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Born and Raised

• Born
• December 27 (almost Xmas)
• 1965 (40 years ago)
• Maryland (city of Bethesda)
• NY ? N.Cali ? LA ?
• Age 4, parents divorce, settle down with mom,
  brother, and 3 sisters in Battle Creek, Michigan

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Likes Movies

• First movie I remember seeing
• Winning (1969) starring Paul Newman, about the
  Indianapolis 500.
• I just remember being thrilled with the cool race
  sequences (I was four, okay?)

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Likes Movies

• Recent movie influences
• The Corporation, Crash, Uncovered The War on
  Iraq, Manufacturing Consent Noam Chomsky and the
  Media, Love and Death, The Manchurian Candidate
  (2004), Stomp Stomp Out Loud, Super Size Me, I
  Robot, Minority Report, The Motorcycle Diaries,
  My Dinner With Andre, Born Into Brothels, I am
  David, Garden State, Waking Life

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• In 1977, Star Wars came out.
• I saw it in the theaters 17 times (obsess much?)
• I like all the Star Wars movies, but nothing
  beats the first one

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P.S. I love a good photoshopping
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Born Again

• Baptized
• Battle Creek
• May 17
• 1986

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• Urbandale SDA Church

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• I was 20 years old
• I was the bass player in a rock band at the time

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• This is the house where my band mates and I lived
  when I was baptized.

It sits across the street from the cemetery where
EGW is buried.
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Likes Music

• I was raised around a great variety of music
• In my home I heard
• The Beatles, Chicago
• The Eagles, Aerosmith
• Elton John, Peter Frampton

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Likes Music

• In my home I heard
• Frank Sinatra
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Barbara Streisand
• Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
• just to name a few

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• In high school, I collected all the albums of Led
  Zeppelin, and listened to them a lot.
• I also collected the albums of The Police, and
  listened to them even more.
• A third influential band was Rush.

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• Other musical influences
• Guster, Ani Difranco, Mahavishnu Orchestra
• Alanis Morissette, John Scofield, Stevie Ray
  Vaughn
• Sting, Robert Plant, Yes

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Likes Music

• Marcus Miller, Aimee Mann
• Michael Aguilar (of Fresno, California)
• Johnny Rodriguez (of Hanford, California)
• Peter Frampton

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• Brett Hobbs (of Hanford, CA)
• Victor Wooten, Queen, Van Halen
• Nelly Furtado, Superchick, Third Day
• Green Day, Bill Withers, The Platters
• The Coasters, Dave Brubeck, Thelonius Monk

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Likes Music

• Medeski-Martin-and-Wood, Pink Floyd
• John Coltrane, Genesis
• Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joni Mitchell
• The Doors, Eric Clapton, BB King, Enya

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• I briefly played cornet in elementary school (one
  year)
• I took a summer course in piano (one summer)
• I took a few months of drum lessons in seventh
  grade
• I taught myself to play guitar (and havent quit
  playing yet)

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Educated

• Level Park Elementary School
• Saint Joseph School
• Fremont Elementary School
• Hermosa Valley Middle School
• W.K. Kellogg Junior High School
• Battle Creek Central High School
• Kellogg Community College
• Andrews University
• Southern Adventist University

• 1971-75
• 1972-73
• 1975-78
• 1978-80
• 1980-81
• 1981-84
• 1984-85
• 1986-87
• 1990-93

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Likes Books

• Eugene Peterson's The Message, Howard Zinn's
  People's History, books by Noam Chomsky, Michael
  Moore, Al Franken, Alfie Kohn, Ty Gibson. Sci-fi,
  like Isaac Asimov, Arthur Clarke, and Michael
  Crichton. Non-fiction current events studies,
  media studies, war and peace studies.

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Likes Miscellaneous

• Art, Music, Philosophy,
• Language, Religion, Politics,
• Humor, Computer Graphics, Movies, Family,
  Relationships,
• Teaching, Sound,
• Astronomy, Spirituality,
• Native Americans, Dogs

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Married, with Children
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Likes Best Friend
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Likes Jana
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Likes Sara
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Likes Family
Sherry
Julie
Mike
Patty
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Teacher

• I took a four year Bachelor of Arts degree from
  Southern
• Major Religion
• Minors History, Education
• Hired at AUA straight from college
• 1993 to the present

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• miles to go

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