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Flash Drive Genealogy
July 2008 by Robert · 2 Comments
Flash Drive Genealogy: How-to Easily Store and Backup Your Important Genealogy Information
I did a survey and got tons of feedback from readers of my Treasure Maps Genealogy newsletter. My goal being to address and help solve problems and concerns that many online genealogy researchers have.
For example, look at the answer to this question:
QUESTION: What is your biggest problem with your computer skills? What would you like to know how to do better that is holding you back?
ANSWER: "Something stupid and basic! I have a flash drive but I haven't used it yet. I don't know how to copy my FTM (Family Tree Maker) stuff onto it, and that's what I got it for."
I've withheld the name because I don't want anyone to feel embarrassed, but this kind of problem is very common (and it is not stupid). Today, we will go into depth on this topic and I even have a video for you to see that I created just for this lesson (see below).
Working with GEDCOM Files Made Easy - Part 1
Why GEDCOM files are a genealogy
researcher's best friend…
How would you like to no longer stress over GEDCOM files? It is time to solve this genealogy mystery once and for all.
This introduction section shows you what GEDCOM files are and begins to solve the confusion and frustration that surrounds them.
The majority of genealogy researchers don't know how to work with them and are missing out on so much.
Over the years, I've found this GEDCOM file issue to be a stumbling block with the majority genealogy researchers.
Here is genealogy GEDCOM file video workshop for you, with step-by-step lessons in an easy-to-understand presentation. This workshop will help solve your GEDCOM file phobias once and for all.
Working with GEDCOM Files Made Easy - Part 2
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Genealogy software does
all the work for you…
You will discover how to import (look at) and export (save your own GEDCOM files) and how easy it is to do.
Hopefully, you already have a favorite genealogy software program that you are using. If not, there is a link below to a powerful free program (that happens to be my personal favorite) that you can get.
Note: In part two of the GEDCOM mini-workshop, you will see how to import and export GEDCOM files with the free PAF genealogy software program.
In part three, you will see how to do the same thing with the Family Tree Maker genealogy software program.
Don't let these terms confuse or scare you off. Here's all that this means…
Working with GEDCOM Files Made Easy - Part 3
You CAN do it…
Here, you will see how to work with GEDCOM files in a different genealogy software program, Family Tree Maker.
You will also see a search on one of the many sites on the Internet where you can get GEDCOM files with the surnames that you are researching.
I believe that the light bulbs will start going off in your mind, and you will finally understand what all of the fuss about GEDCOM files is all about.


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Susan Glaspell's Woman's Honor opened on 26th April 1918, during the second New York season of the Provincetown Players. Woman's Honor is considered one of Glaspell's lesser plays. Its significance, however, relies on its novel form as well as on Glaspell's criticism of sexual double standards.
The play opens in a room in the sheriff's house. There, Gordon Wallace is charged with murder and refuses to provide his alibi. The prisoner had been with a woman the night the murder was committed, but he will not tell the name of the woman because he has "to shield her own honor" (121). The lawyer, knowing that the best way to have the jury on Wallace's side is through their wives, has given out …
Hernando-Real, Noelia. "Woman's Honor". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 24 August 2009
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Playwright Rohina Malik and director Ann Filmer have reunited and have collaborated on something special. Goodman Theatre's current run of Yasmina's Necklace is one of my favorite plays of 2017. Here's why.
In Yasmina's Necklace, we are treated to a uniquely told love story that is as moving as it is thoughtful. It is funny, and it is beautifully staged. A story this wonderfully crafted and so well acted that delivers such a poignant message only comes around so often.
Yasmina and her father, Musa, are refugees from Iraq and they meet an upper middle-class family in Chicago who are looking for a wife for their divorced son Sam. We are reminded that it is very common in the Muslim faith to have an arranged marriage, prompting one of my favorite lines from the play, "real love comes after marriage, not before."
Sam, played to perfection by Michael Perez, had moved away from the Islamic faith and married a non-Muslim American. He talks a bit about the challenges he had after the marriage and the many medications he had to be on due to his infidelity. Yet he strives for all things you would see in someone who is first generation like acclimating to the Western culture by changing his name, as well as pushing himself in his career.
The true magic happens in the connection Sam makes with Yasmina, who is wonderfully played by Susaan Jamshidi, but the two didn't start off so smoothly. Yasmina is a thirty-four-year-old woman who is empowered, self-aware, an artist. This is not a common perspective you see of Muslim woman and I loved how Yasmina pushed back on what she wanted and strived to help others not only in Baghdad but also in Chicago.
What drew me to the play immediately was the simplicity and peace shown around the Islamic faith. In today's society, I believe this is the most misunderstood religion even with close to two billion followers globally. The journey Yasmina and her father made to the United States from war torn Baghdad was something no human should ever experience. War is ugly, cruel, and unjust. The play is able to highlight the challenges of being a refugee and painted a vividly raw picture of what they went through.
You have a bit of everything in this play that I could go on and on about but want you to experience for yourself. All the ingredients are in place for a thoroughly engaging production that will touch your heart, make you laugh and is sure to enlighten. I highly recommend Yasmina's Necklace.
Yasmina's Necklace is being performed at the Goodman's Theatre through November 19th. Tickets range from $10-40. Yasmina's Necklace has an approximate running time of two hours including one intermission. Oh, there is a special surprise at the closing for all the Bruce Springsteen fans out there.
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The best memories of growing up are those of waking before the sun came up, packing the car to the brim with every conceivable item needed and heading to the beach for a few days. Not only was it the excitement of the anticipated hours splashing in the water, hunting for the best sea shells or sleeping late, but it was also the journey along the way. Although the beach was only a few hours away, it was a tradition that we stop at a park halfway to our destination and enjoy the scrumptious cold chicken and potato salad mom had made especially for the trip. Those are the memories that most often got me through some dark and dreary winter days or even times when things got tough at school. I could always close my eyes and remember the feel of the fresh morning air or hear the squawking seagulls but more importantly revive the sense of freedom, leaving cares and worries behind.
Everyone needs some respite, a vacation, a getaway, a time not only to relax the body, but let go of any tension or anxiety that clutters up the mind and spirit. As a caregiver, that may be a difficult thing to do, but it is an absolute essential element of the role of the caregiver. Read More — >>


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A popular downtown Savannah trolley-tour company suffered big losses this past weekend, but a downturn in business isn't to blame.
Burglars broke into Old Savannah Tours, 41 Wahlstrom Road, and took off with about $25,600 in cash, a pickup truck, a cell phone and a briefcase late Sunday night, according to a Savannah-Chatham police report.
The truck, a 2002 Nissan Frontier, was later found abandoned on Islands Expressway, but several hand tools were missing from it, the report stated.
The burglary likely happened between 6:40 and 10:30 p.m., when the company was left vacant, according to police.
When employee Chris Oliver returned, he found doors ajar and a doorknob broken off, police reported.
A subsequent canvass turned up several missing items, including about $25,000 out of a safe and $600 from a cash box.
Company owner Will Green, contacted Monday, did not comment on the burglary.
The company resumed operations as usual Monday.
In recent years, Old Savannah Tours has been a hit among fans of Paula Deen, offering riders stops at several downtown spots frequented by the well-known cook and television personality. Other circuits feature historic, Girl Scout and ghost motifs.
Oliver said that on Sunday, as he waited for police to respond, he heard noises coming from inside the building, prompting officers to surround its perimeter while a K-9 unit ventured inside.
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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
This week's teaser is: Crimson & Steam by Liz Maverick
Monday mornings were never pleasant. A Monday morning involving time with Marius at a body-parts market was certainly not going to be the exception, particularly given that within five minutes of leaving her apartment, Jill realized someone was following her.
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Named for the angels, Los Angeles is a city of demons, a crucible of souls. It is Crimson City. Here vampires and werewolves vie for dominion, humans build soldiers of flesh and steel who seethe with fury. But alongside strife can be love–a love that cares nothing for species or origin.
Yet, love doesn't always conquer. Marius and Jill have long been kept apart. Bound by destiny yet forbidden true union, he is vampire; she, human. And a marriage alliance that promises peace for all others shall separate them forever.
As if peace might be achieved so easily. Darkness is rising: a mysterious plot shall force every inhabitant of Crimson City to take sides. Deliverance exists, but first must come a tale of impossible passion and discovery, of Marius and Jill in a race against time leading back to the city's paranormal beginnings, to Victorian London, to an era of invention and a world of …*CRIMSON & STEAM*
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Vagabondo is located at 32 Wellington Street East. We are one block East of Yonge street on the North side of Wellington. We offer Validated Parking (2 hours for lunch & 3 hours for dinner) at Imperial Parking lot (26 Wellington) located on Colborne Street. Colborne is one street North of Wellington and runs East to West. The best way onto Colborne is from Church Street. The parking lot is underground, with an elevator coming up to the front courtyard were the restaurant is located.
Please note that our validating procedures have changed. The parking lot is now a fully automated lot without an attendant, open 24 hours a day. Our validating times remain the same, 2 hours for lunch and 3 hours for dinner although the procedure has changed. Please park your vehicle on either P1 or P2 parking level where the spot is not reserved or restricted. Please DO NOT pay for a parking ticket at the automated booth, and proceed to the restaurant. Once arrived at Vagabondo provide our hostess with your license plate number and your name. The hostess will validate your plate electronically through the new online system.
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It is a shame that one of England's great footballers will forever be remembered as 'Cashley', the man who so baulked at a wage offer of £55,000 a week that he nearly crashed his car.
Most telling line: 'When I heard Jonathan repeat the figure of £55k, I nearly swerved off the road. "He is taking the piss, Jonathan!" I yelled down the phone. I was so incensed. I was trembling with anger. I couldn't believe what I'd heard.' It turned out the public couldn't either.Picture: Headline


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Walfuz wrote:When I play arena for about 10 minutes it crashes! Happened about 3-4 times so far, please help!
rolands wrote:when trying to launch overgrowth game doesny open and it says ''could not find bake_gi in hash map'' game worked before i tried internal_testing. i have tried re installing overgrowth, tried to change beta, tried to unistall and install all mods (SUM launcher) but nothing works
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Policy No. 5:03:09:00
CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Cleveland, Tennessee
SUBJECT: Performance Evaluations of Non-Credit Faculty
Effective August 1, 1992, the following policy is established relative to the performance evaluation of non-credit instructors.
The performance evaluation of non-credit instructors is essential to the maintenance of a quality instructional program.
- During the final class meeting of each non-credit class, students will be afforded the opportunity to evaluate anonymously the course and the instructor.
- After the final class meeting, the Director of Continuing Education will analyze the student evaluation results and provide the instructor with a written summary evaluation of his/her instructional performance.
- The non-credit instructor(s) will be asked to sign the written summary evaluation and afforded an opportunity to provide written comments about the summary evaluation report.
- The summary evaluation, along with the instructor's comments, will be placed in the employee's personnel record.
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Perfect...Beautiful...Clean condo...Your Vegas stay with the comforts of home....
You will find modern and comfortable furniture that will make you feel special everyday of your stay. Granite counter tops with a cozy dining room and living room with 50' flat screen TV...high speed internet WiFi, Cox Cable with over 300 channels, HBO, SHO, MAX & STARZ...land line with FREE local and long distance calling anywhere in USA.
*Distance to Las Vegas Strip - 7 miles (12 minutes)
*Distance to McCarran Int'l Airport - 15 miles (20 minutes)
*Distance to Summerlin Hospital - 5 miles and to Mountain View Hospital - 3 miles
*Condo location....Summerlin Pkwy & 95
*Free unlimited high speed internet/WiFi
*Desk in 2nd bedroom with laser printer
*Washer/Dryer in the Unit
*Fully equipped kitchen, Refrigerator, Oven, Microwave and Dishwasher
*Pots and pans, dishes, silver wear, coffee maker, and more!
*Two separated bedrooms, 1 king size bed, 1 queen size bed, both with walk-in closets and full bathrooms.
*50' flat screen in living room with cable and flat screens in both bedrooms
*Leather power reclining sofa and 2 leather recliners in living room
*Gated community with pool and spa
Please take a look at our other property listing #489234 at VRBO same owner and management...Great reviews!
Hello, I will be your point of contact for any assistance needed prior and during your visit. I live in Las Vegas near the condo. I can be reached directly at the phone number provided. Feel free to call, text or email me with any questions.
Scot , Manager
Scot A. purchased this condo in 2015
You will be please that you selected this Condo for your vacation destination. The Condo is located off Summerlin Pkwy and the 95 very close to shopping, fine restaurants, resort casinos, the scenic Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area and easy freeway access.
Clean, quiet, safe community with pool/spa and covered parking. Included high speed internet and HD cable TV. Gorgeous furnishings throughout. To see is to appreciate.
5 star place to make some good memories!
The unit is spotless and well-stocked with everything needed for a fantastic stay.
A very nice, very clean condo in a gated community. (Although the gate was not functioning most of the time we were there.) Modern appliances, extensive cable TV, comfortable beds, the amenities of a superior hotel suite. Exceptionally well equipped with toiletries, paper goods, kitchen utensils and other conveniences. A bit of noise from nearby traffic, but not much.
This was a fantastic condo, which met all of our requirements and so much more. Scot the owner provided such a great welcome to his condo and the welcome pack was unbelievable - even beers in the fridge. He is very accommodating and very quick to answer any queries that I had ensuring our stay was stress free.
The amenities within the condo surpassed our needs, with a fully equiped kitchen including all manner of pots and pans, oven trays etc, which having a coeliac as one of our party made this very easy to cater for.
The location of the condo for us was great being near enough to the main features of Vegas, Fremont Street, The Strip, Premier outlets and restaurants and food outlets. Access to the condo is easy from the main I15 and the directions provided by Scot were spot on.
All in all I would highly recommend this condo for your stay in Vegas and should we return I will have no hestitation in rebooking this accomdation.
Nice property. Excellently prepared for guests. Could use a few updates with the appliances. Clean bedding and numerous supplies. Excellent location.
Rental was clean and well stocked upon our arrival nice welcome to Las Vegas
Manager professional and good service was provided
I would recommend this condo as a very nice rental
We enjoyed Red Rock Shopping close drive away and the strip
Welcome to the World Famous Las Vegas, Nevada. Here you may experience endless activities and entertainment. Should you have any specific questions. Feel free to call or email me at any time. 702-469-4493
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St Ives, the printer of Harry Potter books, plans to target niche markets in an effort to combat the "extremely challenging" trading conditions it is facing.
The news comes as the group reported a drop in first-half profits to £10.7m, from £14.2m last year.
St Ives, which also prints magazines such as The Economist and Vogue, said that pricing pressure "exists in most of our markets" and that demand was "volatile".
The group admitted that overall its media products suffered a loss last year, with magazine revenues down thanks to "continuing fierce competition in this over-supplied market," and sales of CD and DVD packaging hit by weak demand.
Miles Emley, chairman, said: "Increasing short-term volatility in demand and extremely short forward visibility in all markets makes improving profitability a challenge."
Despite this, St Ives expects the underlying trading performance for the year as a whole to be ahead of the previous year.
Mr Emley added: "In the US magazine and commercial markets, conditions are similar to those prevailing in the UK. Consequently here too our drive is towards shorter-run niche markets with specialist requirements."
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Sweden 1 vs. Russia 4
Vasily Koshechkin [5], Russia, Win, 36/37, 1.00 GAA, .973 sv%
Tournament totals: 2 GP, 2-0-0, 0 SO, 1.92 GAA, .940 sv%
Vasily Koshechkin was a difference maker, stopping 36 shots in a game where Russia was outshot 37-22 in their 4-1 win over Sweden. Ex-Lightning draft pick Dmitri Kazionov [6] scored the final goal of the match for Russia. Russia faces Czech Republic Sunday in the final match of the tournament.


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Therapeutic Massage
My sessions integrate Swedish Massage with elements of Thai Massage, Reflexology, Myofascial and Neuromuscular Therapy to create a nurturing bodywork experience both physically and energetically. In addition, I incorporate Reiki energywork into each sessions to work with the body on multiple levels with the intention for the highest good.
Each session is an individual experience, sculpted to meet the needs of the client I am working with at my office in Santa Fe, NM. The benefits of Therapeutic Massage are vast; here are a few examples of the client-concerns that I have worked with:
- acute injuries
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Massage is known to decrease physical and emotional stress, release muscle tension, increase immunity, decrease anxiety and depression, improve sleep and more. It is a beautiful gift that we can offer to ourselves and with greater regularity comes increase benefits. Feel free to read client reviews of my bodywork sessions.
Thai Foot Reflexology
Thai Foot Reflexology is a 2000 year old practice that is a combination of reflexology, Chinese tuina, Japanese shiatsu and Indian Ayurvedic yoga. Through a combination of these powerful traditions, Thai Foot Reflexology offers the opportunity to free blocked energy in the body, producing a sense of deep relaxation and feeling of well-being. It is also reported to improve circulation, lymphatic drainage, and detoxification of the body. By liberating energy in the lower legs and feet this modality can also reduce stiffness in the body, improve sleep and accelerate physical healing.
During a Thai Foot Reflexology session both the feet and lower legs will be cared-for using a series of mobilization and circulation warm-ups, stimulating massage, and point work using a specifically designed wooden stick to stimulate the reflexes in the foot. Thai Foot Reflexology is a gentle and healing session. While some points in the feet, or areas of the meridians can be sensitive, none of the work is intended to cause pain and the work does not need to be applied deeply in order to bring results. You will be fully clothed for the session, but please wear loose, flexible pants that can be rolled up above the knees.
Hot Stone Massage
Hot Stone Massage promotes deep relaxation in the body through the use of warm basalt stones which leave the body feeling grounded and peaceful. The heat of the stones promotes circulation through the body and assists in loosening muscle tension and adhesions.
This 90 minute session includes the use of strategically placed stationary stones, rhythmic massage with the hot stones, and therapeutic manual massage.
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I am a Reiki Master trained in the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition. During each Reiki session I integrate Reiki with my own heart-centered energywork practice. I incorporate elements of my Tibetan Buddhist practices and teachings to create a session that holds space for all that is ready to heal.
What is Reiki?
"Reiki is a technique for stress reduction and relaxation that allows everyone to tap into an unlimited supply of 'life force energy' to improve health and enhance the quality of life… Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit…" (1)
The beauty of Reiki is that it can never harm a person. The practitioner is not the one "healing" the receiver, he/she is an open channel for Reiki energy to come through, and is offering this energy for the highest good of the receiver. The energy itself knows how best to serve the recipient and therefore it is always helpful.
If you would like to find out more about Reiki please contact me, or feel free to visit reiki.org. It is a comprehensive site dedicated to Reiki.


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1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted
1 (14-oz.) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
1 cup (6 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (10-oz.) jar maraschino cherries (without stems), drained, patted dry and chopped (about 1 cup)
1-1/3 cups flaked coconut
Preheat oven to 350?F (325?F for glass baking pan). In small bowl, combine graham cracker crumbs and butter; mix well. Press crumb mixture firmly on bottom of 13 x 9-inch baking pan. Pour sweetened condensed milk evenly over crumb mixture. Layer evenly with remaining ingredients; press down firmly with fork. Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool. Chill if desired. Cut into bars or diamonds. Store covered at room temperature.
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Weibang WB454SB 18inch Self-Propelled Lawnmower
£299.00inc vat
- Availability: Discontinued
- Estimated Dispatch: No longer available
- Manufacturer: Weibang
- Delivery Charge: Free To UK Mainland
This is a very light and compact mower with 45cm cutting width. Spring-loaded cutting height adjustment with 6 different levels combined with self-propelled operation makes this an extremely convenient lawnmower.
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This is a very light and compact mower with 45cm cutting width. Spring-loaded cutting height adjustment with 6 different levels combined with self-propelled operation makes this an extremely convenient lawnmower. The Weibang WB454SB is reliable and easy to start engine from Briggs & Stratton Quattro 4 provides ample power for highly efficient performance. Wheels with advanced double ball bearings and composite material tire, powder coated steel chassis offer excellent value for money.
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About WeibangAmong other things, the Chinese city of Yangzhou is famous for its many well preserved Suzhou style gardens. These gardens conform to the Classical Chinese style, with landscapes constructed to mimic natural scenes of rocks, hills and rivers alongside strategically located pavilions and pagodas. The He Garden even has an open air theatre on an island in the middle of a fish pond, which is quite impressive by anyone's standards. It is perhaps appropriate, then, that this city of horticultural wonders also plays host to Weibang, a company which specialises in manufacturing professional quality garden machines, including a wide range of lawnmowers, riding mowers, aerators, power rakes, chippers/shredders, sod cutters, lawn rollers and log splitters. Founded in 1997, Weibang rapidly expanded and is now one of the largest garden machine producers in China.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Neighbors in one North Austin community are thanking the city for tearing down a known drug house on their street.
The Austin Code Compliance Department came out Tuesday to the mobile home on West Applegate Drive with bulldozers. Inside the home the city found an infestation of roaches and deplorable living conditions.
Since 2006 Austin Police have reported more than 200 incidents from 201 W. Applegate Drive including: cruelty to animals, narcotics, theft, and aggravated assault. Code compliance officers say there were as many as 18 people living at the home at once.
The city's Building and Standards Commission ordered the home to be demolished. The BSC gave the property owners 30 days to remove the mobile home from the property or have it demolished.
"They were responsible for contaminating the water supply in this neighborhood," said Manual Villegas, with code compliance. "They used a radiator hose and they tied it to the City of Austin side so they could get water."
Code compliance also says the home was illegally connected to Austin Energy wires to provide free electricity. Neighbors in the community say they are glad to see the home go.
"I don't know if it was rented out or if they were squatters or whatever, it was they shouldn't have been there," said Charles Fruzia, who has lived in the neighborhood for 20 years.


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I want this blog to be a good resource for our community, but I also acknowledge that data and research derived from others doesn't tell you why I am so passionate about this movement. So, in an effort to put forth a personal perspective, the following is an account related to why Youth Theater is my passion.
I grew up in a small town with little to offer a single-child of a young, single mother. Yep, we were poor. Really poor. But this story is not about the hardships of poverty; it's really about the impact one person can have on a generation.
I found theater when I was 9 or 10 years old, though I had been "performing" since I could walk. I auditioned for, and received the lead role, in our 5th grade play. This was a critical moment in my life – my step father was an abusive alcoholic and my mother was working as many jobs as necessary to keep a roof over our head. The stage became my stable home. I quickly caught the theater "bug" and auditioned for our local Youth Theater Company, receiving a small role in a variety show. That is also where I met my mentor, Robin.
Robin was probably in her early 20's when we met. I was 10. She was the most amazing person I had ever met. She could take a group of 40 plus, rowdy kids and turn us into theater Machines. Her work was incredible and to disappoint Robin was by far the WORST feeling ever! So we all worked very hard to make her proud. She was also a support and a positive influence, particularly to those of us whose home circumstances were not ideal. I truly believe that through her love and encouragement she saved many of us from a stereotypical fate.
I participate in a Youth Theater program nearly every summer of my childhood. That was my Disneyland – my church camp – my summer vacation. The friendships made those summers are still with me to this day!
Theater is an incredible art form, integrating all of the arts and open to all people. It wasn't until I stood in Robin's shoes that I truly understood. She didn't direct Youth Theater for us. She worked with youth in theater for her. It is a completely selfish and incredibly fulfilling experience to help a young person discover a new talent, build confidence, learn to understand a different perspective, gain knowledge, accept rejection, and grow into incredible adults.
Robin is certainly not the only incredible Theater Mentor I've had bless my life, but she is the first and obviously one of the most poignant. I model my own teaching off of her – after all "if you feel a little stupid, you're probably doing it right!"
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PIX: Ayushmann, Sholay, and some Nautanki!
Keeping up with the backdrop of the film, the lead stars of Rohan Sippy's new film Nautanki Saala -- Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunal Roy Kapur -- put up a theatrical performance to mark the film's first look launch.
Held at Chitrakoot grounds in Andheri, a western Mumbai suburb, the event saw Ayushmann and Kunal dress up like nautankiwalas or folk drama artistes.
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The duo recreated the famous water tanker suicide scene, enacted by Dharmendra in Ramesh Sippy's cult classic Sholay.
Kunal played Dharmendra's Veeru, while Ayushamann played Amitabh Bachchan's Jai.
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Kapur climbed up to the top, as an inebriated Veeru, while Ayushmann tried to placate him from the ground.
The film borrows its title Nautanki Saala from Amitabh Bachchan's memorable remark about his dramatic buddy at the end of suicide sequence.
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Kunal came down with the help of a harness, revealing the first poster of the film.
Nautanki Saala is set to release on April 12.
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Ayushmann Khurrana puts on a cape for the show.
This is his second Hindi film after last year's sleeper hit Vicky Donor.
Kunal Roy Kapoor was previously seen in Delhi Belly, another buddy comedy costarring Imran Khan and Vir Das.
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Ramesh Sippy, who is one of the producers of the film, celebrates the launch with wife Kiran Juneja.
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The top-seeded Old Dominion University (ODU) Lady Monarchs held serve in their first tournament game as defending Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) champions with a 66-50 victory over the eighth-seeded George Mason Patriots Thursday night in quarterfinal action of the 2006 CAA Women's Basketball Championship.
Senior Paula Muxiri scored 12 of her game-high 18 points in the second half to lead the Lady Monarchs, who improve their record to 20-8 and advance to a 7:30 p.m. semifinal matchup with Hofstra University on Friday. Shahida Williams added 12 points for ODU, all in the first half, while Shantel Wilson grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. Tish Lyons scored nine to go with eight rebounds and a game-high five assists.
George Mason's season ends at 12-17. Lateisha Wade and Nikkia Slade led the way with 11 points each for the host Patriots.
Old Dominion led for the majority of the first half, but the Patriots stuck around and eventually tied the score at 25 with 1:27 remaining on a Nikkia Slade jumper.
The Lady Monarchs appeared ready to head into halftime with a two-point advantage following a pair of Tish Lyons free throws with 17 seconds on the clock. However, Slade made a steal at half-court and as she went to hoist a buzzer-beating three-point attempt, was fouled by Megan Pym with 0.2 ticks left. Slade promptly sank all three free throws to send the Patriots into the locker room with the momentum and a 28-27 lead.
George Mason only shot 31 percent in the opening period to ODU's 46.2 success rate, but converted four three-pointers and six foul shots to keep it tight. Old Dominion, on the other hand, went 0-for-3 from downtown and made just three free throws.
In the second half, Mason's lead held for just 12 seconds, as T.J. Jordan hit a jumper to put the Lady Monarchs ahead once again. A Jordan steal ended the Patriots' next possession, and Mason would not regain the ball until five momentum-changing fouls were called in Old Dominion's favor.
Old Dominion went on to outscore George Mason 39-22 in the final period to build what would turn out to be another 16-point victory. The Lady Monarchs shot nearly 50 percent from the field while the Patriots were held to just under 30 percent. Muxiri and Old Dominion also dominated the post, outscoring Mason 44-20 in the paint.


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October 18, 2012
In two previous blog posts, we examined actor/comedian/author Patton Oswalt's three personality types based on a teenage nerd's preferences in pop culture. In his book, Zombie Spaceship Wasteland, Oswalt lays out the characteristics of the three personalities: Zombies simplify, spaceships leave, and wastelands destroy. Whereas wasteland personalities want to see their boring world utterly destroyed so that they can build a new world, zombies want the world left largely intact, but with the people removed. They want a new start, but not a completely clean slate.
We've already wandered the wasteland and boarded the spaceship, so let's look at the zombies. Zombies got off to a slow start in pop culture compared to such horror staples as vampires and werewolves, but in the last few years, they've achieved runaway success in cinema, television, and print. The original zombies of Haitian lore were simply dead people reanimated to do a voodoo master's bidding. However, the Cold War era brought a new paradigm: zombiism as a plague brought about by man meddling with nature through the hubristic use of science and technology.
No other figure looms as large over the zombie landscape as George Romero. In his series of Living Dead zombie films, Romero combined the horror film with social criticism, and his new zombies (actually known as ghouls in the first film) were shambling cannibalistic corpses spreading a contagious plague. Also new were unprecedented levels of graphic violence and gore: gruesome scenes of zombies preying on humans who fought back with a ferocity bordering on sadism.
The next major step in the evolution of the zombie was the rise of the "fast zombie." Most often these aren't true zombies in that they aren't actually dead. Instead, they are humans that have been virally transformed into mindless hyperaggressive predators. These zombies aren't shambling, rotting corpses, and thus much more dangerous.
Finally, we take it for granted that zombies are mindless monsters. But are they really? Viewing the story from the zombie's point of view makes the human "heroes" look a lot less heroic and a lot more like genocidal murderers. It is indeed ironic when one considers that perhaps the only way for a human to survive an apocalypse of mindless killers is to abandon one's humanity and become an inhuman killer oneself.
Given the ascendancy of the zombie apocalypse in popular culture, there's no possible way I could give a truly inclusive list of zombie films and fiction. What follows is merely a survey, and if you don't see your favorite film or book, please share it in the comments!
The Voodoo Zombies
- White Zombie (1932) – This is where it all started. Perhaps most influential in that it posed the problem "how do you kill someone who's already dead?"
- I Walked with a Zombie (1943) - Directed by Jacques Tourneur of Cat People fame, this film is similar in that the line between the mundane and the supernatural is deliberately blurred, to great effect.
- The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) – Loosely based on the true story of a scientist who believes that Haitian voodoo priests mimic death with a drug in order to create their zombie slaves. Can he maintain his sanity while immersed in a world of voodoo spirits and the tyrannical Tonton Macoutes? A very effective psychological thriller.
George Romero's Living Dead
- Night of the Living Dead (1968, remade 1990) – The 1968 version is the masterwork that created the zombie juggernaut. This low-budget B&W film framed the zombie apocalypse in terms of the turbulent 1960s, featuring an African-American hero and a government unable to contain the crisis brought on by its own doings.
- Dawn of the Dead – (1974, remade 2004) The zombie apocalypse as criticism of consumer society. That it largely takes place in a shopping mall makes it all the more ironic. Color photography and inventive special effects also took gore to a whole new level.
- Day of the Dead (1985, remade 2008) – The zombie apocalypse as criticism of the military-industrial-scientific complex.
- Land of the Dead (2005) – The zombie apocalypse as class war. The survivors are locked away in the ultimate gated community, and the zombies are the resentful outsiders.
- The Diary of the Dead (2008) - The zombie apocalypse as criticism of the media society.
The Fast Zombies
- The Crazies (1973, remade 2010) – Here the military is explicitly the cause of an outbreak of homicidal violence when the crash of a plane carrying a weaponized virus contaminates a small town's water supply.
- 28 Days Later (2002) – Danny Boyle really brought the fast zombie to the fore with this tale of a man waking up from a coma to find an England devastated by a "rage virus" outbreak. The story is continued in 28 Weeks Later (2007).
The Zombie Comedies
- Dead Alive aka Braindead (1992) – Before Peter Jackson became a respectable Oscar-winning director, he created this over-the-top splatterfest featuring violence, blood, and gore so graphic that it ceases being horrifying and becomes hilarious. Beware the dreaded Sumatran Rat Monkey.
- Shaun of the Dead (2004) – This modern classic finds our British Average Joes and Jane at first unaware of the zombie outbreak around them, and then fighting it by going to the pub. Brilliant.
- Zombieland (2009) – Zombie video games show their influence here in the gleeful depiction of creative zombie disposal. Max Brooks' The Zombie Survival Guide is an obvious influence as well. It also has one of the best cameos of all time.
- Dead Snow (2008) – What could be worse than zombies? NAZI ZOMBIES, that's what.
The Books
- The Zombie Survival Guide: complete protection from the living dead and World War Z: an oral history of the zombie war by Max Brooks. By treating the zombie apocalypse as a national disaster, Brooks lampoons the survivalist manuals of the Cold War era in the Survival Guide, and offers a vision of Americans coming together in the face of adversity in WWZ. Essential zombie reading.
- The Newsflesh series by Mira Grant. A very good YA series about young bloggers living in a post-zombie apocalypse America.
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." The novel that launched a thousand mashups.
- Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry. Yep, it's good old post-biological warfare once again, but this time hard-boiled detective Joe Ledger is on the case.
- Cell by Stephen King. King is well-known for taking the mundane and making it terrifying, in this case using cell phones as the vector for the zombie plague.
- The Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan. Another fine YA series, combining zombies with a future dystopian society.
- Brains, a Zombie Memoir by Robin Becker. In this dark comedy, we see that zombies may not be so mindless after all, and they're tired of being treated as enemies. Zombies have rights too!
And finally, there is The Walking Dead. Originally a series of graphic novels by writer Robert Kirkman and artists Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard, The Walking Dead has been adapted as a critically acclaimed television series and has spawned a series of tie-in novels. The series presents the lives of survivors in a stark, morally ambiguous world where the threat posed by other survivors may be greater than that posed by the zombies.
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After I first wrote about Burnt Hills-based Superior Paving in June and how Dr. David Ray of Menands paid them $400 to seal a driveway and got nothing in return, unhappy Superior Paving customers started coming out of the woodwork. I've received at least seven more e-mails and a few phone calls from Capital Region customers who paid deposits to the company and saw no work done. An East Greenbush man said he was out $1,725. Another reader claimed to have paid the company $7,000 only to have them not return his calls.
"We're behind on a few jobs," Superior's owner, Matt Ward, told me this summer , when I first informed him that people had called me looking for him. And it wasn't just former customers. Since appearing in this column, the company has also received the attention of the State Police and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
It seems I've figured out the Superior Paving business plan: Take a deposit. Cash the check. Don't show up to do the work.
And one of the reasons I feel compelled to write about them today is that the complaints are piling up and are following a similar pattern. A company representative will take a deposit for a paving or concrete job, anywhere from several hundred to several thousand dollars, and then not show up to do the work. When contacted, Ward or another company employee (usually "Rob" or "Chris" or "Jeff" ) is apologetic and says there are problems with particular employees who overbooked jobs, or they deny they promised to show up on the agreed-upon day. Sometimes the work finally gets finished, sometimes to the customer's dissatisfaction. Often the customers never hear from him again.
Here's my question for Matt Ward and "Rob" and "Chris" and "Jeff": Is this a company running a sloppy business, or a scam operating out of a Burnt Hills post office box?
Ward's latest customers who have turned to me to vent their frustrations are Daniel and Elissa Fromowitz of Niskayuna. They got an estimate to replace the asphalt on their driveway and a concrete sidewalk for $4,950. The couple paid a $2,475 deposit in August and was told the work would start Sept. 8.
When no one showed up, someone from Superior said their equipment was broken and they would come on Sept. 12. But of course no one did. Then, they said they would start Sept. 18. And … yeah, nothing. Finally, someone from Superior had the gall to promise they would start on Sept. 20 and the Fromowitz couple had what, hope … faith … or something else that Superior would finally keep its word. But Sept. 20 arrived and Superior Paving did not.
The Fromowitzes called the company and said to return their money by the 25th or they would call the police.
On the 25th, at 4:50 p.m., they got a phone call from "Jeff," who said he was Superior's accountant and that he wrote a check that would be mailed that day.
Matt called them back on the 26th, and said they could have a refund, or, this time really, for real, he would start their driveway job. No thanks, Daniel Fromowitz said. Refund. Now.
It's October 19 and the check is still in the mail. There's no refund and no new driveway, and Matt Ward and Superior Paving seem to owe this couple $2,475. Now, I'm not a lawyer, but it sounds to me like if the Fromowitzes took this to Small Claims Court, they might have themselves a case. Meanwhile, for the rest of you, beware. For more information on contractors with questionable reputations, go to the attorney general's Web site at www.nyknowyourcontractor.com.
Also, I called Ward on Monday and told someone who answered the phone that I was writing about his company again. The person who answered the phone said Ward would get back to me. So far, like many of his customers, I'm still waiting.


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T.J. Graham is the son of two high-level track athletes. His father was a silver medalist in the 1988 Olympics and his mother earned All-American honors in college. Both parents are track coaches. His father coached Olympic athletes, including Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. T.J.'s impressive athletic lineage placed added pressure as he pursued his own athletic career.
The pressure increased when his father got caught up in one of sports' biggest steroid scandals, known as the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) scandal. The U.S. Olympic committee ultimately banned T.J.'s dad, Trevor Graham, from its facilities after many of the athletes he coached tested positive for steroids. He also received a one-year house arrest sentence following his conviction of lying to federal investigators. As a result of his father's involvement in the scandal, community members and classmates ridiculed and ostracized T.J. and his family.
Despite the turmoil, T.J. flourished as an athlete at Wakefield High School in North Carolina. He used the adversity as motivation, winning state championships in the 100 and 200 meters in track and placing third in the 100 meters at Nike Nationals. He received many scholarship offers for track but his passion was football.
The North Carolina native stayed close to home, attending NC State, where he broke the ACC record for most kickoff return yards. It wasn't until his senior year that he started at the receiver position. After catching seven touchdown passes his senior year, the Bills drafted him with the 69th pick in the 2012 draft. The milestone was a breath of fresh air for T.J. and his family, who faced many challenges as a result of the BALCO scandal.
Ironically, T.J. credits his family's involvement in the scandal for his confidence in facing adversity and his ability to stay both humble and hungry as a professional athlete.
The second-year NFL receiver reached his goal of making it to the NFL. Now he is raising the bar, aiming to be the best professionally he can be, while enjoying the process along the way.


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The U.S. Department of Transportation has recorded a 150 percent jump in motorcyclist fatalities in the past decade. This huge rise in motorcycle fatalities has researchers perplexed.
Even though I do not want it to be so because I myself am a biker and motorcycle rider, Motorcyclists are considered the highest risk motorist group, accounting for 14 percent of all fatal traffic incidents.
Department of Transportation's Fatality Analysis Reporting System recorded 5,290 crash deaths among motorcyclists in 2008 and 96,000 injuries.
The traffic fatality rate for motorcycle riders has steadily increased since 1997, while other motor vehicle-related deaths declined.
The greatest number of motorcycle deaths on the road (36.4%) involves front-end crashes with other vehicles.
Collisions with motor vehicles overall are responsible for slightly less than half of the annual death toll among motorcyclists, according to the federal data.
The Federal Highway Administration will fund a study by Oklahoma State University's Oklahoma Transportation Center designed to pinpoint causes of the increasing fatality rate among motorcyclists and identify prospective interventions. Researchers will study commonalities among motorcycle crashes ranging from road configurations and environmental conditions to rider experience in assessing the reasons for the high rate of fatalities among motorcyclists.
The Oklahoma Transportation Center research follows a 1981 NHTSA-sponsored study as well as a study conducted by the Association of European Motorcycle Manufacturers from 1999 to 2000 and one conducted in Thailand in 2001. The 1981 study found several factors contributing to motorcycle fatalities, including auto driver failure to detect motorcyclists and lack of safety equipment such as helmets. The study recommended improved licensing and training, as well as measures to make motorcyclists more conspicuous on the roads.
The European study again cited driver error, attributing 50 percent of crashes to auto drivers and 37 percent to motorcycle operators. Significantly, more motorcycle crashes occurred on straight roadways and minor roads than on curved roads or major highways.
Unlike the American and European studies, the Thailand study found rider error to be the major contributor to motorcyclist fatalities, with alcohol implicated in 40 percent of crashes. The most common type of crash was the motorcyclist rear-ending an auto. In the Thai research, only a single motorcyclist acknowledged receiving any training in operating motorcycles; the study concluded that the absence of training led to the high rider error rate.
The upcoming study in Oklahoma will build on the knowledge attained in earlier studies, establishing which crash causes remain of concern and which interventions undertaken in response to earlier studies have proven effective, as well as identifying new contributors to the high incidence of motorcycle crashes.
Look folks, according to the data we have so far, many motorcycle accident deaths can be avoided by having proper training, proper safety equipment such as full leathers and helmets, making yourself more conspicuous (seen) while riding, and not using mind altering drugs or alcohol when riding.
The sad fact is the data shows that a majority of motorcycle related accidents and deaths are due to other motor vehicles such as cars, SUVs', trucks, bus's etc., running into the motorcyclist, or cutting them off. Therefore you must have the proper skill and clarity of mind to be constantly looking out for these idiots.
If you or a loved one has had a motorcycle accident anywhere in the State of California, or you were a passenger on a motorcycle that has had an accident in California, you may call me for a free consultation at 800-816-1529 x.1. I ride just like you!
By California Biker Attorney and Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., © 2010


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Growing up in a very traditional West Indian home, I was raised to believe that it was a man's DUTY to approach a woman for a date. The shared responsibilities in this interaction between a man and a woman were two-fold as per traditional social-rules: It's the man's job to accurately determine whether that woman wanted to be bothered by him, and it was her job to clearly define her level of interest through her overt body language [and sometimes verbally too]. This was the unwritten, yet socially accepted form of dating as I was growing up [although I wish women had a lot more OVARIES to walk up and approach men, but I will get to that later], but it appears even THAT simple interaction is no longer a given. Enter, my homegirl Fiana.
Fiana of Approach2link is the brains behind an event called The Conversation Party (happening this Sunday) in which grown men and women discuss different relationship issues – and the topic for this event is "Just Because I Smiled At You Doesn't Mean I Want To Get With You" [Which I couldn't disagree with anymore] but here is her rationale: Women should be free to smile all day long and at whomever they feel, but that should not incite men to try and approach her just because they shared a smile.
Well here's my question to that: What in the hell are we SUPPOSE to use as approachable-indicators if SMILING, the most basic form of human warmth and social invitation to conversation, is OFF the table?
And here's my own answer to my own question: NOTHING. Which means the dating-dichotomy will have to inherently change and women will have to start doing the one thing y'all are SCARED-SH*TLESS to do: Approaching men yourselves.
See, if women want to create further boundaries to make it even MORE difficult for a man to know when to approach, then the easy solution to that is putting EQUAL onus on WOMEN to approach men – but you KNOW you don't want that. Y'all want all the positive without the negative, all the benefits without the harm, and all the multiple orgasms without dude's sweat in your eye. To illustrate my point, let me tell y'all about a funny story that happened to one of my homegirls this week [let's call her Andrea]:
Andrea saw some handsome dude Sunday night downtown, but she was too scared to approach him and he bounced out of her life. She texted me right after and I called her SOFT for not having the heart to holla at the dude. Two days later I received a call from her late night, all excited talking 'bout "I found him! I'm following him into this bar and I'm gonna muster up the strength to talk to him!" After giving her a quick pep talk, she finally built the courage to approach him – and she actually ended up getting his name and number. She text messaged him the next day – and never heard back from him, essentially making her feel like a DUMBASS. Now Andrea will NEVER approach another man EVER in her life, and she's gonna do EXACTLY what MOST women already do: Just give men slight non-verbal indicators that they are OPEN to be approached – and as far as us men are concerned, SMILING is the number ONE sign you're interested.
So ladies, here's the deal: If you don't want to be approached, then the onus is on YOU to not SMILE at the frowsy dude at the party or bus stop who you DON'T want to come and holla at you. Until the magical day comes when women have enough FORTITUDE to chop men, you will have to deal with learning how to accurately control your body language.
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Denying True Reality: Mystic Evolutionism in Practice
Ellen Myers
A "great awakening" is taking place today among some leading evolutionists. They see and admit that the Darwinian evolutionist theory does not deal with the world which is but rather with a make-believe world invented to discredit belief in the Creator-God of the Bible. Three such leading evolutionists are astronomers Sir Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe and paleontologist Colin Patterson of England. Hoyle and Wickramasinghe came to believe in God as the only possible explanation of the origins of life because "the probability of life originating at random is so utterly minuscule as to make it absurd."1 Hoyle said he was "at a loss to understand biologists' widespread compulsion to deny what seems to me to be obvious." Wickramasinghe even agreed to testify in support of the State of Arkansas in the recent court trial over that state's balanced treatment act of creation and evolution in its schools.
Most amazing are statements made by Colin Patterson of the British Museum of Natural History in an address he delivered on November 5, 1981 at the American Museum of Natural History to a select group of about fifty specialists interested in the subject of origins. He called contemporary evolutionary theory of the Darwinian type "an anti-theory, a void that has the function of knowledge but conveys none. . . Explanatory value of the hypothesis of common ancestry is nil. ... evolution not only conveys no knowledge but seems to somehow convey anti-knowledge, apparent knowledge which is harmful to systematics."2 From the most recent data, not yet published, on amino acid similarities in various animals Dr. Patterson showed in case after case that evolution theory made the wrong predictions. He concluded that basing one's systematics on evolution will give bad systematics, and that therefore he and many other systematics specialists base their classification system not upon ancestry but upon similarities in structures. Similarities in structures, of course, are precisely what creationists predict and explain on the grounds of the Creator-Designer using homologous designs. In practice the creationist "model" is vindicated. This is nothing new; noted Canadian entomologist William R. Thompson, F.R.S., pointed out in his preface to the 1956 Everyman edition of The Origin of Species that Darwinism stands contradicted by the fact that the taxonomic system as a whole. . appears as an orderly arrangement of clear-cut entities which are clear cut because they are separated by gaps"3 and the persistence of a few common fundamental structural plans.. . the animal world. . . can be divided into some ten great groups or phyla . . . stable and definable entities from the taxonomic standpoint."4
While such awakening (Patterson even strikingly speaks of waking up one morning to face the truth about the cognitive void of the evolutionary theory) may or may not eventually lead to belief in a Creator-God, who may or may not be perceived to be the God of the Bible, it does lead to recognition of the evolutionary world view as non-scientific to say the least, and as mystic, basically escapist make-believe fantasy to say the most. It is escapist because it will not face the real world, created, sustained and governed by the God of the Bible Whose creative decree is not subject to the wishful thinking of any creature. It is now becoming revealed as such, and those who have hitherto been able to nourish their faith in a Godless universe through the evolutionist myth are left starving, or naked as the Emperor in the children's fairy tale. Some, like Dr. Kenyon of San Francisco State College5 or, to a lesser degree, Sir Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe, face the true factual reality and its Maker. Others, like the biologists "denying the obvious" mentioned by Hoyle, cling to their Darwinian mystique. Yet others, like Stephen Jay Gould and Niles Eldredge, substitute other would-be scientific theories for the discarded one.
It is at this point that the dividing line between superficially "scientific" positivist evolutionism, and explicitly "vitalist", "forces" or mystical-occult evolutionism is also becoming revealed as one of degree rather than kind. In a very perceptive article from the Biblical Christian perspective, Brooks Alexander writes:
Rationalist secularism and occult mysticism . . have no inherent barriers against. . syncretism. . As those two world views strive with one another, they tend to mingle. . Soon it becomes impossible to say whether a given movement, trend or school of thought is a secular impulse that has absorbed Eastern/occult values, or an Eastern/occult teaching that has dressed itself in secular language. .
Secular humanism thus readily escalates to a form of cosmic humanism. Occult philosophy is humanism taken to its logical conclusion.. Secular humanism and cosmic humanism thus can be seen as points along a spectrum of connected beliefs rather than as opposed ideologies. For that reason, the two world views will begin more and more to resemble one another. Thus distinctions between them will become increasingly blurred, which is only to be expected since most of them were illusory to begin with.6
This author has shown the affinities between positivist and mystic evolutionism in previous articles.7 It remains to be pointed out that the "make-believe" mentality now obvious in positivistic (Darwinian) evolutionism is also at the root, and revealed in the practice, of mystic-occult evolutionism in its various manifestations, such as "vitalistic evolution", "evolution by purposive forces", pantheistic-monist mysticism, and their subgroups. It is ironical that positivistic (Darwinian) evolutionists have been rejecting their mystic-occult evolutionist brethren because mystic evolutionism could not be empirically proved and must therefore be wishful thinking This rejection was, I believe, a remnant of the kind of skepticism which is but a form of the honest and basically humble love of truth essential to salvation by true reality/Truth, reminiscent of the "show-me" attitude of Doubting Thomas the Apostle of Christ. Remaining skeptical toward mystic evolutionism seems to show some element of healthy-mindedness or common sense.8 For the degree of wishful thinking within mystic evolutionism is quite incredible, and in practice borders upon certifiable insanity defined as wilful and conscious denial and distortion of true reality.
Let me illustrate by way of concrete example. Some time ago a friend of mine was locked up in a psychiatric ward. She had become so attracted to a married man that she daydreamed herself into the fixed idea that he reciprocated her feelings, would divorce his wife and marry her, without any evidence whatsoever in the man's behavior. Soon she kept saying with dogged and baffling intensity that her daydream would certainly occur. Yet she also knew this could happen only at the cost of treason to the man's wife (the true meaning of adultery). Eventually she withdrew into a totally isolated, subjective world of make-believe "reality" where her fantasy was fulfilled at no cost. Thanks to God's grace and Biblical counseling she was finally enabled to confront true reality and to abandon her fantasy. Today she is functioning, productive, sane and at peace; her deep and rightful womanly desire for love and marriage has been placed under Christ's easy yoke, God's will exercised within God's law.
Now my friend's substitution of an imaginary, subjective "reality", and denial of true reality under God's eternally settled law expressing His eternally faithful and unchanging character, is quite similar to certain techniques now taught and practiced as part of pantheist-monist mysticism, belief in evolution by purposive "forces", and their offspring, the "human potential movement." Consider, for example, the system of "confluent education" recently introduced in the public schools of Los Angeles. Its author, Or. Beverly Galyean, bases it upon the following belief:
Once we begin to see that we are all God . . . then I think the whole purpose of human life is to reown the Godlikeness within us . . . and when we do that, we create back to that old, that essential oneness which is consciousness.9
Under this system, first-grade children are told to imagine that the sun is shining directly into their eyes, but "despite its strength the sun's brightness doesn't hurt them."10 They are told to picture themselves full of light and containing all of the light in the universe.
With that light, the teacher says, they now feel at peace they are perfect. As they return from this fantasy journey, the children are reminded that they are intelligent magnificent and that they contain all of the wisdom of the universe within themselves. .
"I am a perfect person and student" is an expression which children are instructed to repeat to themselves frequently. The child can tap into this universal mind and receive advice, information and help from it. This is usually done through meditation and contact with spirit guides It would seem obvious to anyone attempting to prepare children for successful functioning in the real world that some very serious misconceptions are instilled here, quite apart from the more sinister implications of teaching contact with a "universal mind" and "spirit guides."
Part of a truly beneficial and maturing education is to learn to accept oneself as one realty is, who one's real limitations and real (not imaginary) strengths. No, children are not necessarily intelligent "magnificent" and all-wise No one is. It is, to put it bluntly, lying nonsense to repeat to oneself frequently that one is "a perfect person and student." The very next failure mercifully destroys this illusion in all but those who will not see and equally mercifully, most first-graders still do want to see.72 It is in itself a sign of the spirit of our time that this obvious truth about human fallibility (not to mention sinfulness) is seemingly disregarded by many educators. Frances Adeney writes:
As an educator, I attended three conferences which included confluent education workshops led by Dr. Galyean. In 1980, the Society for Accelerated Learning and Teaching sponsored a convention, "Education in the 80's." Well over three- fourths of the participants in Galyean's sessions were public school personnel. The Mandala Conference, a huge gathering of New Age proponents, sponsors four days of education workshops at their annual convention in San Diego, which I attended in 1980 and 1981. Hundreds of public school educators participate in this Eastern-oriented program. At both conventions, participants responded enthusiastically to Galyean's workshops, voicing no criticism of the program or its ties with Eastern/occult philosophy.13
It may astonish the reader who believes that religion is excluded from public school instruction that this supposedly ironclad principle does not hold in actual practice. Adeney also reports:
Galyean pointed out that many schools are quite open to overtly religious technologies such as meditation. In more conservative areas it is necessary to use euphemistic terms such as centering and focusing to describe meditation. . . . First graders are introduced to spirit guides although Galyean remarked that "Of course we don't call them that in the public schools. VVe call them imaginary guides."14
The "centering" and "focusing" techniques which form part of Dr. Galyean's "confluent education" system are also described in detail and warmly recommended in a book addressed to young parents, How to Help Your Children have a Spiritual Life, by Annette Hollander, M.D. This book was first published in April 1980, became a selection of the Young Parents Book Club in October 1980, and has been issued in a Bantam paperback edition for mass distribution in January 1982(1 picked up my copy on the shelves of my friendly neighborhood supermarket). The front page tells us that the author drew from the insights of the human potential movement. In a chapter entitled "Many Ways of Knowing" we are told:
"Centering" techniques offer more than relaxation . . . It has to do with contacting a core of inner strength in ourselves that is always there, whether or not we are doing anything. It is the place from which we move.15
The book is brimful with listings of resource materials and addresses of organizations belonging to the "human potential movement", and espousing beliefs of pantheist mysticism, "forces" evolutionism and "cosmic consciousness. The "third-force" school of psychology initiated by Abraham Maslow, and "fourth-force" transpersonal psychology are the basis for many recommendations. "Forces" evolutionism is represented among other sources by Marilyn Ferguson's The Aquarian Conspiracy,16 and Rudolf Steiner's The Education of the Child and Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood' Our Goddess and Heroine Heritage.17 The work of two famous psychologists of the "stages of psychological and moral development" theory (evolutionist in nature), Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg, are also heavily drawn upon and recommended for further study.
We would be guilty of make-believe ourselves if we disregarded the impact of the wide circulation and implementation of the above described materials. While I was preparing this article, a young nursing student friend told me of meditation-fantasy "centering" techniques taught in one of her classes at a Catholic hospital of "orthodox-conservative" reputation by a nun-teacher preaching belief in "good forces" and their influence. Add to these teachings imposed upon captive student audiences the incalculable impact of mysticevolutionist movies, comics, books of fiction and non-fiction, seminars and yes, sermons and you see that the outworking of mystic evolutionism in its various forms is all around us, our loved ones, our friends, children and grandchildren today. The true reality of God's creation, in which man must breathe oxygen and eat and drink to survive, and cannot survive on hydrogen, rocks and total lack of liquids; the true reality which is just as hard-and fast in its God-given moral law whose fulfillment alone is true love; the true reality in which some men are intelligent while others are dull or retarded, in which there is real pain, real evil and real loss through real sin; the true reality of that which by virtue of Biblical creation is-what-it-is, and is not what it is not, and cannot be wished into becoming other than that which it is or is not that reality is denied by the evolutionist myth-makers.
The antidote is clear and uncompromising presentation by word, and most importantly, by concrete practice moment by moment, of the good news of our God's creation of all things ex nihilo, and hence of His sovereignty which allows us true discernment between the true and the false, the right and the wrong, that which is, and that which is not. The Christian can speak of this God's grace in Christ which redeems and restores us to His true reality, saving us from our sins of rebelliously substituting our own subjective make-believe "reality" for His true one. While the confrontation dates back to the Serpent in Eden, it has perhaps never again been so widespread and clear-cut as today. The rise of Biblical creationism in our generation is no accident; like Queen Esther in the day of Haman, it has been prepared "for such a day as this."
"The physical sciences, good and innocent in themselves, had already. . begun to be warped, had been subtly maneuvered in a certain direction. Despair of objective truth had been increasingly insinuated into the scientists; indifference to it, and a concentration upon mere power, had been the result. Babble about the élan vital and flirtations with panpsychism were bidding fair to restore the Anima Mundi of the magicians. Dreams of the far future destiny of man were dragging up from its shallow and unquiet grave the old dream of Man as God." (That Hideous Strength, 203)
9 Quoted in Frances Adeney, "Educators Look East", in S.C.P. Journal, Vol. 5, No.1 (Winter 1981-82), (Spiritual Counterfeits Project, P.O. Box 2418, Berkeley, CA 94702), 29.
10 Ibid, 28
11 Ibid, 29
12 The author's 12-year old daughter Rebecca, who has Downs' Syndrome and an 1.0. of around 40, indignantly retorts, "lam NOT Smart" if anyone tries to praise her for supposed smartness. I have learned greatly through and from her; not least is the great truth that a true assessment of ourselves is essential to true appreciation of and gratitude for the true love of our Father in Heaven, and of our charitable fellow men, for us as we really are. How blessed in the gift of childlike humility granted by love of the truth !
13 Adeney, op. cit. 30.
14 Ibid
15 Annette Hollander, M.D., How To Help Your Child Have a Spiritual Life. (New York: Bantam Books edition, January 1982), 46.
16 For an examination of this book, see Ellen Myers, op. cit. in CSSH Quarterly, Vol. IV, No.3 (Spring 1982), and op. cit. in CSSH Quarterly, Vol. IV, No.4 (Summer 1982).
17 For an examination of Rudolf Steiner and his mystic evolutionist school of thought known as "anthroposophy", see Ellen Myers, "The Ultimate Evolutionist Model: Evolution by Purposive 'Forces"' in CSSH Quarterly, Vol. IV, No.4 (Summer 1982).