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It’s been a satisfying climb up the learning ladder since January when I first heard about ACX from my friend Michele Drier, author of the popular SNAP vampire romance series. Her book Plague: A Love Story was produced as an audiobook by Ben Maclaine, who gives the history of how these charming characters became vampires a rich Euro flavor in his deep voice with a slight Transylvanian accent.
I went to the ACX website and read up on this fabulous opportunity to create books for folks on the go, using an easy-to-download technology. At ACX, authors can shop around for a style of voice to read their book, listen to samples of these “voices,” and then send out proposals to the voice’s owners, asking if they are interested in producing the book as an audiobook. Authors can propose to pay the producer or to split royalties with the producer. Then the audiobooks when done can be offered for sale on Amazon, audible.com and itunes.
For me, it was back and fourth among three producers, and I chose Ginny Harman, a vibrant radio personality in the LA area. I then uploaded a pdf file of House of Cuts to my ACX project space, and Ginny created a sample audio file of Chapter One for me. Once that approval process was complete, we were off to the “in production” phase.
In between each of us catching a bad virus, it’s taken a couple months to get the project to its nearly done stage. I love her warm, clear voice for both the male and female characters in House of Cuts. I’m now listening to all 51 chapters and making notes of the few spots where I think changes are needed. For example, those little clear marbles kids play with are mentioned in this novel. I had typed the word for them as “puree” and Ginny had pronounced that as “pure-a” the way you do for foods. So, I noted the pronunciation should be “pure-ee” instead. That’s how we said it when I was young, anyway! Purees were pronounced “pure–ees.”
I finished reviewing the audio clips through Chapter 20 this morning but have to go to a writer’s group now, so will do the other 31 chapters Monday. I’m hoping the audiobook House of Cuts can be released around March 22, in time for me to spend Spring Break from Delta College promoting it.
To celebrate having House of Cuts out in paperback, audiobook, and ebook forms, I’ll be offering House of Cuts ebooks free in the first five (changed that to two) days of Spring Break. I’ll offer it again free in the first three days of Summer Break. Watch for coming announcements.
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Whispers of Love
Alone she waits at the edge of waters,
Keenly listening to the whispers
Carried by the Wind from the Creator
To the ears of His bride and lover.
Her willing heart enables the good Lord
To keep promises as per His Word.
Thus He allows her to bloom rich & rare,
Free from all toils, or sorrow’s care.
The mysterious Wind teases her gently,
Makes her sway and dance lightly,
As her petals silently open up for the day,
And under the Sun, frolic and play.
She worries not of the past or the future;
The present is what really matters,
As she waits alone at the edge of waters,
Hoping to hear the soft whispers.
Her wish for mysteries of God to unravel
Is met through the Gift of Revival,
That takes place in the heart, soul & mind
Through whispers of a loving kind.
Whispers, so clear, unique and enthralling:
Slowly filter across to effect feeling
Of gratitude and love from the atrium of heart.
That life may continue as God’s Art.
Never was such captivating voice heard before;
Assuredly, it settled in heart’s core.
To work in our scarred life, that others may know,
That for love and to Him alone, we bow.
A. Anato Swu

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Breath as an Anchor (Mindfulness Drop-In)
Wed 6 Mar 2019 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMFree
A qualified practitioner will lead you through some breathing and body scan techniques to help you ground in the present and maintain a balance within the Mind and Body, which helps us to take a more philosophical and detached outlook to our experiences.
The workshops will take place within the exhibition space of Catch Your Breath at Palace Green Library, every other Wednesday commencing 9 January 2019, 13.00 – 14.00 (please note the change of dates from the events programme leaflet).
These drop-in sessions are free and booking is not required.

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Maxwell sauntered down the hospital corridor with new man Luke in tow. “Here’s the other patient shower room. Hey George. Come meet your new helper.” A bug-eyed bald man appeared from behind the curtain.
“Nice day, Maxwell. Who’s this?”
“Luke is here for the summer. You’ll train him?”
“Sure, sure. Of course. Glad to help.” George’s spray-can clattered to the mosaic floor.” He bent to retrieve it.
Maxwell whispered. “Watch this.” He flicked on the shower.
“Dear, dear. Oh no.” George raced to mop water down the drain.
“Why doesn’t he…”
“Lost his mind. Can’t think to shut it off.”
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The word limit for Mind is 100 words. I used them all.
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AMC is running with the tag line, “All Bad things must come to an end”. For a show that has flexed so much creative muscle over the last five seasons, we are sad that Breaking Bad is drawing to a close. However, given Vince Gilligan’s finite vision for Walter White and company, these character arcs can’t last forever. In fact, it’d be a travesty if the creators and producers kept the story going. Ironically, in an attempt to rake in more money, such an act would cheapen the show’s effect. Bittersweetness at it’s finest.
Entertainment Weekly has debut the channel’s first promos for the final episodes of the show, which premiere on August 11th. Though we don’t see any actual footage here (sorry to burst your bubble), the following teaser and poster indicates that it won’t be long until we do.
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Furniture Design CollectionOne of the world's finest collections of books on furniture
Located in the city once called the “Furniture Capital of the World,” the Grand Rapids Public Library holds one of the world’s finest collections of books devoted to furniture history and design.
The core of the Furniture Design Collection was acquired in 1904 from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair at St. Louis when the Library purchased every furniture title available from the French Book Trade Exhibit. Subsequently, both the Library and the Grand Rapids Furniture Designers Association have added hundreds of important titles from around the world. Now numbering over 4,000 items (excluding periodicals and trade catalogs), the Collection continues to grow.
The Furniture Design Collection can be searched in our catalog.
Furniture Resources in the Archives
The Grand Rapids Public Museum also holds a significant collection of photographs, catalogs, design drawings, industry publications, and other ephemera documenting the furniture industry in Grand Rapids.
The Furniture City History website, maintained by the Grand Rapids Historical Commission, is a good resource for additional information about the history and heritage of the furniture industry in Grand Rapids.


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The Asia Contemporary Art Show is back again for its Fall exhibition, this time to be known as the “Largest and most diverse art fair in Hong Kong this Fall”. From tomorrow onward 72 galleries from 15 countries will be showcasing more than 2000 exciting pieces over the three-day event.
Art enthusiasts, whether beginner or experienced will be in for a treat with works ranging from emerging artists to the well known; conventional oil painting to the ever evolving digital art; conceptual to the mythical. This show will be present expanded art works across a wide range of mediums – paintings, limited editions, sculptures and photography.
Selected Chalk and Raddy favorites (images courtesy of Asia Contemporary Art Show):
Suggested visiting time: 3-4 hours (There are four floors to cover!)
Thursday October 3rd VIP Collectors Preview: 6pm – 9.30pm By invitation
Friday October 4th General admission: 1pm – 5pm VIP Art Night: 5pm – 9.30pm
Saturday October 5th: 1pm – 8.30pm
Sunday October 6th: 1pm – 8.30pm
VIP – HK$240 per person
Standard – HK$150 (admits two if purchased online; admits one if purchased at the door)

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You are looking at a exceptionally well crafted 18k yellow gold charm with lots of intricate details. This is a lovely three dimensional charm of a Beer Stein that opens up and it snaps securely closed.
It's a beautiful high quality vintage charm in excellent condition. The measurement of this charm stands 7/8 tall. It's not stamped but it has been tested and it's guaranteed 18k gold. It also has a nice weight of 4.7 grams.While your here please take a look at my other listings and if you have any questions please let me know. The item "VINTAGE 18k YELLOW GOLD 3D MOVEABLE GERMAN BEER STEIN PENDANT CHARM" is in sale since Thursday, March 28, 2019. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Fine\Charms & Charm Bracelets". The seller is "richngold" and is located in Patchogue, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.


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The idea of growing grapes might seem too exotic, but changes in
climate and developments of new varieties make this delicious climber
entirely suitable nowadays for our gardens, balconies and patios. This
fruity shrub grows fast and easy on a wall or pergola but can also be
grown in a pot.
Some fruit trees and bushes provide you with delicious juicy fruit in
late summer. September is a good month to devote extra care and
attention to these plants to ensure lovely home-grown fruit next season
Take some time to observe your beloved apple, pear or cherry tree that you have enjoyed sitting in the shade of over the summer. It needs the extra attention for now it is time to prune it. Follow our advise and next year you will have a healthy fruit tree that produces a good crop.
In small gardens, where space is limited, trained fruit trees are indispensable. Only a simple framework of poles and wire is needed. You can also use this method to train Lime. Plane, Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum altropurpureum) and Magnolia.
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several goes up to the end of August. We recommend pruning in dry
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Alex Wetherell of Middletown, Conn., staged a come-from-behind win on his home waters of the Connecticut River during the 2015 Old Milwaukee B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Divisional.
Ivy Brown and Evan Kamoen won the Connecticut B.A.S.S. Nation CastingKids Championship, March 28.
See how the B.A.S.S. Nation anglers did on Day Two of the Eastern Divisional.
In what could be the most hotly contested Junior Bassmaster World Championship ever, Alex Wetherell and Chris Catucci, both from the Eastern Division, captured Junior World Championship titles.
Reporters highlights of the BASS Federation Nation Divisional, ShareLunker and the field for the 2010 Junior Bassmaster World Championship.
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Secretary Perdue Announces Proposal to Transfer Animal Biotechnology Regulatory Framework to USDA
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be moving forward with an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) to solicit public input and feedback on a contemplated regulatory framework that would modernize our system into a scientifically-sound, risk-based, and predictable process that facilitates the development and use of these technologies for...
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The game of air gentle has been all the fashion the previous few years, and its progress exhibits no indicators of slowing any time quickly. However do not let the identify of the game idiot you. An air gentle gun shoots BBs at speeds that may simply trigger severe damage. For those who’re seeking to study air gentle, otherwise you’re an skilled participant on the lookout for a overview, this text covers the fundamentals of the tools and security protocol.
The recognition of the game doubtless stems from how sensible the weapons and eventualities are. Virtually all air gentle weapons are modeled after an actual gun mannequin (generally known as “actual metal”), modeling even the reloading mechanism and weight. Gamers sometimes put on camouflage and work collectively as groups to win the sport. Like paintball, when somebody will get hit they’re out of the sport, both till a brand new recreation begins or till a predetermined period of time has handed.
Air Comfortable Weapons and Gear
There are three fundamental kinds of methods that an air gentle gun could use to shoot a BB. Electrical powered weapons, or AEGs (computerized electrical weapons), use a battery pack to energy the capturing mechanism within the gun. These weapons are by far the most well-liked and, given their sometimes larger high quality, the costliest of the three varieties. One benefit of AEGs is that spare batteries are smaller and lighter than spare fuel canisters, so carrying backup energy within the area is less complicated.
Fuel powered weapons function on an identical system to that of most paintball weapons. A fuel canister, both hooked up to the gun through a hose or bodily hooked up to the gun, pressurizes fuel that’s launched to propel the BB out of the barrel of the air gentle gun. One neat characteristic that is rising in popularity with gas-powered weapons is name blowback. Proper after the gun shoots the BB, a small quantity of fuel is used to energy the reload mechanism. Whereas this makes use of extra fuel, it significantly will increase the pace at which one can hearth in succession.
Spring-loaded weapons are maybe the least widespread, just because they don’t characteristic semi- or fully-automatic capabilities. The spring should be recocked each time after firing, clearly lowering the speedy succession firing capabilities of a participant.
Air Comfortable Security
Security ought to be the first concern of anybody utilizing an air gentle gun in any state of affairs. Six millimeter BBs touring at lots of of ft per second will damage after they hit you – they will trigger extra severe harm in the event that they hit unexposed pores and skin or the eyes. Evidently, ALWAYS put on eye safety (ideally entire face masks) when taking part in air gentle or when you’re close to air gentle Premiers weapons. Protecting unexposed pores and skin, together with your arms, neck, and head, will even assist scale back the chance of damage.
Although you “play” air gentle, air gentle weapons should not toys. The identical precautions taken with actual metal ought to be adopted with air gentle weapons as effectively. Whereas this isn’t a complete record, following the protection tips beneath will enable you keep protected.
o At first, at all times deal with the gun as if it have been loaded. Given the BBs small measurement, it’s markedly more durable to inform if an air gentle gun is loaded than it’s to find out if an actual gun, which makes use of larger ammunition, is loaded.
o Use the gun’s security when you’re not actively utilizing it. After eradicating the protection, it’s best to preserve your finger out of the set off guard till proper earlier than you’re able to shoot. This may assist reduce “pleasant hearth” incidents and preserve everybody safer.
o By no means level the air gentle gun at one thing you are not going to shoot. This goes for when the gun is loaded or not.
o By no means retailer your air gentle gun loaded. Double and triple test to verify the gun is totally unloaded earlier than storing it, and at all times retailer ammunition separate from the gun.
A last observe on security: one drawback to the air gentle gun’s wanting like an actual gun is that regulation enforcement officers and others often can’t inform the distinction between the 2. There have been a number of incidents the place an air gentle gun was mistaken for an actual gun, and horrible issues have occurred due to the error. Solely use your air gentle gun in managed environments, and whether it is potential that somebody might even see you and confuse your gun for an actual one, the very best factor to do is to contact the native regulation enforcement company and inform them what you’re doing.
Air gentle might be enjoyable, thrilling, and intense. Given the character of the game, it is usually harmful, and irrespective of how cautious you’re, damage could also be sustained. Nevertheless, following the rules outlined in consumer manuals and this text, the probability of your getting damage might be significantly diminished.


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Reese Witherspoon wore Valentino to the Your Place or Mine premiere
Is Reese Witherspoon some kind of brand ambassador for Tiffany & Co these days? That’s what I’m asking myself after looking at the premiere photos for Your Place or Mine. Reese wore a Tiffany-blue Valentino dress. Recently, she’s been wearing a lot of Tiffany & Co jewelry on red carpets, and she’s attended at least one event for the famous jewelry store. But I don’t see anything about her getting paid for a brand ambassadorship. Hm. Maybe she’s auditioning for a partnership or something.
Anyway, this was the premiere for the Netflix movie starring Reese and Ashton Kutcher. It’s Ashton’s first film in years, and the promotion is going pretty poorly. After all this time, he still can’t hide the fact that he’s an a–hole. He doesn’t wash his ass either. Pity poor Reese, she’s so short, she’s always “downwind” of his stankass.
So, a subpar red carpet – I hate Reese’s Valentino, honestly – and a terrible costar. I think the movie looks pretty stupid too?
Photos courtesy of Getty Images for Netflix.
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St. John the Baptist - Bedford
History, tourist information, and nearby accommodation
The church is more notable for its literary associations than any architectural significance. It was here in 1653 that John Bunyan received his spiritual awakening. The Independent Bedford Gospel Church under the leadership of Rector John Gifford met in St John's.
Gifford was an interesting character - a bit of a hell-raiser in his youth, he found religion and cleaned up his life. His conversations with Bunyan led the latter to his own conversion. They often met in the rectory, which still stands near the church.
Bunyan became a leading supporter of Gifford, and when the rector died, Bunyan was chosen to replace him as the preacher. It was in this role that Bunyan raised the ire of the authorities. He was eventually arrested and tossed in gaol for 12 years, there to write his masterwork, Pilgrim's Progress.
John Bunyan biography
About St. John Bedford
Address: St. John's Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, MK42 0DL
Attraction Type: Historic Church
Website: St. John Bedford
OS: TL051 491
Photo Credit: Thomas Nugent, licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
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Heritage Rated from 1- 5 (low to exceptional) on historic interest
Bedford, St Mary's Church - 0.2 miles (Historic Church)
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Bedford Castle - 0.3 miles (Castle)
Higgins Art Gallery & Museum - 0.4 miles (Museum)
St. Peter de Merton - 0.9 miles (Historic Church)
Elstow Moot Hall - 1.1 miles (Museum)
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Bedford School Chapel - 1.2 miles (Historic Church)
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A pair of gold earrings enhanced with blue, black and white stones features a white one at the bottom in a teardrop shape. Wear it with a matching outfit.

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Description: Granary at Haultwick Hall (6 Metres to West of Hall)
Date Listed: 24 January 1984
Date Delisted: 20 June 1986
English Heritage Building ID: 161342
OS Grid Reference: TL3360623281
OS Grid Coordinates: 533606, 223281
Latitude/Longitude: 51.8921, -0.0599
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TL 32 SW LITTLE MUNDEN HAULTWICK
- Haultwick Hall
(6m to W of hall)
TL 32 SW LITTLE MUNDEN THE STREET
4/5 Granary at
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Granary. C18. Timber frame, weatherboarded with very steep
hipped roof now slated. Framework continued down as short posts
supporting the suspended floor. 2 C19 cast iron staddles
inserted at front to support the wider spans flanking the central
boarded door. Facing N a single-storey square granary raised
half a metre off the ground.
Listing NGR: TL3360623281
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A man accused of firing dozens of gunshots on a busy road Monday morning near Oviedo was arrested, Seminole County sheriff’s deputies said.
Marc Anthony Garcia, 40, of Winter Park faces 15 counts, including aggravated assault and firing a deadly missile into a dwelling or vehicle.
About 10:30 a.m., drivers on County Road 426 told deputies a man parked at the intersection at Oklahoma Street pointed a gun in their direction as they drove past.
Garcia shot five vehicles, parked in front of Mailbox & Sign Solutions at 1397 N. County Road 426. A sign and bronze ornamental horse in front of The Tack Shack at 1405 N. County Road 426 were also shot, according to an arrest...


Toronto is on fire right now, from the sports to the music. With so many of the world’s most famous entertainers hailing from the 6, all eyes are on the city’s next rising stars. While several up-and-coming acts are exploding from Toronto right now, one of the most recognized next to blow is Nameless and Piracy. The duo just released their new project, Kin6dom, campaigning for the title of future breakout stars in music in 2018. Nameless and Piracy release of their brand new single off the album, “Going to War.”
Known for their lyrical prowess, Name and Piracy head to New York to grab an equally superior wordsmith in well-known lyricist Mickey Factz. “Going to War” is a bold statement in the duo’s buzz-worthy sound. All three individuals execute sharp, crisp, and stand-ovation flows that show the excitement and hunger that quickly becomes hardened into future greatness.
“‘Going To War’ is a track where we wanted to display that our ability to rap is good enough to stand with some of the best MCs on the planet,” NameLess says. “Hip-hop was built around competition, trying to be the greatest, and we’re doing all that we can to bring that feeling back. A rapper like Mickey Factz has never lost that sense of competition, so he was the perfect addition to that track.”
Along with Mickey Factz, ‘Kin6dom’ features guest appearances by Marvwon, Ness, Chilla Jones, Quest Mcody, and Cambatta.’Kin6dom’ is the follow up to the duo’s top of the year EP release, ‘Groundwork.’ “Going to War” is the second single release by the new duo, following the project’s debut hit single, “Happy New Year.”
For more on Nameless and Piracy’s new album, ‘Kin6dom’. Watch the official album trailer below.
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Description Swiss Hound
Strong in character, loyal, self-confident
One dog, four variants – that is the Swiss Hound.
The four-legged friend not only cuts a fine figure as a passionate hunting dog, but is also wonderfully suited as a loyal family dog. There are a few rules to follow when keeping this demanding breed of dog.FCI Group: Hounds – Scenthounds – Related Breeds
- Size: medium
- Weight: 15-20kg
- Life expectancy: 13 years
- Coat type: short hair
- Colours: black, white, brown, tan, orange
Character Swiss Hound
Four variants are distinguished in the Swiss hounds.
The Bernese Hound is white with black spots or a black saddle. It is rare to find light speckles on it.
The Jura Hound is tan in colour. He has a black coat.
A small white patch on the chest is allowed in the drawing.
The Luzerner Hound is heavily mottled. He is blue with a mix of white and black fur. He may have a black saddle or large black spots.
Just like the Bernese Hound, the basic color of the Schwyzer Hound is white.
He has orange spots or an orange saddle. Slight speckles are also permitted.
The variants differ only in color. Physique and character are the same. The Swiss Hound is a strong and persistent dog.
Males reach a size between 49-59 cm. Females are slightly smaller at 47-57 cm. The Swiss Hound’s coat is short and dense. Its long hanging is particularly striking. Especially the very long ears give it a majestic and nostalgic look.
Swiss hounds are very strong in character. Loyal to their sensitive master, they also have a mind of their own.
His name says it all – he wants to run. Several kilometers and more than an hour at a time are no problem for the enduring four-legged friend. He pursues every kind of game.
His excellent nose helps him follow the trail consistently.
In the house, the Swiss Hound is a pleasant and very clean contemporary. He really enjoys social contact with two- and four-legged friends. Nevertheless, he can also be used well outside as a solo hunter.
Diet Swiss Hound
Swiss hounds are good feeders and not picky. However, depending on use, you should ensure a balanced diet. A four-legged friend that regularly goes hunting and follows a trail for hours has a high energy requirement. There are special types of ready-made food for hunting dogs in specialist shops. These are specially tailored to the needs of the breed and are a good alternative to raw feeding.
High-quality oils are a popular supplementary feed. They keep their short coat shiny and are also good for the digestive tract.
The short, dense coat of the Swiss Hound is very easy to care for. Brushing once a week is usually sufficient. The structure of the coat does not require any special care products or shampoo.
The ears, however, should be given increased attention. They are very long in the Swiss Hound.
To avoid inflammation, they must be checked regularly and cleaned if necessary. The Swiss Hound likes to be out and about outdoors with a deep nose. It is therefore advisable to check your four-legged friend for ticks after every walk and also to pay attention to fixed awns or the like.
The uniform breed standard of the four variants of the Swiss Hound was only established on January 22, 1933. But the history of the breed begins much earlier.
His exceptional hunting skills were valued by the Italians as early as the 15th century. In the 17th century, the French discovered the passionate hunter for themselves. So it was probably French mercenaries who brought the hound to Switzerland.
Today’s Swiss Hound was created by crossing Ariégeois, Petit Gascon-Saintongeois, Petit Bleu de Gascogne and Porcelaine. These breeds are also characterized by excellent hunting behavior.
Originally, five variants of the breed existed. However, in 1909, the breed association determined that the Thurgau Hound had completely disappeared. A possible reason for the disappearance is the slightly lower height at the withers.
The Thurgau was only about 38 cm high. This is not the breed standard. However, this is only an assumption.
The Swiss Hound is still primarily used as a hunting dog. Whether as a solo hunter for rabbits or deer or in a pack for wild boar.
The Swiss hound always cuts a good figure as a perfect follower of the scent.
He hunts with great certainty. It is fast and reliable when hunting with a loud track and returns immediately to its master if it loses its scent – but that only very rarely happens to the Swiss Hound.
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You should get a well-padded harness for your Swiss Hound. Plain nylon could scuff the four-legged friend’s fine, short fur and leave bald patches. The fur nose, which loves to run, likes to be outside and is only suitable to a very limited extent for a small apartment in the city. A house with an escape-proof garden is well suited for the hunting dog. Above all, you need time.
Long walks and games in any weather are a daily must. The Swiss Hound’s urge to move knows no bounds. If there is no one in your family that your furry friend can go stalking with, tracking games with specially prepared dummies are a good idea.
Of course you also need a water/food bowl and a soft dog bed for your four-legged friend. After the work is done, the four-legged friend likes to make himself comfortable with his people.
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Meet the Dancer
Q: When did you start dancing?
A: When I was 3, at MSB.
Q: What is your favorite ballet?
A: Don Quixote. I love its comedic moments and the Spanish flair!
Q: What is your favorite ballet role and why?
A: Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. I think it takes such a good actor to play the good and kindness of Odette and the evil of Odile. I like that these characters have a lot of emotional development throughout the ballet.
Q: What is your ballet shoe of choice?
A: Bloch heritage
Q: What are your hobbies?
A: I love baking, especially cakes and cupcakes. In fact, I actually created a business dedicated to it!
Q: What's your favorite quote?
A: “Be yourself, everyone else is taken.” - Oscar Wilde
Q: Anything else you would like people to know about you?
A: I’m so grateful to MSB for giving me a love of dance and lifelong friendships!


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WINNER OF 2ND ANNUAL ANTHEM AWARD
Recognized for her work to raise awareness about racial disparity and social inequity in America, Areva Martin and her team at The Special Report won the Silver award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from the 2nd Annual Anthem Awards.
A Survivor of Section 14 Shares Her Story
A victim of Section 14 shares a glimpse into how her life was changed forever.
MOVEMENT FORWARD FOR THE SECTION 14 VICTIMS & SURVIVORS
The first step forward for the Section 14 Survivors is a good one. Read the latest news about the work Areva Martin is doing to seek reparations for the victims.
AREVA MARTIN WEIGHS IN ON THE HARVEY WEINSTEIN ABUSE TRIAL
Watch to hear Areva’s perspective about the jury deliberations on the Weinstein abuse trial.
HUNDREDS OF BLACK AND MEXICAN FAMILIES FILE RACIAL REPARATIONS CLAIM AGAINST CITY OF PALMS SPRINGS
While promoting an image of Hollywood luxury in the 1950s and 1960s, the City of Palm Springs’ racially restrictive covenants prohibited Black people from sharing that good life or living in white neighborhoods. Instead, Black and Mexican Americans could only build homes in the Section 14 area of the Agua Caliente tribe’s reservation. Then, over a 10-year span from the late 1950s through the 1960s, Palm Springs hatched a plan to demolish Section 14 for the purposes of developing it into more lucrative commercial enterprises. To gain possession of this prime downtown real estate, the city hired contractors to bulldoze the privately-owned houses, often with personal property and belongings inside, and then the city sent the Palm Springs Fire Department to burn the destruction. Black and Mexican residents were often forced to flee Section 14 with only what they could carry.


- 1 How can I make my house more heat resistant?
- 2 How do you build a cool house in hot weather?
- 3 What kind of materials can be used to build houses in a warm weather to keep it cool?
- 4 How do you keep your house from getting hot in the sun?
- 5 Does concrete absorb heat?
- 6 How can I reduce the heat in my sheet house?
- 7 Which roof is best for hot climate?
- 8 Are a frames good in hot climates?
- 9 What is the best material to keep heat out?
- 10 What is the best material to retain heat?
- 11 What material does not absorb heat?
- 12 How do I stop my room from heating up?
- 13 How can I lower my room temperature without AC?
- 14 How do you keep a poorly insulated house warm?
How can I make my house more heat resistant?
Here’s a closer look at these and other options that will help you heat – proof your house.
- Heat – Proof Your House with a Cool Roof.
- Insulate and Irrigate with a Green Roof.
- Block the Sun with Shading.
- Don’t Forget the Insulation.
- Get Help for Your Air Conditioner with Ventilation and Fans.
How do you build a cool house in hot weather?
Andrew’s top 7 tips to fine-tune the cool factor
- Take advantage of thermal mass. “ Building with heavy, thick materials – like a concrete slab – will keep a building very cool.”
- Insulate, insulate, insulate.
- Install roof vents.
- Choose a lighter roof.
- Plan an outdoor room.
- Consider pavers over a deck.
- Turn to greenery.
What kind of materials can be used to build houses in a warm weather to keep it cool?
7) Use Low Thermal Mass Materials By using the material with low thermal mass such as timber, brick chimney, plaster walls or slate floor for construction this heat can be absorbed throughout the day and flushed into the environment in the night leaving a cool indoor all day round.
How do you keep your house from getting hot in the sun?
Protecting against the sun Limit the “greenhouse” effect. Draw curtains, lower blinds and close shutters, especially in rooms that are exposed to the sun. Choose pale colours. They will reflect both the light and the heat, rather than absorbing them.
Does concrete absorb heat?
[+] A very modern and efficient type of flooring is concrete. It has the ability to absorb heat from direct sunlight, store the heat and release it slowly. The ability of concrete to absorb and store heat energy is called “thermal mass”.
How can I reduce the heat in my sheet house?
Here are the DIY steps for the same:
- Purchase aluminium foil, thermocol sheets (of thickness one inch each), and gunny bags.
- On the roof, just above the room that you want to keep cool, spread the gunny bags evenly.
- Then place thermocol sheets above the bags and cover the whole thing with aluminium foil sheets.
Which roof is best for hot climate?
Best Roofing Materials for Hot Climates
- Terracotta: Terracotta and clay have been in use for decades.
- Slate Tiles: Slate tile is a natural material that is usually preferred by homeowners with an antique taste.
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Are a frames good in hot climates?
Ideal For All Types of Weather The construction of an A- frame makes it an ideal structure for all types of weather. In warmer climates, the main living space on the ground level stays cool as the hotter air rises to the peak of the building.
What is the best material to keep heat out?
Insulation helps to prevent that transfer of heat. Many different materials are used for insulation. Engineers often use fiberglass, wool, cotton, paper (wood cellulose), straw and various types of foams to insulate buildings. A layer of trapped air can serve as insulation, too!
What is the best material to retain heat?
You can also use concrete blocks, tiles, brick, rammed earth and stone. Three factors determine how good a material is at absorbing and storing heat. The ideal material is: dense and heavy, so it can absorb and store significant amounts of heat (lighter materials, such as wood, absorb less heat )
What material does not absorb heat?
Clay, Water, Mud Water, mud and dirt do not easily conduct heat. The substances absorb the heat but require so much energy to heat up that the far side of the substances rarely receives any of the radiation.
How do I stop my room from heating up?
Here are a few suggestions to help reduce or contain heat from within:
- Turn Off Incandescent Lights.
- Don’t Place Lamps or TVs Near Your Air Conditioning Thermostat.
- Cook with Microwave, Barbeque or Pressure Cooker.
- Reduce Sources of Humidity.
- Seal Off Laundry Room and Line-Dry Clothes.
- Air Dry Dishes.
- Insulate Water Heater.
How can I lower my room temperature without AC?
12 Best Tips for Cooling a Small Room without AC
- Close the Curtains During the Day, and Use Dark Ones.
- Open Windows and Interior Doors at Night.
- Place Ice or Cool Water in Front of a Fan.
- Adjust Your Ceiling Fan According to the Season.
- Sleep Low.
- Let the Night Air in.
How do you keep a poorly insulated house warm?
7 Simple Tricks to Keep Your House Warm All Winter Long
- Close Your Curtains.
- Keep Items Away From the Radiator.
- Draft-Proof Your Doors.
- Install Radiator Panels.
- Insulate Hot Water Pipes.
- Try Soapstone Heaters.
- Designate a Heating Room.


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Indonesia: During the pandemic, there is a greater awareness among the public on the importance of nutrition, especially when it comes to building a proper immune system. Noticing this trend, Widya Surya Prayoga, Rudwiky Okta Putra, and Topaz Kumoro became inspired to start Tunas Farm, an Indonesian startup that integrates urban farming with technology.
Tunas Farm started off by building an indoor farming production facility in Gading Serpong, Banten province, using the hydroponic method. The startup caters to the B2C segment by implementing the farm-to-table concept that enables customers to enjoy the vegetables that they just farm themselves; their operations are also supported by their in-house logistics team.
Recently, in order to launch its business, Tunas Farm raises an undisclosed pre-seed funding round from Gayo Capital. The funding is meant to develop its IoT-based hydroponic farming system.
The Tunas Farm team is currently preparing its facility in Garding Serpong to become a production facility and an indoor display of vertical farming, which is scheduled to be completed in the near future. They are also set to build a similar facility in other areas and to provide training for home-based hydroponic farming.


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Dalits are at the bottom of the Hindu caste system and despite laws to protect them, they still face widespread discrimination in India, writes Natalia Antelava.
As the glass flew across the room and straight into the wall, a dozen or so men stopped drinking their tea.
Dr Vinod Sonkar threw money on the counter - enough for the tea he drank and the glass he had smashed - and walked out.
Dr Sonkar's soft voice turns angry as he describes the scene.
For years, he says, he worked hard to leave behind his childhood of poverty, abuse at school and teasing at university.
By the time he had walked into the Rajasthan teashop, he had turned his life into a success story.
He had a PhD in law and a teaching position at a Delhi university.
Yet, as the shop owner handed him his tea, he asked him what caste he belonged to.
"I am a Dalit," Dr Sonkar said.
"In that case, wash your glass when you are done," the shop owner said.
"He didn't want to touch whatever I had touched. I made it impure. I am an untouchable," says Dr Sonkar.
Margins of society
India is well known for its caste system, but not many associate the world's biggest democracy with what Dr Sonkar, and many other Dalits, call an apartheid-style state.
"Unfortunately the Indian government, made up of the upper castes, has successfully convinced the international community that caste discrimination is an internal, cultural issue. But the truth is, it affects the very way this country is run," Dr Sonkar says.
Dr Sonkar, who in his thesis compared affirmative actions in India with those of post-apartheid South Africa and the United States, argues that in India despite all legal provisions, 15% of the population is still kept on the very margins of society because of untouchability.
India's constitution banned the practice of untouchability - in which members of India's higher castes will not touch anything that has come in physical contact with the Dalits, the lowest caste.
Recently, an organisation called Video Volunteers, which runs a network of community correspondents throughout India, launched a campaign called Article 17, named after the constitutional provision that banned untouchability.
They are now preparing to file a lawsuit in the Supreme Court and ask the government to take steps to stop untouchability practices.
The campaign and the lawsuit are based on video evidence gathered by Dalits themselves.
The short clips that come from all over India include a man who complains that a local barber refuses to cut his hair, a group of children who are forced to eat lunch separately from their classmates and women who walk for hours to fetch water because they are not allowed to use the public tap in their village.
None of the footage on its own is particularly dramatic, but the persistent, systematic discrimination that it documents is deeply disturbing.
"It's like you are born with a stamp on your forehead and you can never get rid of it," says Amit, one of the community correspondents.
Amit's village in the northern state of Haryana is just a three-hour bumpy drive away from the capital, and yet Dalits here are not allowed to enter temples or visit houses of the upper castes.
"Today, here in Haryana, we the Dalits are still being tied to trees and beaten by upper caste people. Police do nothing because none of the policemen are Dalit," Amit says.
Amit and his neighbours admit that things are slowly changing.
There are now laws protecting Dalits and affirmative action programmes. And Dalits have worked hard to increase their political power - several states have even elected Dalit chief ministers.
But, only a very few manage to break out of the cycle of poverty and caste that they are born into.
Untouchability helps to lock Dalits, who traditionally do the dirtiest manual jobs, in their occupations.
Even if a Dalit scavenger can afford to buy a cow and sell milk or open a shop, for example, upper caste customers are unlikely to buy any of the produce.
In Amit's village Ladwa, like in most of India, no Dalits own land although his friend Vimal has moved into a house he bought from the upper caste members.
It's a spacious, solid building but the neighbourhood has changed.
"As Dalits moved in, all upper caste neighbours moved out, so the prices have really come down," Vimal says.
But, he admits that discrimination is not limited to the upper caste, within the Dalit community there are many sub-castes and hierarchies.
"We also need to stop discriminating against each other and to be more united as we fight for our rights," adds Vimal.
For many Dalits education is the only way out of poverty, but that isn't easy.
Dr Vinod Sonkar completed one of his degrees via a correspondence course because he found teasing in the classroom unbearable.
Today, Dr Sonkar is the only Dalit professor in his university.
I ask him to name an influential Dalit academic. He can't. A big name journalist? There isn't one, he says. A Supreme Court judge? Two out of hundreds appointed in the last 65 years.
In Sanskrit, the word Dalit means suppressed, smashed, broken to pieces.
Sixty-five years after Indian independence, Vinod Sonkar tells me: "We are still Dalit, still broken, still suppressed."

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Every year recently, the team has grown mustaches then shaved them off as part of a fundraiser to help raise money for ALS. Even our own Brian Bailey took part in the annual event.
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Haydain Neale's Lonesome Highway
Published Nov 22, 2009On Sunday, November 22, Jacksoul front-man Haydain Neale died, after a private seven-month battle with lung cancer. His death came as a huge shock, since it was only recently revealed that Neale had completed work on a new Jacksoul album, entitled SOULmate, to be released December 1. He had also conducted an email interview promoting it; the announcement was made as the magazine went to press.
Neale had spent more than two years recovering from a critical car accident, when his Vespa scooter was struck on a Toronto street. During that time, very little information was made public, so reaction to news of the Juno award-winning band's return had been quite enthusiastic. "I didn't fully realize that people would miss me this much," Neale wrote via email. "It feels overwhelming to have this kind of response and I'm not quite sure how to take all this love in."
SOULmate was executive produced by Haydain and wife Michaela Neale and features ten new songs penned prior to his accident. The lead single, "Lonesome Highway," is emblematic of the stirringly smooth Jacksoul sound and touches on his remarkable journey of recovery guided by the support of his wife and family. "[Michaela] never left my side and I owe a lot to her for her dedication to my health, well-being and for being my advocate," said Neale. These songs were written and demoed a while back, he notes, adding that getting back in the studio with the band was a deeply emotional experience. "There were tears, but we fought through together to get the music finished," says Neale. "It's a very emotional time for us all." Neale is survived by his wife Michaela and his daughter Yasmin. All proceeds from sales of SOULmate will be going to a family trust fund; more information can be found at www.jacksoul.com.


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Easy Tortilla Crust Pizza
I have a busy schedule and pizza is always an option but ordering out still takes a while for delivery so one day I made pizza using tortillas instead of dough..
Spray your pan with non stick cooking spray….place tortilla on pan add sauce …whatever you like on it…and cheese…place in oven 400…til cheese is melted and tortilla is crisp usually about ten min…and now you’ve got a prefect thin crust pizza…no more store bought our call in delivery for us….you can also make ahead and freeze the pizza..just place pan in freezer till frozen and put in freezer bag…when want pizza just spray pan and their it in oven..so simple.
(Thank you, Pauline Brookins, for sharing this super easy thin crust pizza recipe.)
My Thoughts on Homemade Tortilla Pizza
I’ve made these in the past, but completely forgotten about them. We had them for dinner last night. I used store-bought tortillas last night, but you can certainly make them with homemade flour tortillas as well.
- flour tortillas
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- Heat your oven to 400 F.
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Let’s start with some Salami Pizza.
And here’s what it looked like when it came out of the oven.
This one is very kid-friendly. You could also use pepperoni or make just cheese pizzas.
For myself, I got a little more adventurous with black olives, ham and fresh basil leaves.
Here’s what it looked like when it came out of the oven… the basil didn’t look so pretty, but still tasted really good. I think I’ll add them only at the last minute of baking next time I make these.
The Pizzas where a big hit for dinner and we’ll be making them again very soon.
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According to urban dictionary definition of ”Girl boss” the term describe a woman who is self-made, running her own business….. The term was coined by the founder of the fast fashion website ”NASTY GAL” Sophia Amoruso in 2014.
The issue of our era is that things lose their flavors easily, to elaborate it more everything become just a trend including careers, like for instance girl boss culture is a huge example, in which it becomes an urge for some women to dropout college, work behind desk for just being a boss lady even thought being a boss is not their thing, and that’s the problem with ”Girl boss culture” is that horrify work behind desk and descent lifestyle without getting into consideration that everybody has it’s niche,there are some women who desire to be bosses which is great for them, and there are also some women who want to be an employees which is also great for them.
Furthermore, I’ve found online a huge misunderstanding between ”GIRL BOSS”, and ”FEMINISM”, in my regard I believe that there is a huge difference between them. Feminism is about sex equality economically, socially, and politically for all women, in which women around the glob will be able to make their own decisions in life….. So I think there’s nothing to do with the two terms.
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The wing servo is a small, high-performance servo motor designed for use in remote-controlled airplane wings. This servo is responsible for controlling the movement of various components on the wing, such as flaps, ailerons, and elevators, providing pilots with precise and responsive control over their aircraft.
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The wing servo is available in a range of configurations and specifications, allowing pilots to choose the perfect servo for their specific airplane design and flight requirements. This includes options such as torque, speed, and voltage ratings, as well as different mounting styles and connector types.
One of the key benefits of the wing servo is its precision and accuracy. Its high-quality construction and precise control mechanisms allow it to provide precise and accurate movements of the airplane's control surfaces, allowing for smooth and responsive flight control.
The wing servo is also known for its reliability and durability, with many models designed to withstand the rigors of flight and provide long-lasting performance even in challenging conditions.
Overall, the wing servo is an essential component for anyone who wants to take their remote-controlled flying experience to the next level. With its precision, reliability, and versatility, it is a must-have for any serious RC pilot looking to push the limits of what is possible with their airplane.


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Stream Hiatus Kaiyote's New LP 'Choose Your Weapon' In Full
For fans of Hiatus Kaiyote, funk-soul-hip-hop-prog Christmas has come early. The quartet's much-anticipated second album, Choose Your Weapon has gone up for streaming listens a week ahead of its official release date, and so now anyone with an internet connection can enjoy the cosmos-skimming expanse of their maturing sound.
On the new LP, Hiatus Kaiyote stretch out beyond the future-soul label they've often been stuck with, touching on a sound that's at times smoother, and at others much more aggressive than the rollicking post-Dilla soul we heard on their previous effort Tawk Tomahawk. Choose Your Weapon asks more of listeners as it veers off into polyrhythmic extended interludes and throws seemingly endless salvos of synthesizer lines in all directions. It's also, most obviously, bigger. Its 18 song tracklist offers many more fully-realized songs for us to enjoy, and is the obvious product of three years spent delicately composing, adjusting and tracking.
In a facebook message, the band asked fans to turn off their electric screens while they enjoyed a first streaming listen, writing "The New York Times has our full album streaming on their Press Play site now, turn the laptop brightness off, plug it into a stereo, turn your phone off and take the next 70 minutes with us."
We suggest you do just that, and stream Choose Your Weapon in full over at The New York Times. With the official release date now only five days away, get set for a whole lot more Hiatus Kiayote news coming soon.
UPDATE: The full album stream has been swapped out for 30 second preview snippets of each track. Okayplayer, along with all of you, looks forward to the full LP on May 5th.


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US House Committee Examines Florida's Election System
The United States Committee on House Administration held a field hearing Monday to examine voting rights and elections systems in Florida.
“As this subcommittee continues to travel the country, I can think of no better place than here in Florida, a state that is no stranger to having its elections become the focus of national attention," said Congresswoman and Committee Chair Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio). She calls Florida’s election policies repressive.
“Between 2010 and 2016 the number of disenfranchised Floridians grew from 150,000 to approximately 1.68 million."
Fudge says on November 6th when more than five million voters passed an amendment allowing certain felons to have their voting rights restored, it was “a watershed moment for civil rights”. But she says the state bill lawmakers just passed to implement the amendment looks to her like another effort to suppress voters.
“They blatantly ignored the will of the Florida voters that approved the measure in a retroactive act of voter suppression. It is an act of defiance by this legislature."
Fudge also mentioned other issues she says have suppressed voters. Hanging chads, not offering bilingual voting machines and assistance and voter purging. That’s when supervisors of elections go through the registered voter log to remove people who may have died, or have moved out of the state. But she says sometimes the purge goes too far.
"From November 2008 to November 2010 the median purge rate was 0.2%. It rose to 3.6% from 2012 to 2014, and jumped to more than 7% between December 2016 to September 2018," said Fudge.
Congressman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) raised concerns about the missed deadlines, and ballot counting issues that took place in Broward County during the 2018 gubernatorial election.
“These errors while egregious have not been determined as an intentional voter discrimination or suppression. Also the state has already taken steps to counter these problems for upcoming election cycles and are proactively working within their jurisdiction to make improvements," said Loudermilk.
Loudermilk is speaking about SB 7066 a Florida bill that is heading to Governor Ron DeSantis’ desk. The bill does a multitude of things from extending the cure deadline for defective vote-by-mail ballot signatures to allowing those ballots to be canvassed a week earlier.
However, not everyone thinks the legislature is doing enough. Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum was a panel member at the hearing. He offered several other suggestions.
“One, allow same-day voter registration. Two, repeal Florida’s onerous voter registration laws. Three, standardize and fund early voting across the state of Florida. Four, universal paid postage postage for all absentee ballots. Allow ballots postmarked by election day to be counted," he said.
Gillum said he believes there should be a "balanced and equitable" elections system across the state. Loudermilk agreed but believes the state’s recently passed elections bill will fix those issues.
“I’m also encouraged by some of the information that Mr. Gillum brought up and my understanding is some of those issues are being addressed in the latest bill that recently passed, bipartisan bill that passed in the Florida legislature, and so hopefully a lot of those issues would be resolved," said Loudermilk.
That bill passed with 67 yes votes in the Florida House, and 22 in the Senate not one yes vote was from a Democrat.
The panel is traveling the country to see whether Congress should create its own elections policy. But Loudermilk says he thinks Florida is doing just fine.
“Last year in midterm elections the Latino vote doubled from the previous midterm nationwide, and that’s as an effort of many of you being out in the community. And voter registration has gone up. African American vote has increased by 10.8% so that engagement in the community is working," said Loudermilk.
But Chairwoman Fudge responded quickly.
“I know that my colleagues want to justify that everything is okay because more people voted. Because we overcome roadblocks doesn’t mean that it was okay to put roadblock there in the first place," said Fudge.
The committee plans to visit all 50 states before deciding whether a bill is needed at the national level to address statewide elections.


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Music In Midtown: BJ Griffin Band
August 18, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Save the date for the BJ Griffin Band August 18 from 6pm-8pm on the Village Green stage. This group performs perfect mix of oldies-but-goodies with the newest music out today that keeps you dancing. With fun arrangements of popular songs, and a voice like BJ Griffin’s, the possibilities are endless. BJ’s voice is rivaled as “young Stevie Wonder” and the technical prowess make for perfect combination to captivate any audience. The band can pull off anything from Michael Jackson to Jeff Buckley and they also also play original tunes written by BJ.


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Psalm 8 has lately been of interest to me, for a variety of reasons. It is perhaps the best singular encounter of immanence and transcendence in scripture. It engages in a constant interplay of the greatness of God and his nearness to us. Allow me to quote it in full (from the Grail translation):
How Great is your name, O Lord, Our God,
through all the earth.
Your majesty is praised above the heavens;
On the lips of children and of babes
You have found praise to foil your enemies
To silence the foe and the rebel.
When I see the heavens, the work of your hands,
The moon and the stars which you have arranged,
what is man that you should keep him in mind,
Mortal man that you care for him?
Yet you have made him little less than a god;
with glory and honor you crowned him,
gave him power over the works of your hands,
put all things under his feet.
All of them, sheep and cattle,
yes, even the savage beasts,
birds of the air, and fish
that make their way through the waters.
How great is your name, O Lord our God
through all the earth!
The third and fourth line provide perhaps the greatest juxtaposition, placing “majesty praised above the heavens” against the “lips of children and of babes.” This interplay can be found throughout the rest of the psalm.
This also says something about the idea of saying “You are God and I am not.” The first half of this sentence is a fundamentally transcendent statement. In reflecting on it we are reflecting on how God is quite other than us, someone fundamentally, radically different. He is far beyond our realm.
For the prayer to have Christian meaning, however, we must understand the second half less in a transcendent way and more immanently. Many religious traditions hold that to say “I am not God” is simply the counterpoint to the transcendence of the first half. God is in charge and I have no relation to him and I must remember this.
Christianity, however, is quite different. When we declare “I am not God” we are acknowledging his otherness but are also acknowledging that he bridged that gap. I am not God and that matters to God so much that he came to me. He is one who loves (and is Love) and so he is unwilling to allow his transcendence to interfere with our chance of being loved. He has made us little less than a god, drawn us incredibly close to him because he loves and love is always something immanent, something close.
Christianity and the Christian will always struggle with the interplay of immanence and transcendence. Each age is guilty of overemphasizing one at the expense of the other. We always must remember that he is God and we are Not yet he has drawn us to himself and given us power over the works of his hands. Love refuses to remain distant and has come down to us that we may rise up to him.


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There’s no shortage of fascinating events and exhibits taking place in Vancouver during the Olympics, but perhaps none quite as original as Pat Bruderer’s “birch bark biting” artworks and demonstrations. Bruderer, a Cree First Nations member from northern Manitoba, takes strips of birch bark and peels them until they are super thin and then folds them, much like you would if you were making a snowflake (no cutting involved here, though). Bruderer visualizes the image she wants to create and then digs in—literally. With the folded piece of bark held between her teeth, she bites down using her eye teeth and makes a series of tiny imprints on the bark (not strong enough to puncture the material, however). When she opens the folded bark, you’ll find a series of intricate designs.
“It’s a really old First Nations art form,” says Bruderer. “And it’s the first printing press. I use my teeth like I use a pencil. [The bitings] were used to entertain people, or they would show maps or tell family stories. Later, they were used for beadwork and silk embroidery patterns.”
Like a snowflake, each one is unique. And Bruderer adds extra style to her works by burning the edges once she’s finished, giving them a more antique look. Bruderer, who’s self-taught, learned how to do birch bark biting 16 years ago to help keep the art form alive.
“I had only heard of one person doing it when I lived in Moose Lake, Manitoba,” says Bruderer.
Now, she believes birch bark biting not only keeps a traditional craft alive, but it also teaches patience, respect, kindness, creativity, and imagination. Bruderer, who is also known as Half Moon Woman, has won awards for her works and displayed her birch bark bitings in at least two dozen galleries across Canada. If you’re in Vancouver for the Olympics, go see her works at the Bill Reid Gallery on Hornby Street (the late Reid is one of British Columbia’s most celebrated First Nations artists).
You’ll also find a good selection at the 2010 Winter Market, which showcases handmade products from north of the border (you’ll find the market at 151 West Cordova St. in Vancouver’s Gastown neighborhood; it’s only open during the Olympics and Paralympics). While there, keep an eye out for beautiful First Nations carvings by Jadeon Rathgeber, Bruderer’s son who creates museum-quality pieces made of diamond willow (a type of wood), copper, mother of pearl, and other materials.
Bruderer will be giving demonstrations at various sites throughout the Olympics. You'll find her at the Sinclair Centre at 757 West Hastings St. in Vancouver, Feb. 24-26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and at the Aboriginal Pavilion, Feb. 27-28, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. In the meantime, if you’re interested in knowing more about Bruderer or her work, go to www.halfmoonstudios.com.
Photo of Bruderer by Kari Bodnarchuk for The Boston Globe
Photo of artwork provided by Half Moon Studios


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Bulgarian Mayor Detained on Fraud Suspicions
Police in Bulgaria have arrested Stanimir Radevski, the mayor of the spa resort town of Pavel Banya, on charges of abuse of power resulting in economic crimes.
Radevski, who has been Pavel Banya's mayor since 2003 and in 2011 was elected as a non-party affiliated candidate, is accused of overstepping his powers in transferring ownership on municipal property.
Tenyo Paunov, the operator of the municipal beach and husband of vice-mayor Milena Paunova, has been also detained.
According to initial estimates, the town has been injured with some BGN 0.8 M by the transaction of which the mayor is accused, say the police.
Pavel Banya is located in central Bulgaria near Kazanlak in Stara Zagora region, and is famous for its mineral water springs.
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Men and women have decorated themselves with hand-crafted rings on the grounds that long before the age of reason. Garlands of flowers, bracelets of woven grass, shells, and stone; such had been the primary decorations to enhance the human frame. We can also had been carrying earrings as a long way lower back as seventy five,000 years in the past — 30,000 years earlier than previously believed — in keeping with a current document by means of National Geographic News.
Over the millennia, jewelry patterns and substances have advanced in line with the advances of civilization. From the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, from the Iron Age to the Industrial Revolution (and reputedly returned again!), patterns have converted, modernized, and then often back to their maximum basic forms and critical elements.
Today, earrings is mainly system made, allowing producers to provide uniform jewelry designs lots greater economically than conventional handcrafting and hand-casting strategies permit. Casting machines now speedy system into uniform molds such additives as metals, plastics, and resins, allowing even complex jewelry designs to be produced with velocity and uniformity. Mechanical punch presses and forges, likewise, are also usually hired within the rings manufacturing enterprise nowadays, to help ensure the manufacturing of a consistent, fairly worthwhile product.
In the beyond decade, but, the modern-day marketplace has skilled a resurgence of interest in handmade jewelry, and a greater cost is once more being located on particular and confined version rings designs, made by way of hand with ancient crafting processes.
With this renewed demand, jewelry artisans across the world are enjoying stepped forward sales and recognition for their skills and abilities. Many forte galleries — or even principal branch shops — now feature an growing array of hand-crafted jewelry. With the appearance and unfold of the Internet as a sales device worldwide, many international earrings artisans, even placed in remote areas, also are playing the blessings of direct income to distant clients.
Novica hosts the largest handmade rings marketplace at the Internet, providing some 15,000 precise designs, direct from grasp artisans in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. sources from 291bet Regina Bimadona, director of Novica’s nearby workplace in Bali, herself a jewellery artist, works intently with grasp jewelers in Bali and Java, supporting them deliver their collections, and the particular stories at the back of the ones collections, to appreciative customers global. Bimadona makes a speciality of supporting jewelers who nevertheless create restricted-edition collections with conventional, hand-crafted techniques.
In the subsequent interview, Bimadona outlines the basic differences between home made and heavily produced jewelry, and the benefits of and drawbacks to each home made and system-made techniques.
CG: What makes handmade rings absolutely handmade?
RB: Handmade jewelry is crafted by palms, as opposed to mechanically made with machines. Handmade jewelers use antique steel-smith talents, easy gear, and a wide style of techniques to create their desired paperwork and shapes. In home made earrings you could often observe each object’s forte, its dissimilarity from similar pieces. You can also normally experience the cultural individuality, meaning, or even records at the back of many such designs, even if such statistics is not provided together with the jewellery. Handmade earrings strategies require tremendous awareness, time, ability, creativity, and dedication. This is regularly without a doubt recognizable in the finished piece, making first-rate home made rings stick out from mass-synthetic, uniform gadgets.
CG: Are there other methods buyers can inform the difference among virtually handmade rings, and heavily produced jewelry that would at the start look seem handmade? For example, a number of the jewelry that we discover in big department shops nowadays may seem “rustic,” however that does not always mean it’s miles truely made via hand.


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The project “TECH-TOUR / Technology and tourism: augmented reality for the promotion of the Roman and Byzantine itineraries” aims to promote two historical trans-national EU cultural routes exploiting developed ICT tools.
The project was approved and co-funded by the European Union under the tender EU CIP (Competitiveness and Innovation). The project is implemented by a consortium of 12 partners.
Both itineraries are virtual routes since they link places and attractions based on common historical and cultural themes. TECH-TOUR routes are:
1) ITER ROMANUM, as represented at the Tabula Peutingeriana, connecting (among others) the following points: Aquileia, Quarto D’Altino, Concordia Sagittaria, Pola, Tarsatica, Emona, Celeia, Poetovio, Mursa Maior, Sirmium, Singidunum, Viminacium, Felix Romuliana, Naissus; Via Annia (part of the Roman and Byzantine itinerary)
2) ITER BYZANTIUM, connects places of importance for the reign of Justinian I (527-565), esp. for his campaign of the ‘re-conquest’ of the West, led by generals Belisarius and Narses, among them: Rivoalto (Venice), Torcello, Grado, Salona, Rovigno, Pola, Capodistria, Pirano, Justiniana Prima (birth place of Justinian I) etc.
The emphasis shall be put on the unifying potential of these routes, connecting Western and the Eastern part of the Roman Empire, with its two capitals, Rome and Constantinople, reflected in the historical, cultural, military and economical importance of the routes. Today the cultural and historical unity of the EU is obscured and the shared cultural heritage is perceived as partialized, belonging not to the common EU background, but to the particular states on the route.
Mapping a new pan-European route as an unique and recognizable cultural product and connecting the selected points on the route into a unique system will help integration of the cultural heritage on the route, giving it its own European identity. Integration of the common cultural heritage on the route will reinforce the sense of the community and reinforce the connections among participating countries. Tourists and travellers on the route will realize that they are passing through unique cultural entity.


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HOIMA — The Member of Parliament for Buyaga West County in Kibaale District, Mr Barnabas Tinkasiimire, over the weekend unveiled a team of 50 that he said will be in-charge of spreading the message of People Power movement led by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, in Bunyoro sub-region.
Mr Tinkasiimire, who is a member of the ruling NRM party but the Chief Coordinator of People Power in Bunyoro sub region, said with the new team, they will limit NRM’s influence in Bunyoro’s seven districts and win over supporters to People Power ahead of 2021 elections. For more than 20 years now, Bunyoro region has been a stronghold of the NRM party, winning more than 90 percent of the support from that region in every election.
Speaking at a function held at his home in Busoiga Village, the MP, who has since been labelled as a rebel by his party, said Mr Museveni is already weak and the coming in of People Power will bring him to his knees.
Mr Tinkasimire decried the alarming rates of corruption, land grabbing, insecurity, unemployment, low prices for agricultural produce and the sorry state of health facilities in the country.
“Bunyoro, as a region has not benefited anything from the ruling government apart from the oil roads. If oil had not been discovered in Bunyoro, even the roads would still be in sorry state,” he said.
The legislator tasked to the sub-counties to recruit sub county, parish and village coordinators in the region.
“Elect five coordinators for every sub county, eight coordinators for every parish and ten for every village. Work as foot soldiers who will cause change in Uganda,” he told the coordinators.
Some of the coordinators include Mr Rogers Amanyire, the Chief Coordinator for Masindi district, Mr William Wataka for Kiryandongo, Mr Godfrey Angaliya in Buliisa, Mr Livingston Akugizibwe, the coordinator for Kagadi district and Mr Twaise Mugisha, the coordinator for Kikuube district. Others are Grace Asiimwe (Hoima), Anatoly Kirigwaijjo (Kibaale) and Godfrey Musoke. These will work with other elected district executive members to strengthen and spread the People Power agenda in Bunyoro.


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Animals are ‘adaptable optimists’, and could teach us how to better deal with life's challenges
Do you see the glass as half-empty or half-full? Are you a risk-taker or risk-averse? We all have optimistic and pessimistic tendencies (called ‘judgement bias’), and exciting new research is showing that animals have these too. But here's the really interesting finding: animals are more flexible, changing from one outlook to the other more frequently than we do.
As humans, we tend to think of ourselves as either an optimist or pessimist. Society’s take on this is that there are benefits to both outlooks, but that no-one should be too optimistic or too pessimistic… somewhere in the middle is best. Hope for the best and expect the worst, although, I’m not sure how we’re meant to achieve that in practice.
However, optimistic and pessimistic biases are in place to help us respond to our environment, and therefore it may be counter-productive to be rigid in our level of optimism, since our surroundings are always changing.
I’ll explain this further: if we’re in a poor environment with few opportunities, society tells us to stay optimistic. For example, cancer patients are often told that they must just stay positive. At the same time, if we find ourselves in a good environment we easily find ways to be negative about it- convincing ourselves that the grass is always greener.
I propose that we look to the animal kingdom for guidance. Animals are more flexible in their outlook, and could be described as ‘adaptable optimists’. They alternate their optimistic and pessimistic biases to allow them to adapt best to their changing surroundings. When they are in a good environment, they will judge optimistically, and when they are moved into poorer surroundings, they will adapt and become more pessimistic.
I tested this with the dolphins, and the results were fascinating. We found that the most optimistic dolphins were those that had the better social bonds in the group- measured by their time spent swimming in synchrony together (read the research here). Like with humans, social relationships seem to be a key factor in promoting positive emotions in dolphins.
In both humans and animals, being optimistic is strongly linked to being happy. But we all have to deal with life’s challenges at some point in our lives, and being more of an “adaptable optimist” will allow us to tackle them in a more honest and effective way, and guide us back towards happiness. We need to allow ourselves to feel pessimistic sometimes: it is simply our brain and body trying to protect us from the environment we’re in.
I want to wrap up this idea by talking about ‘zoognosis’, a term coined by the world-class marine mammal vet Dr Claire Simeone describing the knowledge transfer between humans and animals. She says that instead of only looking at what we can learn about animals, we should also be asking what we can learn from them. What can animals teach us?
Their adaptable optimism is a great example. For my part, they’ve taught me personally that being less rigid in our day-to-day optimistic or pessimistic outlooks may help us thrive and be happier.
This post is adapted from Isabella’s TEDx talk entitled “Animals can teach us how to be happier: by being adaptable optimists”. More details at: http://www.tedxlim.com/

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Poor Trevor is such a boy of fits and passions. For so long, he was completely absorbed in art. He started his own blog and posted things there from time to time. Alas, his blog has been silent for far too long and his followers have dwindled to one (which is neither his mother or grandparent, I should say - but one faithful art enthusiast). He barely thinks of art these days but is more preoccupied with the Jordan's shoes he wants for his birthday (Jays, so he says they're called) and fast cars he thinks are cool.
In cleaning the living room today, I happened upon three drawings he's done recently and thought I would post them. I'd suggest he put them on his blog, but I doubt he'd bite. We shall see.
I love this first one. He said he wanted to put it up on the refrigerator with a small round magnet so that it would look like the guy was hanging.
Then there's a picture of a Lamborghini:
And some other hot car:
I hope he doesn't just abandon his art, the way Bryce has abandoned his drums (doesn't even play them on the weekends when he's home ... and yes, he's been home every weekend since he started at Purdue. He comes to see his girlfriend, not us or his drum set!).