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Sabitra---Taking-Food by Ananta Bhadra Lamichhane

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Sabitra Khadka lives on Jaishithok, Lamidada, Kavre; more 20 KMs to the East from Dhulikhel. She is physically challenged girl with strong desire to learn computers. She cannot use her both hands. Her family is too poor that they cannot afford her for the treatment abroad. And, most of the hospitals of Dhulikhel and Kathmandu had already declared that she couldn’t be treated on Nepal. Doctors said, perhaps she cannot be treated anywhere. She is struggling on 10th standard. She passed ten years of her study only by writing with her toes. She eats directly with her mouth without any help of her hands and toes. She brushes her teeth with the help of her toes. She is 19 years old and has two younger sisters and one younger brother. Bother is struggling on 12 standard. Elder of the younger sisters is already married and has a child, youngest is also on 10th standard.

She wants to learn computers and would like to be the sample for her community. She wants to serve her community by her computer knowledge. But she cannot afford it. ADRA, an INGO, is funding for her education. She placed her interest about Computers to ADRA and it sends her to Dhulikhel Telecenter to solve her queries. When she uses the computer for the first time, it was a laptop and she enjoyed it a lot. Later, she found it much difficult to learn since she is weak in English. She studied on a Public School that starts formal education of English only from class five. So, its been only five year, she is introduced to English. She is perfect on making sentences but is really weak on understanding the meaning of sentences. She placed the same problem to the Dhulikhel Telecenter and came to know about Windows Localization Project. She said, only the Windows in Nepali can fulfill her dreams.

I got her when we were making a documentary related to Windows Localization Project.

In sun n shade by Jaswant Zafar

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Baldev, a physically challenged gardener working at our power sub station, taking rest during lunch break.

This photo has been published in Sep-Dec 2009 issue of HUN, most leading Punjabi journal (Page 130).

Physically Drained @ Averlast Gym Locker Room by Ganymedes Costagravas

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One of the pictures I made explicitly for the "Locker Room" theme contest for HUNK magazine!

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Exploring the grid for diffirent locker rooms, I came at this boxing gym called Averlast. They had a small locker room area, but I liked this pose so much I wanted to do something with it for the contest I wanna enter.

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Spotted Hyena - Crocuta crocuta

This is currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to Sub-Saharan Africa. The species is experiencing declines outside of protected areas due to habitat loss and poaching. It may have originated in Asia, and ranged throughout Europe for at least one million years until the end of the Late Pleistocene. The spotted hyena is the largest known member of the Hyaenidae, and is further physically distinguished from other species by its vaguely bear-like build, its rounded ears, its less prominent mane, its spotted pelt, its more dual purposed dentition and other features.

The social system of the spotted hyena is openly competitive rather than cooperative, with access to kills, mating opportunities and the time of dispersal for males depending on the ability to dominate other clan-members. Females provide only for their own cubs rather than assist each other, and males display no paternal care. Spotted hyena society is matriarchal; females are larger than males, and dominate them.

The spotted hyena is a highly successful animal, being the most common large carnivore in Africa. Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportunism; it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste. In functional terms, the spotted hyena makes the most efficient use of animal matter of all African carnivores. The spotted hyena displays variation in its hunting and foraging behaviour than other African carnivores; it hunts alone, in small parties of 2–5 individuals or in large groups. During a hunt, spotted hyenas often run through ungulate herds in order to select an individual to attack. Once selected, their prey is chased over a long distance, often several kilometres, at speeds of up to 60 km/h.

The spotted hyena has a long history of interaction with humanity; depictions of the species exist from the Upper Paleolithic period, with carvings and paintings from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves. The species has a largely negative reputation in both Western culture and African folklore. In the former, the species is mostly regarded as ugly and cowardly, while in the latter, it is viewed as greedy, gluttonous, stupid, and foolish, yet powerful and potentially dangerous. The majority of Western perceptions on the species can be found in the writings of Aristotle and Pliny the Elder, though in relatively unjudgemental form. Explicit, negative judgements occur in the Physiologus, where the animal is depicted as a hermaphrodite and grave-robber. The IUCN's hyena specialist group identifies the spotted hyena's negative reputation as detrimental to the species' continued survival, both in captivity and the wild.

Copulation in spotted hyenas is a relatively short affair, lasting 4–12 minutes, and typically only occurs at night with no other hyenas present. The mating process is complicated, as the male's penis enters and exits the female's reproductive tract through her pseudo-penis rather than directly through the vagina, which is blocked by the false scrotum and testes. These unusual traits make mating more laborious for the male than in other mammals.

Compared to other hyenas, the spotted hyena shows a greater relative amount of frontal cortex which is involved in the mediation of social behavior. Studies strongly suggest convergent evolution in spotted hyena and primate intelligence. A study done by evolutionary anthropologists demonstrated that spotted hyenas outperform chimpanzees on cooperative problem-solving tests; captive pairs of spotted hyenas were challenged to tug two ropes in unison to earn a food reward, successfully cooperating and learning the manoeuvers quickly without prior training. Experienced hyenas even helped inexperienced clan-mates to solve the problem. In contrast, chimps and other primates often require extensive training, and cooperation between individuals is not always as easy for them. The intelligence of the spotted hyena was attested to by Dutch colonists in 19th-century South Africa, who noted that hyenas were exceedingly cunning and suspicious, particularly after successfully escaping from traps.

Spotted hyenas seem to plan on hunting specific species in advance; hyenas have been observed to indulge in activities such as scent marking before setting off to hunt zebras, a behaviour which does not occur when they target other prey species. Spotted hyenas have been recorded to utilise deceptive behaviour, including giving alarm calls during feeding when no enemies are present, thus frightening off other hyenas and allowing them to temporarily eat in peace. Similarly, mothers will emit alarm calls in attempting to interrupt attacks on their cubs by other hyenas.

The spotted hyena is the most carnivorous member of the Hyaenidae. Unlike its brown and striped cousins, the spotted hyena is a predator, not a scavenger; this has been shown that spotted hyenas hunt as much as lions. However spotted hyenas remain being mislabeled as scavengers.

Wildebeest are the most commonly taken medium-sized ungulate prey item in both Ngorongoro and the Serengeti, with zebra and Thomson's gazelles coming close behind. Cape buffalo are rarely attacked due to differences in habitat preference, though adult bulls have been recorded to be taken on occasion. In Kruger National Park, blue wildebeest, cape buffalo, Burchell's zebra, greater kudu and impala are the spotted hyena's most important prey, while giraffe, impala, wildebeest and zebra are its major food sources in the nearby Timbavati area.

Springbok and kudu are the main prey in Namibia's Etosha National Park, and springbok in the Namib. In the southern Kalahari, gemsbok (southern oryx) , wildebeest and springbok are the principal prey. In Chobe, the spotted hyena's primary prey consists of migratory zebra and resident impala.

Spotted hyenas have also been found to catch fish, tortoises, humans, black rhino, hippo calves, young African elephants, pangolins and pythons. There is at least one record of four hyenas killing an adult or subadult hippopotamus in Kruger National Park. Spotted hyenas may consume leather articles such as boots and belts around campsites.

The fossil record indicates that the now extinct European spotted hyenas primarily fed on Przewalski's horses, Irish elk, reindeer, red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, wild boar, ibex, steppe wisent, aurochs, and woolly rhinoceros. Spotted hyenas are thought to be responsible for the dis-articulation and destruction of some cave bear skeletons. Such large carcasses were an optimal food resource for hyenas, especially at the end of winter, when food was scarce.

A single spotted hyena can eat at least 14.5 kg of meat per meal, and although they act aggressively toward each other when feeding, they compete with each other mostly through speed of eating, rather than by fighting as lions do. Spotted hyenas can take less than two minutes to eat a gazelle fawn, while a group of 35 hyenas can completely consume an adult zebra in 36 minutes. Spotted hyenas do not require much water, and typically only spend 30 seconds drinking.

When feeding on an intact carcass, spotted hyenas will first consume the meat around the loins and anal region, then open the abdominal cavity and pull out the soft organs. Once the stomach, its wall and contents are consumed, the hyenas will eat the lungs and abdominal and leg muscles. Once the muscles have been eaten, the carcass is disassembled and the hyenas carry off pieces to eat in peace. Spotted hyenas are adept at eating their prey in water: they have been observed to dive under floating carcasses to take bites, then resurface to swallow.

Like most mammalian predators, the spotted hyena is typically shy in the presence of humans, and has the highest flight distance (up to 300 metres) among African carnivores. However, this distance is reduced during the night, when hyenas are known to follow people closely. Although spotted hyenas do prey on humans in modern times, such incidents are rare. Victims of spotted hyenas tend to be women, children and sick or infirm men, and there are numerous cases of biologists in Africa being forced up trees in order to escape them.

Although attacks against living humans are rare, the spotted hyena readily feeds on human corpses. In the tradition of the Maasai and the Hadza, corpses are left in the open for spotted hyenas to eat.

In Ethiopia, hyenas were reported to feed extensively on the corpses of victims of the 1960 attempted coup. Hyenas habituated to scavenging on human corpses may develop bold behaviours towards living people; hyena attacks on people in southern Sudan increased during the Second Sudanese Civil War, when human corpses were readily available to them.

There are many records of Spotted Hyenas kept successfully and semi tamed in Zoos. And a few substantiated occasions, when captured as cubs, when they have been kept as pets in Africa, albeit unruly pets.

Ghost of Zorro (Republic, 1949). Lobby Card (11" X 14") Chapter Six -- "Deadline at Midnight." by Morbius19

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It's 1865 and the telegraph is heading west. George Crane, wanting to keep law and order out of his territory, is out to stop the construction. The engineer on the job is Ken Mason and he is the grandson of Zorro. As Crane sends his men or Indians to stop the work, Mason repeatedly puts on the Zorro costume and rides to the rescue in this 12-chapter serial.

Clayton Moore

September 14th, 1914 — December 28th, 1999

Clayton Moore, though best remembered today as television’s Lone Ranger, had a lengthy and distinguished career in serials. Moore was a physically ideal serial lead, but his greatest strengths were his dramatic, quietly intense speaking voice and expressive face. These gifts helped Moore to convey a sincerity that could make the most unbelievable dialogue or situations seem real. The bulk of Moore’s cliffhanger work was done after World War 2, when serials’ shrinking budgets cut back on original action scenes and made the presence of skilled leading players more important than in the serial’s golden age. Moore, with his sincerity and acting skill, was just the type of actor the post-war serials needed.

Clayton Moore was born Jack Carlton Moore in Chicago. He began to train for a career as a circus acrobat at the age of eight, and joined a trapeze act called the Flying Behrs after finishing high school; as a member of the Behrs, Moore would perform for two circuses and at the 1934 World’s Fair. An injury to his left leg around 1935 forced him out of the aerialist business, and after working briefly as a male model in New York he moved to Hollywood in 1937, beginning his film career as a stuntman. He played numerous bit roles in addition to his stunt work for the next three years, among them a miniscule part in his first serial, Zorro’s Fighting Legion (Republic, 1939), as one of the members of the titular group. Edward Small, an independent producer allied with United Artists, cast Moore in his first credited parts in a pair of 1940 films, Kit Carson and The Son of Monte Cristo. The former featured Moore as a heroic young pioneer, the latter as an army officer aiding masked avenger Louis Hayward. Following these two films, Moore began to get credited speaking parts in other pictures. In 1941 he played the romantic lead in Tuxedo Junction, one of Republic Pictures’ “Weaver Brothers and Elviry” comedies, and the next year the studio signed him for his first starring serial, Perils of Nyoka (Republic, 1942).

Perils of Nyoka (Republic, 1942) was a vehicle for Republic’s new “Serial Queen,” Kay Aldridge, who played Nyoka Gordon, a girl seeking her missing scientist father in the deserts of North Africa. Moore was the heroic Dr. Larry Grayson, a member of an expedition searching for the “Tablets of Hippocrates,” an ancient list of medical cures sought by Nyoka’s father before he disappeared. Nyoka joined forces with Grayson and his expedition to locate Professor Gordon and the tablets–and to battle Arab ruler Vultura (Lorna Gray) and her band of desert cutthroats, who were after the Tablets and the treasure hidden with them. Perils of Nyoka was a highly exciting serial, with consistently imaginative and varied action sequences, and colorful characters and locales. Although Moore took second billing to Aldridge, his character received as much screen time as hers and his performance was a major part of the serial’s success. Moore, with his intense sincerity, made his nearly superhuman physician character believable; the audience never felt like questioning Dr. Grayson’s ability to perform emergency brain surgery on Nyoka’s amnesiac father in a desert cave, or his amazing powers of riding, wall-scaling, marksmanship, and sword-fighting, far beyond those of the average medical school graduate.

Moore went into the army in 1942, almost immediately after the release of Perils of Nyoka. He served throughout World War Two, and didn’t resume his film career until 1946, when he returned to Republic Pictures to appear in The Crimson Ghost. The impact of his starring turn in Perils of Nyoka was diminished by his long hiatus, and he found himself playing a supporting role in this new serial. He was cast as Ashe, the chief henchman of the mysterious Crimson Ghost, and aided that villain in his attempts to steal a counter-atomic weapon called a “Cyclotrode.” Ashe was ultimately brought to justice, along with his nefarious master, by stars Charles Quigley and Linda Stirling. The Crimson Ghost showed that Moore could play intensely mean villains as well as intensely courageous heroes. His sneering, bullying Ashe came off as thoroughly unpleasant, as he stalked through the serial doing his best to kill off hero and heroine.

Moore returned to heroic parts in his next cliffhanger, Jesse James Rides Again (Republic, 1947). The serial’s plot had Jesse, retired from outlawry, forced to go on the run because of new crimes committed in his name. Jesse and his pal Steve (John Compton) wound up in Tennessee, where, under the alias of “Mr. Howard,” Jesse came to the aid of a group of farmers victimized by an outlaw gang called the Black Raiders. The Raiders, secretly bossed by local businessman Jim Clark (Tristram Coffin), were after oil reserves beneath the local farmland, but Mr. Howard ultimately outgunned them. James’ own identity was exposed in the process, but he was allowed to escape arrest by a sympathetic marshal. Jesse James Rides Again was Republic’s best post-war Western serial, thanks in part to the unusual plot device of an ex-badman hero. Moore was able to give Jesse James a dangerous edge that most other serial leads couldn’t have pulled off; his cold, steely-eyed glare when gunning down villains seemed very much in keeping with dialogue references to Jesse’s outlaw past.

G-Men Never Forget (Republic, 1947), Moore’s next serial, cast him as Ted O’Hara, an FBI agent battling a racketeer boss named Vic Murkland (Roy Barcroft). O’Hara broke up various protection rackets organized by Murkland, but his efforts were hampered by Murkland’s impersonation of a kidnaped police commissioner (also played by Barcroft). G-Men Never Forget possessed a tough and realistic atmosphere not typical of gang-busting serials, and Moore delivered a grimly determined performance well-fitted to the serial’s mood. Moore’s acting, good supporting performances, skilled direction, and a well-written script made G-Men Never Forget a superior serial, one that could hold its own against earlier gang-busting chapterplays like the Dick Tracy outings.

Moore’s next serial was Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (Republic, 1948), in which he reprised his Jesse James role. Joined this time by Steve Darrell as Frank James, Moore tried to help a former gang member named John Powell (Stanley Andrews) develop a silver mine. Part of the mine’s proceeds were to be used to pay back victims of James Gang robberies, but the plan was derailed by a crooked mining engineer (John Crawford), who discovered the mine contained gold instead of silver and murdered Powell to keep this find secret. Crawford then used every trick in the book to keep Moore, Darrell, and Noel Neill (as Powell’s daughter) from developing the mine, but the James Boys unmasked his treachery by the end. Frank and Jesse James drew heavily on stock footage and plot elements from Republic’s earlier Adventures of Red Ryder, and was thus more predictable than its predecessor, but it was still an entertaining and well-made serial. Moore again made Jesse seem both sympathetic and (when fighting the bad guys) somewhat frightening.

By now, Moore was established as Republic’s premiere serial hero; however, his next cliffhanger would lead to his departure from the studio and change the course of his career. The last in a long line of Republic Zorro serials, Ghost of Zorro (1949) starred Moore as Ken Mason, the original Zorro’s grandson, who donned his ancestor’s mask to help a telegraph company establish a line in the wild West in the face of outlaw sabotage. Like Adventures of Frank and Jesse James, the serial was somewhat derivative of earlier outings (particularly Son of Zorro), but smoothly and professionally done. Moore delivered another strong performance, but for some odd reason Republic chose to have his voice dubbed by another actor in scenes where he was masked as Zorro. This strange production decision did not diminish Moore’s potential as a masked hero in the eyes of a group of television producers who were trying to find an actor to play the Lone Ranger on a soon-to-be-launched TV show; Moore’s turn in Ghost of Zorro landed him the part. Moore debuted as the Ranger in 1949, and played the part for two seasons on TV. During this period, he did make one apparent serial appearance in Flying Disc Man From Mars (Republic, 1950), but all his footage actually came from The Crimson Ghost.

In 1952, Moore was dropped from The Lone Ranger without any explanation from the producers, who apparently feared that Moore was becoming too identified as the Lone Ranger, and that he might become so sure of his position that he’d ask for a bigger salary. John Hart replaced Moore as the Ranger for the show’s third season, and Moore returned to freelance acting. He played numerous small roles in feature films, made multiple guest appearances (usually as a heavy) on TV shows like Range Rider and The Gene Autry Show, and also found time to make four more serials.

The first of these was Radar Men from the Moon (Republic, 1952), which featured Moore as a gangster named Graber, who was working with lunar invaders to bring the Earth under the dominion of Retik, Emperor of the Moon (Roy Barcroft). Scientist “Commando” Cody (George Wallace) opposed the planned conquest with the aid of his flying rocket suit and other handy gadgets. Moore met a fiery demise when his car plummeted off a cliff in the last chapter, and Retik came to a similarly sticky end shortly thereafter. Moore’s characterization in Radar Men from the Moon was reminiscent of his performance as “Ashe;” once again he performed deeds of villainy with swaggering relish.

Moore’s next serial, Columbia’s Son of Geronimo (1952), was his first non-Republic cliffhanger. He returned to playing a hero in this outing, an undercover cavalry officer named Jim Scott out to quell an Indian uprising led by Rodd Redwing as Porico, son of Geronimo. The uprising was being encouraged by outlaws John Crawford and Marshall Reed to serve their own ends, and Scott and Porico ultimately joined forces to defeat them. Son of Geronimo remains one of the few popular late Columbia serials, due to its strong and unusually violent action scenes and the forceful performances of Moore and his co-stars, particularly Reed and Redwing.

Moore’s last Republic serial was Jungle Drums of Africa (1952), in which he played Alan King, an American mining engineer developing a valuable uranium deposit in the African jungles. Moore was assisted by lady doctor Phyllis Coates and fellow engineer Johnny Sands and opposed by a group of Communist spies (Henry Rowland, John Cason) and their witch-doctor accomplice (Roy Glenn). While Drums drew extensively on stock shots of African animals to augment its jungle atmosphere, it relied to an unusually large extent on original footage for its action scenes and chapter endings, and the result was a modestly-budgeted but enjoyable serial that served as a good finish to Moore’s career at Republic.

Gunfighters of the Northwest (Columbia, 1953), Moore’s final serial, cast him as the second lead, a Mountie named Bram Nevin who backed up RCMP Sergeant Jock Mahoney. Moore, in his first and only “sidekick” role, played well off Mahoney; while the latter’s character was the focus of the serial’s action, Moore’s role was really more that of co-hero than of a traditional sidekick. The serial pitted the two leads against the “White Horse Rebels,” a gang of outlaws trying to overthrow the Canadian government. Though thinly-plotted, Gunfighters, with its nice location photography and good acting, was the last really interesting Columbia serial; it was also Moore’s last serial. In 1954, he returned to the Lone Ranger series, its producers having been forced to realize that Moore was firmly established as the Ranger and that audiences wouldn’t warm up to his substitute John Hart. The fourth and fifth seasons of the show featured Moore in his familiar place as the “daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains.”

After the Lone Ranger series ended in 1956, Moore reprised the role in two big-screen movies and then retired from acting. He remained in the public view, however, making personal appearances throughout the country in his Lone Ranger garb. Publicly and privately, he upheld the ideals that the Lone Ranger–and his serial heroes–had upheld on the screen: courage, charity, and a sense of justice. In 1979, he was barred by court order from making personal appearances as the Lone Ranger because the property’s owners worried that Moore’s close identification with the character would undercut a new Lone Ranger film. Moore nevertheless maintained his status as the “real” Lone Ranger in the eyes of fans, and, after the failure of the new Ranger feature, he was allowed to resume his mask in 1984. Moore died in Los Angeles in 1999, leaving behind several generations of fans that honored him not only for his TV persona, but for the kindess that characterized the off-screen man behind the mask.

Part of Clayton Moore’s success as the Lone Ranger was due to his respectful attitude towards the character. While some actors would have had a hard time taking a masked cowboy from a children’s radio show seriously, Moore’s performance was as heartfelt as if he had been playing a Shakespearian role; he gave the part all the benefit of his considerable acting talent. Moore played his cliffhanger roles, heroic and villainous, with the same respect and the same wholeheartedness. It’s no wonder that serial fans hold him in the same high regard that the Lone Ranger’s fans do.

An Odd Fellows papier mache Goliath head was purchased for USD$100. on the American Pickers TV program by antefixus21

I photographed the History Channel on my TV screen.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Ritual of the First Degree – Degree of Friendship

1989

Instructions:

The King and his attendants may occupy any position in the lodge-room during the dramatic part of the work.

The brothers assuming the characters of Jonathan, David, Saul, Jesse, Herald, and Lad should be selected because of dramatic ability. It is not necessary that any one be a Past Grand, or an officer.

The costumes worn should be consistent with Bible history. Saul should be represented as a man of kingly bearing, afflicted at times with an evil spirit, but not completely broken, either physically or mentally; Jonathan, a vigorous, manly Prince; David, first a ruddy youth——a shepherd lad afterward a soldier; Jesse, a venerable man.

At no time should Goliath be admitted to, or be visible from the lodge-room and the representation of his head should not be of a burlesque character.

The house of Jesse should be at a point in the lodge-room furthermost from the King's station. The inn used in 'second degree may be employed.

In conferring this degree, it is permissible to introduce such dramatic action and pantomine as will illustrate the degree, provided that no speaking characters except those named in the ritual shall be introduced, nor shall the language of the ritual be changed.

When David and Jonathan, Conductor and candidate kneel, members should be assigned, one to each of the other candidates (should there be more than one) who shall kneel with him and clasp hands in proper form, and recite the covenant.

Appropriate music, including the use of trumpets, bugles, or similar instruments, may precede or accompany the entrance and exit of King and attendants, and may be introduced in any portion of the degree, but all music must be consistent with the ritual.

In no part of the first degree shall the candidate be blindfolded.

Before the candidate is taken into the lodge room to participate in the degree, the Conductor shall advise him that he represents the character of David, although the dramatic feature of the work will be taken by another.

Noble Grand: Brother …, are you ready to receive the first degree?

If the brother answers in the affirmative.

Noble Grand: Conductor, present the candidate for examination.

The Conductor presents the candidate to the Noble Grand who examines him as follows:

Noble Grand: My brother, What is the entersign?

What is the password of the initiatory degree?

For working purposes, how is it given?

Demonstrate the countersign.

What does the first motion signify?

What does the second motion signify?

What does the third motion signify?

Give me the Odd Fellow's grip.

Demonstrate the voting sign.

Demonstrate the Interfraternal sign.

Noble Grand: Brother, you will retire to the anteroom and await further instructions.

Candidate retires— after addressing Vice Grand.

If the examination has been satisfactory, the lodge will proceed to open in the first degree.

Noble Grand calls up the lodge.

Noble Grand: Warden, declare the lodge closed in the initiatory degree.

Warden: I declare the lodge closed in the initiatory degree.

Noble Grand: We are about to open the lodge in the first degree. Warden, ascertain that all present are qualified to sit in the first degree.

After the examination has been made.

Warden: Noble Grand, I find all qualified.

Noble Grand: Brothers advance the sign of the first degree.

The Noble Grand will give the answer.

Noble Grand: Warden, proclaim the lodge open in the first degree.

Warden: I proclaim the lodge open in the first degree.

Noble Grand seats the lodge.

Noble Grand: Inside Guardian, inform the Outside Guardian that the lodge is open in the first degree.

If officers retire to robe, the following form —between lines— may be used.

Noble Grand: The officers will proceed to robe for the first degree. During their absence Brother …, Past Grand, will officiate as Noble Grand; Brother …, Past Grand, as Vice Grand; and Brother …, as Inside Guardian. The officers will retire.

The lodge is called up when the officers retire and re-enter,

Officers retire and re-enter in procession.

Noble Grand seats the lodge.

Sufficient opportunity should be given brothers in the anteroom to enter the lodge room in form. The ceremony shall then proceed, and no brother shall be permitted to enter or leave until the degree has been completed, except as provided.

Part I

Noble Grand: Conductor, retire to the anteroom, receive and introduce the candidate.

The Conductor retires in form, hearing staff.

The Conductor will approach the inner door with the candidate, and give the alarm.

Inside Guardian, opening wicket: Who comes there?

Conductor speaks in a low tone to Inside Guardian.

Conductor: A brother who seeks the mysteries of the first degree of Odd Fellowship.

Inside Guardian to Conductor: Why does he seek these mysteries?

Conductor: Because he wishes to be more fraternal.

Inside Guardian advances to center of floor.

Inside Guardian: Noble Grand, a brother, wishing to be more fraternal, seeks the mysteries of the first degree.

Noble Grand: Admit him, in friendship, the bond of fraternity.

Inside Guardian returns to his station, and opens the door.

Inside Guardian: You have permission to enter, in friendship, the bond of fraternity.

Being admitted, the Conductor will proceed with the candidate to the center of the floor and present him to the Noble Grand.

Conductor: Noble Grand, I present to you Brother … giving name in full, who seeks the mysteries of this degree.

Noble Grand: My brother, it is my duty to remind you of the importance of the step you are taking, and to caution you against making engagements that you may be unwilling to fulfill; or entering into a covenant which may prove burdensome. Have you considered the subject, and are you prepared to advance?

If the candidate answers in the affirmative and Parts II and III are not used, the Noble Grand will proceed directly to Part IV.

If the candidate answers in the affirmative, and Parts II and III are used; the Noble Grand continues:

Noble Grand to the Conductor: Let the brother be seated that he may take his next step in fraternity.

Part II

The Conductor and candidate will be seated where they may witness the following work.

Parts II and III may, or may not, be used in conferring the first degree. If used at all they must be given in complete form, as printed, and no change is permissible.

The King and his attendants enter. The King may assume the Chair of the Noble Grand, or occupy any other station in the lodge room.

Herald stands at right of King. Guards are stationed near and about the King. Jonathan at outer edge of guards.

King, seated: Jonathan, my son, I need to talk to you.

Jonathan advances and stands before the King.

King: My son, I am deeply troubled. Pause. I think the days of Saul, the King, are numbered. Evil spirits beset me, and I fear that I am going mad!

Jonathan: Father, only yesterday, one of your guardsmen told me of a shepherd lad of Bethlehem , who plays sweetly upon the harp. His music has power to cast out evil spirits. I beg you to send for this lad.

King: Of what use! But, if it pleases you, I will send for him. What is his name?

Jonathan: David, the son of Jesse.

King to Herald: Go to Bethlehem ; find Jesse, the shepherd, and say to him: 'Thus commands Saul, the King: Send your son David, to stand before me."

King to Jonathan: Leave me, my son, I would be alone — alone.

When directed, the Herald goes to Jesse's house and raps on door, or with staff on floor. Jesse appears.

Herald: Peace! Are you Jesse, the shepherd?

Jesse: Yes. Peace be with you.

Herald: I am from Saul, the King.

Jesse: Sit down and rest.

Jesse and Herald are seated.

Herald: Jesse, Saul, the King: says "Send your son David, to stand before me."

Jesse: David! My youngest son! Send David to the King! He alone is left to tend the flocks, and comfort me in my old age. His brothers even now are under arms. O gentle stranger, go to Saul, and beg him to spare me my youngest born.

Herald: Tis the King's command!

Jesse, after pause: The King's command must be obeyed. Pause then, as if speaking to himself, but so as to be heard distinctly. No evil can befall him, since the prophet Samuel has anointed him with Holy Oil.

Jesse enters house.

Herald, aside: Samuel anointed David? Then David is chosen to rule over Israel !

Jesse comes out of house and blows horn. Sound of someone singing or playing harp in distance. Music finished, David enters from anteroom.

David: Your blessing, father. Kneels for blessing. Jesse lays hand upon his head. David rises. Peace be with you sir. Pause. Did you signal, father?

Jesse: Yes. David, this stranger bears a message from the King. Saul commands me to send you to him,

David: The King sends for me?

Herald: You play the harp, I am told.

David: For my own amusement.

Herald: Your ability has reached the ears of the King and for that you are summoned.

David: But I cannot leave my father alone.

Herald: It's the King's command!

David, after pause: All right! I am ready.

Jesse: Farewell, my son! Find your brothers in the army and give them their father's blessing.

David kneels. Jesse blesses him: The peace of God be with you.

Herald: The peace of God rest on this house and all that dwell therein.

David, carrying harp, starts with Herald on the journey. Near the Vice Grand's station, they are met by Jonathan.

Jonathan to David: Who are you?

David: David, son of Jesse,

Jonathan: The shepherd lad. I am Prince Jonathan. David begins to kneel. Kneel not to me. David, my father, the King, is troubled with evil spirits and your music may soothe him.

David: I am not clothed to appear before the King.

Jonathan: I would not have you different. Come, don't be afraid.

Herald returns to his station. David and Jonathan proceed to presence of the King. David kneels and plays on harp.

Jonathan assumes position with guards. Saul is apparently beset with an evil spirit, is restless and perturbed, but the music soothes him. Music finished, Saul speaks.

King: Lad, who are you?

David: David, son of Jesse. Upon the hills of Bethlehem , I tend my father's flock.

King: Come here, lad. You have found favor in my eyes, Sit here at my feet.

David seats himself on dais at foot, and at one side, of King.

King to David: I would have you with me always.

David plays a few chords on harp, then kneels and speaks to King.

David: O King, one favor I ask, that I may visit my brothers who serve you in the field.

King: Go then, but soon return.

David rises, bows to the King, and starts away as if to leave the room, but stops to investigate the guards in search of his brothers. Jonathan is in position with the guards on opposite side, so that each is about equal distance from the King, and opposite to each other. David locates one brother in the line of guards to the King's left, greets him affectionately, and escorts him to a position just in front of the guards near the center of the floor. Through suitable gestures and pantomime this brother indicates that another brother is in the other guard to the King's right. David searches for and finds him, greets and affectionately escorts this second brother to the place where the other brother is standing.

David examines with curiosity, and is much enthralled with the fine raiment which they wear, and the weapons which they bear. Following suitable pantomime in this respect, he faces his brothers and the audience and announces:

David: My brothers, I have come from Bethlehem , and bring to you our father's Blessing.

Upon hearing this the brothers immediately kneel and remove their head gear. David raises his arms over them, and, with eyes uplifted, blesses them.

David: The peace of God be with you always.

The brothers then rise, replace their headgear, and after friendly and affectionate visitations in pantomine, David escorts each of them to their former positions in the Kings guards, in such manner that he again returns to a position with the guards opposite that of Jonathan. Shortly after David's return to this position, Goliath is heard speaking from the anteroom. At no time is he permitted to enter the lodge room, or show himself.

Goliath, from anteroom: Ho! Pause. Ho ye! Pause. Choose the greatest man among you, and let him come out to fight me. If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, we will be your servants; but if I kill him, you shall be our servants. I defy the armies of Israel !

Consternation among staff and attendants.

King, Guards, and Staff: The giant Goliath!

Goliath, from anteroom: O Saul, son of Kish ! King of Slaves!

King, in sorrow and anger: King of slaves! Woe is me! I am accursed! Three times has this braggart reviled me— and beneath the spell of this evil spirit, I am powerless!

To guards and attendants: Is there not one among you who will go and fight this cursed Philistine?

Jonathan places hand on hilt of his sword, and advances a pace or so. pauses a moment, then, as if reconsidering, returns to former position. All wait for champion to appear. After pause, and none appearing, David timidly, yet confidently, steps before the king.

David: O King, let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

King, contemptuously: You are but a stripling, and he a mighty warrior!

David: The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion and the bear, will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.

King: Enough! Array him in armor.

The armor-bearer clothes David with helmet, shield and sword, David starts to go, but being unable to adapt himself to armor—- he returns to the King.

David: Most gracious King, I prefer my shepherd's dress. This sword I have not proved.

King: What do you want?

David: This sling producing it and a stone.

King, after meditation: Go, then, and if you are victorious, you shall be given riches and your father's house made free. David returns helmet, shield, and sword to attendant. He then walks around room, selecting stones from floor and then proceeds toward anteroom, where Goliath is in waiting. Jonathan accompanies David a short distance.

Jonathan: David, you are no match for this giant.

David: Have no fear. The Lord is with me.

Jonathan: The Lord be with you! Farewell.

David: Farewell.

David goes to partially-opened door of anteroom, remaining in view of lodge, and in position where he can sec Goliath.

Goliath, from anteroom: Boy—begone! Am I a dog, that you come to me with stones? I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.

David: You come to me with a sword and a spear, but I come to you in the name of the Lord, whom you have reviled. This day will I smite you and take your head from you, that all Philistia may know there is a God in Israel .

Goliath, from anteroom: Ha! Ha! Ha! With a sling and a stone!

David throws the stone and enters anteroom to attack Goliath. Sound of an attack is heard. Goliath groans. After proper pause, David returns with head of Goliath. He takes but a few steps inside the lodge room, when he drops head upon the floor, and runs to meet Jonathan. Jonathan hurries to David. They meet near Vice Grand's station, and hasten, hand in hand, to presence of King. David kneels and salutes King afterward pointing to head of Goliath.

David: O King, your enemy is dead!

King is unnerved, but soon recovers.

King: My enemy dead? Pause. Israel has been delivered! O David, champion of Israel 's host, you have done well! You shall be a commander in my army.

To attendants: Array him!

Attendants accompany David to anteroom, one of them removing head of Goliath as they leave the lodge room.

David is clothed in the anteroom as a commander in the army, and is then in readiness for Part III.

King to Jonathan: What manner of man is this, that single handed he fought and killed this Philistine?

Jonathan: My father, I know not, but my heart goes out to him in a great love, for he has this day saved Israel .

Herald saluting King: O King, David has been anointed with Holy Oil by the prophet Samuel.

King, angrily: How know you this?

Herald: From Jesse, his father.

King, slowly: It must then be so! With increasing anger. David, my successor? My kingdom to be rent from me and given to him?

After meditation: True, he killed Goliath, and saved my people. Pause. And I have made him a commander of a thousand men! Pause. With energy: I have done well!

He shall fight my wars, but he shall not come back alive! Israel 's crown is mine! Jonathan, my son, shall reign hereafter!

The Conductor will retire with the candidate to the anteroom.

Part III

The King and attendants are in position as in Part II.

During Part III the Conductor shall act as escort for the candidate. The Conductor and candidate shall accompany David and participate in the following work of the degree. Conductor shall advance with him to the inner door, and give the usual alarm.

Inside Guardian, opening the wicket: Who comes there?

Conductor, in low tone: David, the son of Jesse.

Inside Guardian, from station, cries loudly in surprised tone: David, the son of Jesse, comes!

Officers and brothers at Vice Grand's end of room immediately cry out: Hail to David! Ten thousand praises are his due!

King, angrily: What sound is that?

Herald: It is the people. They rejoice with David.

King: I like it not! Pause. Aside. Oh, that he were dead! Pause. To Inside Guardian: Why comes he here?

Inside Guardian, opening wicket—to Conductor: Why comes he here?

Conductor, low tone:. To visit Saul, King of Israel .

Inside Guardian advances to center of floor and salutes King with sword.

Inside Guardian: To visit Saul, King of Israel .

King, after pause: Admit him to the presence of the King.

Inside Guardian salutes King, returns to his station, and opens the door.

David, Conductor, and candidate enter and proceed to center of floor, facing King.

David, kneeling, and reverently saluting King: Hail to the King!

King, after pause: Welcome, son of Jesse. You have smitten my enemies and brought me the spoils of victory!

Herald: Saul has slain his thousands!

The staff, with exception of King's retinue: And David his tens of thousands!

The Lodge, with exception of King's retinue: And David his tens of thousands!

King, frantically: This is treason to the King! I will smite him with the sword!

Snatches sword from armor-bearer and rushes at David.

Conductor hurries candidate to lower end of room.

Jonathan steps in between King and David, and catches the blow on his shield, at the same time saying:

Jonathan: Father, this shall not be!

King steps back a pace, lowers sword, and speaks in surprise and indignation.

King: And would you defend this Judean who would be King—, to whom the people ascribe tens of thousands, while to me they give but thousands?

Jonathan: Even so, my father, for who shall stand against the Lord's anointed?

King: Defend him not, for while he lives your kingdom is not safe. He shall surely die!

Jonathan: I will defend him with my life!

King: False Prince! Unfilial son!

Saul fights with Jonathan, who simply acts on the defensive. Saul is disarmed and, rushing back to his station, calls:

King: Ho, my guards! My guards!

Guards endeavor to rush Jonathan back, so as to reach David, but he throws them off, saying:

Jonathan: Hold! Hold, I say! Stand back— on my command!

Guards return to station.

Jonathan walks about room and, when near the stone ezel, which should be as far as possible from the King's station, calls:

Jonathan: David!

David, Conductor, and candidate proceed to Jonathan. Jonathan places his hands upon the shoulders of David and Candidate.

Jonathan: David, I am your friend. My father seeks to kill you, wait here. I will go to my father and plead for you, and what I see I will tell you. Hide by the stone ezel. I will shoot three arrows on its side as though I shot at a mark, and will send a lad, saying: "Find the arrows that I shoot." If I say to him: "The arrows are on this side of you," then come, for there is peace to you. But if I say to the lad: "Are not the arrows beyond you?"

Go away!

David, Conductor, and candidate hide by the stone Ezel, while Jonathan, after a few moments of meditation, goes before his father and, upon his knees, pleads for David.

Jonathan: Father, I come to plead for David.

King: Begone! I will not hear you! Begone!

Jonathan: Father, have you forgotten your promise made before the people, that he who should slay the giant, whom no man in all Israel dared stand before, to him would you give riches, and make him great in the land of Israel? Have you, my father, forgotten this? Pause. If so, let me no longer live!

King: Curse you as an unnatural son! I will do as you wish.

King draws sword and attempts to kill Jonathan. Jonathan bows head to receive blow, but Saul's hand is stayed— as if by act of God— even as he is about to strike, and he falls back into his chair. Jonathan rises, looks with pity upon his father, then slowly walks down the room. After a short pause, King recovers and, at a signal from him, the guards form in procession, and the King and his retinue, with the exception of Jonathan and the lad, retire from the lodge room. The Noble Grand and his supporters resume their stations, if same have been occupied by the King and his attendants.

Jonathan: Here, lad, find the arrows that I shoot.

Jonathan loudly twangs a bow several times and then shoots three blunt arrows.

Jonathan to lad: Make haste!

Lad, running: Where are they?

Jonathan: Are not the arrows beyond you? Pause. Make haste! Pause. Speed! Short pause. Stay not!

Lad picks up arrows and returns them to Jonathan.

Jonathan: Here, lad, take this bow and arrows: handing them to lad go, carry them to the city.

Lad: I go, most noble Prince.

Lad salutes Jonathan and retires from lodge room. In retiring he should not pass in front of Jonathan. As Lad retires, David, the Conductor, and candidate start on journey as if to leave the room, and at center of floor are met by Jonathan.

Jonathan: David, my father would kill you! And yet I love you as my own soul!

David: Jonathan, what is my problem?

Jonathan: The King is angered and sore beset. He knows not what he does. O David, you are as dear to me as life itself! Even should you become ruler over Israel , and my father's throne pass to you, I ask that I might be as now, your friend and brother, and continue at your side.

David: Jonathan, more than brothers, whether or not it shall come to pass that I rule over Israel , nothing but death shall part you and me.

Jonathan: Let us swear, the one to the other, in friendship forever!

Jonathan and David each kneel upon their right knees, facing each other; their left knees touching and their right hands clasped. Conductor and candidate assume similar position.

Jonathan and David, and Conductor: The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, from this day forever!

Jonathan, David, Conductor, and candidate continue kneeling.

Noble Grand calls up the lodge.

The Lodge, led by the Chaplain: The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, from this day forever!

Jonathan, David, Conductor, and candidate will rise.

Jonathan: David, go in peace!

David: Farewell, Jonathan. Peace be with you!

David retires to anteroom. Jonathan retires by different exit.

Conductor and candidate will take a position facing the Chaplain.

Chaplain: Hail to the covenant of friendship!

Conductor and candidate will take a position facing the Past Grand.

Past Grand: Hail to the covenant of friendship!

Conductor and candidate will take a position facing the Vice Grand.

Vice Grand: Hail to the covenant of friendship!

Conductor and candidate will take a position facing Noble Grand from center of floor.

The Lodge, led by the Warden: Hail to the covenant of friendship!

Noble Grand seats the lodge.

Part IV

Part IV shall be omitted if parts II and III have been given. If parts II and III have not been given, Part IV must be given in complete form, as printed, and no abbreviation, or addition thereto, is permissible.

Noble Grand: My brother, the first link in the chain of Odd Fellowship is friendship. We have chosen from the pages of Holy Writ the most striking example of friendship in history.

Noble Grand: Conductor, present the candidate to the Chaplain for the lecture of this degree.

Conductor presents candidate to the Chaplain.

Conductor: Worthy Chaplain, I present the candidate for the lecture of this degree.

Chaplain to candidate: Saul, the first King of Israel, had disobeyed God. He was disturbed in mind, believed that he was possessed of an evil spirit and feared that he was going mad. Learning that David, a son of Jesse, the shepherd, was famed for his skill in playing upon the harp and believing that music had power to cast out evil spirits, he sent a messenger to Jesse, commanding David to come before him. After receiving his father's blessing, David appeared before the King. He played sweetly upon the harp and Saul was soothed. David remained in the household of Saul and found favor in his sight. Prince Jonathan, the son of Saul, formed a strong attachment for the shepherd lad.

David went to and fro to tend his father's flock. Returning one day he passed where the armies of Philistia were encamped. Goliath, a giant soldier of the Philistines, came forth and appeared before the army of the King of Israel, issuing a challenge to send forth a man to meet him in single combat. He reviled Saul by calling him "King of slaves," and the monarch's mental distress returned. He reproached his soldiers for their want of courage and cried out, "Oh! Is there not one among you who will go and fight this cursed Philistine?" None of them volunteered for the conflict. Then David knelt before Saul and offered his services. The King had no faith in the ability of the youth until David informed him that the Lord had delivered him out of the paw of the lion and the bear and would deliver him out of the hand of this Philistine. Saul then gave consent, promised him riches should he be successful and ordered that he be clothed in armor.

David had faith in God and spurned the sword. Armed with only a sling and a stone, clothed only in his shepherd's dress, he went forth to battle and won. There was great rejoicing in the camp when he returned bearing the giant's head as a trophy of the conflict.

David became popular in Israel and the people sang songs of praise, attributing to him tens of thousands while they gave to Saul but thousands. Saul became envious of this popularity and when he learned that David had been anointed with Holy Oil by the prophet Samuel, he feared that his throne was to be taken from him and sought to kill David.

The friendship of Jonathan for the shepherd lad prompted him to go to his father and plead for David. This further angered the King, who, in his rage, attempted to kill Jonathan.

'Twas then that Jonathan proposed to enter into a solemn covenant of friendship with David, and in a field, where none but the eye of God might see, each kneeling, these two men solemnly pledged eternal friendship.

Such a covenant with all Odd Fellows, you are now privileged to enter.

Are you willing to proceed?

Candidate answers.

Chaplain: The Conductor will proceed with the ceremony.

The Conductor and candidate will kneel upon their right knees, facing each other; their knees touching and their right hands clasped. The Conductor will prompt the candidate to repeat after him the covenant.

The Noble Grand calls up the lodge.

Conductor: The Lord be between me and thee,

Candidate repeats.

Conductor: And between my seed and thy seed,

Candidate repeats.

Conductor: From this day forever!

Candidate repeats.

The Lodge, led by the Chaplain: The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, from this day forever!

Conductor and candidate arise and take a position facing the Chaplain.

Chaplain: Hail to the covenant of friendship!

Conductor and candidate will take a position facing the Past Grand.

Past Grand: Hail to the covenant of friendship!

Conductor and candidate will take a position facing the Vice Grand.

Vice Grand: Hail to the covenant of friendship!

Conductor and candidate will take a position facing the Noble Grand from center of floor.

The Lodge, led by the Warden: Hail to the covenant of friendship!

Noble Grand seats the lodge.

Part V

Part V is to follow Part III, or Part IV, whichever one is used.

Noble Grand: My brother, I will now instruct you in the mysteries of this degree.

The Noble Grand instructs, according to the unwritten work. In this degree there is an alarm at the Inner Door, a password, an explanation of the password, a sign, an answer to the sign, and a memento.

Noble Grand: Wishing to visit a lodge which is open in the first degree, you will proceed as instructed in the initiatory degree, except that you will give to the Inside Guardian the password of this degree and address the Vice Grand with the sign of this degree.

Wishing to leave the lodge before it is closed in the first degree, you will address the Vice Grand with the sign of the first degree, and that officer will answer you with the proper sign. The Inside Guardian will then permit you to depart.

You will now give me the sign of the first degree, and I will respond with the answer.

After a satisfactory rehearsal, the Noble Grand shall proceed with the concluding charge.

Noble Grand: My brother, by the consent of your brothers you have been advanced to a position of great responsibility. The most ancient as well as the most true and beautiful example of earthly friendship has been presented before you, and you have in your own person illustrated a noble history. In that touching drama, you stood in the presence of royalty and listened to the voice of praise, but your merit provoked enmity, and you were hunted down as a traitor, when you were full of truth and honor. You have thus enacted a part of the common life.

Envy is the malicious foe of virtue, and is ever ready to destroy what it cannot imitate or surpass; it is the vice of the weak and the vain, and the weapon of an ignoble mind. In suffering its persecution you have learned a lesson never to be forgotten. Man is prone to selfishness, and thus to live for himself alone; in this isolation he has but little sympathy with his fellow-man. In such a mind envy takes possession and hatred follows with its horrid brood. But there is also a divinity in man which weds him to lofty motives and honorable actions. The good have an affinity for each other which grows up into confidence and affection.

Generous deeds and unselfish purposes are the strongest bonds of union— in his high estate, no man lives to himself. You have acted a part where all was oppression upon the one hand, and all was love and protection on the other. You have seen the picture on both sides.

It is possible that men should combine for the common good; hence we have societies, communities, states, and nations united by a compact which protects their members. The bond is stronger when individuals are united by personal contact and held together by a personal covenant. Such a covenant we have all entered into, and you have been solemnly added to our fraternal union. By such a tie has God bound Himself to His creatures on the scroll of heaven, with the rainbow as His seal.

Such obligations have come down to us from every age and country; by these, the mystic rites of all nations have been protected and men everywhere brought into fellowship. By your solemn pledge you are now entitled to give and receive the tokens of a deathless friendship. Every Odd Fellow is your brother, and his family the sacred object of your fraternal care. You have become one of a brotherhood which extends to many peoples, and in their assemblies you will always be welcome.

The mysteries you have learned will insure you an honorable reception in strange cities and distant lands, where you will be the subject of tender attentions, because you are an Odd Fellow.

Noble Grand: Conductor, clothe the candidate in the regalia of this degree, the emblematic color of which is pink.

Conductor advances to chair of Noble Grand, receives regalia, returns and places it on the candidate.

Noble Grand calls up lodge.

Noble Grand: Brother … giving name in full, I welcome you to the degree of friendship; to which, in the name and by the authority of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, I declare you admitted.

Noble Grand seats the lodge.

Conductor escorts candidate to a seat.

If officers retire to disrobe, the following form —between lines— may be used:

Noble Grand: The officers will retire. During their absence, Brother …, Past Grand, will officiate as Noble Grand; Brother …, Past Grand, as Vice Grand; and Brother …, as Inside Guardian.

The lodge is called up when the officers retire and when they re-enter.

The officers retire and re-enter in procession, without form.

Noble Grand calls up lodge.

Noble Grand: Warden, declare the lodge closed in the first degree and open in the initiatory degree.

Warden: I declare the lodge closed in the first degree and open in the initiatory degree.

Noble Grand seats the lodge.

Noble Grand: Inside Guardian, inform the Outside Guardian that the lodge is open in the initiatory degree.

Inside Guardian retires and re-enters without form.

"Oh it's Nothing." 19/365 by Sam How

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THIS IS ON EXPLORE! :D

Todays picture is a very personal picture... I cant stop beating my self up (not physically) but inside, for everything i do, i feel as though i do it wrong, for being me i feel as though i shouldnt be and that i should be more like (i dont know your normal teenage person) I dont know why i've been like this, i'm usually very happy with myself and about myself... i guess im just so messed up in there at the mo (must be those teenage hormones again!!! :/ ) so i thought id do something "visualy exciting" on my emotions today...

i must admit i had fun doing it! Crappy face paints are amazing for blood, and cuts, (it looked better in reallity than in pic!) it left little chunks which made it look life like!!!! Also today I downloaded the trial for Photoshop CS5, which is amazing and im going ro cry in 30 days when i lose it!!! (anyone fancy giving me £185?? / well it was worth a shot ;) lol)

my only problem with this is its too similar to my other works and this is about developing my work and creating something new each time!!! so hopefully i will be able to do something better tomorow!!!

im off to london on tuesday though so i think more pure photography will be the likely hood of tuesday and wednesday!!! (:

please comment!!! and note and tag!!! (:

Ghost of Zorro (Republic, 1949). Lobby Card (11" X 14") Chapter Six -- "Deadline at Midnight." by Morbius19

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