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Cards of color samples for paint.
- The definition of color is a component of light which is separated when it is reflected off of an object.
An example of color is the blue in a rainbow.
- To color something is to add a hue, shade, paint or dye to an object or picture.
An example of color is when a child uses crayons to complete a design on paper.
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- the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- the property of reflecting light of a particular wavelength: the distinct colors of the spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, each of these shading into the next; the primary colors of the spectrum are red, green, and blue, the light beams of which variously combined can produce any of the colors
- any coloring matter; dye; pigment; paint: the primary colors of paints, pigments, etc. are red, yellow, and blue, which, when mixed in various ways, produce the secondary colors (green, orange, purple, etc.): black, white, and gray are often called colors (achromatic colors), although black is caused by the complete absorption of light rays, white by the reflection of all the rays that produce color, and gray by an imperfect absorption of all these rays
- any color other than black, white, or gray; chromatic color: color is distinguished by the qualities of hue (as red, brown, yellow, etc.), lightness (for pigmented surfaces) or brightness (for light itself), and saturation (the degree of intensity of a hue)
- color of the face; esp., a healthy rosiness or a blush
- the color of a person's skin
- skin pigmentation of a particular people or racial group, esp. when non-Caucasoid
- [pl.] a colored badge, ribbon, costume, etc. that identifies the wearer's rank, group, etc.
- [pl.]
- a flag or banner of a country, regiment, etc.
- the armed forces of a country, symbolized by the flag: to serve with the colors
- [pl.] the side that a person is on; position or opinion: stick to your colors
- outward appearance or semblance; plausibility
- appearance of truth, likelihood, validity, or right; justification: the circumstances gave color to his contention
- general nature; character: the color of his mind
- vivid quality or character, as in a personality, literary work, etc.
- Art the way of using color, esp. to gain a total effect
- Law an apparent or prima-facie right
- Mining a trace of gold found in panning
- Music
- timbre, as of a voice or instrument; tone color
- elaborate ornamentation
- Particle Physics a unique force or charge on each type of quark that controls how quarks combine to form hadrons: although called red, green, and blue, they are not related to visual colors
- reproduction of images in chromatic colors rather than in black, white, and gray
- colorful details, background data, etc. supplied by a sports commentator between play-by-play descriptions of the action
Origin of colorMiddle English and Old French colour from Classical Latin color from Old Latin colos, origin, originally , a covering from Indo-European base an unverified form kel-, to conceal, hide from source hull, hall
- to give color to; impregnate or cover with color, as with paint, stain, or dye
- to change the color of
- to give a pleasing, convincing, or reasonable appearance to; make plausible
- to alter or influence to some degree, as by distortion or exaggeration: prejudice colored his views
Origin of colorL colorare
- to become colored
- to change color, as ripening fruit
- to blush or flush
- to engage in the child's pastime of drawing or coloring pictures with wax crayons, etc.
call to the colors
- call or order to serve in the armed forces
- Mil. a bugle call for the daily flag-raising and flag-lowering ceremonies
change color
- to become pale
- to blush or flush
lose color
of color
show one's (true) colors
- to reveal one's true self
- to make one's opinions, position, etc. known
under color of
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- That aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of the light reflected or emitted by them, definable in terms of the observer or of the light, as:a. The appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of the individual's perception of them, involving hue, lightness, and saturation for objects, and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources.b. The characteristics of light by which the individual is made aware of objects or light sources through the receptors of the eye, described in terms of dominant wavelength, luminance, and purity.c. A gradation or variation of this aspect, especially when other than black, white, or gray; a hue: fireworks that exploded in brilliant colors.
- A substance, such as a dye, pigment, or paint, that imparts a hue.
- a. The use of different colors in visual representation.b. The different colors used in visual representation: one of the earliest movies in color.
- a. The general appearance of the skin, especially as an indication of good health: regained her color after a few days' rest.b. A reddening of the face, as a blush or sign of anger.
- Skin pigmentation considered as a racial characteristic or a marker of racial identity, especially when other than white: "My father told me if I go west, there's integration; you don't worry about color" ( Itabari Njeri ) See Usage Note at person of color.
- colors a. A colored item, such as a badge, ribbon, or piece of clothing, serving as an identifying mark: wore the colors of their college.b. A flag or banner, as of a country or military unit: a ship flying the colors of Brazil.c. The salute made during the ceremony of raising or lowering a flag.
- colors One's opinion or position: Stick to your colors.
- often colors Character or nature: revealed their true colors.
- a. An outward and often deceptive appearance: a tale with the merest color of truth.b. Appearance of authenticity: testimony that lends color to an otherwise absurd notion.c. Law The appearance of a legal claim, as to a right or office.
- a. Vividness or variety in expression: a story told with a lot of color.b. Commentary distinguished by vivid details or background information, as during a sports broadcast: A former coach provided the color for the championship game.
- Local color.
- The use or effect of pigment in painting, as distinct from form.
- Music Quality of tone or timbre.
- A particle or bit of gold found in auriferous gravel or sand.
- Physics See color charge.
- Astronomy See color index.
verbcol·ored, col·or·ing, col·ors
- To impart color to or change the color of.
- a. To give a distinctive character or quality to; modify: "Both books are colored by the author's childhood experiences" ( Deborah M. Locke )b. To exert an influence on; affect: The war colored the soldier's life.
- a. To misrepresent, especially by distortion or exaggeration: color the facts.b. To gloss over; excuse: a parent who colored the children's lies.
- a. To take on color.b. To change color.
- To become red in the face; redden or blush.
Origin of colorMiddle English colour from Old French from Latin color ; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.
Related Forms:
- col′or·er
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(countable and uncountable, plural colors) (American)
- (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light
- Humans and birds can perceive color.
- (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
- Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
- (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
- He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".
- (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
- Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
- (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
- a bit of local color
- (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Contrast with metal.
- (in the plural) A standard or banner.
- The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.
- The system of color television.
- This film is broadcast in color.
- (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
- He was awarded colors for his football.
- In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing quarterly results when an officer of a company is speaking to investment analysts.
- Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
- (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons.
- (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
- (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
- A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
- An appearance of right or authority.
- Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.
- (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
The late Anglo-Norman colour, which is the standard UK spelling, has been the usual spelling in Britain since the 14th century and was chosen by Dr. Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755) along with other Anglo-Norman spellings such as favour, honour, etc. The Latin spelling color was occasionally used from the 15th century onward, mainly due to Latin influence; it was lemmatized by Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828), along with favor, honor, etc., and is currently the standard US spelling.
In Canada, colour is preferred, but color is not unknown; in Australia, -our endings are the standard, although -or endings had some currency in the past and are still sporadically found in some regions.
(not comparable) (US)
- Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
- Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.
(third-person singular simple present colors, present participle coloring, simple past and past participle colored) (US)
- To give something color.
- We could color the walls red.
- (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
- My kindergartener loves to color.
- (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
- Her face colored as she realised her mistake.
- To affect without completely changing.
- That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.
- (informal) To attribute a quality to.
- Colour me confused.
- (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent ones have the same color.
- Can this graph be two-colored?
- You can color any map with four colors.
Middle English colo(u)r, from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color, from Old Latin colos "covering", from Proto-Indo-European *kel- ("to cover, conceal"). Akin to Latin cēlō ("I hide, conceal"). Displaced Middle English blee ("color"), from Old English blēo. More at blee.
In the US, the spelling color is used to match the spelling of the word's Latin etymon, and to make all derivatives consistent (colorimeter, colorize, colorless, etc). Elsewhere in the English-speaking world, the spelling colour has been retained.
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color - Computer Definition
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color - Legal Definition
- A false appearance; disguise; pretext; especially the false appearance of a claim to legal right, authority, or office. See also color of law and color of title.
- The skin complexion of people who do not belong to the Caucasian or Caucasoid ethnic group. The term is frequently added to "race" in constitutional provisions and statutes barring discrimination.
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Published: 2004/06/29
by Andy Tennille
The Sacred Steel Interviews, Part II:Aubrey Ghent & Calvin Cooke
The sacred steel tradition is very much a fraternity. Many of the players are related by blood or marriage. Fathers pass the music along to their sons; elders in the church tutor the younger players on the basics. Everyone reunites at the National Convention in Nashville every June to play and share stories.
One need not look any further than the Reverend Aubrey Ghent as an example of the familial nature of this music. Ghent is the son of Henry Nelson, who is widely considered to be the father of modern sacred steel music. Willie Eason, who is Ghent's uncle and Nelson's brother-in-law, is generally believed to be the first musician to play lap steel in the House of God church and the founder of sacred steel music.
However, much like any big family, rivalries exist between family members. Historically, players in the Jewel Dominion competed with those from the Keith Dominion, but even geography played a part in the rivalries. Within the Keith Dominion, Ghent was one of the most well-known sacred steelers in the South while Chuck Campbell was held in the same high regard in the Northeast. Both men regularly competed for playing time at the annual conventions with older players like Ted Beard and Calvin Cooke. Cooke, who's been dubbed the "B.B. King of sacred steel music," is featured in the second interview below.
Competition to play within the same local church is not uncommon either Chuck Campbell's story in last month's interview about his brother, Darick, taking his spot playing at their father's church because the congregation felt his playing was more sacred is mirrored today as Marcus Randolph, drummer for Robert Randolph and the Family Band, has usurped his famous cousin as the favored player at their family church in New Jersey.
Do yourself a favor and check out the sacred steel albums from Arhoolie Records. Enjoy.
AT: Tell me about your first musical memory.
Aubrey Ghent: Well, let me give you a little history first. I grew up in a little city in Florida called Fort Pierce. My father, Henry Nelson, married a minister's daughter. The minister was Reverend Eugene Ghent. My dad's originally from Ocala, Florida. His sister, Alice, married Willie Eason. Alice met Willie at a church service when he came down from Philadelphia. Willie started playing up that way what was considered then to be Hawaiian guitar. The folks down South had never heard anything like the type of music Willie was playing that Hawaiian-type music. They were very enthused.
After Willie came down from Philadelphia and met my aunt Alice, he taught my dad and Lorenzo Harrison how to play. Dad was about nine years old at the time. Willie went his own way after a time, and my father kind of stuck with it and was one of the main players in the Keith Dominion. Lorenzo became one of the main players in the Jewel Dominion. So when I came along, I was really born into the union (Laughs). First son, you know. By listening to Dad and some other players who were imitating my father, I became interested and wanted to play. That's how I got started and those memories of listening to my father play were my first musical memories.
AT: Who were some of the other players that were playing around the same time as your father?
AG: Oh, Lord…well, there were a number of them. Frank Blue, his son Daryl plays now. Quelon Mitchell out of Ft. Lauderdale was another. But the steel guitar in the church really developed from Willie and my father. They were playing before all of the rest. I kind of grew up around it in the house. My grandfather bought me a regular electric guitar when I was about six years old. Later on, I found out a little trick by putting a 16-inch nail under the strings, which raised the strings so that I could use a bar. That way, I got the leverage from the bar and that steel sound. I did that for two or three years, until I was about nine years old. My granddad, Rev. Ghent, then bought me a lap steel guitar. It was a Suppro.
AT: Do you still have it?
AG: No, in fact, the last time I saw it was about 10 years ago or more. Believe it or not, it had circulated around some of the players down in my old neighborhood after I traded it in. I was 11 years old when I traded that guitar in, and I saw it again when I was in my late 20s. Somebody had bought it in a shop down there. I remembered it because there were some marks on the bottom from when I had it. It was an old red Suppro. Boy, I was proud of that little thing.
When I was 11 years old, my grandfather bought me my first Fender. It was a Fender Stringmaster, double-neck Stringmaster. I thought I was really doing it then. My grandfather died when I was 14 years old, and so my grandmother took over looking after me. She bought me a brand new Fender Deluxe when I was about 14 years old. My dad was constantly on the road playing churches all over the place, so my grandparents really were the ones who looked after me.
AT: How were the steel players perceived in the church? Can you give me an idea of the type of lifestyle these traveling steel players, like your father, had?
AG: Steel players were special people. They were highly recognized, dating back from Willie. The church recognized sacred music though. If you were playing for the church, you just did that. You either played in the nightclubs or the church. They were very strict about that back then, more so than now. The steel players lived a very sacred lifestyle. They players I knew were basically deacons of the church, as well as ministers. They already had a very sacred lifestyle. The music was their ministry a way to minister to the people. They'd do devotional services that inspired and energized the congregation and prepared them for the preaching.
AT: One thing I wanted to talk to you about was your relationship with your father and your uncle and their different styles of playing. Let's start with Willie.
AG: I didn't get a chance to be with Willie that much. I met Willie later on in life. Willie and my father's styles were very different. Willie was basically a solo player. He did gospel songs that told about religion and the Christ he believed in, but he also did folks songs that commented about political, economic and social issues. One of the more popular folk songs he wrote was "Franklin D. Roosevelt, A Poor Man's Friend." He eventually recorded it and became famous for it.
When Willie played, he did a lot of things that all three of us do. He tried to play the words of the song, imitating the vocals of the choir and congregation. We all work with the melody. But if he played "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," he'd sing "Just a closer" and then play "Walk with thee" on the guitar, as if the guitar actually sang on its own. That's why the called him "The Man with the Talking Guitar."
Dad tried to do the same things. You see, Dad used to play with Mahalia Jackson. He used to be a studio musician. He played on at least one of her albums, if not more. He basically tried to imitate that high female soprano voice, especially the vibrato. It was just a unique way you pluck the strings to get that and using the vibrato of the bar. Not many people have done it. My father and I have both tried to perfect it.
But my father took it once step further. My dad invented what they call jubilee music. Praise music is what they call it nowadays. My dad really took that music over.
AT: If Willie then was the pioneer of sacred steel music and your father, Henry Nelson, was the inventor of praise music, what then was your addition to the sacred steel tradition?
AG: I came along when there was an influx of more players. By that time, there was Lorenzo Harrison, who brought a jazz-type feel to the music. It was more boogie-woogie. That's what the Jewel Dominion style is. It's different than the Keith Dominion style of playing. The Jewel is more of an improvisational, ad-lib style of music. A lot of fast picking that sounded like the blues. Other players like Calvin Cooke, Ted Beard and the Campbell Brothers had come along too.
I kind of developed a style between my father's and what Lorenzo and the guys in the Jewel Dominion were doing. I took my father's approach to praise music and blended it with Lorenzo's jazz approach.
AT: How about secular music influences?
AG: Well, actually as far as guitar players go, my favorite is B.B. King. I like his moves and his style it's soulful. He used to play in the church as well, so I feel a connection to him in that way. I like Miles Davis a lot and have always been fascinated with his style.
AT: I've never been to a House of God church service. Describe it for me when the music's good and the spirit's there.
AG: Believe it or not, it gives you really a high that's totally indescribable. Music for generations has been noted for some to have magical, divine powers. In Scripture, there was a prophet who said, "Send for one who is skillful on the strings," which means that if you are a skilled musician, the music really sends forth a very unique, energetic feeling and power. That's in the music itself. You can achieve that through a oneness with your instrument to connect with the Holy Spirit. Some people talk about it being a trance. I'm not sure I'd say it was that, but it's like any rock musician or blues player who really gets into what they're playing. The only difference is that we're doing it in church, where we put our whole mind, body and soul into what we're playing and allow the Spirit to flow through us. That means that you play things that are unrehearsed. You know, things that come into your mind while you're playing. There's a lot of improv and a lot of adlibbing. Some musicians do their best writing during service, which means that if you aren't recording then you'll most likely forget it. (Laughs) You'll play a certain note or group of notes, or a certain line or run, and you go, "Oh, wow, I like that." Or someone from the congregation will come up and say, "Those notes you played there were…awesome." (Laughs) You feel a surge of energy. The audience is going, you're feeding them and they're feeding back to you. It's energy being exchanged. The crowd is getting with you and giving it back to you. You get to a certain height and it's phenomenal. The guitar really just comes alive.
AT: I read somewhere that you had the opportunity a few years back to play with your dad as part of a Smithsonian Folk Masters series. How was it?
AG: That was a very unique experience. There was two generations of sacred steel players there. Dad was always my mentor, and I was one of his closest and biggest fans of his music. We played together often in church and at family reunions. That particular night was very memorable and something I'll hold onto for the rest of my life. Just after that concert, he had a stroke and was unable to play anymore. That was the last time we played together. It's a sentimental memory for me.
AT: Did you listen to a lot of the other players that came onto the scene like Calvin Cooke and Ted Beard?
AG: Calvin has a very unique style. Same with Ted. Both of them were greatly influenced by Lorenzo. They came from that side of the church. But Calvin developed his own unique style that's a little different than Lorenzo's. I've always been a big fan of Calvin's playing. He really added something to Lorenzo's style and evolved the music in his own way.
Ted is a lot more conservative than Calvin. He's more of a basic player in my opinion. He doesn't get too jazzy. He stays more to the middle. Some of us reach out and grab things way out there. (Laughs)
AT: What is your role at your church in Nashville?
AG: I'm a pastor at my church here in Antioch. I do play during the service as well. I hold an elder's title, so I oversee two other churches in my district.
AT: Talk to me a little bit about the dilemma that someone like you who is an official in the House of God church faces when playing outside the church. Other players like Robert Randolph, Calvin Cooke and others don't have the same obligations that you have within the church and therefore don't have the same threshold, I imagine.
AG: Making appearances at things outside of the church music festivals like the Blues to Bop Festival I played in Switzerland and the New Orleans Jazz Festival was really frowned upon by the church. Some of the bishops and elders believed that doing that was "to cast your pearls to swine," as the Scripture says. They feel the gift belongs in the church, but the new generation is moving away from that. I believe it's a gift to spread and to give to others, I don't think it should be limited to the church. So I went against the grain and played the Florida Folk Festival and other things like that, and they got angry and said I was the first to do it. I think they forgot that Willie did it as well, but they might have forgotten. (Laughs) Dad did a few things, some studio work, but he stayed church-oriented. It was an issue for me. Some people questioned me about it. I was constantly reminded that my gift came from God and should remain a sacred thing.
AT: Talk to me about the younger generation of sacred steel players, like Robert Randolph, coming along.
AG: I see these younger players taking it to a new place, to another level. I think these young guys will not be confined within just the walls of the church. This generation will burst through the seams to let the world hear a new and ever-evolving gift that is surrounding the steel. They're going to take the instrument to places it's never been before. The sound effects, the different music they're listening to and the new approaches to the music they're taking it's going to change the music.
I think Robert is one of those players that's going to take the music to new heights. Robert is daring to do what others and what the church ultimately feared. He's taking the music secular. I really cannot condemn him for what he's doing. I hope he's successful in his quest and just say more power to him.
AT: How old were you when you started playing sacred steel music?
Calvin Cooke: Actually, I guess I was about twelve years old when I started. One of the pastors in my church brought me an old regular black guitar, but I couldn't play it. I was too small, so I got a knife and started playing it that way because we were used to the steel from the Reverend Lorenzo Harrison, who was the steel guitar player in the Jewel Dominion at the time.
My mother realized I was learning how to play the steel, so she got me a lap steel at the pawn shop. I was in Cleveland at the time, so I started learning to play that lap steel, but I wasn't that good. Around Christmas 58 I believe it was, the bishop of our state, Lorenzo's brother, Henry Harrison, asked me to come play in Columbus, Georgia at a convention. He traveled a lot and he had one of his sons with him, Starlin Harrison. So my cousin Maynard played the bass guitar and lead, Starlin Harrison played steel guitar and lead, I played steel guitar and lead, and the three of us would switch up with each other.
From then on, I started playing a great deal. I played more and more in church. Then in the summertime, Bishop Harrison asked us to go with him. My parents let us go with him. Eventully, Bishop Keith in the Keith Dominion asked if we would go with her. Mostly she started to take me with her, so between the both of them I wound up playing every day while I was out of school in the summertime. At the end of the summer, I would come back home, go to school, play the home church, and then going back out on the road during the summer.
AT: How did you feel about playing in both the Keith and Jewel Dominion?
CC: I liked them both so much. I started with the Jewel Dominion, but my mother told me she would rather me stay with Bishop Keith because she felt that I would have more of a chance to play than to play behind somebody, because Lorenzo was the main man in the Jewel Dominion. And so I stayed over there with Bishop Keith and played with her until she died in '61. Then Bishop Jenkins came in and I played with him until he died and I've been here ever since, so it's been about 45 years for me.
AT: Tell me about those first couple of years playing with Bishop Harrison. What was life on the road like?
CC: Bishop Harrison was a carpenter by trade, so we helped him build churches for less than what a regular company would charge. He did a lot of that, and we helped him with it, but we were paid very little. They would say we were donating our time to the church, which I didn't mind, because they did so many other things for us, like giving us clothes and a little money. We were taken care of.
Back then, I would just have my guitar and clothes. I would catch the Greyhound bus, get off of one bus and get onto the Trailway. Trailway was big back then. Got on the Trailway, then they let me off of the road wherever I'm supposed to be, and some people would pick me up.
Sometimes we would stay at the church and sleep on the benches cause we would want to be with Bishop Keith and she stayed close by at a house next door. We didn't want to be far from her. And we did that by choice. We would just stay at the church, then get up, clean up the church, and back then we had those old face bowls, pans, and they had outhouses back then. I played every day back in those days and stayed on the road until 1967.
AT: How did you end up in Detroit?
CC: I came to Detroit in '67. Actually, I was on my way to Florida but they had a convention here. A guy asked me if I would go by Chrysler. They were hiring, so he wanted me to take him to see about a job before I left. I filled out an application, not intending to work, because I wasn't used to working, but I passed the test. Chrysler hired me, so I called my mother and asked her what I should do. She said that since I got that job that I should stay with it. I was 23 then, so I stayed at Chrysler. My intention was to stay there just for a little while but I wind up staying for 31 years. I still traveled on the weekends and played for conventions.
AT: When did you start playing pedal steel?
CC: I got a pedal steel in 74 when my mother bought me a MSA 10 string. I called Chuck Campbell up and told him I had it. He and his wife came up, and he spent a whole week with me, taught me how to tune it, play it and fix it up, and I've been playing that ever since.
Ted Beard said he was the first one to play pedal steel in the church, but I believe Chuck was. Chuck was the first I remembered.
AT: You've always been close with the Campbell family?
CC: I used to play for Bishop Campbell all the time for all the events he had back then when his kids were growing up and still learning. Chuck, Darick and Phil Campbell, all of us spent a lot of time with each other, because I used to go there and stay with them for weeks at a time. When I got divorced, they would send for me to come stay with them, spend Christmas with them, or New Year's. They would come and get me and take me to the convention in Nashville when I couldn't afford it at the time. That is one family who helped me a great deal.
Those boys, I've been with them ever since they were kids. And we spent a lot of time together playing. Back in those days, I was the fastest player, but now I'm the slowest and Chuck Campbell and Robert Randolph are the two fastest that we have, plus young fellas who are coming up behind them. But Chuck and Robert are the two fastest. Robert used to come to the hotel and we'd stay up half the night and he'd learn how to play the guitar. Robert also would call me long distance and we'd do stuff over the phone.
I'm very grateful that the Campbells got me started doing festivals and stuff like that. They would ask me to go along and do a song. I would be nervous, cause I wasn't used to doing it. After Robert got successful, he called me up one day and said, "Ok, get ready, Calvin. I've got the money, so I can come and produce your CD and do something for you." And he did that. It should be coming out soon and I'm grateful for that, cause for him to even just think about me to do that, you know…I'm a very old guy.
AT: Did you come from a musical family?
CC: My father was a quartet guy, sang with Sam Cooke and a few others. My mother was strictly a religious lady and she sang in church and traveled with Bishop Jewel. I have cousins who all play instruments, drums, guitar and steel guitar. Nobody really sat down and taught me, because I was around it. Ronnie Hall, a good friend of mine, he spent a lot of time with me, but the guy who really gave me the opportunity to really start playing some conventions, his name is Bobby Tolliver. He was an older guy, actually he may be the first one who had the pedal steel guitar in the church, He's got a pedal steel that's got to be about 50 years old, if he still has it, and he really was the one.
There was a lady, who's still living now, her name is Bishop Bertha Massey, and she's 105 years old and can remember and talk just as good as you and I. I just saw her recently and she always talks about when I came up that I couldn't play a lick. Hated to hear me play. I'm grateful that I've lasted among about 5 to 6 generations within the church, and they have considered me one of the top steel guitar players.
AT: Who were some of your influences?
CC: Lorenzo Harrison was the biggest influence, but then I met Ted Beard. Ted was a strong, powerful influence on me because he and I played in the Keith Dominion together. At the conventions, it was always tradition for the past 40 something years that I played Saturday night and Ted played on a Sunday. Then I'd go Monday, and he'd go on Tuesday and this is how we played for years. The more he played, the harder he played, then the next day that's what would make me want to play, and we did that a lot. Then when Henry Nelson came back, he had his own style. It was the three of us that were the main musicians in the church. When Chuck came of age and started playing more and got better, it became the four of us.
As far as listening to the radio, we couldn't listen to blues or jazz, but traveling on the road a lot of times we would hear the Grand Old Opry. I would hear Earnest Tubb's show, and the guy who would play the steel, I don't know his name, we would listen to that. When I would come home, my cousin introduced me to YES, and I fell in love with Yes, because of the way they played and the style of music they had. When I found out one of the guys played the steel, that made me more interested, so they became my favorite group. After that, I started listening to the Who, because they were a hard driving group, and the way we played in church, it was kind of similar and so I could relate to them. We all listened to country music, we always have, in one way or another. Back then we listened to a lot of gospel, both white and black gospel. Early in the morning you hear gospel music out of West Virginia and different places, but then when I got a chance, I snuck off and listened to a lot of country music because I was down south then.
AT: You're one of the unique sacred steel players because you've played in both churches. Talk to me about the differences between the Keith and Jewel styles.
CC: The Jewel style with Lorenzo was more aggressive. The blues world would say he's more boogiefied. To us, he was very spiritual and strong with how he played. He was very aggressive. He was the type of guy who played what he felt that might work within the sanctified church. And that's the way he played hard. He gave it all he had. And then he experimented, not with the pedals, but with the different strings. Like the bass string, he would lead with those, something you don't hear a steel guitar player ordinarily do. Then after that, he started playing with the Wah pedal, which became a symbol of his. That became the big symbol, which they still play with now throughout the Jewel Dominion.
The Keith side, when I came in, they were more Hawaiian type style of music. When I came in, I had the Jewel influence, so I brought that over with me, and that developed over here. They kept both styles, the Hawaiian type style and the Jewel style which I brought. So the younger guys like Chuck and Ghent came along and started mixing them, along with Ted Beard's style.
AT: Talk to me about Robert Randolph.
CC: He's going in the rock zone. And he still represents where he comes from. And when you get into this, you've got a lot of people whose gonna go different ways, but they still consider him a sacred steeliest. He's been doing an excellent job with what he's done, because he's been mixing both rock and sacred steel together. 99 % of the audience he's had has been white, so they're not familiar with black gospel music, and everywhere we went, the people have told us that they have enjoyed the music and they've felt something different. They have gotten something that they have never gotten before, and it was totally different, and they loved it, so I think he's going to go a long ways. I've been on tour with him all summer, and last week we just finished with them, and had an excellent time, and plus, from time to time, I still can show him stuff that he wants to learn. That makes me feel so good to be among all the guys.
AT: Tell me about playing in a House of God Service.
CC: It's like, you're in another zone, a spiritual zone. It's like God is dealing with you through your music. If we're getting a feeling from God that he's using us through the music, then the music goes out into the audience and they dance, clap, and do a lot of hollering out. We feel like we are doing a very spiritual job, but it's not just the music, it's the whole collective effort with the whole church, because everybody is feeling it, everybody is feeling what you're doing.
AT: Have you enjoyed playing outside of the church?
CC: I'm having fun doing this. I love playing for the church, but I feel free when I'm doing a concert, because I can express it more and put it out more. By doing this, it let's me still connect, because I want these people to feel what we've been feeling all the time. We're not out there trying to say, "Hey, come to our church." They are welcome to come if they want to, but I'm not here to try to brainwash them, or tell them they need to be with us. If you're Catholic, or a Jew, or whatever, and the music has touched you, then you go back to where you were and you're just more stronger in what you're doing.

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Tweet The Indiana Tobacco Quitline (1-800-QUIT-NOW) is celebrating its 10th anniversary of helping Hoosiers overcome their addictions this month. There are approximately 28,418 smokers in Elkhart County, and each year, six in 10 adult smokers make at least one quit attempt in a year, said a press release. The Indiana Tobacco Quitline aims to support them in their decision to quit. Tobacco Control of Elkhart County's local prevention and cessati ... Jump to full article >>


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Core values underpin Mara's 30 years of success, with each experienced team member taking pride in every project undertaken. Headquarters in Britain's capital allow Mara Facilities Services to work with clients in and around the surrounding areas of London, as well as the rest of the UK.
We appointed Mara during the later stages of 2014, to undertake a comprehensive cleaning and consumable provision service in our new regional head office in Wapping.
Mara were very efficient and professional from the quotation stage right through to undertaking the cleaning works in the office space. The Management at Mara head up a strong team and are always on hand to respond to ever changing requirements.
We look forward to continuing our professional relationship in the future. St George City Ltd would recommend Mara Facility Services.
Mara provided the complete fit out service from the design and supply of furniture through to installation. Going forward Mara supports our overall operational requirements by offering a complete soft FM service solution.
This includes providing Janitorial Supplies, Washroom Supplies, Office Products and Maintenance Products. In addition Mara has provided full COSHH training for onsite staff.
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The project was successfully managed and completed within the agreed time scales and to the highest standard.
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Wow, what a year, I want to share with you some of the most viewed posts of 2014. I really think I am getting the hang of this blogging thing! LOL I feel so accomplished as I finished 1 full year of blogging and I have written over 145 post. I am however, still trying to find some more time in my [Read more]


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BestColleges.com created two resource guides: LGBT Student Guide and LGBTQ Scholarships which include:
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The 2004 Olympics, now in its second week, has been mired in controversy from almost the start, from a number of highly-publicized doping cases to several controversial judgment calls. But as VOA's Rebecca Ward reports, a Swiss watchmaker is helping the Olympics in Athens keep the scores straight.
When U.S. swimmer Aaron Peirsol initially lost the gold in the 200-meter backstroke, it wasn't because of timing. A swimming judge had flagged him for a turn violation but failed to make the case for the disqualification. So Peirsol was reinstated and his timing, more than two seconds ahead of his closest competitor, stood.
While timed sports still come under scrutiny for possible violations, determining who wins or loses, even by a thousandth of a second, is not so subjective. According to timekeeper Peter Huerzeler, an exact science he's practiced since 1968.
"You see I remember in Atlanta, the 100-meter race it was between Merlene Ottey and Gail Devers," he recalls. "For us, Gail Devers was the winner, but for the people and also for TV they thought that Merlene Ottey was the winner. Of course we had protests from the coach and everything. And I went with this picture to the press conference and I showed it to the press and everybody said no it's correct, Gail Devers is the winner."
The Swiss company Swatch is the Olympics official timekeeper, providing photo-finish and timing technologies that can count down to miniscule fractions of a second.
"We could go to ten thousandth of a second if you want, but who needs this?" he asks. "But the most important thing are the rules of the federation. If they are counting one-hundredth of a second, then it's one-hundredth of a second. Of course in track and field we are always timing in thousandths of a second. Because for the final you have only athletes in the blocks, and sometimes the eight and the ninth have the same time, the same hundredth of a second. Then we are going back to the thousandth."
In his 35 years of timekeeping, Mr. Huerzeler says there is one world record that stands out and will not likely be broken during this Olympics.
"A big world record that has never been broken is the 800 meter freestyle women," he explains. "Janet Evans, she has the record and if today if someone is coming closer, they are ten seconds behind. And I was talking to her during the trials in Long Beach and I told her to beat your record, you have to make the pool two meters shorter. She was only laughing and she says yeah, maybe you are right."
Swimmers, by the way, have a unique system to help determine who is going home with the gold, silver or bronze. They actually stop their own clock by hitting a touchpad at the end of each race. Timing, as they say, is everything.


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Mount St. Mary University's Riding Club (MSMURC) and Intercollegiate Equestrian Team (MSMET) is a club sport that is partially funded by the university, but primarily through club fundraising and individual student dues. The MSMU Riding Club is an organization that is comprised of students, faculty, staff, and parents who are interested in the social and educational activities of the local horse community. Members are involved in lessons, trail rides, clinics, and often come to cheer the MSMET at intercollegiate shows. Both the club and the team were started in 1998 by several Mount students.
The MSMET competes in Zone IV, Region I of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. The MSMU team competes against fifteen other colleges in Maryland and travels to different schools for shows. Students do not bring horses to these shows, but instead, ride those provided by the host college. Riders randomly select horses to ride, and without practice, go into the ring to compete. The goal of the intercollegiate competitions is to allow riders of all levels (beginners to "open level") to enjoy competition as both an individual and team member. Riders can advance to Regionals, Zones, and even on to Nationals.
The "home" of the MSMU Riding Club and Team is Middle Creek Stables. The stable is located just a few minutes from campus, off of Route 15. Head coach, Janis Groomes, is the owner of Middle Creek Stables and also provides lessons there.


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Quite a bit has happened since I last blogged. Mainly stuff to do with uni, and me meeting my new flatmate (who is awesome btw), had an awesome flat-warming party and also I seem to have managed to both gain a boyfriend and then lose him again. Bit of a mix of good and bad.
This week has been really horrible though. Everyone else seems to get a reading week but we always end up with exams. I've had three big exams, which has meant no fun - just revision. I had my last exam today - I'm so happy they're over.
Not that all the exams were horrible. I had one on Wednesday that I got 95% on. 95!!! Thats like half a question wrong. I was very impressed, especially after the day before was horrible.
Tuesday's exam was Pharmacology. I find the subject interesting, but I'm not very anamoured with the lectures and this exam was a timed essay - the one kind of exam I really hate. The question was split into six things and we had to choose 4 to write about. I think I managed to write one fairly well, but the other three were pure guesswork. I came out of the exam nearly in tears it was that bad and I feel horrible - especially since I've looked over my notes and realised I know a helluva lot more than I put down.
My last exam was a good one again - Multiple Choice Questions, and I was confident about 80% of the test. We'll see how I did when I get the results.
After the exam we made the decision to go to starbucks. I am so glad we did - THE RED CUPS ARE BACK!!!!
This has basically made my week so much better. I love the red cups.
Everyone seems to have one thing which puts them into the christmas mood. For one friend its when the christmas coca-cola adverts come on tv, another its the christmas lights switch-on but for me, it is the day starbucks bring out those red take-out cups, decorate everything with snowflakes and I take my first sip of yummy gingerbread latte.
So it is now the run-up to christmas for me. I will start considering christmas gifts and deciding which family I want to spend christmas day with (thats a whole new blog post).
It's bonfire night tonght, which means lots of fireworks and smoke. We're going to a public display close by, unfortunately without my flatmate as she's scared of fireworks :(
After the display we're thinking of going for a few drinks which may or may not turn into a girls' night out.
Tomorrow is my friend's 21st birthday aswell - he's having a house party and after the week I've ended up having, I'll be planning on getting very messy :p I think he said something about drinking so much he doesn't want anyone able to walk home.
So, here's to me hopefully being able to live through my hangover come Sunday lol.


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Just when you thought it couldn't get worse for the Dodgers, this evening the San Francisco Giants kicked in $10,000 for the reward fund in the Opening Day beating.
That happens to be $10,000 more than the Dodgers have offered. (Updated below.)
Now, maybe they just haven't gotten around to it. But if you're the Dodgers' PR office -- and you've already been criticized for your half-hearted response to the attack -- how do you let the Giants offer a reward for an attack at your own stadium before you do?
Frank McCourt may be broke, but he's not that broke.
And it's not like the Giants and Dodgers haven't been in touch about this. The two teams issued a joint statement on Sunday -- along with the mayors of L.A. and San Francisco -- decrying violence and expressing sympathy to the family of the victim, Bryan Stow.
Somehow that cooperation broke down today.
Supervisor Mike Antonovich offered the initial $10,000 last week. The Giants added $10,000 today, along with American Medical Response -- the victim's employer -- which offered another $5,000. That brings the grand total to $25,000.
And now the collection plate passes over to you, Frank...
Update: Tony Bell, Antonovich's press deputy, says he heard the Dodgers will contribute an additional $25,000.
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Update 2: Josh Rawitch, head of Dodgers' PR, confirms that indeed the Dodgers are contributing $25,000 to the reward fund. (The Dodgers didn't do a release on that, apparently because the last thing you want when you're offering a cash reward for information is to publicize that fact.)
Update 3: Via City Maven, Councilman Ed Reyes ups the ante, offers another $50,000.
Update 4: At today's council meeting, Councilman Dennis Zine grumbled that the Dodgers are being stingy: "I hope the Dodgers step forward and add to the reward."
Just to be clear: The issue here is that somehow the Dodgers allowed the Giants to get out in front of them on this. The news that the Giants were offering $10,000 went out at 5:15 p.m. on Monday. The news about the Dodgers' own $25,000 reward hit the wires more than two hours later, at 7:50 p.m.


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"The World is green and delightful and Allah has made you a custodian over it and is observing how carefully you deal with it." Prophet Muhammad in the hadith collection of Jam'I al Tirmidhi.
Some translations refer to Allah making mankind a custodian over his Creation while others use the word steward. In relation to the natural environment, both a custodian who protects and a steward who manages responsibly implies a relationship between mankind and the World based on care for Creation and of Earth Keeping.
Being a conscientious Muslim however is more than careful use of resources and environmental justice. It is about living in reverence and harmony with Nature and recognising that Nature is an indispensable guide to manifesting much of what Muslims need to know about God and the place of mankind in the Universe. To this end, many verses in the Qur'an exhort Muslims to tafakkur i.e. to observe and contemplate the signs (ayat) of God in the Universe.
In his treatise Restoring the Balance: A Theoretical Response to Climate Change, Imam Dr. A Rashied Omar explains that from an Islamic perspective, the environmental crisis we are facing today is a symptom of a deep spiritual malaise. Mankind has become an extravagant consumerist resulting in a growing disconnection from the Universe which as a consequence has tipped the sacred balance between humans and Nature. God warns humans in many verses of the Qur'an not to transgress this balance (mizan) through negligent or uncaring behaviour. In Surah al-Rahmam, chapter 55, vs 7-9 Allah, the Sublime, proclaims:
And He (Allah) has raised the cosmos,
And set up (for all things) the balance.
So do not transgress the balance.
Weigh, therefore,
(your deeds) with justice.
Maintaining the balance and harmony of the whole of creation is an essential part of tawhid a central concept of Islam which means the Oneness of God. Allah is Oneness and his Oneness is reflected in the oneness of man and creation. Muslims are answerable for how they walk the middle path and keep the balance between their needs and those of Nature. Together the central values of Oneness (tawhid), trusteeship (khalifa) and accountability (akhirah) form the pillars of the environmental ethics of Islam.
The Prophet Muhammad who grew up in the desert and became a shepherd at a young age enjoyed an intimate relationship with Nature. This is expressed in many of his teachings that encourage compassion for all living things and the conservation of resources. His lesson about the conservation of water is especially insightful: Prophet Muhammad happened to pass by a companion, Sa'ad, as he was performing ablution (wudhu) next to a river. The Prophet said, "Sa'ad what is this squandering?" Sa'ad replied: "Can there a concept of squandering (israf) in ablution?" The Prophet said: "Yes, even if you are by the side of a flowing river." – Ibn Majah.
When asked about how the Prophet used to live in his house, the Prophet's wife, `A'ishah, said that he used to repair his own shoes, sew his clothes and carry out all such household chores done without complaint or want for more. (Authenticated by Al-Albani). In this way Prophet Muhammad shows Muslims that menial tasks (mehna) are not degrading and that reusing and repairing things instead of always buying new is not a sign of poverty, but a sign that we can build foundations on less 'stuff', and be in control of what we consume and we don't need more.
The instruction not to waste nor to be extravagant is clear in Allah's proclamation: O children of Adam! Eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, for Allah loves not the wasters. (Surah Al-Araf, chp. 7 vs 31)
"If a Muslim plants a tree or sows seeds, and then a bird, or a person or an animal eats from it, it is regarded as a charitable gift (sadaqah) for him." – Imam Bukhari.
5) Keeping the environment sanitary maintains the community
"Beware of the three acts that cause you to be cursed: [1] relieving yourselves in shaded places (that people utilise), in a walkway or in a watering place." – Narrated by Mu`adh, hasan, by Al-Albani
Hygiene and cleanliness (tahara) is so integral to Islam that it is actually a major sub-branch of Muslim belief. Without physical hygiene, prayers are broken. Without clean facilities pollution ruins cities, and without any effort to improve one's own purity, it becomes more difficult to prevent external corruptions like littering.
10) Animals should be cared for:
"A man felt very thirsty while he was on the way, there he came across a well. He went down the well, quenched his thirst and came out. Meanwhile he saw a dog panting and licking mud because of excessive thirst. He said to himself, "This dog is suffering from thirst as I did." So, he went down the well again, filled his shoe with water, held it with his mouth and watered the dog. Allah appreciated him for that deed and forgave him." The Companions said, "O Allah's Messenger! Is there a reward for us in serving the animals?" He replied: "There is a reward for serving any living being."
– Imam Bukhari.
The Prophet provided for animals, as did Abu Huraira who narrated this hadith. Abu Hurayra's name translates as the 'father of kittens', named so because he was known to carry kittens in the draped sleeves of his robe.
Animals have a huge role in the ecological welfare system. The tenets of the Shariah law towards animals rights make it obligatory for any individual to take care of crippled animals, to rescue strays and to guard a bird's nest of eggs.
Hopefully this will inspire everyone reading to follow through on the Eco-Sunnah. Adopt an animal, reuse your wudhu water, eat much less. Be a leader.
Peace + eco-jihad. Zaufishan, The Eco Muslim
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http://www.theecomuslim.com/ The Eco muslim – Walking upon the Earth in humility. (Qur an 25:63 ) EcoIslam news, environment tips and Green Muslim lifestyle from British Muslim Zaufishan Iqbal. "As-salam`alaykum, greetings of peace, respect and eco-jihad."
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The Eco Muslim is part of Zaufishan Iqbal's "eco jihad", a greener effort to make our community on Earth that tiny bit purer to live in. Or at least, a wee bit sparklier for the day after tomorrow.
Zaufishan encourages everyone to live on less by following the 4Rs: Reuse! (e.g. leftover water) Reduce! (how much food you waste) Recycle! (your unwanted clothes) Reject! (poverty, homelessness and exploitation) Insha-Allah (God willing).
"Human beings according to Islam are considered the best of creation. Created from organic materials, Earth, water and infused with the 'fitra' – a divine inclination – humans are from the Earth. The Earth is a part of ourselves. And it is our responsibility to protect it." ~ The Eco Muslim
The Eco-Jihad
A general understanding of Jihad (جهاد) is a Muslim's struggle of self-improvement. Muslims struggle to wake up for fajr (morning) prayer, remove injustice and keep our mosques tayyab (clean and pure). And an eco-jihad is only one branch of a Muslim's Jihad.
An eco-jihad is the effort to preserve what's natural around us, to value resources from wherever they are sourced and to improve the quality of life for others – people, animals and plants. It could mean organising a street clean-up, planting a tree or eating organic. That is an eco-jihad.
*From Conversations On World Religions and Ecology (The Forum of Religion and Ecology at Yale)
Here are a few statements and resources from the Muslim faith:
- Khutbah 2015- World Environment Day – Questioning South Africa's Nuclear path
- The Green Deen Lecture 2013
- Khutbah – Islam and water conservation
- Muslim faith statement on illegal wildlife trade
- Eco-justice Kutbah
- Green Ramadan
- Islam – Enivronment as Organism
Browse through our online library for more Muslim resources.


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The location was on a soccer field in Hamburg Altona, just a 40 minute walk from home.
- Sarah
- Nate
We had planned to stroll down there, arrange an easter nest of chocolate bunnies and a hardboiled egg at the given coordinates, snap some photos and then toss a softball around for a bit. Such was not to be.
Sadly there was no game today and no legal way to gain access to the stadium and field. There is a game tomorrow, however. So we might stop by just for fun and maybe streak onto the field in order to reach today's coordinates.
We did throw a softball around on the way back, though. So no harm no foul.


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After earlier wins in both 2005 and 2008, the spotlight again turned its focus Wednesday on 18-year-old Kaitlyn Anderson. A tenth-year 4-Her, Kaitlyn captured the night's top honor when her 1,215-pound crossbred named "Ozzie" earned the grand champion steer nod prior to the nearly four-hour show's close. Kaitlyn is shown above with Owen County Fair Queen contest Second Runner-Up Shelby Kays. For complete coverage of Wednesday's steer show, see Friday's edition of the Spencer Evening World. (Staff Photo by Travis Curry)
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WASHINGTON — What could have been an orgy of cheap shots and acrimony turned out instead to be a thoughtful exchange on the question of governmental assistance vs. self-help in the fight for black equality.
That is not to say that the ''debate'' at the 75th annual conference of the National Urban League was reduced to a kissing contest. There were clear, and clearly enunciated, differences between Bernard Anderson of Princeton, whose views are traditional liberalism, and Glenn Loury of Harvard, one of the newly prominent black conservatives.


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Hi everyone!! Holy wow it's been an awesome and crazy week. So many miracles, tender mercies, etc. I have so much to talk about so I'll just get right to it.
I would call Tuesday, "Tender Mercy Tuesday." There were multiple experiences we had that were a result of following the Spirit. For months we've been trying to find one of our recent converts, Ludwig. He was baptized about two weeks before I came out and he was doing well for awhile but he's been going through a hard time and hasn't been to church at all. We also haven't been able to set up
appointments with him, and when we do they are always cancelled. So we were going to try just knocking on his door, but right before we were about to get out of the car to walk to his apartment, Sister Moore didn't feel super well. We stayed in the car and rested for a few minutes. After sitting for a little while, she started to feel better and we were about to get out of the car…we look over and see Ludwig walking through his apartment complex towards us! What the heck!! We quickly got out of the car and quickly walked up to him. He told us it was the perfect time to meet. I literally hadn't seen him in over two months. Gosh. If we hadn't decided to sit in the car for a few minutes, we might not have been able to meet with him. And the cherry on top was that he came to church today after months of not coming. It was so cool.
A little bit later on Tuesday we were trying to find some people we had met tracting a couple months ago. We ended up not being able to find them, but as we were about to leave that neighborhood I remembered that there was a less active who lived in that same neighborhood who we had tried to find awhile back. So we decided to go knock on her door. The last time we tried to find her, we knocked and her front door was open but the screen door was closed. So you couldn't see in but you could hear inside…and there were definitely people in the house walking around but nobody answered the door. We assumed she was ignoring us but figured it was worth another shot. We went this time and she immediately answered the door and let us in. We had such a great conversation with her and there seems to be a lot of hope for her coming back to church sometime in the future. That was a really awesome experience. Never ignore promptings!!
Wednesday we were able to have another lesson with Evan. This was a pretty big one…we decided that we were basically going to tell him that we can't meet with him anymore unless he puts himself on date for baptism. Previously his dad always told us that they had decided Evan needed to wait a year to be baptized. But that's coming pretty close and we just wanted to have something set. When we talked with them about it, they said all Evan needs to do is talk to his mom about it, and pray about a date to be baptized on. His dad even said it could be before the year mark! Yay!! So hopefully we will know soon about when Evan will be baptized. Not only that, but Evan also finally admitted that day that he has received an answer and he knows the church is true. It was such an amazing feeling! We've been working towards that for so long!
Thursday night we had a kind of scary experience. It was around 10pm and we were getting ready for bed, when we started hearing lots of yelling and screaming. Our apartment complex is set up into different two story buildings, so we are on the first floor of building three which faces building four. So through our window we can hear things from the building across from ours. I guess this couple in building four was fighting and things were getting pretty intense. We could literally hear every word. Basically some domestic violence starting happening so we decided to call 911. But we were pretty sure that someone who was standing on the balcony of the apartment where the yelling was coming from had seen us looking through our windows. So we got pretty nervous that they were going to know it was us who called 911…it was really scary. We ended up spending the night at another sister's apartment and when we got back on Friday all was well…there hasn't been a problem since then. Thank goodness!
Saturday we went on exchanges. I went to Orange with Sister Hathcock and Sister Moore stayed in our area with Sister Jacobs. Nothing too eventful happened on my exchange, but wow did cool things happen in our area! They went to the park in the center of our area to find people, and I guess there wasn't really anyone there that day. But as they walked through the park they saw a woman named Alisha sitting down on a blanket reading the bible. They went up to her and asked, "if you knew that God had called a prophet today, would you listen?" She told them, "yes, please come sit." They taught her the whole restoration and it went really well. At the end they invited her to be baptized and she accepted 🙂 yay!! She's super hopeful so we're excited.
Later on Saturday the Samoan ward in our stake put on a luau. There were lots of performances and dancing and so much food. And so many missionaries in our zone had investigators come which was awesome!! But wow the whole night just made me miss Hawaii so much…it reminded me so much of the night show at the PCC. I miss da aina.
That's about all I have..it was a super awesome week. This week something I kind of had an epiphany about was that I'm just so grateful that Christ's gospel requires a church where we can all learn and grow together as His disciples. Reminds me of the talk from General conference in October 2015 called "Why The Church"
(https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2015/10/why-the-church?lang=eng). I know this is Christ's true church on the earth today. I'm so grateful for it, and for Him.
I hope you all have an amazing week!
All my love,
Sister Martinez 💕


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Corona, New York Report Five Moving Night Objects
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Corona witness reports lights in 'constant circular pattern'
By Roger Marsh, UFO Examiner
The witness created a sketch of the lights seen on April 3, 2012.
A Corona, NY, witness reports watching more than five lights moving in a "constant circular pattern for approximately an hour" while they expanded in size just after 12:30 a.m. on April 3, 2012, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.
The witness was outside walking a dog when the lights came into view.
"The light was bothering my eyes," the witness stated. "I couldn't see anything and I just looked up. As I did I was astonished and could not believe what I was seeing. I saw approx five-plus lights in a constant, circular motion hovering above me with the blue background and no clouds covering it."
The witness described the lights.
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