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A few days ago Bill Gilmore heard and then saw a Thick-billed Kingbird in Presqu'ille Provincial Park in Ontario, look in your Sibley or National Geographic for the range, a truly astonishing record. We couldn't get down there until today but 02.30 saw us bleary eyed and climbing into the car for the four hour trip. On arrival the bird had been seen but had wandered off. We searched for about an hour or so then it suddenly reappeared where we'd spent 30 minutes scanning. It eventually showed very nicely, loooking like a colourful version of its close Cuban relative, the Giant Kingbird in many ways. It was bit distant and out of camera range really and besides, when it was in view we shared the our scope with binocular only birders and a couple of photographers, although the latter group, on overhearing their conversation later, might just as well have been looking at one of the Mute Swans lounging on a shingle spit for all they knew. They seemed to me to be some sort of uninformed rare bird paparazzi and we last saw them heading off down the spit holding the bird to get in there with it, well it was the third day of the twitch. I mused at what would happen if they tried that at a twitch in the UK! I guess their visit to casualty would become just another 'foreign object removed' story and before the real photographers here get upset, I'm not referring to you guys here.
So, no photos but a great new life bird. The wind at Presqu'ille was howling a bit but we did take a look for shorebirds, seeing one immature American Golden Plover and a Baird's Sandpiper amongst the common stuff but not the Buff-breasted Sandpiper reported the day before.
Addendum: Looks like the 20 or so birders we were with were the last ones to see the bird. Although I didn't manage a photo there are some nice ones online. Below is a link to Brandon Holdon's blog which has four great shots.

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Adam Romey
Hometown: St. Paul, MN
Alma maters: Wilfrid Laurier University, B.A.; Glenn Gould School, A.D.; Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, M.M.
Awards/Competitions: Grant recipient, 2014–15 Frank Huntington Beebe Fund for Musicians; Winner, 2009 Ken Murray Concerto Competition
Appearances: Windfest, 2009; Centre for Opera Studies in Italy Festival, 2011–13, 2015; Brevard Music Festival, 2014; Weimar Bach Academy, 2016
Musical origins: I began playing when I was 13. It was the summer before eighth grade, and I had to take a music class. As I already had played piano for a few years and done some singing, I didn't want to take choir or general music. I had always thought the sound and personality of the bassoon was really interesting. None of the other students played bassoon, and all of the bassoonists I had met had a sense of humor and distinct quirkiness about them, so I settled on that.
What inspired you to audition for TŌN?: I saw an announcement about it on a music website and was very excited about the general mission of the group. To me, questions about the contemporary relevance of music and musicians in society as well as smaller communities are especially important to this generation because societal change is accelerating. The idea of having a community of musicians dedicated to tackling these questions together felt like a natural next step.
Favorite piece to play: Anything by Bach
Favorite obscure piece: Georg Friedrich Haas' In Vain
Favorite composer fact: Not only did Bach master every genre of his time and compose a huge amount of music, often writing it, making parts, rehearsing it, and performing in a span of a couple of weeks or less, but he also had 21 children.
Favorite musical memory: Performing a concert of all premieres with good friends and all the composers present in a small concert space fashioned out of an old house
Which composer would have the best social media? Prokofiev or Mozart
Favorite fact about your instrument: Many of the holes are drilled at an angle, because if they weren't, your fingers wouldn't be able to reach them.
The thing that most people don't know about classical music is: Many of the most rewarding moments, both as a listener and performer, come from having a relationship with a particular piece, or the music of a composer, for a long time.
Favorite non-classical musician: Ben Monder
Best album to have on repeat: Music for 18 Musicians
What recording would you take to a deserted island: Bach Cello Suites
Favorite non-musical activity: Being in nature
Last book read: Dance and Somatics
Favorite paintings: The works of Matisse
Piece of advice for a young classical musician: While it's definitely important to focus on the fundamentals of your instrument, always return to phrasing and atmosphere because they give life to the music.
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Belinda Zanello
Adelaide based Fashion Designer
"Designing Fashion, Jewellery & Accessories for the spirited young women of today, embracing a modern world with a grounded heart."
Belinda is an Adelaide-based, emerging designer in fashion, jewellery and accessories for women aged 18-24, but also older women and even young guys! She is a fashion stylist, having worked on many fashion shoots piecing looks together and also a fashion illustrator. Currently she is exhibiting a garment in 'Stranded' woolcraft exhibition at Port Noarlunga.
Having an artistic mother & seamstress grandmother, it is only fair that Belinda is torn between her love of the visual arts and flair for fashion design. So, having decided she could not have one without the other, she decided to pursue them both and sometimes remove the fine line between them and create 'Wearable Art', inspired by Haute Couture from the Parisian catwalks where anything is possible.
Throughout her childhood & teen years Belinda has favoured the arts & in her last two years of high school, delved into the costume-side of her drama studies and the creative side of fashion design in visual arts studies, graduating with flying colours. After which, she was accepted in the Tafe SA Fashion course at Marleston, studying full-time for three years and graduating with an Advanced Diploma in Applied Fashion Design & Technology in 2009. Her graduate collection was inspired by the Marie Antoinette era, spanning from casual wear, to bridal, to couture-style gowns of larger-than-life proportions and flair, paraded at the 2009 BMW Adelaide Fashion Week in Unley.
Belinda enjoys fashion illustration, exploring new mediums, is a fashion/art blogger (http://belindazanello.blogspot.com/) and currently makes jewellery, accessories & women's fashion to sell online, along with fashion illustration prints and fantasy portraiture. She has a condensed online portfolio on http://belindazanello.carbonmande.com/ but to see her full collection of portfolio work and designs for sale, please search on Facebook "Belinda Zanello: Fashion, Styling, Illustration & Jewellery".
I have also recently volunteered in a childrens-teen fashion workshop which was wonderful, showing girls how to upcycle old clothing and express more of their personality & style in their clothing.


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I found this sweet tutorial a couple weeks ago, and knew right away I wanted to make this one with my sons :)
We had alot of fun just trying to crack the walnuts in half without completely smashing the shells :)
When I pulled out my craft supplies, I barely had any white felt. My first thought was 'Oh no!' but almost immediately I thought 'Who says Baby Jesus wore white?' Personally, I think orange is his color :-)
One important lesson I have learned during these crafts - one of each tool isn't enough. While forced to wait for brothers to finish up, little boys with four extra {googlie}eyes stuck to their foreheads will complain they are bored.
{I see a trip to the craft store in my future}
I will be linking up to these fine linky parties:
Happy Hour Friday; Petals to Picots; Do Something Crafty & Friday Fun Party @ Craftionary


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I have a new lenovo thinkpad E420. Was working fine all day yesterday after i did a fresh install of windows 7 x64 on it and installed all the lenovo drivers from their official support website.
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By Diana Gerstacker
A backpack is more than just a container to store and tote your gear -- a backpack is a symbol of adventure. These packs allow us the opportunity to explore without weighing us down.
Backpacks go where other bags can't -- up mountains, through deep woods and out on the water. These amazing packs are the first choice for many travelers, athletes and school kids for their style and functionality. Everyone needs to take along their gear, whether it be crampons or crayons, backpacks are the ultimate adventure bag.
With the beginning of the school year just around the corner, we sought out the best backpacks that will handle everything from books to trekking gear. The packs on our list are versatile, top-of-the-line bags that will hold up through any adventure but won't break the bank. If you're looking to take on that next big peak or simply organize your technology for travel, take a look at the backpacks on our list.
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Mist Hydration Pack from Outdoor Products
The Mist Hydration Pack comes with a 2-liter bladder—and that's only the first feature. The pack is big enough to hold whatever you might need on your long run or hike, but small enough not to feel like a burden. Two front zipper pockets, an expandable front pocket and reflective accents put this pack on every runner's wish list. outdoorproducts.com; $30-50
Heli Pack 11L by Dakine
This little pack is the ultimate mountain companion. The perfect size for a day in the snow, the 11-liter pack is discreet and attractive with all of the features you could want. The pack is able to carry either a set of skis or a snowboard along with a shovel in an outside pocket. The Heli pack also features an insulated hydro sleeve, a fleece lined goggle pocket and a rescue whistle built into the sternum strap. dakine.com; $70
The White Collection Backpack by Burton
This pack was a designed by Shawn White himself, so style and functionality are a given. The deceptively small pack will hold your skateboard, laptop, oversized headphones and sunglasses, in addition to 30-liters of whatever else you need to bring along. The skate carry straps hide away for a clean look and a side pocket allows easy access to sunglasses or an iPod. Made of durable polyester, this bag is so sure to hold up for the long haul that it's backed by a lifetime guarantee. burton.com; $90
Recon Backpack by The North Face
This 29-liter pack is set for any adventure, be it urban or remote. The pack has sleeves for both your laptop and tablet and also has a hydration port and room for a bladder for your more active trips. Other important features include a removable sternum strap, a stowable hip belt and reflective detailing for safety at night. The pack that specializes in versatility has earned a 4.7 out of 5 star rating. thenorthface.com; $100
Amphibian Weather Defense Backpack by Outdoor Products
This waterproof pack is perfect for any adventure, from a rafting trip on the river to a relaxing day at the beach. The Amphibian is made of 420 Denier fabric with TPU coating that can stand up to just about anything. The bag is outfitted with a top carry handle, a trekking pole holder and reflective accents. outdoorproducts.com; $60
2-in-1 Backpack/ Duffel by Eagle Creek
Named to National Geographic's Adventure Gear of the Year list, this double-duty pack is ready for anything. With a few zippers and strap adjustments, change this backpack into a duffel bag with 15 percent more capacity. The ultra-light bag is washable and folds to a fraction of its size, making it a great choice for any trip. shop.eaglecreek.com; $80
Osprey Stratos 34 Pack
Described as a "comfortable hauler for peak bagging and other 1-day excursions," the Stratos 34 Pack is designed to fit a man's frame perfectly and according to reviewers, it does. The pack includes an integrated raincover, a sleeping bag compartment and sleeping pad straps for overnight trips. Ladies looking for a comparable bag should check out the Sirrus 36. ospreypacks.com; $120-140
For the complete list of the The Best Backpacks for Under $150, go to TheActiveTimes.com.
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Next stop on the facebook group tour de MIT was the Z-Center, MIT's brand new fitness center.
The first thing we saw was the huge, olympic size swimming pool.
It was very cool, kinda intimidating, but one of the Z-Center's better known features.
Another well-known aspect of the Z-Center is the Rockwell Cage, which is basically 2 gyms surrounded by a cage so that you don't get hit by random flying objects. We had a problem getting into the Rockwell Cage, however, because there was a turnstile leading into it that required an MIT student ID card. Not to fear though, Yuki's host had given Yuki his card, so we were clear! Swipe, first person enters. Swipe, second person enters. Swipe, third person enters, until 6 of us had gotten in. We laughed about the conversation Yuki's host was eventually going to have with some administrator:
"Now, Curtis, according to our log, you entered the Rockwell Cage a total of 6 times in a 10 second window. Would you like to explain this?"
a) "Well, I have obsessive compulsive disorder. I need to swipe my card 6 times everytime I go to the gym."
b) "I got excited! I just had to swipe it one more time!"
c) "Somebody bet me I couldn't swipe it 6 times in ten seconds."
d) "Sorry."
Gym (with chairs for the evening's greeting session):
We decided to go upstairs and explore all the secret hallways and back rooms of the Z-Center next, and found the squash courts.
We decided that a squash court would be a great location for a horror movie, because it's essentially a pit with no doors. Well, there's one door, but it's about 3 feet high and only big enough for a very large snake to get inside to eat you. That, and there's a balcony (which is where I took the picture from) for the evil murder to watch you die.
Next we saw the ice arena (currently concrete, you'll find out why soon)
and then the indoor track, where two things of significance occurred.
1) There was a long jump, meaning there was a sand box. We discovered that if you framed the picture just right, it would look like you were stranded on a desert island. Jon volunteered.
2) There was a climbing rope that Yuki decided to climb. This is when we discovered that Yuki was a ninja.
As we left the Z-Center we noticed two doors with four windows. Photo Opp! Here's the 4 guys of the group in our respective windows:
We went back to Simmons after the gym because they promised to have Dunkaroos and Fruit-by-the-Foot (which they didn't), so we killed some time in the chill center. Yuki and Jon played ping-pong and Sara and I sat on the couch and watched.
Jon had perfect form
We noticed something else cool about Simmons. It had a lego Spongebob on the main counter.
Z-Center and Simmons, two very cool places to explore and hang out. We want Dunkaroos!
2 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Il semble que vous soyez un expert dans ce domaine, vos remarques sont tres interessantes, merci.
- Daniel
- January 14, 2011 at 7:24 AM
- Ale said...
Very awesome, all that needs is a Bällebad.
- May 8, 2015 at 2:35 PM
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text: Fresno State Traditions Fresno State Alma Mater Let us in song, our voices raise In Cloistered Courts, to sound thy praise. Each voice and heart that sings is true To thee, oh, Cardinal and Blue. For thee, our hopes and memories; For thee, our hearts and loyalties. Thy sons and daughters hail thee great, Our Alma Mater, Fresno State! Fresno State Fight Song Fight! Varsity! On your toes, dig in and hit that line! We're all pulling hard for you, so fight and give the best there is in you. The Meaning of the "V" The green "V" that is featured on the back of Fresno State's football helmets recognizes the pride of the student-athletes, coaches and staff in representing the San Joaquin Valley. The mark can also be found on the dog color of the Bulldogs' logo and throughout the Department of Athletics. The "V" symbolizes Fresno State's connection to the Valley and color green was selected to honor the importance of the agriculture industry to the region. The university is one of the most prominent agriculture schools in the nation and the world's richest agricultural area in export dollars. This representation of the San Joaquin Valley is displayed in the form of a green "V" on the back of the Bulldogs' helmets. The green in the "V" is a symbol to the agricultural community of the Central Valley, which is the world's richest agricultural area in export dollars. Fresno State's pride for the San Joaquin Valley is displayed in the form of a green. History of Fresno State's Nicknames & Colors Late in their initial 1921 season, student body president Warren Moody and friends were continually greeted outside the main campus building by a white bulldog. The dog adopted the group and they decided to make him the mascot. Arids Walker made the motion to adopt "Bulldogs" as the official nickname in a student body meeting. It was on November 21, 1921, that the Morning Republican first referred to Fresno State as the "Bulldogs". The colors evolved out of an argument by women from Fresno Normal School and men from Fresno Junior College. The women were seeking blue and white to the men's red and white. A compromise was struck with the school adopting red and blue. The Red Wave Loud and proud, Fresno State's loyal and enthusiastic fans have made themselves heard nationwide - by national publications which have chronicled the Bulldogs' fantastic fan following, and by others in the media, who have referred to the noise level generated by the Red Wave as "deafening." It's that kind of fan support that has helped put Fresno State athletics on the map. History of the University Fresno State has evolved from modest beginnings as a teachers college early in the 20th century into an acclaimed, culturally diverse, 21st century university offering educational opportunities through eight schools and colleges. Our students have applied what they've learned at Fresno State throughout California, around the world and into space, benefiting literally millions of people. From our humble establishment on September 11, 1911, as the Fresno Normal School , we opened our doors to provide the foundation for the future of California State University, Fresno, pledging to be a university accessible to students from all backgrounds with a burning desire to learn and succeed. We pride ourselves on our contributions to the economic, civic and social well-being of our communities, and promise to continue to serve them to the best of our ability. Fresno State's story is much more than bricks and mortar, programs and research. It's written in the stories of those who have come to campus to learn, enjoy a concert or check out a book. A centennial is the time when those memories come into sharp focus and are shared, stimulating more remembrances of Fresno State's first 100 years.


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Performance Details
Event 5000 Meter Run
Mark 20:03.20
Place 24th
Race/Results Page Varsity Girls
Round Finals
Heat 1
Native Country USA
Season XC 2017
Level HS
Meet Date Aug 29, 2017
Date Added Aug 31, 2017
Grade 2021
Timing FAT
Personal Best? No
Season Best? No
Venue White River Elementary School, Noblesville, IN, USA
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The Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM is intended for photographers who want to relive the sensation of classical reportage photography – with a 35mm lens screwed onto a full-format DSLR such as an EOS 5D Mark III. The cumulative effect of fairly generous f/2 aperture and image stabilization allows users to forego flash when shooting indoors or when light is scarce.The optical formula of the Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM includes a molded glass (GMo) lens as the rear optical element, which should correct chromatic aberrations for the entire optical system. Each element has been
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The latest Milvus range of DSLR lenses for Canon and Nikon from renowned German lens manufacturer Carl Zeiss are marketed to offer high-quality optical performance in a similar price bracket to such high-resolution options as Sigma's Art range or Canon's L-series lenses. The manual-focus Milvus range offers all-metal dust- and splash-proof construction, large rubberized focus ring, smooth manual focus control, as well as engraved focus distance and depth of field scales. Announced in September 2015, the $1117 Carl Zeiss Milvus 2/35mm ZE Canon (Milvus 35mm f/2) is an EF-mount lens designed specifically for full-frame Canon DSLRs, such as the EOS 5DS R.
Tamron has added a new moderate wide-angle Nikon F-mount SP 35mm f/1.8 Di VC USD lens to its range. It features a sophisticated optical layout with VC image stabilization, two ED glass elements and two aspheres. Read on to find out how well this new model performs.
Our technicians have tested no fewer than 130 lenses on Canon's 50.6Mp EOS 5DS R Digital SLR. With the results for both prime and zoom lenses covering a diverse range of focal lengths, we've got all the data you need for picking out the right lens. In Part 1 of our three-part review, we bring you the analyzed and verified scores for standard zoom lenses as well as 35mm, 50mm and 85mm primes on the Canon EOS 5DS R.
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Tuesday, May 25, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, 2010
A conversation with Laura Wittman, Stanford Professor of French and Italian Literature, about Georges Bataille.
Outro music: Radio Head, "Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors"
Laura Wittman primarily works on 19th- and 20th-century Italian and French literature in a comparative perspective, and in particular is interested in connections between modernity, a new spirituality, the twentieth century religion of politics, and the literary expressions thereof. She is also interested in exploring the role of the ineffable, the mystical, and the body in modern poetry and philosophy.


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I mentioned on Facebook this morning that I possess an extraordinary amount of dumb luck – that's the only way to explain the great stuff that happens to and for me. No, I didn't win a Pulitzer Prize, though – my luck doesn't go that far!
But I have been lucky enough to be introduced to (and shake hands with) at least three Pulitzer Prize winners during my life. I've written previously about meeting Bob Woodward and Katherine Graham on a Saturday morning at the Washington Post, thanks to a friend's dad. Here's a short snippet from that post:
Both publisher Katharine Graham and Bob Woodward were working that day. That should have scared me off journalism right there. … Mrs. G, as she was known around the office, was warm and seemed interested in us. (This is the same person of whom Nixon henchthug John Mitchell once said, during Watergate: "Katie Graham's gonna get her tit caught in a big fat wringer if that's published." Yes, that was our attorney general in those days.) Woodward, on the other hand, could hardly have been more disinterested. He gave us a limp handshake and not much else.
The dumb luck part comes in how I met the third Pulitzer winner. Here goes:
I'm fortunate that my employer, Red Ventures, allows us to work from home pretty much any time we feel the urge. Much of my team, at this point, works in Boston, so it doesn't really make a lot of difference most days whether I work at RV in Fort Mill, SC, or from my house. This week, most of the rest of my colleagues who normally work in Charlotte were in Boston, too.
That's the reason I'd been contemplating working from home today, though I'd been waffling because the main thing I'm working on right now might – and I stress the word might – go faster and easier working on my dual monitor setup at the office.
I was still going back and forth with myself – I'd even sent an email to two coworkers telling them I planned on working at home – when Garrett came downstairs and declared he had an upset stomach. Well, that cinched it.
One reason I wanted to stay at home was because I wanted to, while I was working, listen to music without wearing headphones. Now I couldn't do that. Plus, I didn't want to be distracted. Plus, I didn't want to get infected with whatever ailment Garrett had. (And yes, I realize what a crappy father I am for making this decision.)
So I showered and threw on some jeans and a T-shirt. Not just any tee, but one of my Golden Door Scholars T-shirts. Golden Door Scholars is a program started by RV CEO Ric Elias – we provide full-ride college scholarships for undocumented high-performing students. I believe passionately in the program and in the two scholars I mentor, Maria and Vanessa.
Anyway, I got a bit of a late start and wound up getting to work about 10 minutes or so later than normal. Which is not a big deal at RV.
What was a big deal …
So as I was walking from the parking deck to my desk – entering one building, trudging up three flights of steps, and entering the second building of our campus (yes, I could park closer to my desk, but I tell myself I'm at least getting a little exercise by taking the path I do), I spied Ric and another man walking toward me.
Ric greeted me warmly, as he nearly always does, and asked me about one of my scholars – I'd mentioned to him earlier this week that I'd gotten an email update from her and that it was spectacular. He wanted details – I told him about her summer research internship at the VA Hospital in Portland, and how she'd won two other scholarships, and been elected chair of the student senate at her college, and met a recruiter for an important Research Triangle Park biotech, and had all A's so far this semester (again) except for one B in inorganic chemistry. You get the idea – to say she's a high-achiever is to undersell her. (My other scholar is similarly outstanding – she has a research internship this summer at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.)
Then Ric introduces me to the guy – his name is Jose Vargas. He's speaking tonight at Davidson. He's a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist (part of a Washington Post team that covered the Virginia Tech shootings). He's written for The New York Times magazine and been on the cover of Time. He also wrote, produced and directed a film, Documented.
His speech tonight is about immigration and HB2, two issues I care deeply about. (In case you don't know, I'm passionately for immigration and I'm adamantly opposed to HB2 – in its entirety.)
So I met this a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. In town to speak about immigration. With me wearing a Golden Door T-shirt. And got to schmooze with the boss. Because I got to work late. And because I decided to go to the office today. Because my son didn't feel good.
Luck? Destiny? You decide …
But wait, there's more …
Here's the post-credits scene to the tale above. A little later this morning, I had to go to the bathroom – Karen says I shouldn't have mentioned that fact, but I think it's vital to show just how random life can be. For some reason, I didn't go to the restroom that's closest to me.
I picked another one, for no particular reason. And barely beat one of the IT guys to the single stall. When I came out to wash my hands, I came face to face with Ric again. We chatted again, and I mentioned that I'd looked Jose up and thanked him for introducing me to him.
He didn't miss a beat when he spoke:
"No, Arthur, he was lucky to meet you!"


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Mine just turned out very good, since I found some pretty letters in mailbox!
This lovely letter, is from my new american pen pal, Mary from California.
She has such a neat handwriting, I'm really jealous of it! Her letter also conteined a pretty heart shaped origami and an ex libris sticker, so nice!
I received Karima's reply to my letter. Eveything about her letter was lovely: the decorated envelope, the handmade postcard, and even the way she wrote the letter itself.
This one, is Christabel's -very fast, I'd say :D- reply to my letter. I love the 'hidden message' in the envelope. She also sent me a recipe that I'm really looking forward to try, as it sounds incredibly yummy.
Last but not least, the letter that insipred the title of this post. It's Kelly's reply to my letter, and along with that, she sent me one of her drawings of Alice in Wonderland. Beautiful, isn't it? I wish I was that good at drawing people! (Check out her tumblr for more awesomeness).
Her letter was particularly a pleasure to read, it's been a while since I last received a six pages long letter, and well, I love reading about my pen pals! :)
That's all for now, did you had a good mail day too?


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Artopia: February 2006 Archives
Andrea Zittel: Escape Vehicle
"Sometimes if you can't change a situation, you just have to change the way you think about a situation."
The Things I Know for Sure, Andrea Zittel.
'Please Do Not Touch or Enter Artwork' (Sign at the New Museum)
A-Z Administrative Services,Andrea Zittel'scorporate "identity," equals assumptions-must-always-be-challenged. A naïve definition of art insists that it must be divorced from use. The aesthetic, a term first used mid-18th century, is seen as opposed to the utilitarian. On the other hand, any serious look at art history, preferablyglobal -- but even a limited Western survey -- will produce a majority of artworks that have served some purpose along with visual delectation: practical, religious, political or even educational. Ranking objects by or through function is power- and class-based. Is art used as religious or corporate propaganda -- or investment -- automatically better than art you might eat off or sit on? To put a finer edge on the no longer viable debate, what we really need to know is that the aesthetic and utilitarian are not mutually exclusive characteristics or functions of art. Even in the last century,as the Arts and Crafts Movement evolved into Bauhaus and Constructivist imperatives (and then into we now call design), the utilitarian was not entirely excluded from the modernist canon. Do we not honor Gerrit Rietveld? Le Corbusier? Charles and Ray Eames? And Isamu Noguchi wearing his design hat? Was it such a large step for Scott Burton to propose sculpture as furniture?
Burton is the immediate precedent for Zittel, whose first "comprehensive survey" is now at the New Museum/Chelsea, (556 West 22nd Street, to May 27). I guess we are no longer allowed to say "retrospective" for a survey of work by an artist under 90. Zittel was born in 1965. The superstition (de Kooning had it) that takes the form of the curse-of-the-retrospective can be expressed as: once they see what you have been up to, it's all over -- the "they" meaning critics, collectors, and other artists. Zittel need not worry (although I don't think exhibition terminology is one of her concerns). She equips herself well. Unlike too many artists who have had "surveys" and after showing their true colors tank, Zittel looks better here than in any single gallery show of hers you may have seen. Is it editing or timing?
Cautionary tales about inflated reputations can be assembled at will. Suffice it to say that even critics and curators fade. But, in Teddy Roosevelt's famous phrase, let's not go there.
Dangers abound.
Enough art has already been destroyed by "theory" and covert commercial or academic agendas.
Fairness requires me (I don't know why) to mention that not everyone is interested in the same set of problems, so it would be foolish for me to proclaim that high seriousness is demonstrated only by a passion for the interstitial. Zittel, however,embodies the interstitial, for the body of her work is both sculpture and design. Otherwise, what would anyone make of her huts, warrens, and dresses? She is a borderland case. From the wilderness of Williamsburg to the wilderness of the California desert, she has persistently experimented with living.
Ghosts of design icons haunt her production: the Eames Case Study House No.8; Constructivist fashion; Mondrian's boxy, ad hoc furniture he made for himself when he lived in New York.
Housing is clearly one of Zittel's subjects. First, her redo of her tiny Williamsburg studio; then A-Z Living Units (1993-94), A-Z Cellular Compartment Units, and now the Joshua Tree Desert A-Z Homestead Units. All respond to declining housing space. The solution? Live in a trailer-inspired housing unit, costumized, if possible. The Homestead Units, however, are not so much based on the trailer as on the tool shed; the smallest construction that in most places does not require special building permits and approvals.
Zittel: A-Z Living
The Long, Long Trailer (Lucy and Desi Hit the Road)
I-pod housing has happened before: trailers. I have always loved trailers. The art critic Lawrence Alloway announced that his ideal home was a well-designed yacht, everything built-in, everything with a place and everything in its place. I prefer the ideal trailer. I once stayed in a restored 1949 Airstream in a trailer camp (emphasis on "camp") called Shady Dell in Bisbee, Arizona. A host of historic trailers can be rented by the night. I was in Airflow heaven -- literally, since Bisbee (where last year I gave a poetry reading) is 90 miles south of Tucson in the mile-high Mule Mountains. The ten trailers include an Airfloat, Royal Mansion, a Spartan, a Spartanette, and an El Rey. There's also a Chris Craft yacht.
Jeopardy strikes art in the form of classification systems, but one must persist. Zittel believes in rules-based behavior, particularly in art-making. Rules make you free -- but rules, I think, only of your own devising.When I was first teaching (it was at the University of Iowa back in the early '70s), I came armed with fresh slides of process, body and performance art and street works. I have since been told by someone who worked in the art department slide library then that I had created a behind-the-scenes ruckus because no one knew how to file my slides. They were certainly not slides of paintings or drawings, and they didn't look like any sculpture that had already been alphabetized by artist. So the librarians put them in a separate cabinet and were relieved when I retrieved them at the end of my semester as guest professor. It may be easier for the likes of Zittel now. Multiple categories can be the digital rule. I am annoyed by the New York Times online propensity to place the same headline in multiple categories, because it makes it seem there is more than there is. On the other hand, multicategorization is more than multiaccess. It is a corrective to the tyranny of the conventional. Clearly an examination of Zittel could comfortably fit under Fine Art, Design, Home, Architecture, and even (for recent efforts) Desert Living, if there were such a category.
Zittel: A-Z Homestead Units
Back to Basics
Kitchens, campers, bedrooms, and chamber pots have all been some of Zittel's choicest subjects. And clothing, too. The latter came about because, when employed as an art gallery attendant, she had to dress for the part, so she made her own clothes.
Laboratory-like explorations of nutrition add another level of research to A-Z Administrative Services. Yes, research. One way of looking at Zittel's productions is to see them as research projects for living; probes; efforts at deprogramming. Do we all need 2000 square feet of living space? Does anyone? Space greed is about prestige, not comfort. If you want breathing space, go outside (if there is an outside left). There is also something to be said for the nest, the cave, the cozy hideout in which you do not have to get up from bed every time you want a piece of toast or need to answer the door. Instead of receiving-room housing one could begin thinking of dressing-room houses. If space is at a premium, energy is at a premium too. Heating and cooling a closetlike, trailerlike pod is cheaper than heating and cooling a McMansion.
Madness can mimic Mamaroneck. Luxury condos in Chelsea are like McMansions in the sky. Although owning a gigantic loft and then buying a Zittel in which to live is my idea of luxury, I have to confess that a more practical, less sinful fantasy of mine is to live in an Airstream on any flatbed roof in the East Village. But why not buy an indoor parking lot in midtown and fill it withpermanently parked, vintage Airstreams for rent? Since I have been on an apartment quest recently, I can assure you that you would soon have a waiting list. You cannot believe the East Village rentals I have seen for $3000 a month, or, out of curiosity, the "furnished" rooms and shares you can see on craigslist.com for huge bucks. Hasn't anyone noticed that the world is truly overpopulated?
Now is the time to rethink comfort, family, crash-pad housing. We need I-Pod housing. We already have it! Zittel leads the way.
On average, more meals are eaten out or eaten inthe form of takeout than cooked and consumed at home. Do living quarters still need stoves and refrigerators? Zittel too is tied to the past, because even her most austere living spaces include hot plates. What's wrong with raw food or lukewarm takeout? Is there something dangerous about room temperature Diet Coke? Get rid of refrigeration!
Punishment in the future will not be prison-cell confinement. Cells will be too much like home, too cozy. Punishment will be other people.
Quaint, queer, quirky.
Zittel: A-Z Homestead Unit
Are We Free?
Revolutionary ways of day-to-day living already exist. The urban, global, digital nomad is not unknown. Dorm life conquers all. There are already shadows and shades living among us. In 1957 I shared a cold-water flat in Paterson, New Jersey, with two other poets. One was certifiable and the other was a Korean War veteran. He lived the life of what he called The Unit Man. He was a kind of criminal, but it took me a while to catch on. In any case, The Unit Man owned only what he could wear on his back, and everything else had to fit in one rather slim briefcase -- a volume of Dylan Thomas, a change of underwear and socks, a small notebook he called his Image Book for inscribing figures of speech and compound words that he thought would come in handy for writing poems. If you saw The Unit Man in the street you would think he was anIvy League Associate Professor of English Lit. He later took off for Mexico City, where his vices, which I leave to your imagination, could be practiced with impunity.
Solitary life is the wave of the future. The monk among us. The Unit Human holds his or her own against the onslaught of teeming or teaming populations, artworks, streaming media.
Tough trouble lies ahead.
Underground life becomes the norm. The Unit Human is hidden among a horde of robots. Suburbs become the noir cities they were made to replace, and the Unit Human is disguised as a housewife or a husband. Hello, Honey, I'm homeless.
Our new apartment in the Financial District (cheaper and better than anything we saw in the East Village, our sacred turf) insists on rugs and forbids waterbeds. We also had to sign a mold release, requiring we notify the management of any moisture.
Andrea Zittel: Clothing
What the World Needs Now
Wronged, the world fights back. Am I the only one who sees Armageddon when looking at images of Zittel's living units? This work -- please, Grace Glueck -- is not whimsical. What on earth is whimsical about costumed hikes? Dressing up is the most important part of sports.Instead, Zittel offers....
X-ray visions of global-warmingdesertification. And opportunities for other artists to experiment with homebuilding. Because I will be teaching a seminar at the Phoenix Museum of Art next month, I'll be spending some time in someone's pool house in Paradise Valley. I love the desert, but it really needs to be air-conditioned, doesn't it? It was so dry this past summer that out on Long Island, where I sometime hide out, I actually saw and heard a woodpecker pecking at the dead, bone-dry lawn. Tap-tap, tap-tap. And now in New York we had the biggest snowstorm ever.
You are where you sleep.
Zittel, who deftly combines Dada and design, entering through the right end of what was conceptual art and Scott Burtonism (furniture as minimal sculpture), exits art into life, with, I think, real thoughts on sculpture, art, and life.
Andrea Zittel: Chamber Pot
Thomas Eakins, Swimming, 1883-1885
Thomas Eakins: Untitled Photograph (students posing nude), 1883
Off With the Cloth
Anyone interested in realist painting will be fascinated by Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), whose disquieting endeavors, according to author Henry Adams, have been long misinterpreted. Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of an American Artist (Oxford University Press, 2005) spills the beans. Now at last I know why, even as a mere child, I was attracted to Swimming (1883-85), The Gross Clinic (1875), and those paintings of sculls in the Schuylkill River, the idyllic ribbon that flows through Philadelphia's Fairmont Park.
Eakins, in one of those larger-than-life art history moments, pulled a loincloth off a male model in front of some female students at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art in 1886. We are not quite certain if this was the only reason he was dismissed. No minutes of the Academy Board were kept, but he apparently had the habit of pressuring both male and female students to pose in the nude to demonstrate their commitment to the nude and only the nude as the didactic tool for learning how to make art. He even offered himself in the buff. Rumors persisted that not only had he driven two women into madness, but that incest, bestiality and sodomy (the latter two items often interchangeable then in the popular mind) were not unknown among his panoply of vices and offenses, fancied or not.
Adamsdoes demonstrate that Eakins, contrary to Lloyd Goodrich's hagiographic monograph, was not a nice guy, but was rude, sloppy, slobbery (perhaps from therapeutic opiates), clearly bipolar and an exhibitionist/voyeur. Furthermore, although we are not privy to his bedroom proclivities, we know that, although married, he seemed to prefer the handsome Samuel Murray for studio companionship, country and seaside larking, and public dining. It was Murray, 15 years younger, and not his wife, who held Eakins' hand when he was dying. His wife, after Eakins' death, insisted he never painted from photographs and tried to change the title of Swimming (which reveals naked boys at play) to The Swimming Hole and then to the even more sentimental The Old Swimming Hole. The finished painting shows Eakins himself neck deep in the water staring at the winsome, buck-naked colts.
I am not sure that Adams is always correct in his interpretation of snapshots of Eakins: does he really look depressed? Is he a maniac, or is it the camera?
But Adams is certainly right in nailing Goodrich, once director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, for creating the deceptive view of Eakins as manly, honest, and forthright, posing him as virtuously all-American and the dubious precedent for the all-American representational painters Goodrich was promoting then: Reginald Marsh, John Sloan, Edward Hopper, etc. In reality, Eakins had a high-pitched voice, affected volunteer fireman's clothes and often painted in his underwear; failed his classes in Paris, told dirty jokes, was "feminine," was not exactly fond of women, was never much of an athlete, and drank a quart of milk with every meal. Adams, a bit of an amateur shrink, has fun with that last item, but does explain that milk was then a treatment for depression, at least according to the specialist Eakins visited after he was fired from the academy and had what we might call a nervous breakdown. The specialist in such things was a certain S. Weir Mitchell, author of Fat and Blood.
Crazy mother, overbearing father (wouldn't let anyone speak at the dinner table), lower-class background, homely wife, hardly any market for his paintings, Philadelphia air -- Eakins was a miserable fellow. The exhibitionism and love of embarrassing others is easily resolved into a big-time case of infantilism. There he is at the end in a wonderful photograph: fat-ass, bare-ass Eakins, around 1909, splashing into the river at his fish-house encampment, with who looks to be his devoted friend Murray standing by. Eakins, happy at last.
Samuel Murray and Thomas Eakins, c.1891
Thomas Eakins, Portrait of Samuel Murray, 1889
The Love that Dares Not Speak Its Name: Photography
Adams, it should be noted, draws upon information from the Charles Bregler Thomas Eakins Collection (ironically now owned by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts). The collection, rediscovered in 1984, contains documents and many, many photographs from Eakins' studio, all rescued by his former student Bregler and squirreled away for years. From these it is more than clear that not only The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand (1879-1889) was photo-derived, with its up-to-date presentation of horse gait and blurred carriage wheels, but, until the late portraits, so was almost everything else.
Since Adams is mercilessly condescending to the catalog for the Philadelphia Museum of Art's 2001 Eakins retrospective, of course I had to dig it up. It is quite a tome (and, alas, like many catalogues, without an index); here Eakins remains the greatest American artist of the 19th century, the greatest unexamined American artist. There is no revisionism here, but details, details, and what amounts to promotion for Philadelphia's favorite artistic son. No warts, no shadows.
What is valuable, however, is Mark Tucker and Nica Gutman's chapter "Photographs and the Making of Paintings." They examined the photos in the Bregler Collection, used infrared analysis on the paintings, and looked close enough to see pinpricks and tick marks. Although he sometimes used the tried-and-true squaring-up method, internal evidence proves Eakins also employed a magic or catoptric lantern and traced projections, keeping his use of photography a secret. Photograph was apparently a bigger secret, I should add, than his relationship with hunky, swarthy Murray, a would-be sculptor of no discernable talent.
We also learn here (and in Adams) that Eakins patched together parts of various photographs; hence, in spite of his mechanical use of orthodox perspective, things don't quite match up. Like Vermeer (another "realist" favorite of mine who himself used a camera obscura), Eakins invented a photorealism that is dreamy and uncanny. Adams points to The Champion Single Sculls (1871), where everything seems lucid, proper; yet, although champion Max Schmit and his single scull are perfectly reflected in the water, the clouds are not.
Apparently Eakins wanted us to think that everything one needed to know was in the art: the usual cover-up. And Goodrich thought we needed a candy-coated he-man of a hero. Although in my view Eakins was one of the great ones, knowing just a little bit more about him makes his art a lot more interesting. Was he a victim of Philadelphia Puritanism? I'm not so sure. What would we think now of an art professor who made his students strip and pose for each other and took off his clothes too?
Thomas Eakins with female model, 1885 (Pennsylvania Acacemy of Art)
Thomas Eakins in four poses, c. 1885 (Pennsylvania Academy of Art)
Thomas Eakins with female model, c. 1885 (Pennsylvania Academy of Art)
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Immigration Public Debate
On January 25, 2011 JMU debate team members Zeke Mihelcic and Mark Waugh debated against Megan Coffman and Robert Peters, debate members from the University of West Virginia, over the topic that amnesty should be granted to illegal immigrants currently living in the United States. This event was attended by over 200 members from the JMU and Harrisonburg communities. This public debate was part of a home-home public debate series between West Virginia University and James Madison University; JMU will debate in Morgantown in April 2011.
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Ken Levine To Receive A Lifetime Achievement Award
Ken Levine, co-founder and creative director of Irrational Games, will be receiving a lifetime achievement award this week at the Golden Joystick Awards. This is the first time in its 31 year history that the event will honor an individual for their lifetime's work. Levine, who is writing a screenplay based on Logan's Run for Warner Bros., has headed the creation of some of the most critically acclaimed games, such as System Shock 2, Bioshock, and Bioshock Infinite. It's good to see one of the great world creators get their work appreciated this way, but hopefully this award is just a stepping stone for him to create bigger and better games.
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Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.


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LAKE CITY, SC (AP) - The small town of Lake City is accepting entries for a big art festival.
The first Artsfields festival is planned for 10 days in late April in the community in South Carolina's Pee Dee region.
Beginning Monday, organizers are accepting submission from artists who want to display new art. Artists from 12 southern states are eligible.
About 400 pieces will be selected for display. People attending the festival will be able to vote on their favorites to determine how $100,000 in prize money is awarded.
Organizers are calling it the largest arts competition in the Southeast. The Artsfields competition was created by local citizens, including financier Darla Moore, to celebrate their community.
The submission periods continues through Feb. 1 at www.artfieldssc.org.
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May 14 — The chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said May 14 that she is inclined to include standalone legislation that would end the 40-year ban on the export of domestic crude oil as part of a broader energy package the committee is drafting.
"I'd like to have it in there," Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) told reporters. "It just makes sense in there, as part of the bigger, broader energy updating our architecture."
The bill, the Energy Supply and Distribution Act of 2015 (S. 1312), released May 13, is scheduled to be the subject of a June 4 hearing on "energy accountability and reform," along with other bills that could end up in the broader energy package, which is expected to be unveiled later this summer.
In addition, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) is expected to introduce a separate standalone bill repealing the crude oil export ban to be considered by the Senate Banking Committee, Murkowski said.
Heitkamp, the lone Democratic co-sponsor of S. 1312 along with 11 Republican senators, is a member of the Banking Committee, which has jurisdiction over export controls and foreign trade promotion.
Her legislation will be combined with S. 1312 "to make sure our legislation to lift the ban is as strong and comprehensive as possible," Heitkamp said in a statement.
We're "just making sure we are covering all of our bases," Murkowski said, adding that she plans to co-sponsor Heitkamp's bill.
Robert Dillon, a spokesman for Murkowski and other Republicans on the committee, said a final decision on whether to include S. 1312 in the broader energy package is expected after markups begin in June.
Murkowski's legislation is supported by companies that include ConocoPhillips, Hess Corp. and Marathon Oil Corp. and opposed by refiners such as Alon USA, Monroe Energy, PBF Energy and Philadelphia Energy Solutions.
The legislation, which would authorize exports of all crude oil and condensate produced in the U.S. without a federal license, comes amid surging U.S. production of crude oil due to the advent of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
"The whole idea that oil exports would still be prohibited is mind-boggling," Murkowski said at a May 14 forum held at the Center for a New American Security.
While the export of refined petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel fuel are allowed, energy law enacted in 1975 following the Arab oil embargo barred the export of crude oil except in limited cases, such as exports to Canada.
"The time is now," Murkowski said on the Senate floor. "Study after study has shown this will not raise our gasoline prices."
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Exablox (www.exablox.com), leader in scalable storage for SMB/SME, made 2 recents key announcements. First, Exablox received an extra $7M from Toshiba America Electronic Components (TAEC) for the C round for a total of $45.5M. This round is perfect to continue market, geo and product development and expansion. Second, the company introduced a new appliance - 4312 - 10 times faster and twice the capacity of the first generation, the 3308. Even of the product has a mid-range positioning, Exablox provides entreprise grade features such as in-line deduplication, continuous snapshots or remote replication. The new system supports last HGST 8TB SAS and SATA drives for 96TB in a single appliance for a total of 700TB in a single filesystem. Deployment continues to be very simple with just 10 minutes to deploy a cluster. This new appliance starts at $11,995 and is available.


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The scriptures teach that each person will stand before God and give an accounting to him of his or her life upon this earth. Let us see what happens after the judgment. Jesus taught that in Heaven there are many places where we may go.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
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. (John 14:1-3)
It is both fair and just that there are many mansions after the judgment, because we are all different. We have made different decisions with our agency, and we have had different amounts of righteousness and wickedness in our lives.
Paul spoke of a vision in which he was caught up to the "third heaven". Although he did not clearly explain what he meant by the "third heaven", his statement is significant because it fits in with the Savior's statement of "many mansions".
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. (2 Corinthians 12:2)
In chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians, Paul taught about the resurrection and gave a strong implication that there are differences in the mansions of the Father's house. In verse 35, he asked the question, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? He then proceeded to explain that mortal bodies die but God will give bodies as it pleases Him. Paul introduced two metaphors to explain the differences in resurrected bodies. The first metaphor concerns differences between the flesh of humans and animals.
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. (1 Corinthians 15:39)
The second metaphor concerns differences in the brightness of celestial bodies.
There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. (1 Corinthians 15:40-41)
After giving these metaphors to illustrate the principle of "differences", he states there will be differences in the resurrection.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: (1 Corinthians 15:42)
That is, just as there are different types of flesh on this earth, and just as celestial bodies have different amounts of light, so will we come forth in the resurrection with different bodies. All resurrected bodies will be perfect, but they will vary in glory as the sun varies from the moon and the moon varies from the stars and the stars vary from each other in light. This is a strong implication that there are different mansions in the Father's house that correspond to the different resurrected bodies. The mansions will vary in glory, happiness, and beauty.
Through latter-day revelation in a vision given to Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon, the Lord described the mansions in the Father's house. This vision is recorded in Section 76 of the Doctrine and Covenants. From this revelation, we learn there are four basic places in the life to come. Three of them are places of glory, and the fourth place is one without glory. In the revelation to Joseph and Sidney, the Lord named the three places of glory by using Paul's metaphor of heavenly bodies.
Celestial Kingdom
First, we have the mansion with the greatest glory, known as the Celestial Kingdom.
And again we bear record–for we saw and heard, and this is the testimony of the gospel of Christ concerning them who shall come forth in the resurrection of the just–
They are they who received the testimony of Jesus, and believed on his name and were baptized after the manner of his burial, being buried in the water in his name, and this according to the commandment which he has given–
That by keeping the commandments they might be washed and cleansed from all their sins, and receive the Holy Spirit by the laying on of the hands of him who is ordained and sealed unto this power;
And who overcome by faith, and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise, which the Father sheds forth upon all those who are just and true.
They are they who are the church of the Firstborn.
They are they into whose hands the Father has given all things–
They are they who are priests and kings, who have received of his fulness, and of his glory;
And are priests of the Most High, after the order of Melchizedek, which was after the order of Enoch, which was after the order of the Only Begotten Son.
Wherefore, as it is written, they are gods, even the sons of God–
Wherefore, all things are theirs, whether life or death, or things present, or things to come, all are theirs and they are Christ's, and Christ is God's.
And they shall overcome all things.
Wherefore, let no man glory in man, but rather let him glory in God, who shall subdue all enemies under his feet.
These shall dwell in the presence of God and his Christ forever and ever.
These are they whom he shall bring with him, when he shall come in the clouds of heaven to reign on the earth over his people.
These are they who shall have part in the first resurrection.
These are they who shall come forth in the resurrection of the just.
These are they who are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly place, the holiest of all.
These are they who have come to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of Enoch, and of the Firstborn.
These are they whose names are written in heaven, where God and Christ are the judge of all.
These are they who are just men made perfect through Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the shedding of his own blood.
These are they whose bodies are celestial, whose glory is that of the sun, even the glory of God, the highest of all, whose glory the sun of the firmament is written of as being typical. (D&C 76:50-70)
Let us summarize the conditions in the Celestial kingdom.
- These are they who accept Christ and are baptized by proper authority.
- These are they who overcome all things by faith and are sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise. This reference in verse 53 to "sealing" does not refer to the ceremonies in the temples. The sealing by the Holy Spirit of promise comes individually to persons as they receive their judgment by God, and it may happen in this life or in the life to come.
- These are they who are given all things by the Father.
- These are they who have overcome all things by being valiant in keeping the commandments of God and in becoming Christ-like in their lives.
- These are they who shall dwell eternally in the presence of both God the Eternal Father and Jesus Christ.
- These are they who come forth in the first resurrection of the just.
Terrestrial Kingdom
The second kingdom of glory is called the Terrestrial Kingdom.
And again, we saw the terrestrial world, and behold and lo, these are they who are of the terrestrial, whose glory differs from that of the church of the Firstborn who have received the fulness of the Father, even as that of the moon differs from the sun in the firmament.
Behold, these are they who died without law;
And also they who are the spirits of men kept in prison, whom the Son visited, and preached the gospel unto them, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh;
Who received not the testimony of Jesus in the flesh, but afterwards received it.
These are they who are honorable men of the earth, who were blinded by the craftiness of men.
These are they who receive of his glory, but not of his fulness.
These are they who receive of the presence of the Son, but not of the fulness of the Father.
Wherefore, they are bodies terrestrial, and not bodies celestial, and differ in glory as the moon differs from the sun.
These are they who are not valiant in the testimony of Jesus; wherefore, they obtain not the crown over the kingdom of our God.
And the terrestrial [shall be ministered to] through the ministration of the celestial. (D&C 76:71-79, 87)
We can summarize the nature of the Terrestrial Kingdom as follows.
- These are they who but who hear of him in the Spirit world and accept him as their Savior. Although individuals in this group will accept their proxy baptisms as performed in the Lord's temples and receive a Celestial glory, as a group they will not.
- These are they who are sincere Christians but are deceived by wicked people and do not accept the message of the Restoration and be baptized into the LDS church, even though they will have the opportunity.
- These are they who were baptized into the LDS church while living in mortality but who were not valiant in serving God and keeping his commandments, but who still believed in Christ and lived his moral law
- These are they who shall dwell eternally in the presence of Jesus Christ but not with the Father.
- These are they who shall receive acts of service from those in the Celestial kingdom.
Telestial Kingdom
Concerning the third kingdom of glory, the Telestial Kingdom, the Lord said the following.
And again, we saw the glory of the telestial, which glory is that of the lesser, even as the glory of the stars differs from that of the glory of the moon in the firmament.
These are they who received not the gospel of Christ, neither the testimony of Jesus.
These are they who deny not the Holy Spirit.
These are they who are thrust down to hell.
These are they who shall not be redeemed from the devil until the last resurrection, until the Lord, even Christ the Lamb, shall have finished his work.
These are they who receive not of his fulness in the eternal world, but of the Holy Spirit through the ministration of the terrestrial; (D&C 76:81-86)
As a summary of the Telestial Kingdom, we have the following.
- These are they who do not accept Christ, either in this life or in the spirit world.
- These are they who are the wicked people of the world but who do not sin against the Holy Ghost.
- These are they who come forth in the second resurrection at the end of the Millennium.
- These are they who dwell eternally in the presence of the Holy Ghost but not with either the Father or the Son. They will be ministered to by those in the Terrestrial kingdom.
Outer Darkness
In the vision given to Joseph and Sidney, the Lord also spoke of a kingdom without glory.
And we saw a vision of the sufferings of those with whom he made war and overcame, for thus came the voice of the Lord unto us:
Thus saith the Lord concerning all those who know my power, and have been made partakers thereof, and suffered themselves through the power of the devil to be overcome, and to deny the truth and defy my power–
They are they who are the sons of perdition, of whom I say that it had been better for them never to have been born;
For they are vessels of wrath, doomed to suffer the wrath of God, with the devil and his angels in eternity;
Concerning whom I have said there is no forgiveness in this world nor in the world to come–
Having denied the Holy Spirit after having received it, and having denied the Only Begotten Son of the Father, having crucified him unto themselves and put him to an open shame.
These are they who shall go away into the lake of fire and brimstone, with the devil and his angels–
And the only ones on whom the second death shall have any power;
Yea, verily, the only ones who shall not be redeemed in the due time of the Lord, after the sufferings of his wrath.
For all the rest shall be brought forth by the resurrection of the dead, through the triumph and the glory of the Lamb, who was slain, who was in the bosom of the Father before the worlds were made.
Wherefore, he saves all except them–they shall go away into everlasting punishment, which is endless punishment, which is eternal punishment, to reign with the devil and his angels in eternity, where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched, which is their torment —
And the end thereof, neither the place thereof, nor their torment, no man knows;
Neither was it revealed, neither is, neither will be revealed unto man, except to them who are made partakers thereof; (D&C 76:30-39,44-46)
This place is referred to in the scriptures as "outer darkness". Let us summarize the conditions in that place.
- These are they who are sons of perdition. These people have accepted Satan as their God, and they have become adopted by him.
- These people will never be forgiven of their sins.
- These people are the only ones who suffer "the second death", that is they will be eternally separated from God.
- These people are the only ones who are not redeemed by the Atonement of Christ.
The Lord has not revealed details of this kingdom and will not do so; you will have to go there if you want to know more about it.
The scriptures speak of a hell after death. Now that we understand there is a temporary waiting place before the judgment, and four basic places where we may go after the judgment, let us study the scriptures that speak of Hell to see how it fits into this picture. The scriptures refer metaphorically to Hell as a place of fire. Because many people do not understand that the references to fire are a metaphor, there is confusion about the nature of Hell.
If we look at the Hebrew and Greek context of the Biblical verses that speak of Hell, we can understand what the inspired authors were trying to say. In the Old Testament, every reference to 'hell' is the Hebrew word sheôwl which means hades, the world of the dead or the grave. There is nothing in the use of sheôwl to imply eternal burnings in literal fire. In the New Testament, there are three Greek words translated as 'hell'. Haides means the place of departed souls or the grave. Geenna refers to a valley near Jerusalem in which refuse was burned, and this valley is the source of the metaphor about fire. Tartaroo refers to the deepest abyss of Hades or to an incarceration in eternal punishment. Thus, we see that Biblical references to Hell refer to the grave or to the world of the dead in which the spirits will receive God's punishment.
In his great sermon on the Day of Pentecost, Peter referred to Psalm 16 in which David expressed faith his soul would not be left in Hell.
Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. (Acts 2:26-27)
David had faith that Hell was temporary. Because the Biblical context of the word 'hell' refers to death and the grave, we realize David was right. Hell is not a permanent state, because Jesus Christ overcame death and Hell. Through his atonement, Jesus not only redeemed those who have faith on him, but he also redeemed the wicked ones who are in Hell! Please be aware this does not imply those who are redeemed from Hell will receive the same blessings as those who had faith and obedience to him. We have already discussed that there are many mansions in the Father's house and that we will be rewarded according to our lives. John learned in his glorious vision that Jesus had the keys of Hell and death, thus allowing him to perform the resurrection and to free and redeem the spirits from both Hell and the grave.
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. (Revelation 1:18)
John later saw the dead being freed from Hell.
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. (Revelation 20:12-13)
Hell delivered up its dead in the resurrection and judgment of God! In other words, Hell is the "spirit prison" in which those who have transgressed the commandments of God await their resurrection, and while doing so suffer the guilt and remorse of their sins. It is a place of repentance for the spirits confined there. At the completion of the Millennium, as John saw, they will come forth in the second resurrection. They will have been freed from "prison" by the Savior's Atonement, and they will receive their places in the Telestial kingdom of God.
Several scriptures in the Bible speak of Hell as a fire. For example, consider the following.
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: (Mark 9:43)
The Greek word translated 'hell' in that verse is Geenna, and it refers to refuse that was always burning near the city. Jesus is using a metaphor to refer to the conditions of the wicked people after death. Just as the refuse is burning day by day, so will the guilt and remorse of the wicked go on day by day and never be quenched until the spirits are freed from Hell by the Savior's atonement. The Nephite prophet Jacob understood that references to Hell were metaphoric, and he taught this to his people.
And assuredly, as the Lord liveth, for the Lord God hath spoken it, and it is his eternal word, which cannot pass away, that they who are righteous shall be righteous still [in the judgment of God], and they who are filthy shall be filthy still; wherefore, they who are filthy are the devil and his angels; and they shall go away into everlasting fire, prepared for them; and their torment is as a lake of fire and brimstone, whose flame ascendeth up forever and ever and has no end. (2 Nephi 9:16, emphasis added)
When the scriptures refer to words and phrases like "everlasting", "eternal", "forever and ever" in describing Hell, people usually interpret that to mean that Hell lasts forever. However, the Lord revealed to Joseph Smith that such words are nouns and are names of God.
For, behold, the mystery of godliness, how great is it! For, behold, I am endless, and the punishment which is given from my hand is endless punishment, for Endless in my name. Wherefore–
Eternal punishment is God's punishment.
Endless punishment is God's punishment. (D&C 19:10-12)
Because "Eternal" is a name for God, eternal punishment is God's punishment, whether it lasts an hour, a day, a week, or in the case of the spirits in Hell until after the Millennium.
Peter spoke of a Hell that was permanent; this is the only use of the Greek word Tartaroo which refers to the deepest abyss of Hades, or an incarceration in eternal punishment.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (2 Peter 2:4)
These "angels" are the spirits that followed Lucifer in the war in heaven. They, and those mortals who become sons of perdition, are to receive as their eternal reward the Hell of Tartaroo. This Hell is the 'outer darkness' in which there is no forgiveness.