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Stirring up love in his guitar strings,
Reggae, calm and soothing, but
the flow seemingly with revolt,
Hit the passionless cells of my being,
With percussion, commanding,
To get up and stand up,
With his insistence to never give up!
The story of renaissance,
With redemption and dream,
Birds that came to wish you well,
Worries dissolving with his voice,
Gods never came from the skies,
But the music continued.
So much trouble in the world,
Yet sun was shining with him,
Conviction of saving the world
with each breath, spreading
like marijuana in the nerves,
Emancipating men from slavery, with
songs of freedom, sounding high!
Oh, the world we live today,
Devious and deceptive!
And yet, the tender joys we share
with Bob's eternal voice
shall carry no bounds,
Like a drop of faith and
a world of roots, rock and reggae!
Planned to write a poem about Bob Marley, the legendary reggae artist whose birthday was on February 6th. Sadly due to some unexpected difficulties couldn't bring it up on his birthday, yet I hope any day is perfect to describe Bob. A true hero in every respect and a remarkably great human being. Bob, your memories shall live on and shall continue to inspire lives.

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A short film by 3 Strings Productions highlighting 3 days with Ethan Pringle and a look into his
comical personality and extraordinary climbing ability. The film highlights Ethan’s ongoing project to climb the hardest route in North America at
Clark Mountain, California, his quick wit, and a successful ascent of a very difficult and long standing project at Robber’s Roost on Mt. Charleston
outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.
On March 17, Pringle claimed the first repeat of Jumbo Love (5.15b), 7 years after Chris Sharma’s first ascent!

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LOGAN (AP) — The Division of Wildlife Resources has denied it planned a year-round closure of Millville Canyon to motor vehicles.
"We are not supportive of a year-round closure. We support access by way of our game fence and Millville Canyon road," DWR area supervisor Bob Hasenyager said.
The perceived closure plan had drawn irate fire from Millville's Mayor Gale Hall and its City Council last week, and the Cache County Council on Tuesday announced unanimous opposition to the idea.
DWR wildlife biologist Dennis Austin was quoted last month as saying the division was leaning toward the closure of the canyon in the Millville-Logan area.
However, Hasenyager said that was just Austin's opinion and the closure was never included in the division's management plan for the area.
He said the plan does restrict motor vehicles from land to the north and south of the canyon but not the canyon itself or the road. The closed land had been purchased by the division, he said.
Also, there is a gate across the road that should remain closed during the winter months to prevent wintering elk from wandering into the city, but closed does not mean locked, he said.
"There's no reason to have a fence if the gate is open," Hasenyager said.
County Council Chairman Craig Petersen said he was satisfied with Hasenyager's explanation and thought it was reasonable to use a gate on the fence.


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Welcome to Day 2 of my Cradle Mountain adventure. If you haven't already, be sure to read my previous blog post of Day 1. To keep up to date with my photo adventures be sure to subscribe to my blog. Now, on with my adventure.
Saturday 26 Oct:
Saturday dawned cold and drizzly, and the Cradle Mountain Webcam (https://parks.tas.gov.au/explore-our-parks/cradle-mountain#CradleMountainwebcam) showed zero visibility of the peak. I decided to spend the morning doing the short walks near the Cradle Mountain Rangers Station and Interpretation Centre. So I donned my waterproof gear and off I went on the shuttle bus. In hindsight, I could have driven my car to this first stop instead of taking the shuttle. It is only after this stop that personal vehicles are not allowed into the park between 8am and 6pm.
All 3 walks run through forests of moss and lichen covered trees. I came across a couple of very shy pademelons and a Green Rosella on the Rainforest Walk. Otherwise, there was nothing really much else on that walk other than the fact that there was quite a lot of soggy animal poo on the walkway railings. Actually, there was alot of soggy animal poo everywhere.
Anyhoo, onto the Enchanted Walk, where I saw another Green Rosella, and more mossy trees. Not much wildlife here and it was too dim for good bird photos anyway.
And lastly, I saw a few Tasmanian Shrubwrens and even and echidna (however, due to the dimness of the forest, I was unable to get a good photo) on the Knyvet Falls Walk which included Knyvet Falls and Pencil Pines Falls.
Knyvet Falls was a disappointment because the lookout platform showed a view of the falls from the top. I didn't manage to see the falls from the bottom. Perhaps if I had continued onto the Dove Canyon Walk I would have been able to see the falls from below? I'll never know.
After that, I decided to head back to the cottage for lunch, which was a wise decision, because just as I got back to the Visitor Centre, the on and off drizzle which had been happening all morning, turned into icy rain. Too bad it wasn’t snow.
After lunch and a siesta, I decided to head out again on the shuttle to Dove Lake, even though it was still raining. At least it had stopped sleeting. This time I stopped at Ronny Creek, intending to walk part of the Overland Track and then veer off to the Waldheim Cottage. But again, I got distracted by the wildlife at Ronny Creek.
The Black Currawongs are such characters and really interesting to watch. They remind me of the Magpies in Melbourne. There were also a few wombats around, grazing on the open plains. Too intent on eating to give you any notice. I got so close to one so busy eating next to the boardwalk that I could have reached out and touched it if I was so inclined.
By the time I finally started on the walk, the sleet had started again, and I made the decision to walk to the cottage via the main road instead of the track. I'm glad I did, because then I got a lovely view of the Overland Track from above. At which point, I called it a day and headed back to my cabin for a hot shower and dinner at the restaurant onsite. Oh, and in case you were wondering, it continued to rain.
All. Night. Long.

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Bangalore could soon have an exclusive laboratory to test blood samples of suspected dengue patients.
The Chief Health Officer of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been directed to set up the proposed laboratory at a cost of Rs. 20 lakh soon. The direction came from BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah while he was reviewing steps taken to check the spread of dengue, a vector-borne disease, here on Tuesday.
The review meeting was held in the light of dengue cases being detected across the State, a BBMP communiqué said and added that directions have been issued to health officials to identify mosquito breeding spots and take up fogging and other preventive measures.
Earlier, Mr. Siddaiah inspected the road inside Jnana Bharathi campus laid at a cost of Rs. 11.25 crore. He said that 11 road humps would be put in place. This decision was taken after Higher Education Minister R.V. Deshpande brought the issue to the notice of the Commissioner.

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Customers now have so many options for accessing music and information
Cincinnati, OH (PRWEB) December 11, 2011
Slacker Radio has announced it has joined the lineup of smartphone apps that Ford drivers can control with their voice through the optional SYNC AppLink available on many new Ford models. Slacker Radio allows users of the app the widest range of personalized music and information content through its free and subscription radio services it offers. Kings Ford in Cincinnati, Ohio commends Ford's continuous effort to keep drivers safer on the roads by reducing hands-on and visual distractions. Consumers looking to purchase a new Ford in Cincinnati are encouraged to explore this and other optional safety and convenience features now available when purchasing a new vehicle. Kings Ford also offers a wide variety of used Fords in Cincinnati for buyers to consider as well.
The SYNC AppLink is available as an optional feature on these new Fords in Cincinnati: the 2012 Ford Fusion, Fusion Hybrid, Fiesta, Mustang, F-150, F-150 SVT Raptor, Super Duty, Expedition, E-Series and Shelby GT500. When shopping at the Kings Ford dealership, all of these quality vehicles are available in their showroom and on their lot to be previewed and test driven.
Doug VanDagens, director of Ford Connected Services, says, “Customers now have so many options for accessing music and information. Ford SYNC AppLink allows us to not only keep pace with what they are listening to, but how they are listening to it. With its huge music library, Slacker Radio dramatically increases the content options for Ford drivers.”
To use Slacker with AppLink, drivers need merely to update the Slacker Radio app on their smartphones to the latest version. Slacker with AppLink is now available on Android and BlackBerry with iOS, pending approval.
“Slacker listeners can create their own custom stations by selecting their favorite artists and songs, or listen to any of more than 150 stations curated by expert DJs who love the music they play,” said Steve Cotter, senior vice president of Business Development at Slacker Radio. “When they’re not in the mood for music, Slacker listeners can tune in to a wide variety of personalized talk content including personalized comedy, ABC News and ESPN Radio stations.”


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Radiation therapy can come with a variety of side effects, such as fatigue, pain, skin burning and emotional difficulties. A study published in the December 2019 issue of the Journal of Oncology Practice finds that patients do not always feel completely informed about these adverse events in advance.
Using a web-based survey, researchers polled 403 people from various regions of the U.S. who had received radiation treatments in the previous five years. Around 82% of patients felt they had been given enough information on what adverse effects they could expect following treatment. However, around 37% said they had experienced adverse effects they wished they had known more about.
Around 36% of patients who also underwent chemotherapy and 34% of those who also had surgery similarly reported that they wished they had known more about adverse effects of these treatments. “There’s roughly about a third of each of those groups that had side effects from treatment that they wish they knew more about,” says radiation oncologist and study co-author Reshma Jagsi, director of the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. “I think it speaks to the needs that we have both within radiation oncology, and with cancer care more generally, to try to improve health communication.”
Patients were most likely to say that changes in their energy levels following radiation therapy were worse than anticipated, with 31% reporting that they were surprised by the severity of this side effect. Around 24% of patients said that skin burning was worse than expected, and 21% said that feelings of anxiety or worry were worse than expected.
Jagsi says it’s important to learn whether a patient wants to learn more about adverse effects and which types of problems they want to know about. “What is most important to patients?” she says. “Is it the side effect that is very common but not very severe that they want to hear more about? Is it the rare and unanticipated but very severe side effects that they want to hear about?”
Dan Golden, a radiation oncologist at the University of Chicago who was not involved in the study, says that communication about side effects is important because it can affect how patients feel about treatment. He says his personal experience as a physician has been that patients are better able to cope with side effects if they have been warned about them. “If you help people predict how they’ll feel in the future accurately, then they’re more likely to be satisfied in the future,” he says. Golden co-created a graphic narrative discussion guide to help patients understand radiation therapy that has been downloaded by 200 health care providers around the world.
Jagsi agrees that communicating about side effects is important, in part because unfounded concerns or anxieties about radiation therapy could lead some people to delay or avoid getting necessary treatments.
Jane Perlmutter, a patient advocate who was diagnosed with two separate breast cancers in 1985 and 1988, points out that communicating about late effects of radiation therapy, which can include increased risk of other cancers, can be especially challenging. Since the study only looked at patients who had received radiation therapy relatively recently, it did not shed light on how patients felt about long-term side effects.
Perlmutter had lumpectomies and radiation for both cancers and continued in her career as an experimental psychologist at Bell Labs. (She now has her own consulting business.) In 2015, she was diagnosed with metastatic esophageal cancer, which her doctors told her was likely related to the radiation therapy she had received decades earlier. She is being treated with the immunotherapy drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and has no evidence of disease. Perlmutter says she was told that her treatment with radiation could increase her chances of later developing leukemia, but she was never told about the risk of developing other cancers.
There are many more resources available to patients than there were at the time of her treatment, Perlmutter says, including resources on the internet such as the National Cancer Institute website and also patients like Perlmutter herself, who have long-term experience post treatment.
“If you’re going to go to treatment, you do really want to know what to expect,” she says. “A patient can certainly say to a doctor, ‘Doctor, do you have a patient who went through this that I could talk to?’”
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14th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest
Farmland in small town Connecticut.
My mother and I were driving down a back road in a small town in Connecticut when we saw a small farm. Being from the city, I don't see many cows and wanted to get a picture. I didn't even realize how perfectly the sun was shining down until after I looked at the picture!
© Amber Speciale.
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Question: Is it time to invest in Canadian oil?
Every time something serious happens in the Middle East, investors start to wonder where America's next barrel of oil will come from. Alternatives like Canada are quickly trotted out and then just as quickly the hostilities overseas cool down and life goes back to normal. America's best answer to energy self-sufficiency is to produce as much as possible right here in the United States. Relying on countries such as Canada to keep the cars and trucks of this nation moving is simply a bad idea.
For those who think it's time to invest in Canadian oil - think again. Middle East unrest or not, Canada's oil industry isn't worth betting on. Here's some reasons why.
Guide To Oil And Gas Plays In North America: We've got your comprehensive guide to oil and gas shales in North America.
Keystone XL Pipeline
Who can forget actress Daryl Hannah and Eleanor Fairchild standing their ground in front of earth-moving excavators in early October. TransCanada (NYSE:TRP) was in the process of building the Texas portion of the Keystone XL pipeline that will cut through six states from the Alberta border all the way down to Houston, Texas. In January, President Obama put a halt to the pipeline's final approval until at least March 2013. Meanwhile the state of Texas has granted TransCanada the right to build despite the fact the federal government hasn't. Until the entire pipeline is built, combined with increased oil production in North Dakota's Bakken Shale, Canada's crude oil prices will drop considerably. According to consultant Bentek Energy LLP, the downward pressure on Canadian oil prices will continue through 2014. If that's the case, why would any rational investor make a bet where the profit potential in the near-term is negligible at best.
CNOOC Ltd. (NYSE:CEO), China's national oil company, is currently waiting to hear whether the Canadian government will approve its $15.1 billion takeover of Calgary-based Nexen (NYSE:NXY). China wants access to Canadian energy and this is one way to do that. The process is ongoing and a prediction at this point is difficult given the government is simultaneously revising its foreign investment guidelines. Ed Morse, head of commodities research for Citibank, appeared on CNBC November 24 suggesting that Canada's pipeline politics is even worse than what's happening in the United States. Canadian MP Justin Trudeau, son of the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, favors the $15 billion takeover but is against the Northern Gateway pipeline that Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) wants to build from Edmonton, Alberta, west through British Columbia (B.C.) to Kitimat on the Pacific coast. The people of B.C. generally oppose any pipeline that cuts through the interior and threatens its coast line.
SEE: Analyzing An Acquisition Announcement
Therefore, most of the production from the oil sands will have to continue heading south to the U.S. In the third quarter, Nexen's interests in the oil sands generated revenue of C$331 million and operating loss of C$30 million. In contrast, Nexen's conventional oil business in the United Kingdom generated C$1.2 billion in revenue and C$616 million in operating profits. However, in terms of assets, the oil sands represents almost 49% of Nexen's overall total making the government's decision very contentious. China may want Canadian oil but until someone can figure out how to safely transport it to tankers on the West coast, it really doesn't matter how much oil is hidden in the tar sands.
Oil Sand Profits
According to ForestEthics Advocacy based out of B.C., 71% of the oil sands production is foreign owned. In addition, over 50% of the oil and gas revenue in Canada flows to foreign businesses. You might think you're investing in a Canadian company when you buy shares in Nexen or Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) given their head offices are located in Calgary, Alberta but you'd be wrong. Nexen and CNQ have foreign ownership of 70 and 59% respectively. Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU), Canada's largest oil sands producer and also one of the oldest in the industry, is 57% owned by foreigners. Given none of the major players in the oil sands are actually Canadian owned, it seems pointless to invest in a so-called Canadian company when you can get plenty of exposure to Canadian oil by buying shares in one of the global players such as ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) or Total SA (NYSE:TOT). You get some of the exposure with less risk.
SEE: Oil And Gas Industry Primer
The Bottom Line
As I said earlier, if pipelines don't get built east, west and south of the oil sands, it won't matter how much bitumen can be extracted from deep under the surface. Investing in Canadian oil is a bet that all the major pipelines on the table will get the go-ahead in the months and years to come. In my opinion that's anything but a sure bet. If you must invest in Canadian oil, do it through a multinational. It's safer and smarter.
At the time of writing, Will Ashworth did not own any shares in any company mentioned in this article.
Don't forget to read the Bull side of this debate and weigh in with your opinion below.


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By Paloma VillicanaSep 10, 2017, 19:20 pm
Morgantown, WV (WOAY) – The Mountaineers impressed their fans with their first home game of the 2017 season with a big win over East Carolina, 56-20. WVU will play another home game next weekend, September 16th at 12:00 p.m against Delaware State.
Paloma Villicana is a bilingual sports anchor and reporter for ABC WOAY-TV in West Virginia. She reports on local, collegiate, and professional sports during the week. Read More


In a new op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Rudy Giuliani tried to convince the public that Trump was innocent, but instead he actually confirmed that Trump asked Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden. This man is supposed to be defending the President, yet he consistently manages to confirm that Trump committed a crime whenever he speaks. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.
So Rudy Giuliani decided that he was going to make his defense of Donald Trump in an op ed in the wall street journal. Now the op ed was called the case for the impeachment defense, and Rudy Giuliani wanted to kind of spell out to the public why the whole impeachment hearing is a farce, but instead in triple a typical Giuliani fashion, rather than explaining that the whole thing’s a farce, Giuliani in fact ended up confirming that Trump committed a crime because that’s how incompetent Rudy Giuliani is. And specifically he mentioned it in this line, word for word what Giuliani wrote here. The focus was on Ukrainian corruption, broadly speaking, and out of a five page transcript, Mr. Trump spent only six lines on Joe Biden. But isn’t that the whole thing, Rudy? Like that’s, that’s the part that’s bad. And I know a lot of folks on Twitter were erupting over this saying things like, well, John Wilkes booth only spent six seconds of his whole life killing Abraham Lincoln. So he can’t be that bad of a guy, right? No, no. It doesn’t matter how much time you spend not doing crimes. It’s the time you spend doing the crimes. That’s the bad thing and you just for the second time admitted that it happened. Now, of course, just talking about Joe Biden in the phone call is not necessarily what was illegal. It was the decision to withhold the aid from Ukraine if they didn’t investigate Joe Biden. But here Rudy Giuliani confirms, they did mention Joe Biden and the alleged corruption between him and his son Hunter and the Ukrainian gas company. So maybe Giuliani is also dumb enough or competent enough to go ahead and admit that Trump did withhold the Ukraine military aid except for the fact that he doesn’t actually have to do that because plenty of other people have already confirmed it. So you see where I’m going with this, right? We have the confirmation, and this includes the transcript that Trump himself released, which wasn’t actually a transcript, but a summary of the transcript. Anyway, that confirmed, they talked about Biden. Here’s Giuliani talking in an op. Ed trying to defend Trump, unfortunately implicating him further in it. Then we have all of the testimony saying that the aid was withheld on the basis of you had to investigate Biden. All the pieces of this puzzle are there. Hell, I mean at this point, not only are all the pieces of the puzzle there, we’ve all already put the puzzle together and Giuliani is out there making it so much worse for his client. As I’ve said in the past, Donald Trump absolutely has an air tight against Rudy Giuliani for legal malpractice. I’m not kidding with that. That is how incompetent and damaging Giuliani has been to Donald Trump’s defense, and I do believe Trump should Sue him. I mean, Trump sues everybody for everything. Why not add this guy to the list? Because when you go down for impeachment, whether or not you’re removed from offices irrelevant, you will be impeached by the house of representatives. And once all this ends, I don’t care how good Rudy Giuliani does it defending you in the actual trial part of this. You need this, Sue him just to, at the very least, show the rest of the country that when you get in trouble for the love of God, don’t hire Rudy Giuliani to defend you.


A unique medical case study gives credence to the saying on “blood, sweat and tears.”
A 21-year old woman in Italy checked herself into a medical institution complaining of a rather terrifying symptom that she had been suffering from for three years: blood had been seeping persistently from her face and palms, with no visible cause. She had no broken skin, and the bleeding would happen without warning, sometimes becoming more intense when she was stressed. As a result, the woman became socially isolated, TIME reports.
The doctors she saw treated her for symptoms of major depressive disorder and panic disorder, and all of her physical tests came back normal. However, the bleeding continued, and her doctors reached a rare diagnosis: hematohidrosis, or “blood sweating.” The woman was treated with propranolol, a beta-blocker that is commonly used to regulate heart rate and blood pressure. While the bleeding did not stop completely, the treatment did see a “marked reduction” in her symptoms, the study said.
Hematohidrosis is an extremely rare condition wherein blood seeps out of unbroken skin, like how sweat does. According to the National Institutes of Health Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center, it occurs most commonly on the face, ears, eyes and nose, and is often linked to emotional stress and fear.
Some who have the condition may even cry bloody tears.
The Bible mentions Jesus sweating blood, and observed cases go all the way back to the third century B.C., says Jacalyn Duffin, who wrote an accompanying article for the study.
The condition is controversial, mostly because doctors don’t know a lot about it. The uncertainty surrounding hematohidrosis has led some doctors to dismiss it as a valid diagnosis. Even the study says that “there is no single explanation of the source of bleeding.” The current hypothesis that blood goes through the woman’s sweat glands because of “abnormal constrictions and expansions” of blood vessels has not been proven.
Duffin says this is a real condition that is misunderstood. “Ironically, for an increasingly secular world, the long-standing association of hematohidrosis with religious mystery may make its existence harder to accept. It seems that humans do sweat blood, albeit far less often literally than metaphorically.”
The study was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.


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Set 2.2 miles from Ardahan Merkez Mevlit Efendi Mosque, Kuzey Yildizi Hotel features a baggage room and a safety deposit box. Kuzey Yildizi Hotel Ardahan is located just a short distance from Seytan Kalesi.
This venue is set 1.4 miles from Site Cami. The accommodation is 2.1 miles from Ardahan city center.
Kuzey Yildizi Hotel is at a short distance from Bus train station.
All rooms have private bathrooms as well as an individual safe, television with satellite channels and satellite TV. Some rooms include a bathroom with dryers, hairdryers and bath sheets.

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It's beyond ridiculous how media is going nuts about USC being out of control and not focusing on the greater picture - the mess created by NBA, NFL, and NCAA in order to make as much money as possible from every revenue channel.
Before anyone calls me Mayo apologist, I believe with 90-95% confidence that what ESPN said was true. I believe Mayo has taken money (whether knowingly or unknowingly that it is coming from BDA) during his HS and first year at USC. But is he the only one doing it? We are already seing reports circulating in MSM that another player was signed by a certain agency after investing "3 years and 500,000".
It's ridiculous how MSM blatantly decides to ignore red flags raised all over the country by the top prospects living beyond their means. Here is Mar-11 article from Washington Post about Beasley. I am curious about the following paragraph:
As technicians work to fix the audio, the familiar cell phone buzz emanates from the right pocket of Beasley's black Adidas pants.
"All cell phones off please," the camerawoman says.
Out of Beasley's pockets come four devices: an iPhone, a T-Mobile Sidekick, a Verizon LG phone and a Sprint BlackBerry. The static disappears, and he conducts the interview.
The number of phones is emblematic of Beasley's life as he enjoys one of the best seasons ever by a freshman and his Kansas State team stands on the cusp of its first NCAA tournament appearance in 12 years.
So please explain me how a college student can afford 4 expensive cell phones? Why no investigative reporting here? So far, I could only find 1 news outlet that actually commented on Beasley's 4 phones
It's easy to be a hater and blindly accuse a rival or despised college of cheating or wrongdoing. But it takes some brains and time to figure out that something must be wrong with the system.


This post discusses about building a service using CLOUD platform that can reach various devices. What is OData and Where it fits in? OData is a specification that makes very easy to exchange and interact with data on the web. So OData is all about connecting up devices to the CLOUD. This post also discuss how to create a OData Service in Visual Studio 2010 and host it on Windows Azure then explains how to consume the service on Windows phone Mango.
What id OData?
A REST based set of patterns for accessing information via services
It is a great protocol for connecting devices to the CLOUD. The REST APIâ€™s which you might have developed having the following common requirements
- Querying the data
- Ordering the data
- Paging the data
- Filtering the data
- Even CRUD operations on data
OData provides a common way to do the above operations. If you got your web API and if you use OData then you have got a wide range of options to expose of your data to various client libraries and platforms.
1. Create a new Windows Azure Project in Visual Studio 2010 as shown below
2. Create a Data Access layer to access the data from SQL Azure as shown below
Your Workout Class looks as below
Your data access layer is ready to interact with the database.
The connection string in web.config looks as below, you can local sql database when your developing the application and then can change the connection string to point it to SQL Azure.
3. Now Create OData Service- To do this we can use WCF DataService which is Microsoft implementation of OData protocol in .NET. Add a new item to project and select WCF Data Service from dialogue box.
Your OData Service Class code looks as below
Now you have a OData Service that hooked up to your data model. You can mention what parts of your data that you want to expose in InitializeService method as below
You are going to give read permission on your data and also setting the page size to your return data. Now We have got a working OData Service.
Run your service and you can see the below output
as it supports multiple formats , if you want to view JSON viewer then you can install JSON viewer from here
Support Authentication for OData Service
We allow the authenticated users to insert new workouts in the above service. You need to write some interceptors to achieve this
The ChangeInterceptor invokes every time when you insert or update the data on service. If the user is not authenticated then returning the error message back otherwise we are claiming the credentials. Here it is using ACS with Oauth.
The web.config entry for Oauth protection module looks as below. you can download Oauth protection module from here.
If request comes with Oauth token then this module communicate with ACS and validates the user.
Following Web.Config entries tells where to look at the ACS host and other service url stuff etc
You get the above config values from Windows Azure management portal
Build a client to access the above created OData Service as below, we are consuming this windows phone application. Add a service reference to this project
It simply instantiates the DataServiceCollection and hookup the async handler and then formulate the query. The query is basically what you want to ask the OData Service. Context object in above code is instance generated by the service reference.
When you call LoadAsync then it calls http against that URI. Now run your client application which brings the data from service and shows in windows phone emulator as below
The OData protocol http://Odata.org was created to provide a simple, common way to interact with the data on the Web from any platform or device.
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You can find more party recipe ideas on Party Food page.
This fantastic looking train cake is a wonderful centrepiece for your child’s party. And even better, it requires no baking – just some building! Your child will love helping you, and will be so proud of their fabulous result. It can be created in very less time if you buy basic ingredients from the supermarket.
Kids would enjoy assembling the train but watch out they might eat ingredients!
Prep time: 1 hour 20 minutes
For the train
- 11 mini chocolate Swiss rolls
- 1 tub ready-to-spread buttercream
- 2 large Battenberg cakes
- 2 mini Battenberg cakes
- 1 French fancy (Mr Kipling)
- 1 mini meringue
- 1 licorice Catherine wheel
- 8 cream jam rings (Jammie Dodgers)
- 1 iced doughnut
- 1 oyster wafer shell
- 2 mini gingerbread men
- Mini chocolate eggs
- Licorice Allsorts
- White chocolate buttons with sprinkles
- Iced Gems and Haribo to decorate
- Sugar flowers
For the grass
- 2 x 250g/9oz bags dessicated coconut
- Green food colouring
- Cake board approx 70 x 40 cm (27 x 16in)
- 5 tbsp strawberry jam
For the track
- Wafer curls for the tracks
- Boudoir biscuits for the sleepers
1. Make the Grass
To make the grass, pour the coconut into a large freezer bag and mix with a little of the green food colouring and a few drops of water.
Warm the strawberry jam and brush it over the surface of the cake board.
Sprinkle over the green coconut and press down so the board is completely covered.
2. Lay Out The Track
Lay out the track using the wafer curls in parallel lines and place the Boudoir biscuits across the tracks to form sleepers.
3. Cut the Cakes
Cut about one quarter off the end of one of the large Battenberg cakes and cut the remaining length in half to form the carriages.
Cut the cake yourself as you’ll need to use a sharp knife
4. Spread buttercream
Spread a little buttercream over one end of the whole cake and place the cut quarter on top to form the cab. Finish with an iced French Fancy on top.
5. Prepare the Engine
Place a mini Battenberg cake upright at the front of the engine and secure using a little buttercream, then position a mini meringue on top.
6. Arrange Swiss Rolls
Arrange for our five mini Swiss rolls on top of the track, and spread with some of the buttercream.
Carefully position the whole large Battenberg cake on top.
7. Prepare the Wheel
Again using a little dab of buttercream, place the licorice Catherine wheel at the front of the train and Licorice Allsorts at the front of the train.
Arrange the Jammie Dodgers along either side of the engine for the wheels.
8. Place two mini Swiss rolls on the track behind the engine cover with a little buttercream and position one of the cut lengths of Battenberg cake on top. Place an oyster wafer on top of the cake and fill with mini chocolate eggs.
9. Please two more mini Swiss rolls on the track behind the first carriage and put an iced doughnut on top. Stand a mini Gingerbreadman on top of the doughnut. Stick Licorice Allsorts onto the ends of the Swiss rolls for the wheels of the carriage.
10. Place another two mini Swiss rolls behind, with the remaining cut length of Battenberg cake on top. Put an oyster wafer on top of this filled with chocolate money. Add white chocolate buttons with sprinkles as wheels.
11. Decorate the train with Liquorice Allsorts, Haribo, Iced Gems, white chocolate buttons and sliced mini Battenberg cake. Linked the separate pieces of cake with wafer curls.
12. Stand the gingerbread man on the engine. Finally arrange a few sugar flowers on the cake board.
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The half moon at Putney Has long been known as the Crucible for live performers and birthplace of major artists which has seen well-known acts like Ed Sheeran The Rolling Stones Elvis Costello AND MANY MORE take the stage
and this past Wednesday played host to the latest generation of emerging superstars.
The second instalment of the ‘Singer-Songwriter Showdown’, an inspired idea hosted by the venue’s promoters, this month brought us the music of International award-winning singer-songwriter Dan Olsen, the inimitable vocals of Frederick Long and the full-band vibe of Cloudy Galvez backed by drum and bassist who all entertained and captured the full attention and appreciation of an attentive audience.
International award-winning singer-songwriter Dan Olsen claimed the stage with all the magnetism and aura of a seasoned superstar, totally at home in front of an audience of any size. With a new set which included some of his latest tracks, one of which is currently only available to subscribers to his website and is titled ‘I Know a Girl’ along with some re-worked Dan Olsen favourites. Hailing originally from the Faroe Islands, Dan has lived in Australia and is now permanently living and working in London, though he has just returned from a tour of the Far East and has a growing number of tens of thousands of fans across social media and has been booked to open Shanghai Fashion Week in October hailing another return to the Orient.
Candy Shop – HERE His latest music video and download release ‘Candy Shop’ is now available in online stores and rumour has it he will be making a guest appearance at the Bellevue Road Festival by Wandsworth Common this weekend.
Frederick Long, the former estate agent who downed tools and picked up a guitar only a couple of years back opened the evening with a short but highly entertaining mixture of covers and his own songs – this guy has an incredible voice, which fortunately is now used for its true purpose by a guy ‘gifted’ to be a ‘professional singer’ We checked out his Youtube channel and found an awesome cover of Back to Black by Amy Winehouse (above) along with several other live mic performances – check him out -You won’t be disappointed.
Cloudy Galvez was the closing act for the evening – we’ve got live video footage of her above – which you can see accompanied by drum and bass she bangs out some awesome tunes and what’s better she has just released her latest EP the title track of which has the unlikely handle of ‘Dust Under the Rug’– it’s an awesome song with a real catchy vibe, very hooky with a mass of melodic contour to the lyrics and well worth a listen – you can check it out on the link here
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Model Staz Lindes showcases summer beauty trends in the May 2017 issue of Allure Magazine. The new face of Yves Saint Laurent Beauty, the blonde poses for Camilla Akrans in the cool spread. Styled by Tom Van Dorpe, Staz models relaxed designs from the likes of La Perla, Marc Jacobs and Eres. Makeup artist Wendy Rowe creates a smokey eyeshadow and glossy lip with Franco Gobbi on hair.
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As we continue to live through the COVID-19 pandemic and begin spending more time indoors, it's more important than ever to stay active. Exercise may not feel like a priority right now, especially as we grapple with shorter and colder days ahead. However, staying active is incredibly beneficial for both our minds and bodies. It can help boost our mood, reduce stress and anxiety and improve sleep.
This fall Johnson County Mental Health Center has created something to get residents moving. The Health & Wellness Bingo Card has a mix of activities to keep residents active and hopefully provide some motivation. While JCMHC emphasizes how important it is to get physically active this fall, mental health must also be a priority. The Health & Wellness Bingo Card also includes activities like journaling, social media breaks, practicing gratitude, taking an online mental health screening and more.

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Ever make a card that pushes you outside your comfort zone? This is that card! I made the tag and put it on the Shell Cardstock card base but it was too plain. That’s when things got crazy!
I grabbed my A Muse Studio Apple and Sage Ink Pads and the bold flower and leaf stamps from Amuse Stamps Be My Valentine. I stamped flowers with A Muse Studio Apple Ink and leaves with A Muse Studio Sage Ink right on the Shell Cardstock card base! I know crazy right? Apple and Sage on Shell!? I love the results.
Don’t miss out on Be My Valentine, heart doilies or any of the other wonderful products offered in the A Muse Studio January Collection through Sunday, January 31st. Place your order online HERE and save 10% by using Amuse Coupon Code: January10
A Muse Studio supplies used to make this Valentine Card:
Stamps: A Muse Studio Be My Valentine SVSH109 from the A Muse Studio January Collection available while supplies last
Paper: A Muse Studio Shell PAPS201, Sugar PAPS001, and Onyx PAPS100
Ink: A Muse Studio Apple IAPF210, and Sage IAPF501 and VersaMark Ink IVMP001
Accessories: A Muse Studio Classic Tag Die TAD0137, Onyx Organdy Ribbon RAOR100, White Embossing Powder EAEP001, Onyx Twinkle Stickers EATW100, Heart Doily PDHT001 and 3D Foam Adhesive ASFA001
Do you make Valentines for your children’s teacher? I do! My children and I bring handmade Valentine cards and Valentine treats to the teachers, aids and administrators that pour so much of themselves into my children’s lives. BTW you can see what we did for the teachers at Christmas time here, here and here.
This is one of the teacher Valentine’s Day cards I designed this year. It was inspired by two challenges Color Throwdown #376 use Shell, Sky, Kraft and White and SOS #235 which was a 3,2,1 challenge. I used 3 – hearts, 2 – stamps from A Muse Studio Mocha Me Happy, and 1 – Heart Doily. I made this Valentine for the teacher, but Mocha Me Happy is perfect to make cards for any coffee lover. For that matter, Mocha Me Happy is a great stamp set to make cards for the lover of puns too!
Here is another card for the SOS #235 3,2,1 challenge. This handmade Valentine’s Day card has 3 sentiments, 2 – coffee cups with hearts and 1 – ribbon and button embellishment. FUN!
A Muse Studio Mocha Me Happy stamp set is from the January Collection. You can get Mocha Me Happy here while supplies last. Oh and don’t forget to use COUPON CODE January10 to save 10% on your order today.
A Muse Studio supplies used to make these Handmade Valentine’s Day cards:
Stamps: A Muse Studio Mocha Me Happy SADH002 and Be My Valentine SVSH109 From the January Collection available while supplies last
Paper: A Muse Studio Sky PAPS60, Sugar PAPS001, Kraft PAKRAFT, Sky Reverse Polka Dot PAPR600, Grapefruit Petite Pinstripe PASR208, Apple PAPS210 and Everything’s Rosy PATWSP1.
Ink: A Muse Studio VersaFine Onyx Black Ink IVFP082
Accessories: A Muse Studio Heart Doily PDHT001, Cotton Stripped Ribbon RACS204, Onyx Bag of Buttons EABT100, Vanilla Twine RATW002, Tag Bundle Die Set TAD0209, and 3D Foam Adhesive ASFA001
This year I made my husband two handmade Valentine’s Day cards. This is one of them. I couldn’t resist! I am sharing his Valentine in the Mod Squad Love is in the Air challenge. If you are here from the challenge, thank you for stopping by!
I got the Love is All You Need stamp set from the A Muse Studio January Collection. Love is All You Need is a fun graphic stamp set, with large letters; L,O,V,E and X. Those large solid letters are perfect for stamping and layering with A Muse Studio opaque inks.
The Love is All You Need stamp set also includes nine tag lines. My favorite of those tag lines is “you more than bacon.” I knew right away Max would be getting a handmade Valentine with that tag line! I also like the tag line “you to the moon and back”.
You can see a card I made “to the moon and back” when you pop over to my Facebook page. While you’re on Facebook, don’t forget to like my page so you don’t miss any of the crafty inspiration and information I share there.
A Muse Studio supplies used to make this Handmade Valentine card:
Stamps: A Muse Studio Love is all You Need SHME091 and From the Heart SHMC090 From the January Collection available while supplies last
Paper: A Muse Studio Seattle Petite Polka Dot PAPP103, Sugar PAPS001, and Onyx PAPS100.
Ink: A Muse Studio Grapefruit Ink IAPF208, Apple Ink IAPF210 and VersaFine Onyx Black Ink IVFP082
Accessories: A Muse Studio Onyx Bakers Twine RABT100 and 3D Foam Adhesive ASFA001
Hey Guys! Valentine’s Day is approaching quickly! Thankfully, after a successful cross country move, A Muse Studio seems to be back to it’s lightning fast shipping! I ordered a bunch of A Muse Studio Cardstock, Ink Refills and Stamp Sets yesterday. This morning I got a shipping confirmation and tracking numbers. WHOOP!
I want to help you with your Valentine’s Day Cards and Valentine treats. With Amuse lightning fast shipping, COUPON CODE JANUARY10, and these free printable Valentine’s Day craft tutorials, you can RULE Valentine’s Day.
Go on, follow the links below he pictures and print ’em or save ’em – they are FREE. My gift to you!
This pretty card is perfect for Valentine’s Day but would make a sweet thinking of you card for a friend anytime of year.
Enjoy the free paper crafts tutorials AND the cash in on the savings when you order with the A Muse Studio coupon code January10 today!
Have you heard about the A Muse Studio Clearance Sale? It’s been a while since I posted about it.
I used the A Muse Studio Big Heart Die Set to make these beautiful Felt Heart Valentine’s Pockets two years ago. I enjoy hanging them up in my home every year! Check out the free tutorial HERE.
Now you can get the A Muse Studio Big Heart Die Set for just $12.50 – That’s half off the $24.99 retail price. Can you get more relevant than that? Valentine’s ON CLEARANCE in time for your Valentine’s Day Crafts!
Well, then go shop the A Muse Studio Clearance Sale! I promise it’s not a bunch of cast off stuff no one wants! There is BEAUTIFUL, relevant, useful, on trend Amuse Stamps, and dies at 50% off. There is so much to choose from at really great prices! Go on – go buy up the good deals while they last!
OH – And don’t forget, A Muse Studio is offering a rare 10% discount on customer orders placed on or before January 31st. Use Amuse COUPON CODE: January10 at checkout and SAVE.
It’s not too late to reserve your spot for this Chicago area A Muse Studio card making class! I have 4 spots left for Monday, January 11th at 7pm in my Rolling Meadows, IL home studio. Make this Valentine’s Day Card and three other beautiful handmade greeting cards.
- Wow your family and friends with the most beautiful Valentines this year!
- Take some time out for you and nourish your creative soul.
- Enjoy an evening out doing what makes you happy – paper crafting!
Go on register for Card Making Class today.
As my gift to you in this new year – bring a friend (who’s never been to one of my classes) for FREE. Just email me after you register with your friends name.
***A Muse Studio Offers a Coupon Code for January***
Do you love the A Muse Studio January Collection?
Well, now is the time to place your Amuse order and SAVE!
Amuse Studio has successfully relocated to their new headquarters in Winston Salem North Carolina. Shipping resumed yesterday. HOORAY!
I am so proud of the A Muse Studio team for their accomplishment in completing this cross country move in record time, with minimal disruption. I think the process couldn’t have gone smoother and the communication couldn’t have been better.
Even though everything went so smoothly, as their special thanks to all of their customers, they are offering a special COUPON CODE: JANUARY10 for a 10% savings on your customer order! Click over and place your A Muse Studio order today.
Don’t miss this opportunity to save when you order A Muse Studio products. This coupon code is only good on customer orders through January 31st.
Check out A Muse Studio’s January Collection and be delighted. I can’t stop sharing ’cause it’s just that AWESOME! Wanna see everything I have made with the Amuse January Collection? Wanna see, touch and smell the stamps, dies, sequins, paper and washi collections in real life? Wanna try it before you buy it? Well you can try it alright! We will be using You Are Magical (pictured in this post) One in A Mellon, From the Heart, and Be My Valentine PLUS the adorable new Scallop Heart Die Set and Heart Doilies in class Monday, January 11th.
Join me for the January A Muse Studio paper crafting and card making class! Seats are still available. All adult Amuse Stamps fans are welcome! Class is ONLY $13 and held in my Rolling Meadows, IL home studio. To sweeten the already GREAT $13 price point, in the month of January you can bring a friend (whom has never attended one of my classes) for FREE. That’s right! You and a friend for $13. WOW!
Got questions? Give me a call (847)922-6795 or just go ahead and register today. It takes just a minute. Creativity and fun awaits. Go on, what are you waiting for?
Are you thinking about it?
Register for the January A Muse Studio card making class TODAY and receive a FREE Sweetheart Sequin Mix in class!
*Please note: Your payment is your RSVP. Should you need to cancel for any reason a kit will be made for you and will be available for scheduled pick up.
OK all you fans of puns, you must check out A Muse Studio’s One in a Melon Stamp Set. One in a Melon is brand new for January from A Muse Studio and available HERE while supplies last. This punny Valentine’s stamp set includes a whopping 22 stamps. There are ten fruits/vegetable images and punny sentiments to accompany them. One in a Melon and the matching die set are available HERE.
Don’t miss the all occasion friendly, super versatile A Muse Studio Berry Basket Die pictured here on this BERRY SPECIAL Valentine’s treat.
You make my heart SKIP A BEET! See how cute One in a Melon images pair with the A Muse Studio Candy Wrappers Die Set on those Hershey Nuggets Valentines candies?
Hello Ma CHERIE! You’re One in a MELON! Check out the cute Extra Small Cellophane Bags that will be available as part of the Amuse January collection! They are the perfect companion to our Candy Wrapper Die Set and will hold 4 Hershey Nuggets.
We make a great PEAR! And by ‘we’ I mean A Muse Studio products and YOUR Valentine cards and treats! Order from A Muse Studio January collection now and let the Valentine crafting FUN begin!
Hey Guys! Seriously, don’t miss out on the A Muse Studio December Collection planner stamp sets, Meal Plan SHMS089 and Make it Happen SHMS088. I am excited to use them in my life planner for more organized 2016. I also suggest you pick up the Clip Duo Die Set TAD0223 for just $6.99 and the Planner Tab Die TAD0227 for just $5.95. These dies will add an exciting unexpected element to your handmade cards as well help you stay on track in the new year. Getting organized has never been so crafty! I have one more A Muse Studio order for this year. Call (847)922-6795 or email me RIGHT AWAY if you would like to tag on to my Amuse order and save on shipping!
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FREE STAMP SET IF YOU JOIN A MUSE STUDIO IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS!
It’s a fabulous time to join A Muse Studio! Treat yourself to a deluxe starter kit and get all this for just $99. Join tonight or tomorrow by 6pm and I will give you an additional stamp set of your choice FREE. Join A Muse Studio HERE, it only takes five minutes, then email me which A Muse Studio stamp set you would like for FREE. Happy new year to YOU!
A MUSE STUDIO CALENDARS FOR CHARITY
This year’s calendar proceeds support Water 1st. With a donation of $10, $15 or $20 (YOU choose the amount you want to donate!) you will get 5 different size downloadable calendars – and they come in black/white and color so that makes it a total of 10. These calendars are available HERE through 12-31.
A Muse Studio January Collection is nearly here! I am SO excited about the newest release from A Muse Studio. This preview card for today showcases A Muse Studio’s new Scallop Heart Die Set. The hearts in this set are truly the perfect size for all your papercrafting projects. The scallop heart is 2 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ and the plain heart is 2 1/4″ x 2″. Here I stamped our Haunted Mansion background stamp on the Apple heart in Cherry ink to give it a subtle and beautiful texture. The sentiment and the arrow image are included in the brand new From the Heart stamp set. Marshmallow Splash! ink is the perfect finishing touch. From the Heart and the Scallop Heart Die Set will be available beginning January 1st.
I hope your Christmas was very merry and your New Year celebration is fun and safe! Are you beginning to think about making Valentine treats and cards yet? I have been making Valentine’s with the new A Muse Studio January Collection for a long time now. I think the Amuse January Collection is amazing. Linda, Heather and the team have out done themselves with this collection. Which is your favorite new A Muse Studio stamp set? You can begin ordering the A Muse Studio January Collection on January 1st. I am booking Valentine crafting parties in January right now. Email me, let’s book a date for you and your friends to make Valentine’s!
I am glad you’re back today! Friday I promised something new – here it is…
This pretty Valentine’s Day treat box features A Muse Studio‘s brand new Be My Valentine stamp set (available January 1st) and the always useful and versatile Small Pillow Box Die. Enjoy the peek at what’s coming in the A Muse Studio January Collection as well as the free printable tutorial. Thank you for stopping by today.
The A Muse Studio Holiday Catalog Expires DECEMBER 31st. If there is something that you would like to order, please do so now! A Muse Holiday Catalogs are unpredictable, sometimes we see the stamps, dies or accessories offered again but more often we don’t. Don’t miss out. Order A Muse Studio Securely 24/7 HERE
The A Muse Studio November Collection is HERE! It’s my favorite of the 2015 Amuse Monthly Collections. I especially love the Forest Friends Stamp Set. Let’s celebrate with a Stamp Class! November 9th at 7pm in my Rolling Meadows Illinois home studio. Make three projects including this card and mini pillow box featuring the A Muse Studio November Collection for just $13. Call to RSVP 847 922-6795.
Don’t miss out on the A Muse Studio April Monthly Collection! Here is a SWEET treat bag and handmade greeting card to inspire you. Wouldn’t that glassine bag make a pretty baby or wedding shower favor? All the Amuse Stamps and supplies with their stock numbers are listed below. The A Muse Studio April Collection is available through April 30th, after that you are taking your chances while supplies last.
A Muse Studio supplies used to make this handmade greeting card and treat bag:
Stamps: A Muse Studio Sweet Shop SISE038, and Springtime Day (25% off through May – While Supplies Last) SBSM010
Paper: A Muse Studio Vanilla PAPS100, Sky PAPS600, and Buttercup PAPS401
Ink: A Muse Studio Bermuda Ink IAPF601, French Roast IAPF803, and Memento Rich Cocoa IMMP800
Accessories: A Muse Studio Small Glassine Bags BAGGLS1, Nestablities Large Circle Die Set TNS4114, Nestablities Large Scallop Circle Die Set TNS4124, 3.5 inch Paper Doilies PD35001, Mini Clothespins EACMINI, Corner Chomper TCNRCH1, Copic Markers, and 3D Foam Adhesive ASFA001
What do you think of this cute little cat made from the A Muse Studio Mini Banners Die Set? See take a look:
My funny face little kitty is made using a 1/4 inch hand held punch and the tiny heart die from the With Love Die Set on the middle fish tail banner. Sweet huh?! I hope you feel inspired to do some crafting. Did you know that if you need anything A Muse Studio for your next project, you can order A Muse Studio anytime securely online. Pop over to my A Muse Studio webstore and check it out.
A Muse Studio supplies used to make this cute Mini Banners Cat Card:
Stamps: A Muse Studio Nine Lives SVSE056, Polka Dot Patterns SJEM009
Paper: A Muse Studio Bermuda PAPS601, Kraft PAKRAFT, Sugar PAPS001, Onyx PAPS100, Shell PAPS201 and Seattle PAPS103
Ink: A Muse Studio Seattle IAPF103, and VersaMark IVMP001
Accessories: A Muse Studio Mini Banners Die Set TAD0100, Classic Tag Die Set TAD0137 (while supplies last), With Love Die Set TAD0140 (while supplies last), Heart Trio Die Set TAD0015, Shell Bag of Buttons EABT201, Toffee Twine RATW802, White Signo Gel Pen MNSW001, #d Foam Adhesive ASFA001 and Glue Dots ATGDMINI
A Muse Studio supplies used to make this sweet Valentine’s Day Card:
Stamps: A Muse Studio Friends Fur-ever SISQ012
Paper: A Muse Studio Shell PAPS201, Cherry PAPS204, Cocoa PAPS804, and Toffee PAPS802
Ink: A Muse Studio Memento Rich Cocoa Ink IMMP800
Accessories: A Muse Studio Heart Trio Die Set TAD0015, and 3D Foam Adhesive ASFA001

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In a closed-door meeting, the Orange County Board of Supervisors agreed to sell a parcel of public land to a wealthy Newport Beach political donor named Buck Johns for $13,000. The decision happened in May. The parcel measures about one-third of an acre and sits next to Johns’ personal estate in Upper Newport Bay.
The deal between Johns and the county started smoothly, until locals began expressing concerns about the low price and lack of transparency in the process. County Supervisor Katrina Foley decided to pull the deal and have a fence around the public land taken down. But Johns threatened to sue, and now county officials have backed down and decided to let the sale go forward.
Gustavo Arellano, a columnist for the LA Times, says residents opposing this deal view the recent decision as “business as usual.”


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A Pioneering Collaboration
Artwork and generation proceed to collide in extraordinary techniques, and the Pace Sequence by way of ArtOnBlockchain epitomizes this union. Partnering with Pink Bull Racing and Bybit, this newest assortment is a fusion of creative brilliance and state of the art blockchain generation. However that’s now not all—ArtOnInternet is providing a thrilling alternative for artists and enthusiasts alike to take part in a remix pageant: the #VelocityRemix.
The Remix Pageant: Make Your Mark
ArtOnInternet is webhosting a contest that invitations artists to remix an summary from the Pace Sequence. Individuals are given an summary to unharness their creativity and make a novel remix. However take note, you’ve got till Monday twenty third, 00:00 AM UTC to tweet your masterpiece. Don’t put out of your mind to incorporate the hashtag #VelocityRemix and tag @redbullracing, @Bybit_official, and @artoninternet.
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The stakes are top, and the prizes are price it. 4 winners will obtain a Pace Move that grants them a unfastened mint of the impending ArtOnBlockchain’s drop. It’s now not simply a possibility to win; it’s a chance to be a part of an leading edge artwork collection.
Entrants can have their paintings evaluated by way of a panel of esteemed judges, which contains representatives from ArtOnBlockchain, ArtOnInternet, in addition to different key figures within the artwork and generation sectors: @perkwerk_ and @RikOostenbroek.
Extra Than Virtual Artwork: A Multi-Dimensional Undertaking
What units this venture aside is its groundbreaking way to virtual artwork introduction. The Pace Sequence isn’t just visually surprising but additionally designed to be embroidered. The collection represents a way of pace thru algorithmic design, adapted to a 15-thread embroidery mechanical device. Each and every piece is a novel embroidery-ready document, taking into consideration plenty of bodily items to be produced, from clothes to racing memorabilia.
A New Paradigm in Manufacturing
The Pace Sequence disrupts the normal artwork introduction procedure by way of incorporating generative algorithms. The embroidery mechanical device does now not wish to be retooled between outputs. An set of rules generates a machine-compatible document on the time of minting, thus getting rid of human subjectivity within the digitization procedure. This way gives a brand new type of micro-branding that connects the virtual and bodily nation-states.
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One of the crucial thrilling facets of this venture is its doable to attract new other people into the Web3 ecosystem. The virtual artwork piece you obtain isn’t only for on-line viewing; you’ll additionally get it embroidered onto a bodily object like a hat, bridging the distance between the virtual and bodily worlds.
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ArtOnInternet and ArtOnBlockchain prolonged their gratitude to more than a few members who made this venture imaginable, together with tech platforms like @iyk_app and @artblocks_io. Additionally they expressed pleasure for long run collaborations, hinting at new platforms like @stitchablesio that would possibly quickly undertake this leading edge type of artwork introduction.
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ArtOnBlockchain, in partnership with Pink Bull Racing and Bybit, has introduced the Pace Sequence, an leading edge virtual artwork assortment that may also be embroidered. ArtOnInternet is webhosting the #VelocityRemix pageant, providing artists the risk to remix an summary from the gathering and win a unfastened mint. The venture isn’t just a wedding of artwork and tech but additionally a unique approach to introduce new audiences to the sector of blockchain and NFTs.

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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to discuss 180 El Camino Real, a proposal by Stanford Shopping Center to make façade improvements, including a new awning and light fixtures; consider the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority flood-protection project between Highway 101 and the San Francisco Bay; and hold a study session on 27 University Ave., a proposal to build an office complex and a theater as part of a new "arts and innovation district." The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
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As in the Outback, all Legacy trims come with the brand’s EyeSight suite, while a new driver distraction mitigation system is optional. The 2020 Lincoln Aviator is the brand’s replacement for the . Jumping into a mid-size crossover threw ice-cold water on our swagger, and pulled the plug on the thumping country rock soundtrack playing in my head. Egos aside, the new 2020 GMC Acadia was a lot .
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This coverage deals with a wild pitch/passed ball with a runner on third and any other runner on base.
It could be runners on 2nd and 3rd or the bases loaded.
The pitcher delivers the pitch and the ball gets past the catcher.
The pitcher covers home as the catcher chases the ball. The catcher will attempt to throw the runner out at home.
In case the catcher's throw gets past the pitcher, the first baseman, second baseman, and third baseman charge to about the depth of the mound and back up the catchers throw. They will try to align themselves with the plate and the catcher. The shortstop will cover third base.
The left-fielder will back up third base. The center-fielder will cover second base. The right-fielder will back up second base.
If done properly, if the catcher's throw gets past the pitcher, it will be fielded by one of the infielders and no other runner will advance.

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Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema
(1852 C 15 August 1909 in Hindhead) was from 1871 the second wife of the painter Lawrence Alma-Tadema and a painter in her own right.
A daughter of Dr George Napoleon Epps (who was brother of Dr John Epps), her two sisters were also painters (Emily studied under John Brett, a Pre-Raphaelite, and Ellen under Ford Madox Brown), whilst Edmund Gosse and Rowland Hill were her brothers-in-law. It was at Madox Brown's home that Alma-Tadema first met her in December 1869, when she was aged 17 and he 33. (His first wife had died in May that year.) He fell in love at first sight,and so it was partly her presence in London (and partly the fact that only in England had his work consistently sold) that influenced him into relocating in England rather than elsewhere when forced to leave the continent by the outbreak of the Franco Prussian War in July 1870. Arriving in London at the beginning of September 1870 with his small daughters and sister Artje, Alma-Tadema wasted no time in contacting Laura, and it was arranged that he would give her painting lessons. During one of these, he proposed marriage. As he was then thirty-four and Laura was now only eighteen, her father was initially opposed to the idea. Dr Epps finally agreed on the condition that they should wait until they knew each other better. They married in July 1871 and, though this second marriage proved childless, it also proved enduring and happy, with Laura acting as stepmother to her husband's children by his first marriage.
The Paris Salon in 1873 gave Laura her first success in painting, and five years later, at the Paris International Exhibition, she was one of only two English women artists exhibited. Related Paintings of Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema :. | The Women of Amphissa | Roses of Heliogabalus | The roses of Heliogabalus | A Greek Woman Sir Lawrence Alma | Pompeian Scene or The Siesta |
Related Artists:Domingos Antonio de Sequeira
painted Familia Barros in19th century
William Michael Harnett
Harnett was born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland during the time of the potato famine. Shortly after his birth his family emigrated to America, settling in Philadelphia. Becoming a United States citizen in 1868, he made a living as a young man by engraving designs on table silver, while also taking night classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later, in New York, at Cooper Union and at the National Academy of Design. His first known oil painting, a still life, dates from 1874.
The style of trompe l'oeil painting that Harnett developed was distinctive and inspired many imitators, but it was not without precedent. A number of 17th century Dutch painters, Pieter Claesz. for instance, had specialized in tabletop still life of astonishing verisimilitude. Raphaelle Peale, working in Philadelphia in the early 19th century, pioneered the form in America. What sets Harnett's work apart, besides his enormous skill, is his interest in depicting objects not usually made the subject of a painting.
Harnett painted musical instruments, hanging game, and tankards, but also painted the unconventional Golden Horseshoe (1886), a single rusted horseshoe shown nailed to a board. He painted a casual jumble of second-hand books set on top of a crate, Job Lot, Cheap (1878), as well as firearms and even paper currency. His works sold well, but they were more likely to be found hanging in a tavern or a business office than in a museum, as they did not conform to contemporary notions of high art.
Harnett spent the years 1880?C1886 in Europe, staying in Munich from 1881 until early 1885. Harnett's best-known paintings, the four versions of After The Hunt, were painted between 1883 and 1885. Each is an imposing composition of hunting equipment and dead game, hanging on a door with ornate hinges at the right and keyhole plate at the left. These paintings, like the horseshoe or currency depictions mentioned earlier, are especially effective as trompe l'oeil because the objects occupy a shallow space, meaning that the illusion is not spoiled by parallax shift if the viewer moves.
Overall, Harnett's work is most comparable to that of the slightly younger John F. Peto. The two artists knew each other, and a comparison can be made between two paintings featuring violins. Harnett's Music and Good Luck from 1888 shows the violin hanging upright on a door with ornate hinges and with a slightly torn piece of sheet music behind it. The elements are arranged in a stable, deliberate manner. Peto's 1890 painting shows the violin hanging askew, as well as chipped and worn, with one string broken. The sheet music is dog-eared and torn around the edges, and placed haphazardly behind the instrument. The hinges are less ornate, and one is broken. Harnett's objects show signs of use but are well preserved, while Peto's more humble objects are nearly used up.
Crippling rheumatism plagued Harnett in his last years, reducing the number but not the quality of his paintings. He died in New York City in 1892. Other artists who painted similar compositions in Harnett's wake include his contemporary John Haberle and successors such as Otis Kaye and Jefferson David Chalfant.Victor-Jules Genisson
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Right now I am reading one called GRASSROOTS GARDENING: Rituals for Sustaining Activism by Donna Schaper. I am still in the Preface but here is a great quote.
As a gardener, I have a front-row seat on global warming and the many other idiocies of capitalism untamed. Humanity is headed for a brick wall of inequality and injustice that breeds war and destroys the air. I believe we can change; that is what makes me an activist. I garden to remind myself of my hope.


No one has meant more to their team as an individual than Jameis Winston has to the Florida State Seminoles. Winston may just be 19 years old, may just be a redshirt freshman and may not have been completely on the radar at the start of the year, but the quarterback is now the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner and he deserves every bit of the honor.
Coming into this college football season, the preseason polls had the Seminoles ranked outside of the top 10 in both the AP Top 25 and the coaches’ poll from USA Today. Now that the regular season is wrapped up, though, Winston and the Noles are headed to Pasadena for a spot in the National Championship. That wouldn’t be the case if it weren’t for Winston.
Perhaps Winston’s best attribute, particularly in comparison to the other five finalists for the award, is the simple fact that he led his team to a perfect, unblemished season. A.J. McCarron, Johnny Manziel, Tre Mason, Andre Williams and Jordan Lynch all failed to add that to their resumé.
More than just team success, though, Winston has the numbers on his side. Winston finished the year with the eighth most passing yards in all of college football with 3,820. In comparison, though, he, Manziel and Bryce Petty were the only three quarterbacks in the top 10 in passing yards to have fewer than 400 passing attempts on the year, with Winston having the fewest at 349 and Johnny Football coming in with 391.
Winston also completed a solid 67.9 percent of his passes this season, the 12th best completion percentage in the country. Moroever, Winston also finished the year with 38 touchdown passes on the year, second only to Derek Carr. Throw in his four touchdowns on the ground as well and it’s clear that the overall production was there.
Going even beyond the overall numbers, though, Winston’s consistency this season was remarkable. Winston threw for 200 yards in all but three games this season and threw for 300 yards seven times. Winston also threw for two touchdowns in all but one game this season. There’s no game you can point to and say that Winston wasn’t the clear leader of this FSU team.
You can bring up whatever you want to detract from Winston’s season all you want. You can talk about how he was aided by FSU’s elite defense, how he didn’t have a “Heisman moment” or whatever else, but when it comes down to it, Winston was the only choice for the trophy that made sense.


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ANTIOCH — A 53-year-old woman has been arrested in an undercover sting on suspicion of prostitution at an Antioch massage parlor, authorities said.
Lihua Hu, of San Gabriel in Los Angeles County, was arrested at 2 p.m. Sept. 25 at Oasis Healing Spa on the 5100 block of Lone Tree Way, according to police.
Police say Hu solicited an undercover officer to pay for sexual acts during a massage. Complaints of suspicious activity at the massage parlor and advertisements from the business on Internet escort sites prompted the undercover operation, according to police.
Antioch Community Development Director Tina Wehrmeister said the massage parlor was recently issued a business license, but the person who applied for the license misrepresented the intended use, saying that it was to be an alternative medicine office. Massage parlors are not permitted to operate at that location, according to city zoning laws. The business will not be allowed to reopen, she said.
David DeBolt covers breaking news. Contact him in Richmond at 510-262-2728. Follow him at Twitter.com/daviddebolt.


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Some of them hide.
I spent my 25th birthday mostly alone.
It seemed a little pointless to celebrate reaching another year of life since the preceding year felt so incredibly void of anything extraordinary.
I spent my 24th year mostly alone.
Caught up in *~*the grind*~* of fitness, I avoided pretty much any other social activity that makes your twentysomethings SOMETHING.
I did have a few memorable experiences, but I can count them all on one hand, and they are littered with restrictive, obsessive habits and feelings of self-consciousness.
I am going to change this.
Here, I will document my personal challenges as I strive to be more twentysomething… for accountability’s sake.


WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says it’s time to end “surprise medical bills,” which can leave insured patients facing sticker shock from charges submitted by doctors outside their insurers’ networks.
Trump spoke at the White House on Thursday to lend his support to efforts by Republican and Democratic lawmakers. White House aides outlined a set of principles for legislation.
Trump was joined by a heart attack patient who got a $110,000 bill even though he had health insurance and by another patient who was charged $17,850 for a test that would have cost $100 in her insurer’s network.
Trump says he thinks legislation can move quickly and “Democrats and Republicans can do this.”
Insurers form networks of doctors and hospitals, in part, to gain leverage for negotiating reimbursements. Usually patients pay a bigger share of the bill for any care sought outside those networks.


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Magnetic properties of Zn Mg ferrite fine powders (abstract)
Hamdeh, Hussein H.
Ho, J. C.
Oliver, S. A.
Willey, R. J.
OShea, M. J.
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Hamdeh, H. H.; Ho, J. C.; Oliver, S. A.; Willey, R. J.; OShea, M. J.; , "Magnetic properties of Zn Mg ferrite fine powders (abstract)," Journal of Applied Physics , vol.79, no.8, pp.5435, Apr 1996 doi: 10.1063/1.362330
Several fine powder samples of ZnxMg1-xFe2O4, 0=x=1, were prepared by the supercritical sol-gel (aerogel) process, and were annealed at 500?°C for 2 h. The structure, crystallite size and inversion parameter were determined by x-ray diffraction. The crystallite diameter of the as-prepared powders ranged from 6.5 to 8.5 nm. The minimum size was achieved for the samples with 0.25=x=0.50. After annealing the crystallite size increased by an average of 3 nm. The values of the inversion parameters, before and after annealing, reflect roughly the chemical preference of Zn cations to the tetrahedral sites and Mg cations to the octahedral sites of the spinel structure. However, these values indicate that the as-prepared materials were not in the equilibrium state. The magnetic properties were studied by 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy over a temperature range of 25 K to room temperature. Taking advantage of their sensitivity to the superparamagnetic behavior induced by the size effects, the Mössbauer spectra were used to determine the blocking temperatures. The calculated values peaked at x=0.50 for both the as-prepared and annealed powders. SQUID magnetometry measurements are currently underway. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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Discovering a New Word
After being punched up, bruised and bloodied, South Shore black businessman Francis Ojo was thrown into a police cruiser and made to repeat three times: “I am a nigger.” The Station 33 cops who repeatedly beat him up, laughed when Ojo complained about his injuries. Ojo had been accosted by the cops, in mufti, for no apparent reason other than being seen walking down Drummond St. with his white friend. His companion, Elaine Charles, who asked the cops to apologize, was shoved aside and threatened.
Last month, Tony Griffin, a 19 year old black youth, was shot dead by a Montreal cop named Alain Gosset. Gosset had an earlier encounter with another black man and had been fined following a hearing. In that earlier incident, the policeman had frequently used the expression “nigger”.
In another incident Montreal metro cops have been sued by a Mr. Velasquez, a man of Chilean origin, who intervened when he found the cops roughing up some black youth in a metro station. Once again the cops talked about sending the niggers’ back where they came from. When Mr. Velasquez questioned the cops, he was beaten up and arrested. Mr. Velasquez, ironically, is a man who teaches courses to Montreal cops on race relations – and the classes are held in the NDG police station where Tony Griffin was shot dead.
It seems Montreal cops have suddenly discovered the hurtful, hate-filled power of the word “nigger” as segregationists in Selma, Little Rock and other US. cities did in the early sixties. A last ditch attempt was made at that time to designate black people officially as second class citizens of North’ America. There is a ‘submission by degradation’ aspect associated with using the word “nigger” and Montreal cops are loving it. Like whore, fag, pinko, dago and paki, they are the expressions of a red-neck generation that one would have thought would have bypassed Quebec. Unfortunately, a certain section of Quebec’s population, smothered for a while by the great English-French divide, is now rediscovering the contributions of our Southern neighbours as well as those in the west coast, to a particular kind of hate-mongering history.
There is something intriguing, if not surprising, that almost all the cops involved in these racist incidents are francophones. After all very few of Montreal cops come from an anglophone background. But there is more to it than the sheer fact of a francophone majority in the force. The francophone majority of Quebec, who had passionately campaigned for an independent Quebec, who had with great determination defended Quebec’s French traditions, culture and heritage against the overwhelming onslaught of an insensitive English Canada – suddenly find themselves bereft of the dignity that guided their campaign. The troubadours of Quebec nationalism were artists, intellectuals, journalists, social democrats, and labour activists who had an opinion of the world as well, along with their urge to create an independent Quebec. They were progressive. The intellectual caliber of today’s Quebec nationalists, or at least the ones that are most vociferous, is akin to that of Governor Wallace’s Alabama storm-troopers. Coming out of decades of narrowness and ignorance, they have finally found their politics in the language and tradition of Reagan’s America. Suddenly the bigotry, backwardness and self-centeredness of a racial North America that had by-passed the English-French divide has found a voice in Quebec. Montreal cops are a glowing tribute to that reactionary backlash.
A few months ago a sizeable group of activists, several of them from the St. Jean Baptist society, staged a demonstration outside the Quebec Immigration offices against the arrival of the “boat people” from Sri Lanka and India. Mouthing horrendously xenophobic slogans against “immigrants”, they trooped around the block shouting against the “destruction of Quebec’s heritage and culture”. Montreal’s cops are a sign of these times – the regressive, de intellectualized, dollar-prone franco-phonism – a return to the days of racial intolerance born in the swamps of Louisiana combined with the doomsday hysteria of the Fallwell-Baker mob.
The Other Side
“Quebec Libre” has become a jaded, faded slogan, Gilles Vigneault lives in Paris, Pauline Julien is rarely heard of, René Levesque is dead. Which reminds me of Dorchester Street. Montreal’s rambunctious Anglophone community, the other side of the coin, has once again shown its rabidly anti-French face by attacking the renaming of Dorchester to René Levesque Blvd. “Inadequate consultations with citizens” is the measly excuse being bandied around to cover up the deep-seated disrespect and contempt for René Levesque. Westmounts new mayor has come up with the ultimate in hypocrisy by suggesting that Dorchester is too “cold” a street to be renamed after the indefatigable René – and therefore the five blocks of Dorchester that fall within Westmount will remain Dorchester Blvd.
A peculiar division of political forces is taking shape in Quebec. The well-to-do, both French and English, are elegantly pursuing the world of North American yuppiedom, and the less well-to-do are discovering right-wing trails leading South. The Anglophones are learning French (notice the quaint discovery of a French-speaking couple who moved into Kirkland recently and found out that they could actually be served at the corner store in French! This was a special Gazette ‘extra” last month.) The French have always wanted to learn English. They are finding it an inevitable step towards getting around in the “real world”. Bourassa’s Quebec is full of bonhomie for power-brokerage to the New England states. People in Quebec are talking dollars, buying houses and more cars despite the crash in the stock market. And in this new-fangled, plastic North Americana, a section of Quebec is discovering “niggers”, “boat people”, and mealy-mouthed excuses for bigotry and xenophobia. And this bigotry, in a somewhat more elegant fashion, is also obvious in the Anglo mob that accosts the senses around the Bishop-Crescent beat, in the columns of The Gazette and The Downtowner, and in the pronouncements of one of the two city opposition councillors whose left-to-right shuffle is synonymous with the times.
What is unique is that both these mobs have all along ignored the reality of multiculturalism, and have suddenly realized that apart from beating each other up, there is possibly some other sport to indulge in these days – more avarice to engage in – that is why in Bourassa’s hydro-Quebec, the word “nigger” may yet become a rediscovery of the “pioneering” instinct of the majority population.
Sign of the Times
South Asians have a lesson to learn before it gets too late. It is fine and correct to categorize ourselves as Anglophones. It is also correct to see ourselves as an integral part of the consciousness that has fought against bigotry and racism in North America. However we cannot pretend to be a different variety of a minority, even though our numbers may be getting larger everyday. It is the consciousness that determines our affiliation and not the shade of skin. It is unfortunate therefore that we missed the golden opportunity to be present during the large demonstration to protest Tony Griffin’s death. Only a handful of South Asians were visible. Not so good for a minority that wishes to be visible; not so good at a time when we as a people are facing growing attacks for “stealing jobs, jumping the lines and destroying culture.” Meanwhile, Montreal cops and the renaming of Dorchester remain a poignant reminder of the signs of the times. Political divisions long masked by the language debate are now showing up with the accompaniment of racial intolerance and elegant bigotry.

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Santa Fe Public Library and Santa Fe Indigenous Center Partnering for Community Event from 12 to 4 p.m.
The Santa Fe Public Library (SFPL), in partnership with ¡Globalquerque! and the Santa Fe Indigenous Center (SFIC), will launch their 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program at the SFIC Indigenous Community Day at Ragle Park on Saturday, September 17. The Big Read in Santa Fe is presented in partnership with local sponsors and with support from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This year’s Big Read focuses on the novel There There, by Tommy Orange.


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By Lisa Jackson, Interim Vice President of the Grants Department
The funders have been busy reviewing our many applications and WestCare has been blessed! Recently, WestCare was awarded two Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) grants and one Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) grant. Nevada received $900K for three years for Improving Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery. Tennessee received a $750,000 BJA grant for Community Based Reentry for three years of service. Lately, Texas received $739,322 for three years to provide for youth who have been affected by opioids.
And that was just the beginning! The Guidance/Care Center in the Florida Keys was awarded a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) grant! That is approximately $4 million over four years! A big win for everyone. Additionally, we received a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) grant for the Virgin Islands for Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success, a five-year award for $375,000 per year. I know the VI are happy about that!
Oregon, California, and Kentucky have been awarded the VA’s Staff Sergeant Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. OR and CA received $750,000, and KY received a total of $534,365. These funds will help so many Veterans who are struggling.
Nevada also received a grant from the VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System for Transitional Housing Services to Homeless Veterans for female Veterans and female Veterans with children for a total of $141,775 per year for five years. Way to go, Nevada!
There are still many applications yet to be reviewed. WestCare is having a really wonderful funding year.


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By Spike Eskin
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – It’s another step toward the NFL season lasting all year long.
The NFL and NFLPA are working toward a deal that would push the NFL Draft back to May, starting in 2014, Albert Breer of NFL.COM reports. The move would be a one-year trial run in 2014 before it’s made permanent. The target date for the start of the draft is May 15th, 2014.
The report also suggests that the NFL may move the Combine back as well, as well as the start of the league year.