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911 Heroes Memorial Run Series Happening Across America And The World
The Travis Manion Foundation (TMF), one the nation’s leading veterans advocacy organizations, is hosting its flagship event – the 10th annual 9/11 Heroes Memorial run in more than 50 communities across the country and around the world this September, including locally in in Annapolis, MD, and Alexandria, VA. The annual race series unites communities across…
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Defoy At Heart Of Official Quebec Antique Dealer Route
By the winter of 1982, we had been going to the Harbourfront Antique market every Sunday for about a year, and were making a pretty good living selling things we had bought at local auctions and garage sales. Then one day, I read in the excellent and entertaining “bible” of Antique dealing “The Furniture Doctor”…
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Exploring Outsider Visionary Art
For the last couple of decades the term “Outsider art” has come into popular use as a catch all phrase to describe the work of those who live “outside” society. Prisoners, religious visionaries, the institutionalized, and hermits all fall into this category. It is quite often grouped together with folk art in that it is…
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Defining Folk Art
What is folk art? Any precise definition of art is by nature a slippery process and open to question. “Folk art” is a term applied to diverse objects, like a highly organized Mennonite fracture drawing which expresses a collective, ethically based decorative tradition. Yet it is also applied to the more individualistic outpourings of any…
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Prix d’Ami -Discovering Antique Pickers Barns
Discovering the Picker’s barns…after visiting Marcel Gosselin [last issue- http://tinyurl.com/7g4oxnk CP ] we went on to a large picker’s barn we had noticed on the way into Victoriaville which is where we met Jean (Kojak) Deshaies. As we arrived, the place was buzzing with activity as several pickers clamored for the attention of a completely bald…
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Folk Art In Cyberspace
It is interesting to consider how the development of the World Wide Web has affected the work of the untrained artist. Like all artists, folk artists reflect the world they see around them, and have always been affected by the media. An example is in the work of Ewald Rentz who liked watching Sesame Street…
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Finding Value In The Folk Art Of Maud Lewis
Occasionally I will have a Maud Lewis painting displayed for sale in my shop, and it is sometimes interesting to get people’s reactions to a $6,000 painting that at first glance looks like their 12 year old niece painted it. “My goodness will you look at that,” and some covered up snickering, pretty well expresses…
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Harvesting Wild Leeks
It’s coq-a-leeky time. For the past several years my friend House and I go out to our secret spot in a nearby woods and harvest wild leeks. They grow three quarters of the way down a steep hill so the element of danger grows stronger every year with aging limbs. Let me tell you, it’s…
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How Canada Can Help Repair Today’s Global Trading System
The article below (Furthering the Benefits of Global Economic Integration throughInstitution Building: Canada as 2024 Chair of CPTPP) was first published by the C.D. Howe Institute by Paul Jenkins and Mark Kruger. Introduction Over the last 10 to 15 years, the global economy has become fragmented. There are many reasons for this fragmentation – both…
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Technology Pushing 10,000$ Loudspeaker
Just in time for audiophile Christmas~ PS Audio Introduces Its aspen FR10 Loudspeaker, Ideal for a Wide Variety of Listening Rooms and Systems — New FR10 floorstanding speaker delivers the sonic magic of the aspen series in a smaller, more affordable form factor —Boulder, Colorado, December, 2023 – PS Audio today announced the introduction of its aspen FR10 loudspeaker, an elegant, slim 3-way…
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Biometric Sensory Art Experiences Inspired By Four Cities
PURPLE are now working on a multi-city arts project in China and Hong Kong with The House Collective, a collection of uniquely intimate luxury hotels that includes Upper House in Hong Kong that was just listed as part of World’s 50 Best. ‘Encounters Across Cultures’ will be an immersive journey that travels across four dynamic cities: Hong Kong,…
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Backyard 3D Movie Night Was Rad
Backyard Movie Night was a 3D triple bill. First was ROBOT MONSTER (1953). Having never seen this, I only know its infamous reputation as one of the Worst Films Ever Made. After watching the 3D Blu-ray, I can say that it is like most films given that title: Not even close to the worst. Like…
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In The Studio With Conceptual Artist Margaret Innerhofer
A behind the scene look of the conceptual artist’s solo show SHADOWLAND It is the first Saturday of Upstate Art Weekend and I am standing in a chemistry classroom of a former public school looking at inverted works, listening to Gregorian chants meets Jimmy Hendrix inspired music, and feeling that I am falling into a trance. In…
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Dystopic Comic Book Feels Startling Familiar
Here’s the synopsis: Mainstream Social is DEAD! State censorship, sponsored spam,cancel culture and inciter-banning means everyone who’s anyone is on the dark web. And no one knows it better than Tucker Scott. Rampant cyberbullying. Fake news trolling. Spying, voyeurism and privacy invasion. This is Contraband, the ruthless entrepreneurs’digital underground – where profit-hungry mobs prowl city…
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Father’s Day Gifts for Deserving Dads Include Manitoba Cheeseboards
Last year, consumer spending on Father’s Day was expected to total $20 billion USD / $27 billion CAD, nearly on par with the previous year’s record-setting figure of $20.1 billion, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual consumer survey. With approximately 76 percent of North American adults expected to celebrate Father’s Day in 2022, this year’s dad-driven…
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Air- The Film About Jordan’s Nike Shoes
Note this review contains adult language and suggested themes. AIR (2023): In 1984, shoe company Nike was barely keeping its head above water (they were third behind Converse and Adidas), when their talent scout Sonny Vaccaro got a wild hair up his ass about this up-and-coming b-ball phenom named Michael Jordan. He believed that he…
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How Octapadist Became an Occupation in India
Run a search for “Octapad” or “Octapadist,” and you’ll find a vast musical community. Learn how the instrument became a household word. Run a Google search for “Octapad” or “Octapadist,” and you’ll find a vast musical community. The overwhelming majority of these players have two fundamental traits in common. They use a device with eight…
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Streaming Royalties Are Bullshit A Musicians Case For Universal Income
Royalties Are Bullshit: A Musician’s Case For Basic Income….. “This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright #154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin’ it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it.…
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Jasmine m1 Turntable Cartridge Delivers The Goods
In 1992 I visited Kowloon , Hong Kong and discovered a multitude of audiophile shops nestled into the nooks and crannies of the tech sector. My task at the time was to look for Laserdiscs and to purchase a fiber optic audio cable for said Laserdisc player. This task was accomplished in short order- there…
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Definitive Guide to Speaker Setup Now Available
Octave Records Debuts The Audiophile’s Guide: The Loudspeaker, the Definitive Guide to Speaker Setup – New book and companion SACD disc/download dive into exacting, step-by-step detail on how to get the most out of any loudspeaker – Boulder, Colorado, October, 2022 – PS Audio’s Octave Records label announces its latest release, The Audiophile’s Guide: The Loudspeaker, a book and companion SACD/download that tells listeners…
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COVID-19 Wildlife Connection
With new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) still being reported every day across the globe, we are starkly reminded that handling or coming into close contact with wildlife, their body parts, and excreta poses a risk of spillover of the pathogens [viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi] they host and maintain in nature, and to which we…
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Agree? Aussie Study Reveals Canada Most Desired Country To Relocate To Worldwide
A study by Compare the Market Australia has analyzed each country around the world on their annual search volume for terms such as ‘relocating to [country]’ and ‘moving to [country]’ to reveal the world’s most desirable countries to relocate to. The most desired countries to relocate to? Here comes a boring chart! Rank Top destination…
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Why Helsinki’s Innovative Circular Olympic Architecture From Seventy Years Ago Will Be Renewed
Although the smallest city to have hosted the summer Olympics, Helsinki’s functionalist structures were conceived as versatile recreational venues and have been preserved to become modestly emblematic of successful circular design 70 years later. With functional design and sustainably-driven innovation as core priorities for Helsinki’s future, the city and the partners undertaking renovation work to…
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JUMANJI GAME LAUNCHES ON NINTENDO SWITCH
Mobile game sees 384% increase in downloads after its major update Fans’ demands are answered as JUMANJI launches on Nintendo Switch Play local co-op, private or open online co-op, with cross-platform play Marmalade Game Studio has announced that its mobile game JUMANJI: The Curse Returns, is now available on the Nintendo America eShop for Nintendo…
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NFTs meteoric rise in 2022
2021 was the year of the NFT. We saw amazing levels of interest in NFTs arise as people began to recognize their usefulness as digital assets. Thanks to the rush of development and interest from this year, we can expect interest and adoption levels in 2022 to easily meet or even eclipse those that we have seen…
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Early-season snowstorm snarls travel throughout Rocky Mountains
A yardstick / meterstick was needed to measure snow in one part of Montana, and the disruptive storm proved “irritating” for one motorist in the middle of a 20-plus-hour drive. Autumn is in full swing across the United States with Halloween candy filling the shelves at grocery stores and pumpkin spice-flavored beverages being served up…
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5 Ways Conversation Could Get You Punched In The Mouth
Take it from the queen of verbal mishaps, there may not be a right way to start a conversation but on the wrong day, a poor choice of words could get your tongue snatched out of your mouth. Believe me when I say, you do not want that problem on your hands. So, to minimize…
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Cost Of Marijuana In 120 Cities And How Much Tax Revenue If Legalized
First a few quick facts…. ● Tokyo, Japan has the most expensive cannabis , at 32.66 USD per gram. ● Quito, Ecuador has the least expensive marijuana , at 1.34 USD per gram. ● Based on the average US marijuana tax rates currently implemented, New York City could generate the highest potential tax…