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Bob's words will be in blue. Older cited words of his will be in green. Some older words of mine that Bob cites will be indented.
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GOOD TALKIn order to better understand each other, we need to communicate, listen to each other, and become friends, if possible. Experience and knowledge of human nature teaches us that good, constructive dialogue is not possible unless there is openness, charity, and respect and courtesy shown to the other person. God gave us two ears and one mouth, but it seems that many folks use their one mouth four times as much as their two ears. I want dialogue to occur here, not lectures, speeches, and "mutual monologues." By all means, render your own opinion, but then be open to talking about it and having it challenged in a friendly manner.
RESPECT OTHERS AND ACT CHARITABLYPLEASE keep in mind at all times that just because a person may hold what we believe is an erroneous viewpoint, that this is not necessarily (and, I think, relatively rarely) because they are wicked, evil, or obstinate. They may need to simply be more educated. They may have had extremely bad teachers and mentors, or a terrible life history (i.e., various influential and debilitating handicaps). They may in fact change their mind very quickly if shown another viewpoint. Act like Jesus did towards the Roman centurion. Give them the benefit of the doubt, and be unassuming about their motives and intents. We can't read minds or hearts. In any event, "you catch more bees with honey, not vinegar." And we can learn many things from almost anyone.
This is a complete falsehood and bum rap. I have never made geocentrism an issue at all: especially (as you claim) not in terms of introducing it in some cynical ploy to make you look like a nut, in order to discredit everything you say. I only made a few responses in passing when you or your friends brought it up and intruded it into the unrelated discussion on God's attributes. This is easily proven by the public documentation of this whole sordid "pseudo-debate." In my original first critique on the topic (that is now modified to a general paper without reference to you at all) neither the words "geocentrism" nor "heliocentrism" ever appeared at all. In the 44-comment combox for that paper (now removed), I made one simple statement:
But of course, Sungenis wars against Einstein too, as well as heliocentrism, and he thinks the earth doesn't rotate.That was enough, Dave. It is plain from the way you phrased your objection that you were out to make me look like a nut. Many others have said the same, and with the same intent. I suggest you go read over your context again and reexamine your original intent.
I'm more than happy to reexamine the context and my intent, and will now analyze that at some length, since you insist on making a non-issue a huge issue. You're reading an awful lot into a one-sentence passing remark in a combox, and you are convinced that I am on a vendetta to prove that you are a "nut." You put me in the box with all your severe critics (probably more than half of them fellow "traditionalists" and/or former direct associates of yours in your apostolate: neither of which I have ever been), as if there is no distinction between us, when there certainly is. That's one issue.
Another question in this regard is just what one would have to say to be making out that someone is an actual nut or lunatic or kook (which, of course, goes far beyond merely disagreeing with their positions). Mark Shea and several other of your critics have said this about you, but to my knowledge I have not. One must, along these lines, distinguish between the following propositions:
1. I disagree with position x of person y.Note how the judgments get progressively more severe as one goes down the list. Your critics cover the whole spectrum. Your severest ones fall into the #6-8 range. At what point does the list start describing personal, ad hominem attacks? I think it is clearly true of #6-9, and arguably, but not necessarily of #5. My own position with regard to geocentrism (please note: this is extremely important if we are to progress forward) is #4. I also have applied some of the description in #5 to you, because I think espousal of such a view suggests serious problems in reasoning, as I have already stated.
2. I disagree strongly with position x of person y.
3. I profoundly disagree in the very strongest terms with position x of person y.
4. I think position x of person y is manifestly ludicrous.
5. I think position x of person y is so exceedingly ludicrous that it casts doubt on the person's fundamental reasoning or logical capacities.
6. I think position x of person y is so exceedingly ludicrous that it casts doubt on the person's fundamental reasoning or logical capacities and his character as well.
7. I think position x of person y is so exceedingly ludicrous that it casts doubt on the person's fundamental reasoning or logical capacities and his character as well, and moreover, discredits him as utterly incompetent in his field and altogether untrustworthy.
8. I think position x of person y is so exceedingly ludicrous that it casts doubt on the person's fundamental reasoning or logical capacities and his character as well, and moreover, discredits him as utterly incompetent in his field and altogether untrustworthy, and, worst of all, it causes one to suspect mental illness and possibly some actual severe clinical emotional disorder as well.
But is that a personal attack? You have thrown the same thing back at me, suggesting my reasoning as seriously disturbed. So really, I have stated no more about you than you have about me. If you condemn me for doing that, you have to condemn yourself by the same token.
It is my contention that saying a person is hindered by severe reasoning and logical difficulties on a particular issue, is definitely not a personal attack (though I can understand on an emotional level why a person would perceive it as such). It is still going after a person's argument, insofar as their logical process is part and parcel of same. It is distinct from #6, where one starts to question a person's character, which is unarguably ad hominem. That's how I view all this. Keeping it in mind, let's now look at my one little ol' sentence that you are wrongly convinced proves that I am trying to make you out to be a nut:
But of course, Sungenis wars against Einstein too, as well as heliocentrism, and he thinks the earth doesn't rotate.As with all controversial statements, it has to be interpreted in context. Especially important in understanding my meaning and intent are the two preceding paragraphs and the one ending line that was after the comment:
Placing God in time . . . smacks of process theology and rationalistic cults like Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons, that try to make God to be too much like human beings, and do not comprehend His marvelous transcendence.Is this making you out to be a nut, or is it simply an argument about your views? I say, the latter. I know this because I am the world's biggest expert on my own opinions and what is in my head when I write things. Was it strong language? Yes, for sure; very forceful indeed (as my arguments usually tend to be). Is it legitimate? Yes.
It also makes an idol out of Newtonian science, as if time is an absolute that even God is subject to. This is not true. God created time, and time is relative to the observer: be he a person or God. Thus, Einstein's relativity was more in line with Christianity than Newtonian physics, raised to an absolute metaphysical position in the universe.
But of course, Sungenis wars against Einstein too, as well as heliocentrism, and he thinks the earth doesn't rotate.
Likewise, the Big Bang cosmology is more in line with the Bible than what preceded it (steady state universe, etc.).
First and foremost, it is a simple question of fact. You do oppose Einstein. You do oppose heliocentrism. You do think the earth doesn't rotate. So in a very straightforward, prima facie sense, how can it be ad hominem to merely accurately describe a person's view? How is that attacking them? You could argue, I suppose, that there is a cynical insinuation behind the remark. You think you can read in-between the lines. It's implied that no sensible person would hold such a view, so you may think. Well, that is half-true. As I said, my position is that of #4, meaning that I hold geocentrism to be manifestly ludicrous. So I think it is quite insensible to hold the view; absolutely. But does that reduce to attacking you or thinking you are a literal nutcase? No! It does not!
I think, for example, that anti-Catholicism is intellectual suicide. It doesn't follow, however, that everything an anti-Catholic writes is also intellectual suicide. I recommend lots of things written by anti-Catholics: for example: James White's writings on Muslims, or higher critics, or Mormonism, or the KJV-only folks. I recommended an article by Phillip Johnson, in my own recent writings, because his views on God's attributes (immutability, impassibility) are identical to my own. Obviously, if I felt these two men were nuts I couldn't recommend anything by them, because being nuts affects all of one's views.
I don't believe that about you. In fact, I stated this outright: "Folks, we ought to ignore the geocentrism foolishness. Talking about it simply plays into Bob's hands and his suspicion . . . that we dismiss everything he says because he is a geocentrist." Now, if I thought that being a geocentrist proved in and of itself that you were a nut and a kook, then how could I make this statement? It's the exact opposite of what you think. I said the exact same thing about Ben Douglass:
"Dave": Yet your more rabid/avid supporter, the youngster Ben Douglas appears to be totally is committed to the geocentrism theory....per his own site.Ditto with you. But nuthood, it seems to me, would entail dismissing a person altogether (just like the anti-Catholics do with me!). Therefore, by my own internal logic, I can't possibly consider you a nut. I see severe problems with your reasoning processes. That is where I see the problem as residing: a logical difficulty, not a mental or emotional or moral problem. And I state that in the original combox from last May a little bit after my statement above that you so object to:
Me: How is that relevant to anything? If Ben accepts it, then he accepts a ridiculous position. Doesn't mean all his other positions are ridiculous . . .
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I think part of Bob's problem is that he is caught in a rut between his former Calvinist beliefs and Catholic heterodoxy. It's an example of what I mean by being "insufficiently converted." He is not yet thinking fully "Catholic" or "like a Roman,". . .Now, you'll probably bristle at that and not like it at all (I wouldn't like it, either, said about me, and in fact, some anti-Catholics have made exactly this argument about me, too), but it is not a personal attack. It is a critique of a position that, in my opinion, shows profound influence from your former non-Catholic affiliations. You do something exactly analogous when you accuse "neo-Catholics" of being influenced by Catholic liberal modernists: some influence other than orthodox Catholicism. You just don't like it when others opine the same about you. We see aspects of fundamentalist Calvinist interpretation and theologizing in some of your views.
Moreover, my contextual point in the disputed statement was as follows (this was my line of thought):
1) God is outside of time. This is the Church's positions. In this current debate, that was backed up, courtesy of Ben Douglass, from the Catechism:
205: He is the God who, from beyond space and time, can do this and wills to do it, the God who will put his almighty power to work for this plan.2) Einstein's position on relativity with regard to time, therefore, is in line with the Church, whereas Newton the Arian's position is not.
338: Nothing exists that does not owe its existence to God the Creator. The world began when God's word drew it out of nothingness; all existent beings, all of nature, and all human history are rooted in this primordial event, the very genesis by which the world was constituted and time begun.
600: To God, all moments of time are present in their immediacy. When therefore he establishes his eternal plan of "predestination", he includes in it each person's free response to his grace:
645: Yet at the same time [Jesus'] authentic, real [resurrected] body possesses the new properties of a glorious body: not limited by space and time but able to be present how and when he wills...
646: In his risen body he passes from the state of death to another life beyond time and space.
3) In other words, the Church agrees with standard, orthodox physics, as accepted today.
4) But we would fully expect Bob Sungenis to dissent, seeing that he not only "wars against" Einstein but also against "heliocentrism, and he thinks the earth doesn't rotate" too (both diametrically opposed to current scientific consensus).
5) This is what I describe in context as making "an idol out of Newtonian science, as if time is an absolute that even God is subject to."
6) So the conclusion is that Sungenis finds himself at odds with the Church's agreement with the profound scientific consensus concerning time.
You can take me at my word or not. Your choice. Your critics are not one huge homogeneous mass of clones, believe it or not.
First of all, I'm under no obligation to spend hours of my time defending every single sentence that I write in passing. That is not reasonable. If we followed that strict of a guideline in everything we wrote, you and I both would be in a heap of trouble, as it would take more than a lifetime to comprehensively defend for eight hours every sentence that we write. So this is a completely unreasonable demand.
Secondly, as I've shown repeatedly, geocentrism is not my concern. Believe it if you like. It doesn't affect anything else directly. Believe what you will about the universe. But don't expect that people won't find that strange, either (on an intellectual level). At any rate, it's not my beef, and not what I am willing to spend time on. My concern is with Church dogma concerning God's attributes. That is what I have defended and argued about. Geocentrism continues to have nothing to do with that. Others (including Gary Hoge) have fought that battle.
Thirdly, it's a fallacy that I have to be able to exhaustively defend everything that I hold. This is like the Protestant misconception that every single Christian must have exhaustive theological knowledge and know how to defend every jot and tittle of their belief, or else not hold it at all. I'm not required to do that (just as I am not in theology, even being an apologist). I accept heliocentrism on the massive authority of scientific consensus. I have no problem with you holding the contrary if you like. I just think you are wrong.
I did read quite a bit of Gary Hoge's critique. I would agree with that. If I recall correctly (I might be wrong), one of his arguments was that, for the entire universe to rotate around the earth every day, this would require galaxies and stars to travel faster than the speed of light, which is impossible. That would be a legitimate, respectable argument against your position. Others can make that attempt. I don't claim to be any expert in science. But I have a working knowledge of the main beliefs of science and it is not irrational to appeal to that. We all do it in many areas of life, and it is foolish to deny that we do.
Now, I realize that you have taken a lot of flak from a lot of people on this issue and others, and it is quite understandable from a human or emotional perspective that you may have mixed me up in all that, but there are facts here to be grappled with and you are making false charges against me that have no truth in them at all. It remains a fact that I didn't in the past, and haven't been recently making geocentrism an issue. I made a simple reply to someone who brought up geocentrism n my blog:
Of course heliocentrism has been proven. Do you think the earth's rotation is not proven either (as Bob thinks?). It's not a matter of personal opinion, but of scientific demonstration. Sorry to hear that you are so undecided.The same person then replied again:
Yet your more rabid/avid supporter, the youngster Ben Douglas appears to be totally is committed to the geocentrism theory....per his own site.Again, I made a very short reply:
How is that relevant to anything? If Ben accepts it, then he accepts a ridiculous position. Doesn't mean all his other positions are ridiculous . . .And I made a brief argument about the alleged non-rotating earth:
Astronauts could see the earth rotating as they were in space. What is that: an optical illusion? It is certainly empirical observation, which falls within the general or broad realm of scientific inquiry. And of course they could see that the sun was not moving in relation to them, whereas the earth was rotating and proceeding in its orbit of the sun. Otherwise, the calculations for landing on the moon would have been all off. They would have come back to the earth but it wouldn't be there, because they had assumed heliocentrism and a moving earth. So instead of landing in the Pacific they would have landed nowhere and proceeded on in space. :-) I believe Gary Hoge (who has since utterly disappeared from the Internet for some reason) made this argument or similar ones in his discussion with Bob.How is this disrespectful at all? It was simply an argument made. It may be a good or bad argument, like anything else, but it was not trying to mock or make out that you were a blithering idiot. It was simply a nutshell version of some of the argument that Gary Hoge made: the same one you have publicly thanked him for, in terms of his being a gentleman.
Unfortunately, you opened up this can of worms when you said: "But of course, Sungenis wars against Einstein too, as well as heliocentrism, and he thinks the earth doesn't rotate."
See my above lengthy explanation.
Also, Jordanes had stated earlier in the combox thread that he didn't think you asserted that the moon landings were faked. Someone ("Pete") produced "documentation" that you did believe this. I find this to be insufficiently documented, as it was based on "gossipy"-type hearsay from a former associate, and from a post on a hostile website. So if you think the lunar landings actually happened, I'd be happy to hear you clarify that, so that it can be stated as a matter of record on my blog that this is an unjust charge against you.
I do not know whether they were real or fake. But even if I did believe they were fake, would it be any sillier than NASA believing there might be life on Mars because they found some methane gas beneath the surface, as they touted the other day on national television, or would it be any sillier than believing in 2003 that there were actually WMD's in Iraq, or would it be any sillier than believing in 2007 that credit default swaps were good banking practices? Pick your poison, Dave. The fact that your blog buddies even brought this up, and that you, now, are trying to make an issue of it, shows that you will dig up and publicize any piece of dirt or suspicion about me to create a negative image.
It is relevant if a person believes something that is considered extremely eccentric or bizarre by 999 people out of a 1000. You reiterate that you don't know. I was fair enough to you to get your opinion directly, rather than from hearsay. You want to take an agnostic position now. That's fine. But you have to accept that it is a very radical position to take. I would place this one on #5 of my spectrum above, of disagreements. I see it as a more serious error than geocentrism.
Besides, that was a guy named Armstrong who first walked on the moon, and I'll fight to the death any such aspersions cast upon one of my own clan! We're quite proud of that accomplishment.
Once the facts are in, then, it is readily apparent that I am not guilty of what you accuse me of: using geocentrism as part of my overall argument, in an attempt to mock and discredit you, and to help cause others to pour scorn out upon you for holding these positions. I've never gotten into all that debate. In fact, I have often advised several of your worst critics to lay off of you, and simply ignore these things. Obviously, they haven't followed my advice. But it is the opposite of the truth for you to include me in quite paranoid fashion as part of all these massive efforts to cast aspersions upon you.
Are the Fathers really an issue for you, Dave? After all, the Fathers were in 100% consensus on geocentrism against the Greek heliocentrists, yet you reject it out of hand.You also cited my earlier words against a non-rotating earth:
Patristic consensus is not applicable to science, but to theology.
This is where you got your wires crossed, Dave. Cardinal Bellarmine, Pope Paul V, Pope Urban VIII all said that geocentrism is applicable to the patristic period because geocentrism is taught by Scripture, and to deny Scripture means that one has denied the faith. If you don't believe me, then I have a whole book for you to read on the subject, fully documented. I'll send it to you free of charge.
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So I find it rather hypocritical that you call the Fathers to your aid on another topic.
Not at all. It's the difference between science and theology. Very simple.
Interestingly enough, Ben Douglass is a geocentrist, yet you wouldn't be able to figure that out on this particular blog.
It was mentioned on my blog.
How convenient for him to keep silent about his allegiance to one view when he wants to use group pressure to win an argument on another issue. So much for honesty.
His or yours? He openly acknowledged it on my blog and I stated that I thought it was a ridiculous view.
Astronauts could see the earth rotating as they were in space. What is that: an optical illusion? It is certainly empirical observation, which falls within the general or broad realm of scientific inquiry.Again, you don't know the issues, Dave. Both the heliocentric and the geocentric coordinates would give the same results, because the distances and geometric proportions between the earth, moon and sun, are the same. This is why NASA and JPL can either use what they call the ECI frame (the geocentric frame) or the SBC frame (the solar barycentric or heliocentric frame), and they switch back and forth between the two. Actually, the ECI frame is easier since it involves less math.
This just shows how much out of your league you are to argue against geocentrism, Dave. Anyone who is the least bit familiar with physics knows that if the astronauts are rotating with the universe as it rotates around the earth, then the earth will appear to them to be rotating. Try again. God be with you.
The only problem with that is that (I"m sure) NASA didn't do the math involved in calculating moon landings and returns to earth by assuming a medieval scientific position of a rotating universe around the earth. So they still would have been unable to return the rocket back to earth if they had done massively wrong equations. Therefore, heliocentrism is supported by the successful space launches (as my friend Gary Hoge argued). Apollo 13 had problems, though. Maybe they did geocentric equations for that flight, which is why it didn't work . . . :-) :-)
Great; if I don't know the issues, all the more reason that I shouldn't debate them. Thanks for backing up my contention. Others do know all the relevant issues involved, and they overwhelmingly disagree with you.
I have simply said I think geocentrism is a ridiculous position. I never said you were a "nut" or anything like it. These are your positions. If you are embarrassed by them, that is your problem. I've made a few passing remarks when it was brought up by others. I dared to make one small argument about the rotating earth and was rewarded by a blisteringly personal, condescending, mocking remark by one of your associates.
As I stated, free speech reigns on my blog. Some things have been said about you that were too harsh, and that I wouldn't agree with. You are a controversial figure, whether justly so or not, but you are. So people have strong feelings. I'm a bit controversial myself, so I understand that. I've been called everything in the book and then some. It's all part of our job as apologists, I reckon. One person stated that he thought you might be using a different name and posting on another site. I defended you and said I would not make such an accusation without solid proof.


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James Muir, DPhil
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
Faculty of Arts and Science
BA University of Western Ontario
D.Phil. University of Oxford
Areas of SpecializationHistory of Philosophy (Ancient Greek, Roman, and medieval Latin and Arabic philosophy, Classical political Rationalism), Political Philosophy, Philosophy and Art
James was raised in the (then) small town of Paris, Ont., where his family attended the local United Church. He left Paris to earn a BA at the University of Western Ontario, and then lived for four years in Oxford, England, while earning his D.Phil. at the University of Oxford.
At Oxford, he was awarded an Overseas Research Scholarship and an Oxford Blue for his three years on the Oxford Blues hockey team. The highlight of his British hockey career was being given a Man of the Match award in the Oxford vs USAF game for "taking out more of the U.S. Air Force than the peace dividend."
His first child, Melissa, was born in Oxford. Jamie and his family then moved to Cambridge, England, for another four years while his wife completed her PhD, and where his daughter, Heather, was born. His family returned to Canada in 1996 when James accepted a position as Teaching Fellow at the University of King's College, Dalhousie University. While his family lived in Halifax, his first son, Jamieson, was born. In 1998, Jamie moved to the University of Winnipeg, and welcomed his fourth child, Nathaniel. During his time in Winnipeg, he was awarded two Presidential Merit Awards and the Robson Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Notable Publications
James Muir has published over 25 academic articles, book reviews, and conference papers. The two most notable are as follows:
- "Derrida and Post-Modern Political Philosophy: Ancients, Post-moderns, and the Place of Political Philosophy."European Legacy (Israel), 2008 Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 425-443.
- "Is Our History of Educational Thought Mostly Wrong?"Theory and Research in Education, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 165-195.
This paper has been widely discussed and translated into French, Korean, and Russian.

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Rivals rating: 3*; unranked SF
Scout rating: 3*; #25 SG
ESPN rating: 4*-92 grade, #18 SG
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Reported Offers: Colorado, Boston College, Oregon, Oregon State, San Diego, San Diego State, San Francisco, St. Mary's, Washington State
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nice shot mid range, nice first step, decent body control.
Goose - "Snow's right. Listen to him."
San Diego State lean.
Cali High Sports' #14 CA prospect for 2012. Would be a very nice get.
Professional results are not possible with the use of amateur methods.
There's reason to believe that CU is in the lead now. Read some positive stuff from Adam at Rivals earlier this week.
Would be a great addition to the 2012 class who can absolutely light up the scoreboard from the wing.
pretty decent offer list. It seems our offense needs a good outside shooter to balance the slashers.
Scout listing Colorado, Oregon, and San Diego St. as Shrigley's top 3.
He's already been on an unnofficial visit to CU. Might have done so with QB commit Shane Dillon. There on the same AAU basketball team and both visited the weekend their AAU team had a tournament in Denver.
Has to be a big plus Dillon commited...could we hear word on him sometime soon?
Rivals also reporting Shrigley's final 3 of SDSU, Colorado and Oregon.
nice. we need a good shooter.
In this video he comments that he was rooting for SDSU in the tourney because "thats his boys"... makes me think that they have the obvious edge...
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Friday, June 20, 2014
I wasnt always vertically challenged.
In fact, by sixth grade I had shot up to 53, taller than any other student boy or girl in class. My parents, Im sure, feared they had spawned some aberrant female who would continue upward progress towards who knew what heights. As dad stood all of 56 and mom barely brushed five feet two, they probably looked upon me with some alarm.
Two years later they stopped worrying. In those days pupils graduated from eighth grade and then matriculated into high school. In that eighth grade rite-of-passage photo I am the shortest in the class.
I had lots of dates in high school. Thats really true. But that wasnt because I was the cutest thing going. That was because I was short.
Blind dates were rife then, and I had lots of them. Id get mom to answer the door bell, welcome the young man and invite him to have a seat while she fetched me. I sat on the edge of the bed staring at two pairs of shoe styles which were the alpha and omega of teen footwear in the 1950s. Mom would come in the bedroom chirping Barbara your date is here. Then shed either give me a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Id slide into the appropriate four-inch spike heels or the flat ballet slippers in front of me on the floor. (Those poor heels rarely got to go out on the town.)
I finally cottoned on to the prevalent pre-date negotiations. For instance, the opening salvo: Ive got this great friend. Hes good looking, a marvelous dancer and has his own car! The question: How tall is he? The answer: Five foot four. Deal struck: Get Barbara.
Now in the interest of full disclosure, I have to say those less-than-tall guys were some of the best dates I ever had. But I did long to need to strain my neck to look up into the eyes of my jitterbug partner. That finally happened with Jim.
For years Ive known that about a fourth of the things I shop for are on the top shelf. If you see me standing in the middle of the grocery aisle, seemingly staring into upper space, Im not having a senior moment, Im waiting for some nice tall guy to come along and hand me the raisin bran.
A couple of years ago I had a physical and the nurse measured met at five feet. Nonsense, I protested. Your equipment is faulty. I cant possibly have lost three inches!
Turns out I had. No wonder I was using a pillow while driving so I could see over, rather than peering through, the steering wheel.
Grandson Drew laid it on the line when he was about 12 and I cautioned him against growing so fast he would soon catch up to me. He told me drolly: That, Grandma Barbara, wont be much of an accomplishment!
Im really not complaining much. If I were four feet tall and had the same wonderful life with warm family and friends at 12 inches shorter, Id still consider myself blessed.
My physical therapist, Courtney Stearn, whose head also does not quite touch the clouds, recently shared a quote, which Ill be using frequently from now on God only lets things grow until theyre perfect. Some of us didnt take as long as others!
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Join me for this LIVE netcast celebrating my newest book "Ani's 15-Day Fat Blast". This event is being broadcast from 11 to 11.45am PST on Sat May 26th, 2012 from San Francisco, CA.
Please stop by if you're in the SF embarcadero area:
I'm starting to netcast for the first time again since I conceived of and executive produced 'Fiber' back in 1995, before ISDN or T1 were available! 'Fiber' was the World's 1st online fashion show event ever, and it was broadcast over copper phone lines to the Mbone at UC Berkeley, CA, and then out to the world!
Thanks for joining me here and for helping me celebrate my newest book "Ani's 15-Day Fat Blast"! Love you all xo, ani
This was the beautiful view of the rose gardens as we arrived at the NetKal Gala event….. gathering of Asian Americans in entertainment.
Styled by my favorite fashion designer Linda Loudermilk of all time, plus…she's all about luxury eco! Makeup and hair by the best artist ever, Dorit Genazzani.
The beautiful Lisa Ling (Oprah Winfrey Network, Our America) and her husband Dr. Paul Song.
Bryan Tee from Fast and the Furious. I can count all of 2 Asian actors in film. At least they're representing! Yeah.
From the TV show Dexter, actor C.S. Lee. Okay, this makes 2 Asian actors…one TV, one film, so far. I can think of one more Asian male from TV. Hopefully, you can too.
The NetKal Gala was held at USC at the Annenberg Center.
The event was catered by my friends at Good Gracious Catering. I met Pauline and Joanne at Sunset Magazine's annual Celebration weekend event last spring, where I was invited along with Chef Rick Bayless (Frontera), Candace Nelson (Sprinkles), and Govind Armstrong (8oz Burger). So impressive they included vegan raw along side these TV celebrities.
The food was presented beautifully. And, my friends hooked me up with a vegan meal, of course!
Check out this space, there was a pool and water fountain in the center. It was cold that night though. The ladies were all freezing in their cocktail dresses. I had my coat on for dinner. Dinner was accompanied by performances by 3 Korean pop stars. Sort of made me giggle. USA and Korea entertainment is very different. An incredible event. And great conference the following day with discussions and inspiration for ways to encourage more diversity in the media. Some said it'll take a few years. I'm not holding my breath though….
Thank you Nathan Nowack for these gorgeous photos. Please visit Nathan Nowack for more photos from this event.
BBC Good Food interviewed me for a feature on Raw Foods in their Feb 2011 issue. Very cool, take a peek!
I was invited to Rockefeller Center for a guest appearance on LX New York with hosts Janice Huff and Jane Hanson. I talk about 4 key ingredients in the raw food diet, and made 3 recipes using 'secret' ingredients: Marinara Pasta, Strawberry Tartlets, and Chocolate Pudding "slash" Frosting.
(this video's audio is totally out of synch, and I'm trying to get my hands on a better copy of the segment, which I'll upload later)
I was a guest on San Diego Living with host Erin Mikael's Green Scene segments on June 24, 2010, and then again on June 27th. We make Cashew Kream with Fresh Red White and Blue Berry Parfaits and Fruit Tartlets.
I gave my digestion a break today by skipping solid food and drank Energy Soup (inspired by Ann Wigmore) all day. So, I decided to feed my hair instead with an Indian Head Massage.
Our climate's dry here in Los Angeles (a dessert), and the sun's been bright this summer, reeking havoc on my locks. My hair felt dry and my ends brittle. So, I took my bottle of organic, extra-virgin, cold pressed olive oil into the bathroom, and poured a heaping tablespoon into the palm of my hand. I massaged the oil into my scalp and hair, and worked it through to the ends. Note to self: next time, pour the oil directly onto scalp…I have a lot of hair.
Our skin is our largest organ, and you know I like to avoid putting things on my skin that I can't drink since it absorbs into my blood stream. Well, did you know our scalp is one of the most absorbent areas of our skin? Mine drank up more than a 1/4 cup of olive oil, and was happy for the increased blood flow and circulation from the massage.
I first discovered this massage, also known as Indian Head Massage, at a spa in Portland, OR. It alleviates stress and tension, increases blood flow and circulation, and promotes hair growth. Supposedly, this treatment done in the evening before bed helps alleviate sleeping issues, so I'm hoping it will cure the insomnia I've been suffering from all week long.
Choose almond, coconut, sesame, and/or olive oil since they moisturize, condition our hair, stimulate hair growth, and have a neutral scent. After your massage, wash your hair, and dry. I always choose to air dry.
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I was invited to visit 105degrees in Oklahoma City by owners Chef Matthew Kenney and the lovely Dara Prentice. I taught a public class on Tuesday evening July 13th to a packed room of ladies, spoke to the Academy students on the 14th, and then hosted a sold out RAWkstar Dinner event later that evening.
Here are 3 video clips from my class, created by Penni Shelton of Raw Food Rehab.
My class introduction where I speak about being raised on a raw food diet, and my reintroduction as an adult to the gourmet raw food diet for functionality, health, vitality, mental clarity, and focus.
Watch how fast, simple, and easy it is to make my raw food Tomato Chili, from page 145 of Ani's Raw Food Essentials.
Here I show the class how to make my South-of-the-Border Wraps, which are super fresh, healthy, raw food wraps filled with Cashew Chipotle Cheeze and drizzled with a decadent Chocolate Mole Sauce. From page 180 of Ani's Raw Food Essentials.
Penni also put together a 20-minute video of the sold out RAWkstar dinner event you can watch on her Vimeo channel here.
It was an amazing trip, I love Oklahoma City. Everyone was super warm and inviting. And, I was even surprised by a delivery of a bouquet of balloons from 3 ladies the following day! The card read "Thank you for a thrilling evening last night"….which could potentially sound strange taken out of context. Ha haaa.
I'm so grateful to have amazing friends like Dara and Matthew who create so much good in our world! Thank you Dara and Matthew for all of your inspiration, love, and beauty! xoxo
This is a book trailer for Ani's Raw Food Essentials.
Watch as I show you how easy is is to make my Coconut Cake with Nutella Hazelnut Sauce, from page 271.
A book trailer for Ani's Raw Food Essentials for a naturally effervescent probiotic drink called Water Kefir from page 56.
This healthy drink is simple to make using water kefir grains that you can purchase online. I include resources in my book, and recommend going straight to the source for the living grains. Avoid the processed, dried, packaged grains because they are not as vital as the living grains. Plus, the dry grains only brew maybe three batches before you have to go and buy more dried grains again.
It takes just 48 hours to brew Water Kefir, and it's full of friendly bacteria for building healthy intestinal flora. It helps me with digestion, assimilation of nutrients, and elimination. I enjoy Water Kefir with and after meals to help with digestion. I drink a cup on an empty stomach before bed to balance my intestinal flora.
In this video, I use a variation of the recipe in my book.
Water Kefir
Place water into a glass jar. Add sugars, ginger, pear, and stir. Add grains. Close lid, and store in cabinet for 48 hours to brew.
Pour brew through a plastic sieve to catch the grains. Remove ginger and pear. Store brew in glass bottles at room temperature to increase vitamin B levels. Or, store in fridge to chill.
Start your next batch immediately.
In this video, I speak with The Blissful Chef Christy Morgan after my book signing and food demo at Erewhon May 8, 2010 about my philosophy of raw food and about my new book Ani's Raw Food Essentials.
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Three District Two football players have been selected to participate in the 2013 Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl.
In all, 88 athletes will represent their schools Dec. 14 in Myrtle Beach for the 66th annual North-South all-star game. The players divide equally into two groups of 44 who comprise the respective North and South squads.
"We have an outstanding collection of student-athletes this year," Keith Richardson, co-director of the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl, said. "We have a lot of talented football players on these two rosters. And just as vital, so many of these young men have displayed exceptional character off the field as well."
Summerville tight end Sean Smith (6-6, 225) and kicker/punter David Kennedy (5-11, 175) and Fort Dorchester wide receiver/punter Corey Rawlings (6-1, 180) have been named to the South All-star Team.
There were more than 300 nominations forwarded to the all-star selection committee. The list was narrowed 88 athletes Monday morning in Columbia.
Smith is a two-year starter for the Green Wave. This season, he leads the team in receptions with 32. His 303 receiving yards is the second best for the team and he leads all receivers in touchdowns with three.
His big frame also makes him a formidable blocker and 205 of his receiving yards have came after the catch.
Kennedy has made 35 out of 36 extra point kicks he has attempted this season. He is 8 of 12 on field goals and puts most of his kickoffs into the end zone.
Kennedy has punted 46 times for a 38.8 yards-per-punt average. His longest punt covered 59 yards.
Kennedy is the only player selected for the South team strictly because of his kicking skills. However if the South coaches want to give Kennedy a breather, they have a strong backup punter in Rawlings.
As the Patriots punter this season, Rawlings has averaged 45 yards per punt and the Patriots have not surrendered a single return yard on any of the senior's punts.
Fort Dorchester coach Steve LaPrad says Rawlings is possibly the most athletic player on his team.
"Corey does a little bit of everything for us," LaPrad said. "He is probably the best wide receiver we have. He is a backup quarterback. We play him at safety in passing situations and in addition to punting, we have him return kicks."
With 348 receiving yards and four TD catches, Rawlings leads the Patriot receivers in both categories. In terms of number of receptions, his 18 grabs are second only to the 21 Demonte Bailey has. Rawlings' longest pass play of the year went 53 yards.
Other Lowcountry players selected for the all-star game include Goose Creek defensive back Omar McRae and receiver Jordan Barnes, Wando receiver Trevor Pedersen, West Ashley defensive back Bobby Ruff and offensive lineman Brett Toth, Stratford running back Jourdan Johnson and linebacker Cecil Smith, Beaufort defensive lineman Kentrell Seabrook and tight end Stephen Baggett, Hilton Head running back Khalil Lewis and Hanahan receiver Terrell Green.
"One of our top priorities in the selection process is ensuring every region of South Carolina is represented in this game," Shell Dula, executive director of the South Carolina Athletics Coaches Association, said."We've always maintained the philosophy that this event represents the entire state, and I believe the diverse group of players who were selected reflects that goal."
On Dec. 8, all 88 players report to Myrtle Beach. Twice daily practices for each team begin the following morning and continue through that Friday afternoon.
The 2013 Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl takes place at noon Dec. 14 at Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in North Myrtle Beach.
Fans unable to attend can watch the game streamed live at www.htc.com. A live radio broadcast of the game can be heard on many affiliates of the South Carolina Radio Network.
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The all-star game was created by the South Carolina Athletics Coaches Association in 1947.
During halftime of the game, the five finalists for South Carolina's Mr. Football award will be recognized. The 2013 recipient will be announced at that time.
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The 5-String Banjo
The Early Banjo
Sometime in the early 17th century, African slaves in the Caribbean began making lute-type string instruments that we now recognize as the earliest forms of the banjo. European observers documented various regional terms for these slave instruments such as creole bania (Surinam), bangil (Barbados), banshaw (St. Kitts), and strum-strum (Jamaica), to name but a few .
Two of the most common names were banza in the French, Spanish and Portuguese colonies and banjar (also banjer, banjor, banja, banjah, etc.) in the English colonies. Probably the oldest extant reference to the actual term banjo comes from a 1749 notice in The Pennsylvania Gazette for a runaway slave from Maryland, a "Negroe named Scipio," who "plays on the banjo and can sing."
While they differed in what they were called, these instruments all shared certain structural characteristics:
For more on the first banjos, please visit: Banjo Roots: From Africa to the New World
Today, we can see that these early banjars were clearly akin to West African gourd-bodied folk lutes, such as the Jola ekonting (also akonting. Casamance [southern Senegal], Gambia, Guinea-Bissau), Manjak bunchundo (Gambia, Guinea-Bissau), the Hausa gurmi (also kumbo. Nigeria, Niger), the Frafra koliko (also kologo. Ghana), and the Gwari kaburu (Nigeria), to name but a few.
Also, they were related to the Mande ngoni, Wolof xalam, Mandinka kontingo, FulBe/Tukulóor hoddu and other wood-bodied lutes played exclusively by the griots, male professional musicians/praise singers who are members of a hereditary griot caste, found primarily in Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, and Niger.
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Minstrelsy & the First 5-String Banjos
The 1840s marked a major watershed in the evolution of the banjo. A decade earlier, European American circus and stage performers began to adopt the gourd-bodied banjar and the down-picking stroke style playing technique, learned from African American vernacular musicians. These white performers donned black grease paint in crude imitation of their "Ethiopian" sources. Eventually, they would be known as the blackface minstrels.
During this period, the 4-string gourd-bodied banjar was transformed into the wood-rimed 5-string "tack-head" banjo. It featured a short top chanterelle (drone string)-- known in banjo parlance as the thumb string-- and four long melody strings.
At this point it's worth noting the myth crediting early white minstrel Joel Walker Sweeney (1810-1860) with the invention of the banjo's short thumb string. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The banjo's thumb string is a genetic characteristic which can be traced back specifically to the lands that were once ruled by the Mande Kingdom of Mali (c. 1235-1500 CE)-- primarily, modern-day Mali, Guinea, Senegal, and Gambia. Of all the myriad different kinds of West African lutes, short thumb strings are only found on all varieties of griot lutes-- Ancient Mali was the crucible of jaliya, the griot musical tradition-- as well as on some Senegambia folk lutes like the Jola ekonting, Manjak bunchundo, and the Bijago ñopata. Even more conclusive is the iconographic evidence found in The Old Plantation (The Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, VA), an anonymous folk painting from South Carolina, c.1777-1794, which is the oldest extant depiction of an early gourd banjo in North America. Here we can clearly see that the instrument has a short thumb string in addition to three long melody strings. If anything, the innovation that Sweeney probably introduced was the inclusion of an additional thick bass melody string-- the 4th string on the 5-string banjo.
The new 5-string banjo had a circular body made from a thin wooden stave bent to form a hoop, which was often characterized as a "cheese-box" rim. At first, the 5-string banjo's skin head was attached to the wooden rim with metal tacks-- hence the sobriquet tack-head banjo. By the mid-1840s, the head was affixed to the rim with modern drum fixtures, a metal hoop held in place by bracket tension hooks and tightening screws. On through the 1880s, the prevalent style of banjo neck continued to be fretless. However, as early as the 1850s, a few makers began to experiment with the use of frets on their instruments' fingerboards in an effort to make the banjo more guitar-like.
It was the 5-string banjo that was thrust unto the world stage on February 6, 1843 with the first public performance of The Virginia Minstrels at New York City's famed Bowery Amphitheatre. Their debut marked the transition of the minstrels from being minor side acts in traveling circuses to commanding top billing in popular theaters as troupes performing full-blown variety shows. The Virginia Minstrels-- which included Daniel Decatur "Old Dan" Emmett (1815-1904), the author/composer of Dixie-- established the combination of fiddle, banjo, tambourine, and bones as the standard instrumentation of the "minstrel line."
In May of 1843, the troupe arrived in England and debuted their unique minstrel show format at London's prestigious Adelphi Theatre on June 19. This marked the arrival of minstrelsy as America's first homegrown pop music form to become a global craze.
(It was also the one that presaged ragtime, blues, jazz, rock and hip-hop. Minstrelsy kicked off the trend which continues to this day of a style of African American vernacular music being appropriated, "repackaged," and mass-marketed the world over as homogenized "pop" by the mainstream music industry.)
As a result, the banjo was embraced overseas and became a world-class instrument. This was especially true in England, where the banjo became a central fixture of early British pop from the 1840s on through the early 20th century.
The Age of the Classic Banjo, 1880-1920
After the Civil War, professional players and makers sought to refine and "elevate" the banjo in an effort to make it a "legitimate" musical instrument that could be marketed to a broader audience. For inspiration, they looked to the guitar, the most popular fretted string instrument of the day. The down-picking stroke style-- the original playing technique that had come over from Africa and which the "blackface minstrels" had learned from African American musicians-- began to give way to the "guitar-style" of up-picking, also referred to as finger-picking, the term for this style that we use today.
In the 1870s, some makers and players began to add fret markers to their banjos' fingerboards for more precise noting. Back then, the preferred method for fretting a banjo was to inlay thin strips of ivory or wood marquetry that were flush to the fingerboard. This is evident on most extant fretted banjos dating from the 1870s up until the early 1880s, when guitar-style raised metal frets became the fashion.
By the mid 1880s, the banjo had assumed the form of the "standard" or "regular" 5-string banjo we know today. Fingerboards with raised metal frets, laid out in standardized configurations and scale lengths, became the norm. The instrument was tuned from the short 5th string to the 1st long melody string as follows: gCGBD (Standard "C" Tuning).
Unlike most banjos produced today, the vast majority of American-made banjos from this period were open-backed. This means that the back of the banjo's "pot" (drum body) was not enclosed with a resonator, a separate dish-like piece attached to the pot. The resonator is generally larger then the pot's rim in order to project the sound forward through the space between the resonator and the rim and make it louder. The modern resonator banjo-- which is now the most recognizable form of the instrument, thanks to its prominence in bluegrass, traditional jazz, western swing, contemporary country, etc.-- first emerged in the early 1920s as a by-product of The Jazz Age. However, the invention of the resonator banjo actually dates back to 1867. It's credited to Henry C. Dobson (1832-1908), a prominent New York City banjo performer/teacher/maker, the eldest of the five Dobson brothers, all of whom were major figures in the emerging banjo culture of the 1870s and '80s. In the 1880s, Brooklynite Alfred D. Cammeyer (1862-1950) further developed the resonator concept with his zither-banjo, which became England's favorite banjo after he introduced it there in 1888.
(Until quite recently, it was believed that another New York maker George Teed had beaten Dobson to the punch, inventing the resonator banjo five years earlier. However, this assumption was based on an erroneous interpretation of Teed's banjo patent, dated April 8, 1862. Teed's patent featured a smaller head affixed to a separate assembly set into a larger rim. Apparently, this was done to "conceal" the tension hooks which held the head in place-- something which makers sought to do to make the banjo more attractive to upper class amateurs. Most banjo historians mistook the drawn depiction on Teed's patent of that assembly set into a plain rim to be a rim enclosed with a separate resonator. However, banjo historian Ed Britt, who's a designer by trade, pointed out that the technical drawing indicates an open-back rim. Conversely, Dobson's patent of July 16, 1867 clearly shows a rim enclosed with a larger separate resonating back piece.)
The year 1880 ushered in the banjo's Classic Period (1880-1920), considered by many to be the "golden age" of the 5-string banjo. Until the advent of the Jazz Age, the classic 5-string banjo would be a prominent fixture in the front parlors of homes throughout North America as well as on the "legitimate" concert stage. Banjo clubs sprang up on college and university campuses. Banjoists in formal evening wear would offer selections of light classical and mainstream popular music on costly "presentation" grade instruments, boasting ornate mother-of-pearl inlays and modern machined accoutrements. Now heralded as the product of Anglo/European American "know-how" and industry, banjos were being churned out by the hundreds in factories and workshops, mostly in Northern cities like Boston, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia.
One of the most influential proponents of banjo refinement was Samuel Swain Stewart (1855-1898), the celebrated Philadelphia banjoist and banjo manufacturer. His company S.S. Stewart (1878-1901) produced some of the finest banjos of the instrument's . A fierce advocate of transforming the banjo into a reputable concert instrument, Stewart sought to create banjos in varying sizes to correspond with the various different "voices" in the violin family and the classic orchestra. Towards this end, S.S. Stewart offered banjos ranging in size from the tiny piccolo to the massive bass banjo. In 1885, Stewart invented the banjeaurine, a short-necked banjo with a regular or large-sized pot (body), to be the main lead instrument in banjo ensembles. It became a very popular model that was copied by rival makers. On the flip-side, he also created some duds that never really took off like the banjorett, a truly weird instrument which had a regular length full-size banjo neck on a miniscule pot.
Yet, the 5-string banjo's "golden age" was also the period in which the instrument had become enshrined as an essential fixture in the various regional folk and vernacular music forms found throughout North America. Within the African American and African Caribbean communities, the original sources of the banjo, the instrument was still played and remained a vital element in their musical culture well into the 20th century… despite deep-seated ambivalence over the banjo's association with the negative stereotypes popularized in minstrelsy.
The Banjo Revival
By the 1920s, the plectrum banjo, tenor banjo, and all the various banjo hybrids eventually overshadowed the standard 5-string banjo to the point where it had one foot stepping into oblivion and the other hovering over a banana peel. Most manufacturers confined production of 5-strings to a few new models made in relatively small batches. Today, resonator banjos with original 5-string necks that were made in the 1920s and '30s by the major banjo manufacturers of the day-- like Gibson, Bacon & Day, Paramount, Epiphone and so on-- top the list of "holy grails" for banjo collectors and players.
Still, the 5-string banjo survived primarily as a folk instrument-- especially in the rural South and Southwest where it was used mainly to accompany singing and dancing, as well as backing up the fiddle in old-time country music.
Thanks to the advent of bluegrass music in the 1940s and the Folk Revival in the late 1950s and early '60s, the 5-string banjo is enjoying new popularity the world over for all kinds of music.
-- Shlomo Pestcoe
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On March 22, Leslie Adams attended a private event in Washington, D.C., where she was celebrated as being one of 48 artists included in the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
Her work will be on display at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery for the next 11 months.
"For a portrait artist, it doesn't get any better than the National Portrait Gallery," Adams said. "Don't let the term 'gallery' mislead you, it's a beautiful, beautiful museum."
The show, which opened March 23 and will run until Feb. 23, 2014, is located next to the Hall of Presidents.
"The exposure is going to be incredible," Adams said. "When [people] walk out of the Hall of Presidents, it just falls into our gallery where our show is."
This is the second time Adams has been chosen for the competition, last time making it to the top 100, this year the top 48. Adams is the second person from Toledo recognized; David Eichenberg was a finalist in 2009.
"Probably close to 10,000 entries and two people from Toledo have been part of the show," Adams said. "That's a pretty big deal."
Adams entered a charcoal-drawn self-portrait into the contest. The same portrait, featuring her sitting in front of MRI images of her brain, was featured in the Toledo Area Artists Exhibition. Since then, she has had a solo exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art.
"It was that drawing that was the reason I had a solo show at the museum," Adams said.
Adams heard about the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition while she was a member of the Portrait Society of America. The triennial juried exhibition invites works in traditional media, including oil paintings, drawings and photographs, according to a news release.
Of the more than 3,000 entries, 48 were chosen to appear in the gallery. Seven of those 48 were selected for a cash prize. First place earned $25,000 and "a commission to create a portrait of a living individual for the museum's permanent collection."
The competition was started after Virginia Outwin Boochever left $2 million to the gallery when she died.
"The vision of Virginia Outwin Boochever was to increase awareness about portraiture as a vibrant art form," said Wendy Wick Reaves, interim director of the museum, in a news release.
Adams was motivated by Boochever's vision.
"I think so many people walk in museums, and with realistic portraiture … they think this is done from somebody a long time ago," Adams said. "I think what she means is that there are still living, breathing people that paint portraits. It's not a lost art; it's not a dying art. It's still a profession and it's just an amazing profession to be in."
In Toledo, Adams spends her time painting political figures. Because of this, she took advantage of her time in Washington, D.C.
"It's important to me to go to the capital to see the artwork there," Adams said.
Adams has worked in Downtown Toledo for close to 20 years after growing up in the South End, she said. She worked out of another, smaller studio Downtown before moving to her current location on Huron Street four years ago.
Many of her clients are state senators, governors and judges.
Each portrait requires an average of 400 hours of work by Adams and her assistants. Adams employs a traditional technique of portrait painting, which consists of a lengthy process of drawing and painting multiple layers of flesh tones and light. Much of this process is spent really getting to know the subject, physically and on a personal level, Adams said.
Adams is also working on portraits of Paul Gillmor for the Ohio Senate and Justice Francis Sweeney and Judge Robert Morton Duncan for the Supreme Court of Ohio.
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The Hilbert College men's volleyball team got back on the winning track as Adam Weaver returned to action and led the Hawks with 43 kills and 19 digs in two road wins March 3. Stephen Phillips set for 81 total assists and led with 5 service aces during the tri-match. After beating Wells in three-straight sets, it took five games to get the win over Lancaster Bible College. Hilbert improved to 5-11 after Saturday's games.
In the morning match against Wells, Hilbert stormed out of the gate to win the first set easily (25-12). Wells put together a good run in the middle game but Hilbert held strong and won (26-24). The Hawks earned a two-game sweep over the Express this season with a (25-18) final set score. Weaver's .500 hitting percentage just edged Fred Sickau's .421 (9 kills, 1 error). Phillips earned all but one of the team's 33 assists and Ryan Ratajczak's eight digs tied game-high honors with Weaver. Wells' Ryan Huggins led the winless Express with six kills.
Against Lancaster Bible, the roller coaster ride of set scores (25-7, 19-25, 25-18, 20-25, 15-11) fell in Hilbert's favor after they won the first set. Lancaster won the second and fourth sets with Hilbert capturing the third and final shortened game to 15 points. Phillips again earned 49 assists in five sets, while Weaver claimed 28 kills (.467) and Ratajczak kept the play alive with his team-leading 22 digs. Sickau finished with 8 kills and 13 digs, and Adam Clabo, back from an ankle injury, had 10 digs. The Hawks almost doubled Lancaster Bible's kills (60-32) but Lancaster finished with 13 blocks to keep the game close. Jessie Corbin's nine kills worked off of Alex Bahn's 28 assists for the 5-8 Chargers.
The Hawks travel to D'Youville College (March 7) to complete the home and away series with the Spartans. Earlier this season, Hilbert dropped a 4-set match on February 1. After the mid-week match, Hilbert finishes the United Volleyball Conference cross-over match-play in Rochester March 10 and 11. Hilbert will face Vassar (2-4) and SUNY New Paltz (5-1) Saturday and finish against Bard (0-6) Sunday at Nazareth College.
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The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm's center early Wednesday was about 50 miles south-southwest of New Orleans and moving slowly.
Authorities say a storm surge driven by Isaac pushed water over the top of an 18-mile stretch of levee in a thinly populated part of Plaquemines Parish.
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Plaquemines officials believe some people may be trapped in their homes by the flood but they are not sure how many might still be in the area. Strong wind was hampering rescue efforts.
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