens? You have to be a member of the ALA and the Association for Library Service to Children.  Then there is a ballot in the spring where the members of the association elect 8 members to be on the Newbery committee. Then the ALSC president appoints the chair and six more members to make a total of 15.  If that interests you, join the ALA and the ALSC and start getting involved and see where that takes you. But - I have to say, from all that I’ve read and seen - it is an incredible amount of work. You are committing to reading as much as possible of what’s published in one year. And doing some incredibly deep analysis of those titles.   How are the books determined? Well, we’ve talked about the Who - let’s move on to the How. How in the world do these 15 committee members decide on the “most distinguished” book for children? How is the winner picked? And how do they decide on the honor books? Essentially there are three stages: 1. Nominating, 2. Discussing, and 3. Balloting.   First up, Nominating:  There are three rounds of nominations, one in October, one in November, and one in December. After many months of reading and rereading and taking notes with the Newbery manual at their side, it’s now October and members nominate three titles and include a write-up of why they think it’s worthy of the award. In November, they nominate two more with the same process, and then two more in December - making it 7 total nominations per person. So that allows for the committee members to spend October - December reading and reexamine books nominated by others so they are ready for the January debate and voting process.   The next step is Discussion. This happens right at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in January where the 15 members are secluded over two days and discuss the merits of every book nominated. Then likely, they’ll move on to the potential negatives of each book under consideration and then the comparisons start. There are guidelines to the discussion (and I’ll link to those in the show notes), but essentially they debate and analyze and constantly refer back to the criteria of the award until they’re ready to start narrowing things down.   The final step: Balloting Each member of the committee writes down their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choices on a ballot. 1st place vote is worth 4 points, 2nd place vote is 3 points, and a 3rd place is 2 points.  The winning title must have a majority of members (at least 8) place it as #1 and have an 8 point lead over all the other books.  If that doesn’t happen, the committee has to have another discussion, and they may decide to take some titles that got low points off the table.   And then they’ll  vote again (and maybe again) until they arrive at a winner.  After that, the Newbery committee decides if they want to choose any honor books from the nominations either selecting from the final ballots or redoing the whole process again.   Ah - what I wouldn’t give to be a fly on that wall!   Controversy about secrecy and Child-Friendliness BUT - the Newbery award is not without its critics and controversies. Some claim that a lot of the picks are unreadable and unappealing to most kids. And there’s been a recent debate over the secrecy of the deliberations. Right now, members are not allowed to reveal anything about that process ever - which books were initially nominated, why they were rejected, or how contentious the voting might have been. Former Newbery and Caldecott committee members, Kathleen Horning  and Ed Spicer, both wrote articles about the benefits of time-limits on the confidentiality of the selection process.  They make excellent points about  the benefits to readers, authors, and to history. On the other hand, Caldecott winner Dan Santat argues that releasing that information is not really a good idea. No one knows how the Academy Awards or Grammys get picked so really, what’s the big deal? I’ll link to those articles in the show notes - they’re worth reading and might offer a good debate topic to your students, and I think the ALA is considering a change to that policy.  So that’s something to keep an eye out for. And - if you want to know more about the how the Newbery Award works, there are a lot of great resources I’ll share on the website. A special shout out to Heavy Metal - the Mock Newbery Blog run by two former committee members. Excellent resource - definitely check it out!   So - I want to know what you all think!  Do you think the Newbery award books are unappealing to kids? Do they read them? Do you think the Newbery selection process is TOO secretive? Let me know what you think! You can send me an email at booksbetween@gmail.com or tag me on Twitter or Instagram with the handle @Books_Between.   Book Talk - Two Heart-Racing Adventures In this part of the show, I share with you a couple books centered around a theme and discuss three things to love about each book. This week we have two adventure stories that will get your pulse going! They are each very different - one is a more of a traditional action/adventure survival story and the other is a fairy tale fantasy adventure. But - despite their differences, they do have a surprising amount in common, which is why I thought they would make a good pairing today. Both include characters hidden away in towers, folded paper birds, and secret libraries.  Have you guessed yet? They are: Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart and The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill!   Scar Island   Let’s start with Scar Island. I was already a big fan of Dan Gemeinhart - in fact The Honest Truth was one of the very first books I ever featured on the podcast back in episode 2, so I was really, really looking forward to Scar Island. This is a new release and just out this month. It’s about a kid named Jonathan who we meet as he is on a tiny boat being delivered to this impenetrable fortress on an island called Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys. It’s basically Alcatraz for kids and run by a nasty crew of guys lead by a cruel man called The Admiral. He makes each kid write these daily wonderful letters home to their parents hiding the fact that he is actually denying them food and worse. We also have this tough group of 15 misfit kids - all imprisoned on this island for their crimes. Then suddenly, something happens where all the adults are gone from the island and the kids are left on their own and have to figure out what to do. It’s about survival and freedom and redemption - and just so good. If that hasn’t already got you hooked on reading this book, here are three more things I loved about Dan Gemeinhart’s Scar Island:   Colin. He is this little pip of a kid who has a lisp and is an admitted kleptomaniac. That’s why he’s at Slabhenge Reformatory. But, when he steals some food, he gives it to Jonathan even though Colin is hungry himself. He’s also into origami and makes these little paper cranes that appear at important parts later on in the story. I just loved him. But - one little note about his lisp. I was conferencing with a student a couple days ago who was reading this book and he had a tiny bit of trouble reading aloud and interpreting Colin’s dialogue, so I had to talk about how the “th” is replacing his “s” and model a bit what that sounded like. So just a heads up about that. The Library. This is verging on giving away too much, but I’ll say that during one of the character’s journeys through the labyrinth of corridors in this stone fortress, we discover a library and there’s a character who surprises us and knows the exact right book to recommend.   The buildup of suspense. There are these five threads that run through this story creating this tension as you read it. One - the weather. What starts off as a bad storm becomes this hurricane that threatens everything on the island. Two - the rats. Eventually you discover that there’s more going on with the rats than meets the eye. Three - the key. At a critical point, one of the characters ends up with the key to the Admiral’s office which contains lots of chocolate, alcohol, and… all the boys records. So throughout the story we are wondering - who has the key now? And - what are they going to do with it? Four - the forbidden door hiding this monstrous, noisy… thing. Five - the suspense of figuring out why on earth Jonathon is on this island. What did he do?? We know he feels like he deserves to be there. And we get glimpses of his previous life in his letters home and we have scenes where the author almost reveals what happened, but then pulls back. So - the weather, the rats, the key, the door, what did he do? - argh! - this book has you turning those pages!   Scar Island is kind of like Lord of the Flies meets Holes with a twist of pirate in there. Already I have a waiting list for it in my class and I’m sure it’s going to be a favorite with your kids, too.   The Girl Who Drank the Moon   Our second featured book today is The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. This is also an adventure survival story but a fairy tale fantasy with powerful witches, a poetic swamp monster, and a seemingly small dragon. The start of this story takes place in a gloomy village along a bog called The Protectorate run by a group of unscrupulous men called The Council of Elders. Each year, on the Day of Sacrifice, these elders take the youngest baby in the village and leave it in the woods. They do this, they claim, to appease an evil witch. Well, it turns out that there is actually a witch, a kind witch named Xan, who rescues these poor babies and feeds them on starlight while she journeys across the dangerous volcanic mountain to find a new home for them. Except one year, she accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead of starlight and enmagicks the child who grows to be uncontrollably powerful. The rest of the story is about Xan’s attempts to help her adoptive granddaughter harness that power, and what happens to the villagers left behind in The Protectorate - including a young Elder-in-Training named Antain who starts to have doubts, and the girl’s mother who ends up going mad and being locked in a tower with secrets of its own. It is beautiful and powerful. And here are three more things I loved about Kelly Barnhill’s The Girl Who Drank the Moon:   The magic. This is not your typical sparkly, wand summoned magic. It’s earthy and primal and often exists as something almost separate from the characters. Flowers spring from footsteps. And there is a flock of paper birds that swarm and cut and lead and protect in a way that is both beautiful and terrifying at the same time. I loved how unique the magic in this book was. The love you feel for the characters. Somehow Barnhill has written them in a way where you feel this deep sense of warmth and protectiveness and empathy for them. Xan, the witch, is getting older and she desperately wants to impart all of her knowledge that she can to her granddaughter, who she’s named Luna. But that same spell that protects her makes it so that she can’t get through to her. And you keep hoping that Luna will discover who she is and maybe be reunited with the mother she was so brutally ripped away from. And all the people in the village - especially Antain and his wife - who are under the thumb of the Council of Elders. I just felt so much love for this characters. What this story has to say about truth and power. In this book, there are some who feed off of other people’s misery. Those who raise themselves by putting others below them, by controlling what stories get told, and by spinning lies. But - there comes a time when the people start to realize how much power they actually have when they band together to use it. Loved it.   The Girl Who Drank the Moon  is lush and quirky and whimsical and funny and full of adventure. And I can’t wait to read everything else Kelly Barnhill has ever written because this was one powerhouse of a book. Q & A Our final segment this week is Question & Answer time.   Question: Well - the big question being asked right now - “Who do you think is going to get a Newbery this year?”   Answer: I’m a little reluctant to answer because inevitably, I am going to be wrong. But … I can tell you who others think are some top 2016 contenders, and I’ll venture to make a prediction or two.   So, one place I go to get a feel for some of the books getting Newbery buzz is the Mock Newbery Group on Goodreads. They read a book a month and then vote in January. What’s cool there is that you can see the discussions going all the way back to 2012 and take a peek at the reactions to the real winners. That’s enlightening. This year their second round list includes, in order,: Wolf Hollow, Ghost, The Inquisitor’s Tale, The Wild Robot, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, Some Kind of Courage, and Pax.     Over at the Heavy Medal Blog, they have analyzed “Best of” lists on other sites to put together a “Best Books” post naming and ranking the contenders with the most mentions. So, some of the top books there that I haven’t mentioned already are: Some Writer: The Story of E.B. White, The Best Man, March, Book 3, Ms. Bixby’s Last Day, Raymie Nightingale, Samurai Rising, The Lie Tree, and School’s First Day of School.   And now, a few predictions from me: I think there will be a lot of honor books this year. I’m saying at least 4. I don’t think they are going to give the award to a picture book this year. Not that I disagreed with the decision last year, but I have a feeling it will go to a book with an older audience. I think you’ll see a shiny seal on at least a couple of these books: Wolf Hollow, The Girl Who Drank the Moon, The Wild Robot, Pax, and… I almost don’t want to admit this to you because it sounds silly, but I dreamt I was watching the live streaming of the awards and the winner was - The Inquisitor’s Tale! So maybe something’s going on in my subconscious! Or not! We’ll see in a few days!   Closing   Alright, that’s it for the Q&A section this week. If you have a question about how to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love or an idea about a topic we should cover, I really would love to hear from you. You can email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or message me on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between. Thank you so much for joining me this week. You can get a full transcript of this show and all of our previous episodes at AlltheWonders.com. And, if you have a moment, it would mean so much to me if you left a rating or review on iTunes or Stitcher so others can find us.   Thank you and see you in two weeks!  Bye!   http://www.ala.org/alsc/aboutalsc/alscfaqs   http://2017.alamidwinter.org/awards   http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyterms/newberyterms   http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal   http://www.slj.com/2016/06/opinion/debate/awards-ufd/why-you-dont-want-to-know-more-about-the-newbery-and-caldecott-up-for-debate/#_   http://www.lindasuepark.com/fun/new_answ.html   https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/top-ten-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-newbery-award-by-monica-edinger/   http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2016/12/30/how-does-a-book-win-part-1-nominations/   http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2017/01/08/how-does-a-book-win-part-2-discussion/   http://www.hbook.com/2012/06/choosing-books/the-search-for-distinguished/#_   https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/dec/19/newbery-medal-children-elitism

On this episode, we invite on amateur Mycologist Cody Noconi to discuss the history of entheogen use in the human race. Much of the information has been well substantiated by multiple historians and Cody has merely compiled it and brought it to the listening audience. We cover human history from the Fertile Crescent all the way to the enlightenment period, maybe we’ve been stoners for longer than historians think. Once we get into Hermeticism and Alchemy, the connections to entheogen use starts to become very powerful, to the point we can’t ignore its influence. Please take this as a jumping off point to engage in researching this topic for yourself.   Cody’s Sources: Pictures on NMPC website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com/episodes.html Joseph Smith and Kabbalah: The Occult Connection by Lance S. Owens http://gnosis.org/jskabb1.htm Doblin, Rick. “Dr. Leary’s Concord Prison Experiment: A 34-Year Follow-Up Study.” In Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, p419-426, Vol 30 (4), October – December 1998.  Robert Gordon Wasson, Stella Kramrisch, Jonathan Ott, Carl A. P. Ruck. “Persephone's Quest: Entheogens and the Origins of Religion.” Yale University Press, 1986. 3. Barret, Francis. “The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer.” London, 1801.    Doblin, Rick. “Pahnke’s ‘Good Friday Experiment’ A Long Term Follow Up and Methodological Critique.” In The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991. 7.    Heinrich, Clark. “Magic Mushrooms in Religion and Alchemy.” Park Street Press, 2002.  Siegel, Ronald K. “Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances.” Park Street Press, 2005. Ott, Johnathon. “Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic drugs, their plant sources and history.” Kennewick, Washington: Natural Products Co, Second Edition Densified, 1996.    Gordon Wasson, Albert Hofmann, Carl A. P. Ruck, Huston Smith. “The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries.” North Atlantic Books, 2008.    Scot, Reginald. “The Discoverie of Witchcraft.” England, 1584.    Ruck, Carl. “The Effluents of Deity: Alchemy and Psychoactive Sacraments in Medieval and Renaissance Art.” Carolina Academic Press, 2012    McKenna, Terrance. “Food Of The Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge.” Bantam; Reprint edition, January 1, 1993.   Stamets, Paul. “Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms.” Ten Speed Press; 3 edition October 25, 2000.    Rush, John. “The Mushroom in Christian Art: The Identity of Jesus in the Development of Christianity.” North Atlantic Books, 2011   Richard Schultes, Christian Ratsch, Albert Hoffman. “Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing, and Hallucinogenic Powers.” Healing Arts Press; 2nd edition, 2001.    R. Griffiths & W. A. Richards & U. McCann & R. Jesse. “Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance.” Springer-Verlag 2006. Received: 20 January 2006 /Accepted: 27 May 2006.    Crowley, Mike. "Oriental Jones and the Medal of Freedom." Invisible College, First Edition, p24-26.    Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies - www.maps.org   Information on Psilocybin Therapy for cancer patients - http://www.maps.org/other-psychedelic-research/211-psilocybin-research/psilocybin-studies-in-progress/1268-johns_hopkins_study_of_psilocybin_in_cancer_patients     Show Links:   Scathing Atheist Episode 201 https://audioboom.com/posts/5423399-scathingatheist-201-lump-of-coal-edition Website http://nakedmormonismpodcast.com Twitter @NakedMormonism Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Naked-Mormonism/370003839816311 Patreon http://patreon.com/nakedmormonism Outro music by Jason Comeau http://aloststateofmind.com/ Show Artwork http://weirdmormonshit.com/ Voicemail Line (864)Nake-dMo (625-3366)

In this episode, Diane covers some questions that have been sent into the Balanced Living for Busy Professionals podcast over the last year. These are things she regularly gets asked about food, lifestyle, balance and keeping healthy. This is the last episode for 2016 as the show is taking a break from October – December and will return in a new bi-monthly format with some amazing and informative new guests and solo episodes in January 2017. In the mean time Diane will be re-releasing some of the most popular shows from the last year. Diane explores the most important factors for self care, uses some personal experience to talk about quietening that inner voice and explains exactly what a plant based diet is and how to travel and negotiate a busy life on this plan. What you will learn: Don’t think about work life balance as something separate; it should become your whole life. Take 10 minutes, 3 times a day to go for a walk. Find a quiet empty meeting room at work and spend 10 minutes meditating. Notice how long you spend each day on your phone or gadgets. Set priorities for when you will reply to emails during the day. Stop replying to emails at night. Finish work when you get home and instil an after work ritual to help you unwind. Getting control of your life means to have to remove yourself from the “do-all” position. Take the words willpower and discipline out of your vocabulary. Decide what’s important to you and set priorities. Processed food is full of sugar that will keep you addicted. Choose foods that support you. Stop watching food commercials that encourage you to eat and eat. You can get enough protein on a plant-based diet. Use the following websites to get great plant based recipes; plantpurenation.com, foroverknives.com. onegreenplanet.com Veestro is a great delivery service for people who don’t like to cook and all the food is GMO free. Quotes:  "You need courage to set boundaries in your life." "It's in your mind, just let it pass." "I am where I am in my journey." Contact Diane: Email Diane: feedback@dianerandallconsults.com Website: http://www.dianerandallconsults.com Let us know what you think about this episode by leaving a voicemail or comment: http://www.balanced-living-for-busy-professionals.com/  

In this episode of Adventures in YA we are talking about our most anticipated new releases for October November, and December. We also talk about YA books that have been made into coloring books. What We’ve Read Sara: The Realm of Possibilities Kristin: And I Darken Splintered The Beauty of Darkness Just Listen We Should […] The post Adventures in YA Episode 033: New Releases for October-December 2016 appeared first on Adventures In YA.

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Another gluttonous summer of blockbusters done, and now it's time for the fancy stuff. That's right, it's the Second Breakfast Quarterly Preview for October-December, now with 100% more prestige pictures! ...and 25% more crying. There are some sad movies coming out, after all.

Collecting DustThis year completes my thirteenth year of teaching. In my thirteen years I have found that there are very few teachers that actually utilize technology in their classrooms. I have seen the fear that some teachers have when it comes to technology. When my school district changed from the hand written grade book to software that did most of the work for us, you would have thought the world was coming to an end. The countless number of teachers that moaned and groaned because they liked the old way better and never gave the program a chance to show them what it could do. Today, I see teachers with SMART Boards that never are used, document cameras sitting without being turned on, student computers collecting dust and it is very sad in my opinion.  As I walk from class to class, wracking my brain, and search the web for information on why this is, I find the reason to be that teachers are not trained correctly or enough and their resistance to learning something new.  There are a lot of administrators and teachers that are set in their ways and do not want to make room for new things in their offices/classrooms/lives.  Marc Prensky stated when a new technology appears, our first instinct is always to continue doing things within the technology the way we’ve always done it. That is almost exclusively what we now do with educational technology. We use it mostly to pass documents around, but now in electric form, and the result is not very different from what we have always known (Prensky, 2005).  People just don’t want to change but by learning something new, the challenges/duties we have in our day to day lives as teachers would be so much easier to take care of.  Jamie McKenziestated in 2001 that the evidence mounts that few American teachers feel adequately prepared for the challenge of using new technologies in any fashion, not to mention the challenge of using technologies to support curriculum rich, standards-based lessons (McKenzie, 2001).  Part of this is brought on by the teacher also and not by the training at hand.  I have found, when I do technology training at my school, that most teachers do not even pay attention to what is going on in the training.  They are surfing the web, talking to their neighbors, or just plain zoned out.  We often see this in our students and get upset with them for not paying attention, but then do it ourselves when it is our turn to learn.  Then when it is time for do the task that the training was over, they cannot recall how to go about it.  I believe that if there is provided training that walks teachers through the process of using the software, hardware, website, whatever it is, step-by-step and the teacher has to follow along, then they will understand it better and be more apt to using it in the future. It is the teacher’s responsibility to take control of the situation and move forward.  With that being said, I believe that if they are provided with a training that is hands on then that will provide the first opportunity to them to use and explore the technology that is in front of them.  It will give them time to get used to it and ask questions if they have it.  If they are unsure about something, most teachers will go back to their classrooms, put the information on a shelf, and never pull it out again because they feel intimidated by it.  If they are given the proper training, then more are likely to use it in the future.  Another issue stated by Sam Carlson, is teacher motivation to participate in professional development workshops in the use of technology. While so-called “champion teachers” will request and seek out professional development opportunities in the use of technology, the vast majority of teachers will not (Carlson, 2002).  I truly believe this.  Most teachers run in the opposite direction when it comes to technology.  If they were made aware of the training being hands on and giving them time to manipulate the hardware/software, maybe they would be more likely to sign up.  As Instructional Technologists, we must provide training and experiences with technology that is student (teachers) friendly and gives them the security that they need in order to go back to their classrooms and use what they have or more.  We have to remember that not everyone is technology savvy and that things must be taught at the learner’s level and in their style of learning, just like our students in the classroom.  If we can do this and provide positive feedback and help, I believe that more teachers would feel more comfortable with technology and use it more in their classrooms to provide a learning environment for all their students.  ReferencesCarlson, S. (2002, October - December). The Missing LInk in Educational Technology: Trained Teachers. Retrieved June 7, 2013, from TechKnowLogia: www.techknowlogia.org/TKL_Articles/PDF/435.pdfMcKenzie, J. (2001, March 6). How Teachers Learn Technology Best. Retrieved June 9, 2013 , from From Now On The Educational Technology Journal: www.fno.org/mar01/howlearn.htmlPrensky, M. (2005, December 2). Shaping Tech for the Classroom 21st-century schools need 21st-century technology. Retrieved June 7, 2013, from Edutopia: www.edutopia.org/adopt-and-adapt-shaping-tech-for-classroom

includes new songs from October-December and some of my favorites this year.

With next week's regular Between The Sheets being lighter than usual (albeit long by normal human podcast standards) and it being about six months months since we last did this, we decided that now is a great time to give everyone another peek at the kind of shows we do on Patreon! This time out, thanks in part to the suggestion of Joe Sposto, we flash back to the show we did looking at Sid Eudy's transformation from Sid Vicious to Sid Justice in 1991-1992, going from his very unconventional WCW departure to the unceremonious end of his first WWF run. For dozens more deep dives like this, including the ongoing ECW on TNN series, all you need to do is sign up for our Patreon at just the $5/month level or higher by going to *Patreon.com/BetweenTheSheets* ( http://www.patreon.com/betweenthesheets ) *.* *----------* We're back to look at (approximately) a year in the life of Sid Eudy, going from his bizarre WCW departure in Spring 1991 through his similarly bizarre WWF departure in Spring 1992. Kris and David look at the back and forth drama of Sid leading WCW on about re-signing, audio of Jim Herd answering questions from the big three newsletter writers about letting Sid out of his contract early, Sid being grossly underpaid for his role in the SummerSlam '91 main event, both the WWF and WCW's complete inability to book Sid properly, softball season and the effect it had on Sid's wrestling schedule, why Sid Justice starting as a babyface was a mistake, just how easy it would be to book Sid better, how Hulk Hogan's probably responsible for the times he was booked like an asshole, WWE retconning the original Royal Rumble '92 commentary, whether or not you can actually put urine in a Visine bottle, and MUCH more. This show is definitely not BOGUS. Timestamps: 0:00:00 April 1991 0:48:48 May 1991 1:19:17 June-August 1991 1:39:59 September 1991 1:56:39 October-December 1991 2:24:47 January-March 1992 3:07:44 April-June 1992 Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/between-the-sheets/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands