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Peyton Grady has finally made it to the varsity cheerleading squad and Alpha status at Beachwood preparatory Academy and only her BFF Maya knows her carefully guarded secret, that she's a scholarship student. So why would Peyton risk being seen talking to the school misfits?
Ellika Garrett is the new jumbo-sized cheerleader whose mother bought her a spot on the squad with a hefty donation to the school. Peyton wonders just how far she'll have to go to make Ellika understand that she does not want to be her friend. Who wants a weepy-eyed walrus looking over your shoulder when you're trying to get the attention of Von Cohen, the hottest guy in school? Every time Peyton gets the nerve up to ask him to the Sadie Hawkin's dance, Ellika appears and chases Von away.
Luckily, Von doesn't give up easily. Everyone can see he's totally into Peyton and it's not long before she finally has her first real boyfriend, a definite plus on the Alpha girl scale. But how will she explain to him about Compular? Yes, even wealthy prep schools have those super smart nerdy guys who brag about outrageous things nobody believes. Peyton can't avoid Compular. If he doesn't tutor her in Trig, she could lose her scholarship.
As Peyton teeter-totters on the brink of social elitism, Lexie, the captain of the squad, tips the balance. Peyton, along with the other varsity cheerleaders, are expected to contribute ideas to a hazing list that becomes crueler with each idea. The point is to make Ellika so miserable that she'll quit the team. In her quest to be one of the Alpha girls, Peyton has already sacrificed her friendship with Maya. What else will she destroy, who else will she step on, to get on top? Can she really do this to Ellika? To herself?
SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS by Debbie Reed Fischer is an incredible book. It's a page turner that is as difficult to put down as it is to read. Are there teens out there that are really this cruel? What would you, the reader, be willing to sacrifice to have it all?
I can tell you as a teacher of teens for 20 years that, without question, there are teens who have an adult persona and a totally different peer persona. This book will force you to take a look at yourself and those around you. I believe this book will inspire its readers to stand up for what they believe is right. For that reason, and because the characters have stayed with me so vividly, I'm giving SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS the coveted Gold Star.
My thirteen-year-old theatre vagabond-band geek-cheerleader daughter grabbed this book before I could read it and read it in a day. She raved about it. Then my almost fifteen-year-old band geek-football playing-student council representative son saw "sharks" in the title and picked it up, also finishing it in a day. They both loved it. I can't think of too many books on this topic that resonate with boys as well as girls.
I had the pleasure of reviewing Debbie Reed Fischer's debut novel, BRALESS IN WONDERLAND, and was thrilled to found out I would also get the opportunity to review SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS. I was not disappointed. Well done, Ms. Fischer. You have earned yourself a gold star! Thank you for a terrific read!
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If Elder Lee is to be believed, local member Daniel Hunt presented himself as the fulfillment of a prophesy that someone would come to bind the dragon in the book of Revelation. They also faked raising the dead, using one of their own as the recipient of the miracle. They staged battles with unseen demons, and encouraged their followers to acts of frenzy during worship.
Based on the arrival of Elder Frost I would place the events described by Lee in April 1842. Elsewhere Lee placed the blame for this deplorable apostasy on the shoulders of William and Alfred Young, who had baptized the first converts, and organized the branch. More on them in part 2. ......
... They profess to be empowered with ten supernatural gifts, nine of them are contained in the 12th chapter of 1st Corinthians-raising the dead they claim as the 10th. Mr. Daniel Hunt, one of their coadjutors, in addition to the gifts above mentioned, claims to be the personage spoken of in the 20th chapter of Revelations who is to bind the dragon on a thousand years; he also professes to have the power to seal up unto eternal life. They have made six proselytes near the town of Alexandria, De Kalb county. The authenticity of the Book of Mormon was by them held in obscurity, and when interrogated on the subject they would reply, that the time would come when they should arrive at its contents; that the book was not designed to be taught to the Gentiles at present, and that it was only to be taught to the Jews in order to effect their restoration. They pretended to raise the dead while in Smith county, twenty miles distant from this place on two different occasions; one of these miraculous displays of the spirit, was exhibited in raising one of the above named ministers who died while on his mission to this place, and in performing this operation as well as many [other strange maneuvers], they would act as the spirit dictated, and when satan would approach them they would [bind up his hands]-this they did to prevent his influence over them-by a motion of the hands and accompanied with words uttered in a harsh heavy tone, this was the second revolution performed. They have some tremendous combats with the devil in order to prepare for the contest, they would take off their coats and hats and roll up their sleeves, as though they had a [Goliath] to encounter, and after an engagement of several hours, they would finally succeed in divesting the room of these demons; but frequently after the doors were closed great exertion was made to prevent their returning again. These were some of the effects of that spirit which animated the bosom of these counterfeit Mormons. They taught their converts to contend for the same spirit which they possessed, and when they obtained it and were impelled by it, it produced a change of countenance depicted with horror; a trembling, twitching, falling down and wallowing in the mud; others would snort like wild beasts, bark as dogs, run through the creek, pretending to sing and speak in tongues, crying prophecy, prophecy; others would lie in a swoon for several hours, and springing to their feet again, state that the spirit had commanded them to chastise certain characters who were present, and would then fall upon them with all their strength as though they were to be exterminated in reality; one of these young ladies fell on her knees before me, and said, although I was a stranger yet she loved me because I was a preacher, and attempted to put her arms around my neck; I put forth my hand and rebuked the evil spirit by which she was actuated, and she immediately fell to the earth and wept with shame. 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The meeting was called to order by Vice President Jim Lilly. Board members present included Lee Evans, Dave Coulson, Phil Wright, Greg Evans, and Guy Turenne. Also attending were Walt Graul and Dave Piske. Minutes were approved and membership was reported at 850.
Dave reported the Projects Account had a balance of $789.67 of which $182.00 is encumbered for the scholarship. The general account was showing a balance of $6047.63. Dave noted that we paid our webmaster $1200.00 for the year. Dave also reported the Christmas party last year cost the chapter $100, and we spent $402.80 last year to send two members to the Fall Rendezvous. He also reported that he needed volunteer hours for the past fiscal year so he can complete the year end audit.
In old business, Guy will attend the Fall Rendezvous and will also re-certify the chapter (or find out how) at the Rendezvous. The chapter will reimburse Guy for expenses and registration.
The photo for this year's scholarship was reported to have been taken at the September meeting. Discussion was held as to how we would publish the photo. We hoped for the newspaper and the website.
In new business, Jim announced that elections would be held at the November meeting. Dave Coulson would like to find another treasurer, Lee will run again for Secretary, Ken will run again for President, and Jim is considering running again for Vice President. Both Guy and Phil said they would run for the at large positions. Since Ken is term limited, we will need a new president in 2009, and usually the vice president is grooming for the position. We need more nominees. Lee said he would ask Paul to put a call for candidates on the website.
Greg will take the lead on the Christmas party. He will contact Manny's and find available dates. Costs will probably need to be around $15 per person. Now, who has the fly tree?
Jim reported that the January meeting will be all fly tiers, with pizza and soft drinks available. We will also have a larger raffle, perhaps a bucket raffle, and charge a $10 admission. Details are being worked on. Kirk Bein will be our October speaker and we'll try to get the Baja Fly Fishing guys for November.
Dave P. reported that the feedback from the Phantom Canyon Days was mostly positive and constructive. Adjustments in the structure of the days are being discussed.
Walt Graul presented information about a new group being formed called The Friends of the Big Thompson and asked us to be part of the group. Their objectives include monitoring the sale of the parcels of land by the County while fighting for river access. Greg moved that we become members of the group while retaining the privilege to opt out on specific issues. Lee seconded, the motion passed. Dave Coulson abstained.
Lee will contact Paul about updating the officers' page on the website.
Dave P. reported that the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers has presented a draft EIS for the Windy Gap Firming Project, which could result in a new reservoir west of Carter Lake. Comments are due by Oct 28. Dave Nickum spoke at a recent meeting and felt the CTU concern was reduced flow in the Colorado River. The board generally felt they would support CTU in this matter.
A set of keys with a metal fish attached were found at the entrance to Phantom Canyon. If you know who owns them, please contact Dave Piske.
The meeting adjourned with gratitude to Lee Evans for hosting.
Respectfully submitted,
Lee Evans
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This page summarizes the theoretical work I have done in philosophy, much of which is embodied in my books and essays.
My early philosophical development, in my 20s, was heavily influenced by the Christian apologetics of C.S. Lewis. In my early 30s, I began reading Carl Jung and those in the Jungian school, as well as the prolific contemporary American philosopher Ken Wilber, whose grand syntheses and "integral" philosophy made a deep impression on me.
At the age of 35 I investigated the Baha'i Faith and found it to be the ultimate expression of that which I already believed and that which I aspired to understand. Becoming a Baha'i did require hard examimination and the eventual relinquishing of some formerly held beliefs, particularly in the realm of political philosophy.
As a Baha'i, my philosophical work has become an attempt to more deeply understand the teachings of this Faith. As such, some of what is below is the explicit teaching of the Faith; the elements that are not are products of my own conjecture using the Faith as the larger and ultimate framework. That is, I believe that what is not explicit in the Faith exists in harmony with it.
The physical universe is an emanation from the mind of its creator, and as such, can have no beginning or end without imposing a limitation on God, which is not logical. It is both infinite and eternal. Creation is ongoing. In this sense the universe may be considered steady-state, although it is simultaneously ever dynamic. Observations of an expanding universe might in time be discovered to be only one brief part of a heartbeat or "breathing" motion that expands and contracts over time. The universe is fractal in nature, probably consisting of infinite levels of worlds within worlds. Observations of an outer limit of the physical universe are probably describing the wall of something that is within an infinitely larger body of space. Our observable universe is bound to resemble the world of the Whos' in Horton Hears a Who, which is but a speck of dust in an unimaginably larger scheme.
Triune Nature of the Human
The human being consists of three interdependent but irreducible dimensions: body, mind, and soul. These dimensions can be distinguished not only by their differing functions but by their internal structures. The body — neurologically — is holarchical or nested in its organization (neural chord > brainstem > limbic brain > neocortex >). The mind — or consciousness — is spectral. And the soul is polar. Through both function and structure these dimensions correspond with the main components of the sailboat, the body as hull, which gives us integrity in space; the mind as sail, which gives us power to move; and the rudder as soul, which allows us to choose our direction. This is the theoretical premise of my memoir The Hull, the Sail, and the Rudder.
At death, the mind and soul disconnect from the body like a rocket jettisoning its fuel tank as it escapes earth's gravity. The soul continues to approach God in an asymptotic way, growing ever nearer but never "reaching" God.
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I have suggested five steps or questions that compel one from anywhere on or off the religious spectrum to the Baha'i Faith. Greatly abbreviated, they are:
- If we exist, then God exists.
The existence of a painting implies the existence of a painter, and the universe is the painting.
- If God exists, then He is a personal God.
By definition, God is a higher-level entity than a human, and every higher entity must logically embody all the capacities of the lower. Therefore, if we experience personal love, thirst for justice, etc. then God must have the same capacities, and to infinitely greater degrees.
(At this point one must confront the theodices, or questions of why a loving God would allow innocents to suffer injustice. The twofold answer is that we suffer far more from our own collective heedlessness than we do at God's hand; and that our earthly existence — designed for our individual and collective development — is but one small part of a much larger picture that we will experience in the afterlife, where justice is perfect.)
- If God is personal in nature, then He would want to teach us progressively.
The love of a parent for a child is the highest love we can experience and therefore is the most apropos metaphor for God's relationship to us. We can safely ascribe to God all the motivations of an infinitely wise and infinitely loving parent as a useful foundation for understanding the world and our place in it. It is natural for a loving parent to want her child to learn. Learning requires teaching. Teaching is never complete but rather is progressive.
- If He teaches progressively, then Baha'u'llah is teacher for today.
The power of His words. The testament of His life story. The effect He had on eye-witnesses. The way in which His life fulfilled the prophecies of multiple religions. The fact that He unveiled the very concept of progressive revelation.
- If Baha'u'llah is teacher for today, then the Baha'i Faith is Baha'u'llah's classroom.
We should judge the tree by its fruit. Honoring the line of authority after Baha'u'llah's death and remaining unified has resulted in a spectacular spread of the Baha'i Faith, whose teachings offer the only lasting solutions to the unique existential problems of modern global life.
These five steps compose the plain-text substance of my novella and film The Secret of Suranesh.
I have proposed that there are six enemies of humanity that reinforce one another, and by extension, that only by addressing all six can we hope to break the back of an invisible tyrant that imposes misery on humanity. These six enemies of humanity are war, poverty, disease, corruption, drugs, and promiscuity.
Parallelism of Worlds
The natural, preternatural, and supernatural worlds reflect one another's essence, and as such we often can use one world as a Rosetta Stone to unlock mysteries of another. My first book, The Hull, the Sail, and the Rudder, uses my experience building and sailing my little wooden boat as a metaphor for the three-fold nature of human life: the body, mind, and soul. My book The Tree is an extended simile looking at the many ways trees are the reflection of the human spirit in the natural world.
Likewise, there are many parallels between seekers of truth in the preternatural world (UFO investigators, bigfoot researchers) and seekers of truth in the spiritual/religious world: Both require belief in things that exist outside our everyday frame of reference. Both require patience and steadfastness in the face of ridicule, both are fraught with misunderstanding, both evince great earnestness by the majority, and both are prone to occasional poisoning by the fraud of a few. These ideas are explored in my memoir Monster Hike.
Matrix of the Mind
When consciousness, which is spectral in nature, intersects with the brain, which is holarchical in nature, the result is a matrix that can be mapped as a two-dimensional array, with bands of consciousness listed on one axis and layers of brain structure-function listed on the other. In this way we see that when the band of subconsciousness intersects the layer of the neural brainstem, the result is dreaming; when the band of waking consciousness instersects the layer of the limbic system, the result is the emotions; when the band of hyperconsciousness intersects the reptilian brainstem, the result is trance, and so forth. I have proposed this matrix and suggested some of its major categories and products but do not pretend to be able to fill in every cell of it presuming there even is a finite number of cells.
Matrix of Virtues and Vices
I have suggested that vices stem directly from the unchecked impulses and instincts of the animal mind, and that each has a corresponding virtue that can be imposed on it by a willful act of the soul. Taking three examples, an animal impulse of idleness, in the human becomes laziness unless checked by the "antidote virtue" of work. The animal impulse toward sex in the human becomes promiscuity unless checked by the antidote virtue of devotion. The animal impulse of territoriality in the human becomes greed unless checked by the virtue of contentedness. I have worked out this matrix for the impulses of idleness, fight, flight, sex, territoriality, and dominance.
Persona Typology
In The Hull, the Sail, and the Rudder, I postulate a system of 14 personae to which humans commonly default or mix to settle on an identity. This identity is primarily expressed through hair style, clothing, jewelry, and makeup. The 14 types are: the Intellectual, the Holy Man, the Barbarian, the Pioneer, the Respectable Man, the Respectable Woman, the Society Woman, the Seductress, the Authority, the Messiah-Rebel, the Poet/Artist, the Earth Momma, the Playboy, and the Shocker. These can be manifested in a pure form or hybridized for increased individuality.
Typology of Faith
I have suggested five categories of faith, which express themselves across religions:
- Fear-based Faith – reward-and-punishment fundamentalism
- Legend and Myth-based Faith – hyperliteralist fundamentalism
- Reason-based Faith – appeals to logical arguments and cerebral
- Compassion-based Faith – appeals to divine mandate for compassion
- Integral Faith – combines and synthesizes elements of other four types
Typology of Belief
I have proposed that when people are confronted with a reported but unproven phenomenon, whether preternatural (cryptids, UFOs), unorthodox history, spiritual/religious, or any other mystery, they divide themselves into six types:
- Seekers
- Rational Believers
- Runaway Believers
- Knowers
- Skeptics
- Denialists (Irrational skeptics)
These categories extend to questions of spirituality and religion. The journey of faith is usually a journey between these types. I explore this idea in my memoir Monster Hike.


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December 16th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Weird and Wacky Medical Findings of 2009
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– A testosterone patch designed to pep up a woman's sex drive received the thumbs down in a study published in the UK's Drugs and Therapeutics Bulletin. The side effects included acne, excess hair, breast pain, weight gain, insomnia, voice deepening and migraine. "Significant numbers" of women placed on a placebo patch reported an increase in sex drive.
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Hmmm, maybe we could do a "sham wow" type tv campaign selling women the placebo?
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American Idol has reached in a new low! As RadarOnline.com has learned, the once-popular music show has now fallen to the bottom of the list in terms of TV ratings. This Sunday, they were even surpassed by CBS' Academy of Country Music Awards!
According to a report, the two-hour Idol show got 1.3 out of 5 ratings and an average of 6.3 million viewers.
Compared to its 3.0 rating in 2016 and to its TV hits during its FOX days, the new reboot is not looking good — even with its A-lister judges!
As AOL reported, America's Funniest Home Videos has gained more traction than ABC's Idol!
Radar readers know, this season's judges include Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. Talented as they are, fans are reportedly not feeling the "I Kissed A Girl" singer's criticism — and neither are the show producers!
"Katy seems to have hurt ratings rather than help them," a show insider told Radar. Plus, host Ryan Seacrest — who recently got accused of sexual misconduct by a former stylist — is making the show even more controversial! As readers know, no evidence has been found of Seacrest's wrongdoing, and the 43-year-old himself has called the allegations an extortion attempt.


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Here's the bug report I promised in the volume settings thread :)
If you want to preload a soundfont that is set in the configuration dialog to use a bank number (offset) and all presets (-1),
but the given bank does not exists in the soundfont you get an error:
'Error while preloading soundfont
Description: BASS_ERROR_NOTAVAIL: The soundfont does not contain the requested preset.'
This error does not make much sense. This must be a bank/preset misconfiguration.
Reason: If you select -1 for Preset value (all presets) the preset+bank numbers do not designate a precise instrument but an offeset where to load all instruments from the soundfont. So the given bank does not have to exist in the soundfont to use a bank number as an offset.
Quote from the bassmidi documentation:
'When using all presets in a soundfont, the bank member is a base number that is added to the soundfont's banks. For example, if bank=1 then the soundfont's bank 0 becomes bank 1, etc. Negative base numbers are allowed.'
Ps: I think the root of the problem can be that in case of
BASS_MIDI_FontLoad(HSOUNDFONT handle, int preset, int bank)
you pass the preset and bank parameters just like it was given in the configutration dialog. This obviously does not work since the given preset+bank combination really does not exists. Instead you should call
BASS_MIDI_FontLoad() with both preset and bank set to -1. This way the whole soundfont can be loaded the same way as when you do not specify a bank offset.
Bassmidi documentation:
handle: The soundfont handle.
preset: Preset number to load... -1 = all presets.
bank: Bank number to load... -1 = all banks.
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There are moves a-foot to "reactivate" my licence as an Licensed Lay Minister, and to make it all official again. As I'm an Anglican LLM worshipping and working in an Episcopal parish there needs to be some coordination between bishops, but I'm guessing it may happen. I can't find my Licence to preach – I've asked for duplicates, but I don't know yet if they can be provided. On verra
However, I do know that I have been very lax on my studying and serious reading – even since I finished my training I've not really kept up with any. I'm not actually very good at studying. When I'm preparing for a service that's fine: there s a goal ahead, and a deadline, but studying just for the sake of it. Hmmm. I'm not sure I'll be able to keep that up. Still, I think I need to start. Father Rob has given me a book "Faithful Persuasion" by David S Cunningham, subtitled "In aid of a Rhetoric of Christian Theology" – I'm not sure I understand what that means! If I can't understand that I can't help thinking I'm going to struggle with the rest of it. I have a lovely new notebook with a yellow cover and pink pages which is too good to use for teaching notes. I shall use it to encourage me in some Serious Thinking And Reflection
And while we are considering things I don't really understand, here is an illustration I used in a sermon once that makes some kind of sense about the Trinity, as today is Trinity Sunday:
Well, I'm not a scientist, and so I struggle a little to understand this, but Andrew, who is more of a scientist than I am, pointed out to me that there exists the electro magnetic spectrum, that goes from long radio waves, through micro waves, infra red light, U V light to X-rays. There are all of these waves and they all move at the same speed, but out of these, it is only the light that we can see.
So, for the Trinity, just as there are the different waves moving at the same speed so there is God, and Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, all moving at the same speed, with the same purpose.
The x-rays that enable doctors to see through our bodies, could represent God, as He can see right through to the very core of our being, and with his infra-red can warm our hearts and bring us to life. The light waves, the only part of the spectrum we can see, could represent Jesus, as the light of the world, as the part of the Trinity that humankind could see. The radio and television waves, that enable us to hear the news spoken, could represent the Holy Spirit, working through people today, telling the good news of God. All electro-magnetic waves, moving together, with the same purpose, at the same speed. Creator, Saviour, Comforter, moving together, with the same purpose, at the same speed.
Sure, this too has its weaknesses, but it's an illustration that appeals to me, not least because although I'm not absolutely sure I understand it, that doesn't seem to matter… Just like the Trinity itself!


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Busy Week
April continues to roar as a spectacularly busy art month in the Greater Washington, DC area.
Artomatic continues to attract thousands of visitors to Crystal City, Virginia. Make time to swing by AOM this week.
With an exhibition titled "Inside/Out" at Knew Gallery, Washington artist, Raye Leith, unveils a group of portraits of well-known figures grouped with Washington insiders and power players. Her series, part of a New York project of 100 portraits she recently embarked on, places larger than life figures such as John Lennon and Albert Einstein alongside such Washington players as Septime Webre (Director of the Washington Ballet), Valerie Plame (exposed CIA operative), President of the United States George W. Bush, and Mayor of Washington, D.C., Adrian Fenty. Inside/Out opens on April 25th and runs through May 20th, 2007 at Knew Gallery in Georgetown.
Also in DC, the District's major international art fair, artDC opens on Thursday at the Washington Convention Center. Several DC area galleries are participating, as well as dozens of national and international galleries. There are also loads of art talks and panels scheduled as well as a section on "New Media," part of which I helped to curate. Details here.
Colorfield.remix activities continue throughout the DC area with a variety of events scheduled, including the opening of a new show titled "ColoField remix: Saturated" at Bethesda's Heineman Myers Gallery. Zoe Myers has handpicked 19 contemporary DC area artists whose work owes a debt to the Color School. Opening reception on Friday, April 27 from 6-9PM.
Also on Friday, April 27, at 7pm, at the Cultural Institute of Mexico (2829 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009), and you need to R.S.V.P. to (202) 728-1675 or email@example.com, is "Directions: DC Contemporary Latino Art," curated by DC area artist Irene Clouthier and my good friend Laura Roulet, a DC-area based independent curator. Selected artists include Roxana Bravo, Irene Clouthier, Coronado, Edgar Endress, Muriel Hasbun, Gabriel Martinez, Tomás Rivas, José Ruiz, Catalina Torres and Ricardo Zapata. Feature presentation: "Bola Suriana", playing music from Michoacán, Mexico. Through June 15, 2007.
In Bethesda, on Friday, April 27th from 6-9pm, Heineman Myers Gallery in Bethesda, MD has an opening reception for "Colorfieldremix: Saturated." This will also be an artist party and Zoe Myers is encouranging colorful attire and she promises that "colorful cocktails will be served."
Right across the street from artDC (which is being held at the DC Convention Center, the Warehouse Gallery is hosting a show of local artists called "No Representation" from April 26 to May 12, 2007. The show, curated by Molly Ruppert, Sondra N. Arkin, Ellyn Weiss and Phillipa P.B. Hughes, will include all media and has two rules only: all of the art is by local artists and all the work is abstract. Artists in the show are artists include: Sondra N. Arkin, J. Belmar, Mark Cameron Boyd, Renee Butler, Tory Cowles, Laurel Farrin, Michael Gessner, Janis Goodman, Pat Goslee, Tom Green, Eve Hennessa, Kristin Holder, Brece Honeycutt, Becky Jones, Joanne Kent, Adrian Loving + Ayodamola Okunseinde (Dissident Display), Aubrie Mema, Elizabeth Morisette, Emily Piccirillo, Lynn Putney, Marina Reiter, Nooni Reatig, Chris Tousimis, Dan Treado, Andres Tremols, CC Vess, Gail Vollrath, Anita Walsh, Rex Weil and Ellyn Weiss. The opening is Saturday, April 28 starting at 6 pm.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Busy Week
If like me, your plans this week included attending the J.T. Kirkland-organized "Supple" exhibition in DC, last night Kirkland informed me that the show, which he has been working so hard to make happen and which was supposed to open this week, has been cancelled.
Details here.
Update: Looks like JT may have found another space not too far from the original space. More later...
Opportunity for artists
Deadline: May 4, 2007
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW), a 35 year-old nonprofit multi-disciplinary arts education organization, is joining the School Libraries Project to solicit and select artists to design and produce murals in eight public school libraries on Capitol Hill. This exciting opportunity will take place in the summer of 2007. The approximate size of each of the murals is 10 ft. x 10 ft. Up to $2500 honoraria provided, pending funding.
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I suspect it is precisely this way for many fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters too.
My wife won't allow me to post photos of Joel on the Internet yet, but I do have a photo of him there on the final visit, and it is a little sad, to tell the truth. He is an eleven year old boy standing in the center of largely empty aisles, looking somewhat downcast at the state of the store.
We actually had an opportunity to go back one more time after that, a few weeks ago, and Joel didn't want to go back. He said he would rather remember the store the way it was, than see it at the very end, "cannibalized" in his words.
And that he would never take his son to Toys R. Us.
And that a generation of American kids would grow up without a place, in every state and city, devoted just to them; reminding them how important they are, and how much they matter to us, and our posterity.
I'm not ready for Toys R. Us to go. To coin a phrase: "I don't wanna grow up."


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Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg (1902–1985) was a British jockey and racehorse trainer, who gained the nickname "The Head Waiter" due to his "come from behind" riding style.[2] In a 27-year riding career, Wragg rode over 1700 winners in Britain and Ireland, including three victories in The Derby and ten in other British Classic Races. He then embarked on a successful 36-year training career, in which he trained many important winners including five more classics. He retired in 1982 and died three years later.
|Harry Wragg
|10 June 1902
|20 October 1985
|Career wins
|1,762 as a jockey
|Major racing wins
|British Classic Race wins as jockey:
2000 Guineas (1)
1000 Guineas (3)
Epsom Derby (3)
Epsom Oaks (4)
St. Leger Stakes (2)
British Classic Race wins as trainer:
2000 Guineas (1)
1000 Guineas (2)
Epsom Derby (1)
St. Leger Stakes (1)[1]
|Racing awards
|British flat racing Champion Jockey (1941)
|Significant horses
|Felstead, Blenheim, Rockfel, Watling Street, Herringbone, Sun Stream, Garden Path, Darius, Psidium, Abermaid, Intermezzo, Teenoso.
Background and familyEdit
Harry Wragg was born on 10 June 1902 at Sheffield in Yorkshire. Although his family had no direct links with horse racing, Wragg's father, Arthur, had had some success as an amateur boxer and athlete. Two of Wragg's younger brothers became successful jockeys: Sam Wragg (b. 1909) won three classics including the Derby on Pont l'Eveque, while Arthur Wragg (1912–1954) finished sixth in the jockey's championship in 1944.
Riding careerEdit
Wragg took up riding in his early teens and moved to Newmarket where he was apprenticed to the trainer George Colling. He rode his first winner in 1919. Wragg attracted the attention of important figures including the trainer Richard Marsh and the owner Solomon Joel, and in 1925 he had his first major success when he won the Eclipse Stakes on Polyphontes.
Wragg developed a riding style which relied strongly on timing, intelligence and tactical skill. At the time the fashion was for races to be run end-to-end, with the best horses racing close to the lead from the start. Wragg, however, preferred to restrain or "hold up" horses, preserving their speed for a late challenge.[3] His proficiency in this earned him the nickname "the Head Waiter".[4] In 1928, Wragg's skill was shown to its best advantage when he was booked to ride the 33/1 outsider Felstead in the Derby. The race was run at an exceptionally fast pace, which saw many of the leading contenders virtually exhausted in the closing stages. Wragg held up the outsider before producing him with a challenge inside the final furlong to win easily in record time.
Wragg subsequently became stable jockey to Felstead's trainer Oswald "Ossie" Bell at Newmarket. During the 1930s he was also closely associated with the stable of Jack Jarvis. For Jarvis he won the St Leger on Sandwich in 1931 and the 1000 Guineas on Campanula three years later. In 1938 he rode the Bell-trained filly Rockfel, whom he described as the best horse he had ever ridden, to win the Oaks and Champion Stakes.[5] Wragg had won his second Derby in 1930 riding Blenheim to victory[6] after the horse had been rejected by the Aga Khan III's retained jockey Michael Beary. Low points of the decade included an indifferent ride on Sandwich in the 1931 Derby, when he appeared to misjudge the waiting tactics, and a broken leg sustained in a fall at Newcastle Racecourse in 1932.
Between 1931 and 1953 Gordon Richards won 22 of the 23 jockey's championships. The only interruption in Richards run of success came in 1941, when he missed much of the season through injury.[7] Wragg rode 71 winners including the wartime substitute Oaks on Commotion, to claim his only championship.[8] During the War, Wragg served in the Royal Artillery reaching the rank of sergeant before moving at his own request from an office position to an Anti-Aircraft battery.[9] In 1942 Wragg won a third Derby on Watling Street: he again employed exaggerated waiting tactics, taking the lead on Lord Derby's temperamental colt fifty yards from the finish and winning by a neck.[10] Before the end of the war he won further classics for Lord Derby on Herringbone, Sun Stream and Garden Path.[11] He retired from riding at the end of 1946,[12] a year in which he won the Oaks on Steady Aim.
Training careerEdit
Wragg began training in 1947 at Abington Place in Newmarket, sending out the winners of 25 races in his first season. His first big win came in 1948 when Billet won the Chester Cup and his first classic winner was Darius in the 1954 2000 Guineas. In 1961 Wragg trained his first Derby winner when Psidium, who was considered the stable's second string, won at Epsom at odds of 66/1. Abermaid won the 1000 Guineas in 1962 and at the end of the decade, Wragg completed a classic double when Full Dress won the 1000 Guineas[13] and Intermezzo won the St Leger in 1969. He never won the trainers' championship being narrowly beaten to the title in 1961 and 1962[14] by Noel Murless and Dick Hern respectively.
During his training career, Wragg was always willing to employ new methods, regularly weighing his horses and timing their training gallops at a time when these practices were relatively rare in Britain. He was also keen to exploit international opportunities: in the 1950s and 1960s he won the Gran Premio del Jockey Club twice and the Grosser Preis von Baden on four occasions. Wragg trained many winners in Ireland including Fidalgo, who won the 1959 Irish Derby after finishing second in the English equivalent.
Retirement and familyEdit
Wragg retired from training in 1982, passing on the Abington Place stable to his son Geoff. In his last season he trained a two-year-old colt of apparently modest ability named Teenoso who went on to win the Derby in 1983 and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes a year later. Wragg's other son, Peter, became a bloodstock agent, while his daughter, Susan, married the jockey Manny Mercer. Mercer was killed in September 1959 at Ascot Racecourse after falling from a horse trained by his father-in-law.[15] Harry Wragg died in October 1985 at the age of 83.[3]He is buried in Newmarket Cemetery.[16]
In 1999, he was ranked 7th on the Racing Post list of top jockeys of the 20th century.[2] It was also remarked that he was the only great flat jockey of the century to be a great trainer as well.
Popular cultureEdit
In rhyming slang Harry Wragg was widely used to mean "fag" (cigarette) and it still has extensive usage amongst the small Protestant community of south County Dublin (Ireland) and Longford shams despite his death in 1985.[17] The Kinks had a song about smoking called "Harry Rag" on their 1967 album Something Else by The Kinks. Partick Thistle F.C. are referred to as The Harry Wraggs in rhyming slang for their nickname The Jags.[18][19][20][21]
- ^ Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1990). Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions (Third Edition). Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
- ^ a b "Richards is in a class of his own; A century of racing – 50 greatest flat jockeys". The Racing Post. 17 May 1999. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Jockey greats". Glasgow Herald. 21 October 1985. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ The Head Waiter: a biography of Harry Wragg, Michael Seth-Smith, 1984 (ISBN 071812443X)
- ^ "ANOTHER SCEPTRE?". Evening Post. 14 January 1939. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ^ Tom Creedon (4 June 1930). "English Derby at Epsom Downs". Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ^ "Wragg, Anti-Aircraft gunner, captures British jockey crown". Calgary Herald. 15 December 1941. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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Stirling enjoyed a perfect start to the Irn-Bru Third Division season as they smashed 10-man Annan 5-1 at the Forthbank Stadium.
Goals from Scott Davieson, Graham Weir, Daniel Ashe, James Clark and Gavin McPherson did the damage before Graeme Bell netted a consolation for the Black and Golds, who had young striker Graeme Ramage sent off.
Striker Davidson sidefooted the opener in the 16th minute before 19-year-old Ramage was dismissed following a clash with Mark Ferry 12 minutes later.
Weir's header from six yards doubled the lead just after the half hour mark and Ashe quickly added a third with another close-range finish.
Clark connected with McPherson's pass to make it 4-0 at half-time before McPherson scored the goal of the game with a left-footed drive midway through the second period.
Substitute Bell reduced the deficit with a long-range shot 18 minutes from time.
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The global real estate market fluctuates in a complicated way, the volume of real estate transactions worldwide is estimated to reduce 15% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Vietnam is one of the most attractive destinations for retailers in Southeast Asia due to the booming economy. Demand for office will increase sharply as many foreign companies will come and set up offices in Vietnam in 2016.
Being an export-oriented economy, with export accounting significantly for 80% of nominal GDP, Vietnam is attracting a large and increasing amount of foreign investment. With the rising demand for land and industrial plants, this segment will continue to be an attractive investment channel. Statistics show that only 500 out of 90,000 foreigners are homeowners, therefore the demand in the rental apartments segment is relatively high.
The GDP growth over years, policies to attract investment, along with tourists are driving forces for the hotel market of Vietnam. The number of 5-star hotel still accounts for a large portion in the market, despite the increasing supply from 3-star hotels.
Being the most clearly affected segment from the real estate cycle, luxury apartments recorded the return of a series of delayed and newly invested projects. During the period from 2010 to 2014, after a long time of quiet, the value of land, villas, townhouses continuously decreased over the years. In 2015, along with the recovery of the real estate sector in general, the segment of apartments and townhouses also showed signs of growth with a series of new projects and existing projects which were restarted and offered on the market.
Vietnam is regarded as an attractive market compared to other countries in the ASEAN, as the economy and real estate market are being improved. Therefore, many foreign investors will continue to seek opportunities for cooperation and investment in productive assets in major cities of Vietnam.
Typical businesses having the highest real estate revenue in 2015 showed the orientation and clear division according to each specific segment, the competitive advantages as well as supportive policies of the government.
Besides, previously, if Vietnam's retail market was primary with only three big brands including Metro, Big C and Saigon Co-op, the until now many well-known brands have been formed and developed in industry including domestic and foreign investors.
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– FLC Group Jsc.
– Binh Duong Trade & Development Jsc.
– Ha Do Group Jsc.
– Kinh Bac City Dvelopment Holding Corporation
– Dat Xanh Real Estate Service & Construction Corporation
– Hoang Quan Consulting – Trading – Services Real Estate Corporation
– Nam Long Group
– Khang Dien House Trading and Investment sc.
– Sao Mai Group Corporation
– Song Da Urban & IZ Investment &Development Jsc.


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Ten activists of Awami League were injured in a clash between two factions of the party at Samair in Savar on Monday.
Locals said Sajib, a local AL activist, had an altercation with some other party men over wearing the 'Boat' badge on the election day on Sunday.
As a sequel of the incident, a group of AL men swooped on the house of Sajib in the morning.
On information, the associates of Sajib also went to the spot and retaliated, triggering a clash.
A chase and counter-chase took place between the two groups that left 10 people injured.
The injured were taken to a local hospital.
Abdul Awal, officer-in-charge of Savar Police Station, said a case was filed in this connection.
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The Teaching Pamphlets sponsored by the Commission on Crystallographic Teaching are now in their Third Series, and provide tutorials introducing different aspects of symmetry, diffraction techniques, structural science and crystallography. First published as print pamphlets in 1981 in association with University College Cardiff Press, they are now freely available on the Web for the use of instructors and individuals.
The first set of ten pamphlets, published in 1981, and this second set of nine represent a sample of the various levels and approaches and it is hoped that they will stimulate many more people to contribute to this scheme. It does not take very long to write a short pamphlet, but its value to someone teaching a topic for the first time can be very great.
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I've got a thread going on how to live frugally on another board here, and I'm getting great tips (thanks Team).
Figured I'd start one on, "Okay, I gotta confess to things I've recently bought and immediately regretted."
I bought a winter coat recently (a month or so ago). It was on sale. I live in a warm weather climate. I already have a perfectly fine winter coat. There was literally no reason to buy it. But I did. And when it arrived, whatever void I thought it was gonna fill, well, spoiler alert, it didn't. At most I'll wear it 5 - 10 days a year. At. Most. Immediate regret.
Leaving this to hopefully dissuade me, as a reminder, from doing something similarly dumb these next two months.
Anyone else recently buy something they almost immediately felt guilty/poorly about?
I do these kinds of things all the time. For me, an even smaller one made me feel really guilty. I was just skiing and in 3 days I bought 3 chapsticks because I kept losing them in my bag and jacket. When I got home I found all 3. While chapstick isn't expensive, it made me realize how little effort I put in to avoid wasting.
I buy multiple chapsticks with no shame or guilt. They are my weakness! If it makes you feel any better, put those 3 chapsticks in your emergency to-go bag. They are super useful, alternative fire starter and waterproofer.
Yeah. I bought a new pair of earrings. After I just got two new pairs for my birthday (2 weeks ago). All three are gold hoops. I have NO idea why.
Bad/Good news: the pair i just bought were actually kind of broken. So more reason to go return.
Dumb buy of the week:
A pair of sunglasses last weekend. I literally don't wear sunglasses. Well, okay, I wear 'em every once in a while. But not enough to justify now having three pairs. WHY? What is wrong with me?
Goal for the rest of '19: no more darn sunglasses. So, so, dumb.
As I have recently moved in across the street from Universal studios, I felt it to be a good idea to buy an annual pass to the theme park. I have to work and go to school and will probably only make it to the park a few times a month (if even that) but it seemed like a smarter idea to purchase the annual pass (for only $100 more than a daily ticket) than just to purchase a daily ticket or just to not even go in the first place and work on my responsibilities.


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Lillian Grace Arrington, 87 of Fuquay-Varina, went to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, June 29, 2019. Grace was preceded in death by her late husband, Charles Arrington, and her very special friend of 22 years Marvin Godfrey. She is survived by her beloved family members and caregivers Scott and Jennifer, Ashley and Jay, Brittney and Trey, and Susan who will miss her dearly. Also left to cherish her memory are many family members and friends including but not limited to the Campbell's, Godfrey's, Crabtree's, and Arrington's.
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Our top 20 books to read on brands
Here are a pick of our top 20 books that we think can really help you to further explore the subject of brands. We want to stress that these books are not essential for the course, but just some recommended reading around the subject for those who want to learn more.
For week 1
Adam Arvidsson, Brands: Meaning and Value in Media Culture, 2006
A challenging critique of how brands work on us
Phil Barden, Decoded, 2013
What neuroscience tells us about why people buy things.
Tilde Heding, Charlotte F Knudtzen and Mogens Bjerre, Brand Management, 2009
An accessible guide to the various ways academics have defined 'brand'
Naomi Klein, No Logo, 2000
The famous anti-brand (actually anti-corporate) manifesto
Martin Lindstrom, Brandwashed, 2011
Insider analysis of tricks companies use to manipulate our minds and persuade us to buy
Debbie Millman, Brand Thinking, 2011
Fascinating interviews with some of the top practitioners in branding
Byron Sharp, How Brands Grow, 2010
Fact-based, nonconformist analysis, questioning ideas like brand loyalty.
For week 2
David A Aaker and Erich Joachimsthaler, Brand Leadership, 2009
Probably the definitive academic overview of brand management
Jonathan Knowles and David Rutherford, Vulcans, Earthlings and Marketing ROI, 2008
A friendly guide through the minefield of measurement and valuation
For week 3
Wally Olins, The Brand Handbook, 2008
Comprehensive coverage from the guru of corporate branding
James Webb Young's A Technique for Producing Ideas, 2003
One of the most practical (and shortest) books on creativity
For week 4
Alina Wheeler, Designing Brand Identity, 2013
The best overview of brand design
For week 5
Erik Roscam Abbing, Brand-Driven Innovation, 2010
Pioneering, rigorous and also very well illustrated
Alex Bogusky and John Winsor, Baked In, 2009
Practical book on how brands these days are about the product, not the advertising
Mary Jo Hatch and Majken Schultz, Taking Brand Initiative, 2008
How organisations need to align their vision, image and culture
Andy Milligan and Shaun Smith, Uncommon Practice, 2002
An inspiring survey of how many top brands get their people to do the right thing
Daniel Pink, Drive, 2009
Recent scientific research on what motivates people to do things
For week 6
Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers, What's Mine is Yours, 2010
Pioneering book on consumers who don't want to own things
Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls and David Weinberger, The Cluetrain Manifesto, 2000
Prophetic manifesto on the effect of the internet on the credibility of corporate messages
Marty Neumeier, The Brand Flip, 2015
A brand designer's view of the new power of the consumer.
Looking more widely
Here are five books we love that touch on branding - and art, humanity and even chocolate.


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The second season of the CBS show "Person of Interest" introduced a new cast member – a Belgian malinois (working line) named Bear (previously named Butcher). John Reese (played by Jim Cavierzel) gets "captured" by the Aryan Nation in an attempt to free his friends who were being held hostage. Reese quickly proves that his hostage takers do not know how to properly handle nor get the respect for such a dog mainly because they do not speak Dutch (commonly used in training military dogs). Their expression quickly changes when Reese tells Butcher to sit then lie down in Dutch. A quick scuffle happens and you see Reese with the other two hostages leaving the building. As they get to the car Reese calls the dog and he comes running out (it's safe to assume during the scuffle the dog did not break his commend). Later in the episode Butcher eats a million dollar's worth of bearer bonds and Reese decided to rename him to Bear. Bear lives in the Library with Harold Finch (played by Michael Emerson). While Mr. Finch does not get along with Bear at first he quickly warms up to the dog.
Bear is played by a working line Belgian Malinois named Graubaer's Boker (who also has his own Facebook page). Boker is an IPO trained dog (schutzhund title) – Boker has his IPO3 which is a schutzhund title (considered to be a more "recent" title than the more common SCHh3- the trial for both titles are very similar). Boker was born in June of 2009 to a long line of working Belgian Malinois (French and Dutch lines). Continue reading Bear – Person of Interest (TV Series)