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Bishop Humphrey Olumakaiye
The recently-appointed Bishop of Lagos Diocese of the Anglican Communion, Bishop Humphrey Olumakaiye, speaks with KORE OGIDAN on his life in ministry, marriage and other issues
You're currently the Bishop of the Lagos State Diocese of the Anglican Communion. Did you ever imagine you would get to this position when you entered the ministry at the age of 18?
I'm grateful to God for my current position because I never imagined I'd be where I am today. However, I am also a man who have always had big dreams and hopes for a bright future. I had great dreams for the Anglican community and using my positions in the church at any point in time, I wanted to make a great impact and leave an indelible mark in my service. I believe my journey and even my current position have all been God's plan for me. I consider myself very fortunate because even as a kid, I was a moralist and very disciplined. God just tailored me and planned everything concerning me for the purpose of where He's taking me to. Asides from God's own hand, I believe that people, who are called, must deny themselves of things of the world. I believe I've lived a godly life and turned my back on the things of the world. These helped me develop myself to walk in the path that God had carved out for me. To get to such a position as this, there are many essential things to be taken into consideration, including competence, character, calling and confidence; these aid your journey to getting to great heights.
How did you identify your calling?
There's usually an instinct in you that lets you know you've been chosen to do something. My dad had seen some of the traits of my calling in me; I liked serving God, praying at every given opportunity and even my friends at school nicknamed me 'pastor', which I didn't like at the time, because pastors were perceived to be academically unsound. It wasn't until later that I realised that those who are called for the ministerial work are actually geniuses and people of very sound minds. I topped the list of the students who were taken to join the University of Ilorin at the time when I applied to study Political Science there, but my dad, seeing my potential and traits, urged me to enrol at the Emmanuel College of Theology, Ibadan, instead. Even before then, God had been speaking to me in my quiet time, telling me the path I was to follow but I gently ignored it. It wasn't until my dad said it out that it had such a big impression on my heart that that was what I was meant to do. So, I put aside the admission to the University of Ilorin and went to Ibadan to attend the Emmanuel College of Theology, where I was actually the youngest in the class, about 18-year-old. I got two diplomas in Religious Studies and in Theology. Following that, I went to the University of Ibadan where I obtained my Bachelors of Art and Masters of Art degrees and went back for a degree in Church History and Ecclesiastical Matters.
Most of my friends were living lives different from mine. That's not to say I didn't enjoy their company as friends. However, I didn't allow them to convert me to play pranks with them. I was very quiet and gentle as a young boy. They (my friends) already knew my stand on the issues of right and wrong, and knew the things I'd partake in and things I wouldn't. Because of my disposition, I never felt left out; in fact, many times, I loved being by myself.
Do you think this character stemmed from your parents being clerics?
I wouldn't say so. In most cases, children of ministers are actually the ones who stand outside of the faith; they don't like following the footsteps of their parents. It is so because the gospel isn't new to them and they believe that they are familiar with the faith already. Except one has a personal encounter with the Lord, it can have an adverse effect on the person. Even for me, I have a son who just finished his Bachelor's degree and will soon be going for his Master in Biotechnology. He is currently completely out of the ministry but no one knows tomorrow. He's also very disciplined, calm and intelligent. Most importantly, he's God-fearing and is an instrumentalist. He plays the keyboard and talking drum.
Has there been any seemingly impossible thing God told you that eventually came to pass?
There have been many things but I'll give one example. Many years ago, shortly after my ordination, I saw myself in an Episcopal robe and I couldn't believe it. It seemed unreal for someone who had just been ordained as a priest to be wearing purple. I couldn't even say it out. But when it came, I was very shocked and full of gratitude to God. This was because I was elected a Bishop at the young age of 40 in 2009. That's quite unprecedented in the Anglican Communion; where there are many more well-qualified priests who are older. At the age of 31, I became an archdeacon and it was very rare to see a 31-year-old archdeacon. It was the former Bishop of Lagos State, Most Reverend Adebola Ademowo, who ordained me and made me a priest. He also ordained me preferred canon and archbishop. For him to have done that, there must have been something he saw in me that he must have considered unique and substantial. Archbishop Ademowo and his wife, I have to say, have been my biggest spiritual influences. It was this couple that trained me. When he was still the bishop of Ilesha diocese, he ordained me; been where I was posted to after my ministerial training. He has been a very disciplined, meticulous and spiritual leader, and his wife has always been a prayer warrior. I've been following their footsteps and they've been great mentors.
How eager were you to take over from your mentor?
I never dreamt of taking over from him. I was just doing my work quietly and passionately, using what God has given to me. It was just God's grace and divine mandate that it happened this way. It never occurred to me that I would take the position of the person who ordained me; going by the age and experience gap. He's the most experienced bishop in the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion.
What plans have you put in place to ensure you make a difference while you are in office?
I was ordained bishop of Lagos State on July 30, 2018, and I have a five-fold ministry, which are: priestly, pastoral, prophetic, prayer and praise. We have started approaching this headlong. It's our aim to ensure that all the priests in the diocese, over 170 of us, perform our priestly functions, raising up the prayers of the people to God. The pastoral ministry entails counselling, praying for the sick and many other things. We have something called the S.H.E (Spirituality, Health and Education) ministry which is open to both believers and non-believers. We will collaborate with the government in different ways to help the people and aid their development.
From a spiritual angle, why do you think Nigeria has been unable to grow and stabilise?
The problem we have in this country is that we've left God and until we go back to Him, nothing can be done. God is real and He has given us the manual to live by, which is the Bible. The Bible is complete for guiding and leading nations. Our leaders have deserted God and unfortunately, the church and religious leaders aren't helping matters. Messages from the pulpit have shifted from heavenly goals to things of the world. Most of the messages we hear today play on the emotions of unsuspecting members; preaching uncommon grace, uncommon favour and so on. Until we go back to the ancient path of true obedience to God, dignity of labour, righteousness and love, we'll continue to have problems. For our nation to progress, we must all come together and seek the face of God, so that He can heal our land.
Nigeria practised traditional worship before the missionaries introduced Christianity. At what point then were we close to God before leaving Him?
I'm saying that our relationship with God has become worse. Back in the day, schools were under the control of missionaries and churches. The school was more like an annex of the church – having morning devotions and the students being taught hymns. We even knew the Ten Commandments offhand. But how many of our kids know that today? The kids aren't taught such anymore. Until we go back to the time when the church will have its influence on the upbringing of the young generations, we will be where we are. Also, a lot of parents have left their duties. Many parents don't even see their kids for days yet they live in the same house. Because when they're coming in, their children are already asleep and they probably leave home before their children are awake. These children are mostly under the care of the maids at home. That can't help us. I believe that we have to go back to the drawing board and take it from there. Growing up, my mum was a teacher and she devoted her time to us. Similarly, we are doing the same for our son. He grew up having devotion with us, his parents, as a family. That's how to raise children.
Money isn't everything but sadly, that's what's most people are after. Greed is killing the nation today. Most people want to make quick money. Sadly, again, the churches aren't helping, especially the new generation prosperity churches. There are principles and processes to divine blessings. We ought to teach them the right thing that you must work hard, then, God will bless the work of your hands. You have to climb the ladder step-by-step to get to the top.
What's been your experience within your short stay in office thus far?
It's been wonderful and the diocese is very well structured. Thank God for the immediate past Archbishop Ademowo, the fellowship is very strong. Also, the diocese is fertile for evangelism; we just came in and had the ease of keying into it and we have started seeing fantastic and beautiful results.
Tell us about your background.
I was born in Okene on January 28, 1969. Okene used to be in Kwara State but is now in Kogi State and that's where I spent the first two to three years of my primary education which was at St. Andrew's Primary School. Then, we moved to Lokoja when my father became an archdeacon. I also attended Emmanuel Anglican Primary School, Lokoja, and completed my primary education at St. Michael's Primary School, Esie, in Kwara State. Then, we moved to Ilorin, where I began my secondary education at Government Secondary School, Omu-Aran. My dad was a priest in the Anglican Communion and he rose to become a provost in the Cathedral of Saint Barnabas, Ilorin. That made us traversed the length and breadth of the churches in the country. For me, the travelling was quite interesting. We got to make new friends and live in new environments; so it embedded a sense of adventure in us. Interestingly, I'm still in touch with some of my old friends. Also, as children, we had no say in the matter of moving around; all we did was follow our dad wherever he went.
Although I was the quiet one in the family, I had different ways of entertaining the family. Ours was a loving family and we were very comfortable. I'm the fifth child of seven children (four girls and three boys). My elder brother was something else; he was nicknamed King Bato but he has given his life to the Lord now. My other brother is currently an Oba in Ondo State; the Olu of Ofoshu. The eldest of us is in Atlanta and the last is in Houston, USA. The sixth child is a civil servant in Akure and the second child is a law librarian in LASU and is the wife of the Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo. We lived in a full house as we had a lot of extended family members living with us at the time. Sometimes, we'd be about 15 in the house and of course, you can tell that there was a lot of fun.
How did you meet your wife?
To the Glory of God, I spotted her in church in Ondo during a crusade. Back then, we used to go on college missions and I was posted to All Saints Anglican Church, Ondo, alongside my friends. Getting there, I saw the beautiful young lady. I was 20 and she was 17-year-old. She had just finished from secondary school and was gearing up to go to the Obafemi Awolowo University to study Nutrition. As soon as I saw her, I was blown away by how pretty she was; even men of God like good things. Projecting on where I'd be in future, I knew I needed someone who would complement me perfectly in the ministry. I met her and told her I'd like to see her after the crusade that day but she ran away; she didn't wait. That was on Saturday. On Sunday, during the service, I saw her file in with the choir and started looking for an opportunity to speak with her. Luckily, I had some fliers that I needed to distribute. I went up to her again and asked her to help me distribute them to the other church members. I didn't end there; I told her to give me feedback from the distribution after she was done. That was how we became friends and I got her address. When she resumed at the university, because there were no cell phones at the time, she wrote a letter to me and the friendship started fully.
About four years after, I proposed to her after being very sure that she was the right person. Initially, she refused but eventually, she agreed to the relationship because she was in a Pentecostal church at the time and I was in the ministry of what she considered "for old people". She came to me later on and said she didn't want to continue with her relationship with me. She wanted me to get something else to do; given my education but I refused and told her I'd rather let her go than let go of my calling. We parted that evening. It was hard for me but about a week later, she wrote me and told me how she'd wept and how she'd come to think that if I'd rather stick to my calling and let her go, no matter how painful it must have been for me, she was ready to stay with me because she could see the genuineness of my faith and calling.
How did you propose to her?
It was quite easy. We'd been talking for a while and one day, I just told her how good it'd be for us to take our relationship to the next level. She asked what level and I immediately told her marriage. Right from the beginning, I knew our relationship would end in marriage. Because we were young when we met, we still wanted to face our studies squarely but the instinctive voice in me told me she was my future wife. Meeting her, I must confess, was divine. Funnily enough, during the week, we broke up. I started to think that I must have been carried away and infatuated by her; so, I decided to brush it off my mind and I have to say that it wasn't easy. Luckily, shortly after, I got her letter, and since then, it's been so wonderful. She's a professor of Human Nutrition and Consumer Sciences at the Obafemi Awolowo University. I was 28-year-old when we eventually got married in 1997.
How was the experience of kissing your wife on your wedding day, being your first kiss?
Did I even kiss her that day? Looking back, that wasn't actually part of our programme. What we did was just exchange of cake and fruit wine.
How was your honeymoon after your wedding?
I didn't have a honeymoon. I went straight to the vicarage the following day to start the work of the ministry. I led a crusade the next day. However, we got a vacation period a while after.
Since it was your first time, did you have any awkward moment on your first night together, consummating your marriage?
Naturally, you'll get it done. God has embedded it in us. Even if you're blind, you'll get it done. It's already an instinct programmed in us.
You have a glow when you talk about your marriage. What are the things responsible for failed marriages today?
Marriage is a life-long contract and it isn't something one just rushes into. People don't often take the time to know and understand each other before committing themselves to marriage. These are two people who are coming from two different backgrounds and they don't take the time to know if they can cope with their differences. Unfortunately, the present day youths aren't patient enough and that's what is destroying many marriages. Above all, you must play the game according to the rules of the Kingdom. God instituted marriage and gave the manual – the Bible – for it to be followed. Submission from both parties is key to sustaining the marriage. Also, marriage isn't just between two lovers; it's between two forgiving partners because you are bound to offend each other. There must also be transparency between the two partners; you must tell each other the truth and nothing should be hidden from both parties. You must keep humour alive in the home. You must crack jokes and make each other happy. You must also study the mood of your partner.
What does your wife like and how do you spoil her?
Firstly, I call her Tuns and whenever I call her that, she knows I'm happy with her, but whenever I call her Motunrayo, she knows she has to adjust because she's doing something I don't like. My wife likes dressing well and I commend her every time she looks good. I do most of her shopping, especially when we travel out of the country. I help her choose her clothes, shoes, hats and other items. I was the one who selected the beautiful dress she wore during my enthronement. Even when I travel alone, I love doing all her shopping because there'd be no conflicting voice; it's solely my idea of what I buy for her.
Do you have special skills or talent?
I can sing quite beautifully and beat drums. I love singing mostly contemporary songs. In regards to sports, I'm very good in badminton. In my former diocese in Otan-Ayegbaju, Osun State, I built a badminton court for my recreation and exercise.
What was your childhood ambition?
Whenever I was asked, as a kid, what I wanted to be when I grew up, I always said I wanted to drive caterpillars. I had seen it as a huge machine that was controlled by an individual that was so tiny in comparison to it.
How do you like to relax?
I like to read Christian novels and watch television. When my wife is with me, we enjoy watching comedies.
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Albert Roberval (* 23. Oktober 1869 in Florenz; † 4. Oktober 1941 in Montreal) war ein kanadischer Opernsänger (Tenor), Dirigent, Theaterleiter und Gesangspädagoge.

Roberval studierte in Paris Harmonielehre bei Jules Massenet, Kontrapunkt und Fuge bei Charles René, Gesang bei Paul Lhérie und nahm auch Klavier- und Orgelunterricht. Er begann seine musikalische Laufbahn als Sänger, wandte sich aber auf Anraten Massenets dem Dirigieren zu und dirigierte drei von dessen Opern am Grand Théâtre in Bordeaux.

1905 kam er nach Montreal und arbeitete dort am Théâtre français. Von 1907 bis 1909 war er bei der Manhattan Opera Company in New York Chorleiter und Assistent des Dirigenten Cleofonte Campanini, danach leitete er bis 1913 das Théâtre du Gymnase in Marseille. Nach dem Militärdienst lebte er ab 1916 als Dirigent und Musikpädagoge in Montreal. 1923 erhielt er die kanadische Staatsbürgerschaft.

Mit seiner Frau Jeanne Maubourg leitete Roberval eine Musikschule, an der Opernsänger wie Pierrette Alarie, Fleurette Beauchamp, Léonide Letourneux, Henri Prieur und Honoré Vaillancourt studierten. Er dirigierte und inszenierte verschiedene Opernaufführungen, leitete 1923–24 die Société canadienne d'opérette, arbeitete als Dirigent für den Rundfunk und trat auch als Schauspieler auf. 1938 dirigierte und inszenierte er eine Aufführung von Xavier Leroux' Oper Évangéline (nach der Versdichtung von Longfellow).

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The Brentwood School Board of Directors is made up of volunteers from area businesses, the community and educational leaders. The 2019-2020 Board of Directors are Cliff Sheppard, Chair; Ken Bibb, Vice Chair; Donna Smith, Treasurer; Layne Kitchens, Secretary; Michael Atkinson; David Brooker; Conni Fennell Burley; Kevin Cobb; Anne Knox Hodges; Lee Lord; Trey Sheppard; Michele Strickland; Ben Tarbutton, III; Frank Young, Jr.; and Brian Wright.
Effective governance is an imperative foundation for a healthy independent school. A 15-member Board of Directors (Trustees) has the fiduciary responsibility for the school and sets the policy for the operation of the school. The Head of School is the Chief Operating Officer and carries out the policies of the Board. Listed below are Brentwood's Board of Directors and a brief biography.
Mr. Cliff Sheppard, Chair
After graduating from Middle Georgia College, Mr. Sheppard received his Bachelor's degree from Georgia Southwestern College. Mr. Sheppard has been a member of the Brentwood Board of Directors since the 1988-1989 school year, including Vice Chairman of the Board from 1995-1999 and Chairman of the Board since the 1999-2000 school year.
Mr. Sheppard is President of Howard Sheppard, Inc., Chairman of the Board of Citizens Bank of Washington County, and a member and past Chairman of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Board. He and his wife, Dianne, and two sons, Trey and Mitch, are members of the First Baptist Church in Sandersville.
Mr. Ken Bibb, Vice Chair
Mr. Bibb received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee and has been a member of the Brentwood Board of Directors since the 1998 - 1999 school year. He has been Vice Chairman of the Board since the 1999- 2000 school year.
Mr. Bibb is President of the George D. Warthen Bank. He is a past President and member of the Sandersville Rotary Club. He also serves on the Oconee Fall Line Technical College Board.
He and his wife Deana have three daughters: Callie, Kessler, and McFerrin. They are active members of the Sandersville United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Donna Smith, Treasurer
Mrs. Smith graduated from Brentwood School (Class of 1991) and obtained both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Georgia College and State University. She has been a member of the Board since 2015.
Mrs. Smith is the Internal Audit Manager at Thiele Kaolin Company. She is a past member of the Brentwood Boosters Club and past Treasurer of the Brentwood Alumni Council.
She and her husband, Chris, have two children: Tristan (Brentwood Class of 2015) and Kirstan (Brentwood Class of 2019). They are active members of Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church.
Mrs. Michele Strickland, Secretary
Mrs. Strickland graduated from Brentwood School in 1988 and from GeorgiaCollege in 1992 with her Bachelor's Degree in Middle Grades Education. Mrs. Strickland furthered her education at Georgia College by graduating with a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership in 2000 and a Specialist's Degree in Educational Leadership in 2003. She has been a member of the Brentwood Board of Directors since March 2016.
Mrs. Strickland taught at Brentwood from 1992-2006. At that time, Mrs. Strickland went to work at Oconee Fall Line Technical College, and she is the currently the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the college. Mrs. Strickland is married to Lee Strickland, a 1984 graduate of Brentwood. They have two children, Sarah Elizabeth (Class of 2013) and Benjamin (Class of 2016). They are members of the First Baptist Church of Sandersville. Mrs. Strickland serves as Church Clerk and is a Sunday School teacher.
Mr. Michael Atkinson
Mr. Atkinson is a graduate of Brentwood School (class of 1983) and received degrees from North Georgia Technical College and Athens Technical College. He is President of Atkinson Oil Company, past President of Bio Trans Intermodal, past President of the Sandersville Rotary Club, past Director of Georgia Oilman's Association, and past President of the Twin City Country Club. Michael is also a 2008 graduate of Leadership Georgia.
He and his wife, Kelly, and their two daughters, Ellie and Kate, are members of the Sandersville United Methodist Church.
Mr. David Brooker
Mr. Brooker received his Bachelor's degree from Georgia Southern University in 1992. He is a 1999 graduate of the Georgia Bankers Association's and University of Georgia's School of Banking. David is also a 2002 graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. He is a graduate of Brentwood School (class of 1987). Mr. Brooker has been a member of the Brentwood Board of Directors since the 2007-2008 school year.
David is Chief Executive Officer & President and Board Member of Citizens Bank of The South, Vice Chairman of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, President of the Washington County Historical Society, past Treasurer of Brentwood's PTO and Alumni Council, Treasurer of the Washington County Alliance for Literacy, Board Member of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Board Member of the Georgia Bankers Association Retirement Services Board, Trustee of Georgia Southern University's Foundation and member of the Sandersville Rotary Club.
He and his wife, Anne, are members of the First Christian Church of Sandersville.
Mrs. Conni Fennell Burley
Mrs. Burley is a graduate of Brentwood School (Class of '84). She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.
Mrs. Burley served in marketing and public relations positions in South Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee before returning home to Georgia. She is employed with the University of Georgia's Archway Partnership as the Archway Professional for Washington County.
Mrs. Burley is a member of Sandersville First Baptist Church where she and her family are members. Mrs. Burley and her husband, Blaine, have three children: Blaize (Class of 2014) is a recent UGA graduate, Brandt (Class of 2017) is a student at UGA, and Brock is a Brentwood senior.
Mr. Kevin Cobb
Mr. Cobb is a 1979 graduate of Brentwood School. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Georgia in Agricultural Economics. He is the Vice President of Ag Lending at Queensborough National Bank and Trust Co. Mr. Cobb is the past chairman of the Farm Service Agency county committee and the past president of the Twin City Country Club. He and his family are members of Friendship Baptist Church where he serves as a deacon and Sunday School teacher.
Mr.Cobb and his wife, Allison (Brentwood Class of 1984), have four children: Trevor, Tucker and Morgan, who are Brentwood graduates; and Jordan Grace, who is a current Brentwood student.
Mr. Lee Lord
Mr. Lord, a life-long resident of Sandersville, served in the Georgia Army National Guard from 1970 through 1976. He has worked in state and local government since 1972. He served as County Administrator for the Washington County Board of Commissioners from 1983 through 2010.
He and his family are members of the Sandersville United Methodist Church, where he served as Sunday School Secretary and as a member of the Finance Committee. He has previously served on the Administrative Board.
Mr. Lord and his wife, Bett, have two children, Adam (Brentwood Class of 1998) and Fran (Brentwood Class of 2002) and have three grandchildren currently attending Brentwood.
Mr. Bill McClarin
Mr. McClarin grew up in Waycross, Georgia and obtained both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Chemistry from the University of Georgia. He moved to Sandersville in 1995 to work in R&D at Thiele Kaolin Company. He is currently the Quality Assurance Manager for the Sandersville division. He also serves as a member of the Rosa M. Tarbutton Memorial Library Board of Directors.
Mr. McClarin is married to Nicole (1994 Brentwood graduate), and they have two sons: Maddux, a rising Senior and Harris, a rising Freshman. They are members of St. Williams Catholic Church in Sandersville.
Mr. Trey Sheppard
Mr. Sheppard graduated from Brentwood School in 1995 and from Georgia Southern University in 1999 with a Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance. Mr. Sheppard is Vice President of Howard Sheppard, Inc. He serves as the Vice Chairman of the Citizens Bank of the South and is Past Chairman and current board member of the Georgia Southern University Athletic Foundation. On the state level he serves on the Technical College System of Georgia State Board representing the 10th Congressional District and is a board member of the Georgia Motor Trucking Association. He is active in his local community serving on the Washington County Development Authority and is a member of the Sandersville Rotary Club.
Trey and his wife, Emily, have four children, Ford, Anne Marie, Emerson, and Jones and are active in the First Christian Church of Sandersville.
Mr. Ben J. Tarbutton, III
Mr. Tarbutton graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Mr. Tarbutton is President of the Sandersville Railroad Company. Mr. Tarbutton is active in his community and at the state level. Presently, he serves as a member of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, as a Board of Director of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, the American Shortline and Regional Railroad Association, the Georgia Railroad Association, and as the Vice Chairman of the Washington County Industrial Development Authority. He is past Chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, Leadership Georgia, Washington County Chamber of Commerce, the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority and past President of the Georgia Railroad Association and the Sandersville Rotary.
He resides in Sandersville with his wife, Betsy, and three children, Ben IV, AnnaBeth, and Henry, where they are active members of Sandersville United Methodist Church.
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Mr. Tarbutton is a native of Sandersville and an alumnus of Brentwood School. Mr. Tarbutton holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and a JD/MBA from the University of Georgia. Currently, Mr. Tarbutton serves as Vice President of Investor Relations for The Forestland Group, a timberland investment manager based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Prior to moving back to Sandersville, Benjie practiced law with Eversheds Sutherland in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Mr. Wright is a graduate of Brentwood School (class of 1991) and received his Bachelor's Degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology.
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He and his wife, Louise, have two married daughters and five grandchildren. Caroline (Class of 2000) is married to Clay McDaniel, and they reside in Sandersville. Molly (Class of 2003) is married to Bonner Jones, and they live in Birmingham, AL. Frank has three grandchildren that attend Brentwood.

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Tour de France participation still possible for Dumoulin
Barry Ryan 2016-05-18T20:09:00Z
Dutchman on Giro d'Italia exit and Rio 2016 build-up
Tum Dumoulin arrives at the stage start (Image credit: Cyclingnews)
Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) happy in his pink jersey at the start of stage 2 (Image credit: Courtesy of Polartec-Kometa)
Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) after the stage finish (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Sometimes the obvious decision is the most difficult one to take. Struggling with the effects of a saddle sore since late last week, Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) began to feel during the day in Chianti that he was fighting a losing battle at this Giro d'Italia.
No rapid recovery for Dumoulin at Giro d'Italia
Dumoulin ready to drop out of GC battle to chase stage wins at Giro d'Italia
Giro d'Italia Dumoulin loses 13 minutes on the hilly road to Sestola
Dumoulin abandons Giro d'Italia
After sparkling in a first week that saw him spend six days in the maglia rosa, Dumoulin endured a wretched weekend in Tuscany, losing the overall lead on the road to Arezzo on Saturday, and then finding himself hampered by the wet conditions during his main objective on the Giro, the stage 9 time trial in Chianti.
By that point, Dumoulin's injury had become more persistent, and after losing 13 minutes and all hopes of a high overall finish at Sestola when the Giro resumed after the rest day, he abandoned the race at Piacenza d'Adige, 94 kilometres into Wednesday's stage 11.
"This morning, I knew already it would make very little sense and the first kilometres on the bike made me realise that it would make no sense," Dumoulin told Cyclingnews and a small group of reporters after changing aboard the Giant-Alpecin bus at the finish in Asolo. "I tried to help the team a bit until the feed zone, we were hoping to have a good break on the front so that Nikias Arndt could win today. That's all I could do today and then I went out in the feed zone."
Dumoulin's ailment, which he tactfully described as "an inflammation in my saddle area," flared up the day after his impressive attack on the Giro's first summit finish at Roccaraso, and contributed to his travails on the dirt climb of Alpe di Poti two days later. A saddle sore forced Sean Kelly out of the 1987 Vuelta a España while leading the race in the final week. Ten days from Turin and a quarter of an hour down on general classification, Dumoulin saw little reason to prolong the inevitable.
"I hoped it would recover a bit during the rest day but it didn't really. And yesterday's stage, 220 kilometres and very hard, really didn't make it any better," he said. "I thought that maybe two flat days would make it a little better but it didn't make any sense to continue. I would not have a chance to recover and I would only make it worse if I were to continue."
Tour de France a possibility before Rio 2016
Though Dumoulin briefly seemed to entertain thoughts of a high overall finish at the Giro after his attack at Roccaraso, the time trial at the Rio 2016 Olympics is the centrepiece of Dumoulin's season.
Dumoulin's provisional 2016 schedule had him pencilled in to ride the Tour de Pologne in July – sandwiched by two altitude training camps – as his final preparation race for the Olympics, but his early withdrawal from the Giro could prompt a rethink of his build-up to Brazil.
"I never said that I would definitely go to the Tour of Poland. We were always looking for a moment after the Giro to look back on the Giro and decide what to do," Dumoulin said in Asolo on Wednesday.
"We had two plans ready. One was the most likely, with altitude camps and Poland, and the other is to do the Tour de France, which was quite unlikely. Now it changes a bit, everything is open now. I just want to take a few days off and not think about cycling, and then we'll have a look after those few days at what we're going to do towards Rio."


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The Third Step
Dark, gritty, and riddled with back alley characters, The Third Step is one man's journey into the black recesses of his own soul... Meet Frankie, a young, disaffected amateur boxer, really more of a punching bag, a drunk and a drug addict. He is a loser at love, except for his relationship with his grandma, who, rumor has it, is a white witch. She, along with a handful of others, serve as his moral compass. Frankie fights a lifelong struggle to find an understanding of the creator of the universe, not the poisoned caricature painted by the church and the "holy" people who seem to torment him. His journey takes him from the East Coast down to New Orleans to face confrontations with his demons, both real and imagined. Along the way, the story is littered with tales of drug smuggling, murder, an affair with a woman who may be the devil herself, and an ultimate quest for revenge. Frankie comes to terms with his addictions, but his search for a deeper understanding of this God entity and his need to connect with his soul could be his ultimate addiction, one that may follow him beyond the grave...
A landlocked pirate, trying to survive 21st century mediocrity, writing is an attempt at making peace with these times and my life. Some days it works; some days it doesn't.
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I am often shocked at comments from readers...
I want the details. There are so many formula based books out there that according to some publishers and reviewers, must be a certain amount of pages based on genre. Real literature, as is the case with this work and with this author, William Lobb, is written from the heart and soul, follows no formula, and can be measured by it's impact on the reader. I put "The Third Step", by William Lobb easily in the class of "On the Road", by Jack Kerouac, with the brutal blunt power of "Painted Bird", by Jerzy Kosinski.
Chapter One:
This is no dance, no cat and mouse, this is war, explosive, violent. Heads flying side to side on impact, big showers of sweat flying off of faces and foreheads. A shot to the face and the blood flows out of a nose and down a chest as the opposing glove turns red. A body shot, quick, unseen, the distinct and unmistakable sound of bone breaking, the snap echoes off the walls of this dirty, smelly, dark and humid gym. Retaliation, a shot, a hard shot, so hard that sound too bounces around the walls of this place, a well-placed temple shot to the other fighter's head.
Transfixed in the brutality it is forgotten that these guys have names, Frankie and some Puerto Rican kid named Felix.
A bell rings, both retire to their corners. End of round four.
From the fifteen or twenty assembled, mainly dregs from the bar, a woman comments they need to stop this before someone dies. Another assures her this is how Frankie gets off. He needs this and Felix looks like he's just having fun.
Sitting on his corner stool, the blood has stopped, remnants already dried on Frankie's face. He leans to the left side favoring the newly broken ribs.
A bell rings, they come at each other. Two quick jabs from Felix's left hand to Frankie's jaw and a roundhouse right to the head and Frankie is on his knees, not down, but reeling, he looks up at the lights. Watching his body move you know those lights must be spinning in his head, the entire gym must be spinning, reeling. Almost in slow motion Frankie falls on his back. We are all friends here, most days anyway, Frankie's friends and Felix's. A collective, breathless hush falls over the gym and echoes off those grimy walls.
The woman who called for the fight to stop five minutes ago now screamed, "Is he dead?"
A few people turned heads, side to side, as the talk grew louder. Some sat looking, shocked, scared, as if someone or something had appeared to them out of thin air, as if they'd seen a ghost. The talk grew louder that he must be dead. A few got up to leave. An eerie silence washed over the entire gym. All this time Frankie lay unconscious on the blood and sweat stained canvas.
A few sat and mumbled and imagined his terror. Frankie only feared three things. The God he could not believe in, death and the slim, but very real chance, that he might be wrong about it all. That the universe according to Frankie might be exactly wrong and the truth may just stand, turn around and royally fuck him up.
Someone on the mat calls out for an ambulance.
Then subtle motion in the center of the ring.
The referee walks up to Frankie as he starts to stand. He asks Frankie a handful of questions, the ref throws up his hands.
This fight is over. Decision to Felix.
The assembled friends of Felix and Frankie adjourn to the outside, standing on freshly mowed grass, leaning against the brick wall. It's a warm summer night. The moonless sky is full of stars, beautiful and peaceful. Such a contrast to ugliness and violence inside. They pass around a bottle of cheap scotch and wait for Frankie to walk with us back to the bar.
Frankie emerges from the gym, he's grinning. Jack, from the bar, asks him, "How can you possibly be smiling?"
"I cheated that fucker, death, again." Frankie grins, "There is no God. I get there, to that place right at the edge, and I'm laying it all out there. Did you see me when I was down on my knees, then down? Man, I was close, but nothing. They are all full of shit. I'm right and all the holy ones are full of shit."
Jack shakes his head, "That's why you fucking do this, come here and get your ass kicked, to prove to yourself that there is no God?"
Frankie looks at Jack and says, "No man, I do it to get that close and feel nothing. I know nothing comes after this shit show. I know this is it. This God of theirs that they keep jamming down my throat is a fairytale. Sometimes it scares me they could be right, but then I go to fight, I get that close, right to the edge, I feel nothing. I know that they are wrong. They try make me afraid of a myth. I come here to prove myself right."
Back at the bar he reaches into his pocket and pull out four or five reds, Seconal. He washes them down with rounds of shots of vodka and beers. I watch and wait as he passes out at the bar. Jack and a couple other guys drag him to the back room where a cot has been placed for nights like this. Frankie will sleep off this day's battles among the cases of beer and booze. In its own way, a kind of a paradise.
The noise of clinking bottles awakens him, an early morning beer delivery to the bar...
Opening one eye, then the next. He reaches down, under the bed, fumbling around for the quart of vodka he left there from the last night in this room. Frantic fingers connect to glass. The bottle is dragged from under the bed to his mouth. An explosion, the empty bottle flies across the dusty store room and shatters in a thousand of pieces against a wall.
Frankie sits on the edge of the bed. He feels like he's bleeding. His destroyed rib cage screams at Frankie in its own voice.
There is an ache in him that starts deep inside his emptiness. He possesses a spirit that echoes a hollow, mournful wail, a lost wind blowing through a burned-out landscape. The ache of this emptiness infects every muscle in his body until he becomes the ache, the pain, until nothing else remains.
He blows his nose into his hand and spits on the dirty carpet. His feet touch the floor, and he begins to stand.
It still rages, a fire from long ago, from when he was a younger man—sadly, not that long ago—from a time before he was broken. Now he is just smoldering embers and ash, but his is a fire that could rage with the slightest breeze.
Some days, he wishes he'd find the one who could cut him down for good and end this once and for all. That last, perfectly placed, cutting blow, but for now he's got to piss.
He walks out onto the hot concrete stoop and smells the city summer air. A mix of summer flowers and diesel exhaust and a filthy gray stench fills the breeze from the factories that surround him.
He reaches into his rolled-up t-shirt sleeve and takes out his smokes, pulling one from the pack with his teeth in one smooth motion. His elegance is legendary. He takes a long draw, starts to cough, then to gag and wheeze. Resting his arms on the metal railing, he watches the sweat drip from his forehead and onto the concrete, puddling in designs that fascinate him. He leans there—coughing, smoking, and sweating—and silently prays that someone will come along and start him up.
Just one word, give me a reason. Today, like most days, Frankie has declared war on the world. It's a silent war; no one notices. Anyone passing only sees a broken, hung-over gagging shadow, who saw his best days pass many, many days ago. No challengers approach. Frankie wins the day by default and walks on down the stairs.
It's sweltering already, a perfect day, hot as Hell. The sun has barely risen and the sweat is running off his forehead and down onto his t-shirt.
He needs the gym. He needs the fight, anyone, just to connect, to work this out. He needs it every day. It never goes away. There is no release, only this constant need for one more. One more. One more any-fucking-thing, but today it's just one more fight.
The thought of a peaceful life is terrifying, at best. Peace is death. He needs the struggle, the only connection he knows. When he feels the contact, when he feels a rib break, when he sees the blood fly and tastes it, he knows hes alive. It's an affirmation. Without that, he is simply cold and numb and void.
A lot of people remember his times in the church. There were two distinct tries: God, how we prayed for an end to those days. They did end, ended with a vengeance that could only be spawned within the twisted wreck of old broken parts and songs and lies and vodka and pills that comprised Frankie. He seemed to find that terrifying peace there, in church. It confused him and angered him.
Sadly, and this is largely unknown: Frankie thinks he is in league with the Devil. It is not a joke to him; get him alone one night, especially after a fight, or when he is drunk and ask him. His list of reasons and rationale are impressive. He makes you wonder. He'll tell you he is a heartless, unlovable, cold bastard and anyone who thinks differently is a fool who should be taken for all he is worth.
He did love that old woman, Cora, and the old woman would disagree; she loved her boy. She was old, very old, died at one hundred. Frankie thought she was crazy, if for no other reason than that she loved him and trusted him. She lived in an old house that should have been condemned. It supposedly predated the Revolutionary War. The old woman had a piano in a room of this house, a room heated by a propane stove that always smelled like it was about to explode. It was cold in that house, and always smelled bad. The kitchen floor was so crooked and sloped so badly that visitors swore the entire room was about to fall off the rest of the house. A full cup of coffee could not be set on her kitchen table. The floor slanted so much that the coffee would spill over the side.
Everything there had a purpose and a place to Frankie. That place was his home.
Even when it was clean, the table with the red Formica top and the rusted chrome legs looked like stuff had been spilled on it. A 1940s era stainless-steel-and-plastic mess, it was a thing of beauty to him. As a young boy, he would sit at this table and drink his coffee, with condensed milk and sugar, as he listened to the crazy old woman beat on that poor piano with those skinny, arthritic hands. Her knuckles were the size of walnuts, her fingers long and skinny, but she would beat that poor piano to death as she wailed those church songs. She would sing in a voice that sounded like a choking cat or a screech owl in the night, and he would sit there for hours and drink his coffee and listen. This was church, all that ever worked for Frankie.
The hot, dry summer passed and ended fairly uneventfully, sadly. Frankie always looked forward to the summer and managed to miss it as it flew by. His time passed drunkenly and slowly in a ceaseless parade of hangovers and benders.
The thought did cross his mind, from time to time, that this was no way to live. Not the way the old lady would have wanted him to live. Those thoughts ended as quickly as they appeared.


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DOKKEN's JON LEVIN Is Offering Online Guitar Lessons
DOKKEN guitarist Jon Levin has launched his new web site where he will show you how to play guitar like a pro. Go to JonLevinGuitars.com for more information.
Levin was a member of WARLOCK before he joined DOKKEN in 2003.
For most of the last couple of decades, Levin has been DOKKEN's attorney, helping them in record label negotiations and court matters.
"DOKKEN was his favorite band growing up," Don Dokken told the Las Vegas Sun about Jon in a 2004 interview. "He was in a band called WARLOCK for a while, and then he went back to law school and cut his hair off and became an attorney. Then after 10 years he decided he wanted to play guitar again, to 'follow his bliss," as he calls it."
DOKKEN is currently working on material on a new studio album, tentatively due in late 2020 via Silver Lining Music, the label owned by Thomas Jensen, one of the founders of Germany's Wacken Open Air festival. It will mark the group's first disc since 2012's "Broken Bones".
DOKKEN's classic lineup — Don, guitarist George Lynch, basist Jeff Pilson and drummer "Wild" Mick Brown — reunited for a short Japanese tour in the fall of 2016. The trek marked the first time in 21 years the four musicians had hit the road together.
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NFL pulls Tom Brady, Buccaneers from 'Sunday Night Football' amid opponent COVID-19 concerns
Updated: 3:39 PM EDT Oct 22, 2020
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark LoMoglio)
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The NFL announced Thursday it was moving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against the Las Vegas Raiders from its primetime spot at 8:20 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. Sunday afternoon amid concerns about COVID-19 cases with the Raiders.The league said it would be moving the Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals to Sunday night. "These decisions were made out of an abundance of caution to ensure that a game would be available for fans on 'Sunday Night Football,'" the league said. "We expect the Buccaneers vs. Raiders game to be played on Sunday afternoon. Scheduling decisions are made to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches and game day personnel and in consultation with medical experts."The decision comes less than 24 hours after the Raiders sent all five starting offensive linemen home as part of coronavirus contact tracing after right tackle Trent Brown was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list with a positive test. Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said the team was listening to the league about how to handle the situation and hopes to get some of the players back quickly."I'm concerned," Gruden said about being without his linemen. "I'm really more concerned about Trent's health than anything. This is COVID. I'm concerned about anybody who has it or is near it."Gruden had the coronavirus in July before the start of training camp.The decision means it's very likely Tom Brady fans living across New England will not be able to watch his game against the Raiders, since the Patriots will play at the same time against the San Francisco 49ers, albeit on another network.
TAMPA, Fla. —
The NFL announced Thursday it was moving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against the Las Vegas Raiders from its primetime spot at 8:20 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. Sunday afternoon amid concerns about COVID-19 cases with the Raiders.
The league said it would be moving the Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals to Sunday night.
"These decisions were made out of an abundance of caution to ensure that a game would be available for fans on 'Sunday Night Football,'" the league said. "We expect the Buccaneers vs. Raiders game to be played on Sunday afternoon. Scheduling decisions are made to ensure the health and safety of players, coaches and game day personnel and in consultation with medical experts."
The decision comes less than 24 hours after the Raiders sent all five starting offensive linemen home as part of coronavirus contact tracing after right tackle Trent Brown was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list with a positive test.
Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said the team was listening to the league about how to handle the situation and hopes to get some of the players back quickly.
"I'm concerned," Gruden said about being without his linemen. "I'm really more concerned about Trent's health than anything. This is COVID. I'm concerned about anybody who has it or is near it."
Gruden had the coronavirus in July before the start of training camp.
The decision means it's very likely Tom Brady fans living across New England will not be able to watch his game against the Raiders, since the Patriots will play at the same time against the San Francisco 49ers, albeit on another network.


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Q: Theano shared updating last element in python I have a shared variable persistent_vis_chain which is being updated by a theano function where it gets its function from a theano.scan, But thats not the problem just back story.
My shared variable looks like D = [image1, ... , imageN] where each images is [x1,x2,...,x784].
What I want to do is take the average of all the images and put them into the last imageN. That is I want to sum all the values in each image except the last 1, which will result in [s1,s2,...,s784] then I want to set imageN = [s1/len(D),s2/len(D),...s784/len(D)]
So my problem is I do not know how to do this with theano.shared and may be with my understanding of  theano functions and doing this computation with symbolic variables. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: If you have N images, each of shape 28x28=784 then, presumably, your shared variable has shape (N,28,28) or (N,784)? This method should work with either shape.
Given D is your shared variable containing your image data. If you want to get the average image then D.mean(keepdims=True) will give it to you symbolically.
It's unclear if you want to change the final image to equal the mean image (sounds like a strange thing to do), or if you want to add a further N+1'th image to the shared variable. For the former you could do something like this:
D = theano.shared(load_D_data())
D_update_expression = do_something_with_scan_to_get_D_update_expression(D)
updates = [(D, T.concatenate(D_update_expression[:-1],
                             D_update_expression.mean(keepdims=True)))]
f = theano.function(..., updates=updates)

If you want to do the latter (add an additional image), change the updates line as follows:
updates = [(D, T.concatenate(D_update_expression,
                             D_update_expression.mean(keepdims=True)))]

Note that this code is intended as a guide. It may not work as it stands (e.g. you may need to mess with the axis= parameter in the T.concatenate command).
The point is that you need to construct a symbolic expression explaining what the new value for D looks like. You want it to be a combination of the updates from scan plus this additional average thing. T.concatenate allows you to combine those two parts together.

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Another way to perform this test is to leave out one phrase and then the other, resulting in two sentences. If they are both grammatically correct, then the phrase passes the second test. Using this example, we have the following two grammatically correct sentences.
The committee chairwoman scorned the director's request.
A harsh and stubborn woman scorned the director's request.
Here is another sentence with an appositive.
My brother, a violin player, is coming home.
The phrase "a violin player" is an appositive. It is in apposition to "My brother," and it passes the two tests: 1) it renames "my brother;" 2) it can serve the same grammatical function.
Most appositives follow the word or phrase they rename. Here's a sentence in which the appositive is before the word it renames.
A streak in the sky, the eagle raced overhead.
HOW DO I PUNCTUATE AN APPOSITIVE?
Now, what are the rules for punctuating appositives? How do you punctuate an appositive? Now that we know what appositives are, let's figure out how to punctuate them. To answer this question, we first have to decide what type of appositive we are using: non-restrictive or restrictive.
Non-restrictive appositives: By non-restrictive, we mean they are simply renaming something. We are only referring to one thing, a category with only one thing in it. When appositives are non-restrictive, they are set off with commas. The examples above are all non-restrictive.
Restrictive appositives: By restrictive, we mean that we have used a name for a broad category with many things in it. We want the reader to know which thing we're writing about, so we need to restrict the broad category to a narrow category that only contains one thing. When appositives are restrictive, they are not set off with commas.
The belief that he was alone led him to depression.
The restrictive appositive is "that he was alone." This phrase renames "the belief," and, as a noun phrase, it can also serve as the subject (though this will sound awkward to native English speakers).
Why is this restrictive? The category "belief" has many things in it (i.e., contains many individual beliefs), and we want to indicate the one belief to which we are referring. We are restricting the broad category to a very narrow category, the broad category of beliefs to the narrow category of belief that he was alone. As such, this appositive is not set off with commas.
Let's look at two examples of appositives taken from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/596/1).
My brother's car, a sporty red convertible with bucket seats, is the envy of my friends.
The appositive is "a sporty red convertible with bucket seats." This is in apposition to "car." It is renaming "car" inasmuch as it means the same thing. "Car" = "a sporty red convertible with bucket seats" (first test). Also, it can serve the same grammatical function as "car." In this sentence, "My brother's car" is the subject. However, if we remove the subject (and fix the punctuation), "A sporty red convertible with bucket seats" becomes the subject (second test).
Your friend Bill is in trouble.
"Bill" is in apposition to "friend." "Bill" is renaming "friend" inasmuch as it means the same thing (first test). "Friend" = "Bill" (first test). Second, the appositive can serve the same grammatical function. The sentence "Your friend is in trouble" has the same grammatical structure as "Bill is in trouble" (second test).
Our teacher, Professor Lamanna, loves grammar.
The appositive they identify is "Professor Lamanna." This appositive renames "our teacher" and can serve the same grammatical function if "our teacher" (and the pair of commas) is removed.
Find your appositives. To determine whether or not a word or words are appositives, look at what they mean and how they are used.
Decide whether the appositive is restrictive or non-restrictive.
Once you have done these two tasks, use the punctuation rules above to determine whether or not to set them off with commas.
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A nice post. Thank you.
I'd like to point out one thing and ask a question about another.
There may be a typo near the end – and can serve the same grammatical function if "our teacher". If should be of?
Written like this I can't know with confidence whether the sentence contains a correct non-restrictive apposite or an incorrect RA. Is that a fair comment? My sense is the the group "our" must have more than one teacher based on the fact that the teacher is a professor and therefore likely to be one of a number of teachers at a college or university that the group will be taught by.
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This appositive renames "our teacher" and can serve the same grammatical function [as the phrase "our teacher"] if "our teacher" is removed.
Basically, what this is saying is that 1) "Our teacher" and "Professor Lamanna" have the same meaning, and 2) if we remove the current subject, "our teacher," and the commas, then "Professor Lamanna" will be the subject.
My dad, Charles, understands nuclear physics.
Here, we have one dad and one name for that dad. But what if I write this?
My uncle Charles understands nuclear physics.
Without the commas, this looks like a non-restrictive appositive, indicating that I have more than one uncle but that the one named "Charles" understands physics. Those commas tell the reader whether I have only one uncle or more than one uncle.
In the example you discussed, we assume that the commas are correct. If they are not correct, the writer has miscommunicated his idea.


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