Daniel Dove (born 1971, Austin, Texas is an American painter.
Dove's paintings combine controlled surfaces with random chance drips and mark-making. Among many influences, his work references everything from 19th century painting to modern image media.
Initially he worked as a a figure painter, but more recently has focused on the issues of the landscape, media, and structures. His work is concerned with the construction and deconstruction of the landscape.
He currently teaches at Cal Poly State University.
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Assistant Professor, Dept of Art and Design, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, Ca. 2005-present
Assistant Professor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. 2000-2005
Lecturer in Studio Art at University of Texas at Austin and at Southwest Texas State University.1997-2000
MFA in Painting in 1996 at Yale University School of Art New Haven, CT.
BFA 1994 in Studio Art, High Honors, University of Texas Austin, TX,
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Dove's paintings combine controlled surfaces with random chance drips and mark-making. Among many influences, his work references everything from 19th century painting to modern image media.
Initially he worked as a a figure painter, but more recently has focused on the issues of the landscape, media, and structures. His work is concerned with the construction and deconstruction of the landscape.
He currently teaches at Cal Poly State University.
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Assistant Professor, Dept of Art and Design, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, Ca. 2005-present
Assistant Professor, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. 2000-2005
Lecturer in Studio Art at University of Texas at Austin and at Southwest Texas State University.1997-2000
MFA in Painting in 1996 at Yale University School of Art New Haven, CT.
BFA 1994 in Studio Art, High Honors, University of Texas Austin, TX,
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Rachel Loren is a dance music producer who was interviewed on the Dave Pearce Dance Anthems show on BBC Radio 1 on the 25th January 2008. She was born in Chelmsford on the 27th August 1983 and is engaged to DJ Peter Marsh. Her song 'For All Time' won the Bedroom Producers Competition and was played on air on the same date. The Radio 1 website feature details of Rachel including a picture and the tune to listen to.
Jerec is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, appearing in the computer game Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II. Jerec is the leader of the seven Dark Jedi that the player must face in the game.
Physically blind, he perceives the world around him thanks to the Force, similar to Darth Traya (he is able to do this because he is a , the same species as Visas Marr). He serves the Galactic Empire and murders .
In Dark Forces II, he tries to absorb the power of the Valley of the Jedi and begin his own empire. However, Kyle Katarn defeats him in an epic lightsaber duel inside the Valley's inner sanctums on the planet of .
Biography
Jerec originally came to the attention of , a Jedi who worked for the Jedi Exploral Corps. She immediately took him on as a Padawan. Nu's training gave Jerec several traits, not least among which was an insatiable hunger for knowledge, and supercilious manners. He advanced to Knighthood, and took on Ameesa Darys as his own Padawan. Soon she became a Knight herself, and Jerec a respected Jedi Master. His thirst for knowledge unabated, and unsatisfied by the resources available a Jedi Master, he sought outlets for his curiosity. He sat out the Clone Wars and instead travelled with a group of Jedi 'artifact finders' to the Unknown Regions, supposedly in search of wisdom unknown. His studies ended with the birth of the Galactic Empire, however, as the Jedi were slaughtered in the thousands. The Imperial Inquisitor Tremayne eventually caught up with Jerec and brutally slaughtered his fellow Jedi. He prepared to do the same to Jerec — until the Jedi Master promised to join the Empire as an Inquisitor himself.
Jerec continued his studies, but this time with the dark side. Jerec was trained by Emperor Palpatine under Darth Vader. Jerec often studied from one of the Emperor's many dark side texts, the enormous Dark Side Compendium. Jerec loathed Vader, coveting the Dark Lord's status for himself. Palpatine sensed the antipathy between Jerec and Vader, and ruthlessly blocked Jerec from further access to his dark side corpus, or indeed, any advanced training at all, and used Vader to threaten him if he became unruly. After Palpatine's death, Jerec completed his experiments and bound the minor characters Boc, Gorc, Pic, Maw, Sariss, Yun.
Eventually, he would learn from the Prophet of the Dark Side Lord Cronal. By this time, Jerec had become a billionaire through savvy investments, and many wealthy backers such as Grand Moff Ardus Kaine. After the Battle of Endor, when Kaine formed the Pentastar Alignment, Jerec and his followers went to work for the Alignment as the Great InQuestors of Judgment. A year later, Lord Cronal came to the Pentastar Alignment, and informed Jerec that the Emperor was alive and well on Byss, his plans for transferring his consciousness into clone bodies a success. Further, the Emperor, through Cronal, commanded his allegiance, and charged him to search for the Valley of the Jedi. Jerec had already arranged for the Alignment to dispatch him on that mission. The Prophets of the Dark Side wanted him to find the Valley as well.
Jerec had captured and executed the Jedi Master after forcing his way into Rahn's mind, and learned that was the only other person who knew where the Valley was. He served a short term as governor of Sulon. After killing Morgan in anger, Jerec waited for years before an information broker provided him with the location. En route, he lost all his followers to Kyle Katarn, but backed by three major factions (the Empire Reborn, the Pentastar Alignment, and the forces of Ysanne Isard), he gained entrance to the Valley. Drawing upon the stored Force energies, Jerec realized all the wildest promises of the Valley:
:and for one lucid moment, absolute omniscience was his. The will of the Force, Chaos, the ancient civilizations of the Rakata and Xim, what lay beyond the galactic barrier, and the origins of the universe - - Jerec understood them all, and endowed with Force powers beyond imagination, he would have ruled accordingly.
His megalomanical plans were defeated, however, when Katarn, cut Jerec off from the Valley and indeed, the Force at large. At last Jerec lay defeated, torn from the source of his power, but he refused to surrender. Katarn threw Jerec's lightsaber back to him, and Jarec attacked. Katarn shifted slightly to the side, but left his lightsaber in Jerec's path. In the end, Jerec charged through Kyle's lightsaber, severing his right shoulder and arm, finally dying.
Appearances
Although realized by a fully digital character in the game itself, Jerec is portrayed by actor Christopher Neame in the cut scenes after completion of certain levels.
Jerec is briefly referred to in Dark Horse Comics' Clone Wars series.
Physically blind, he perceives the world around him thanks to the Force, similar to Darth Traya (he is able to do this because he is a , the same species as Visas Marr). He serves the Galactic Empire and murders .
In Dark Forces II, he tries to absorb the power of the Valley of the Jedi and begin his own empire. However, Kyle Katarn defeats him in an epic lightsaber duel inside the Valley's inner sanctums on the planet of .
Biography
Jerec originally came to the attention of , a Jedi who worked for the Jedi Exploral Corps. She immediately took him on as a Padawan. Nu's training gave Jerec several traits, not least among which was an insatiable hunger for knowledge, and supercilious manners. He advanced to Knighthood, and took on Ameesa Darys as his own Padawan. Soon she became a Knight herself, and Jerec a respected Jedi Master. His thirst for knowledge unabated, and unsatisfied by the resources available a Jedi Master, he sought outlets for his curiosity. He sat out the Clone Wars and instead travelled with a group of Jedi 'artifact finders' to the Unknown Regions, supposedly in search of wisdom unknown. His studies ended with the birth of the Galactic Empire, however, as the Jedi were slaughtered in the thousands. The Imperial Inquisitor Tremayne eventually caught up with Jerec and brutally slaughtered his fellow Jedi. He prepared to do the same to Jerec — until the Jedi Master promised to join the Empire as an Inquisitor himself.
Jerec continued his studies, but this time with the dark side. Jerec was trained by Emperor Palpatine under Darth Vader. Jerec often studied from one of the Emperor's many dark side texts, the enormous Dark Side Compendium. Jerec loathed Vader, coveting the Dark Lord's status for himself. Palpatine sensed the antipathy between Jerec and Vader, and ruthlessly blocked Jerec from further access to his dark side corpus, or indeed, any advanced training at all, and used Vader to threaten him if he became unruly. After Palpatine's death, Jerec completed his experiments and bound the minor characters Boc, Gorc, Pic, Maw, Sariss, Yun.
Eventually, he would learn from the Prophet of the Dark Side Lord Cronal. By this time, Jerec had become a billionaire through savvy investments, and many wealthy backers such as Grand Moff Ardus Kaine. After the Battle of Endor, when Kaine formed the Pentastar Alignment, Jerec and his followers went to work for the Alignment as the Great InQuestors of Judgment. A year later, Lord Cronal came to the Pentastar Alignment, and informed Jerec that the Emperor was alive and well on Byss, his plans for transferring his consciousness into clone bodies a success. Further, the Emperor, through Cronal, commanded his allegiance, and charged him to search for the Valley of the Jedi. Jerec had already arranged for the Alignment to dispatch him on that mission. The Prophets of the Dark Side wanted him to find the Valley as well.
Jerec had captured and executed the Jedi Master after forcing his way into Rahn's mind, and learned that was the only other person who knew where the Valley was. He served a short term as governor of Sulon. After killing Morgan in anger, Jerec waited for years before an information broker provided him with the location. En route, he lost all his followers to Kyle Katarn, but backed by three major factions (the Empire Reborn, the Pentastar Alignment, and the forces of Ysanne Isard), he gained entrance to the Valley. Drawing upon the stored Force energies, Jerec realized all the wildest promises of the Valley:
:and for one lucid moment, absolute omniscience was his. The will of the Force, Chaos, the ancient civilizations of the Rakata and Xim, what lay beyond the galactic barrier, and the origins of the universe - - Jerec understood them all, and endowed with Force powers beyond imagination, he would have ruled accordingly.
His megalomanical plans were defeated, however, when Katarn, cut Jerec off from the Valley and indeed, the Force at large. At last Jerec lay defeated, torn from the source of his power, but he refused to surrender. Katarn threw Jerec's lightsaber back to him, and Jarec attacked. Katarn shifted slightly to the side, but left his lightsaber in Jerec's path. In the end, Jerec charged through Kyle's lightsaber, severing his right shoulder and arm, finally dying.
Appearances
Although realized by a fully digital character in the game itself, Jerec is portrayed by actor Christopher Neame in the cut scenes after completion of certain levels.
Jerec is briefly referred to in Dark Horse Comics' Clone Wars series.
Background & History
Located on the southern outskirts of the City of Vernon, British Columbia in the northen end of the Okanagan Valley. Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre (or VACSTC) is perhaps one of the most picturesque Summer Training Centres in all of Canada along with Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre HMCS Quadra on BC's west coast and the National Army Cadet Training Centre in Banff, Alberta. The training centre trains cadets in the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, a nation wide youth movement.
Vernon opened as an army cadet camp in July 1949, just 2 years after the camp had been stood down as a WWII Canadian Army Basic Infantry Training Centre and support camp for the Coldstream Ranch Battle Drill School. That summer, some 1000 army cadets from BC and Alberta arrived by passenger train and trained for 10 days, a further 240 stayed behind to take 6 weeks of trades training. Since 1949 over 78,000 cadets from across Canada have trained at this famous camp. In the 1940s and 50s, training focused on Infantry Basic Training, Driver Mechanic and Signals, over the years training changed with the times and today the emphasis is on leadership, adventure training, and fitness all with a military flavour.
The camp's name has changed over the years, "Alberta - British Columbia Western Command Trades Training Camp" 1949-52, "Western Command Trades Training Camp" 1950s, "Vernon Cadet Trades Training Camp" 1956-61, "Vernon Army Cadet Camp" 1962-1996, but it very much still reflects its early days with most of it's WWII constructed H-Huts barracks and mess halls still standing and used every summer albeit updated. HM Queen Elizabeth II visited the camp in 1959 during her cross-country tour. In the 1967 celebrating Canada's centennial, Band Company and the Guard toured the province after camp for a 2-week Tattoo tour of BC visiting dozens of towns and cities. In 1977, a component of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, the USMC Jr ROTC Cadets, primarily Snohomish Senior High School in Washington State began a 13 year exchange program with the camp. In 1994 the camp hosted the first ever reunion for an army cadet camp, some 1800 former cadets and staff returned for the 4 day reunion. In 1999 the camp celebrated it's 50th anniversary with another successful reunion and museum exhibit. In 2009 the third Vernon reunion is being planned coinciding with the camp's 60th anniversary.
It is now the oldest continuous serving army cadet training centre in Canada having surpassed Banff in 1999 and Ipperwash in 1994. Ipperwash was also a WWII era H-Hut camp. Today only a few 1941-45 constructed H-Huts remain elsewhere in Canada, most have been demolished or abandoned. Camp Vernon has the largest and perhaps best conditioned examples of these once ubiquitous buildings. Modified and upgraded over the years, some 50+ original buildings still stand.
Those cadets attending VACSTC take peculiar pride in bragging and or complaining about the heat, daily summer temperatures are usually 28-32c, it's not uncommon for the thermometer to hit the mid 30s and on some instances have touched 40c. The saving grace is the low humidity and a remarkable lack of insects and mosquitoes. The scenery is extraordinary, whether at 6AM on the sports field for morning PT or an evening sunset with failing light on Vernon Mountain.
source - Army Cadet League of Canada, official history web site
Courses
*Basic Courses (2-3 weeks)
**Basic (2 weeks)
**Basic Military Band (3 weeks)
**Basic Marksman (3 weeks)
**Basic Pipes & Drums (P&D) (3 weeks)
*Cadet Leader (CL) Courses (6 weeks)
**Cadet Leader (CL)
**Cadet Leader - Military Band
**Cadet Leader - Pipes & Drums (P&D)
*Cadet Leader Instructor (CLI) Courses (6 weeks)
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Adventure
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Drill & Ceremonial (D&C)
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Military Band
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Pipes & Drums (P&D)
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Rifle Coach
The Cadet Battalion
The cadet battalion is organised into 8 companies, which is then organised in usually, 4 platoons. In the summer of 2007 the companies were as follows:
*Bravo (B Coy) (CLI Rifle Coach, CL/CLI Band, CL/CLI P&D)
*Charlie (C Coy) (CL)
*Delta (D Coy) (CL)
*Echo (E Coy) (CL)
*Foxtrot (F Coy) (2 wk Basic)
*Guard (G Coy) (CLI D&C)
*Hotel (H Coy) (3 wk Basic)
*Training & Headquarters (Trg & HQ Coy) (CLI Adventure, Trg Support)
In previous years, the battalion formation has varied, sometimes dramatically. In 1979, the battalion was one of the largest ever at the camp due partially to the temporary closure and renovation of Camp Argonaut in New Brunswick.
*Alpha (A Coy) (Cadet Leader Instructor) 3 Platoons
*Bravo (B Coy) (Cadet Leader Instructor) 3 Platoons
*Charlie (C Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Delta (D Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Echo (E Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Foxtrot (F Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Gulf (G Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Hotel (H Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Juliet (J Coy) (Junior Leader) 3 Platoons, 3 intakes 2 weeks each
*Kilo (K Coy) (Junior Leader) 3 Platoons, 3 intakes 2 weeks each
*Band Coy
See Also
*Royal Canadian Army Cadets
*Vernon, British Columbia
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Located on the southern outskirts of the City of Vernon, British Columbia in the northen end of the Okanagan Valley. Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre (or VACSTC) is perhaps one of the most picturesque Summer Training Centres in all of Canada along with Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre HMCS Quadra on BC's west coast and the National Army Cadet Training Centre in Banff, Alberta. The training centre trains cadets in the Royal Canadian Army Cadets, a nation wide youth movement.
Vernon opened as an army cadet camp in July 1949, just 2 years after the camp had been stood down as a WWII Canadian Army Basic Infantry Training Centre and support camp for the Coldstream Ranch Battle Drill School. That summer, some 1000 army cadets from BC and Alberta arrived by passenger train and trained for 10 days, a further 240 stayed behind to take 6 weeks of trades training. Since 1949 over 78,000 cadets from across Canada have trained at this famous camp. In the 1940s and 50s, training focused on Infantry Basic Training, Driver Mechanic and Signals, over the years training changed with the times and today the emphasis is on leadership, adventure training, and fitness all with a military flavour.
The camp's name has changed over the years, "Alberta - British Columbia Western Command Trades Training Camp" 1949-52, "Western Command Trades Training Camp" 1950s, "Vernon Cadet Trades Training Camp" 1956-61, "Vernon Army Cadet Camp" 1962-1996, but it very much still reflects its early days with most of it's WWII constructed H-Huts barracks and mess halls still standing and used every summer albeit updated. HM Queen Elizabeth II visited the camp in 1959 during her cross-country tour. In the 1967 celebrating Canada's centennial, Band Company and the Guard toured the province after camp for a 2-week Tattoo tour of BC visiting dozens of towns and cities. In 1977, a component of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, the USMC Jr ROTC Cadets, primarily Snohomish Senior High School in Washington State began a 13 year exchange program with the camp. In 1994 the camp hosted the first ever reunion for an army cadet camp, some 1800 former cadets and staff returned for the 4 day reunion. In 1999 the camp celebrated it's 50th anniversary with another successful reunion and museum exhibit. In 2009 the third Vernon reunion is being planned coinciding with the camp's 60th anniversary.
It is now the oldest continuous serving army cadet training centre in Canada having surpassed Banff in 1999 and Ipperwash in 1994. Ipperwash was also a WWII era H-Hut camp. Today only a few 1941-45 constructed H-Huts remain elsewhere in Canada, most have been demolished or abandoned. Camp Vernon has the largest and perhaps best conditioned examples of these once ubiquitous buildings. Modified and upgraded over the years, some 50+ original buildings still stand.
Those cadets attending VACSTC take peculiar pride in bragging and or complaining about the heat, daily summer temperatures are usually 28-32c, it's not uncommon for the thermometer to hit the mid 30s and on some instances have touched 40c. The saving grace is the low humidity and a remarkable lack of insects and mosquitoes. The scenery is extraordinary, whether at 6AM on the sports field for morning PT or an evening sunset with failing light on Vernon Mountain.
source - Army Cadet League of Canada, official history web site
Courses
*Basic Courses (2-3 weeks)
**Basic (2 weeks)
**Basic Military Band (3 weeks)
**Basic Marksman (3 weeks)
**Basic Pipes & Drums (P&D) (3 weeks)
*Cadet Leader (CL) Courses (6 weeks)
**Cadet Leader (CL)
**Cadet Leader - Military Band
**Cadet Leader - Pipes & Drums (P&D)
*Cadet Leader Instructor (CLI) Courses (6 weeks)
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Adventure
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Drill & Ceremonial (D&C)
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Military Band
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Pipes & Drums (P&D)
**Cadet Leader Instructor - Rifle Coach
The Cadet Battalion
The cadet battalion is organised into 8 companies, which is then organised in usually, 4 platoons. In the summer of 2007 the companies were as follows:
*Bravo (B Coy) (CLI Rifle Coach, CL/CLI Band, CL/CLI P&D)
*Charlie (C Coy) (CL)
*Delta (D Coy) (CL)
*Echo (E Coy) (CL)
*Foxtrot (F Coy) (2 wk Basic)
*Guard (G Coy) (CLI D&C)
*Hotel (H Coy) (3 wk Basic)
*Training & Headquarters (Trg & HQ Coy) (CLI Adventure, Trg Support)
In previous years, the battalion formation has varied, sometimes dramatically. In 1979, the battalion was one of the largest ever at the camp due partially to the temporary closure and renovation of Camp Argonaut in New Brunswick.
*Alpha (A Coy) (Cadet Leader Instructor) 3 Platoons
*Bravo (B Coy) (Cadet Leader Instructor) 3 Platoons
*Charlie (C Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Delta (D Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Echo (E Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Foxtrot (F Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Gulf (G Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Hotel (H Coy) (Cadet Leader) 3 Platoons
*Juliet (J Coy) (Junior Leader) 3 Platoons, 3 intakes 2 weeks each
*Kilo (K Coy) (Junior Leader) 3 Platoons, 3 intakes 2 weeks each
*Band Coy
See Also
*Royal Canadian Army Cadets
*Vernon, British Columbia
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