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Marcus Cain
Before and after, 2012
acrylic, ink, latex, and watercolor on wood panel
Courtesy of the artist and Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art
Marcus Cain
Marcus Cain's drawings and paintings veer back and forth between abstraction and representation, with the figure as a recurrent element explored in relationship to environment, physical form, and consideration of presence and absence. Cain's latest paintings are part of an ongoing series of semi-abstract works that draw on the form of an iconic portrait head to explore a threshold between cognitive absence and presence. The environment within these paintings often defines an intimate space — which Cain thinks of as a space where breathing and communication are exchanged — while the forms themselves often appear to be either converging or dissipating around points of lightness or darkness, which suggest eyes or portals into an interior space.
Cain earned his B.F.A. degree in painting and printmaking from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1998 and has exhibited actively in the Kansas City area and nationally since then. Exhibitions of his work have been presented at venues including Dolphin Gallery in Kansas City; California State University in Long Beach; Jan Weiner Gallery in Kansas City; George Billis Gallery in N.Y.; Rocket Projects in Miami; Boots Contemporary Art Space in St. Louis; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, Kan.; Okay Mountain in Austin; Greenlease Gallery at Rockhurst University in Kansas City; and Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art in Kansas City. He will have a solo show, "Wonder & Dread" at Sherry Leedy Contemporary this spring. Cain is currently executive director of Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, where he was previously curator from 2007 through 2011. Prior to that he served as editor-in-chief of Review Magazine, the former Kansas City-based visual art and culture publication, and as assistant director of Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art.
Anne Austin Pearce
Anne Austin Pearce's recent ink, acrylic, and colored pencil drawings on paper are explorations of human psychology and emotion—our inner lives. These manifest as exaggerated, visceral representations of bodily forms tangled within and emerging from dense passages of gestural, abstract marks and patterns. In her very newest, large-scale works on paper, Pearce is exploring the ocean and organic forms under the water, which she describes as "a metaphor, vehicle and resource of form for the unknowable and the unnameable."
Pearce earned her B.F.A. degree in printmaking from University of Kansas, Lawrence in 1990, and her M.F.A. in drawing and painting from James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., in 1995. Her work has been exhibited extensively over the past decade including in solo shows at Work Gallery in Brooklyn (2011); Kansas City Public Library Central Library's Genevieve Guldner Gallery (2011); Eppink Gallery at Emporia State University in Kansas (2010); Haidee & Allen Wild Center for the Arts at Cottey College in Nevada, Mo. (2009); University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art and Design in Warrensburg (2008); Unit 5 Gallery in Kansas City (2008); 1912 Gallery at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va. (2007); and MoMO Studio in Kansas City (2005). Her work has also been featured in many dozens of group exhibitions around the country, including at Betrand Delacroix in New York; Corcoran School of Art & Design in Washington DC; Next Art Fair in Chicago; Verge Art Fair in Miami; Cara and Cabezas Contemporary in Kansas City; Milo Gallery in Los Angeles; Townsend Wolf Gallery at the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock; White Flag Projects in St. Louis; The Late Show Gallery in Kansas City; and The Shore Institute for the Contemporary Arts in Longbranch, N.J. Pearce is currently an assistant professor of fine arts at Rockhurst University, where she has taught since 1999, and director of Rockurst's Greenlease Gallery. Visit www.anneaustinpearce.com for more information.
Luke Rocha
Luke Rocha is a self-taught artist who creates sculptures, installations, publications, and collages from a range of found materials and media. Particularly interested in the lesser-known or underappreciated expressions and artifacts of specific cultures and subcultures, Rocha, a consummate collector, seeks to re- focus attention on these forms while bringing them into new dialogue with one another in the present.
Rocha's work has been presented in solo exhibitions at the Mercy Seat in Kansas City (2006) and Halcyon Diversified Trading in Roeland Park, Kan. (2010), as well as in group shows at Charlotte Street's Urban Culture Project Space, Paragraph Gallery and La Esquina in Kansas City; Around the Coyote Gallery in Chicago; Wonder Fair in Lawrence, Kan.; Steckline Gallery at Newman University in Wichita; and Mattie Rhodes Art Center in Kansas City. In 2010 he was commissioned to create the Chamber of Commerce's 2010 Kansas Citian of the Year Award, and was a Charlotte Street Urban Culture Project Studio Resident from 2010-2011. For more information, visit www.lukerocha.com.
2012 Charlotte Street Foundation Visual Artist Awards
Marcus Cain, Anne Austin Pearce, Luke Rocha
Each of the three 2012 Visual Arts Fellows challenged themselves to expand their creative practice, extend their professional network, and develop a new body of work for this exhibition.
To honor the 15th anniversary of the Charlotte Street Foundation and the spirit of community that has evolved as part of their work in Kansas City, we asked the artists to share their work and a conversation with an arts professional in the region. The resulting essays by Kris Imants Ercums, Matt Jacobs, and Joseph Keehn introduce us to new work by three outstanding artists working in Kansas City.
An ambitious and immersive installation by Anne Austin Pearce is informed by her ongoing research exploring the complex ecologies of human and animal relationships and a close observation of ocean habitats.
For artist and curator Marcus Cain, it was an opportunity to integrate various aspects of his creative practice to design an exhibition where paintings would evoke the invisible energy fields of individuals and individuals would gather together to explore the therapeutic network of energies generated via creativity.
The young and confident vision of Luke Rocha resonates even more after a period of dedicated time in his studio and an expanded dialogue focused on the work. Swerving back and forth in time, Rocha deftly gathers, edits, and splices samples foraged from his urban journeys into sculptural assemblages and installations.
We are grateful to have an opportunity, once again, to partner with the Charlotte Street Foundation in recognizing the artists and curators whose work enriches our community.
Raechell Smith
Director, H&R Block Artspace
at the Kansas City Art Institute
Anne Austin Pearce
Like primordial life emerging from the ocean, this new work by Anne Austin Pearce took shape in the swirling waters of the sea. Inspired by walks along the crystal blue shores of Tulum on the Yucatan peninsula, these biomorphic paintings reference the undulating complexity of coral reefs. The Mayan ruins dotting the shores of Tulum as embodiments of human civilization provided a contrastive source for the work. The juxtaposition of coral (Nature) and Mayan architecture (Civilization) underscores a central dichotomy in Pearce's work, one that seeks to illuminate and reflect upon the importance of natural rhythms in life as opposed to those created by society. This tension between instinctive, emotional life and the rationale of social constructs is further suggested by the work's title, Animals Do Not Take Vows.
The installation is conceived in two parts with three painted diptychs comprising the first grouping. Like sliced specimens of shell splayed and opened in two directions, these wood-panel paintings are seemingly symmetrical. Rather, they form a dialogical relationship with each pair conversing and responding, yet unique and individual. The second part of the installation recalls the ambling discovery of shells and secret tidal pools that only a walk on the beach can evoke. An installation of parallel slant boards displays two sets of monumental scroll paintings. Composed of layered semi-transparent sheets of archival drafting film, Pearce uses a combination of ink and liquid acrylic. The pooled effect of the paint, which in some passages appears dispersed like dried mud while in others coalesces into a slick, metallic sheen, shimmers like illuminated water. She achieves the effect by applying heat, a kind of geological force that shapes and bends the continuum.
Specimens of coral collected along the Yucatan shore were ever present touchstones during the creation of these paintings. Coral is composed of tiny sea anemones that together constitute a massive collective living entity. These "rainforests of the sea" are cavernous havens that shelter diverse life in the hostile environment of the ocean. As much as coral signifies interconnectedness and community in its most basic and primal iteration, it is also a natural provocation for the jeopardy of technology. Rising sea temperatures caused by carbon emissions have disrupted the delicate balance of coral ecology. For Pearce, this artwork further explores the decomposition of human emotional life prompted by the "fog of distraction" manifest in information technologies like the internet. Pearce remarks: "the internet has atrophied empathy and emotional intelligence… [while] Nature restores it."*
The intent of the work is therefore therapeutic and reflective. Like an ambling walk along an abandoned stretch of pristine beach, Pearce's installation of monumental paintings plunges the viewer into the depths of strange time. Strange time is a kind of release from the rigor of historical progression, a temporality that touches the deep recesses of mythological being. Mircea Eliade describes it as "the desire to attain other temporal rhythms than those in which we are condemned to live and work."** Submerged in the ecstatic imaginaire of "strange time," Pearce's artwork brings us closer to the primacy of experience, a kind of blissful striving to recapture that feeling of something experienced for the first time.
*Email correspondence with the artist, Sept. 18, 2012
**Mircea Eliade, Myth and Reality, Harper and Row, New York 1963: pg. 192.
–Kris Imants Ercums, curator of global contemporary and Asian art, Spencer Museum of Art
Marcus Cain
In Pulse (2012), we see a painting filled with drips and stipples – sometimes within one another – of assorted hues and dimensions. Moving from edge to center, the distance between each acrylic mark increases to reveal the light, fleshy pink, tonal ground. From a distance, the inner circular form pulses against the condensed dots along the framed, rectangle border. The same hand is found unmistakably in a larger painting nearby; however, in this painting a circular form reveals itself more specifically as a head. Two additional small reveals appear as eyes with greyish green dots acting as pupils. The eyes (or portals) are my entry into the latest works by Marcus Cain. Like the painterly application, Cain's works are layered with meaning. These paintings are part of an ongoing series of works that explore energy and Cain's particulate view of the human condition.*
Investigating the space between acts of transformation and shifting identities, Cain has been exploring notions surrounding energy–ways of collecting and exerting–for several years. Perhaps best known for patterned, often plaid, semi-abstracted paintings, Cain's works are riddled with references, right down to the choice of color (i.e. the greyish green is symbolic of the artist's childhood home). Aboriginal art, American quilting, graphic design, and hobo art are just a few of the interwoven elements you might recognize in Cain's artworks. In the wall installation Crystal Blue Persuasion (2007), Cain juxtaposed the use of non-traditional materials and folk art markings as seen in the practices of Bay Mission School artists Margaret Kilgallen and Barry McGee with the stylistic techniques seen in graphic design artist Shepard Fairey.
Borrowing the title from Tommy James and the Shondells' 1969 brotherly love drug anthem**, the title provides another layer to contemplate. From the deeply personal to the universal, each title is as carefully selected as the systematically, controlled dots are put on each wood panel. In 2009 Cain's signature bold graphic patterning began to include the influences of Pointillism, which is seen in his most current body of work, yet maintains the emergence of a figure. This transition is seen in Soft Bones and the depiction of a faceless figure, an almost alien-like form, set against a moonlit backdrop of blacks and blues. For Cain, figures "become portraits of that energy as [he tries] to capture something that isn't necessarily seen."***
This act of revealing is a continuum of past works and has become an important underpinning of Cain's overall practice. Describing his artistic practice as "looping the work back upon itself, pulling elements from previous investigations forward 'through' the current exploration to establish new relationships that push the work further along," Cain fuses the seemingly opposites of additive/reductive, abstraction/representational and presence/absence. This methodology is a reflection of how we experience and shape our world. Looking at the past for what has been done; assessing what can be done now; and deciding what to keep for the future. Ample to ponder for the viewer who is willing to look beyond the physical surface of drips and stipples.
*Correspondence with the artist, Aug. 26, 2012
**Pete Dulin, "Marcus Cain: Soft Bones," Present Magazine, July 2, 2009
***Retrieved from the artist's statement on Aug. 29, 2012
–Joseph Keehn II, independent curator
Luke Rocha
First and foremost, Luke Rocha is a collector. His process, part archiving and part rejuvenating, synthesizes the cultural ephemera inherent to a city. His studio is overflowing with old books, magazines, posters, signs, bits of furniture, knick-knacks, and outdated musical equipment. At first glance, this mass of stuff can seem overwhelming and chaotic, but careful inspection reveals that organization and editing are crucial skills for Rocha.
Picking up a practice started by Marcel Duchamp, handed off to Robert Rauschenberg and seasoned by contemporaries like Gabriel Orozco, Rocha's output includes photography, installation, collage, zines, sculpture, and music. As a self-trained artist, his work displays a refreshingly academic-less aesthetic that blends ubiquitous mysticism, hypnotic symbols, vintage erotica, and nostalgic pop culture.
Rocha's work relies on a carefully attuned eye that is always on watch for source material in the everyday. Focusing on the "underbelly of society" and the "ramshackle Midwest," Rocha addresses the politics of gender, race, class, and religion. In Analogue Apache (2011), a Native American mandala is fashioned from mirrored magnets, feathers, a hubcap, and a modified aluminum grill that Rocha found in an abandoned school. The ominous spherical mirror, reminiscent of the domes used to conceal surveillance cameras, acts as an eye looking out while offering back a reflected image. Appearing like an artifact from some modern day mystic, this work asks us to question the place of spirituality in other cultures as well as in our own lives.
It is inevitable that Rocha's work will reference Kansas City or the Midwest at large because the people and places around him feed his process. In Midtown Survival Kit, Rocha offers an emergency supply package in the form of an overflowing suitcase of crucifixes and praying hands atop a sermon stand. This reference to the abundance of religious paraphernalia found in impoverished neighborhoods certainly speaks of midtown Kansas City, but could apply to most any American city.
Photography is a means not an end for Rocha. In an ongoing practice, he explores rundown or derelict Americana. Rather than starting with printed material or found objects, Rocha uses the city itself as his source, and treats the camera as a tool to cut and paste it back together. In this sense, the practice of photography runs parallel with collage. In Polaroid Studies 2005-2012, we see Polaroid's, a quickly fading but nostalgic favorite of the DIY photographer, set into hand-me-down frames given to the artist by friends and family. Already charged with the history of housing other people's beloved images, these frames are weathered and lack the conventional mounting of fine art photography. They act as a solemn metaphor for the fractured framework of the society we face today. Images of storefront windows, hand painted signs, billboards, pets, parents and youths create a timely portrait of both the community member and the community itself.
–Matt Jacobs, independent curator and artist
All three artists have challenged themselves in creating a new body of work for this exhibition.
The work spoke to me as if the artist herself had sketched out the last two years of my life's complexities and reminded me to see it all as extrordinary, even the hardest parts.
In three distinctive styles, artists contemplate the energy and inevitability of change.
This year's Charlotte Street prize recipients plan to enlarge and expand their work.


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A legendary set of call letters returned to the Baltimore airwaves Monday when CBS radio launched alternative rock station HFS at 97.5 on the FM dial.
But competitors, like Dave Hill, the head of programming at 98 Rock (97.9 FM), dismissed the new HFS as a sorry imitation of the landmark rock station that in the 1970s and early '80s built a passionate following with its progressive, free-form programming. The HFS identity expanded in the 1990s with the annual HFStivals music fests.
CBS is describing the latest incarnation of HFS as "the alternative rock music Baltimore grew up with and personalities who made it popular."
Station personalities include Tim Virgin, Gina Crash, Jenn Marin, Chris Emery and Neci playing music from Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Coldplay, Incubus and Green Day.
"This is built for the 40-year-old male that remembers HFS in the '90s," said Dave Labrozzi, vice president of programming for CBS Radio Baltimore.
"The station is going to built around the music that made HFS what it was," Labrozzi added. "To HFS's credit, they broke a lot of these bands, and they were really the forerunner in this format in the mid-'90s. And so, we're going to play all that stuff, and bring it all back, because nobody in Baltimore's been playing it."
Describing the new HFS as a "strategically placed radio station that's going to be a competitor to 98 Rock," Labrozzi described the target audience as "anybody above 35 that loves alternative music."
But Hill responded by saying, "I think the real story here is that CBS continues to abuse the legendary call letters of HFS."
Predicting failure for the station, Hill added, "So, now they're going to put it on this transmitter that nobody can hear, and when it miserably doesn't work in two years, they'll forfeit it begrudgingly … and once again, these legendary call letters will have been abused."
In January of 2005, some HFS fans were startled and angered when the station abruptly switched format to Latin music and was rebranded "El Zol" overnight.
Steve Yasko, general manager of WTMD, the adult alternative station at Towson University, also questioned the strength of the HFS signal and whether the station CBS introduced Monday was in any way worthy of the rich legacy the call letters carry.
He said that one of the personalities most associated with the HFS glory years, Jonathan "Weasel" Gilbert, appears on his station not the new HFS.
After listening to HFS Monday, Yasko said, "I didn't find it to be anything that resembled the real root of WHFS with Weasel and Damian [Einstein].… The real root of WHFS is musical discovery, it's ferreting and finding out those artists that are new and interesting and have something to say. And what I heard is commercial radio."
Labrozzi said the station's transmitter is approximately 1,000 feet high and 250 watts strong with a signal that "covers" the Baltimore metro area.

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Elder Christofferson Visits Growing Church in Eastern Europe
Contributed By By Heather Whittle Wrigley, Church News and Events
Article Highlights
- Traveling through Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine in June, Elder D. Todd Christofferson remarked on the growth of the Church and testified of the Lord's hand in the spreading forth of the gospel throughout the world.
- In Moscow on June 14, Elder Rasband announced the release of Eastern Europe Area President Gregory A. Schwitzer, who has received a new assignment as a member of the Church Temple Committee, effective July 1, 2012.
- Former Europe East Area First Counselor Larry R. Lawrence has been called as the new Area President, with Elder Randall K. Bennett (former second counselor) as first counselor. Elder Per G. Malm of the Second Quorum of the Seventy was called as second counselor.
"The East Europe Area is vibrant. The Church is still in its early stages, but there's an excitement . . . and a degree of confidence [and faith.]" —Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
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Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently spent 10 days visiting members, missionaries, Church leaders, and government officials throughout the Europe East Area. Other Church leaders, including Elder Ronald A. Rasband of the Presidency of the Seventy and Presiding Bishop Gary L. Stevenson also accompanied Elder Christofferson.
After spending time in Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey, Elder Christofferson remarked on the growth of the Church in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, where the Church is relatively new.
"We're seeing the bud beginning to form, and soon [we'll see] the flower unfolding," he said. "It's a deep privilege [to be here] when the Church is prospering, when the Church is reaching places we didn't think it would during our lifetime."
In each country, Elder Christofferson testified of the Lord's hand in the spreading forth of the gospel throughout the world and encouraged members to strengthen their testimonies and the testimonies of others.
"I believe we really have to be all the way in," he said. "If we are going to be a part of [the Church], we need to immerse ourselves fully in the work. We won't be able to keep up with it if we're not wiling to invest fully."
Kiev, Ukraine
Arriving in Kiev, Ukraine, on June 8, 2012, Elder Christofferson, Elder Rasband, and Bishop Stevenson met the following day to address priesthood leaders from Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Armenia.
Elder Christofferson mentioned the rapid progress he observed in Ukraine, where the Kiev Temple was recently dedicated. In a meetinghouse on the Kiev Ukraine Temple grounds, Elder Christofferson spoke of the power of the temple.
"The power of the temple is manifest in the lives of people individually, but it has a wider influence as well, strengthening the stakes and leading to the creation of more stakes," he said. "I hope you individually are in the temple as often as your circumstances permit. … I feel like the Lord has things He wants to reveal to you there."
He expressed gratitude for the missionaries of the Church and reminded leaders that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the "pearl" within the "box" of the Church. Eternal families and the gift of the Holy Ghost are part of that pearl, Elder Christofferson taught.
"Pray for the gift of the Holy Ghost," he said. "Pay attention to the messages that come from the Holy Ghost, and then you will be magnified in your calling. God will transform peoples' lives through you."
Elder Christofferson blessed the leaders in attendance and thanked them for their service: "You serve because you are consecrated; you serve willingly because of your faith. … And I want you to know we thank you. [God] is grateful," he said.
St. Petersburg, Russia
Elder Christofferson and his wife, Kathy, met with members of the St. Petersburg Russia District on June 10, 2012. Elder Gregory A. Schwitzer, President of the Europe East Area, was also in attendance.
St. Petersburg is the place where Russia was originally dedicated for the preaching of the gospel. Near Peter the Great's Summer Garden, Elder Francis M. Lyman of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles dedicated Russia for the preaching of the gospel on August 6, 1903. Nearly 700 members filled the building, which the district uses as a meetinghouse. The district is working toward becoming a stake.
"This was a wonderful district conference … filled with hope and testimony," wrote Elder Brent L. Adams of the Russia St. Petersburg Mission. "[The building was] filled to its full capacity; some members found themselves seated in the hallway. I was deeply touched to see how many of the infirm and handicapped had been brought by the faithful members of the branches. The room was filled with smiles and a generous warmth of spirit."
Following addresses by Elder Schwitzer and his wife, Joann, as well as by Sister Christofferson, Elder Christofferson spoke on individuals cultivating Christlike attributes in themselves and their families.
Elder Christofferson said that the best thing he did in his family was teach his children to read the scriptures. Serving one another is one of the best ways to hold up the light of Christ before the world, he continued, and our homes are the place where we can give the greatest service.
Elder Christofferson concluded by blessing the members with the gifts of the Spirit—"faith, pure love of Christ, knowledge, judgment"—and the faith to face their challenges with confidence. He then invited the children and youth present to come forward to shake his hand.
Following the district meeting, Elder Christofferson held a Sunday evening fireside with nearly 100 local young single adults.
Elder Schwitzer spoke first, calling those present the "hope of the Church in Russia."
He encouraged those in attendance to strengthen their personal testimonies by studying the scriptures and praying, by following the prophets, and by seeking personal revelation.
Elder Christofferson then spoke and offered more counsel on the topic of personal revelation. Revelation, he said, comes through the promptings of the Holy Ghost and can be more powerful than even an angelic visitation.
Elder Christofferson emphasized that God wants to bless His children. God knows us better than anyone, he said, and will never abandon us.
On Monday, June 11, 2012, Elder Christofferson visited the missionaries of the Russia St. Petersburg Mission. After he and Sister Christofferson greeted and shook hands with each missionary, he instructed the missionaries on their calling.
In answering a question one missionary asked—"How can we help bring about a stake in St. Petersburg?"—Elder Christofferson encouraged missionaries to influence the depth of conversion of all members, old and new. He also reminded missionaries that only the Spirit of God can convert, but that they can create a setting where the Spirit can exist.
Elder Daniel Harps was present to hear Elder Christofferson and remarked on the atmosphere of the meeting. "It was reaffirmed in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that Elder Christofferson truly is an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ and that all of the Quorum of the Twelve and the First Presidency are prophets, seers, and revelators," he said.
Istanbul, Turkey
In a small building used as a meetinghouse in Istanbul, Turkey, a few dozen members of the country's only branch gathered to hear Elder Christofferson speak in a devotional on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
Elder Christofferson expressed his gratitude for the faith of Turkey's Saints. "The Spirit seems especially attentive to those who are the pioneers of the Church wherever it may be growing," he said.
Two senior missionaries and four full-time missionaries from the Bulgaria Sophia Mission have been proselyting in the country since February of this year.
In the devotional, Elder Christofferson testified of the three main responsibilities of an Apostle: to take the gospel to all the world, to feed the Lord's children, and to "be special witnesses of the name of Christ in all the world" (D&C 107:23).
Elder Christofferson ended with his witness of the Savior. "I know that Jesus Christ lives today," he said. "I know He was literally, physically resurrected. He stands at the head of this Church today. He is an active, personal leader of the Church. His grace is sufficient to forgive all of our sins and to sanctify us. I testify that He knows each one of you, that He sees each one of you. He sees you here this evening, and He rejoices over you. His love for you is infinite."
Moscow, Russia
On Thursday, June 14, 2012, Elder Rasband and Presiding Bishop Gary Stevenson met with Church employees in Moscow, Russia.
Elder Rasband expressed to those present the love of President Thomas S. Monson. He then announced the release of Elder Schwitzer as Area President. Elder Schwitzer has received a new assignment as a member of the Church Temple Committee, effective on July 1, 2012.
Elder Larry R. Lawrence, former First Counselor in the Europe East Area Presidency, has been called as the new Area President, with Elder Randall K. Bennett (former Second Counselor) as First Counselor. Elder Per G. Malm of the Seventy was called as Second Counselor.
Following the employee devotional, missionaries from the Russia Moscow and Russia Moscow West Missions participated in a historic meeting. Present were an Apostle, Elder Christofferson; a member of the Presidency of the Seventy, Elder Rasband; the Presiding Bishop of the Church, Bishop Stevenson; the current Area Presidency; and two mission presidents—Kenneth M. Woolley (Russia Moscow West Mission) and Stephen J. Sorenson (Russia Moscow Mission).
Elder Christofferson answered questions from those in attendance and shared his testimony of the Atonement. He ended by blessing all those present and expressing his confidence that each would go forward and continue the work of the gospel, despite challenges.
After another meeting with priesthood leaders on Saturday, June 16, Elder Christofferson met with members of the Moscow Russia Stake—newly created in June 2011—in an adult session and general session of stake conference.
"When I go back to Salt Lake City next week, I can give a good report of the Moscow Russia Stake," he told the Saints. "Already I see that you are spiritually mature. … This stake is a light; it's a great example to others. It's also a place of defense and refuge and safety. People who seek the blessings of the Lord … will know to come here when they see your example."
In both sessions, Elder Christofferson testified of the importance of the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon.
"The Book of Mormon is the strongest written witness that exists that Jesus is the Messiah," he said. "It is another witness that everything the Bible teaches is right. If we'll read it each day, it will help us to know how we should conduct our lives."
He also spoke on modern-day prophets, from Joseph Smith to President Monson. Of President Monson, he said, "He has much work to do … but I have noted that in his reports, there's always something about a personal ministry. It seems like each week he has visited someone in the hospital, or he has made a phone call to someone he knew was lonely. … He follows the promptings of the Holy Ghost. He knows he cannot personally reach out to everyone who has a need, but he does what he can."
He asked members to follow President Monson's example in helping individuals: "Will you look after each other? Will you help each other? Will you pray for each other? Then you will be a great light to others."
Following the general session on Sunday, June 17, Elder Christofferson shook hands with all the young people present.
Eastern Europe Overview
Elder Christofferson shared his thoughts as he concluded his visit to the Europe East Area.
"The Europe East Area is vibrant," he said. "The Church is still in its early stages, but there's an excitement … and a degree of confidence [and faith.]"
He commented on several challenges Saints in the area face, such as long distances between Church buildings and economic issues. He credited the strong spirit of Eastern European Saints to their patience, thoughtfulness, and faithfulness.
In Moscow, especially, he noted the spiritual maturity of the Church.
"In the year since [the creation of the Moscow Russia Stake], they have progressed," he said. "Most importantly, though … the members are focused on the things that matter at home, on following the Spirit, on learning the gospel, on studying the scriptures, and on being examples. … They talk about the things that truly matter."
He concluded with a testimony of the Savior's love for all of His children.
"It's been reaffirmed to me … that His love, His interest, His care, is individual," he said. "Each one is known to Him … and that makes all the difference."


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The national obsession with shopping – which gave birth to the retail bonanza best known as Black Friday – may be in the process of victimizing itself with its own success.
Initial indications suggest that irresistible bargains are luring record numbers of U.S. shoppers into stores such as Macy's, Best Buy and Target.
Still, a backlash is widening over the encroachment of holiday sales on Thanksgiving. Amidst the obligatory swell crowds that come along with Black Friday, stressed out store workers are clamoring for relief from the stress of the holiday shopping season. Accordingly, some observer are becoming more leery about the spillover effects. (Read more:Black Friday Creep's Latest Victim: Restaurants.)
Each year, the steady creep of holiday discounting threatens to transform Black Friday into Black Thursday — and in some cases even earlier than that. Some stores have begun to use the week before Thanksgiving to lay the groundwork for the big Thanksgiving rush – the most important shopping day of the year for retailers.
"Consumers want value every day on the best brand-name designer products in the world," Tanger Factory Outlet Centers CEO Steve Tanger told CNBC on Friday, underscoring how for cost conscious buyers, just about every day was Black Friday.
He added that some of the stores at Tanger outlets had initiated retail stores at his outlets initiated sales during the Veterans Day weekend.
Yet each holiday shopping season appears to see a rise in clashes between ill tempered shoppers, push back from increasingly aggravated shop workers, and new strains on retailers themselves. (Read more: Don't Let Thanksgiving Become 'Black Thursday': Target Employees.)
Mindful of the relentless demand to offer cheap goods at early bird sales, Macy's EO Terry Lundgren expressed reluctance to open his stores earlier than 12 am on Black Friday.
"I think midnight's plenty [early] enough," Lundgren told CNBC in an interview — especially as the department store Mecca already bears the added burden of putting on the Thanksgiving Parade. Lundgren also addressed the strain early openings put on employees, many of whom want to spend time with family on one of the most sacred holidays on the U.S. calendar.
"After the parade our employees are home having Thanksgiving dinner with their families, and getting here at midnight is plenty enough to ask of them," Lundgren added. "So I'm satisfied we have the right strategy." (Read more: Black Thursday? Thanks, but No Thanks: Macy's CEO.)
For retailers, there are two major problems to consider in the rush to start sales progressively early.
First, analysts point out that steep discounting takes a toll on the bottom line of even the most cash flush merchants. As Brian Nagel, senior equity research analyst from Oppenheimer, pointed out, retailers are sacrificing store traffic for margins. As they struggle to outdo themselves and one another on sales, companies are in fact eroding their own profitability – even as they seek ways to build brand loyalty among consumers.
Meanwhile, the strains are beginning to show on store attendants, the foot soldiers in the retail wars. As Black Friday got underway, Wal-Mart was forced to contend with a labor protest that threatened both walkouts and protests. The impact, however, appeared limited as the day wore on.
All of which suggests that consumers may eventually cool on the endless drama of holiday sales. That could be a boost for Internet sales, independent of the "Cyber Monday" online sales that have captured public attention in recent years. (Read more: Cyber Monday May Set Record as US Goes on Buying Binge.)
At least for now, retail experts say online sales are less of a substitute for bricks and mortar shopping than a compliment. Yet evidence suggests that consumers are warming to the idea of replacing their computer screens for unruly throngs of shoppers.
IBM's Benchmark service, a metric that covers some of the 500 largest online sellers in the U.S., said on Friday that this year's Black Friday sales were up 13.1 percent versus a year ago. The firm noted a big jump in purchases using mobile devices – a key front in the battle between technology firms that sell both smartphones and tablets.
"If you look at what retailers are doing, they're combining their online with the stores," said Dana Telsey of the Telsey Group. "Stores are going to get smaller, so they'll have an edited selection, while online sites will have the full assortment."


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Allright, I played one game with full SAGS so far, and it works pretty well.
Creating the map works good and is fun. There are minor strategic decisions one has to make and if you place your tiles well, you get for example the opportunity to place a non-card-door on the entrance of a Salamite-High-Security facility.
What I experienced so far is, you have to cope with your missions. In my sessions, my missions seemed partly easy, partly impossible to resolve. I had to capture the professor, secure the Zombie Serum (the parts i didnt know how to do), kill as many Salamites as possible and shut down the generator.
The Salamite had to generate Spy Points and to find the Laptop and the US Constitution. Furthermore he had to apply the Deadly Virus.
I guess, the missions in which you have to find items can be pretty tough. At least he didnt find any of them.
On the other hand, I was pretty lucky, because the Professor found the Zombie Serum and kept it. So I catched him and everything was done.
But what I can feel is the multitude of possibilities. I look forward to different item-combos, like using Gasmasks and Poison and the like.
So far...


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Finally, Reggie Miller is a Hall of Famer
September 10, 2012 in Basketball, Best Of, Indiana Pacers, NBA, Sport by pacejmiller
This is an article first published on Pacers Pulse.
Indiana Pacers guard Reggie Miller was finally inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend, along with former Pacers legend Mel Daniels. I say "finally" even though this is only his second year of eligibility because I, like many others, thought he should have been on the ballot last year.
This is not a time to debate whether Miller actually deserves to be in the HOF like his big sister Cheryl, a fellow HOFer whom is described as the greatest female basketball player of all time. Reggie's credentials speak for themselves (you can check them out here), but his career has always been about much more than just stats.
Miller is a unique player and there will never be another player like him. He is almost single-handedly responsible for a whole generation of Pacers fans, including myself. Pacers Pulse would not exist with him. Well, maybe it would, but I wouldn't be blogging on it.
Reggie was an NBA superstar despite not being known as a prolific scorer. He was an average defender in a league of great defenders. He could be regarded as one-dimensional (by NBA standards, of course). He was consistently good but rarely great, having only made the NBA Finals once and retiring without a ring. He was on a small market team. And yet he was undoubtedly a superstar that struck fear into the hearts of his opponents and their fans.
Miller inspired me because he always looked like the guy you would pick last on your team on the playground. My friends (who all went for the big market and traditionally successful teams) joked that he was an alien who should was in danger of literally slipping through the cracks in the floorboards.
Yes, he wasn't a competitive psycopath like Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. He wasn't dominant like Shaq or Lebron. He's not athletic like Vince Carter or Blake Griffin. He looked awkward too — he didn't have the sweet stroke of Ray Allen. But he had the audacity to believe that he belonged on the same court as them. And even if he couldn't beat all of them, he sure tried his hardest every night. If it meant playing the villain as he often did against the Knicks, then so be it. He was never going to back down from anyone despite his physical disadvantages.
He was the ultimate professional and teammate, a guy that set an example with his relentless work ethic for 18 years. It's not often that you see a player that hated by opponents and fans during his career be that revered by the end of it. You only need to take a look at this video to understand the impact he had in New York, where he tormented Knick fans for much of his career.
And check out the end of his final game. I don't recall opponents doing something like this to any player other than Michael Jordan. And remember, this was merely a few months removed from that infamous brawl.
When it comes to memorable moments, Reggie Miller has a truckload of them. My favorite, unlike most others, was not the 25-point fourth quarter or the 8 points in 8.9 seconds. It was game five against the New Jersey Nets in the 2002 playoffs (back when it was a best of five series in the first round), a game I watched live on TV, where Miller hit that 40-footer at the buzzer to force overtime, and then forced a second overtime with a two-handed dunk in traffic against three Nets defenders. The Pacers eventually lost that game, but the fact that they, as the number eight seed, pushed the first seed and eventual NBA finalist that far was something I'll never forget.
I had a final exam later that day and I remember I needed to get going soon. I was almost glad when it appeared that the Nets had put the game out of reach. And when Reggie hit that improbable bank shot, I went nuts. And so did the telecast, which went black momentarily after the shot went in, driving me even more nuts.
Then when Reggie faked the shot at the top of the key and drove into the lane instead, throwing down that insane two-handed dunk, I lost it again. This was a guy that dunked only a handful of times every season, and he had the balls to drive the ball down the throat of three defenders down by two in the dying seconds of an overtime elimination game. That's the type of player Reggie Miller was, and I hope that is the way he will always be remembered.
Thanks for the memories Reggie, and congratulations.


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Need to develop a look and create a branding for a start-up, independent wedding coordinator specializing in event facilitation of the wedding rehearsal and wedding day. My services are the final piece to a very lengthy planning process: A bride brings me on to implement all the arrangements she's made, to execute the final details, and to anticipate and troubleshoot any problems that arise so she can relax and enjoy her wedding day.
My strengths lie in my attention to detail and in fine-tuning every aspect of the event...I "double-check" every item to ensure nothing get missed. Clients with the same Type A mindset are relieved to have a capable expert there to see it through; brides who have a more carefree personality are just as happy to leave the nitty-gritty grunt work to someone else. (The name also naturally lends itself to a business partner should I bring one on in the future.)
Mainly Northwest brides in their 20s or 30s looking for assistance in day-of wedding coordination. I'm in the middle of that age group myself, so I'd like a look that reflects that I'm a young professional. Needs to appeal to someone looking for an expert who is organized and detail-oriented, yet personable and stylish. Generic, pastel-ly outdated wedding bouquet imagery will not do. Today's bride is looking for a more contemporary feel from her vendors.
* Logo only at this point (but keep in mind it will need to later flesh out in the form of other printed materials. The opportunity for an additional contest...)
* All lowercase would be fine (and perhaps even preferred to help make the meaning of the tagline make the most visual sense ...I'd like to see a few examples that incorporate it somehow below the logo).
* Needs to translate well to online use. I'll be looking to incorporate the brand into a new web site that needs to stand out to a bride weary of researching the vast marketplace of wedding vendors. The logo will be monumentally important in creating a positive impression of my services: competent, yet current.
* Think crisp and clean, but with a hint of feminine whimsy. Professional, but not too stiff. Can possibly play off the images suggested by the verbiage in the brand name, but I want to be careful to avoid forcing that.
* Would prefer a color scheme of bright red paired with aqua or robin's egg, perhaps a Tiffany blue … some kind of complementary blue somewhere in that realm. I'll trust your expert eye for the color wheel. I've attached a few images for inspiration.
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East Central College trustees gave approval Monday night to lease a larger space in Rolla to house the college's nursing program.
East Central College trustees gave approval Monday night to lease a larger space in Rolla to house the college's nursing program.
The college board will lease a 7,900-square-foot facility located at 2303 North Bishop Ave., north of Interstate 44 in Rolla, that formerly housed Columbia College.
Last year, Columbia College moved to a new campus on Blues Lake Parkway. Columbia College still owns the building, where ECC's nursing program will relocate.
"Our enrollment in Rolla has reached a plateau that can only be exceeded if we have additional space," said ECC President Jon Bauer. "The current space for the nursing program is no longer adequate.
ECC began offering classes at Rolla Technical Center in 1996. With increases in enrollment, in 2007 ECC's nursing program moved to a 3,000-square-foot facility on Bridge School Road that the college has continued to lease from Phelps County Regional Medical Center.
In making her presentation to the ECC trustees, Jean McCann, vice president of instruction at ECC, noted that the space has served the program well but is at capacity when all the nursing students are in the facility.
"The students are separated from ECC's main Rolla facility housed at RTC and the space cannot be used for other college offerings due to location and staffing," she said.
"When the Missouri State Nursing Board visited the Rolla nursing facility in 2008, the Bridge School Road location was presented as temporary while the college examined its facility needs," McCann said.
The nursing board is scheduled to visit the Rolla nursing facility this fall.
Christina Ayres, director of ECC's operations in Rolla, said that for the past two years the college has also rented two classrooms at The Centre, a multipurpose facility run by the City of Rolla.
"We offer daytime classes there but we have the same issue of faculty and staff separated from our main operations and no faculty or staff workspace."
Additional classrooms at the new leased space could be used for general education classes currently held at The Centre.
ECC officials estimate that modifications to the building will total $100,000 with much of the work performed by ECC facilities personnel.
Officials hope to move the nursing program into the new space for the start of the 2014 spring semester.
ECC will pay $12 per square foot ($7,900 per month) through 2016, subject to annual board approval.
The rate would go to $12.50 per square foot in fiscal year 2017 and $13 per square foot in fiscal year 2018.
The college currently leases the Bridge School Road building for $37,120 per year.
"With this facility we can relocate our nursing operations to a site more convenient for students and integrate with our other operations," said Bauer.
He also noted that the building would provide three additional full day general purpose classrooms, a classroom computer lab and 123 parking spaces.
Last fall more than 16 percent of ECC's total enrollment (678 students) enrolled in 6,490 credit hours in Rolla.
Based on current enrollment, three general use classrooms would provide an additional 30 timeslots per week.
The potential for increased enrollment over the next three years ranges from 14 to 30 percent.
Prudence Fink Johnson, vice president of the ECC board, expressed concerns about spending funds outside of the taxing district. She said she was reluctant to put additional costs on the backs of district taxpayers.
"If the state wants us to be there and expand our services to a non-tax-paying service area, then the state needs to allocate the money instead of cutting our funding every year," she said.
Rolla is not in the college taxing district but is in the college service region as designated by the Missouri Department of Higher Education.
Out-of-district students pay $120 per credit hour in tuition and general fees, which is $31 per credit hour more than in-district students.
Trustees Charlie Betz, Tom Dill, Ann Hartley, Don Kappelmann and Jim Perry voted to approve the lease. Fink Johnson voted no.


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It's not unusual for college students to be up at 2 a.m., whether cramming for tests, finishing essay papers or hanging out with friends. UNF electrical engineering student Noel San Antonio often finds himself spending late-night hours on the computer, but he's not working on last-minute assignments or chatting online. He's e-mailing people halfway across the globe in the Philippines, making future plans for an elementary school he helped build back home. When Noel San Antonio came to UNF as a transfer student in 2006, he was already knee-deep in plans to open a new school for preschool and kindergarten children in the Filipino farming town of Bulacan, not far from his hometown of Manila. It was something he'd been passionate about for a while. But through his studies at UNF, San Antonio discovered a deep yearning to accomplish more than he'd originally intended for the project and to get things done sooner rather than later.
"It was when I was taking Circuit Analysis I with Dr. [Jerry] Merckel that I started taking the whole thing very seriously," he said. "He challenged me as his student to think about what I want to be, what my main goals and objectives are for school, for my career and for lifelong learning. He really motivated me to move forward on the project."
In Dr. Susan Vasana's Intro to Digital Systems class, when San Antonio was working on a class project focused on using engineering and technology to impact global and societal environments, he decided the school in the Philippines was his top priority. He ended up leaving UNF and getting on a plane to the Philippines mid-semester to focus on his passion.
"When I began to think about the project in terms of its global and societal impact, it gave me more motivation to go back home to work on it more," said San Antonio, 34. "I also needed to develop the pre-K and kindergarten curriculum and to ask for the support of my family and friends."
"Noel was a quiet and bright student. Before the [midterm] exam, he told me he needed to go to the Philippines. He didn't tell me the true reason at that time," Vasana said. "While many students did wonderful presentations, Noel didn't present. He went to work on it in the real world instead."
San Antonio's passion for building the school, St. Anthony Development and Learning Center of Bulacan, stems from his own experiences growing up in an impoverished neighborhood in Manila. He and his family of six faced daily hardships, having lived in a tiny makeshift house constructed of corrugated metal and wood.
"Our entire house was about the size of this office [12-feet by 15-feet]," said San Antonio, now a junior. "There were always children running around on the streets, no matter what time of day or night." Overcrowding in the Philippines was a problem on the streets and in the public schools, with as many as 60 children assigned to each classroom. School conditions were often unsafe and unsanitary. "In the wet season, sometimes we would have to sit in the basketball court or under a tree for lessons because the school was flooded," he recalled.
Today, 60 children in Bulacan have a better place to learn, thanks to San Antonio's efforts. With the help of friends from high school, family members, generous donors and Bulacan citizens, he helped build St. Anthony's, a two-room schoolhouse that opened in July 2006.
San Antonio also urged Flagler County Schools in Florida to donate computers and textbooks. Now, school children sit at their own desks, create artwork with donated supplies and receive free medical and dental support. They proudly wear colorful uniforms made by San Antonio's mother, a dressmaker in Manila. Two qualified teachers earn $1,350 per year. San Antonio arranged all of this while attending college 9,000 miles away from home.
A quiet and understated guy, San Antonio doesn't like to take credit for the endeavor, saying it was a group effort involving many people. But he does admit that ever since he was a young boy, he's had a personal drive to succeed.
"I just do whatever it takes," he said. "I know I could do better in college, but since this project is my priority, I have to do this now."
San Antonio came to the United States on a National Science Foundation scholarship after traveling for a decade as a missionary in Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe. During that time, he discovered the huge gap in opportunities for children from country to country and decided he'd dedicate his life to helping others.
Asked what kind of a student San Antonio is, what makes him tick and how he's been able to accomplish so much in the Philippines while attending UNF, Merckel put it quite simply: "Good student. Passion. Vision." As an engineering professor and associate dean of UNF's College of Computing, Engineering and Construction, Merckel describes San Antonio as a quiet leader on a mission and a person who brings people together with his passion.
San Antonio's next goal is to raise $11,000 to construct a second school building this summer, add classrooms to include 1st through 4th grades and hire more teachers. UNF education professor Dr. Elizabeth Fullerton will help develop the curriculum for the new grades. Eventually, San Antonio would like the school to include all elementary and secondary grades, with seven buildings, 14 teachers, two support staff and sports facilities.
Although it's not easy to juggle his humanitarian efforts, college coursework and an internship at G.E. Aviation, a manufacturing engineering company in Jacksonville, he plans to do well at all three. Upon his graduation next spring, San Antonio hopes to stay in Jacksonville to work full time as an electrical engineer — but he says he will always work to help others in need. "My compassion goes to young people in the Philippines and other countries who don't have the opportunities I've been given. Whatever I have that's extra, I will always give to them."


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Hungary Opts for Four More Years of 'Orbanomics,' Analysts Say
With nearly all the votes counted in Sunday's general election, Hungary's governing Fidesz party looks set to maintain its overwhelming majority in parliament for the next four years, while its far-right rival Jobbik was supported by more people than opinion polls had suggested. Below is a roundup of analysts' views about the election outcome.
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Carmack Reveals "Mutant Bash TV" as id Software's First Rage iOS Game
Carmack announced that a game would be released in 2010 for iOS with another mobile Rage title releasing alongside the actual game on September 13, 2011. That first title is based upon Rage's "Mutant Bash TV" game show and the game should be released in November, writes Carmack on the Bethesda Blog:
The little slice of RAGE that we decided to build the iPhone product around is "Mutant Bash TV", a post apocalyptic combat game show in the RAGE wasteland. This is the perfect setup for a quintessential first person shooter game play experience - you pick your targets, aim your shots, time your reloads, dodge the bad guys, and try and make it through to the end of the level with a better score than last time. Beyond basic survival, there are pickups, head shots, and hit streak multipliers to add more options to the gameplay, and there is a broad range of skill levels available from keep-hitting-fire-and-you-should-make-it to almost-impossible.
The game will be launched for $.99, but an $1.99 HD version will also be available for the iPad and iPhone 4. There is a lot more detail on the project at the blog post including Carmack's requisite technical details, but I'll leave you with this slice:
While it would (amazingly!) actually be possible to compile the full-blown PC/console RAGE game for an iPhone4 with some effort, it would be a hopelessly bad idea. Even the latest and greatest mobile devices are still a fraction of the power of a 360 or PS3, let alone a high end gaming PC, so none of the carefully made performance tradeoffs would be appropriate for the platform, to say nothing of the vast differences in controls.
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Are you spending so much time trying to get what you want that you have no energy left to get what you need? each of us has a "never enough" activity, food, or behavior – and we're ready to throw a grown up tantrum when we don't get it.
Dr. Gregory L. Jantz calls this phenomenon excessity – when our excesses become "necessities." Excessities are our reward, our coping mechanism, and the illusory answer to pain. We feel we need their pleasure to insulate us from a difficult world. Yet the more we starve, what we really need – such as purpose, hope, and security – the greater our hunger grows for what will never satisfy.
In "Gotta Have It!" you are invited to discover the truth that is hiding behind your secret desires. With real life stories and sections for self reflection "Gotta Have It!" will help you see your life as never before – and delight in the ways god is longing to fulfill your true needs.
What people are saying about the book:
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Timothy R. Jennings, M.D., Christian psychiatrist, speaker, radio personality, and author of Could It Be This Simple?: A Biblical Model for Healing the Mind
"This is a very helpful book that exposes our excessities (when excesses become necessities) in areas such as food, alcohol, caffeine, electronics, shopping, exercise, hobbies, gambling, sex, relationships, and money. It also provides biblically-based solutions for overcoming excessities, centered in God and what He provides: patience, endurance, contentment, wisdom, hope, help, and answers."
Rev. Dr. Siang-Yang Tan, professor of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, and senior pastor, First Evangelical Church Glendale


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Another Finnestad family that attended Calvary Lutheran Church in Lee County was Mildred (Sanderson) and Ingmond Finnestad decades after my great great great grandparents, Ole and Mari Finnestad.
Because of the same last name, there was an assumption we were related, but knowing how Norwegian family names come into play, I could easily dispel those rumors, though I found out several months ago that there is a marriage connection - through Mildred's grandparents. Mildred was the third child born to Mable Eunice (Sanderson) and Charles M Knutson*. Mable was the daughter of Caroline (Berg) and Charles Oliver Sanderson. Charles Oliver Sanderson was the fifth child born to Anna (Maland) and Sondre Helyesen Sanderson.
Seward O Sanderson was the 10th child of Anna (Maland) and Sondre Helyesen Sanderson. Seward O Sanderson was married to Ellen Marie (Mary) Vallem, who was the daughter of Rachel (Finnestad) who was married to Lewis Vallem. Rachel was the daughter of Ole and Mari Finnestad.
Mildred (Knutson) Finnestad's paternal grandfather, Charles Oliver Sanderson was the older brother of Seward O Sanderson who married the granddaughter (Ellen Marie Vallem) of Ole and Mari Finnestad. Basically, Midred's great uncle Seward married into the Finnestad line. I wonder whether Mildred knew of the Finnestad family connection when she married Ingmond Finnestad.
Anyway.......below is a photo of Mildred (Knutson) and Ingmond Finnestad's grave marker at the Union Cemetery next to Calvary Lutheran Church in Lee County, Illinois.
I have not researched Ingmond's ancestors, but they must have lived near the Finnestad farm in Stavanger that Ole and Mari lived in the 1870's and 1880's.
*No direct relation that I have found to Ole and Mari Finnestad's eldest daughter, Elizabeth who was married to Ole Andreas Knutson. Upon further research I could possibly find some relation between Ole Andreas Knutson and the Charles Knutson family.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Mildred (Sanderson) and Ingmond Finnestad - burial
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* "What to Expect When You Are Expecting" doesn't tell you that it's followed by "What to Expect The First Year." Guess what comes next.
* "Caring for Your Baby and Young Child" is over 600 pages. "What to Expect" is more than 800. New parents must have a lot of free time.
* This laughing baby won YouTube's "Adorable" category in this year's contest:
* The baby industry sure can overdo it. Check out this list for the top 10 most ridiculous baby products, like the the WhyCry Baby Crying Analyzer, which for $65 "analyzes your baby's crying and can help you understand and identify why your baby is crying." The top ridiculous product was this:
That's just freaky.


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Pain, like beauty, is sometimes only skin deep.
One example is a patient of middle age, who entered the emergency room with abdominal pain. Holding her right upper (abdominal) quadrant just below the ribs, she was visibly uncomfortable and had slight loss of appetite and nausea. Laboratory studies were normal no liver or acute gallbladder disease was apparent. Because a gallstone remained a possibility, I asked a surgeon to take a look.
We sent her home with a pain prescription and requested that, unless symptom-free, she return the next day. She returned, worse and vomiting. The surgeon admitted her and a gallbladder scan (before ultrasound and CTs) showed a nonfunctioning gallbladder.
Again, 24 more hours found her worse and now tender in the upper-right quadrant. The surgeon asked the operating room about availability. On repeat examination, several red spots and skin blisters had appeared in the painful area. The operating room was immediately called and canceled. This lady had shingles.
If we eliminate gravel rash, cuts, bruises, burns, insect bites and rashes with fevers, there isnt much else wrong with the skin that brings folks to the ER. Oh, yes, there are a couple of really bad, fatal diseases of the skin, but they are so rare that they dont rate mention. Shingles brings people in because of pain. While I absolutely abhor, hate and detest televised pharmaceutical advertising, the actor for Zostavax, the shingles vaccine, does a thoroughly credible job. Word needs to get out that shingles is just plain miserable.
The varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and shingles (aka herpes zoster); the latter is far more common in the older than-50 crowd. After infection from chicken pox, the virus may lie inactive, latent, in dorsal root ganglia. Its a little like this: If the facial nerves and spinal cord are a homes electrical entrance, then the ganglia are the distribution panel to that houses circuits. Varicella-zoster hits only one circuit or one nerve. Also, the blistery rash and pain of shingles follow the nerve and are almost always unilateral (on one side). Nor does shingles cross the bodys midline.
Pain typically appears days before the rash very rarely theres no rash a diagnostic horror. Typically, blisters (or vesicles) appear in a band-like distribution, more commonly on the lower chest or upper abdomen in medical-speak, a unilateral vesicular eruption within a dermatome. Any area of the body can be afflicted with shingles: the eye, most serious of all, the ear, mouth, tongue, extremities, south of the waist anywhere! Shingles in immunocompromised individuals is especially severe.
The rash usually resolves in two to four weeks. Pain, especially lasting more than three months, is termed postherpetic neuralgia and persists longer in those of increasing age. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the vaccine for use from age 50, while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends it for those 60 and older. The single-dose vaccine is pricey, costing about $200-or more. Studies in the U.S., Canada and the European Union show effectiveness of 60 to 70 percent, either by preventing shingles or lessening postherpetic neuralgia. Shingles is nasty, and postherpetic neuralgia can be months or years of unremitting narcotic-level pain.
www.alanfraserhouston.com. Dr. Fraser Houston is a retired emergency room physician who worked at area hospitals after moving to Southwest Colorado from New Hampshire in 1990.


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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Beginning of Peace- Tuesday Trigger: Farm Fresh
Starting with a Rustic White card base, I tried to replicate the intricate orange pattern and layout using the Mat Stack 2 collection from Papertrey Ink and Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.
I added a little flourish to the centers I then ran the card front through my Big Shot with the Linen & Canvas Impression Plate (PTI) to get that fabric look.
The blue jars possed a bit of a challenge, because I don't own jar stamps and really didn't have much in the way of images. Lightbulb moment. Use a great sentiment in said color! Check!
Lastly, I threaded those big yummy blue buttons with twine (that's in the inspirational pic too!) and adhered them with glue dots.
Here is the pic:
I love how this one turned out! I can't wait to give it away. Hope you play too friend, thanks for checking it out!
Supplies used:
Paper: Rustic White Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Mat Stack 2 Papertrey Ink, Quiet Essence Unity
Ink: Rusty Hinge Ranger, Enchanted Evening Papertrey Ink
Embellishment: Twine, Enchanted Evening Papertrey Ink
Tools: Linen & Canvas Impression Plate Papertrey Ink
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PERFECT-O! Wow, you absolutely rocked the trigger Lindsay..such a pretty card!ReplyDelete
I gasped out loud when I saw this strikingly beautiful CAS card. Oh my goodness, it is wonderful.ReplyDelete
beautiful card LindsayReplyDelete
Wow, that is absolutely gorgeous!ReplyDelete
WOW! I seriously have no words for this. Oh wait, yes I do. Perfection!ReplyDelete
OH MY LORD BEAUTIFUL!!!ReplyDelete
- June K.March 31, 2011 at 10:30 AM
I absolutely LOVE the design you created with the Mat Stack 2. It is SO gorgeous. Thanks for the inspiration. I am going to try that.ReplyDelete
Wow! You hit this dead on,girl!! I love it!ReplyDelete
Looks just like the inspiration photo. Love the texture of the cardstock and the pretty PTI label going down the side. :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful take on the Trigger. Love the way you combined the mat stack images to recreate the lacy border.ReplyDelete
GORGEOUS! I love your take on the trigger--it's perfection!ReplyDelete
Simply beautiful Lindsay! Great take on the inspiration!ReplyDelete
This is beautiful! I love it.ReplyDelete
this is great!! i found this trigger so inspiring...love what you've done with it!ReplyDelete
Amazing, inspiring, fabulous, HOLY COW girl, you knocked this challenge out of the park!!!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous! I love the buttons & that wonderful quote :)ReplyDelete
This is absolutely stunning. The simplicity of it makes it so elegant. I love the color combo and the IP really makes it look like fabric.ReplyDelete
Oh My Gosh! Lindsay this is stunning! I absolutely adore your take on the tuesday trigger! That blue you used is just perfect. Ooooh I LOVE your card. :)ReplyDelete
p.s thanks for your lovely comments on my blog!
Ooh, I like this!ReplyDelete
This is fabulous, Lindsay. Love, love, love your take on the trigger!!! Perfection.ReplyDelete
I can't even tell you how much I love this card!! You nailed this for sure!! LOVE, LOVE it!!ReplyDelete
Oh wow!! This is absolutely fabulous Lindsay!! The colors are bold and so eye catching! Just love this!!!ReplyDelete
So perfect for the trigger and I love the sentiment.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Gasp! This is beautiful, so balanced and eye catching!ReplyDelete
FAB-u-lous! no other word for it. Amazing job! Thanks for your sweet comments on my blog today!ReplyDelete
Hey Lindsay! What a sweet approach to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you gave it a whirl! :)ReplyDelete
LOVE those buttons. great layout.ReplyDelete
Lindsay this is toooooootally gorgeous! I can't say how much I love it!! I can totally understand why it made you happy!ReplyDelete
Absolutely gorgeious! LOVING every single part of your take on the Trigger.ReplyDelete
Beautiful card!!! Bravo =)ReplyDelete
Congrats... just say you are a Trigger Target. Love what you created.ReplyDelete
Lindsay... that should read... just SAW you are a Trigger Target!ReplyDelete
Lovely card! Love the vibrant orange and blue!ReplyDelete
SOOO BEAUTIFUL!!! LOVE your take on the trigger!ReplyDelete
Congrats! This is beautiful!ReplyDelete
Sweetly simple and purely elegant. I love this beauty. Congratulations-the recognition is well deserved!ReplyDelete
Congrats on your TT! I love the colors and the buttons. Really beautiful.ReplyDelete
I like your stamps! Very pretty card, regards,ReplyDelete
Just found this card on google!ReplyDelete
Absolutely love how you use this PTI stamp! What a great idea!


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MIAMI -- Barry University women's golf team spent over five hours Saturday at Marlins Park, volunteering for the Alzheimer's Association.
The Buccaneers, who are ranked No. 3 in the nation, lent their time in the community service-related event by handing out bags to participants at the Health Net Medical Care Consortium Inc. tent, while also taking part in the aerobics, dancing and run/walk activities.
"You get to help different people," sophomore golfer Nicky Ferre said. "It's not always about golf. We helped others, and we worked as a team all day."


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|2013-02-17, 23:57
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Kubo GO TO HELL
Join Date: May 2012
Location: with Maki-sama
Age: 26
|2013-02-18, 03:17
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Yoroshiku ne!
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Probably on her personality she did that act.
In that case, I am strongly interested in a reaction of Erichi.
|2013-02-18, 03:32
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Kubo GO TO HELL
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Location: with Maki-sama
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|2013-02-18, 12:04
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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 32
So Eri used to be a ballet dancer. I was pretty far off. I understand why she'd think the girls are just amateurs (which they are ) but I think she's being too harsh on them. Being a school idol and a ballet dancer can't exactly be compared. And you can't expect them to dance as well as somebody who's trained since childhood.
Most enjoyable scenes were the ones featuring Nico and Nozomi, ufufu. That side of Nozomi was rather unexpected.
|2013-02-18, 13:03
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Nishikino Maki (* ̄▽ ̄*)
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: I shall reveal it to you.
I like how Hanayo has 3 different personalities. lol
So we got 2 of our more serious characters (Maki and Umi) slowly building a female fan base.
I expect nothing less from the "onee-samas" of the group. Eri will be there soon to join them. (See sig)
Maki's "Judo Chop" is amazing!
About Eri
I don't think she's just your run of the mill ballerina.
Eri is more than likely a world class performer and is use to the limelight.
Russia is known for having the highest level of ballet so her view of school idols is probably laughable to her. What's good to know, is that former ballet dancers tend to be the best choreographers. Look at all the famous ones in RL.
On a side note, she did looked amazing with her hair down and that "dynamite body" adds even more to her charm.
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|2013-02-18, 15:44
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Eri was rather uncute the whole episode until we learned what she was in the past. I guess it's understandable now since she used to be a pro. But damn, she needs to let her hair down more coz she looks fantastic like that.
And looks like the only even remote chance of saving her grandmother's Alma mater is to make the school idol project successful. I mean what else is there so why not bet on that. Not sure why the chairman won't let Eri do her own thing to save the school though.
|2013-02-18, 15:56
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Kubo GO TO HELL
Join Date: May 2012
Location: with Maki-sama
Age: 26
Spoiler for Eri let hair down:
|2013-02-18, 16:30
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Senior Member
Seriously, the girl needs to loosen up a bit.
I understand what the anime is going for here, but to me, this is like a figure skater telling a hockey player, "I don't acknowledge even Wayne Gretzky! None of you can skate like I can!"
Sure, that's true, as even the best hockey player can't skate as good as even an average professional figure skater can. But that makes sense, because skating is just a part of being a hockey player. Similarly, dancing is just a part of being a JPop Idol. There's also the singing, the group choreography, the developing of a persona, and so on and so forth.
Ballerinas can focus purely on dancing, so it's not exactly a fair comparison in my mind.
Still, it's better than nothing I suppose. It gives some basis to Eri's antagonism. It also gives her a specific role to play once she joins the group.
|2013-02-18, 16:41
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Swayin' to the beat
Join Date: Dec 2006
The other part of the antagonism is that the group is allowed to do what it wants in the name of saving the school, while the student council can't actively do anything to save the school. There is some bitterness and jealousy in that, as we see some of the motivation for Eri to save the school. Personally, it's a sketchy plot point, but that's what we have.
I get the feeling that she also had to give up ballet for a reason against her will as well. That and/or she's just a snob when it comes to that.
I'm with the others. Eri looked great with the hair down.
|2013-02-18, 16:54
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|2013-02-18, 18:05
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One-Eyed Dragon
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NJ, USA
No wonder Eri considers them amateurs as she was a ballet prodigy. Though she is being a bit harsh on them. It was indeed her who recorded the video. Looks like she has no option left but to join them. Nozomi's real character is great. Like how they got soem fan interaction.
|2013-02-18, 20:35
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Nishikino Maki (* ̄▽ ̄*)
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: I shall reveal it to you.
Dat "Maki Kiseki" works once again to spearhead the fan base along with her fellow tsun: Umi
Just put them in the front and let the fan girls squeal! Maybe a nice glomp for added effect.
|2013-02-18, 20:38
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Senior Member
The scene between Maki and her fan was just adorable.
The way that fan looked like she was about to cry at Maki initially refusing her request was a very moe moment. So was Maki's dumbfounded but caring change-of-mind response to it.
|2013-02-18, 20:40
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Nishikino Maki (* ̄▽ ̄*)
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: I shall reveal it to you.
It's too good.
I did put my yuri googles on when Eri and Maki had their little exchange.
A couple of strong personalities right there as well as the two tallest girls in the group.
|2013-02-18, 21:08
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User of the "Fast Draw"
The Eri background information actually made me dislike her character more. Talk about being elitist. I mean no duh, they are "school idols" not "professional idols." I'd agree with the figure skating vs. hockey thing as well. Looking down on a group because one of their skills isn't at elite levels is just ridiculous and arrogant.
Kind of makes me cheer on the Chairwoman for constantly shooting her down at every opportunity. I get she's not a bad person, but still annoys the heck out of me. Funny because I can sympathize with her not being allowed to do any thing as Student Council President. But I really can't sympathize with her too much because of the rest of her character.
Somehow the group passed their tests. Though it is amazing how bad Honoka is at math that all that work only got her a bare minimum pass .
Now they can move forward.
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There are few things cuter than watching young children dance, but watching young children car dance is one of them. Sometimes, you're cruising around, listening to tunes, and all of a sudden you catch a sweet glance in the rear-view mirror of them bogeying down right there in the back seat.
Not all of us are able to capture those hilarious moments when they happen, but the parents in the following video did. It's a compilation of some of the cutest, funkiest little car-seat dancing dudes and dudettes you've ever seen. Check them out for an instant smile and boost to your day.
How seriously cute are they? I love how the music just lights them up. It's hard to pick a favorite, because they're all talented in their own way, but I'm not sure I could ever get enough of that first little dude who is so excited by "Gangnam Style" and his sister's hysterical laugh. The rapper around 0:15 is also just all sorts of awesome. They all are really.
Driving with toddlers in the car isn't always easy, but it's amazing moments like this that make the rest worth it. Now what I really want to see is a video of parents getting down in their seats -- you know you do it too!
Which of these is your favorite? Do your kids car dance?
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CHICAGO – A judge Thursday threw out the arrests of more than 90 Occupy Chicago protesters in a city park and ruled that the curfew for the area was unconstitutional.
Cook County Associate Judge Thomas Donnelly said in his ruling that the city often chooses not to enforce the curfew for events it supports. The arrests last October came after hundreds of members of Occupy Chicago refused to take down tents and leave Grant Park when it closed at 11 p.m.
Donnelly compared the protests to President Barack Obama's victory rally in the same park in 2008.
"The city arrested no one at the Obama 2008 presidential election victory rally, even though the Obama rally was equally in violation of the curfew," Donnelly wrote.
Roderick Drew, spokesman for Chicago's Law Department, said the city will file an appeal.
"The city is disappointed with the decision," Drew said.
Sarah Gelsomino, a People's Law Office attorney representing the protesters, said the activists were legally participating in free speech.
"Hopefully this sends a clear message to the city that they must better respect the First Amendment rights of protesters no matter what their message might be," Gelsomino said.
The protesters were an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement and were demonstrating against corporate greed.
The ruling is an embarrassment to the police department, which has come under fire for its handling of protests dating back to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, when officers clashed violently with demonstrators.
Earlier this year, the city decided to settle a lawsuit for $6.2 million in connection with the arrest of 700 people during a 2003 Iraq war demonstration. The settlement came after a federal judge called the department's handling of the protests "idiotic."
Thursday's ruling was also a rebuke of something that Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was clearly proud of: the department's handling of the Occupy protests.
In interviews leading up to this spring's NATO Summit, McCarthy boasted that the department had shown it was up to the task of handling demonstrators during the Occupy protests. McCarthy praised his department for treating the protesters as individuals and his officers for keeping their calm, saying that not only were arrests made calmly and methodically, but protesters were arrested only after receiving repeated warnings.
Anti-war and gay rights activist Andy Thayer, who was among those arrested last October, said Thursday's ruling provided a sharply different view and was a slap to the city's police and political leadership.
"It demonstrates beyond any reasonable doubt just what a flagrant violation of people's rights these arrests were," he said. "The city was busy patting itself on the back about how they had handled the Occupy protests, and it puts the lie to their claims ... about respecting people's rights."