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Get Well Soon Messages for a Friend
Figuring out what to write in a get well soon card or say to a best friend who is sick or recovering from an illness can take time and thought. Of course, one may feel bad upon hearing the news of the person's ill health. Encouraging and comforting words that will renew their hope of healing are what you should write or say to wish them a speedy recovery from the sickness.
Get ideas and inspiration from the samples below and write your own unique get well soon wishes. However, if you still don't know what to write in a card or say to wish him or her well, then use the one from my list that best suits your feelings for someone who is sick or recovering from an illness.
Sample Get Well Soon Wishes
For a sick friend, someone special, or loved one
- I was heartbroken when I heard you were ill. I wish you a speedy and full recovery from your illness. Get well soon!
- I'm missing you so much. Please don't forget to take your medications as prescribed for you. I wish you a speedy recovery.
- Your continue stay in the hospital has made everyone heartsick at home. I wish you a quick recovery so we can have fun together again.
- Having you by my side everyday makes me happy. The more you stay in the hospital, the more unhappy I become. This is wishing you a speedy and full recovery.
- Take this token from me, a basket full of love and happiness from someone so special to you. Dear, I wish you a fast healing from your illness and sound health for the remaining years to come. Please, get well soon!
- Life at home has been less happy since you were confined to your sick-bed. Sweetheart, please get well soon!
- Having fun and enjoying happiness is not the same without you. Wishing you a speedy and full recovery from your illness.
- Rest well and remember to take your prescribed drugs so you can get back on your feet soon. I wish you a speedy recovery.
Samples Best Wishes for a Speedy Recovery
- I'm thinking about you during this terrible time in your life right now. I hope the medications the doctors are giving you are providing some relief from the pain. And I'm praying for a miraculous healing, speedy recovery, and a continuing sound health. Get better soon my wonderful friend!
- Seeing you on your sick bed makes me sad. I pray God will grant you good health today and the years to come. I wish you a full recovery from your illness.
- Your stay in the hospital is tearing me apart. You are always remembered in my prayers. Please, get well soon!
- Sweetheart, I can't stay at home alone. If the doctor would allow me, I would wish to stand by your sick bed till you get better. I wish you a miraculous and fast healing.
- Doctors try their best but God heals. I pray for you every day to get well soon.
- My prayer is that God will heal you miraculously from your illness so that we can have good times to share. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
- We are all worried about you. Your ill health has been a big blow to your family, friends, and colleagues and loved ones. We are missing you. Please, get well soon!
More Get Well Soon Card Messages for Loved Ones
- I hope to see you today hale and hearty. I wish you sound health today and years to come.
- Work is so boring without you. I wish to see you bounce back to your normal self again. Get well soon!
- Your ill health has taken away our fun and happiness. We wish you were here with us and not on that sick bed that has kept you away from your friends and colleagues. We wish you a speedy and full recovery from your illness.
- Take this special gift from me, and I want to let you know that you are not alone on your sick bed. I wish you a fast and miraculous healing.
- This card message is from your friends, we wish you well and a speedy recovery.
- I'm eager to see you well again. Every day I pray to God to grant you sound health so you can get back on your feet soon.
- Sure, you will soon get over the sickness. Just keep in mind that you are not left alone in this condition. And I keep praying for your quick and full recovery. Get well soon!
- May you bounce back to your usual self soon! I wish you a speedy and full recovery.
Sample Get Better Soon Messages
- Sending you well wishes today, and hoping to see you back on your feet.
- These flowers represent love, and, of course to let you know how much I care about you. I pray for your speedy recovery. Get well soon!
- I wish you comfort, good health and happiness. Wishing you a fast recovery. May you enjoy sound health for many years to come!
- We are happy to hear that you are responding to treatment. May you have many more years of good health! We love you.
- Sending well wishes to you and hoping to see you back on your feet soon. I'm missing you.
- Wishing you all the best with your recovery. And may you enjoy many more years with good health.
- Sending well wishes to you and hoping it will put smile back on your lovely face. Get well soon!
- I hope to see you bounce back to your usual life soon. You're such a wonderful friend. Get better soon!
- If there is anything I can do to help, do let me know. Here's wishing you a blissful speedy recovery, happiness, and good health to enjoy the rest of your life.
- My thoughts and prayers are with you during this horrible time. You're not left alone and I hope to see you return to your healthy life soon. May God heal you soon and make you feel better to enjoy your life!
Get Well Soon Quotes
For a sick friend
- An apple a day keep the doctor away. - Spanish Proverb
- The treatment is really a cooperative of a trinity - the patient, the doctor and the inner doctor. - Ralph Bircher
- Be careful when reading health books; you may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
- I wonder why you can always read a doctor's bill and you can never read his prescription. - Finley Peter Dunne
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December 9, 2012
By Father J. Daniel Atkins, Holy Family Catholic Church, New Albany, Indiana
The Dogmatic constitution, "Lumen Gentium" or "Light of the Nations", was solemnly promulgated on November 21, 1964, by Pope Paul VI. Because it was written and approved by the bishops of the world together with the Holy Father it expresses official teaching about the nature and the mission of the Church founded by Christ while he was personally present among us.
One of the most important qualities of the Church stressed in "Lumen Gentium" is that she is a community – a community of sinners being guided toward and formed for holiness. Here is what the charter says: "God…does not make (men and women) holy and save them merely as individuals, without bond or link between one another. Rather has it pleased him to bring them together as one people, a people who acknowledges him in truth and serves him in holiness" (LG, 9). The bishops at the Council reminded us that the Church of Jesus Christ is first and foremost a People of God; "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people…who in times past were not a people, but are now the people of God."
Our forebears were the ancient Israelites, with whom God made many covenants; the Chosen People whom God watched over and protected and led into freedom. We stand on their shoulders. We are the wild branch grafted on to the original vine. Lumen Gentium further states Moreover, like the Israelites of old, who wandered in exile through the desert in search of their promised land, and were already called the Church of God; so too, we the new Israel, "while in this present age goes in search of a future and abiding city, is called the Church of Christ" (LG, 9).
Sisters and brothers, in our day the Church is beset with many challenges. Chief among these is the cultural temptation to cut ties with community and go it alone. This movement has been called by some "expressive individualism." Doing one's own thing has become more important than working together. When applied to spirituality "expressive individualism" causes many people to say, "I am a spiritual person but I am not religious. I can have a relationship with God without belonging to a church community. I have my own beliefs and they do not fit into any creed."
Bishop Charles Thompson of Evansville, who came to speak with us about being Catholic in a culture of choice, told us that because of the unraveling of commitments to community today America is a wilderness for many people. Without the ties and support of community we feel alone and abandoned. Bishop Thompson spoke about how Catholics who insist on defining themselves as liberals and conservative, progressives or traditional are weakening the message of Christ's gospel of the unity of humankind.
It seems to me that the message of John the Baptist is more meaningful today than ever. The ministry of John the Baptist was centered on calling Israel back to community at a time when Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, and other splinter groups were threatening to tear apart Israel apart. John was a voice in the wilderness for the scattered people of God. "Come home," he cried. "Get beyond your factions and theological differences. Repent the damage you have done to the People of God; admit that we are all sinners in need of God's mercy. Build a highway of trust and charity and God will come." John's message is one we should take to heart. We need the Church, broken and human as she is. If we did not need to be saved together Jesus would not have founded his Church.
I would like to close with a passage from "Habits of the Heart", a study of why people do and do not make commitments in America today. It echoes the truth of "Lumen Gentium."
"There are truths we do not see when we adopt the language of radical individualism. We do not find ourselves independently of other people and institutions but rather through them. We never get to the bottom of our selves on our own. We discover who we are face to face and side by side with others in work, love, and learning. We are not simply ends in ourselves, either as individuals or as a society. We are parts of a larger whole that we can neither forget nor imagine in our own image without paying a high price. If we are not to have a self that hangs in the void, slowly twisting in the wind, these are issues we cannot ignore."

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In this article, I point out some limitations of Michael Dowdle's "listening" model, particularly its basis in the "'principle of charity." I try to show that listening, as well as the principle of charity, are inadvertently passive and one-sided exercises that seem to have little similarity to the deeply self-transformative "learning" Dowdle urges us to undertake. I go on to suggest other ways of accomplishing the goals Dowdle sets for this project. Specifically, I develop the "self-reflexive approach" to think about how we might change ourselves--our conversations, our terms, our concerns--in addition to, and in the process of, learning from others. I argue that we must go beyond an expansion of the term constitutionalism, to consider its replacement: the Chinese conversation is not a case study that exhibits features predictable by already-existing (and largely Western-centric) models of legal understanding, but stands as itself an important source of socio-political theory that can contribute to solving larger puzzles within political-and social-scientific analysis more generally, including democratic theory and Chinese politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Chicago Kent Law Review is the property of Chicago Kent Law Review and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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More than anything else, getting married in Newcastle will technically mean that there will always turn out to be a bit of a premium in what you are trying to pull off and this means that it will cost you a little bit more money than usual. You need to make sure that you are able to document the wedding the right way and that you don't end up wasting the moments and the memories as they go along. Getting a great wedding videographer in and around Newcastle can really make all of the difference in the world and this is something that you could always keep looking forward to even after the wedding is done and over with.
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1. Introductory provisions.
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1.2 The agreement with the operator that has issued the tag is deemed to be the main agreement. If supplementary agreements are concluded with other toll road operators or ferry operators, they must be associated with the same tag. Use of tags in supplementary agreements assumes a valid main agreement.
1.3 The AutoPASS tag is used for electronic payment at toll plazas and ferries. The operator is entitled accordingly to charge the customer for use of the tag. See www.easygo.com for information on use in countries affiliated with the EasyGo partnership.
1.4 Tags are supplied by a tag issuer on payment of a deposit. The deposit will be refunded on termination of the agreement and/or when the tag is returned, but not if the tag is lost or damaged.
1.5 Rates and discounts for tag use in toll plazas and for ferry crossings are established by public authorities. Rate information is available at www.autopass.no, and from individual toll road operators and ferry operators.
2. The customer's obligations and rights.
2.1 The Regulation on the payment of tolls dated 28 November 2016, no. 1418, made pursuant to section 27 of the Public Roads Act, involves a duty to pay tolls. The party to the agreement in accordance with this agreement is deemed to be the owner/user in accordance with the regulation.
2.2 The tag must not be used in vehicles other than the vehicle to which the agreement is registered. The tag must be installed in accordance with the installation instructions.
2.3 The customer must familiarise him/herself with the meanings of light signals shown when passing a toll plaza. General information on the meanings of the light signals can be found at www.autopass.no. Local information is provided by the toll road operator or ferry operator where the tag is used.
2.4 The customer is responsible for ensuring that all information in the agreement is correct at all times. Any changes to this information must be reported to the operator immediately. The customer may at any time check whether the information in the agreement is correct and make changes via electronic customer pages, "My Page", or by contacting the operator.
2.5 Neither the tag nor the agreement can be transferred to any other party.
2.6 The customer is responsible for payment for all use of the tag, irrespective of who uses the tag. In the event of theft, the matter must be reported to the police before the customer's responsibilities pursuant to the agreement cease to apply.
2.7 If the tag is not read when passing, the customer, in his/her capacity as a party to the agreement, is responsible for any passing rate incurred as photographs of number plates are taken when passing toll plaza.
2.8 When the vehicle changes hands, the customer, in his/her capacity as a party to the agreement, is responsible for passing rates incurred for passing toll plazas until the operator has received notification of the change of ownership.
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2.10 The full agreed advance payment must be deposited before the balance in an advance payment agreement becomes negative. The customer is responsible for paying a new advance payment even if an invoice or notification has not been received.
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3.2 Light signals when passing toll plazas will notify the customer that the tag has been read. This does not apply at toll plazas that are exempt from displaying light signals.
3.3 Any claims against the operator are limited to refunds of charges imposed and paid in an unlawful manner and outstanding deposits and advance payments.
3.4 The operator bears responsibility for technical failure of toll equipment.
3.5 The operator must give the customer a discount in accordance with applicable provisions.
3.6 The operator may suspend the agreement, cf. clause 2.9.
4. Amendments to the agreement.
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4.3 The agreement may be transferred to another operator if the operator discontinues its activities or ceases to issue toll tags. Notification of closure and any transfer of the agreement to another operator will be provided before the operator terminates its activities.
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5.3 Information on customers and customer transactions is used only for administration of the AutoPASS and EasyGo services and may be supplied to operators of AutoPASS and EasyGo in Norway and abroad, and to ferry operators in the event of electronic ticketing.
5.4 Information on passing will be retained in accordance with the data protection provisions pursuant to Norwegian law.
5.5 If the customer has selected an agreement which involves deletion of information on passing, this means that passing data will be deleted as soon as the passing operation has been charged to a valid agreement. It will not be possible to acquire passing data after deletion, not even in the event of any complaint.
5.6 The operator must provide an electronic customer page, "My Page", which contains an overview of the customer's agreements, passing operations, invoices and payments until the information has been deleted, cf. clauses 5.4 and 5.5. The operator is responsible for processing personal data associated with the customer's use of My Page. The purpose of this processing is to provide the customer with a practical opportunity to manage his/her customer relationship. Information from My Page may be submitted to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, other toll companies and issuers if so selected by the customer him/herself. Use of My Page is voluntary for the customer. The customer is entitled to request to view the information processed by the operator via My Page and to demand that defective information is corrected.


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It didn't take me long to notice that I do my best work when secluded from society. I concealed my being within my work. Seclusion became a way for me to be selfish and only think about what I want to think about. There are people who can produce top-tier work without having to box themselves in. However, I've come to the realization, that that's not my path. Not that it served as any validation, but hearing/knowing Kanye West works under the same extremity — it made for relativity and actually gave me a sense of relief.
There's certain people that are genius. Their emotional and social IQ is like super high and they can get stuff done. And that's just like an amazing combination. Because often, people who get amazing stuff done, have to cut off their emotional IQ.
Often times (actually right now), I have to cut off certain activities, wants, and people, from my day. This is so I can get done what I feel the need to get done. I'm not equipped to help or focus on anything else while I selfishly poke at a keyboard. It's something I've felt guilt about, but I get a bulk of fulfillment from doing so. In the end, it's all worth it.
Lock yourself in a room doing 5 beats a day for 3 summers
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I deserve to do these numbers – Kanye West "Spaceship"
My thoughts talk to me 24/7. Sometimes it comes across as lost thought, then other times I get great ideas that I can run with. I filter my days to a precise cut. I'm likely not to go to my day job tomorrow, just to get creative energy out that I don't want to forfeit to money. With that being said, there are people that I dearly care about, but I was not blessed with the gift to handle both social and emotional IQ levels at once. We'll talk soon, after brief seclusion.


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Kobe Bryant, Robert Rodriguez talk about Black Mamba Nike ads, six-minute film
Kobe Bryant hadn't met Robert Rodriguez before he called him up on the phone last summer. But Bryant isn't known to be shy about much of anything.
His product team at Nike got Rodriguez's phone number and the man known as the Black Mamba dialed up the filmmaker.
Bryant wanted to recruit the groundbreaking filmmaker to direct a series of commercials for his new sneaker, the Nike Zoom Kobe VI.
Rodriguez said Sunday, at a press event at the Nike Vault, that he was in on the project from the first call.
Bryant, who scored 41 points in the Lakers loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday, said Rodriguez is a filmmaker unlike any other, someone who could set the ads apart from other shoe commercials.
"I wanted it to kind of jump off the screen," Bryant said on Sunday of his vision for the ad campaign. "And there's nobody better to do it than Robert."
Bryant then called up rapper-producer Kanye West.
"He and I had something in the works a couple years ago with Nike that just never materialized, so the opportunity came up again and he and I always kind of talk back and forth," Bryant said of West.
And Rodriguez too made a couple of phone calls of his own.
One to Danny Trejo, the cult-film actor who has played villains and heroes in many of Rodriguez's movies, and another call into Bruce Willis.
But while Bryant knew West and Trejo were in, Willis was a pleasant surprise when the Lakers guard stepped on Rodriguez's makeshift L.A. set for two days of filming last off season.
"Bruce was -- that was a surprise to me," Bryant said of Willis. "I had no idea about that until I showed up and then I was like oh ... damn."
Rodriguez made a six-minute film, titled appropriately "The Black Mamba." West plays a villain known as the Boss, with Willis as his henchman. And the Boss wants Bryant's shoes.
In typical over-the-top Rodriguez style, Bryant ends up playing a game of basketball against Danny Trejo and a mutant-like defense, on top of a skyscraper in downtown L.A.
In the film, out of bounds mean falling off the roof.
The process of shooting the film in two days also fits with Rodriguez's method of making films at a lower-than-normal cost, quickly, using a lot of special effects to create environments that would otherwise take a lot of time and money to build.
Getting Bryant up to speed as a thespian wasn't a problem either, Rodriguez said.
"He can act because he just knows how to get in the zone," he said of Bryant. "You throw him the basketball, you better have the cameras running. You better have the cameras running because then you see him doing what we does best which is truly unbelievable."
Bryant said he saw parallels between acting and what he does on the hardwood.
"It's always about the details and the passion for what you do and kind of letting things to flow naturally -- a lot of the same things I do on the court," Bryant said.
The film will air on TV during the NBA All-Star break, Bryant said, not offering details on what channels just yet.
Also being released around the All-Star Game, which will take place at the Staples Center on Feb. 19, will be a set of Zoom Kobe VI sneakers called the Neighborhood Pack. The pack, made up of three colorways of Bryant's shoe, represents different parts of the L.A. metropolitan area -- East L.A., Hollywood and Orange County.
The East L.A. shoe is drenched in Dodger Blue. The Hollywood Pack features a 3-D reptile print that pops out when viewed with a pair of old-school red-and-blue glasses that come with the kicks. And the OC shoe is orange with a translucent green sole -- printed with a yellow and orange sunset.
Bryant is hoping the ad campaign with Rodriguez will be something people remember and he might be looking to do more with the filmmaker.
"We'll see," he said. "Robert [and] I talked about doing something. But in terms of the spot itself having a sequel it's -- we may, we may not. We'll see."
-- Nathan Olivarez-Giles
Top video: Kobe Bryant talks about the project. Credit: Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Los Angeles Times
Bottom video: Kobe Bryant and Robert Rodriguez talk about the making of "The Black Mamba" film and ad campaign at a press event at the Nike Vault on Sunday. Credit: Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Los Angeles Times
Top image: "The Black Mamba" movie poster. Credit: Nike
Second image: Nike Zoom Kobe East L.A. Credit: Nike
Third image: Nike Zoom Kobe Hollywood. Credit: Nike
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The Forest City Connection has gone from a dream to reality. The idea began in 1982 because the local community paper in existance at that time was only being published from time to time with no regularity. Realizing that small business could not afford the costs associated with the local city-wide newspaper, it was decided to produce a community magazine which would offer local business owners an affordable vehicle to advertise in, and one that was delivered directly to the residents in their area. Thus the birth of The Byron Connection (Circulation 3,500) - now called The Forest City Connection (Circulation 15,500). Now, 36+ years later, we are continuing to help small businesses with their advertising.
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HOLLYWOOD — Dwyane Wade offered a revelation Thursday about the knee issues that limited him during last season's run to the NBA championship . . . and it was shocking.
That actually could turn out to be a good thing for the Miami Heat guard.
Speaking before the start of his adult fantasy camp, Wade revealed that he underwent OssaTron shockwave treatment a month ago to deal with tendinitis.
Wade said the results have largely been favorable, hopeful for similar relief to what he experienced after a similar round of treatment in 2007.
"I had to take a month off after I did my treatment and this weekend will be a month to the day," he said during an event at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. "It's the kind of treatment for tendinitis, certain areas in your knee."
While Wade cited bone bruises for his limitations late in the season and during the playoffs, tendinitis behind his knee cap eventually became a prime concern.
The Heat open training camp Oct. 1, with their regular season to open Oct. 29 at AmericanAirlines Arena against the Chicago Bulls.
"Feeling a lot better," Wade said at Thursday's event, which included appearances by Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, Hall of Fame forward Rick Barry, comedian Kevin Hart and Indiana coach Tom Crean, who coached Wade at Marquette. "I'm not at 'great' yet. I'm feeling a lot, lot better.
"Right now I have to work on the strengthening part of it. So, I still have time before the season. By the time the season [starts], I think I'll be as good as I've been."


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Support the development and establishment of research and education identity federations and federated services in the Asia Pacific region.
The goals of the Task Force are currently to:
- Develop and establish national identity federation services within participating economies in the Asia Pacific region
- Enable the participating economies national identity federation services to join eduGAIN
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If you're interested in this photo reunion project of mine, perhaps you'd like to read about others who are doing the same thing. Here are some of my current favorites:
The Lost Gallery has tons of fun photos – not all are "reunion-able," but the comments of the blog owner are usually pretty smile-worthy.
Connie at Forgotten Old Photos posts every day, and has a column where she describes some of her successful reunions.
The Archivist at Family Photo Reunion is in Canada, and finds some of the best photos – really lovely.
At the Cabinet Card Gallery, there's a post every day, and even the history of the photographer is explored.
"Mrs. Marvel" at Who Were They? posts some very cool pictures, and attempts to draw conclusions based on clues in the settings and clothes in the photo. I've learned a lot from her sharp eye.
Last, but certainly not least, is the site that got me started — Caroline Pointer's "48-Hour Challenge":
At the 48-Hour Challenge, Caroline posts photos and members of the Forum examine them to see what story they can draw from online sources, and whether it's possible to locate family members. Once I read through a few of her challenges, I thought I'd try to flex my muscles, and this blog is a direct result.
So, thanks, Caroline … and thanks to you other bloggers who inspire me and challenge me, and who keep those faces alive.
NOTE: If you're wondering what the above picture has to do with photo blogs I like, the answer is … very little. It's a photo I stumbled across from a summer trip many, MANY years ago. It's not a very good picture, but it immediately evokes a feeling for me, and it makes me smile. Had to put it somewhere, right?


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Every year Earth Island Institute's New Leaders Initiative recognizes six young environmental activists from North America, ages 13 to 22, for their outstanding efforts to promote ecological sustainability and social justice. We are excited to announce the 2016 recipients of the Brower Youth Awards. The 2016 winners are:
Xerxes Libsch spent his childhood summers at a camp on upstate New York's Muscoot Farm, which breeds rare animals. The camp offered Libsch an opportunity to combine his love for the outdoors and animals, and left a lasting impression on him. To show his gratitude, he decided to spearhead a restoration project on the farm that the staff didn't have capacity for.
Through partnerships with farm staff, the Audubon Society, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and local businesses, Libsch and his team of 100 volunteers installed 22 birdhouses for declining native bird species, cleared an 800-square-foot area of deeply rooted invasive species, and created a half-mile nature trail. Libsch was also able to prevent two tons of animal waste from contaminating a nearby drinking water reservoir. In addition, his team erected an environmental learning center that provides information about the farm to the 600 summer campers and 135,000 guests who visit each year, and has helped transform Muscoot farm into an inspiring and educational space.
Susette Onate was upset when developers for a shopping center bought a unique plot of rare pine rocklands habitat – a refuge for several endangered butterfly species – near her home in Hialeah, FL. To make up for the habitat loss, she turned her attention to a neglected butterfly garden at her Miami-Dade County high school in Florida.
The garden, which had been planted with non-native plants, had been left untended for years and failed to attract either butterflies or students. Onate teamed up with her National Honor Society peers and began renovating the garden, working with a landscaper and local business to acquire native plants that would attract butterflies and other insects. The school administration showed little interest in the project, but Onate worked on, undeterred. Soon, the revitalized garden became popular among students as well as teachers, who began to utilize it for lessons. Onate is now teaming up with the mayor of Hialeah to open community gardens around the city that can serve as urban sanctuaries for endangered butterfly species.
Karina Gonsalez is one of three student leaders for Fossil Free Northern Arizona University, a student-run campaign pushing the university to divest from the top 200 coal, oil, and natural gas corporations by 2017. Gonsalez coordinates all key negotiations with the university president, leads on-campus recruitment efforts, and provides canvassing training. She also manages campaign media relations, and has leveraged campaign successes for national media coverage, including a segment on Democracy Now!
The FFNAU campaign is currently the only divestment campaign in Arizona, and is unique for its commitment to building meaningful partnerships with non-campus communities. Gonsalez has helped foster this commitment through her work with the Black Mesa Water Coalition, an indigenous peoples' environmental organization in Flagstaff. Gonsalez is currently working with the coalition to push her university to invest in sustainability projects on the Navajo Nation. In addition to her role on campus, Gonsalez coordinates a United Nations youth delegate leadership program.
For nearly half her life, Heidi Kritz has been working to protect Alaska's Bristol Bay from the Pebble Mine project. The proposed copper and gold mining project threatens the bay, which is the largest salmon fishery in the world and is critical to the local economy, ecological stability, and native peoples' way of life.
Kritz and her community have fought tirelessly against the project both within Alaska and the Lower 48 states. She has helped organize rallies, worked on a massive letter writing campaign against the mine project that ultimately gathered more than 6,000 voices, and has helped mobilize a new generation of regional activists by working with high school students in tribal schools. Kritz's leadership has added momentum to a decade-long fight to protect the Bristol Bay watershed, and she plans keep up the fight to defend the land and her home.
As a Tennessee native, Erica Davis is keenly aware of the role that oil and gas extraction plays in her home state, as well as the fact that rural Tennesseans often benefit little from resource-extraction operations within their communities. Working in collaboration with grassroots organizers in Campbell County, TN, Davis has researched, written, and obtained sponsorship for a bill to reform oil and natural gas severance taxes that corporations pay.
In Tennessee, severance taxes are the only legislative means to ensure that part of the wealth associated with oil and gas production remains in-state. Davis's bill seeks to raise these taxes and change the way the tax revenue is distributed so that all of the revenue returns to the communities where extraction occurred. (Impacted communities currently receive only one-third of the revenue.) Davis, who's now pursuing an environmental law degree, lobbied hard to help raise bipartisan support for the bill. Unfortunately, the bill was dropped from the 2015-2016 docket. Davis intends to revive the bill in the next legislative session.
For the past two years, Will Amos has led a student and faculty team at the University of California, Irvine in building an innovative recycling system that turns plastic waste into stock material for 3D printing projects. The system includes four components: a grinder that breaks plastic waste into small pieces, an extruder that melts the broken plastic into filament, a spooler that prepares the filament for use in the printer, and of course the printer. The only byproduct of the cradle-to-cradle system, which tackles the issues of overconsumption and plastic pollution, is water vapor.
An environmental engineer by training, Amos is passionate about the role technology can play in solving environmental problems. But he believes that innovative research must be paired with education in order to achieve long-term change. That's why his team has showcased the easily transportable recycling system on college and school campuses around Irvine, and at local TEDx events. At its core, his interactive and accessible project is one that seeks to educate.
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CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - When acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris asks a room full of low-wage workers around the country if anyone "had to skip a bill, or make the tough decision between paying for food or rent, medicine or school supplies," nearly every hand went up.
Like others Harris has met with around the country, these workers face hardships in not being able to make ends meet on their current income.
The low-wage workers here in Cincinnati will also have a chance to sit down with the acting secretary on March 20 to join in a national conversation on raising the federal minimum wage.
Last month, President Obama proposed raising the federal minimum wage from its current rate of $7.25 per hour to $9 per hour by 2015. Harris plans more minimum wage roundtables in the coming weeks.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics has released a report titled "Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2012." The report shows that 75.3 million workers in the United States age 16 and over were paid at hourly rates, representing 59 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among those paid by the hour, 1.6 million earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. About 2 million had wages below the federal minimum.
The report also shows that nearly one-half of those earning at or below the federal minimum wage is at least 25 years old, and women make up nearly two-thirds of those earning at or below the federal minimum wage. More than a third of those earning at or below the current federal minimum wage is working full-time. Finally, 15 percent of those earning at or below the federal minimum wage is African-American, and one-fifth is Latino or Hispanic.
Acting Secretary of Labor Seth D. Harris has issued the following statement about the report:
"Workers earning the federal minimum wage have not had a raise in nearly four years. As the report makes clear, many are working adults with full-time jobs, and we know that some low-wage workers are holding down more than one job."


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With googly eyes and a spiky-toothed grin, this spider attracts plenty of attention. Simple decorating techniques make this a great novelty cake for parties, classrooms or after-school-club treats.
- Portion size 24 servings
- Credits : Canadian Living Magazine: November 2007
rease side of 10-inch (3 L) springform pan; line bottom with parchment paper. Grease and flour 6-inch (500 mL) metal bowl; set pans aside.
Cake: In large bowl, beat butter with sugar until light. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time; beat in vanilla. In separate bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt ; stir into butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, making 3 additions of dry ingredients and 2 of buttermilk. Stir in chocolate chips. Scrape into prepared pans, smoothing tops.
Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for about 50 minutes for small cake and 60 minutes for large or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool in pans on rack for 10 minutes. Turn out onto racks; peel off paper from large cake. Let cool completely. (Make-ahead: Wrap in plastic wrap and store for up to 24 hours or overwrap in heavy-duty foil and freeze for up to 2 weeks.)
Icing: In bowl, beat butter until light; gradually beat in sugar and cream, making 3 additions of sugar and 2 of cream. Beat in vanilla. (Make-ahead: Cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours; beat to use.)
Remove 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) of the icing to small bowl; beat in two-thirds of the chocolate. Tint 3/4 cup (175 mL) of the remaining icing deep violet. Tint 3/4 cup (175 mL) of the remaining icing orange. Reserve remaining white icing for masking and piping eyes and mouth.
Place large cake on cake board or tray; spread 1/2 cup (125 mL) of the white icing over top and side to mask and seal in crumbs. Spread small cake with 1/4 cup (50 mL) of the remaining white icing to mask. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, cut uncoated end of biscuit sticks on an angle. Dip cut ends of 2 sticks into remaining chocolate; press together to form spider legs. Place on waxed paper-lined tray. Repeat with remaining sticks. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
Spread top of large cake with orange icing. Spread sides of large cake with violet icing. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
Spread small cake with 1 cup (250 mL) of the chocolate icing, using back of palette knife to make tufts of "hair." Sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
With piping bag fitted with small plain tip, pipe remaining chocolate icing on top of large cake to resemble spiderweb. Pipe about 7 threads halfway down side; place licorice candy at end of each to make small hanging spider. Pipe legs on spiders.
With piping bag fitted with small plain tip, pipe remaining white icing to make eyes and mouth on spider. Cut licorice candies for eyes and teeth; place on icing.
Place spider on top of large cake close to back so web is visible. Poke 4 holes each on opposite sides of spider's body. Insert spider legs in holes.
Nutritional facts Per serving: about
- Sodium 317 mg
- Protein 5 g
- Calories 520.0
- Total fat 27 g
- Cholesterol 85 mg
- Saturated fat 17 g
- Total carbohydrate 68 g
- Iron 12.0
- Folate 18.0
- Calcium 6.0
- Vitamin A 20.0


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West Indies vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI Match Live Score Toss Result Winner Prediction 16 November 2016 :- The time has come folks for yet another exciting 50 overs cricketing contest as Sri Lanka and West Indies in Zimbabwe Tri-Series, 2016 match no. 2 between SL vs WI is about to start in a bit as Sri Lanka is already 1up in this series as they have defeated home side Zimbabwe in the opening match now today they will take on West Indies which is currently short of explosive batsman like Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard as they are not in the squad for this tournament.
The second odi between Sri Lanka vs West Indies 2016 today will happen at Harare Sports Club which is located at Harare. The match will start as per the scheduled time i.e. 1:00 PM Indian Standard Time.
West Indies have dropped Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin prior to the series citing their "poor run-of-form" in the limited over assignment in the UAE. WICB sprung another surprise by axing Darren Bravo, after the dashing left-hander lashed out at WICB chairman Dave Cameron on Twitter over his Grade C contract. Kraigg Brathwaite, who has been the best West Indian Test batsman in the last two years, will hold a key responsibility at the top, with the middle-order short on the experience front. Sunil Narine returned home due to personal reasons, and Devendra Bishoo, the go-to spinner in Tests, has replaced him in the squad.
Sri Lanka won comfortably in their opener against Zimbabwe but will look to iron out their minor flaws. Kusal Perera and Niroshan Dickwella both threw away starts, something Sri Lanka can ill afford when confronted by sterner challenges. Upul Tharanga and Co. are unlikely to tamper with their line-up, certainly not after a win
Toss Winner:
Sri Lanka have won the toss and have been chosen to field first
West Indies (Playing XI): Johnson Charles(w), Kraigg Brathwaite, Evin Lewis, Jonathan Carter, Shai Hope, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Sulieman Benn, Shannon Gabriel
Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella(w), Kusal Mendis, Upul Tharanga(c), Shehan Jayasuriya, Asela Gunaratne, Sachith Pathirana, Nuwan Kulasekara, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep
Prediction – Sri Lanka will win today against West Indies
Match Details
When: Sri Lanka vs West Indies, Tri-Series, Game 2, Wednesday, November 16, 2016. 09:00 AM local
Where: Harare Sports Club, Harare
What to expect: Heavy thunderstorms are expected throughout the day with temperatures hovering around mid 20s. Afraid, rain might play spoilsport since it's a day game.
Do return again for more updates related to West Indies vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI 2016


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A Change of Allegiance
There are a number of books available on the subject of nonresistance, but A Change of Allegiance by Dean Taylor is one of the best I've ever read. One of the things that makes this book unique is that it is written from the perspective of a soldier. Both Dean Taylor and his wife Tania were soldiers in the U. S. Army when they came to the conviction from reading Scripture that war is wrong.
Much of A Change of Allegiance reads like an exciting novel (with a surprise ending!) as Taylor tells the story of what happened after Tania and he applied to be discharged from the army as conscientious objectors. At that point in time, they were stationed in Germany, and the Gulf War of 1990 was just beginning. All of these events in their lives were happening against the backdrop of the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall.
As Taylor unfolds the suspenseful drama of his own situation, he also explains the biblical basis for his decision, together with the facts of Christian history he learned. He discusses the early Christians and their firm stand against war and then describes how things changed with Constantine. He goes on to talk about the Crusades, the endless wars between professing Christians throughout history, and even how German "Christians" fought for Hitler in Nazi Germany.
Taylor also details how various individual Christians, like Erasmus, and various Christian groups through the centuries—such as the Waldensians, Czech Brethren, and Anabaptists—embraced nonresistance. Taylor's graphic description of the training he went through as an American soldier to kill others should open the eyes of even the staunchest God-and-country patriots.
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One particularly valuable aspect of Taylor's book is his sensible answers to some of the most common questions that are asked to nonresistant Christians:
- Why was war allowed in the Old Testament if it's wrong for Christians?
- What if someone broke in your house and were threatening your wife and children?
- Why didn't John the Baptist tell the soldiers who came to him to leave the army?
- What about Cornelius, the Roman centurion?
- Isn't there such a thing as a "Just War"?
- Doesn't Romans 13 tell us to obey our governments when we're drafted?
A Change of Allegiance is enhanced by photos (including one of the belt buckles worn by Nazi soldiers that say "God Is With Us"). The book also includes an invaluable reference guide for someone who is presently in the military and is convicted to apply for a conscientious objector discharge.
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UC Davis Health System reaches 70 percent of fundraising goal for The Campaign for UC Davis
Posted May 18, 2011
UC Davis Health System has reached 70 percent of its $330 million fundraising goal in support of The Campaign for UC Davis, according to a May 13 announcement by Claire Pomeroy, chief executive officer of UC Davis Health System, vice chancellor for human health sciences and dean of the School of Medicine at UC Davis.
Pomeroy was joined by UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and 150 of the health system's closest friends and supporters, who were on hand to celebrate the achievement and inspire others to contribute to the first comprehensive fundraising initiative in the university's 102-year history. The event was held at the UC Davis MIND Institute, where a group of founding families generously supported their vision to found a center of excellence committed to the awareness, understanding, prevention, care and cure of neurodevelopmental disorders.
"Today, we are celebrating the treasured members of our health system family, whose generosity, advocacy and unwavering support are vital to our vision of building a healthier world through bold innovation," said Pomeroy. "We also begin the process of accelerating our efforts to inspire more people to join the campaign to secure the remaining $100 million needed to reach our goal. These gifts enable us to establish and sustain truly pioneering programs that distinguish UC Davis as an academic health system."
With steadily declining public funding including diminished state funding of the university, decreased clinical reimbursements, increased need for charity care, and constrained federal support for research, philanthropic contributions are more critical than ever for a top academic health center such as UC Davis, Pomeroy added.
Last October, UC Davis Chancellor Katehi announced plans to inspire 100,000 donors to contribute $1 billion in philanthropic support by the end of 2014 to advance the university's mission and vision. The funds will endow new chairs and professorships; increase student scholarships and financial aid; improve patient care; enrich teaching and research; enhance the university environment through improvements in facilities, library materials, art and scholarly collections and equipment; and allow the campus to act on emerging opportunities.
"The Campaign for UC Davis is empowering the university to achieve transformational change, in our own communities and around the world."
— Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi
"The Campaign for UC Davis is empowering the university to achieve transformational change, in our own communities and around the world," Katehi said. "With a focus on innovation, we are fusing knowledge into discovery to solve the profound human and environmental challenges of today, as we create the advances of tomorrow. UC Davis Health System — through its world-class School of Medicine and Medical Center, dynamic faculty practice group and vibrant new Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing — is central to our campaign and our efforts to rise to even greater heights of distinction, scholarship and service."
UC Davis Health System committed to raising one-third of the $1-billion campaign goal, or $330 million. To date, the health system has raised $231 million from more than 16,500 donors. These gifts support nationally recognized, pioneering programs that are creating real breakthroughs and are transforming medicine, nursing and public health, from unlocking the mysteries of autism and Alzheimer's disease to suppressing deadly cancers and reversing cardiovascular damage. Donations provide the advantage that can save a trauma victim's life, heal debilitating childhood conditions or ensure that a family has access to quality care at a crucial moment. They also make dreams come true for future health leaders by supporting scholarships and educational programs for medical, nursing, public health and informatics students.
The foundational $100 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to launch the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis is the cornerstone gift of the health system's portion of the comprehensive campaign. It also is the nation's largest grant to nursing education. Established in March 2009 to transform health care through nursing leadership, education and research, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing is on a trajectory for success and national distinction.
Les Pue, who has supported the Huntington's Disease Clinic at UC Davis Medical Center for a number of years, spoke about his appreciation for the outstanding care his wife received before she passed away earlier this year and the importance of philanthropy to support the clinical programs at the hospital and clinics.
"My wife and I began traveling from the Bay Area to UC Davis in 1997 because of the faculty and staff who provide the highest quality clinical care anywhere, and are at the forefront of clinical research for Huntington's disease," Pue said. "They work to advance health in so many ways. I have never felt the sense of personal involvement or the level of satisfaction that I do here. I am a pleased, proud and happy supporter of UC Davis."
The Campaign for UC Davis
Through The Campaign for UC Davis — a university wide initiative to inspire 100,000 donors to contribute $1 billion in philanthropic support — UC Davis is expanding its capacity to meet the world's challenges and educate future leaders.
By advancing excellence, innovation, public service, opportunity and quality of life, The Campaign for UC Davis is propelling the university to even greater heights of distinction, scholarship and service.
The campaign is the university's first comprehensive fundraising effort, and it creates an unprecedented opportunity to extend the university's influence, both locally and globally. We invite you to join us.
For more information about The Campaign for UC Davis, go to: http://campaign.ucdavis.edu
The Campaign for UC Davis began its quiet phase on July 1, 2006, following approval by the UC Office of the President and endorsement from the UC Davis Foundation Board of Trustees. During the campaign's quiet phase, more than $605 million was committed toward the campaign's $1 billion goal. On September 16, 2010, the UC Board of Regents authorized the public phase of the campaign and, on October 22, 2010, UC Davis formally launched the public phase. As of May 1, 2011, more than 78,000 donors had pledged $670 million to UC Davis.
About UC Davis Health System
UC Davis Health System is advancing the health of patients everywhere by providing excellent patient care, conducting groundbreaking research, fostering innovative, interprofessional education, and creating dynamic, productive partnerships with the community. The academic health system includes one of the country's best medical schools, a 645-bed acute-care teaching hospital, an 800-member physician's practice group and the new Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. It is home to a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center, an international neurodevelopmental institute, a stem cell institute and a comprehensive children's hospital. Other nationally prominent centers focus on advancing telemedicine, improving vascular care, eliminating health disparities and translating research findings into new treatments for patients. Together, they make UC Davis a hub of innovation that is transforming health for all. For more information, visit https://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/aboutus/
About UC Davis
For more than 100 years, UC Davis has engaged in teaching, research and public service that matter to California and transform the world. Located close to the state capital, UC Davis has more than 32,000 students, more than 2,500 faculty and more than 21,000 staff, an annual research budget that exceeds $679 million, a comprehensive health system and 13 specialized research centers. The university offers interdisciplinary graduate study and more than 100 undergraduate majors in four colleges — Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Engineering, and Letters and Science. It also houses six professional schools — Education, Law, Management, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.


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Some of the Chain Reaction stuff was ok, I guess.
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Combined with his own vast facility and adventurous spirit, stints with Steely Dan, Dave Holland, Paul Motian and most recently, Pat Metheny's Unity Band have made Chris Potter one of the best known and accoladed saxophonists of his generation. Tracing his solo career on record, we can see an increasingly curiosity and risk taking that's pushed his artistry forward with every new release. Eventually, that brought him into the realm of electric jazz, and he's carved out his own niche by staying adventurous, and, as the younger folks say these days, "keeping it real." We've chronicled his foray into more modern sounds on this space and Ultrahang was damned near my favorite fusion record of 2009.
Now, Potter returns to acoustic, his first all-unplugged album credited solely to him since 2001's This Will Be but does so as a changed man. The Sirens is an album worthy of the ECM Records debut that it is. Save for Potter's recognizable tone and technical prowess, this record bears less resemblance to the post bop records of the 1990s and in some ways it more acts as an extension of the Chris Potter Underground records of the mid to late 2000's. It's an album of a former child prodigy who has entered his 40's with the maturity to match his talent. Retaining pianist Craig Taborn from the Underground, Potter adds Larry Grenadier on double bass, former Holland band mate Eric Harland on drums and a textural role for David Virelles on prepared piano, celeste and harmonium.
Upon encountering the shifty, syncopated funk of "Wine Dark Sea" and the mysterious groove of "Wayfinder" and the freewheeling way the band tackles these songs, you find elements present that are borrowed from Underground. Potter uses his big, wide tone on the former to soar above everyone else, making a complex melody seem simple, and Taborn races ahead and falls behind the beat on his solo, creating creases in the flow of his solo. The latter song features Virelles playing celeste and prepared piano alongside Taborn, creating an exotic sonority in the midst of the increasingly insistent pulse.
After that one-two punch, the sweep and ambition of the album really begins to unfold. "Dawn (With Her Rosy Fingers)" is another affecting minor key ballad, with Potter's expansive expression in full flower here. "Kalypso" is the way Ornette might do calypso, applying staggered harmonic progression over an island-inspired bass line. Harland never completely settles down, belying the sometimes-breezy attitude of Potter and Taborn. An extended coda takes the song into a different direction.
Potter, as he's apt to do, turns to other instruments when the occasion calls for it. His underrated bass clarinet appears on "The Sirens," a dark ballad that also features Grenadier on a superb bowed bass solo that is followed by Potter on tenor sax that's so effectively afflicted but avoiding going so far as to lose its sincerity. On the very next song, "Penelope," Potter picks up a soprano sax, brandishing a distinctly clear and voluminous tone. It's a light swing, but Harland is accenting it heavily, matching the strident mood of Potter.
Virelles made additonal key contributions, such as the pretty celeste sounds he adds to the pensive "Nausikaa," assuming a Fender Rhodes role with this instrument. His celeste would pair with Taborn's piano alone on the ultra-barren improvised coda "The Shades."
Potter conceived The Sirens as a series of connected pieces that flows in a narrative way, and this album does give the impression that these Potter originals (and Taborn and Virelles' short improvisation) are part of the same body of work. Exactly what the intended theme might be, I'm not sure, but knowing this matters none in sensing the message in the music. What does matter is that Chris Potter invested much into his compositions, his choice of supporting musicians and even his choice of production team to make a record of substance, emotion and refinement. If this is a new phase in Potter's already significant career as a leader, let's make this an extended phase.
The Sirens was issued January 29, by ECM Records.
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Lithograph by Squeak Carnwath, "Friend Don't"….. Contemporary artist Squeak Carnwath lives and works in Oakland, California, and her award-winning work can be identified by lush fields of color combined with text, pattern and images.
This five-color lithograph done in 1991, entitled "Friend Don't," published by Tamarind Institute on a 100% archival 4ply mat is presented in a maple frame.
Please note the frame is slightly split in the lower right corner.
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image: 12" x 13", framed: 18" x 19"
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