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The Away Game
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Hail Mary (Part III)
March 6, 2015 March 12, 2015 / Dan L.	/ Leave a comment
There is a thin line between greatness and obscurity. It is the choices we make that determine on which side of the line we will fall.
Lance and James "Casper" McNeil first met during their freshman year at SMU, but it wasn't until their sophomore season together that the duo hooked up for 67 receptions, 1,073 yards and 11 touchdowns en route to an Outback Bowl appearance and a pair of respective All Conference honors. The success of the two young men—each barely 20 years old at the time—granted them celebrity status on campus while garnering significant national media attention along the way. The sophomore phenoms who would bring SMU back to prominence.
But that magical season would ultimately become the lone highlight of their collective career. Lance and Casper's time on the field together was brought to an abrupt end when the star sophomore wide receiver suffered a devastating knee injury in the opening quarter of SMU's Outback Bowl loss to Mississippi State.
Following the injury, Casper was forced to undergo a massive reconstructive surgical effort to repair nearly all of the ligaments of his knee. The surgery, coupled with a long and arduous rehabilitation process, marked the end of the young man's football career, as he would never truly be able to regain the speed and explosion that had made 'Casper' McNeil such a dangerous weapon in the first place.
Yet despite their divergent paths, Capser and Lance would never suffer a gap in their friendship. Lance stayed by his side throughout the rehabilitation process and, outside of football, the duo remained as inseparable as ever.
Following graduation, Casper began working for his uncle's insurance company as a claims adjuster based in Corpus Christi. And after bouncing around with a few different teams, Lance signed a contract with the Outlaws and, until now, had been rounding out his second season with the team.
But between his dealings with Coach Meeks—and watching from the sidelines as his best friend grossed an income of $80,000 the previous year—Lance couldn't help but wonder if Casper had been the lucky one, having his dream stolen from him so he would never have to make the impossible decision of giving it up on his own.
Lance sank his weight into the driver's seat of the Explorer and popped the cap off a cold Shiner Bock. He toggled Casper's number on his phone, but the call went straight to voicemail.
"Hey, brother." Lance spoke loudly at first before adjusting the knob on the car's radio interface and lowering the volume. "I'm over at the north shore having a few brews and thought you might wanna' join. Or maybe I'll pick up another sixer and stop by the crib." His message was interrupted by a low blip from the phone's receiver. Lance checked the screen. Jay Sloan. He wrapped up the message. "Gotta' go." He ended the conversation with Casper's voicemail and accepted the other call. "Hey, Jay."
"Gatlin' Gunn! Whatsup, buddy?"
"Oh, you know." Lance adjusted the rearview mirror and looked into his tired, gunmetal eyes. "Just livin' the dream."
"Yea…" There was a moment of uncomfortable silence before Jay continued. "Sorry about today."
"Yea. Me too." Lance took another sip of beer. "Any more good news for your favorite client?"
Jay sighed. "Look, Lance, I can appreciate your self-loathing. I really can." He was interrupted by an unintelligible announcement in the background.
"The airport. I have to head out to L.A. to try and convince my one and only NFL-worthy client not to sign with this super agent, Brett Rothman. And after taking what I'm sure will be all 12 inches of unlubricated defeat, I'll hop on the red-eye out to Richmond and continue tossing dignity to the wind as I beg some D-2 runningback—who, mind you, is a 7th round pick at best—to sign with me before I head back to New York to avoid being held in contempt at my custody hearing on Monday morning with my whore of an ex-wife."
"You could have just said at the airport."
"Yea, well, my flight's about to board, and as much as I'd love to indulge you as you are probably sitting at the beach, drinking beer and waxing poetic about your life, this is actually a business call."
"Let me guess. You're dropping me."
"No, the opposite. I just set up an appointment for you. Tomorrow. With a coach"
"Yes. Seriously."
Lance stared at the half-peeled label on his beer bottle. "Well… I actually planned on getting wasted tonight."
"Be my guest. This isn't a tryout. This guy is ready to sign you, he just wants to look you in the eye first."
"Wants to sign me?" Lance shifted in his seat, suddenly more attentive. "What team is he with? What league?"
"He's with a team called the Krakow Gladiators."
Lance raised an eyebrow. "Krakow? Sounds like East Texas."
"Try Eastern Europe."
"Eastern Europe? Like Russia, Eastern Europe?"
"Poland. Did you even pass geography?"
Lance struggled to process the information. "Don't they play soccer there?"
"Yea, but they play football, too. American football. You know, pigskin, pads, cheerleaders."
Lance laughed. Then paused, waiting for the punch line. "You're serious?"
"Look, Lance, I know the coach. He played his college ball down at Louisiana Lafayette and was on my radar. He's a standup guy. I put in the call and he wants to meet you tomorrow."
"Meet me? Tomorrow? How the hell am I supposed to be in Ukraine by tomorrow?"
"Poland. Are you even listening to me?" Jay scoffed. "Or yourself? This guy is in Austin. He said to meet him at 2pm, sharp. He'll be at a bar called Dragon's Blood on East 6th."
"I don't know, Jay. This sounds pretty shady."
"Shadier than some two-bit indoor team that fines you a fifth of your salary every time you fart in the wrong direction?"
Nearly half-a-minute passed in silence as Lance tried to wrap his mind around what his agent was pitching. He had only been outside the United States once in his life, and that was on a spring break trip to Cancun with Amy. Amy Stanton, his girlfriend of six years with whom he was now engaged. The only good thing I have going right now. How could he even consider leaving her behind to travel to goddamn communist Eastern Europe?
"Look, Jay. I appreciate the effort." Lance sighed. "But this seems like a pretty desperate move."
"These are desperate times, my friend. For all of us." He paused a moment to let the words sink in. "Just think about it. It's only a three hour drive to Austin."
"Yea, well. I appreciate the call. But I just don't think it's the best move right now."
"Whatever. Ball's in your court, kid. I have to go, flight's boarding."
Six beers later, Lance was left with the uncomfortable sensation that typically accompanied a belly full of carbonation—a feeling that was, unfortunately, not complemented by a satisfactory level of inebriation. Thus the wayward, downtrodden athlete wandered over to a beachside liquor store for a cheap bottle of tequila.
With the booze in hand, Lance made his way back to the beach and began strolling barefoot along the shoreline, pulling intermittently from the .75 liter bottle and curling his toes around cold clumps of damp, grimy, depressing sand. Following another pair of respectively unsuccessful attempts at hailing his girlfriend and his best friend, Lance dialed a new number from his list of contacts.
"Hey, pops," said Lance as he sat down at the edge of the surf.
"Hey, son. How was the tryout?"
"I'll give you one guess." The final two words came out in a slur. He lifted the bottle in front of his right eye, then closed his left and gazed at the sunset through a swirling hue of oak liquid.
"You signed a million dollar contract and are flying out tomorrow, but not before buying your ole' man yacht." Lance could almost see his dad smiling on the other end. He took another pull from the bottle.
"You must be psychic."
Marty Gunn sighed into the receiver. "It's not the end of the world. You know that, right?"
"Yea, right," Lance scoffed. "Just the end of my career."
"You have nothing to be ashamed of."
The two men sat on the phone in silence for nearly two minutes. Marty had always supported Lance. Having worked 20 years as a petroleum engineer—one who had started as a roughneck out of high school before pursuing a degree from Texas Tech—Lance's father knew a thing or two about struggle.
But he was also a practical man, and most practical men would look at their son and his desperate, trying plight to reach an unattainable goal, and they would advise them to let go, move on, and apply their talent toward a career that wouldn't constantly disappoint them. But that wasn't how Marty operated.
"You think mom would be ashamed?" Lance allowed himself to fall back onto the sand. To lie there as the world spun above him. He closed his eyes and let the cool, salty breeze wash over him, filling him with the fleeting sensation of freedom. He pressed the phone hard against his face, as if to pull his dad closer.
"I think your mother loves you. And if she were alive, she'd tell you the same thing. That you have nothing to be ashamed of."
"I love you, pops." Lance's eyelids were growing heavy. "I love you. Mom. And Amy." He smiled unconsciously. "I really love Amy."
"I love you too, son."
Lance ended the call and thus began his slow, peaceful drift away from consciousness.
Hail Mary (Part II)
February 24, 2015 February 24, 2015 / Dan L.	/ Leave a comment
The game of football can be a cruel mistress–one who will take everything from you and give very little in return.
The term facilities had to be used loosely when referring to the Corpus Christi Spartans' base of operations. Located about four miles north of the harbor off Interstate 37, the Spartans' offices were small, substandard, and leased on a month-to-month basis within the space of a poorly kept and mostly abandoned strip mall. Team practices took place either at local high schools or public parks, depending on the day and the finances. Film and training sessions were made possible by the meager sponsorship of a local boxing gym, the latter supplemented through the use of an empty lot adjacent the team's offices.
In truth, the facilities were cheap, improvised, and horribly inefficient, but such was the bitter reality for an EIFL franchise operating in a city where local 3A high school matchups received more media coverage and higher attendance than the average Spartans' home game.
As Lance guided his 12-year old Ford Explorer in the direction of the team facilities, he tried not to think about the demoralizing turn of events he was leaving behind. Today was Friday, after all, and he had a check to pick up.
If you could even call it that. $250 per week was hardly a livable income. Most of the Spartans' players had no choice but to maintain a job or two on the side, all the while ensuring said occupations did not interfere with Spartans' practices, workouts, travel or games.
Many minor league teams had reputations for being notoriously eager when it came to levying fines against their players. With tight budgets of their own to deal with, teams such as the Spartans did not see it prudent to indulge the various trials, tribulations, or excuses of the individuals comprising their respective rosters.
Two exits shy of his destination, Lance noticed the red needle of his fuel gauge hovering over the ominous E at the far left of the meter. Cursing, he exited the freeway and pulled into the nearest gas station, all the while doing his best not to dwell on the fuel he had wasted traveling to and from what was ultimately a failed tryout. As he stepped out of the vehicle, the dejected quarterback retrieved his smart phone, toggled up Amy from his list of contacts and tapped call.
With the phone pressed against his ear, Lance went through the motions of refueling the Explorer, lightly squeezing the pump handle as the price gauge closed in on $10.00. The SUV wasn't the only thing running on fumes these days as Lance's checking account had recently fallen on empty, itself. With just $15.00 of cash left in his wallet, 4 gallons of gasoline would have to do until he could collect a little more capital.
"Hi, you've reached Amy Stanton," began the most soothing voice in Lance's world. "Sorry I can't take your call right now, but leave your name and number I will most definitely get back to you. Muah!"
"Hey baby, it's me," said Lance as he entered the gas station. "I'm on my way to pick up my check." He opened his wallet and passed a $10 bill to the cashier. "It's been a rough day." He sighed. "I know this isn't the first time you've heard me say that. Anyway, just wanted to say I love you. I'll see you tonight."
Lance parked the Explorer in the sparsely populated plaza in front of the Spartans' offices. As he exited the vehicle, he heard the unmistakable the clang, clatter and smash of the afternoon's workout from the lot around the corner. Sledgehammers slinging. Tires flipping. The drill sergeant-like bellows of Coach Mack—part-time strength and conditioning coach for the Spartans; full-time P.E. teacher for Banquete Middle School in Robstown.
As he entered the office suite, Lance was immediately hit by a stale odor reminiscent of the nursing homes where he and his teammates would volunteer during college. After taking a moment to adjust to the stench, he ascended the dark, narrow stairwell and stepped into the poorly-maintained 2nd floor office corridor of the Corpus Christi Spartans.
While the team's management contracted a janitorial company a couple of times per month to sweep the dust and bleach the mold, these measures were nothing more than a half measure—hardly enough to raise the offices to a level of respectability. Every step Lance took along the hallway's mildewed carpet seemed to conjure a new horde of dust, which swirled up from the fabric before dancing and fluttering within the pools of light flooding in through the smudged windows along the corridor.
Lance held his breath—perhaps unconsciously—and passed through the hallway, stopping just outside the last door on the right. He peered in through the large rectangular office window only to have his view obscured by the cheap, partially drawn venetian blinds, their horizontal slats each covered by a thin gray film of dust.
To the left of the window was office's the entrance: a flimsy wooden door painted pastel blue and covered with chips and bare spots that had accumulated thanks to years—perhaps decades—of utter neglect. Taped to the outside of the door was a single piece of copy paper with writing in dark, bolded font:
Doctor Da'Rel Meeks
Head Coach/Head of Football Operations
Lance refused to say the words aloud as he was incapable of doing so in a respectful tone. Dr. Coach Meeks. Doctor of what? Nothing but a ridiculous, self-appointed title.
What added to this sad comedy was that Meeks had just three certificates adorning the walls of his office: his high school diploma; an Associates Degree from Kilgore Community College; and a framed computer printout, similar to the one scotch-taped to the office door, from some two-week online course in business management.
Perhaps the doctorate was still at the framery, Lance joked to himself. Who calls themselves doctor anyway? Actual doctors. He took a deep breath—in spite of the mold—and summoned every ounce of Zen in his possession.
Lance cracked the door a few inches and peered into the office. "You busy, coach?"
"What can I do for you, Mr. Gunn?" said Dr. Coach Meeks without looking up, his eyes fixed on the screen of his bulky, outdated computer monitor.
"Here to pick up my check, sir."
Without visually acknowledging the presence of his starting QB, Meeks turned his attention to the small stack of envelopes cluttered atop his desk. "How'd the tryout go?" he asked as he shuffled through the pile.
Slightly taken aback by the question, Lance shifted his weight and gulped down the nervous lump in the back of his throat. He had actively taken measures to prevent Meeks from learning about his tryout that morning.
"Went OK. Should be hearing back soon," he responded, unsure whether his answer qualified more as a lie or a formality.
"You know you're wastin' your time, boy?" Meeks finally looked up, his eyes beady and dark behind their bifocals. His face was fleshy, coal-black, and devoid of affect. Lance shifted his weight again, but did not respond. "Ya' got a good thing here. Consider yourself lucky. These stupid fantasies of yours are only gonna' hurt the team."
He opened the envelope marked Lance Gunn. After checking the amount, he placed the check back in the envelope and slid it across the desk to Lance, who opened it and checked the amount himself.
"Um, Coach," said Lance in a puzzled tone. "I think there was a mistake with payroll—"
"One-hundred and fifty dollars pay for a one-hundred and fifty dollars' work," said Meeks, his voice flat; attention back on the monitor; fingers clicking away atop the mouse pad.
"But I made all my workouts this week. I even reorganized my shifts at work—"
"Fifty dollars deduction for tardiness on Monday. Another fifty for your absence today."
"Coach, with all due respect…" He tried to make the words sound less forced than they actually were. "I was only three minutes late on Monday. And I talked to Coach Mack on Wednesday and he said I could get my workout in early this morning, you know, because of the tryout."
Meeks groaned. The pudgy black man of five feet and seven inches removed his glasses and began massaging his temples, as if to tell his starting quarterback that even the mildest protest was cause for a migraine.
"Listen, Gunn. You're a good kid. We like you alright here." Meeks leaned back in his chair, its legs straining beneath his weight. "But you gotta' play by the same rules as everyone else."
"Coach, I just thought with it being preseason and all—"
"One-hundred and fifty dollars' pay," he paused mid-sentence to offer some emphatic gesturing and extra condescension, "for one-hundred and fifty dollars' work." He looked at Lance with his dead, vacant stare. Yet this time, the young man saw something subdued in his coach's eyes. Something familiar.
Disappointment? No. What was it?
That's when it hit him like a slap to the back of the head. Resentment. Pure bile and envy, brought on by being in the constant presence of athletes who had managed, in some small way, to be paid for their talent and keep their dreams alive; who refused to just settle for their present situation.
Yet by some horrible miscalculation of fate, Meeks had been granted power over dozens of these young men whose only mistake was refusing to quit on themselves. Da'Rel Meeks was not a coach. In fact, he was quite the opposite: a malcontent black hole of talent who thrived off the struggle and disappointment of those around him.
It was as if the power trip of a mall cop and the unbridled sleaziness of a pyramid schemer had made a baby, and that baby grew up to be someone who was so lazy and talentless that the only way he could achieve satisfaction in his own life was to watch those around him suffer.
"That'll be all, son," said Meeks in his typically condescending tone. "New pay period starts tomorrow. I'll see you bright and early for film."
But Lance didn't move. Instead he chose to linger for a moment amidst the low light of Da'Rel Meeks' moldy office, surrounded by his three meager certificates and little else of note. An obsolete computer. A desk that could barely pass as a card table. It was lonely, depressing, and most of all, well-deserved. Lance waited there until an exacerbated Meeks finally looked back up at him.
"I said that'll be all."
Lance looked into those dead eyes. Craters as dark and vacant as the vacuum that inhabited his skull. The quarterback smiled, then turned and walked out of Meeks' office for the very last time.
Hail Mary (Part I)
January 23, 2015 January 23, 2015 / Dan L.	/ Leave a comment
Preparing to win means nothing if you aren't prepared to fight.
Lance Gunn dropped to one knee and positioned himself behind the small scrap of electrical tape stretched across the synthetic red pellets of the Corpus Christi High School athletic track. He managed one final glimpse upon the man situated 40 yards downrange, stopwatch in hand, eyes fixed steadfastly upon his prospect.
After extending his hand forward until his fingertips touched the gray strip of tape, the quarterback and former three-year starter from Southern Methodist University lifted his rear, straightened his back, and adjusted his legs until his body was postured in a textbook sprinter's stance. Eyes closed. Deep, controlled breaths. Lance's world faded into silence as the man with the stopwatch waited.
"On you," he called from the opposite end of the track. Lance opened his eyes.
Without cue, the athlete exploded from his stance in a burst of quick-twitch fury, all of his muscles uncoiling simultaneously as he sprinted from his starting position. Jay Sloan waited at the opposite end of the track alongside the man with the stopwatch, watching as the device clicked to life. Milliseconds accumulated into seconds as Jay's client traversed the designated portion of the track—exactly 120 feet, or 40 yards.
Knees high. Arms in tight. Lance's high school awards included a regional championship in the 100-meter dash, which qualified him as an excellent form runner. His training and muscle memory carried him in a nearly perfect trajectory down the track, all the way across the 40-yard marker, whereupon the man with the stopwatch thumbed the upper-right-hand button, freezing the readout at 4.69 seconds.
4.69. Not bad, Lance, Jay thought to himself. But would it be enough? He watched as his client gradually geared his sprint down to a jog, which carried him another couple dozen yards around the first bend of the regulation 400-meter track. Jay turned to the man with the stopwatch.
"Whatcha' think, Mike?"
Michael Tresser lowered the timepiece and shrugged. A former roommate of Jay's, Tresser currently served as a regional scout within the Department of Player Personnel for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a team competing in the Canadian Football League.
A native of Houston, TX, Mike had agreed to travel to Corpus Christi—though it was well outside of his designated region of the Pacific Northwest—to hold an unofficial workout for one of Jay's clients. He did so as a personal favor to Jay, a longtime acquaintance and sometime friend who now anxiously awaited Tresser's fateful judgment.
"He's a great athlete," said Jay, as if he was issuing some sort of reminder. "I know, he's no Russell Wilson, but he's very mobile inside the pocket. Very poised. It's the first thing that pops out on film." Tresser sighed, but otherwise remained silent, as if to carefully measure his words before speaking them. A long, uncomfortable pause ensued. "Will you say something, Mike?"
"He's small," said Tresser without hesitation.
"So is Brees."
Tresser shook his head. "You can't just compare every pint-sized quarterback to Drew Brees." He turned his attention to Lance, who was standing anxiously at the bend of the track, waving from the distance.
"You want me to go again?" he shouted, an odd paradoxical mixture of hope and desperation in his voice.
"No need," said Tresser, his tone failing to belie his verdict, and with it, Lance's prognosis. For Tresser's voice was teeming with his own subjective truth. And that truth was that after a strenuous 45-minute workout and evaluation, this quarterback simply did not have the skill set to sway fate in his favor.
Lance held up his head in spite of his drowning spirit. The quarterback stood idly at a distance, humbled and dejected once again, his career as an athlete growing ever more tenuous with each passing rejection. Jay took Tresser's arm and led him a few more steps away from Lance to converse in private.
"Did you see the film I sent you?"
"Yes, Jay. I saw the film."
"Did you watch it?"
He shot Jay a look of contempt. "He's small—"
"You already said that."
"He's small," repeated Tresser. "His arm strength is mediocre. He's a good athlete, but not good enough to make a position change."
"Use him in your wildcat package."
Tresser laughed. "We don't do wildcat in Winnipeg, Jay. It's all fun n' gun. And he just doesn't have the gun." Jay glanced over his shoulder at Lance—chest slumped, arms crossed in front of him.
The two had agreed to terms following Lance's stellar senior season at SMU. Jay had hoped that the undersized QB could find a role in the NFL as a niche player. But after three days and 274 draft picks in the books, Lance had failed to hear his name called and thus was designated as an undrafted rookie free agent, or UDFA.
Jay still managed to put in a call to the Arizona Cardinals, who had expressed mild interest in Lance during the 7th round, projecting him as a possible convert to WR and creative package player. And even though Jay did, in fact, land Lance a standard UDFA contract with the Cardinals, the odds were never really in the young man's favor.
Upon reporting to training camp, the life-long signal caller was immediately thrown into the wide receiver mix, whereupon he became buried behind a deep roster of talent that boasted a duo of veteran Pro Bowl receivers. After receiving a total of five snaps through two preseason games, Lance was issued his walking papers during the first round of cuts and never managed to log his name on another NFL roster.
"Just take him to camp," pleaded Jay. "If he doesn't have the chops, fine. But give the kid a chance."
Tresser rubbed a hand over his balding head. "Who's he with right now?"
"The Corpus Christi Spartans."
"Arena?"
Jay shook his head. "EIFL."
Tresser nodded, silently acknowledging the fact that both men were both well aware of. That the Elite Indoor Football League was about as low as you could get on the professional football ladder.
"The indoor game is probably best for him," said Tresser without a hint of the sarcasm—or the backhandedness that typically accompanied such a statement. Jay still took offense.
"Don't say that shit."
"I'm not knockin' the kid. But our game is an open one." It was true. CFL teams played on 120-yard fields with twelve players lining up across from one another. Indoor and Arena leagues used 50-yard fields and eight players apiece. "He has a much better chance to shine and put together a nice little career if he focuses on the indoor game. That's a ladder I could see him climbing."
"So that's it?"
"I'm sorry, Jay. He's just not what we're looking for."
Jay felt a familiar tightening in his gut. He tried to bury the disappointment—not for himself, but for Lance. An empathetic response of sorts. After all, in the four years following Lance's college graduation, this was the best shot Jay had given him since the Cardinals. And probably the last.
An empathetic sports agent, Jay thought to himself. How's that workin' out? He extended a reluctant hand toward Tresser.
"Thanks for making the trip, Mike." They shook hands and the scout from the Blue Bombers offered one last favor to his old college buddy.
"You want me to tell him?"
"Nah." Jay shook his head. This was one burden he'd have to carry himself. "I'll give him the news. Good luck this season."
Lance Gunn observed from a distance as his agent, Jay Sloan, and the professional scout from Canada shook hands and exchanged parting pleasantries. His heart dropped as he watched Jay's CFL "hookup" make his way toward the parking lot without offering a second glance in Lance's direction.
The 27-year-old exhaled, hung his head, and prepared himself for the all-too-familiar news. And as he stood there, waiting, he reluctantly contemplated the acceptance that would mark the inevitable first step in ending his career and aspirations as a professional football player.
Hail Mary (Part III) March 6, 2015
Hail Mary (Part II) February 24, 2015
Hail Mary (Part I) January 23, 2015
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On February 1, 2019, Brownie Daniel Isham made his journey home, He was 34 years old. At the time of his departure, he made his home in Oklahoma City, OK with his companion Aretha Beavers and children. As a young boy he was baptized in Shawnee, OK. During his school years he attended Putnam Heights elementary, Harding Middle School and Northwest Classen High School. He later obtained his G.E.D. he also earned his certification as a machinist from CV Tech. His favorite past time he enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, especially his nieces and nephews, he cherished his family.
He is survived by his mother; Zoie Page of Oklahoma City, OK. Father; David Isham of Holdenville, OK, His Spouse Aretha Beavers and five children; Sophia Mendoza, Rodolfo Mendoza, Maria Mendoza, Vincent Page, Julius Page all of Oklahoma City, OK Sisters: Mary Page, Saina Isham, Shyra Isham, Krystal Isham, Lucy Isham and one brother Frank Isham.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Nathaniel Sr. and Ann LeClair Page and his Paternal grandparents Christine Wolfe and Clarence Isham.
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RIP my friend, you will be missed terribly.
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My prayers & condolences are with you all, God bless you with comfort.
Brownie's love and concern for his family was evident even as an adolescent. I vividly remember Brownie worrying about his mom and sisters. He wondered who would take care of them if he weren't around. Now we know who is going to care for his family. Brownie is now an angel among us. We will always love you, Brownie.
My Condolences to the Family. Prayers and Hugs.
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MISS U BRO...ALWAYS HAD MY BACK....GON MISS U BOI..
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Q: Java MessageFormat resource with optional parameter? Is it possible to have an optional parameter to a message format?  I have code that history for something with an event type and parameters encoded as strings.  This gets loaded by other code and does a resource lookup based on the type name (i.e. eventtype..format), and then passes the stored parameters.
One of the event types is 'action performed because user-defined rule matched'.  Previously, I didn't include the rule name as one of the parameters, and now I want to, so I was hoping to be able to use the same event type without redefining it just to add a parameter.
My question is, is it possible to do something like this
eventtype.matchedRule.format=Action performed because of user-defined rule {if{0},(Rule name:{0})}
so that if an event type of 'matchedRule' is loaded and has no parameters defined, this resolves to
"Action performed because of user-defined rule"
and if rule name was defined as "My Rule", it would be resolved to
"Action performed because of user-defined rule (Rule name: My Rule)"
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We all think that our insurance company will be our allies in times of disaster at home or in our business: just contact them with all the details and your insurance claim will be fairly dealt with. With your list detailing the damage and the cost of fixing everything, your insurers will give you a cheque covering all the expense of putting everything to rights, won't they?
Actually, making an insurance claim not that simple.
– Do you know the details of your insurance contract?
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These insurance loss assessors know exactly how to deal with a claim to ensure you get the best settlement. Their experience means that they know their way around the small print, and they know the what to expect after a fire, flood, storm or burglary. As they are not the victims of the incident, they can deal with the claim in a clear and dispassionate way, meaning that they are on the ball throughout the claims process.
An insurance company uses professional loss adjusters to pay out as little as possible. You can employ your own loss assessors to maximise the amount you get paid out. If you need insurance claim advice, speak to a loss assessor to even the odds.


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In the early stages of drafting my essay, "The Worldwide Roller Derby Convention," I tried to conceal the fact that I had attended RollerCon while recovering from a broken leg. It was my latest, and most severe roller derby injury—a seven-inch spiral fracture of my tibia and a complete displacement of my fibula—and it happened a week after I purchased my RollerCon ticket. When I began to write after the convention, I was still somewhat wedded to the vision I had for the essay before the accident. I wanted to take a fly-on-the-wall approach and simply "step out of the way," allowing readers to experience RollerCon without being burdened by my personal circumstances. I wanted to be the lens, not the subject.
It became clear to me relatively quickly that I could not write that version of the essay with any kind of integrity—my experience of the convention was too deeply rooted in crisis. The question of whether I would return to derby when my leg healed colored everything I witnessed. Never had I seen such a beautiful fusion of campiness and athleticism. There were skaters wearing strap-ons and coaches in full drag. I saw purple leopard print elbow pads and knee socks that said FUCK OFF. The Bruised Boutique carried everything from sweat-wicking scrimmage jerseys to "derby proof" lipstick. Some of the biggest names in roller derby—Scald Eagle, Miracle Whips, Lady Trample—appeared to play and sign autographs.
Being broken afforded me the distance to watch from the sidelines and try to make sense of a world where everyone had decided playing roller derby was worth risking horrific injury. A huge majority of skaters had suffered worse than rink rash and bruises; I was particularly aware of their scars. At RollerCon, my perspective as a broken skater hovering between worlds was too vital to sacrifice for whatever "objective" telling I thought would be possible with a disembodied narrator.
"The Worldwide Roller Derby Convention" became the final chapter of my MFA thesis at Washington University in St. Louis, and is now the final chapter of my full-length memoir about derby. This essay unlocked the whole project for me, in a way. Recognizing the themes of physicality and queerness led me to draw new parallels between roller derby and my unconventional and often violent upbringing. Having a vision of the end also gave me direction—a place I could write toward.
I could not be more honored to receive Boulevard Magazine's 2018 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers. "The Worldwide Roller Derby Convention" is the first from my manuscript that I submitted, so the award is especially meaningful. I faced a lot of doubt, mostly about whether I could inspire investment—or, at the very least, interest—from readers outside the sport. Modern roller derby is such a foreign phenomenon to most people, and its unconventionalities are nowhere more on display than at RollerCon. It is such a relief to know that I can journey to the heart of it all and there will be others along for the ride. —Gabe Montesanti; photo by Bob Dunnell
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BULDERS is a sportswear clothing brand specialized in bodybuilding, strength training and fitness. It offers a quality range of clothing design to practitioners and are crafted to carry this sport's values. Moreover, practitioners can wear them in the room and outside. The brand is now successfully present in many events and acclaimed by many athletes.
The name : it comes from the translation of the word "bull" in English and refers to the "bodybulder". The final "s" gives originality to the word and snapps to Anglo Saxon connotation.
The logo : The key element of the brand is a bull. Traditionnaly, this animal conveys power values and huge strength to training practitioners. It is said "it has a bull neck" or "this is a beef" to enhance developed musculature. The Bulders bull can be shown in several ways like stylish animal, half man and animal, it always has developed musculature and are significant to practitioners. Many original variations are still coming. The "Bulders" word is written with a character that remains the bull's horns and spikes that forms its body.
The motto : 'feel the force' is reflected into the strenght of the Jedi in the 'Star Wars' movies. It requires concentration and comittment. It also refers to the sheer strength of the Bulders bull, which is one of the bodybuilding practitioner's goals. The awakening force is echoed through clothing brands and helps practitioner look for performance through guidance and motivation. Indeed, this remains figurative and unreal. A recent practical example in this regard is that of customer feeback. Customers resonated well with the concept.
The devil : the character that portrays woman Bulders range which is a feminine version of the bull, with a svelte and athletic line, ideally sought by practitioners. The first buyers of the brand spontaneously called this figure "the devil" because of his horns and tail.
The creators : The Bulders project is born from the meeting of two personalities with distinct skills but united by the same passion : sports.
Benoit DEROT : Benoit DEROT, an avid practitioner of combat sports since 1992 and international competitor, attended galas in grappling and pankration MMA in Europe and Asia, where he won many competitions. Throughout his career, he completed his training with some weight training in order to increase his performance. At the same time, he took marketing and international trade academic courses and graduated from the Business school in Marseille in 1997. In 2005, after a professional experience as a merchant, he started his own Events Company. He currently offers all of his management expertise to help Bulders.
Christophe MULETIER : Since he was 15 years old , he has been practising bodybuilding and won both national and international awards like : champion of France in 2000 WPF junior, European champion in 2001 WPF couple team, 1st place in the body show Ciotat super body category in 2004 and 2nd in the fitness world that year. 1st in the Grand Prize of Aix en Provence in 2006 then, he puts his competitive career on standby to focus on developing his companies. He came back in 2012 at the body show of Ciotat on Bulders launch and won the 1st prize in the athletic category and all the others. He's currently bringing his experience, network and image from the bodybuilding to the BULDERS company.
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Vous êtes professionnel dans le milieu du fitness, de la musculation, de la nutrition sportive ? Vous possédez une salle de sport ou une autre activité dans ce domaine et vous souhaitez devenir revendeur de la marque BULDERS, remplissez le formulaire ci-dessous, nous prendrons contact avec vous très rapidement.
All items sold on Bulders.fr are eligible for exchange or refund over a period of 7 days, from the date of receipt of your order.
Track your orders with your Bulders account.
Your email address will never be disclosed to anyone.
Choose a new password for your Bulders account.
Please indicate the email address of your BULDERS account.
Billing address similar to the shipping address.
By clicking on " Order " you acknowledge having read and accepted our terms of sale.
The Bulders.fr website is under the French and international legislation on the copyright and intellectual property.
La vente ainsi que l'offre de produits sur notre site internet www.bulders.fr s'appliquent aux conditions générales de vente ci-dessous, ayant pour objet, d'une part, d'informer tout éventuel consommateur sur les conditions et modalités dans lesquelles le vendeur procède à la vente et à la livraison des produits commandés, et d'autre part, de définir les droits et obligations des parties dans le cadre de la vente de produits par le vendeur au consommateur, sans restriction ni réserves, à l'ensemble des ventes, par la société HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, des produits proposés sur son site Internet "www.bulders.fr". En conséquence, le fait pour toute personne de commander un produit proposé à la vente sur le site Internet de la société HEALTHY LIFESTYLE emporte acceptation pleine et entière des présentes conditions générales de vente dont l'acheteur reconnait avoir pris connaissance préalablement à sa commande. Toute condition non conforme à ces conditions générales que l'acheteur aurait formulée sera rejetée, à moins que HEALTHY LIFESTYLE n'en ait expressément et par écrit reconnu l'applicabilité. Les produits sont proposés à la vente internet sans limitation de territoire. L'acheteur, préalablement à sa commande, déclare qu'il a la pleine capacité juridique, lui permettant de s'engager au titre des présentes conditions générales de vente. La société HEALTHY LIFESTYLE se réserve le droit de modifier à tout moment les présentes conditions générales de vente, sous réserve de faire apparaitre ces modifications sur son site.
SARL HEALTHY LIFESTYLE au capital de 500 euros. Adresse : 45 AV DES MARTINS 97460 SAINT PAUL, FRANCE. RCS : 839 733 615, SIRET : 839 733 615 00026, TVA : FR36 839 733 615, APE 4642Z.
1.1 On www.bulders.fr, the supplier sells its products and applies its own e-commerce business! This is exclusively dedicated to the users who would like to become final consumers.
1.2 Any end-user will have to practice foreign operations on our website in any business or professional activity. If not, we invite you to abstain from entering into any business transactions on the Bulderswebsite www.bulders.fr.
1.3 From the sales policy described above, the supplier retains the right to deny and ignore any order made by an intermediate person instead of the final consumer or any non-compliant order opposed to the current sales policy.
1.4 These Conditions of Sales exclusively govern the offer, the transmission and acceptance of purchase orders for products on the website between end users or consumers, www.bulders.fr and the supplier.
1.5 For all other entities providing services or offering to sell products different from the Bulders' supplier, however available on www.bulders.fr through links, banners, flash or other hypertext links, are not strictly governed by the conditions of sales in all of these terms. In case of problems related to third parties and regardless of their nature, the Bulders' website supplier is not liable for their efficiency and advises you before committing any transaction with these entities to verify their conditions of sales.
2.1 In order to proceed with your order and conclude your purchase on our website : www.bulders.fr, just click on your chosen product, select the needed features (size and color), then click on « Add to cart». Once your order is completed, go to your cart to complete the payment procedure. You can fill out the order form and send it via telematics to our provider by following the provided instructions.
2.2 The order form is composed of the price and the information about the main characteristics of the ordered products, the payment method of each product, the shipping and delivery processes, the costs and the conditions for the renunciation right and return policy.
2.3 The purchase agreement is concluded when the website's supplier receives your order form and after checking the accuracy of your order's data.
2.4 You are invited to read carefully these Terms and Conditions before finalizing a purchase and make a copy of it.
2.5 Le formulaire de commande : Il sera conservé dans notre banque de données pendant le temps nécessaire et conformément aux délais légaux applicables à l'expédition des commandes.
2.6 During the checkout phase : It must be forwarded to our website supplier in French, and it is also recommended that you correct any data entry errors.
2.7 The order will be handled by the www.bulders.fr supplier and the delivery of the product will occur within a maximum of six (6) working days from the receipt of your order.However, the delivery time may be extended to twenty (20) days, if the internal procedures for detecting fraud require additional days the six (6) first days will be included. Anyway, the website supplier shall inform the consumer towards the delay of such extension.
2.8 In case your order includes one or more unavailable products on www.bulders.fr since your last visit to the website, or once order form is submitted, the supplier of www.bulders.fr will provide you the information towards its unavailability as soon as possible. If your order has been confirmed and paid for, we will refund the price you paid for the missing items within 30 days following the date of payment.
2.10 Upon receipt of your order form, an invoice will be sent to you by the provider of www.bulders.fr. This invoice includes a summary of the information displayed in your order form like the terms of sale, information about the product features, detailed pricing, payment methods, your waiver right and the time and cost of delivery.
3.1 Are listed on this website : the Bulders brand products. Product prices are quoted in Euros, all taxes included, excluding the cost of processing and shipping charges. For orders to countries other than France, the buyer is the importer of the concerned products. For all products shipped out of the European Union and DOM-TOM, prices will be calculated automatically net of tax on the invoice.Customs duties or other local taxes, state taxes or importation duties may be required. Ces droits et sommes ne sont pas du ressort de BULDERS. Ils seront à la charge de l'acheteur et relèvent de l'entière responsabilité, tant en termes de déclarations que de paiements, des autorités et/ou organismes compétents du pays d'expédition. The Customer i is advised to get information about these aspects from the local authorities. All orders, regardless of their country of origin, are payable in € (EUR).
3.2 Market standards are met for each of these products.Neither defective product, nor used items are presented on the provider's website.
3.3 On the supplier's website : www.bulders.fr each of these products is detailed in a listing product of each item! However the resolution of your computer screen may slightly change the color of an image, the latter as well as photos of the product present on the supplier's website www.bulders.fr that might be changed!
3.4 Please check the final sale price before sending your order form due to regular rise or drop updates on prices.
3.6 The supplier, in case of renunciation right retains the ability to refuse the return of the products if they are without their labels or damaged or they were modified.
4.1 On the order form of this supplier on the site, the terms and the payment procedure are indicated, as well as costs related to shipping.
4.2 Regarding payments by bank card (credit / withdrawal) all personal information associated with your card will be transferred via encrypted protocol, PayPal or other banks providing services related to electronic payment. These information won't be displayed or transmitted to any third party Except for the completion of your order, for a refund, for a right of return according to the terms and conditions, and for any complaint to the authorities, the provider hasn't the right to use your personal information. The shipping cost and the total price of your order will be charged from your current account as indicated in the order form.
5.1 For further information, please send us an e-mail on the Contact us section.
7.1 You have the right to end the agreement with the supplier without specifying your causes and without penalty, within fourteen (14) days from the day of your purchasingon the website (www.bulders.fr). However, no product could be replaced by another one !
7.3 If this is the case, all products must be returned to the supplier by giving a carrier of your choice within fourteen (14) days from the date you received them and at your expense ! Therefore, please contact our customer service by email so we will send you the address for returning the products, transportation will be entirely your sole responsibility for any loss or damage of the product. These return costs will be deducted from the full amount that you for exercising your waiver rights.
7.4 If and only if the deadlines and conditions set forth in sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 are met, the return of products in case of restitution right is considered conform : the return form is properly completed and sent to the supplier within the period requested, - the product must not have been damaged, altered, washed, worn or used.- product label must always be attached to it by its home of origin-products and must be returned in their package. Moreover, the products must be delivered to the carrier of your choice within fourteen (14) days after the day you received them. The products must be sent to the supplier once because the provider retains the right to refuse articles of the same order returned and dispatched at different times.
7.5 The supplier will, under the above conditions, arrange the refund procedure as specified in the section 8.2 below within a maximum of thirty (30) days of your renunciation right.
7.6 However, if the modalities and terms for exercising the right to renunciation were not respected you would not be entitled to the refundof amounts already paid to the supplier and the possible costs of returning goods remain your responsibility. However you can get back at your expense items in the state they have been returned to the supplier. Otherwise, the supplier can keep the products and the sums already paid for their acquisition.
8.1 The supplier will send you a confirmation email of acceptance for the returned products if the above requirements of section 7.4 are met.
8.2 Whatever your way of payment, the supplier must refund you within thirty (30) days to exercise the right of cancellation conditionned by the restitution of the original product. The refunded amont corresponds to the full price of the returned products, the initial delivery of the products and any additional costs associated with a payment order.
8.3 For credit card / withdrawal payments, the date of the new credit will be balanced with the debit to prevent bank penalties.
8.4 You can use the pre-printed record of the command that will be in the package your products supplier with the TNT carrierin order to track your parcel.
9.2 Les informations collectées par HEALTHY LIFESTYLE lors de toute commande de l'acheteur sont nécessaires pour la gestion de sa commande. Conformément à la loi Informatique et Libertés n°78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, l'acheteur dispose d'un droit d'accès, de rectification, d'opposition et de suppression aux données le concernant auprès de Dragon Bleu.
All the texts, comments, articles, illustrations and images reproduced on the www.bulders.fr site are reserved under copyright and intellectual property for the whole world. For this reason and in accordance with the Code if Intellectual Property, only the use for a private use is authorized, subjected to different provisions even more restrictive from the code of Intellectual Property. Any copy, representation or reproduction, totally or partially of www.bulders.fr site is strictly prohibited.
By subscribing to the Bulders Newsletter, you will be notified by email about all the news and current promotions on www.bulders.fr website.
You can unsubscribe at any time either by clicking on the link in all Bulders emails or by sending an email to contact@bulders.fr specifying that you wish to unsubscribe.
The current agreement is under the French legislation and the language used is in French. In case of dispute the French courts will have jurisdiction.


I did a quick free hand French Manicure with the BYS Pink Manicure polish.
For being a quick free hand, you sure did a nice job! :D I just posted this on my blog but I'm rocking OPI Big Apple Red...woot!
you have such a wonderful blog and my favorite post of all is the WISH-LIST balenciaga post!!!


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See Robson Green's message of support for villagers trying to save their local pub
Taste of success for Cook & Barker
A Northumberland inn has been rewarded for combining good food and drink while playing an important role in the local community.
By Ian Smith
Thursday, 23rd May 2019, 11:00 am
William Farmer and Phil Farmer with their Countryside Alliance Award.
The Cook and Barker at Newton-on-the-Moor won best North East pub at the 2019 Countryside Alliance Awards, known as the Rural Oscars.
It is recognition for the efforts made by owner Phil Farmer and his team who will now represesent the region at the national finals in London.
"I am over the moon about it," said Phil. "It's a lot of hard work running a place like this so it's nice to receive this recognition, especially as it comes from being nominated.
"It's good cause for a double celebration as we celebrate our 30th anniversary here on June 4."
Judges praised the development of the Cook and Barker under his tenure 'from a simple bar to the enterprise it is today, which is dedicated to serving good food, drink and accommodation while still acting as a community hub.
'Food is also Phil's passion, so much so that he has bought a farm so he can provide top quality local produce for the pub and he is always on the lookout for other local suppliers to support.'
The awards are the Countryside Alliance's annual celebration of rural produce, skills, enterprise and heritage by small hard-working businesses.
This year, more than 17,000 nominations were received across five categories.
Other regional winners were: Village Shop – Cornhill on Tweed Shop, Cafe and Post Office; Butcher – RG Foreman & Son, Norham; Rural Enterprise – Home from Home Boarding Kennels and Cattery, Allerburn, Heddon-on-the-Wall; Local Food & Drink – Hutchinson Hobbs Farm Shop, Castlelevington, Yarm.
Judges praises the Cornhill shop for 'its focus on great local produce, a warm welcome for all and a most caring regard for the elderly. Big supporters of community events and keen fund-raisers for Macmillan Cancer, raising over £100K, they are the hub of this community and are what a great village shop is all about.'
RG Foreman were described as 'very skilled and knowledgeable butchers with bucket loads of expertise providing first class produce'.
Judges added: 'They talk kindly about the animals, and their welfare is clearly of great concern to them, which means they only source direct from local farmers. The business is growing, with them taking an innovative approach to what they sell. Being keen fisherman themselves, they have also branched out into fishing tackle for those coming to fish the Tweed, which is novel for a butchers!'
Countryside Alliance Awards director, Sarah Lee, said: "This year's regional winners are all truly exceptional. We have been overwhelmed by nominations this year.
"The secret to the Rural Oscars' popularity is that they honour the people involved in these businesses and not just their produce or services. They exist to sing the praises of those who work hard to keep our communities and rural economy ticking, but don't seek the spotlight.
"These awards provide a cause for celebration in a time of great uncertainty in the countryside. Our local produce is second to none and there are many community heroes and businesses worthy of national recognition."
The regional winners advance to the national finals at the House of Lords on June 19.
Government closes tax loophole on second homes
Chance to pay tribute to family GP
Northumberland swimmer aiming to raise awareness of hidden disabilities
Ashington woman develops cervical cancer after test incorrectly recorded as normal


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description: The Visual Studio Team Services Deployments extension allows you to deploy Rules, Hosted Pages and Database Connection scripts from Visual Studio Team Services to Auth0.
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# Visual Studio Team Services Deployments

The **Visual Studio Team Services Deployments** extension allows you to deploy [Rules](/rules), Database Connection scripts and hosted pages from Visual Studio Team Services to Auth0. You can configure a Visual Studio Team Services project, keep all of your scripts there, and have them automatically deployed to Auth0 whenever you push changes to your project.

## Configure the Auth0 Extension

To install and configure this extension, click on the **Visual Studio Team Services Deployments** box in the list of provided extensions on the [Extensions](${manage_url}/#/extensions) page of the Auth0 Management Dashboard. The **Install Extension** window will open.

![Install extension popup window](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/install-extension.png)

Set the following configuration variables:

* **TFS_TYPE**: The type of repository, choose from TFVC or Git
* **TFS_PROJECT**: The project from which you want to deploy rules and database scripts.
* **TFS_BRANCH**: The branch we should monitor for commits.
* **TFS_INSTANCE**: Your Visual Studio Team Services instance name (without .visualstudio.com).
* **TFS_COLLECTION**: Your visualstudio collection
* **TFS_USERNAME**: Your Visual Studio Team Services username
* **TFS_TOKEN**: Your personal access token for Visual Studio Team Services, for details on how to configure one refer to [Configure a Personal Access Token](#configure-a-personal-access-token) below.
* **SLACK_INCOMING_WEBHOOK**: Webhook URL for Slack used to notify you of successful and failed deployments.

Once you have provided this information, click **Install**.

## Configure a Personal Access Token

1. Sign in to either your Visual Studio Team Services account (https://{youraccount}.visualstudio.com) or your Team Foundation Server web portal (https://{server}:8080/tfs/).

2. From your home page, click on your profile in the top right corner of the page, then from the drop-down menu select **Security**.

![Profile drop down](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/profile-menu.png)

3. This will bring up the **Personal access tokens** page, click **Add**.

![Add personal access token](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/add-token.png)

4. Add a description for the new token, select the desired lifetime, and the account the token will be associated with. Then choose the scopes you wish to authorize and then click **Create Token**.

![Creating the access token](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/create-token.png)

5. Once the token is created, you will need to copy right away as it is not saved. Use this value as your **TFS_TOKEN**.

![Copy access token](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/copy-token.png)

## Authorize Access

Navigate to the [Extensions](${manage_url}/#/extensions) page and click on the **Installed Extensions** tab.

![Installed Extensions](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/installed-extensions-view.png)

Click on the row for the **Visual Studio Team Services Deployments** extension. The first time you click on your installed extension, you will be asked to grant it to access your Visual Studio Deployments account.

![Auth0 Integration Page](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/vs-integration-page.png)

Once you agree, you will be directed to the **Visual Studio Team Services Integration** page.

![Visual Studio Team Services Integration Page](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/vsts-integration.png)

Copy the **Payload URL** and **HTTP headers** values. You will use them in order to configure the Visual Studio Team Services Webhook in the next step.

## Configure the Visual Studio Team Services Webhook

Once you have configured your Auth0 Extension, you will need to configure the the Visual Studio Team Services Webhook to complete the integration.

In your Visual Studio Team Services account, go to **Overview** and click on the name the project being used for the integration, then click **Service Hooks**.

![Select Service Hooks](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/service-hooks.png)

Then click the link **Create the first subscription for this project**. Then select **Web Hooks** from the menu.

![Select Web Hooks](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/web-hooks.png)

Then click the **Next** button, choose the trigger for the event and the filters are optional. Then click **Next**.

![Configure Web Hook](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/configure-web-hook.png)

For the **URL** field, enter the **Payload URL** from the previous step along with the **HTTP headers** field from the previous step. The remaining fields are optional.

## Deployment

Once you have set up the webhook in Visual Studio Team Services using the provided information, you are ready to start committing to your project.

Your project should have a predefined structure:
- Rules are expected to be found under `rules` directory.
- Database connections are expected to be found under `database-connections` directory.
- Hosted pages are expected to be found under `pages` directory.

With each commit you push to your configured Visual Studio Team Services project, the webhook will call the extension to initiate a deployment if changes were made to these predefined directories.

The **Deploy** button on the **Deployments** tab of the extension allows you to manually deploy the Rules, Pages and Database Connection scripts that you already have in your Visual Studio Team Services project. This is useful if your project already contains items that you want to deploy once you have set up the extension or if you have accidentally deleted some scripts in Auth0 and need to redeploy the latest version of your project.

::: panel-warning Full Deployment
To maintain a consistent state, the extension will always do a full deployment of the contents of these folders. **Any rules, pages or database connection scripts that exist in Auth0 but not in your Visual Studio Team Services project will be deleted**.
:::

### Deploy Database Connection Scripts

To deploy Database Connection scripts, you must first create a directory under `database-connections`. The name of the directory must match **exactly** the name of your [database connection](${manage_url}/#/connections/database) in Auth0. You can create as many directories as you have Database Connections.

Under the created directory, create one file for each script you want to use. The allowed scripts are:

- `get_user.js`
- `create.js`
- `verify.js`
- `login.js`
- `change_password.js`
- `delete.js`

For a generic Custom Database Connection, only the `login.js` script is required. If you enable the migration feature, you will also need to provide the `get_user.js` script.

You can find examples in [the Auth0 Samples repository](https://github.com/auth0-samples/github-source-control-integration/tree/master/database-connections/my-custom-db). While the samples were authored for GitHub, it will work for a Visual Studio Team Services integration as well.

### Deploy Hosted Pages

The supported hosted pages are:
- `error_page`
- `guardian_multifactor`
- `login`
- `password_reset`

To deploy a page, you must create an HTML file under the `pages` directory of your Visual Studio Team Services project. For each HTML page you need to create a JSON file (with the same name) that will be used to mark the page as enabled or disabled. For example, in order to deploy an `error_page`, you would create two files:

```text
your-project/pages/error_page.html
your-project/pages/error_page.json
```

To enable the page the `error_page.json` would contain the following:

```json
{
  "enabled": true
}
```
### Deploy Rules

To deploy a rule, you must first create a JavaScript file under the `rules` directory of your Visual Studio Team Services project. Each Rule must be in its own `.js` file.

For example, if you create the file `rules/set-country.js`, the extension will create a Rule in Auth0 with the name `set-country`.

**NOTE**: If you plan to use source control integration for an existing account, first rename your Rules in Auth0 to match the name of the files you will be deploying to this directory.

You can mark rules as manual. In that case, the source control extension will not delete or update them. To mark a rule navigate to the **Rules Configuration** tab of the **Visual Studio Team Services Integration** page. Toggle the **Manual Rule** switch for the rules you want to mark as manual. Click **Update Manual Rules** to save your changes.

![Mark rules as manual](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/manual-rule.png)

You can also control the Rule order, status (`enabled`/`disabled`) and stage (for now, only `login_success` is available) by creating a JSON file with the same name as your JavaScript file. For this example, you would create a file named `rules/set-country.json`.

__set-country.js__
```javascript
function (user, context, callback) {
  if (context.request.geoip) {
    user.country = context.request.geoip.country_name;
  }
  callback(null, user, context);
}
```

__set-country.json__
```javascript
{
  "enabled": false,
  "order": 15,
  "stage": "login_success"
}
```

You can find a `login_success` example in [the Auth0 Samples repository](https://github.com/auth0-samples/github-source-control-integration/tree/master/rules). While the sample was authored for GitHub, it will work for a Visual Studio Team Services integration as well.

#### Set Rule Order

To avoid conflicts, you are cannot set multiple Rules of the same order. However, you can create a JSON file for each rule, and within each file, assign a value for `order`. We suggest using number values that allow for reordering with less risk for conflict. For example, assign a value of `10` to the first Rule and `20` to the second Rule, rather than using values of `1` and `2`, respectively).

#### Set the Stage

After you deploy a Rule, you cannot change its stage, or the area where the Rule executes.

If you need the rule to execute in a different stage, you must create a new Rule with the updated stage and delete the original Rule.

Please note that you may have only a single Rule for the `user_registration` and `login_failure` stages.

## Track Deployments

To track your deployments, navigate to the [Extensions](${manage_url}/#/extensions) page, then **Installed Extensions** and click on the row for the **Visual Studio Team Services Deployments** extension, and select the **Deployments** tab. You will see a list of all deployments.

![](/media/articles/extensions/visual-studio-ts/deployments-tab.png)

If a deployment fails, you can examine the details of the deployment to determine why. Details are also available for successful deployments.

If you configured a **Slack Incoming Webhook**, you will be notified on Slack anytime a deployment occurs.

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