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The 15th edition of the Arkansas Times Academic All-Star Team is much like all those before it.
Valedictorians are commonplace. So are National Merit Scholarship finalists. Advanced placement courses? Our winners have taken most of those available at their schools and made As in the process.
The group illustrates the richness of Arkansas education and its people. The list is studded with newcomers from around the globe as well as home-grown winners from schools dotted all the way from the Delta to Northwest Arkansas. They write, dance, play music and sports, in addition to acing course after course. They also dream — of big careers and big achievements; in fields from journalism to medicine and science.
We selected this team in a two-step process. Applications were invited from all high schools, public and private, and home schoolers. Each school could name one male and one female student. An initial review of the nominees (all are listed in this issue) produced a list of 30, from which judges chose 20 winners — 10 males and 10 females.
The students will be honored this week in a ceremony at UALR, a sponsor of the competition. They'll also be featured in programs on AETN. Each will receive a $200 cash award.
On with the winners:
Age: 18
Hometown: Rogers
High School: Rogers High School
Parents: Keven and Lisa Anderson
College plans: Deciding between St. Louis University and Creighton
In the books, on the court
Chelsea Anderson doesn't mind a challenge. According to her high school counselor, Carlton Efurd, Chelsea has taken 10 AP classes since she was a sophomore and is currently enrolled in five at once. If that wasn't enough, she also plays basketball and was the captain of her volleyball team.
"She's ranked number one in the class and she's a great student," Efurd says. "I've never heard a negative comment about her."
"I've had to practice for at least two hours after school, every day, from August until March," Chelsea says. "During basketball season I would have to stay up until 1 or 2 in the morning. It's calmed down a little bit now though and it's nice to just be dealing with school."
But Efurd says Chelsea is more than just a top student or a star athlete.
"She has a goal, she has a plan and she knows what she wants to do," Efurd says. "That's what's so neat about her. She's not just about her, she's about helping others."
Chelsea volunteers for the Rogers Little Theater, community clean-up projects, and local political campaigns, but she's probably most proud of her work with the Special Olympics.
"Over the summer they get together and play sports, so a few of my friends from the volleyball team and I will teach them how to play volleyball and just play with them," Hannah says. "I just like to help people."
Hannah hopes to help people for a career. She plans to be a doctor.
Age: 18
Hometown: Little Rock
High School: Pulaski Academy
Parents: Ken and Joanna Berry
College plans: Deciding among New York University, University of St. Andrew's in Scotland, Princeton, Columbia, Barnard, Penn and Brown
If there is one thing that Kensey Berry has learned over the past year and a half, it's that she has no Achilles heel, figuratively speaking. Literally, however – well, that's a different story.
Last fall, Kensey tore her Achilles tendon while practicing for competitive springboard diving. After spending months on crutches and even more in a walking boot, she came back to place third in the state.
"She's a fighter," says Bill Topich, head of the social science department at Pulaski Academy. "She's one of my all-time favorite students."
After her injury forced her to the sidelines, the long-time diver, cross-country runner, cyclist, basketball player and cheerleader had to find other things to do with her time.
"I was involved in athletics for so long that that was my identity," she says. "When it was taken away, I did a lot of self-exploration. I found other things that inspired me, like academics and human rights issues. I got really involved with Amnesty International and invested myself in other things that proved to be really rewarding."
"She's a real down-to-earth humanitarian, a great kid, and one of the most gifted writers and researchers I've taught," Topich says.
Kensey hopes to combine her knack for writing and her passion for human rights into a career, perhaps in investigative journalism. So far she has been accepted to New York University and St. Andrew's University in Scotland. She's still waiting to hear from other schools, including Princeton, and will make a decision on where to go sometime this summer.
Age: 17
Hometown: Crossett
High School: Crossett High School
Parents: Keith and Sherri Breshears
College plans: Deciding among the University of Arkansas Honors College and Ouachita Baptist University
Jumping In
When Hanna Breshears' school counselor Scott Sasser describes her, the usual words come up: motivated, intelligent, etc. Then he continues, "she's easy-going, laid-back." Wait. Easy-going? Laid-back? That doesn't fit the usual description of the over-achieving, AP class-taking, stressed-out star student. But with Hannah, it fits.
"I like to be involved and I like to be in the middle of things," Hannah says. "But sometimes you have to let go and go outside, or play music or take pictures."
"She is a very conscientious, self-motivated young lady," Sasser says. "She takes her academics very seriously, but she still enjoys life."
When she's not in class, playing the French horn with the school's band, taking pictures for the yearbook or working as a part-time photographer, Hannah makes time to volunteer. She's active in her church, tutors younger students at school and helps out at the local library.
"In the summer I work during the week just shelving books and doing busy work, but when they have programs for elementary and junior high kids I read to the kids and help with their art projects," Hannah says. "I was always at the library a lot and it was just one of those things where you see something fun going on and you just want to jump in and help."
Hannah is interested in medicine and journalism and wants to work in a field that combines the two.
"I'm thinking of traveling, working as a doctor and reporting on what I see," she says
Age: 18
Hometown: Little Rock
High School: Pulaski Academy
Parents: Dave and Stacy Grundfest
College plans: Deciding among Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton and Stanford
Wrestling with idealism
"Dave, you're a pragmatic idealist," his dad told him one morning over coffee. It's true. Dave Grundfest said he's always thought "the private sector is not the problem but the answer." But it's not a big-shot corporate future he's interested in, it's social responsibility.
Bill Topich, head of the social sciences department at Pulaski Academy, says Dave is a gifted researcher and writer, but he's also a very compassionate person. Perhaps that's why his senior thesis is about giving.
"I'm interested in the cost-benefit of corporate social responsibility," Dave says. "If we can get a model where it makes sense economically to conduct better business that's better for the environment, better for people, and if consumers see that and are willing to pay a premium for it, then we can have a different system – business that doesn't hurt the environment, but helps the environment by putting a premium on doing the right thing."
Dave has gained national recognition with other research projects. His work has been published in the Concord Review, a journal that publishes work by high school students.
Aside from his intellectual pursuits, Dave is a star athlete. He is an all-state football player and wrestler. Juggling academics and sports can be difficult, but Dave says his family, friends, teachers and coaches understand there are a lot of demands on his time.
"There's no secret to it. You just have to get it done, sleep less and stress a lot and it all kind of works out," he says with a laugh.
John lepine
Age: 17
Hometown: Little Rock
High School: Little Rock Christian Academy
Parents: Bob and Mary Ann Lepine
College plans: University of Tulsa, history and economics
Fun with Latin
Many are intimidated by classical Latin; John Lepine has fun with it. He and friends produced a movie for Latin class based on a story from Roman mythology. Seeing that none of the males on the project was the muscular-warrior type of the story's hero, and that one of the female students was quite forceful (though not masculine), the collaborators rewrote the story, changing the gender of the leading character. The movie, including trips to Hades and other hijinks, was "hilarious," according to a Latin teacher.
"I entered high school as a piano-playin', Tae Kwon Do-fightin', play-actin' Quiz Bowl captain," John writes. "I am leaving high school as a djembe-playin', debate-fightin', play-actin' Quiz Bowl Captain. In some ways, I've changed; in others I've stayed the same."
He's president of the LRCA debate society and has participated in eight plays since 2005, including having the title role in "The Music Man" last month. He's won a maximo cum egregio laude gold medal for a perfect score on the Latin II National Latin Exam, and his school's Top Student Awards for AP European History, Honors Chemistry and Spanish IV. He's a worship leader in Redeemer Community Church and Redeemed of Christ youth group, and a member of the Arkansas Choral Society. As for the djembe … "I decided early on in high school that classical piano was not my forte (pun definitely intended), and instead began pursuing guitar, singing and eventually percussion."
JOHN McDANIEL
Age: 18
Hometown: Jonesboro
High School: Jonesboro High
Parents: Connie Meeks and James McDaniel
College plans: Undecided, biotechnology and business
Different drum major
As field commander (aka drum major), John McDaniel is out in front of the Jonesboro High Marching Band. Being in front is a familiar place for him. He's been named Best Overall Drum Major at five marching band competitions. Academically, he's first in a class of 318. On the track, he's in front of other runners, having made all-conference as a member of the Jonesboro 4 x 800 relay team. And he's president of the Student Council.
With that kind of success, it's not surprising that he likes school, an affinity he knows is not shared by many of his peers. In fact, he says, it's most often looked down on. "So I keep my thoughts to myself, but every Monday morning, I'm the happiest guy in the building." Among the Times' academic all-stars, he can let his hair down.
John spearheaded the formation of a group at JHS called The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. The League holds fund-raisers for charity, such as a recent Eurobash that raised $2,000 for Red Cross hurricane relief. He's a member of Mu Alpha Theta, the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society, the Beta Club and the Rotary Interact Club, and a peer tutor for math and science. He's also Mr. JHS, winner of the University of Mississippi Lott Leadership Institute Scholarship, a Rotary Club Super Senior, and an Outstanding Percussionist.
Age: 18
Hometown: Little Rock
High School: Central High School
Parents: Mei Long and Xiaowei Xu
College plans: Undecided, international relations
Approachable genius
Yeqian Xu — Henry to his friends — is garrulous and outgoing and interested in everything, from movies to food, especially food. So even if you don't understand his research into yeast genetics, and ergosterol and the aging process, which Central's No. 2 student has done in his spare time at UALR, you'll still find him completely humble and approachable, in a genius kind of way. His articulate and expressive English is all the more remarkable considering he didn't speak the language until he moved here in 2002.
An example of Henry's eloquence from his All-Star essay about his research: "Though I only played with sea shells and Newton's 'great ocean of truth' lies endlessly ahead, I inch closer to the water with each set of new data." With his grasp of and already deep immersion in science, you might think he's pondering a career in the laboratory. But no. "If you stay in the lab, that restricts your potential," he said.
Instead, he's thinking of going into international relations or working perhaps with the World Health Organization — something that would put his scientific knowledge to use for the betterment of the world. Rejecting, as he said, the vita contemplativa for the vita activa. (He really does say things like that.)
This charming teen-ager is also quick to show appreciation for the people in his life: His parents, who he said are "really chill." The kids in Little Rock's Sturbridge neighborhood, where he first lived, for teaching him to speak English — he was happy to be able to fully express his thanks recently to one of them. Of a friend at Central, who "expanded his horizons" with her Southern cooking. Of his biology teacher, Annice Steadman: "If God were to reinvent the universe and needed help, he could turn to Mrs. Steadman" to help. Henry, with his National Merit, AP, science, German and piano awards could probably give the Almighty a hand as well.
Age: 18
Hometown: Little Rock
High School: Hall High
Parents: Maria Antonio Tellez and Jose C. Ruiz
College plans: Hendrix, biology
Quick study
When Roberto Ruiz came to Hall High School from his native Mexico as a freshman, he spoke little English. Two and a half years later, he won an advanced placement award in English. He currently ranks second in his graduating class. Roberto explains his achievement, humbly and simply. "I had lots of help from school. My teachers were patient."
It's his nature to deflect praise, according to Hall's counselor, Susan Flowers. "He thinks he does what everybody does. He doesn't think he's anything special." That is, when it comes to academics. Last April, Roberto received his visa and became an American citizen. He calls it the most significant achievement in his life. Particularly considering, as he says, the countless who've died trying to reach our borders, and the more than 12 million of his "brothers and sisters living in darkness" here "following the American dream."
Roberto advocates for non-English speakers in Hall's Newcomer Program, offering himself as a tutor and translating morning announcements into Spanish. He serves on Hall's student council, is a member of Beta and Key Club and earned the highest-average award in 11 classes. His favorite subject is biology. "It's the study of life," he says, by way of explanation, as if it were self-evident. He'll attend Hendrix College next fall, where he plans to learn more about life en route to becoming a doctor.
Age: 17
Hometown: North Little Rock
High School: North Little Rock High West
Parents: Gary and Gladys Wood
College plans: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, majoring in chemistry for pre-med
Dancing around cancer
Julia Wood loves to dance and has done so competitively for six years — lyrical, jazz, tap. It helps to be light on your feet when you have so much ground to cover.
Julia will graduate at the top of her class of 543 while taking courses in the challenging International Baccalaureate curriculum. This means her straight As are in courses where the standardized measure applies to IB students worldwide.
You can't slack when there are tough tests to be taken and long essays to be written. Diagnosed with a malignant thyroid last summer, Julia had to undergo a second operation early in the school year. She was told she'd have to miss several weeks of school. "I had surgery after school Friday and then tried to go to school Monday. I was determined not to miss. I didn't make it Monday, but I did make it Tuesday." And each succeeding day. With that same determination, she salvaged study notes following a house fire at Thanksgiving that still has her family in alternate shelter.
Such setbacks not only didn't deter Julia's classwork, she kept up with her double duty as a mentor with young children.
In one program, she tutors at-risk pre-schoolers twice a week, She goes to another North Little Rock school each week to help Spanish-speaking students learn English. On the side, she teaches the two- and three-year-olds at her dance studio.
Julia hopes to be a pediatrician and have a "semi-big" family herself some day. "I really love little kids. They just bring a lot of joy to my day, no matter how bad a day I have." And vice versa.
Age: 18
Parengs: Jim and Lori Shelton
Hometown: Searcy
High school: Harding Academy
College plans: Harding University
Hannah Shelton traces her love of literature to the second grade, when a teacher's love of reading proved contagious. Then, in the fourth grade, she watched a film adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice," which led her to the book, which put her on a path to becoming a full-on bibliophile. "I love books," she says. "They're a place to escape all the high school drama — who's taking who to the dance and so on. Book drama is a lot easier to deal with than teenage drama."
It's that respite that's inspired Hannah's current career path. "I want to wage war on apathy," she says. After college, she says she plans on throwing herself amidst "angst-ridden, hormonal teenagers as an English teacher" in hopes of showing them "the humor of Donne…the purity of Wordsworth" and "the magic of Shakespeare."
Beyond her passion, she seems to possess the disposition of a good teacher, according to her counselor, Dennis Rine. "She's a very cooperative student. If you give her an assignment, she's going to be very creative with it. And she's a servant. She's always willing to tutor and help out students of less ability."
"I really like explaining things to people," says Hannah. "I like seeing the light bulb go off when people get it."
Her resume certainly points to the sort of acumen we'd like in all of our teachers. She's a National Merit finalist, who scored a point away from a perfect score on the ACT and who will graduate first in her class.
Age: 18
Hometown: Bryant
High School: Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts
Parent: Jerrie Stokes
College plans: First choice is Yale University, hopes to go into medicine
Yen for research
Paula Branch, counselor at Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts in Hot Springs, says Alex Stokes is as competitive as the next kid at the state's selective enrollment boarding school. He's a National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist, with sky-high SAT and ACT scores and As in senior-year courses that sound like a college lineup — anatomy, genetics, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, organic chemistry, vector calculus. And there's Spanish IV. He was supposed to be in Spanish III, but had a schedule conflict. He got a tutor and skipped ahead to the tougher class.
For all this achievement, Branch says, "He's not self-interested. He's really interested in trying to come up with things that will make a difference, in science or the community."
Branch says Alex is a leader of the school community and a dedicated volunteer, particularly at Arkansas Children's Hospital, where his work ranges from patient services to lab tech. He has played drums in the band and piano and competes in Quiz Bowl and the Model UN competition. All this, when he's not in the lab.
Alex spent eight weeks last summer at the University of Missouri in a gene-cloning project to use bacteria to degrade waste paper into hydrogen for fuel use. For science fair this year he has investigated — and demonstrated — a genetic link for dyslexia. It's all just a prelude, he says, to the higher order research he hopes to pursue in college. A career in medicine is his goal, whether in practice or research he's not yet sure. Neuroscience is his current passion.
He chose Math and Science High to see if he could "get a handle" early on learning to live away from home in a college environment. Sounds like he passed the test.
Age: 18
Hometown: Fayetteville
High School: Fayetteville High
Parents: Jiangzhou Wang and Leiping Xu
College plans: Applied to 22 schools, including Ivy League, Vanderbilt and Rice, hopes to study economics
Trading on trilingualism
"There's no room for error with April. She's very detailed," says Fayetteville counselor Dawn Norman.
The record shows it. She's a National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist whose roster of high test scores includes perfect 800s in the SAT II Math 2 test and Chinese. April had an advantage in Chinese. Born in California, she moved to Hong Kong at age three and added knowledge of Cantonese to the Mandarin she was learning at home. She was 10 when her father, an electrical engineering professor, took a job at UA, but she remains a triple-language threat. She even does church double duty, with worship, Bible study and translation duties at both a conventional Baptist Church and a Chinese Christian congregation.
April is an AP Scholar with Distinction, with college-creditworthy scores in eight courses covering history, economics, calculus, psychology, composition and history. She's No. 1 in a class of 534 at Fayetteville High, traditionally home to some of the state's brightest students, thanks to the university community's influence. But she's about more than class and tests.
Deadly serious? Not at all. Spare time finds her on the ice at the Jones Center, figure skating. "I like spinning and jumping. Just for fun."
She has an interest in economics and hopes her command of three languages might mean a future for her in international business. Her aim, she says, is not just connecting businesses in China and America, but "bringing harmony" to the two countries.
Age: 18
Hometown: Marianna
High School: Lee High School
Parents: Pervis and Geneva Jones
College plans: University of Oklahoma, engineering
On his way
Down in Marianna, there's a guy named Dedric Jones. He wants to go places outside his small town. To be honest, though, it didn't always look like he'd make it.
A standout on the football field, Dedric wasn't working up to his potential academically by the time he entered Lee High School, says school counselor Michael Rodriguez. Dedric himself admits that he could be argumentative with his teachers and other students — even abrasive. In his early days at Lee High, he was often in trouble because of his attitude.
"There's a thin line between being determined and [being] hardheaded," Rodriguez said. "I think as a ninth grader, Dedric tended to stay on the side of hardheaded."
That year, however, Dedric came to a decision. While on a three-day suspension from school, he decided that if he wanted to achieve something with his life, he had to buckle down, get a better attitude toward his teachers and schoolwork, and work hard to be an academic success.
"That day, I realized that the only person standing in my way was me. I literally had to become a new person," he said. "Where I'm from, you get out in either two ways: athletics, or having the brains to take yourself away. If I don't excel in athletics or in academics, the chances of me leaving this town are very slim."
To accomplish that, he set a goal of making a grade of 95 or higher on every assignment. Once the teachers he had sparred with learned of his commitment, they met him halfway. Since then, he has rocketed to a rank of number one academically in his class, all while remaining an all-around standout on the football team, playing six different positions.
Dedric has become a devotee of computer-aided drafting, and plans to study architecture and engineering. He said his parents have been a great inspiration to him. His mother, in particular, has encouraged him to succeed.
"My momma told me to never settle for less, only settle for the best," he said.
Age: 17
Hometown: Fayetteville
High School: Fayetteville High School
Parents: William and Robin Jones
College plans: University of Arkansas, biology or chemistry
Video star
For Alex Jones, fun is found on the small screen. A senior at Fayetteville High School, where he is ranked number one in his class, Alex discovered his love for shooting and editing digital video in the 10th grade, when he took a class on video production on a whim. Soon, he was smitten. Since then, Alex has worked extensively on video projects, and has attended several national conferences on the subject. In addition, he serves as the anchor for a monthly, student-produced news show at Fayetteville High called "Breaking the Leash."
"I guess it's just the fact that it's something that I can do that's not just academic," Alex said. "I can get a little bogged down with all the classes I'm taking, and this allows me something a little bit different during the day. I just find it unique."
Alex has a 4.26 GPA, and scored a 36 on his ACT exam. He attended Arkansas Governor's School in 2008, and was one of only 40 students in the state nominated to be a Presidential Scholar. Other than his video production class, he said his favorite subject is chemistry. While he doesn't know where he'll attend college at this writing, he said he'll probably go to the University of Arkansas, where he has been offered an Honors College Fellowship.
Though Alex said he isn't sure yet what he wants to do with his life (though he is seriously considering going into orthodontics), he said he could see himself working behind the scenes on a high profile television news show like "60 Minutes" someday. For now, he's looking forward to college, and excited about the possibilities of the video medium.
"I find when I'm watching TV or a movie or something, I start to notice all the elements," he said. "I think about, oh, wouldn't that be cool if I could incorporate something like that? It's just about trying to find a creative way to do something."
Age: 17
Hometown: Little Rock
High School: Episcopal Collegiate School
Parents: Michael Knabe and Belinda Belvins-Knabe
College plans: Undecided, but hoping for Yale or Princeton
Budding newsman
Being a reporter these days can be a little depressing. Nearly every week brings word of another newspaper shuttered. Some even say the sun is setting on traditional print journalism as a profession. We have reason to hope, however, after talking with Little Rock's Reid Knabe. If Reid, the editor-in-chief of Episcopal's student newspaper, The Shield and Laurel, turns out to be one of the next generation of news gatherers, we've got nothing to worry about.
In addition to his work on the student paper, Reid is interested in politics as well. In 2008, he volunteered to help get out the vote for then-candidate Barack Obama. Prior to that, he founded a discussion group called Politically Conscious Young Minds. Reid said he started the group to take a broader look at the political process. He has found that the student body at Episcopal is more informed on political topics than most.
"What I've found from talking to other people around the city is that people think they're plugged in, but really they're just saying things they've heard. They haven't actually done any deeper research, so it's more of a surface-level thing."
A great fan of English and the written word, for the past three years Reid has participated in an online competition known as National Novel Writing Month. Participants write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days – a process he called grueling. When he's not cranking out a novel in a month, he also writes poetry and short stories, and has played classical piano since he was four years old. That hasn't slowed his studies down, however. A National Merit Scholar, his GPA stands at 4.36. He won a prestigious Jefferson Scholarship, worth $175,000, to the University of Virginia.
Age: 17
Hometown: Gillett
School: Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts
Parents: Jody and Edward Wood
College plans: Plans to major in computer science
Playing with fire
Tobe Wood is a serious-minded student who, she says, likes "to play with fire." What she means is, she enjoys operating the linstock to light the Spanish garrison gun in the colonial re-enactments she takes part in at Arkansas Post, where her father is superintendent.
But it's a far more advanced technology that really drives Tobe, who plans on a career in some area of computer science — perhaps in artificial intelligence. She likes to know how things work; she describes herself as analytical and says, "I take everything apart I can get my hands on." She's seen something of how the world works too, since as a young child she lived on Guam in the tropical Mariana Islands. Moving to Gillett at age 7 gave her "a real culture shock." Tobe was eager to go to ASMSA in 11th grade to fill her schedule with advanced science and math courses. "Right now I'm taking AP physics and chemistry, which my home school definitely did not offer," she says. Coming from a fairly isolated home — she had only one neighbor within five miles — Tobe says ASMSA also provided "one of my first true social experiences." (Still, she says, she can remember numbers "much better than names and faces.")
Tobe has won a medal for chess and has an artistic side as well, winning second place in the Junior Duck Stamp Competition. She assures a reporter that ASMSA isn't a grind. "Some people get the idea we're all work and no play," Tobe says. "That's definitely not the case."
Age: 17
Hometown: Little Rock
High School: Hall High
Parents: Beatrice Reed and Troy Price
College plans: Undecided, journalism
Winner out loud
You wouldn't know it now, but Temple Price once had a speech impediment. She remembers a female voice saying, "She doesn't stutter, she repeats." She feared that classmates would think her stupid. Speech therapy was prescribed. Though she once considered the therapy punishment for not speaking properly, she eventually stopped repeating herself. As a high school student, she was named the Arkansas State Champion for Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation contest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. The Arkansas championship earned her a trip to Washington — "one of the dream cities for an aspiring journalist" — to compete in the national contest.
Temple ranks first in her class academically, and has won numerous awards for academic achievement, including Book Awards from Randolph College and Vassar. She's president of the Key Club and the National Honor Society, and a member of the Beta Club and the Student Council Executive Board. She played soccer. She's been a member of the Mayor's Youth Council, and the Youth Diversity Council for the Little Rock Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission. Teachers say she's an accomplished writer and poet.
Still, being state champion in the Poetry Out Loud contest is the thing she's proudest of — "Because it was the end of the farthest journey."
Age: 18
Hometown: Fort Smith
High School: Southside High School
Parents: Gary and Lana Hunt
College plans: University of Tulsa
Taber Hunt of Southside High in Fort Smith is what you might call a Renaissance man. The president of the Student Council and a National Merit Scholar Finalist, he also is a three-year letterman in football and track. In his spare time, he volunteers with Habitat for Humanity, and coaches Boys and Girls Club basketball. He's also an accomplished fiction writer, and loves architecture (he's considering majoring in that subject in college). He's got a lot of irons in the fire, but his grades haven't slipped. He currently has a 4.1 GPA, and scored a 34 on his ACT exam.
Though Taber once considered going into politics, he said his experiences at Arkansas Boys State and Boys Nation showed him he isn't cut out for the world of politics. Long term, he wants to go to law school, possibly specializing in business or international law.
Asked why he pushes himself so hard academically when it is easy to just kick back and coast through high school, Taber said his motive comes from deep within. "I think I've just got this drive in me," he said. "I hate feeling inferior, and I've got a very competitive nature with myself. I try to be good at whatever I do. I feel like I've let myself down if I don't."
Age: 18
Hometown: Searcy
High school: Searcy High School
Parents: Steve and Lori Scanlon
College plans: Harding University
Family tradition
Academic excellence runs in Samantha Scanlon's family. The Searcy High school senior will finish first in her class, a year after her brother graduated as the valedictorian. But to say that scholastic achievement comes naturally to Sarah discounts a resume built, clearly, on hard work — nary a B, from kindergarten through 12th grade, including in every AP class offered at Searcy High (aside from French; she opted for Spanish).
Still, she's also managed to find time to play first chair flute in marching and concert band (for which she's twice earned All Region honors), serve on the Quiz Bowl team and participate in Beta Club, Key Club, Spanish Club and the National Honor Society.
"She devours information," says Julia Roddy, her guidance counselor. "She recognizes her abilities are gifts that she has the ability to cultivate."
This summer, Samantha hopes to cultivate her interest in medicine in the MASH program in a local hospital. Her interest in medicine is twofold, she says. "I love biology and I really like helping people."
Age: 17
School: Central High School
Parents: Liqun Xu and Maohua Cao
College plans: Undecided, pre-med
Citizen of the world
Ying Xu, who goes by Linda, loves studio art. She's had a charcoal phase and now she's into painting. German artist Kathe Kollwitz, who chose the oppressed as her subject matter, is one of her favorites. But Linda has a practical bent of mind: She plans to go into a profession, rather than become "a starving artist." The top-ranked student checked Central out on the Internet before moving from Montreal to Little Rock. She was amazed at what she saw ("It's huge!") and, when she arrived, equally amazed at Little Rock ("It's tiny!") before the move, prompted by her father's job in electrical engineering.
Depending on the profession she chooses — she's leaning toward medicine — she could work wherever Chinese, French or English is spoken, because of her fluency. She's earned that fluency the hard way — by being "dragged from city to city, province to province" as her father sought work.
She was particularly impressed by the history she found at Central High and the focus on race relations. She's pretty impressed, too, by her enthusiastic government teacher, Chuck West, who she said "will stop you in the hall and ask you about the supply and demand curve."
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Su"mac, Su"mach (?), n. [F. sumac, formerly sumach (cf. Sp. zumaque), fr. Ar. summaq.] [Written also shumac.]
1. Bot.
Any plant of the genus Rhus, shrubs or small trees with usually compound leaves and clusters of small flowers. Some of the species are used in tanning, some in dyeing, and some in medicine. One, the Japanese Rhus vernicifera, yields the celebrated Japan varnish, or lacquer.
The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing.
Poison sumac. Bot. See under Poison.
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Oh I love this coat rack. I'm a sucker for a blackboard at the best of times... but mixed in with a coat rack?... perfect for all seasons.... snow gear or beach towels! I'm off to the snow for a couple of weeks for a very 'active' family holiday. Will be back soon.


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Fat Roland teams up with The Lowry - an announcement
I'm de-flipping-lighted to announce that I applied for a Week 53 #DevelopedWith commission at The Lowry - and won.
"But what the heck does that mean, Fats?" I hear you weep through snotted face.
Good question, reader. It means I get to work with The Lowry theatre in Salford to put on a show.
"What kind of show?" you sob-laugh amid shuddering wet bawls of resigned sadness.
Thanks for asking. The show will be a development - and then some - of the kind of music-related hot guff forced onto audiences at my first two Edinburgh free Fringe shows with Laughing Horse. So expect plenty of all-new Fat Roland weirdness, an actual real story narrative, and a whole world of cartoons when the show opens in May next year.
"What kind of cartoons?" you whisper weakly from the chasm of your own despair.
Stop asking questions now, it's getting annoying. Apparently there were 154 applicants, so I'm dead chuffed to get this. It was a lot of fun pitching to The Lowry. Check out previous #DevelopedWith people here.
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According to Castle Dental, cider vinegar helps whiten teeth. It should be swished around the mouth full strength, if possible. However, this sometimes causes tooth sensitivity. Men's Health recommends making a mouth rinse with one part vinegar and two parts water.
Castle Dental identifies other ways to keep teeth white. Brushing the tongue helps remove bacteria that cause tooth stain. Crunchy vegetables, including raw carrots, apples and cauliflower, help remove stains and plaque that build up on teeth.
Men's Health states that acidic fruits, such as oranges, limes and lemons, wear away tooth enamel over time. The mouth should be rinsed with water after eating theses foods. In addition, baking soda should not be used to brighten teeth because it is too abrasive. Brushing with it regularly eventually erodes tooth enamel.


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Thursday, March 08, 2018
Market.Kitchen.Table.: A New Café On Court Street That Also Offers A Meal Plan Delivered Right To Your Home
The menu changes weekly and can be modified to accommodate dietary restrictions.
Posted by Katia at 2:05 PM
Labels: 521 Court Street, Carroll Gardens, Market Kitchen Table, Opening
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Their food is really delicious and the ladies that run this place are one of a kind. They are the sweetest, friendliest gals. Try their tumeric coffee, house-cured salmon, and yummy pastries; you won't be disappointed. Let's show them some Court Street love, especially after losing Slowteria and the pharmacy!
- March 08, 2018 2:16 PM
- Andrew Porter said...
Prices start at $180 for 3 days if you pick it up, $220 for the same thing delivered.
Waaaay out of my price range—or the sort of food I'd eat.
- March 08, 2018 4:32 PM
I want to support small businesses, especially this area of Court Street but $8.00 for Avocado Toast? Yes, rents and costs of ingredients are very high but *what* goes on to that toast to justify that cost?
- March 12, 2018 10:41 AM
Prices are a little absurd.
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Each year the IEA offers assistance to our members through programs funded through the IEA Benevolent Fund. The Financial Assistance Program offers aid to incoming rider members who require help financing their IEA competition. The Coaches Assistance Grant offers financial assistance to our member Coaches in their time of need.
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Our National Sportsmanship Award is open to recipients of the Sportsmanship winners from each of our regular season shows. In years past, the award winner has received $500 from the IEA and up to $1000 more in associated scholarships sponsored by the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association.
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The USHJA offers a membership category for IEA Members. At just $15, USHJA Scholastic members will have access to various USHJA educational programs, as well as awards, and recognition, and become part of a growing community of hunter/jumper equestrians.
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Business Systems Analyst II
Department Description: Working on the Ambulatory Systems team, the Business Systems Analyst II position will be supporting BIDMC's Patient Portal (PatientSite). This candidate will work with clinicians, programmers and patients to support and enhance this application as well as projects associated with it. In addition, this position will provide application support as well as support the governance of the PatientSite Steering Committee, and the initiatives that result from committee discussions.
Job Location: Boston, MA
Req ID: 27837BR
Job Summary: Leads project teams in the implementation of small and mid-size clinical systems into the production environment.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Collaborates with the project manager to create and maintain a project charter and plan with associated resources, milestones, and timeline needed to complete the project. Assists with development and maintenance of risk assessment & mitigation, communication, change management, and quality management project plans.
- Develops and implements go live plans, including task list, timeline, staffing coverage, disaster contingency & recovery plans, and communication. Assists in staffing for other departmental go live activities as needed
- Coordinates the kickoff and ongoing team meetings, prepare agendas, lead the discussions, and ensure meeting minutes are available for team members following the meeting.
- Leads in the creation of end user training materials and operational policies and procedures related to day-to-day application functionality.
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- High School diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
- 3-5 years related work experience required.
- Advanced technical computer skills as required for technical support specific to functional area and related systems.
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- Experience in project management and Information Systems with the automation of departmental and/or enterprise-wide systems; experience in data conversions, upgrades, testing, report writing and interface activities.
- Written Communications:Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
- Oral Communications:Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
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Camp Decision USA
Camp Decision is an outreach of Family Worship Center Port Orange.
Since its beginning in 1990, this week-long youth camp has had more than 27,000 youth in attendance. Its purpose is to provide an atmosphere where youth can make a decision to live for Jesus Christ with an emphasis on the move of the Spirit and the miraculous. Pastors John and Cathy Mazza have been involved since its inception and are the Camp Directors. Camp Decision's motto is "We Are A Holy Ghost Youth Camp, That's What We Are and That's What We'll Be"!
Camp Decision International
The purpose internationally is the same as in the U.S.A.; to provide an atmosphere where youth can make a "decision" to live for Jesus Christ with an emphasis on the move of the Spirit and the miraculous. Internationally the plan is to assist a local church and train the nationals in doing camps. The current International Camp Decisions are Camp Decision SPAIN, Camp Decision QUEBEC and Camp Decision PERU.
Camp Decision truly believes in the teenagers of past generations, this generation and the generations to come!
For More info such as Pictures, videos go to campdecision.org and check out the Camp Decision Youtube Channel for years of past videos from church's all over the planet that have experienced Camp Decision.
House of Destiny is a children's home in Antigua, Guatemala that was established in 2007 by Family Worship Center and several other non-denominational churches across the United States.
Casa del Destino es un orfanatorio ubicado en Antigua, Guatemala. Family Worship Center fundo el orfanato en el 2007 junto con otras iglesias no denomínales de Estados Unidos.


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In case anybody cares, the thing that is driving me around the bend is feeding. I mean eating. Actually I no longer have any idea what I mean - what I mean is the process whereby the children ingest calories in some form or other and end up not starving themselves . Which always sounded really simple, until one of them (Baby I! I'm talking about you!) decided that eating is for sissies and he'd rather not, thank you. And of course it's especially fraught and laden when children have already been malnourished once.They used to eat pretty well. I made homemade food for them (because I'm cheap, not for nutritional reasons), I'd read a bit about Ellyn Satter's divisions of responsibility and basically I thought that I had this stuff licked. I thought I knew a reasonable amount about making it work, but the last few weeks feel like they have chewed me up and spit me out and I realise that I know nothing. NOTHING. Low point was Wednesday when baby I was perfecting his new feeding scream of death. It's high, scratchy and then rapidly drops in pitch and volume - it sounds for all the world like he is being pushed off a cliff. I keep expecting to hear a splash at the end, or at the very least the ring of the doorbell because the neighbours have finally called social services on us. This scream comes out whenever I put a spoonful of food near him - not forcing him to eat it, just offering it to him. And then there are tears. And I know he must be hungry, and it's food he's eaten before, but it's just tears and screaming. Reading that, it doesnt' sound like too big a deal - nothing a bit of friendly feeding advice wouldn't sort out. (But please don't. Seriously - don't). But on Wednesday I felt like I JUST COULDNT' TAKE IT ANYMORE and I decided that I needed this book RIGHT NOW. So I went inside, ordered it from Amazon, all ready to pay next day delivery, found out it was on one-week back order and burst into tears of my own. My sister will verify that I came within an inch of calling her in the middle of the night, her time, so that she could read bits out to me from her copy. (I know that I have fixated on this book way too much, by the way, but it's my hope object at the moment so if you don't like it, I dont' need to know right now).
So anyway. That's why I'm feeling a bit fragile. Here are the photos.
I got a wide angle lens for my birthday. I really like it.
(The photos that follow are all from their birthday gathering on the day after their party. I have indulged myself with quite a few, because hey, you only turn one once).


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Michael Hurd's GalleryMichael Hurd has been a professional artist for most of his life; his specialty is oil and watercolor. This gallery contains prints of originals that Michael has created over the years. Much of the scenery painted in his landscapes is straight from his home on Sentinal Ranch in San Patrico, NM.
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Hope you all have had a great weekend, today I have for you another card I finished yesterday using the Wee Suzi digi image, such a cutie! She is coloured with my Spectrum Noir Pens, I almost threw this image out as I didn't like how her dress had turned out, but I played around with a bit more and think its ok now :).
I must say I really like how this card turned out, the layout is based on one by the talented Bev Rocherster, the paper (except for the blue which is from Basic Grey) is from the Kaiser Chanteuse Collection 6X6 pad. The Base layer is actually a foil print, which is hard to see in a photo.
Some close ups.......
The flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts, who now have freight free for orders over $75 awesome!!! The dies used are Spellbinders and Magnolia Doo-hickey, the corner die is from EZcut.
The insides.......
The gorgeous die in the middle is from Cheery Lyn dies, the butterflies are a Martha Stewart Punch, and bling is from Kaiser Crafts.
Simple but sweet I thought, I kept the back very plain.......
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In 2013 Poole Museum recognised that Sea Music needed special attention if it was to survive the effects of coastal weather and erosion. The Museum made contact with the artist to discuss a plan for its conservation. In 2015 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded Poole Museum a grant to carry out a conservation and 25th anniversary celebration plan for Sea Music. Funding was also received from Arts Council England and the Henry Moore Foundation, as well as sponsorship from local supporters such as Troika Developments and JPMorgan.
In February 2017 the conservation of Sea Music began. In accordance with Caro's wishes, the supporting structure of the viewing platforms was painted silver to distinguish it from the sculpture. Interpretation panels and bird deterrents were added, and new lighting will be installed this autumn to help Sea Music shine through the winter months.
To celebrate and recognise the importance of Sea Music, Poole Museum has been working with artists, musicians, local schools and communities to help them learn about the artwork and re-tell its remarkable story.
Jim Aitchison wrote a new celebratory composition, Sea of Music. Its world premiere, performed by members of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, takes place on 13 May, with the support of Suzanne Deal Booth and David and Audrey Mirvish. From 13 May to 29 July Lighthouse Poole is staging an exhibition of the painter Sheila Girling, Caro's wife, and there will be an exhibition of artists' responses to Sea Music at the Museum from 21 October to 5 November.
To coincide with the conservation of Sea Music a new book has been published and is available in the Museum shop, alongside a limited edition print signed by the artist David Ward. There will also be a programme of free creative events and lectures.
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Gardener's Latin : Discovering the Origins, Lore and Meanings of Botanical Names Hardback
by Bill Neal
Author Bill Neal has weeded through the Latin words that describe and distinguish plants and flowers and compiled a single volume of select definitions and gardening lore.
Narcissus bulbocodium or Narcissus cyclamineus? Isabellinus, iadinus, ianthinus? Basilaris or basilicus? Today's gardeners encounter Latin terms like these whenever they enter garden centres or pick up mail-order catalogues.
They must still, of course, decide whether dahlias or peonies will best complete that floral border.
But new questions in an increasingly technical vocabulary are sprouting up among perennial concerns and demanding attention from devoted gardeners.
As Latin terms appear with increasing frequency in garden centres and on the pages of gardening catalogues, we need such brief, clear definitions for the finite number of Latin terms that combine to form the names of a seemingly infinite number of plant species.
Equally welcome are the little-known horticultural facts and fables which fill the broad margins of every page. "Gardener's Latin" is a book for the gardener who needs to know that a plant with isabellinus (tawing yellow) on its nursery tag might not belong in a carefully planned ianthinus (violet-blue) border. Or that the ostensibly similar basilaris and basilicus mean 'base' and 'royal', respectively.
Bill Neal leads us down the path from abbreviatus to zonatus, turning aside here and there along the way for glimpses at gardens and gardeners from Virgil to Vita Sackville-West, from Gertrude Jekyll to Gertrude Stein.
Patches of garden lore and literature are scattered throughout the beds of definition: why Narcissus cyclamineus is a horticultural joke; why basil is the herb of dread and suspicion; why Cleopatra's asp arrives in a basket of figs whenever "Antony and Cleopatra" is performed.
Whether it's dahlias or peonies that will best complete a garden, "Gardener's Latin" is the book to complete any gardener's bookshelf.
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You that have been here the last three Sunday mornings remember that I have been talking about Christ. Three weeks ago, this morning, we were looking at Christ in the Old Testament, and how the prophecy was fulfilled in regard to his coming; and the next Sabbath we were talking about his birth: and last Sunday of John, the forerunner to introduce him; and you remember that I have spoken here, during the last three months, of his birth, his life, his miracles, his parables, his death, his burial, his resurrection and his ascension. Now, this morning I want to talk about his coming again. (A voice: "Amen!") There is more said in the Epistles about the Lord Jesus Christ returning to this earth than there is about baptism. There is no denomination, no church scarcely, but that lays great stress upon that order; and God forbid that I should say anything that would give you to understand that I look upon it lightly. I think that every order that the Lord has given us, and ever commanded us to do, ought to be carried out literally; but we find that this doctrine has been, as it were, laid aside by the churches sometimes—they have forgotten all about it. But I don't know anything that will quicken the Church to-day so much as this precious doctrine of our Lord's return. (A voice: "Amen.") If I read my Bible correctly, in the Epistles baptism is referred to thirteen times and the Lord's return upwards of fifty times. So that it is not an unscriptural idea that I want to bring before you this morning. If the Word of God doesn't teach it, my friends, don't you receive it; but let us be ready and willing to bow to Scripture, because we read that all Scripture is given by inspiration; that-we are not to be one-sided Christians, and take up one truth and harp on that all the time; but we are to take up the whole Word of God.
Just turn to the 2nd epistle of Peter, the 1st chapter and 19th
verse: "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts: Knowing this first, that no prqphecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation." No private interpretation. It is for the whole Church of God—the whole family of God. "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
Now you know Gabriel came down to announce the conception of Christ, and angels came to announce his birth: angels came to announce his resurrection; angels came to announce his return. When those apostles stood there gazing up into heaven, two angels dropped down there. "And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them: "Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not hero, but is risen; remember how he spake unto you when he v>as yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and bo crucified, and the third day rise again." Yes. thank God, he-is coming again, just as he went. (A voice: "Amen!") We are going to see him in person; he that left this world blessing it—for that is the way he left this world, blessing it—is coming back to bless his own church and to receive them that have waited for his return. If you read the 26th chapter of Matthew, the 64th verse, you will find that it was just this very thing that caused his death. When the high priests asked him who he was, and if he was the true Messiah, what does he say: "Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Herenl'ter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." That was enough. The moment they heard that, they accused him of blasphemy and condemned him to death, just because he said he was coming again. "Ye shall see me coming in the clouds of glory."
Now, let me say that this doctrine has suffered a good deal from those who claim to be its friends, because they set a time—a certain day—for his coming. Now, we read here in Matthew, 24th chapter and 30th verse, that no man knows when he shall come. "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, hut my Father only." It seems to me that the devil is all the timo trying to counterfeit these precious truths, so that the mass of Christians will not believe it. Now, there it is clearly taught that the day and the hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels in heaven. Now, when a man comes and tells you that he knows when Christ is coming—that he is coming next year, or in 1980, or in any particular year or at any particular time, he has got no truth for that assertion. "The day and, the hour knoweth no man." I think if we knew the day and the hour of his coming, we wouldn't be watching for his coming. All through the Scripture we are told to watch for his coming.
"Therefore be ye also ready, for in(such an hour as ye think not the Son of man coraeth." And then we are also taught that his coming shall be sudden. We find in that 24th chapter, 35th verse: "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark. And knew not until the flood came and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Now, we have that order that the time of his coming is unknown; that he is coining unexpectedly. In another place it says that he is coming like a thief in the night. He is coming suddenly; but let us bear in mind that he is coming, because that word has gone out.
Now, I can imagine some of you say, "He is coming to us when we die." But that is not what is taught here. Death ia not the coining of the Lord. Just turn to the 21st chapter of John, 18th verse: "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When tfcou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldst; but when thou shah be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me." Now, the thought I want to call your attention to is this; that Christ didn't look to his death and his coming as one and the same thing. He kept them distinct. His coming is one thing; his death is another. You and I may be summoned away before Christ comes; but I am not taught anywhere in the Scripture to look for death. That is not in the Scripture. We are told to look for the coming of the Lord. Now, Peter wanted to know what John should do. "Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me." That is, you are to follow me,and not look to see what this disciple or that disciple is going to do. "Then went this saying 'abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die; yet Jesus said not unto him, he shall not die; but. If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?" There is a difference between death and his coming. Now, I think that we make a great mistake in saying that death is the coming of the Lord. Death is one thing; and the coming of the Lord is another. Why, the year of jubilee will burst upon this world by and by; and we shall come up out of our graves. That is distinct and separate from death. It will be all life then. We shall be changed in the twinkling of an eye. Enoch w*s one type of life, he was caught up into heaven. Elijah was translated from earth to heaven, in a fiery chariot. These two represent
ed the first two dispensations; and so Christ, who represented the third, has gone up; and when he comes these bodies shall come forth from their graves. We are not going to die. If the world remains, if we wait until Christ comes, we are going to defy death. Death has been conquered, and by and by, I don't know when, in the fullness of time, we shall rise victorious to glory. He shall come and set up his kingdom on earth. As we read in the prophecy of Daniel, that stone cut out of the mountains without hands is growing, and it is going to fill the whole earth. God has decreed it.
Now, I think it is decreed in Thessalonians, and if you have your Bibles here I should like to have you turn to Thessalonians, because this passage is written, just as it were, to the young converts. Every chapter in that first Epistle is a sermon to young converts about his coming. "For the Lord himself shall desoend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." That is the comfort of the church; not that we are agoing to die, but that the Lord may come at any time and take us away into that bridal chamber. Now, it is said that his coming in judgment on the earth to dash the nations to pieoes that have disobeyed him, is one coming, and that his coming to take his bride away is altogether different. So his first coming is in the air; and that is when we shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voioe of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first." Then, over here, in the 5th chapter of John, 25th verse, "Verily, verily, I say unto you. The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of man. Marvel not at this, for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice. And shall come forth."
And by and by these slumbering bodies shall be awakened by the trump of God; and they shall come forth from their graves, and fly to meet the King of Glory. "And they shall come forth, they that have done good, unto the resurreotion of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation." Now, you take a strong piece of magnet, and then have little pieces of iron or steel, mixed up in some sawdust; and just hold that magnet over it. Every partiole of steel and iron will fly to meet that magnet. So when He shall come upon the earth, every one of his chosen shall fly to meet him. The hour is coming when the trump shall sound; the Lord of Hosts shall come. Oh, Christ is going to come. Let us be waiting and watching and praying that He may come quickly.
Now, there are three great facts taught in Scripture. First, that Christ is coming again. The next, that the Holy Ghost was to come on us here, in the world. Now, do you believe that this assembly would have been drawn together for the past three months, if it had not been for the power of the Holy Ghost? Do you believe that men would have been converted, if it had not been for the power of the Holy Ghost. Is there any eloquence, any power in man that can turn the whole current of men's lives; that can transform * poor, miserable drunkard, one who has made his home a hell, who ha» beaten and abused his wife. Can any eloquence, any power in man, I say, do that unless it is by and through the power of the Holy Ghost? The next great fact that this Bible teaches is, that he is coming again. What is it that makes the 14th chapter of John so sweet? You know there is probably not a chapter in the whole Bible that is read so much as that one in John. What makes it so sweet? why, because it tells us he shall come again. "Let not your hearts be troubled; ye believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so 1 would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." Then what does he say? "And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself, that where I am there ye may be also." That is the key-note to the 14th chapter of John—not that he isgoinp to send death, or send some angel after us; but that he is coming himself. He himself is coming back after his bride. He came down here to get a bride, and the world rose up and cast him out and said he shouldn't have a bride. Then he went up above, and has been there these 1800 years gathering out his bride. Some one says, vou can get some idea of how magnificent these mansions are by the time he takes to get them ready.
Now, there is no place in the Scripture where we are told to watch for signs—the rebuilding of Babylon, or the returning of the Jews to Jerusalem; but all through Scripture we are told what to do— iust to watch for him; just to be waiting for our Lord's return from heaven. In Paul's Epistle to the Philippians we read: "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself." "Looking for our Lord and Savior." And that's the attitude of every true believer in this world, with loins girded, lamps trimmed and burning, watching for the coming of the bridegroom. Thank God, he wil! say when Christ comes, "Behold, the bridegroom cometh." Now, he says again here, in the 3d chapter of Titus and the 13th verse: "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearingof the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ."
Now, if you will just take your Bibles, a great many of you will find that, over and over again, the Lord has said that we are to be waiting and watching for his coming. The last prayer in Scripture —what is it? "Come quickly, Lord Jesus." And that ought to be the cry of every child of God: "Come quickly, Lord Jesus." Think of the war that ia bursting upon the nations across the waters. Think of the blood and carnage. Think of the widows and orphan children, of the suffering that is going to be in those nations. But, thank God, when he comes there will be no more war. (A voice: "Amen.") There will be no more suffering. There will be peace. Then, in the 13th chapter of Mark, the 32a verse, it says: "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Take ye heed, watch and pray for ye know not when the time is. For the Son of man is a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye therefore, for ye know not when the Master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning. Lestcomingsuddenlvhe find yousleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch." He may come in the morning; he may come in the evening; he may come at the cockcrowing. In another place, Luke 17th chapter, it says: "Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken and the other left. Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken and the other left." Christ is going to take out his chosen from among the scoffers. By and by, he is going to separate his children, and the scoffers and the workers of iniquity. They may scoff and laugh now; but I tell you, by and by, there will be nothing left of them. My friends, you will find it to be true that every portion of the Old Testament referring to Christ's coming has been fulfilled. Now, people say this is so wonderful, so beyond all reason, so beyond all common sense that we cannot lay hold of it. Now, his second coming cannot be sc wonderful as his first coming. If a man had stood up and said that Christ was going to be born of a virgin; that he was going to be laid in a manger; that he was going to be the son of a carpenter, and going to work at the carpenter's trade himself (as he did), there wouldn't have been a man in the world who would have believed him. "Oh, that is figurative," they would have said. And that's just the way men talk now, and just figure away everything. The Sc lpture was literally fulfilled. He came, just the way that the prophets said he would come; and once, as I said the other morning, h-a had to ride into Jerusalem, because it was prophesied that he shou'd. Everything was fulfilled. Now, this prophesy in the New Testament about his coming, in my mind, my friends, I haven't ,he slightest
doubt but that it is going to be fulfilled. That same Jesas that was crucified at Mount Calvary, we shall see at Mount Calvary again— see his hands and his feet pierced with the nails; and'it is a question in my mind whether the Jews will not receive him when he comes back. They will receive him as the true Messiah, and take up the glorious news of the coming of the Messiah, and spread it around the world.
A great many say: "This doctrine of the second coming of Christ cannot affect me. He can't come in my day. A great many things have got to take place before he comes. The thousand years of the millennium have got to come before he does." That is just the way I used to talk. "Why," I used to say, "He can't come in my day. Don't you know that there is to be one thousand years of the millennium; that righteousness must increase and wickedness must decrease before he comes?" Ah, my friends, but since I have got a little better acquainted with the Word of God, I find that is not God's plan; that is not what is taught here. Why, just see what he says: "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come." That doesn't sound like the millennium, does it? "For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy." "Boasters. There is some boasting done here in Boston. "Without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good. Traitors, headv, high-minded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God." I think we are coming pretty near those days now. "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof; from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts; ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth; men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further, for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience. Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, what persecutions I endured; but out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men andsedu«ers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived." The fact is, my friends, the world is going to destruction; and what God wants is to have us come out from it. "Wherefore oome out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." And he is now redeeming his children, taking them out from the world; and the sons of Light ought to grow stronger and stronger; but the wicked men are waxing worse and worse.
When we read over here about the coming of the Son of God, that it shall be as in the days of Noah. How was it then? Were men then praising God, living for God's glory? Just see what it says: "But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriare, until the day that Noe entered into the ark. And knew not until the Jood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be." There will be drunkenness in the world when He comes. Don't flatter yourselves, my dear friends, that the world is going to be better and better. The world has not got better. It may be that the children of God are getting stronger and stronger; but this world is like a wrecked vessel. It is going to pieces on the rocks, and God wants you to do everything you can to rescue your souls. Now, some people say, "O don't preach that! You will drive away people by preaching that doctrine." I don't know of anything that will quicken men; I don't know of anything that will take the me n of this world out of their bonds and stocks quicker than that our Lord is coming again. The way it looks to me is this: Here is a vessel going to pieces on the rocks. God puts a life-boat in my hands, and says: "Rescue every man you can. Get them out of this wrecked vessel." So God wants us to get our family out of the wrecked world into the ark of safety, as Noah did his family, and have them in Christ; and if they are in Christ, they are safe.
Let me callyour attention to 2nd Peter, 3d chapter, and 3d and 4th verses: "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." Are we not just living in those days? Just look at the scoffer saying "Where is the promise of his coming? Everything is moving on. The sun, moon and stars are shining just the same as they have been from the creation. Where is the promise of his coming? Why, we are going on to perfection! Everything is growing better and beter." But that isn't what this Word teaches. It teaches that the heavens shall roll up like a scroll. He wants us to get into Christ, and if we are in him we are saved. Just turn to the 48th verse of the 24th chapter of Matthew: " But, and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, my lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of; and shall out him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
There is another warning. I have only time to jdst touch on this wonderful subject. The Bible is full of them. I want to urge these young converts to begin and study the whole Word of God. I don't want them to be hoggish,and take up one partonly,but the whole Word of God; so that at these times you may know just what you are to receive and what you are to reject, and that you have got a reason for the hope that is within you.
Now I want to call your attention to another thing; that is, that every time you go to the Lord's table, you will go there not only to show forth his death, but what else? "For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." How many that go to the Lord's table ever think of his return? Now, I will tell you where men make a great mistake. They go to the Lord's table with dread. I used to dread communion Sundays—» weak from this Sunday, I am told, is communion Sunday. I used to dread it. We used to have it once in three months. Now it is once a month; and I hope we will have it every Sabbath. I used to go there thinking of my own sins, and the short-comings of the committee; and it was most unpleasant. But I found out that I was to go there to remember him; and now it is a place of rejoicing. I try to think just as little of myself when I go to the Lord's table as I can. There isn't any place in the Scripture where you are told to examine yourselves when you go there; but you are to go there to remember the Lord, and that he is coming back again. That is what we are to think about. We are to think of his death until he comes.
But then I can imagine that some of you say that, if I preach this doctrine, that the world is going to be destroyed, that grace has been a failure. Now let me say, right here, that grace has not been » failure. Man has failed to lay hold of it; and the world has spurned the Word of God, just as the Jews did Christ, years ago. They would not receive him. Now, the grace of God is over all the world, and the world has rejected it. Thank God, here and there is one that will lay hold of it; and if men won't take hold of it, they ought not to complain that God is going to punish them for it. Because, when he sent his prophets, they killed them; they crucified his son, and would not receive the Holy Ghost; and they trampled his Word under their feet. Why, you cannot say he is unjust. If a man says. "I hate the grace of God, the gift of God; I don't want the salvation of God through Jesus Christ;" if a man wants to be excused from the marriage feast of the Lamb, why, don't go off and say grace has been a failure; but they have failed to lay hold of it.
Now, there is another thing; that when Christ comes we are going to be reunited with our loved ones- There are a good many here in
this congregation that have got more friends in heaven tnan on earth. Some of you mothers have got more children there than down here. Yes, there is a better day for us, my friends. Glory and honor to God; Christ is coming back; and I am going to see my loved ones again. I an just waiting and watching for the hour when I shall hear that trump sound; and I shall be released to meet those loved ones; and those that are with me, that are in Christ, shall go up together, and we shall be forever with the Lord. Oh, how we ought to hail that day, and how the church ought to be watching! Oh, that God would wean us from the world, that we should not have our hearts set on things down here, but on things above, where Christ is. I want to call your attention to a few passages of Scripture. In 1st Corinthians, 11th chapter, 25th and 26th verses, it says: "After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the New Testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come." In Luke, 19th chapter, 13th verse, he tells us to use our talents until he comes. We must fight the good fight of faith until he comes. "And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come." In 1st Timothy, 6th chapter, 12-14 verses: "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. 1 give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession. That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ." In 2d Thessalonians, 1st chapter, 7th verse: "And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels." In James, 8th chapter, 8th verse: "Be ye also patient; establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." In 2d Timothy, 4th chapter, 8th verse, we are to wait for the crown of righteousness: "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." In 1st Timothy, 2d chapter, 5th to 8th verses: "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ; who gave himself a ransom for all to be testified in due time. Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity."
"I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting." In 1st Thessalonians, 4th chapter, 13th and 14th verses: "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even
as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coining of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words."
We are to wait for Satan to be bound until he comes. Oh, he's going to be bound that day, and Christ, who has a right to take the throne of David, is going to take it. Let us pray that he may come quickly. Let that be the burden of our prayers.


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Gijinka style Flaaffy costume. It is made out of a super soft cuddle minky fleece, and has been worn twice. One Size Fits All Includes: Gijinka Headband (White wig is not included but can be purchased for an additional $10)
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The kigurumi pattern was a heavily altered simplicity pattern for a penguin suit. I drafted the pattern for the tail, ears and neck fluff on my own. Everything is made with minky cuddle fleece and is super comfy fluffy.
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- My sister and I love the pokemon gijinka art series and decided to pick some pokemon to cosplay from it. I adored this picutre of Flaaffy and have always wanted to make my own kigurumi, so it just seemed to be the right choice. This is the most comfortable cosplay ever, i could wear it for days! Kitsunebaby is the Dodrio.
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Hello lovelies, welcome back to my blog! I'm so excited to be sharing some popular makeup products that I've found to be worth the hype that they get. If you like this post, be sure to tell me in a comment down below and I can keep making these types of posts. Without further ado, let's get into my favorite hyped up products.
Anastasia DipBrow Pomade
If you've been here for any amount of time, you'll know how much I love this brow product. This makes my brows stay in place all day and gives them such a bold look. Everyone I've talked to who's used this absolutely loves it. And one jar lasts me over a full year, so it' a win win.
Anastasia Modern Renaissance Palette
I finally gave in and got this palette when I had a Dillards gift card over the holidays, and I'm not sorry that I did. Surprisingly, I've actually used (and generally liked) every single shade in the palette (yes, even the reds and oranges) but that isn't what impressed me. The quality of these shadows are the most amazing quality that I have ever tried. Hands down. This is better than any Chocolate Bar or Naked palette. The shadows feel like butter or silk and they are so ridiculously pigmented. This palette is worth every single penny.
Kat Von D Tattoo Liner
I got a sample of the Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in the shade Trooper for a Sephora 100 point perk, and I've been truly obsessed with it ever since. I have never been able to do winged eyeliner until I got this liner. I might even break my own rule of not buying high end eyeliners for this product because I love it so much.
ColourPop Cosmetics
I have found that ColourPop in general has amazing products that are totally worth the hype that everyone has been giving them. Their lip products are truly some of the best I've ever tried, and I love their eyeshadow and blush formula as well. If you haven't tried anything from ColourPop, you really need to!
Stila Liquid Lipstick in the shade "Patina"
Stila's Patina is one of the most incredible liquid lipstick I've ever tried! Not only is the color beautiful (and very universally flattering) but the formula is amazing! This doesn't dry out my lips, crumble, flake, cake up, or smear. When you put it on, it sets and stays (and it doesn't sink into the lines on my lips like a lot of other liquid lipsticks tend to do).
Wet n Wild Liquid Catsuit in the shade "Rebel Rose"
Everyone has been talking about these Wet n Wild Liquid Catsuit lipsticks, and I finally got my hands on one and understand why. These are the most incredible liquid lipstick formula I've ever tried! I love how long these wear on the lips and I love that they don't look crumbly or dry.
I hope you enjoyed hearing about some products that I have tried and thought they were worth the hype. It's always one of the best feelings when you jump on the product bandwagon and realize why everyone says it's so good. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today, and I'll see you next time!