Other ways: 
 

1. Internet legal directories: The Internet is an excellent source for finding attorneys in your community. Because of the interactive nature of the Internet, lawyers and law firms are able to provide much more detailed information to potential clients. For example, Attorney Pages.com allows visitors, for free, to browse through its listings and pick an attorney based on your geographic area and/or type of practice. Many of those listed have websites to give you a broader picture of the attorney’s skills. The site provides complete contact information so you can easily phone or email the attorney with your questions. Using the directory, you can also find a lawyer across the country to handle your college son’s landlord or traffic problem. 
    
2. Local or state bar association’s referral services: Most bar associations offer referral sources at no charge or for a modest fee. Phone and tell them the problem and they will hook you up with a participating attorney who handles legal problems such as yours. Keep in mind that only a small portion of the legal community signs up and the association generally make no claims as to the attorney’s expertise or skills. For a list of state bar associations, go to http://www.abanet.org/barserv/stlobar.html. 
    
3. Employer-Paid Legal plans: Many employers, unions and credit unions offer pre-paid legal plans. These plans are given as benefits to employees and may entitle you to free or reduced cost representation on certain matters. You should check with your office administrator about whether you are enrolled in such a plan. 
    
4. Legal aid: You may qualify for legal aid representation at low-cost/no-cost. Legal aid primarily services low-income individuals and the qualifications for such aid can be based upon where you live, your income and family size. Legal aid representation tends to focus on landlord-tenant issues, credit, utilities, family issues, and unemployment. To find a legal aid office near you, call your state bar , your county court house , or try your local yellow pages under “legal aid,” “legal services,” or “legal assistance.” 
    
5. Nearby law schools: some have low-cost, no-cost clinics that provide a limited amount of legal services. 
    
6. Print Directories: For many decades the “Yellow Pages” were the traditional, and well-thumbed, source of listings. However, yellow page listings and/or ads do not give information about lawyer’s ability or competence. Other directories, such as the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, found in many public libraries, lists lawyers by state and city and give biographical details on each lawyer and rating information.

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William James Lawrence Hamilton

Born  July 1935-Disappearred 1959 from the Victoria, B.C, Canada area, at age 24.

In 1958,  Bill and his wife and 2 children had moved from Trenton, Ontario to  Victoria, BC, to live near Bill's family.   One day Bill told his wife he was going on an extended fishing trip, and could possibly be gone for several months.  She moved to Manitoba after he left.

Some time afterwards, two letters arrived, one from Bill,

and one from a letter from a woman who had lived next door to them on Shelbourne Ave in Victoria.  Bills letter was brief, stating he was short of money.

The woman's letter however stated how she  had heard the RCMP had found a rental boat, last rented by Bill Hamilton floating in the water empty.

Bill's wife  cannot remember the exact years these letters arrived, but it was sometimes between  1958 and 1960.

In August, 1960, Bill's father passed away. Although Bill did not attend his fathers funeral, the obituary listed his son as living in Toronto. Nobody knows why, perhaps they just took a guess as his wife & children had moved back to  Toronto around that time.

I guess we will never know if Bill simply began a new life somewhere, or if he has died.

"Bill, if you are reading this, please let me know that you are alive.   I know you are most likely not alive, and not reading this, but if by some miracle you are, please make contact.   I bear no grudge for your absence in our lives.   I just want to know if you are dead or alive, for sure.  If you are alive, it would be a dream come true, to hear from you.   Once in a while, I get frustrated with the lack of information, and get tempted to delete as much off the web as I can, regarding my search for you.   But, then I think, what it.   What if someone was friends with Bill way back then, who had seen him since he left the R.C.A.F., someone who could tell me even what he was doing, on even  one occasion, since 1958.  I am starved for any information...what was Bill Hamilton really like, did he have a double life?  Did he have a new family, are there siblings out there?

Will my questions hang unanswered?  It is as if Bill did not exist.  But surely, someone had seen Bill Hamilton in 1958-1959.   He lived, walked, breathed.  He wasn't invisible, someone must know something.

Surely everyone who knew him has not died?

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One of my favorite things about attending the University of Kansas is the beautiful campus, especially in the Fall. I love walking around campus this time of year.  I think the KU campus is one of the most underrated campuses in the country. Every building is architecturally pleasing and has so much history. Thousands of students walk the sidewalks every day without realizing the history that is associated with this school. It's things like these that make me love this school more and more. 

KU plays Colorado at home on Saturday and I'm so excited to tailgate again. I've missed it so much. It's kind of sad, isn't it? It's only been a couple weeks but I felt like there was a void in my life. I missed the smell of hot dogs on the grill, the taste of a cold beer in a red Solo cup, and the sea of KU fans in blue. I don't care if you're a fan or not - there's nothing like college football; it's an experience.

All I want is to have some time to do what I want. I think I'll devote my time during Fall Break to doing the things I love but never have time to do anymore. Maybe play some frisbee with a friend, have a picnic at South Park, and wander around Mass. Street. I miss freshman year. I had so much time on my hands to explore Lawrence.

Another thing that's been on my mind is being alone. Fall is such a romantic season and once again, I have no one to share it with. I hate seeing couples on campus, holding hands. It almost makes me sick to my stomach. I wake up every morning wanting there to be someone next to me. Call it the 'single blues' but I'm just plain tired of it. 

Enough of my complaining. I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of Fall. Make sure you eat a lot of pumpkin bread. 

-Megan

Lynbrook - Congregation Beth David will have a Thrift Shop open on Sunday and Monday, October 12 and 13 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Inventory will include books, clothing, shoes, accessories, jewelry, household appliances, artwork and more. Beth David is located at 188 Vincent Avenue between Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road in Lynbrook. For more information, please call (516) 599-9464.

Long Island - Spa week will take place from October 13-19 at various locations around the area. $50 full service spa treatments, originally valued at $100-$200, will be available to all. Participating spas in Great Neck include Aristocrat MedSpa, Butterfly Garden Spa, DeFranco Spagnolo Salon, N2 Beauty Day Spa, Laser Cosmetica; Maximus Spa in Merrick; Orange Skye Body & Beauty Bar in Valley Stream; Joseph Christopher Salon & Spa for Beauty and Wellness in Long Beach; and Laser Cosmetica in Plainview. To see a full list of spas and treatments being offered visit www.spaweek.org. You can start registering now.

Oceanside - South Nassau Hospital will be having a class about Basic Life Support in the Albert Conference Room on October 15 and 22 from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. South Nassau Hospital is located at One Healthy Way. For more information, call (516)-377-5333.

Cedarhurst -Chabad of the Five Towns is sponsoring a Youth Sukkah Hop on October 15 at 5:00 p.m. Join your friends and hop around town to visit neighborhood sukkot where your hosts will offer you an oneg Yom Tov. Songs. Meet at Chabad, 74 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst. On October 16, Chabad will host a Simchas Bais Hashoevah in Cedarhurst Park. Families can enjoy live music, dancing and entertainment by Keith Leaf.  Celebrate with your feet as we dance to invigorating Jewish music with Azamra DJ. Festivities run from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the corner of Cedarhurst and Summit Avenues. For more information, please call (516) 295-2478 or go to  www.fivetownshebrewschool.com.

Lawrence - The Peninsula Public Library is hosting a ceremony on Thursday, October 16, at 11 a.m. celebrating the opening of the library's new exit driveway. Board of Trustees, Director Arleen J. Reo and staff, invite the community to join them in welcoming New York State Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and New York State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, and other dignitaries. The library is located at 280 Central Avenue.

North Woodmere - The JCC of the Greater Five Towns will host a Sukkot Celebration for senior citizens on Thursday, October 16 at Temple Hillel in the Succah, 1000 Rosedale Rd in No. Woodmere, at 11:30 a.m. Dress warmly! The fee is $4. Pre-registration is required. For further information and to register, please call (516) 569-6733.

Hewlett - The Five Towns Democratic Club is hosting a meetito address the community's questions and interest in the Presidential campaign of Senator Barack Obama, on Thursday, October 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway. Speakers will be Rabbi Adam Mintz, past president of the New York Board of Rabbis and former interum Rabbi at Young Israel of Woodmere, and Long Island Congressman Steve Israel. As part of a special outreach effort by the Obama campaign and the Five Towns Democratic Club, these two dignitaries will lead a presentation and discussion of pertinent issues. Everyone in the community is invited, free of charge. For more information, please contact Stephen Anchin, President, Five Towns Democratic Club at (516) 330-7799.

Oceanside - The Friedberg JCC is hosting “Discipline is Not a Dirty Word,” a three-part series presented by the parenting resource network and focusing on a practical approach to positive discipline that involves seven basic child development principles for parents of children under age five. The programs will take place on October 16, 23 and 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Long Beach JCC, located at 310 National Blvd. The cost is $35 for all three sessions. For more information, please call (516) 766-4341, ext. 162 or e-mail khorowitz@friedbergjcc.org.

Oceanside - The Friedberg JCC is hosting “Camp Getaway for Baby Boomers: Enrich Your Body, Mind & Soul” on Sunday, October 19, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. The camp will be held at the Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds, 75 Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights, New York. The cost is $85 per person or $165 for two. Price includes fitness classes, guided nature hike, spa demos, lectures, cooking demos, wine tasting, golf lessons, live music, breakfast, lunch and afternoon reception. For more information, please contact Amy Schiller at (516) 766-4341, ext. 130 or e-mail ASchiller@Friedbergjcc.org.

Cedarhurst - The JCC of the Greater Five Towns will host their annual Sukkot Celebration for their “LIFE” members on Sunday, October 19, to be held in the JCC Succah at 207 Grove Avenue, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Dress warmly! Pizza will be served. For further information please call Bracha at (516) 569-6733, ext. 204.

Merrick - Chabad of Merrick is hosting two Sukkot events: “Kosher Pizza in the Hut” will be held on Sunday, October 19 at 4:30 p.m. in the Chabad Sukkah. Enjoy pizza, a petting zoo, pony rides, crafts and the opportunity to shake the lulav and etrog. Suggested donation of $18. Come dance with the Torah on Monday, October 20 at 6:00 p.m. All children will receive a plush Torah to take home and will be able to carry a real Torah. A light dinner will be served, and a special children’s program will take place. Admission is free, and sponsorships are available for $180. Both events will be held at 2083 Seneca Gate in Merrick. RSVP at (516) 833-3057 or www.chabadjewishlife.org.

Long Beach - The Adult Connections Club at the Friedberg JCC will host a Wine Tasting at VINO 100, 3179 Long Beach Road, Long Beach on Thursday, October 23 between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. For more information, please call (516) 766-4341, ext. 129 or e-mail drosen@friedbergjcc.org.

Oceanside - Congregation Darchei Noam is forming a bi-weekly discussion group for men and women, beginning on Sunday, October 26 at 10:00 a.m. Topics related to the fundamentals of Jewish belief and practice will be on the agenda, with the discussions led by lay members of the congregation. No formal background or Jewish education is required to participate. Darchei Noam is located at 3310 Woodward St. in Oceanside. For more information, please call (516) 536-3677 or (516) 536-8487.

Oceanside - The Friedberg JCC will host a lecture on “Time Management Tips: Making Life with Young Children Run Smoother” on Tuesday, October 28, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The event is free and open to the community. Optional child care available for small fee - reservation required. The JCC is located at 15 Neil Court in Oceanside. For more information, please call (516) 766-4341, ext. 162 or e-mail: khorowitz @friedbergjcc.org.

Cedarhurst -Chabad of the Five Towns will host the Women’s Circle: A workshop with Mrs. Jamie Geller, My turn from TV Producer to Torah Jew and Kosher Cookbook Author on October 28 at 8:00 p.m.. Jamie will also be sharing Quick & Kosher recipes, from the Bride who knew nothing. The event will be held at the home of Elisheva Baum, 21 Lotus Street in Cedarhurst. For more information, please call (516) 295-2487 or go to www.chabad5towns.com.

Lawrence - The JCC of the Greater Five Towns continues its Israeli Film Festival and will show “Fictitious Marriage” on Wednesday, October 29 at 8:00 p.m. at Temple Israel, 140 Central Avenue. Tickets cost $10. For more information, please call (516) 569-6733.

Plainview - The JCC will hold a free hearing screening conducted by the Lexington Hearing and Speech Center on Thursday, October 30, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the JCC’s parking lot. Call the Plainview-Old Bethpage Neighborhood NORC Office at (516) 822-3535, ext. 381 to schedule an appointment.

Oceanside - The Friedberg JCC will host a lecture with Ron Ross on Thursday, October 30 at 6:30 p.m. Ross is the author of “Nine...Ten... And Out! The Two Worlds of Emile Griffith. The cost of the event is $10 per person. The JCC is located at 15 Neil Court in Oceanside. For more information, please call (516) 766-4341, ext. 129 or e-mail drosen@friedbergjcc.org.

Far Rockaway - The Jewish Community Council of the Rockaway Peninsula is holding its annual Legislative Breakfast on Sunday, November 2 at 9:30 a.m. at the White Shul, Congregation Knesset Israel, in Far Rockaway. A journal is being published in connection with the breakfast. Inquiries about the breakfast or services offered by the JCCRP should be directed to Harvey Gordon, Executive Director at  (718) 327-7755, ext.  11 or hgordon@jccrp.org.

Lawrence - The JCC of the Five Towns will host “The Magic of Caring” with the “Daffy Detective Squad” of Petra puppets on Sunday, November 2, at 3:00 p.m. at Temple Israel, 140 Central Avenue. Tickets are $6. For more information, please call Sheryl Wyszkowski at (516) 569-6733.

Cedarhurst - The JCC of the Five Towns, in conjunction with Nassau County, is offering Flu and Pneumonia immunizations for senior citizens, aged 60+ on Monday, November 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the JCC, 207 Grove Avenue. There is no out-of-pocket expense and pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, please call (516) 569-6733.

Oceanside - The Friedberg JCC is hosting a lecture, “Westward Oy! Pioneer Jews in America” by Kenneth Libo on Wednesday, November 5 from 2:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the JCC. Come find out what Jews like Levi Strauss and Mike Goldwater did to make an impact as transporters of civilization and culture to the furthest reaches of this country. Dr. Kenneth Libo is an author and a professor of Jewish History at Hunter College. The lecture is free and open to the public, and is supported in part by Speakers in the Humanities, a program of the New York Council for the Humanities. Light refreshments will be served, and there is an optional donation of $5. The JCC is located at 15 Neil Court in Oceanside. For more information, please contact (516) 766-4341, ext. 114 or e-mail mlevi@friedbergjcc.org.

Oceanside - The Friedberg JCC is hosting a Veteran’s Day Event on Tuesday, November 11 from 2 to 3 p.m. “Listening With Your Eyes” starring Chip Bryant – Vaudevillian Silent Clown creates an artful blend of mime, clowning, juggling, magic, puppetry, and music to create an engaging audience-interactive experience. The event costs  $7 in advance and $8 at the door. The JCC is located at 15 Neil Court in Oceanside. For more information, please call (516) 766-4341, ext. 114 or e-mail:  mlevi@friedbergjcc.org.

Glen Cove - The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County is looking to expand their Speakers' Bureau and needs volunteers to accompany survivors to speaking engagements, introduce speakers and provide information about the Center to audiences. For more information and to become a volunteer, please call Carol Ragione at (516) 571-8040, ext. 100.

Lawrence - The JCC of the Greater Five Towns Rainbow School, an after school Enrichment Program for children from Russian families meets on Wednesdays, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Temple Israel, 140 Central Avenue, Lawrence, NY. For further information please call (516) 569-6733, ext. 214.

Cedarhurst - The JCC of the Greater Five Towns offers a variety of Hebrew classes. The Conversational Hebrew Intermediate day class will meet Mondays from 10:30 to 11:45 am. The Conversational Hebrew Beginner day class will meet Mondays from 11:50 to 1:05 p.m.. The Learn How to Read Hebrew day class will meet Mondays from 1:10 to 2:25 p.m.. The Conversational Hebrew Beginner night class will meet Tuesdays from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.. The Conversational Hebrew Intermediate night class will meet Tuesdays from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.. The Learn How to Read Hebrew night class will meet Mondays beginning 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.. Each class meets 12 times and costs $200.

Cedarhurst - The JCC of the Greater Five Towns will host a variety of classes this September. Learn How to Knit will be Mondays from 10:30 to 11:30 am; the cost is $120. Learn How to Crochet will be Mondays from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m.; the cost is $120. Pilates will be Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.; the cost is $130. Yoga will be Mondays from 7:30 to 8:30 or Tuesdays from 9 to 10 am; the cost is $156. Israeli Dance for beginners will be Wednesdays from 9:15 to 10:15 am; the cost is $100. The advanced class is from 10:15 to 12:30 p.m.; the cost is $10 per session, continuous all year. All events, unless otherwise noted, will be at the JCC of the Greater Five Towns, at 207 Grove Avenue. For more information, please contact Sheryl Wyszkowski at (516) 569-6733 ext. 222.

West Hempstead - Bereavement Support Group for widows and widowers will be held every Wednesday in the Jewish Community Center of West Hempstead, from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. There is a $140 fee. The JCC is located at 711 Dogwood Avenue in West Hempstead. To join, please call Rachel Bruckenstein, LMSW at (516) 766-4341, ext. 131.

Hewlett - The Hewlett House offers free ongoing cancer support groups and classes. The yoga and stress reduction group meets on Mondays from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. The breast cancer support group for those undergoing treatment meets on Tuesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, and on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. The knitting circle meets on Tuesdays from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. The writer's roundtable meets on Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Pre-registration is required for all events. The Hewlett House is located at 86 East Rockaway Road in Hewlett. For more information, please call Christine at (516) 374-3190.

Cedarhurst - Every Tuesday, the JCC of the Greater Five Towns offers a social day program called "Remember When" from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Sons of Israel in Woodmere. This program is especially designed for memory enhancement and socialization. The cost includes a full range of therapeutic activities, morning beverage, dessert, and a kosher lunch. Round-trip door-to-door handicapped accessible transportation is available on a limited basis. Registration is limited to ensure maximum benefits to each participant. For further information call the JCC at (516) 569-6733.

Cedarhurst - Every Tuesday, the JCC of the Greater Five Towns hosts a Parkinson's Support Group. The purpose of this group is to bring together Parkinsonians, spouses and their families in order to help them better understand the nature of the condition, gain confidence and join in community activities. For further information, please contact Cathy Byrne at (516) 569-6733, ext. 220.

Cedarhurst - Every Wednesday, the JCC of the Greater Five Towns hosts a Cards and Friendship group from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Come alone or bring a friend for a fun afternoon at the JCC. Enjoy meeting new people, good conversation and challenging games. The JCC is located at 207 Grove Avenue in Cedarhurst. For more information, please call Lisa Stern at (516) 569-6733, ext. 209.

Woodmere - Every Wednesday, the JCC of the Greater Five Towns hosts Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) group at Sons of Israel in Woodmere. The goal is to offer a safe haven where clients and family members feel accepted for who they are. For further information, please contact Chana Pfeifer at (516) 569-6733, ext. 213 or Lisa Barnett at ext. 210.

Woodmere - The JCC of the Greater Five Towns hosts the Come Alive Program at Sons of Israel in Woodmere. This program provides an opportunity for homebound older adults to participate in social, recreational and intellectual activities. Kosher lunch will be provided and door-to-door transportation is available on a limited basis. This program runs on a summer schedule. For further information, please call Linda Balch at (516) 569-6733, ext. 211 or Mary Sheffield, ext. 219.

The Fresh Produce Art Collective is a group of artists devoted to the continuing creation and exhibition of new work. Our openly constructed collective is comprised of progressive, motivated and ambitious artists that meet weekly to plan new art projects, shows and parties as well as share ideas on technique and process. In addition to showing work, the collective aims to create a community of artists that can learn from and work with each other. It is the philosophy of the collective that  a strong art scene is a direct result of strong ties between a community of artists. 

Although we take a collective approach in the development of ideas and shows we take a distinctly individualistic approach to our own art making. From painting to printing, photography to sculpture, members of Fresh Produce work in a variety of different mediums and subject matter. What ensues is a visual feast. Our salon style shows become conversations between influences and styles. Collectively our medium is culture. Through the creation of original "Art Tries" (events, happenings or parties) the collective harmonizes their their individual voices to sing collectively in creating original and distinctly Fresh Produce "avants".

David is a BIG Alabama Fan, right down to the cuff links.  Very cool.

Thanks Kerri and David.

Vor allem liebe ich aber das Ending der Serie....das Lied, so vertraut....und so KAWAII!!!!! es macht einfach gute laune...es is niedlich..ein japanisches mädchen das einen englischen song singt...kann nur putzig klingen...los anhören !!

Spice & Wolf Ending

ich liebe das lied...(ich benutze oft das wort liebe...hätt ich das wenigstens 1mal bei meiner letzten Freundin benutzt wär ich wohl kein Single XD, aber sie war keine Horo....sie war nichmal Moe. Sie war Lieb nett und durch und durch gut...leider aber nicht kompatibel mit meinen Hobby's...bin ich jetzt ein schlechter mensch o.O)

Die Serie war einfach angenehm, mittelalterliche Kulissen, charmanter und glaubhafter Hauptcharacter sowie eine clevere-süße-putzig-knuddelige und gerissene Horo-chan *-*

Portage Central- 9    St.Joseph- 1

The Bears suffered one of their worst defeats in school history on Tuesday night when they traveled to Portage Central. The Mustangs, who have always had a very strong soccer program, destroyed the Bears 9-1 in a Big 16 cross-over match up.

Portage had too many goals to list everyone who scored, plus I left at half time, so I'm not even going to bother. St.Joe's lone goal came from sophomore Kevin Chaddock. Central out-shot St.Joe 19-3. Overall, just a really poor effort from the Bears. St.Joe falls to 9-3-1 on the season, while Central improves to 8-4-2.

Kalamazoo Central-1    Lakeshore-0

The Maroon Giants needed only a goal from Keegan Davenport & Andrew Laur did the rest with 12 saves to secure the clean sheet. With the loss, Lakeshore falls to 11-3-1 on the season, as the district playoffs loom on the horizon.

OTHER SCORES

Soccer

Covert-2 Kalamazoo Home School-1

LMC-3 Fennville-1

Grace Christian-3 Michigan Luth-1

Tennis

Buchanan-5 Paw Paw-3

Lakeshore-5 Coldwater-3

Volleyball

Watervliet defeated Lawrence

Bangor defeated Gobles

Intimate Distance

Functional Ceramics by Jenni Brant

Paintings by Kendra Bulgrin

Ceramic Sculpture by Mandi Salov

September 28-October 10, 2008

Art & Design Gallery

The University of Kansas

1467 Jayhawk Boulevard

Lawrence, KS 66045-3102

Raised in various parts of rural Wisconsin, Kendra Bulgrin, Jenni Brant and Mandi Salov met while studying fine art at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.  A small liberal arts college in Southeastern Wisconsin, Whitewater prepared these young women for defining themselves through their art.  Brant graduated from Whitewater in 2002, Salov followed in 2003 and Bulgrin in 2004.  All three women went onto graduate school at various institutions around the country.  Distant from one another yet still very much connected as they intimately supporting one another, these women stayed in touch and finished their masters degrees in 2007.

The title for the show Intimate Distance has resonance through each of the women’s work.  The work is not tied by style or medium but rather the concept that meanders through all of the work is Intimate Distance.  Intimacy can be felt in Brant’s ceramic vessels; alluring the viewer to touch the candy colored glazes and soft feminine contours yet remaining distant, removed from the home and perched on a pedestal. While Brant’s work asks to be touched and caressed Salov’s work beckons to the senses in a different way.  Her work sets up a series of personal metaphors that in their melancholy isolation request distance and require time for reflection after the initial moment of curiosity and closeness.  Bulgrin’s paintings are similar to Salov's in the use of personal metaphorical language yet she uses the language in a different way, to share with the viewer a sense of a very large psychological distance at a miniature scale.    Each woman’s craft pushes concept in varying directions and with many layers, the idea of intimate distance is only one facet that all three women’s work occupies.  

Admitted 13 February, 1633-4.

Son and heir of William Lawrence of Wraxhall, Dorset. He was educated at Oxford. He was called to the Bar 4 June, 1647, and rose to eminence in his profession. For some years he represented the Isle of Wight in Parliament, but he is chiefly remembered for his legal works on Marriage (1680) ; and Primogeniture (1681). He had also some merit as a poet. He died 18 March, 1680-1, and was buried at Wraxhall.

Sure, I only drive 45-55 minutes to what amounts to little more than a suburb of Kansas City, but it still doesn't feel like home. It doesn't feel like the community that, over the last 20 years, has embedded it's self into my self and vice-versa. And that's what makes me think, sometimes, that I want out. It's what makes me know, all the time, that I'm only in this for the short term.

I want to go home. I want to make my place a better place. I want to pay taxes to my city and my state. I want to continue to soak up and reshape the old neighborhood. If I have to do sometimes unsatisfying work, fine. I understand not all writing can come from the inner depths of the soul. But if I have to write dreck, I'd like to do it in an environment that I am both comfortable in and affectionate towards. I'm tired of zipping down the interstate for what amounts to about two hours of my day just to do something I only mildly enjoy in a place that I am wholly indifferent towards.

William Wordsworth once wrote:

The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn,
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

And all this in the 18th century. I wonder what he would think of me. Flying by the midwestern oaks and the streets and homes and people that I love at 75 mph in a car designed to shut out the outside world. All so I can go to a place where little in Nature is mine and invent new ways to keep the public "getting and spending."

Yes, it does seem like I have given my heart away for now. Hopefully, one way or another and some day soon, it will soon return home.

He is here by default because the Nets opted for youth in trading for him when they sent the aging Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks last season. Then they became even younger during the off-season when they added three rookies to their roster.

Harris is here by destiny because it is a challenge he has prepared for. Even though the former Mavericks coach Avery Johnson held restraints on Harris, the leash was starting to lengthen near the end of their Dallas tenures.

On a team that has a whopping seven players with less than two years of N.B.A. experience, Harris, a floor-burning point guard all of 25 years old, is the atypical, game-tested veteran.

“Next to never,” Harris said of the last time he had been in this setting. “This is a new kind of situation for me, only being five years in, but probably being one of the most experienced guys out there.”

That experience showed Saturday, as it did through most of early September as nearly all of the Nets convened to get a jump start on the season. Harris, with Vince Carter, encouraged their teammates throughout practice, pushing them here, pulling them there.

It will have to continue in the coming months if the Nets are to show promise and deny the dismal forecast skeptics have cast on their season.

“Being a leader is very, very hard for this reason: you have to be the same guy virtually every single day,” Nets Coach Lawrence Frank said. “When things are not going well for the team, when things aren’t going well for you, when there’s a heap of criticism upon you. So leading is tough. It’s hard, but he’s up for the challenge.”

Things did not go as planned last season when Harris joined the team in February. An ankle injury hobbled him, and learning a new offense midseason hindered him. By his own account, Harris labeled his defense lackluster.

“There’s no question about that,” said Harris, who averaged 15.4 points and 6.5 assists in 25 games as a Net last season. “Whether it’s injuries or not, I’m not making excuses.

“I’ve got to keep guys in front of me like I know I can and like they know I can. And I’ve got to be better at that.”

Once the season ended, Frank and Harris kept in touch, talking throughout the playoffs.

Frank offered Harris the keys to a revamped offense based on using Harris’s quickness, and they met in Chicago to diagram the best route for the pair to return to the postseason together.

With the infusion of youth, it may be hard to notice, but the Nets did add serviceable veterans, players who can teach and have been there, done that, in Keyon Dooling, Jarvis Hayes and Eduardo Najera.

But all have peaked in their professional careers. With Harris, the Nets will rely on a point guard who may be one playmaking step from ascending to the elite level, joining the likes of the Utah Jazz’s Deron Williams and the New Orleans Hornets’ Chris Paul.

“He is definitely capable and he’s ready for it,” Carter said. “You can just tell from his approach. Just talking to him and him wanting to step into that leadership role and be a part of it.”

Carter added: “And then just talking to him this summer and yesterday, he’s ready. That’s what he wants to do, and we’re all going to help each other to get to the next level.”

REBOUNDS

The Nets have 15 guaranteed contracts, the most allowed on a roster once the season starts. They have also signed Eddie Gill, Brian Hamilton, Julius Hodge and Awvee Storey to round out their training camp roster. ... Forward Yi Jianlian (sprained ankle) rode a stationary bike during the Nets’ morning practice. ... Vance Wahlberg, the Massachusetts assistant who designed the dribble-drive offense the Nets are installing, attended practice.

”for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23

Perhaps more than any other verse in the Bible are we all confronted with our need for a Savior on Judgment Day. No matter how hard we try, or how many good deeds that we do, we have all sinned in the eyes of God and do not deserve to be admitted into His Kingdom.

Unfortunately many people think that they will be able to successfully rationalize their behavior, or reason with God about why they broke His laws on that fateful day. My heart breaks at the horror, hopelessness and terror of the eternal death sentences that will be given to those souls.

God is Holy and Righteous and Just. A Just God cannot accept the excuses of a guilty sinner at the time of judgment and remain a just and honorable God. To do so would make Him lie and violate His own Word. God cannot lie.

Fortunately Jesus was sent to earth from heaven to fulfill God’s plan. (John 6:38) Every aspect of His life—from His birth as a little baby to His death on the cross—was part of God’s gift and plan for us.

God gave His Son Jesus because we urgently need to be rescued from the penalty of our sin. Without Jesus we face a life of wrath and divine condemnation- (Romans 5:18)

There is nothing that we can do ourselves to pay the penalty that God requires for our sin. We need a Savior; Jesus who has offered to pay our sin-penalty for us if we repent of our sin and make Him our Lord. (Romans 6:23) Jesus lived a sinless life, and only He is qualified and authorized by God to cleanse us and make us children of God. He became our Redeemer, and through Him is the only path to join the family of God. (Romans 5:10)

Jesus offered His own life willingly on the cross as a sacrifice to pay for the sins of those who make Him Lord. God’s fierce wrath, and an eternal death sentence are but a heartbeat away from those who reject this free and amazing gift from Jesus Christ. Do not delay, the price of sin is unimaginable…

Romans 3:23, Painting with Light, VerseVisions, 2008. Digital mixed media on canvas, 60x60 inches. Copyright © 2008 by Mark Lawrence. All Rights Reserved.

Painting With Light
This painting has been rendered with a unique new Painting with Light art technique that “paints” the picture using the selected Bible verse text as the paintbrush. You are seeing the verse above painted imperceptibly millions of times repeatedly across the canvas! God's inspiring Word is literally woven within the colors and composition of this one of a kind painting.

VerseVisions® Inspirational Art with a Promise from God!

”It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it.”; Isaiah 55:11 NLT

Perhaps God sent this art to you today so He could touch and encourage your heart with His very special word for you.  Large format Giclee reproductions and fine art prints of this modern Christian abstract art are available at VerseVisions.com

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."   Genesis 1:1

Genesis 1:1, Painting with Light, VerseVisions, 2008. Digital mixed media on canvas, 60x60 inches. Copyright © 2008 by Mark Lawrence. All Rights Reserved.

* Painting With Light
This painting has been rendered with a unique new Painting with Light art technique that “paints” the picture using the selected Bible verse text as the paintbrush. You are seeing the verse above painted imperceptibly millions of times repeatedly across the canvas! God's inspiring Word is literally woven within the colors and composition of this one of a kind painting.

VerseVisions® Inspirational Art with a Promise from God!

"It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it." Isaiah 55:11 NLT

Perhaps God sent this art to you today so He could touch and encourage your heart with His very special word for you.

Visit VerseVisions.com for more large format modern abstract paintings and fine art prints by Christian artist Mark Lawrence.

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."   Genesis 1:1

Genesis 1:1, Painting with Light, VerseVisions, 2008. Digital mixed media on canvas, 60x60 inches. Copyright © 2008 by Mark Lawrence. All Rights Reserved.

* Painting With Light
This painting has been rendered with a unique new Painting with Light art technique that “paints” the picture using the selected Bible verse text as the paintbrush. You are seeing the verse above painted imperceptibly millions of times repeatedly across the canvas! God's inspiring Word is literally woven within the colors and composition of this one of a kind painting.

VerseVisions® Inspirational Art with a Promise from God!

"It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it." Isaiah 55:11 NLT

Perhaps God sent this art to you today so He could touch and encourage your heart with His very special word for you.

Visit VerseVisions.com for more large format modern abstract paintings and fine art prints by Christian artist Mark Lawrence.

Alayna and Chris have a love story that began during their high school years. Now, they're almost finished with college -- and ready to start their married life together. Their engagement photo shoot was at Circle S Ranch near Lawrence, and I am so excited about the country-themed, relaxed photos that we got -- it reminds me of a simpler time, lazy summer days and young love.

The ranch has some awesome opportunities for unique backgrounds with textures, colors and a great middle-of-nowhere feel. I love this shot:

I love how vintage and timeless this photo is. I just love the joy in their faces!

And, finally, these next two are some of my favorites from their session and ever. It just doesn't get much cooler than a tandem bike, a big red barn and two people in love!

I couldn't decide which version I liked better, so you get both!

Chris and Alayna, thanks for choosing ericamay photography! I can't wait to photograph your wedding and work at Circle S again! You're great!

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"  Matthew 28:19 (NKJV)

Matthew 28:19, Painting with Light, VerseVisions, 2008. Digital mixed media on canvas, 60x60 inches. Copyright © 2008 by Mark Lawrence. All Rights Reserved.

* Painting With Light
This painting has been rendered with a unique new Painting with Light art technique that “paints” the picture using the selected Bible verse text as the paintbrush. You are seeing the verse above painted imperceptibly millions of times repeatedly across the canvas!  God's inspiring Word is literally woven within the colors and composition of this one of a kind painting.

VerseVisions® Inspirational Art with a Promise from God!
"It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it." Isaiah 55:11 NLT

Perhaps God sent this art to you today so He could touch and encourage your heart with His very special word for you.

Visit VerseVisions.com for large contemporary paintings and fine art prints by modern Christian artist Mark Lawrence.