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I was born on 6 August 1956 in San Francisco, California to Janet and (the late) Richard Hovis.
I grew up in Santa Monica, California where I attended elementary, junior high school, and high school (graduating in 1974), in addition to involvement in sports and recreation (Little League +, the Boy’s Club ++). Further, it was in elementary school – St. Augustine’s By-the -Sea Parish School that I found, and made the choice to truly journey with God.
I attended Arizona State University from 1974 to 1977 – seeking to become an architect, however, I was not accepted, and, as such, I graduated with a Liberal Arts degree.
Upon graduation from Arizona State University, I attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and studied City and Regional Planning at the Master’s level. I successfully completed one (1) year in a two (2) year program – I did not complete the Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning – due to personal reasons.
I returned to Santa Monica where I started (October 1979) my career as graphic designer with Exxon Company, USA. I spent five years with Exxon Company, USA.
While working with Exxon Company, USA I was accepted into architectural school – Sci-Arc in Southern California, however, I did not attend preferring to stay with Exxon..
In 1982 I married Laura Flosi and in April 1983 we had our one and only child – Lauren Alain Hovis – a gift from God.
We moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1984 from Los Angeles, where I went to work as a graphic designer with Kitchell CEM (from 1985 -1987).
From 1987 – 1995 I was an independent contractor, and a registered representative in mortgage finance, financial management, graphic design, and drafting.
Further, I attended the University of Phoenix and successfully obtained a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in 1982.
I was also a member of the Scottsdale Jaycees, where I became very involved in community events and projects.
In 1994, I accepted a cartography position with the Defense Mapping Agency in Reston, Virginia. As such, I relocated from Phoenix to Reston.
In 1998, I was accepted and worked as a Visual Information Officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2002, I worked as a Support Officer until my retirement (due to a need for shoulder surgery) in September 2018.
Away from my Federal Government service, I have been involved in various organizations and activities in Northern Virginia.
In November of 2011, I married Rebecca Ouellette in Santa Monica, California. I reside in San Tan Valley, AZ with my two hamster - Jess and Timothy, our fish, our lizard - RJ Lizard., and our cats - Pearl and Grey.
As to hobbies, I enjoy playing sports, attending sporting events, mentoring individuals from financial management to hamsters, building models, photography, travel, multimedia design, managing partner for RJ Hamster, and jazz – smooth jazz to a samba or a bossa nova.
Love and God Bless,
Peter – aka RJ Hamster Jo hi
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Monday, June 15, 2026
Peter,
Who, in his fifteen full seasons as a major league manager, never posted a losing record?
Hint: #1 During this stretch, only his teams prevented the Yankees from winning sixteen straight American League pennants.
Hint: #2 He hit the last major league home run that bounced over the fence.
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Monday, June 15
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A Power Rankings ascent nobody saw coming
While four of the same five teams once again dominated the Power Rankings, a club that’s had just one winning record in a full season since 2013 shot up three spots to No. 6.
White Sox continue impressive rise with comeback win over Dodgers
Perdomo — one of Lovullo’s ’26 kids’ — proud to be part of skip’s 700th win
Rice saves his best swing for Yankees’ latest ninth-inning win
Jackpot! Rockies ring up 23 runs for 1st time in franchise history
Brewers tag Sánchez, giving Miz’s NL Cy Young case a boost
Mascot race rudely interrupted by a visitor, who then went to play shortstop
Meyer outduels Skenes, improves to 7-0 as Marlins stay hot
Red-hot Ohtani leads Dodgers into clash with Rays (ESPN, 10 ET)
Doink! Mets benefit from Yastrzemski’s throw that hits netting pole
Brewers prioritizing extra rest for Misiorowski, will delay his next start
With another big frame, Nats look the part of one of MLB’s best offenses
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SI:AM | Hurricanes Snap Two-Decade Stanley Cup Drought
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Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I was in the car for the first half of the Spurs-Knicks game on Saturday, but that meant I got to hear Clyde Frazier join the home radio crew in the booth for the second quarter, which made it all worth it. I wish Clyde could have been on the call with Mike Breen as the Knicks clinched.
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Not as long a drought as the Knicks, but still
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The Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions for the first time in 20 years.
Carolina defeated the Golden Knights in Vegas on Sunday night, 3–0, to claim its second title and first since 2006.
“That’s a lot of years,” Canes veteran Jordan Staal said. “It’s amazing. This is something I’ve been going after ever since I got the first one. You want to win it again and again and again. What a feeling, what a battle. The boys were grinding today, my goodness. So many individual efforts just to keep the puck out of our net. It was an amazing ride. I’m just so proud of these guys.”
There are so many fascinating narratives surrounding the Canes’ win. Franchise icon Rod Brind’Amour lifted the Cup for the second time, this time as coach after captaining the team on the ice during its run two decades ago. The 37-year-old Staal won the Conn Smythe Trophy (the playoff MVP), becoming the oldest player ever to do so. Staal won the Cup in 2009 with the Penguins, too, making his 17-year wait for another championship the longest gap between titles for any player in NHL history. The Canes’ win is also just the second major men’s pro sports championship for a team from North Carolina. (The NWSL’s North Carolina Courage won back-to-back titles in 2018 and ’19.) CONTINUE DAN’S COLUMN ON SI
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- In his latest takeaways column, Breer wonders whether quarterbacks could soon ask for upwards of $75 million per year, looks at one critical Myles Garrett trait and checks in on the Brandon Aiyuk situation.
- With the Brendan Sorsby saga ongoing, a Big 12 board meeting scheduled for today and Congressional legislation looming, Pat Forde says a pivotal week could be ahead for college sports.
- Four years ago, the Knicks made a big bet on a small point guard. Chris Mannix says the franchise was rewarded with Jalen Brunson’s MVP-caliber play, which gave it its first NBA title in 53 years.
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… things I saw yesterday:
5. All the Scottish fans at Fenway Park, the day after Scotland’s 1–0 win over Haiti in Foxborough.
4. Bobby Witt Jr.’s diving catch at shortstop.
3. Livano Comenencia’s goal for Curaçaoagainst Germany. Germany won, 7–1, but it’s still amazing that tiny Curaçao, which has a population of just 155,000 (about the size of Springfield, Mass.) scored against one of the best teams in the world.
2. Koki Ogawa’s powerful header on Japan’s late equalizer against the Netherlands. (The goal was officially credited to Daichi Kamada, who had the ball deflect off his head by pure happenstance.)
1. All 23 runs the Rockies scored against the A’s. Incredibly, this game was not at Coors Field. The offensive explosion occurred in Sacramento, which is just 26 feet above sea level.
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1 Corinthians 2:12 – God’s Holy Spirit Unites Christians Against Worldly Division
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1 Corinthians 2:12
(12) Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
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As the apostle Paul begins his first letter to the Corinthians, knowing that he is writing to a congregation divided among various factions, he patiently explains to them what makes them different from those in the worldyet at the same time unites the members of the church. He, of course, refers to God’s Holy Spirit, given to all Christians at conversion by the laying on of hands. The apostle John calls it “the anointing which you have received from Him” (I John 2:27), implying that Christians have been ordained, and thus set apart or sanctified, to a task or office that others have not been given.
This sets up a dichotomy. On the one side are Christians who have freely received God’s Spirit, and on the other are all other human beings who, Paul says, have received “the spirit of the world” (see also Ephesians 2:2). Thus, there is a clash of spirits, a collision of motivating forces, at work between the Christian and the world. The apostle writes in Galatians 5 that the two spirits are diametrically opposed, one producing “the works of the flesh,” while the other bears “the fruit of the Spirit” (verses 16-25). In fact, he declares in Romans 8:7, “The carnal mind is enmity against God“; the worldly person, imbibing of the spirit of this world, lives in hostility to God and cannot do what God commands.
The Spirit from God, though, removes the human hostility and allows the Christian to know—that is, realize, understand, and use—the gracious gifts of God. These gifts are predominantly spiritual blessings rather than physical ones. Jesus advises His disciples not to worry about food, drink, and clothing because God knows that physical human beings need such things to live (Matthew 6:25-32). Instead, He says, “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (verse 33). The Christian’s mind is to be focused on God’s goal and godly things that will propel him along the way there, and he can do this only by the many gifts bestowed through God’s Spirit.
Paul’s focus in this passage seems to be on knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. Earlier, he had mentioned that God has chosen to spread the gospel message through preaching, which the worldly Greeks considered “foolishness” (I Corinthians 1:23). Yet, this only exposes the fact that the Greeks did not have the ability to understand spiritual matters, and God would ultimately confound them in their “wisdom” through weak and foolish people preaching a “foolish” message of a crucified Savior. The difference is that those weak and foolish people possess a Spirit that comes directly from the Creator God that allows them to know the truth in all its divine splendor.
Thus, in terms of the apostle’s overall goal in persuading the Corinthians that they should “be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (I Corinthians 1:10), he emphasizes that they have this one commonality, God’s Holy Spirit, that makes all the difference to them as individuals and as a congregation. So, as he goes on to say, there is no reason for them to be so judgmental one against the other, for they all “have the mind of Christ” (I Corinthians 2:16). Having one mind and being all in one Body of Christ, as he later discusses (I Corinthians 12:12-27), dividing themselves into cliques is both counterproductive and contrary to God’s purpose.
— Richard T. Ritenbaugh
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Carnal Mind, Enmity to God’s Law
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