{"id":25473,"date":"2024-08-04T16:27:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T23:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/?p=25473"},"modified":"2024-08-04T16:27:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T23:27:22","slug":"first-post-sunday-august-4-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2024\/08\/04\/first-post-sunday-august-4-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: Sunday, August 4, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k7bYazgqA9M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pilipino pinoy man! Mabuhay!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All right, all right, ya\u2019 ex-colonists! Take it easy! Your friendly fellow-humans from The Philippines are pretty much twice-over subjects: originally by Spain, then by the U.S. So that\u2019s why we have a little more Western savvy (especially as regards Christianity &amp; the English tongue) than other Far Easterners. Yet all that overlordship did not translate to an overstimulation of the gene pool, and your typical Pilipino fellow-human is going to be stuck on the short side of things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, our beneficent American controllers coined a seemingly innocuous acronym for us Filipinos: FLIP. Nope, it wasn\u2019t in the sense of \u2018glib\u2019 or devil-may-care. Rather, it stood for \u2018F\u2014in\u2019 Little Island People\u2019! America! U-S-A! U-S-A!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, yes, we are little, still diminutive in a world growing more largely populated by giants, and this is precisely the type of athletic endeavor \u2014 gymnastics \u2014 you might give us half-a-hope in. Not basketball or volleyball or discus or long-jump, but, yup, gymnastics. And maybe boxing, since you have weight-classes in that sport that allow for the average Pilipino pugilist to be able to survive the bout without giving away a 50- or 60- (or even 100-pound!) weight advantage to the bigger guy. Maybe tennis, though that seems more and more unlikely with each passing day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, yeah, when the athletes actually have an advantage by being lower-to-the-ground, less-heavy, then those Pilipinos have a nonzero probability of success. And so it was for Mistah Carlos Yulo here. Yea, verily, it took more than 100 years for the Pilipinas to leverage that bite-sized edge to a gold medal, but now we can say that our FLIP brohams are off the gold-medal schneid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good job, Mistah Carlos Yulo. Salute to yourself and your small-statured nation. <em>Sige!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gratuitous Horse Racing Tweet of Your Day<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/TwinSpires\/status\/1820213952720019792\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Good outcome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Um, yo, SpireSpire, it\u2019s \u2018Waves\u2019. \u2018Waves of Mischief\u2019. Thank you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Recap<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One post-press-time connection to report from last night\u2019s (<strong>Saturday<\/strong>\u2019s) late action: At <strong>Opelousas, La.<\/strong>, the <strong>finale<\/strong>, which numerically was <strong>Race 10<\/strong> on this card, saw <strong>#8 Styling Hook<\/strong> (.318 Win Prob \/ 2.14-1 Fair Odds \/ 2.77-1 Premium Odds) reel-in the win at <strong>$14.40<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for today (<strong>Sunday<\/strong>), some of the races went like this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>Race 2<\/strong> from <strong>Shakopee, Minn.<\/strong>, <strong>#7 Ann Alee<\/strong> (.237 \/ 3.22 \/ 4.06) was gone without the wind (or else won it for that cheekily subversive peach emoji!) at <strong>$10.60<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>#12 Somethinabouther<\/strong> (.470 \/ 1.13 \/ 1.55) scored the sorry-not-sorry victory in a lousy-with-first-timers <strong>Race 3<\/strong> at <strong>Henderson, Ky.<\/strong>, at <strong>$6.52<\/strong>. In <strong>Race 9<\/strong>, <strong>#3 Waves of Mischief<\/strong> (.168 \/ 4.95 \/ 6.14) sank his competitors at <strong>$16.68<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>Auburn, Wash.<\/strong>, <strong>#3 Decimate<\/strong> (.273 \/ 2.66 \/ 3.40) was at least one-tenth better than his <strong>Race 2<\/strong> foes at <strong>$9.28<\/strong>. <strong>Next race<\/strong> there, <strong>#1 Owhatarush<\/strong> (.201 \/ 3.98 \/ 5.97) hurried sufficiently to win at <strong>$20.94<\/strong>; your winning <strong>$118.94 daily double<\/strong> had a premium price of $61.33. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To <strong>Hallandale Beach, Fla.<\/strong>, for <strong>Race 4<\/strong>, in which <strong>#4 Shez Speightful<\/strong> (.208 \/ 3.81 \/ 5.73) and <strong>#1 Marthamaywhovier<\/strong> (.233 \/ 3.29 \/ 5.01) combined on your winning <strong>$76.80 exacta<\/strong> whose premium price was $68.87.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Laurel, Md., Race 9 finale<\/strong> found <strong>#7 El Mayo<\/strong> (.481 \/ 1.08 \/ 1.49) being extra-spicy at <strong>$8.20<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$36.60 exacta<\/strong> was <strong>#5 Fear Nothing<\/strong> (.324 \/ 2.09 \/ 2.70), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $11.02. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Swampatoga Spgs., N.Y.,<\/strong> was not impaired in any way today by inclement weather, and that included <strong>Race 8<\/strong>, which was won by the aptly named <strong>#4 Clear the Air<\/strong> (.160 \/ 5.25 \/ 7.75) at <strong>$25.60<\/strong>; completing your winning <strong>$97-even exacta<\/strong> was <strong>#6 Billal<\/strong> (.317 \/ 2.15 \/ 2.79), with the premium price on that comboa (comboa!) being $58.74.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>#2 Liberty Wolf<\/strong> (.339 \/ 1.95 \/ 2.54) was the solo lobo in the winner\u2019s circle for your <strong>opener<\/strong> on the <strong>Santa Rosa\/Williams-Sonoma<\/strong> programme at <strong>$17.60<\/strong>. In <strong>Race 4<\/strong>, <strong>#2 Pineapple Cruise<\/strong> (.469 \/ 1.13 \/ 1.56) won it for Del Monte-Dole duopoly at <strong>$5.40<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last stop was <strong>Etobicoke Int\u2019l.<\/strong>, where <strong>Race 8<\/strong> saw <strong>#1 J P Hellish<\/strong> (.274 \/ 2.65 \/ 3.38) getting the W at <strong>$9.10<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BestLine Racing Society Nightcap<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some from <strong>Prairie<\/strong>, since Mountain sucker-punched us with an earlier post this time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Strongshots<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\" data-attachment-id=\"25488\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2024\/08\/04\/first-post-sunday-august-4-2024\/sun0804prm7\/\" 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10PrM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"523\" data-attachment-id=\"25490\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2024\/08\/04\/first-post-sunday-august-4-2024\/sun0804prm11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sun0804PrM11.jpg?fit=1542%2C1260&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1542,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sun0804PrM11\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sun0804PrM11.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BestLine Output: 4Aug24 11PrM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All right, all right, ya\u2019 ex-colonists! Take it easy! Your friendly fellow-humans from The Philippines are pretty much twice-over subjects: originally by Spain, then by the U.S. So that\u2019s why we have a little more Western savvy (especially as regards &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/2024\/08\/04\/first-post-sunday-august-4-2024\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavW5M-6CR","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25473"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25491,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25473\/revisions\/25491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthiapublishing.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}