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The VX Cruiser from Yamaha is an affordable way to get maximum fun on the water, with comfort for the long haul. The VX Line Redux...This is textbook Yamaha marketing. Boating families want to get on the water for short money and Yamaha is stepping up to deliver. Their VX line is surprisingly affordable but not lacking in performance or style. These are PWCs made by people who get on the water with regular Joes and listen to what those folks want in a wet day on the water. So it's no surprise that they've re-engineered the VX lineup to keep those customer feedbacks squarely in mind. For example, the hulls have been stretched four inches at a point just abaft the steering column. This gives a better, more comfortable feel to the handlebars, and allows for a more comfortable stance for your feet. Check out the comfortable cruiser seat. The hull has been stretched to give better comfort at the handlebars as well as better positioning of your feet. Note the trademark Yamaha waterspout at the stern to make you more visible to other boaters.Next, Yamaha added to the stern platform making it larger and easier to re-board as well as use for a launching pad for swimming, diving, or boarding a tube. Then they loaded in a 1052cc four-stroke four-cylinder power plant driving a 155mm high pressure pump. Other New Details...The mirrors were then raised up out of the "hit zone" when docking, and now they're also easier to see what's going on behind you as they're at a much more natural height. Throw in a whopping 15.1 gal (57 L) of storage and you have a package that's ideal for a family aching to get on the water for a fraction of the price of a sportboat. And because they're so light, they can be towed to the water behind almost anything short of a motorcycle. But... the most notable feature about all watercraft from Yamaha... everything is built by Yamaha. That means that if something should go wrong with your waverunner, Yamaha will stand behind it with no finger pointing to outside vendors. The VX Cruiser...At the top of the food chain is the VX Cruiser. Not only is the VX Cruiser built up, it's loaded with standard features, beginning with the remote transmitter. This device not only prevents unauthorized starts, but also lets you limit the rpms for better fuel economy. (This clever device also helps keep the kids from getting into trouble, but don't tell them that). The reboarding step makes getting back onboard after a spill a cinch, and it retracts neatly away when not in use. But the best new feature is the comfortable cruiser seat. This is clearly a waverunner that is not only fun to thrash around in, but take off on the long haul with. It's that comfortable. The VX Cruiser is also roomy enough for three people (so long as they are relatively trim).Specifications...The VX Cruiser is 128.7" (3.27 m) long, 46.1" (1.17 m) wide, and she's 45.7" (1.16 m) high. Her dry weight is only 750 lbs (340 kg) and she carries 15.9 gal (60 L) of fuel. And now for the good news... you can have this Yamaha VX Cruiser in your garage for as little as $9,599. As we have said for years, everyone ought to have a PWC, and now everyone should be able to afford it.
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I have three Polk PSW650 subwoofers. The amplifier on one of them unfortunately died (which seems common with subwoofers) and I was left with a deadweight with a couple of decent drivers. After contacting Polk, I was dismayed that the amplifier was not repairable and that it was not available anymore. I tried to replace the amplifier with a third party alternative but could not find one that fit because the Power Port vents were too large on the rear panel, limiting the area for the plate amplifier.
During the Christmas holidays, I decided to do something about it. I tore apart the old cabinet, keeping the vent tubes, the Power Ports, the grills and the rubber grommets for the grills. I picked up the Dayton Audio Speaker Analyzer (DATS) and the speaker cabinet software from Parts Express. Unfortunately, the software could not come up with a viable solution for a new design (I was really hoping for an isobaric design). Since I could not come up with a suitable alternative, I decided to rebuild the PSW650. I bought their Dayton SA250 250-watt (into 4-ohms) subwoofer plate amplifier. The original Polk amplifier was 165 watts and I did not want to go overboard and drive the speakers beyond the excursion limits. The speaker themselves were measured at 2-ohms each and were wired in series giving a nominal value of 4-ohms.
To keep the speakers within design specs, I kept the same dimensions...I measured the original cabinet at 16"x17x18" with 1" driver baffles and 3/4" baffles for the other. I bought some 3/4" and 1/2" MDF boards for the build. It was fairly obvious that the layout had to be rearranged. The amplifier was 10"x10"x4", so it occupied the rear panel. That meant the vents had to go somewhere else. Looking at some vintage Polk subwoofers, I decided to mount the vents on the bottom. I designed the cabinet to be 18" deep, 17" wide and 16" deep. I also had to decide how to finish the cabinet. I was thinking of piano gloss black but thought that my skills and tools would not make an even finish so decided on a walnut veneer.
Let me be up front, I am not a carpenter and I did not have the proper tools for the build. I used a circular saw with a old RotoZip and a cheap sander. The side panels were made of two 1/2" panels glued together to make a 1" thick panel. The outer panel was cut with a 10" circle to fit the driver. The inner panel was cut to 9" for the driver to rest on, making it somewhat flush with the outer panel. The RotoZip can cut decent circles but it was very hard to get them the exact size as the tool kept on shifting in diameter. It would have been better to get a decent router and a Jasco circle cutter guide but i wanted to keep expenses to a minimum. The rear 3/4" panel was cut with 8x8" opening and countersunked with a 10"x10" 1/4" area to flush mount the amplifier.
The bottom panel posed a problem. The sub cabinet was 18" long. The two Power Ports were 7"x8". Mounting them next to each other would take 14". The 18" minus the 1.5" for the front and rear panel left me with 16.5" inside. The amplifier had an internal depth of 4". The vent tubes were 3" in diameter but had large flared ends on the inside. I could not get the entire design to fit within the 18" without some compromise. My decision was to trim 1" off the edge of the Power Port. So the side panels were 18" long and 16" wide. The top and bottom panels were 18" long and 15" wide. The front and back panels were 15" by 14.5". The Power Ports were screwed in a bit and I drew a line across the screw holes to find the center point to cut out the vent holes. I then cut the power ports vents in the bottom panel and rounded the edges on the bottom like the original.. I also added two vertical 18" braces to stiffen the cabinet.
I then started assembly. Bit of advice. You really need a good table saw. Even with a good table saw, you cannot cut the wood perfectly. Doing a test fit showed that there was an awful lot of raised joints. I glued and screwed the whole cabinet together. I got out a belt sander and ground down the raised edges but got a bit overly aggressive on the top (there is a slight depression) and under aggressive on the front, but it came out decently.
I had some unused walnut veneer and applied it to the cabinet. I ran the grain from the front, over the top and on the back with one long piece so that the grain matched at the edges. The sides had the grain running vertically. I then sanded the veneer with 180-grit paper, then 220 and finally 320-grit, being careful not to cut through the thin veneer. I applied three coats of oil based Oak stain (I did not want the cabinets to be too dark). After that, I applied three coats of Danish Oil. After that dried, I then wet sanded (with thinned Danish Oil) it with 0000 grade steel wool to even out the luster and applying satin wax over the finish. I then had to drill in the holes for the grill grommets. I was kind of stumped with this for a bit but got an idea. I drew a line horizontally along the top edge of the cutout and repeated it with a vertical line that intersected the horizontal line. I repeated this process at all four corners. I used a long ruler and measured diagonally a 13" (the grill pins were 13" in diameter across the grill) point equidistant (i.e. 1.5" from the circle). I made sure that the marks were all the same distance diagonally as well as adjacently. I used an ice pick for a starter hole and drilled a 3/8" bore to fit the grommets. It came out perfectly.
I stuffed the cabinet with the original filling from the PSW650 and added a bit more of dacron fill. I then screwed the Power Ports into the bottom of the cabinet. The ports had a depth of 1-3/8" so I got a dowel and cut four pieces in that length. I then attached a 17"x18" MDF board on the bottom mounted to the dowels. I then screwed the cabinet to the dowels. I screwed in the drivers, wired the amp in series and screwed the amp in.
I took the sub (which by this time was awfully heavy) into my house and connected it to my system. i was at first sorely disappointed by the weak bass until I realized I had the system playing stereo with no sub signal. I changed it back to 7.1 and got the sub working.
The sub was a bit more powerful than the original and had a bit more dynamic punch. My guess is that it bottoms out at 30-35Hz (like the original). In retrospect, I should have made the cabinet an inch or two larger, because the interior volume is a bit smaller than the original, because of the added vertical braces and that the amp was a bit larger inside the cabinet. I am pretty happy with the end result and must admit the final finish looks really nice.
The attached pictures are of the cabinet before staining but after wood conditioner was applied.

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Salem wrote:Considering your statements and your go-to of jesus I would say your conclusion suffers from being based on Judeo-Christian preconceptions.
It is very believable in a polytheistic conceptualization. Or if your diety is one of Strife. A diety who believes failure and suffering forge courage and strength. You lose a limb get over it adapt.
Take Krom for example, having Krom's gaze on you is actually a bad thing, he likes to make things tough.
I would agree this has Jack and Boop to do with anything, but our discussion has had a lot about getting out of your preconceptions, trying to see the world from other views. We're most of us judgemental and elitist so it can be hard to see things from another's view.
Okay... "We lost this football game because of Odin. He hates our team. It's all his fault." "But don't you worship Odin?" "Yeah, that's what sucks about this." "Wouldn't it be easier to blame, say, Loki?", "No, I gotta blame Odin. He's the one making my life suck."
But then that wouldn't be a quote from a comedy skit that was slamming Tebow, which was where I got the entire reference, since Tebow isn't obnoxiously vocal about Krom, Odin, or Loki. He does kinda remind me of Ansom, though. Ansom is capable of such things due to his Royal trait (better stats, faster learning, etc) and Titanic mandate, Tebow through his faith that he is more than happy to share. Thus, the whole reference back to the actual strip, rather than trying to delve into my own religious preconceptions, or fussing over the use of the word 'ever' since it can be proven wrong by a single incident.


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Krista's live conversation with Joshua DuBois at the Fitzgerald Theater in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The very words "faith-based" became controversial during the Bush administration, yet Barack Obama has retained the faith-based centers in 11 federal agencies that his predecessor created. And within weeks of assuming the presidency, he announced priority areas for his own White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships — including economic recovery and poverty reduction, abortion reduction, responsible fatherhood, and global interfaith dialogue. In a live, public conversation, we meet the 26-year-old political strategist, Pentecostal minister, and trusted associate of the president who will lead this charge.
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This religious tendency is not simply the result of successful marketing by skilled preachers or the draw of popular mega-churches. In fact, it speaks to a hunger that's deeper than that — a hunger that goes beyond any particular issue or cause.
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Krista joined a diverse group of 13 individuals to react to DuBois' words, and contribute more stories to the dialogue. Download and listen to the lively and insightful conversation in full.
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Krista Tippett and Joshua DuBois during their live conversation at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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interested to see what is said... it's interesting to me how the claim has been made we're in the obama era... since, he's only been president for a little over three months...
I am a history instructor who has been interested in religion as it relates to public life for most of my life. This event is important because it starts an important dialogue regarding the place of faith-based communities in public policy. My hope is that it will allow for diversity in those faith-based communities.
I want to be part of that dialogue.
I'm a 27-year old solo pastor of a Disciples of Christ church (Plymouth Creek Christian Church) in the western Minneapolis suburb named Plymouth. So I guess I technically miss out on the salon age-range by 2 years, but figured it wouldn't hurt to express interest, in the event you find yourself in need of another participant.
I began listening to the SoF podcast two years back, during my first year of ordained ministry in Lexington, KY, and enjoyed the broad reach of the show's curiosity. It became a personal favorite after the Joe Carter episode, which told a story about the spiritual "Nobody Knows" that I couldn't get out of my head. I used/sang that in an Independence Day sermon, and thanks in great part to the story, I felt for the first time I preached a sermon that truly connected in a deep way with my congregation. This taught me something visceral about the power of story to buttress, or even undermine broadly shared values like freedom or truth. Hopefully so that a more inclusive, life-giving narrative can be constructed.
Anyway, that was a then, and last August I've was called to serve a small, intimate community in the suburban Twin Cities. As a young adult, first-time solo pastor, I'm constantly aware of challenge and the need for humility in spiritual understanding. With so many of my contemporaries avoiding this suburban environment for hipper, more eclectic urban neighborhoods, what I see and respond to on a day-to-day basis seems like stuff I shouldn't care about. I was taught about urban ministry at a southside Chicago divinity school; I served a downtown congregation in Lexington. The suburbs were supposed to be places of escape, insularity, unacknowledged racism, and an uncritical celebration of sameness. But it's is where I'm from (Littleton, CO), to be fair, and where I now serve. And while sometimes correct, I'm finding this caricature of suburban ministry incomplete.
The people I minister with are reason #1 for that, of course, and as I've grown to love them, my heart has opened to the wisdom of this new environment, and how it might connect even further with the gifts of rural and urban contexts across the globe. I guess that's much of why this event interests me, besides the chance to see SoF live. Joshua DuBois seems like a wise, courageous faith leader, and I'm curious to know more about his vision for connecting people of faith across political, geographic and ideological spectra. I'm aware that much progressive Christian theology (my 'tradition') focuses rightly on the material needs of poor urban neighborhoods, and the unjust lack of balance in living standards throughout the world, environmentally and economically speaking. Suburban folk both can be vilified as poster children for such problems, but also looked to for resources and renewal if a way forward exists. I imagine Joshua DuBois knows more about these issues than I could dream of, and so I wonder how his leadership will help people of faith throughout the country hear each other's wisdom more gracefully, speak more directly with government and 'secular' institutions who care about similar stuff, and how we all can help out in ways that don't get young pastors fired for 'preaching politics'!
Hope that's helpful. Thanks for coming up north. Looking forward to your questions, and Dubois' response.
I really like SOF and Krista's interviewing style and the topics she presents. I also moved to St. Paul recently and would like to get more involved in things. I'm a grad student at St. Kate's, pursuing a master's in theology with a cert. in Spiritual Direction. I recently spent ten years as a live-in assistant in a L'Arche community in Iowa, working with and living with persons with intellectual disabilities.
President Obama brings a far more pluralistic, realistic view of religion's role in not only the historical U.S. but also its role in today's culture. A real breath of fresh air.
To date, the president and his family have expressed little interest in faith, apart from hosting a Seder dinner and attending a church service only twice since the inauguration. And during the campaign after the dispute with Rev. Wright, they apparently didn't attend services at all. Is the president's intent only to support initiatives on faith without modeling faith?
I am very interested in spiritual topics, and I greatly appreciate Speaking of Faith. I often tell others of programs. Some that come to mind are Krista's interviews with Rachel Naomi Remens (great fan with repeated readings of her books), a yoga teacher who told his story of physical disability (sorry I'm not looking up name now), and a very recent one about living aware of each moment with particular interest to send to my son & daughter-in-law his comment about young children who seem to be great zen teachers given to us to grow spiritually (their girls are 2 & 4 with a boy expected in a month).
This event interests me as I have mixed feelings about government funding religious programs. It can be a wonderful thing with some money added to private money to do good, but I have misgivings about it's possible misuse. I feel more trustful of it's use under this president than under the last administration.
I was the founder and for 8 years the director of an alcohol and drug treatment center that started as a division of the Union Gospel Mission; it later incorporated separately as the Shoreview Treatment Center. It was federally funded (through Ramsey County) but later lost its funding with a change of administrations...I am now part of a counseling and consulting staff that specializes in working with stressed clergy persons and their families as well as religious groups and church organizations that need help with orgaizaitonal problems. We serve people of all faiths.
I was educated in the Catholic schools in my area because our public schools have been challenged for quite some time. However those in my family who are "religious" at all are strong Southern Baptist - ministers and people in leadership in the African-American Southern Baptist Church.
In college an older classmate listened to me speak and decided she had to introduce me to Buddhist practice. There I explored several traditions and am now a teacher in the Shambhala tradition.
So, seeing a range of spirituality in America has given me a rich perspective on the benefits and challenges. Seeing how an administration which approaches things through listening and considering various perspectives is facinating and exciting to me!
I with other passionate followers of a Christian tradition reason from a critical biblical hermeneutic that perceives caution on placing undue (idolatrous) dependence on any leader (king, president or nation state) above the reality of "Jesus is Lord". Living by a lively ethic and a politics of the kingdom of God (of Jesus), non-violence and respect of other religions (neighbor) is normative. One of my ongoing questions while seeking to support the Obama administration is this: What kind of development can we expect during the Obama Administration supporting a shift from a strong US narrative that says the state via the military is our "savior" (a sort of Christological narrative that sees the state as savior and protector of security and freedom decreed by God) to an alternative script that helps the US (as a diverse population of people among other peoples) become good neighbors while exercising "neighborly" practices such as more patient and imaginative diplomacy without being naïve, responsibility for the environment that lives with the tension of one's own economics while remaining keenly aware that we share responsibility for the entire planet?
I'm very interested in in appropriate partnerships between government and faith groups (and appropriate boundaries between the two). Among other experiences, I was a part of recruiting and organizing faith groups in establishing and serving in a homeless shelter in North Carolina and now work in Minneapolis in a Lutheran-associated non-profit specialty longterm care facility as a chaplain and clinical pastoral educator. I am very interested in the subject. I also am very impressed with President Obama's intelligent faithfulness and his clear commitment to social justice and care for all.
I am so hopeful about Obama's presidency and would love to participate in the group.
Everything about the Obama administration interests me. There is a new language that is being used once that is focused more on dialogue. I'm curious to hear what this "Pastor-in-Chief" has to say about the direction of faith based initiatives since our church serves a monthly free community meal to guests who are only increasing in number. Plus, I just saw Krista live in Cleveland last evening, and continue to be stimulated by her thinking and questions.
I'm a 47 year old, Chicago-born African-American Catholic. Many folks, like me; however, my wife (same background as me) and I are raising 2 teen sons as Catholics in suburban Philadelphia. Not many youth, like them; especially African American Suburban Catholics attending a Quaker school with a predominantly Jewish studentbody. The complexity of their lives and our family conversations about matters of Belief, Faith, Morality, Ethics and Values are numerous.
I am an immigrant originally from Madagascar and have lived in Tanzania (East Africa) for 8 yrs before coming to the US. I have gone grown a great deal in the last many years and as an American citizen, I am all of these: Malagasy, Tanzanian, American etc...I am a christian (having gone through my religious and spiritual ups and downs) but I have appreciation for others values in other religions. I attend a buddhist meditation center as well as christian church. I also have been inspired by President Obama and would like to understand how his Faith come into play in his journey. I am simply interested in open discussions about Faith as well..
I'm very interested in learning more about the president's views on religion and its role in public life.
I am very interested in Obama's faith-based initiatives, and I'm sure that Krista will initiate a thoughtful discussion.
I have been listening to Krista's radio broadcasts for about 2yrs. The programming has grown exponentially in quality, content, sophistication, range and depth of coverage of subjects.
I presently reside in St. Paul, MN, and have found the program to be a source of enlightenment and spiritual balance.
The program with J. DuBois is of particular interest, because of my current experiences dealing with the Human Services in Minnesota. I only recently moved here, and only recently became a first time user of the 'welfare system' at 59yrs old. A LOT TO LEARN and not much time to spend on learning.
I will continue to watch online, listen via the airwaves, and thoroughly enjoy your programming.
Thank you for such a high level of performance! OUTSTANDING! BRAVA!
i am a trained hospital chaplain and remain interested in all inquiries of faith.
retired married female, parents of 3 children, member of UCC
I believe religion is the underlying motivator to human life. I'm very interested in listening to what Mr. DuBois has to say about religion in American now since there are many different views.
I had a chance to visit with Mr. Obama in a small group during the Iowa primary while he was carrying his own suitcase. I was impressed with him then and continue to be impressed. He surrounds himself with good people who "carry the suitcase" of the vision he has for our country and the world. Mr. DuBois is one of those good people. I look forward to hearing him.
I have complete faith that the Obama administration will respect the establishment clause of the us constitution so that is not an issue for me.
I am an attorney who worked on an Indian reservation for 11 years as their public defender. Needless to say there is a lot of poverty, alcoholism, and drug abuse. I attended different native churches and services. I found that my clients who really turned it around were those who found or rediscovered a solid foundation in their faith. This seemed to work better than the typical a and d programs or state probation.
I would like to see more faith based groups involved in recovery. I believe there is a difference between faith based and religion based. I believe you can reach people in a powerful way in a faith based context.
Personally, I would like to see more attorneys openly engaging their faith and their legal work. I know this can be done in a positive and non-offensive way.
Of course I was working in a community where faith has always been the central part of life. I suspect there are other communities, non-Indian where spirituality weaved together in social programs can only help create a vibrant healing process.
The truth is, that in poor communities is is often the pastors, medicine men, and other religious who are holding it together for people. The only difference with a faith based initiative is that they would get a little help from the government. I believe this can be done without "establishing a governmental religion." To tell you the truth, when one of the clients is in so much pain with court, incarceration, poverty, addiction....they don't care what religion you are part of but they do seem to light up when you support their faith and hope during the transition period.
I am fascinated by the ever evolving expressions of faith and spirituality in America. I recently heard a snippet on NPR that said that 1/2 of US Adults no longer attend an organized religious service due to disenchantment with religious people or religious organizations. I certainly fall into that category. I am interested in how to participate in and support moral and ethical development and expression for the benefit of our nation, community and environment.
President Obama, in last night's press conference, stressed the importance of holding to our values in the face of adversity. He was speaking about his decision to prohibit torture, but his example as a national leader is so important. We need national leaders such as Mr. Obama to exemplify holding fast to high moral standards in the face of adversity. We need to measure success on our compassion and kindness shown for each other, not just on our material success.
I am so grateful for such a leader who encourages this kind of behavior in our military, our bankers and in each other.
Thank you for hosting this event.
Pluralism in the United States
I was a member of the staff of the Ecumenical Institute in the 60's and 70's and worked with local churches in church renewal efforts. Much of the renewal emphasis was aimed at getting the church active in the world—to turn outward, turning its back on any injustice confronting the church at large. Today the issues would be gay marriage, abortion rights, civil rights. . . Also, today, we have the church predominately looking inward trying to save itself.
I want more information. I am worried about maintaining the separation of church and state and rolling it back to prior to 2000 levels.
Pres. Obama is an even-handed man but what he establishes will be there for the next president, who might have an agenda to elevate one faith to state-supported statis. This will destroy our country.
Kept as equal in the eye of government, faith-based organizations can do much to help the poor and needy in our communities, but nobody should have to pretend to accept religion to partake of services offered by federal funding. This is a fine line to walk.
I teach Religious Studies at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, TX. One of my colleagues is participating in a panel overseen by Dubois's office, and I think the initiative sounds very promising. I'd like to learn more!
The importance of faith and a spiritual guidance in our modern life. To hear of other voices of others in the country, is nourishment.
I am an English teacher in Germany. In various classes I teach about the American dream and it is exciting to see how there are different ways to understand it depending on the presidency. Also I teach religion and here one of the major topics is the relationship between religion and the state. We look at Bonhoeffer and also on the impact he had on theology in the US.
Above all I have a very personal interest in American politics and religion as I have friends and relatives in the US who I share my thoughts with.
I am hoping for interesting new thoughts through your program. Thank you for letting me participate.
(Baby awake gotta makethis short sorry)
Two things have change my life in an unique and profound way,first the election where We the People voted in our first african american President and the second thing is "Speaking of Faith with Krista Tibbet".
I have listened to every show and I have encouraged friends to listen as well,I LOVE SOF!
I am 32 years old, grew up on a North Dakota farm, Lutheran faith, and am currently living in Minneapolis and of open religion.
I am interested in learning about the faith-based initiatives that are being led in our country.
I'm a big fan of your show and want to find out what Obama's plans are in this area.
I am a liberal American Baptist pastor of a small congregation in upstate New York. A primary concern of mine is for the future of religion in America.
Recent surveys tell us we are becoming more and more of a godless nation and this is at a time when the people of America are in need of a spiritual perspective more than ever.
At the source of every major issue facing our country ~ LGBT rights, stem cell research, the economy, the war ~ there are divisive religious attitudes. I am constantly on the lookout for events that can bring those diverse perspectives together to work together and learn from one another; this program on Religious Life in America may help us do these things.
I love SOF and am delighted Krista and Crew have organized this free and open sharing. Attending on-line and benefiting from the experience even though I am hundreds of miles away is a hoot! Ain't the internet cool!?!
Looking forward to May 20th.
The fact that it is spiritual and linked to President Obama. I am a spiritual person and go to a Christian Church sometimes. I daily read from Science of Mind magazine and Pema Chodron. I often listen to or read from the Dali Lama, Wayne Dyer, The Bible, Marianne Williamson etc.
I'm interested in hearing what part Mr. Dubois thinks religion should play in our country and in our government and how the Obama administration plans to use the "Faith Based Initiative" program.
I'm interested in how the Obama Administration can foster unity through uniting the diverse patchwork of religions and spirituality. I look forward to seeing what faith-based initiatives they attempt to introduce to change the religious as well as political landscape. I'm certain that community service can help bring us together not only as a nation, but as one world with common dreams.
I am a Japanese (retired) pastor, and have been interested in what would occur during Obama-era.
The Obama election pulled me back into the world of American politics after eight years of experiencing despair with the Bush-Cheney way of leadership and goverence. I want to "be a part" of this administration, and listening to what I am sure will be a wonderful conversation is yet another way to stay in touch. And, obviously, as someone who regularly listens to Speaking of Faith, I know that Krista Tippet's encounter with Joshua DuBois will help me better understand the Obama administration's hopes for building spirit anew in our country. I am looking forward to the live feed!
I am a 24 year-old graduate student at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. I am a UUA-Humanist with deep interest in the use of religious symbols, rituals and language and how this connects us to our true human nature. I believe that these things are necessary for a functioning society and I am severly bothered by both the disappearance of public and civic religious practices as well as the idolization of the existing practices that lead to division.
I have a deep appreciation for art and music and the role they play in our religious lives.
I am interested in observing and recording the devolpment of religious language and ritual in public places under this new president. I think there is an opportunity for religioun to be revived as a source of community building as opposed to one of division under the false guise of "family values" as it was under the previous administration.
I am also deeply interested in full GLBTQ participation in religious rituals, as well as the unique gifts, stories, and perspectives that they bring. The rejection of these gifts, stories, and perspectives, in my opinion, has been one of the greatest crimes of the Christian church in the past 50 years. I think it is time for the church to be both inclusive of GLBTQ people and understand how historically and presently they participate in exclusion, and how they can act now for inclusion.
I am a Presbyterian pastor and a local elected official for our school board. The interface between faith, religion and public life has been an area of great interest for me personally.
The Scene and the conversations. Thanks.
I am a 54 year old, Swedish born of American (Irish heritage) and Canadian (Scottish heritage) parents . I am 5th of 7 siblings. I have lived in Sweden, Germany, Long Island (NY), Colorado and Minnesota (for 26 years). I am a lesbian in a (unmarried) loving relationship. I have 2 fabulous grown daughters.
I have a bachelors and 2 masters degrees (over-educated?) and work as a program manager for a non-profit chemical dependency organization.
I have been in recovery from alcholism for 24+ years.
I was raised Catholic but am not religious. I am spiritual. I believe in The Divine (not a god). I have more questions than answers. I am comfortable living in the questions. I try to learn.
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Myrtle Josephine Rystad was born on December 9, 1916 in Garnes Township, rural Oklee, the daughter of Ole and Pauline (Vik) Rystad. She was baptized July 29, 1917 and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith at Salem Lutheran Church and attended Country School.
Myrtle was united in marriage to Donald Robert Stoneouse on November 18, 1944 at the Lutheran Parsonage in Oklee. The couple made their home on the Stoneouse homestead. Donald died in 1971 and in 1972 Myrtle moved into Oklee.
Myrtle was a homemaker who had great pride in raising her children. She enjoyed her guitar, puzzles, reading, quilting, and gardening, but it was her family that Myrtle enjoyed most. The time spent together with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren was always special no matter what the occasion.
Myrtle was a member of Salem Lutheran Church and was active in Ladies Aid.
Survivors include children, Orlean (Virginia) Stoneouse of Oklee, Donovan (Marilyn) Stoneouse of Thief River Falls, Myrna (Jim) Lessard of Brooks, Ramona (John) Lessard of Oklee and Ronald (Cindy) Stoneouse of Oklee; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald in 1971; son, Robert in 1978; parents; brothers, Howard, Melvin, Elton, Vernon, Olaf, and Orvin; sisters, Ann Brandvold and Thelma Dahle; son-in-law, Larry Trontvedt; and one great-grandson. A00003B2004NV10


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Here are some of the most common energy drink ingredients and their effects:
A stimulant that acts on the central nervous system to increase alertness, caffiene also enhances exercise performance when consumed before a workout, and reduces post-exercise muscle pain when ingested after. The caffeine in energy drinks may be synthetically derived or it may come from green tea extract, raw green coffee beans, or guarana. Energy drinks vary widely in their caffeine content, with estimates ranging from about 150 mg to 500 mg per serving. For reference, a cup of regular coffee contains about 100 mg of caffeine.
Drawbacks: Caffeine can become addictive and excessive use may cause anxiety, irritability, heart palpitations, insomnia, vomiting, seizures, and even death. In some cases, it can bring on new problems or make existing conditions worse, like panic disorder and high blood pressure.
This evergreen vine from the Amazon basin contains caffeine and caffeine-related compounds purported to enhance physical stamina and mental function. It doesn't seem to possess any other therapeutically useful constituents. Adding guarana to energy drinks is essentially another way to increase the caffeine content of the beverages.
Drawbacks: Guarana may share the same risk of toxicity as caffeine. Since it's not widely recognized as a caffeine source, some people may not realize how much they are ingesting.
Sugar-as sucrose, glucose, fructose, high fructose corn syrup, or agave-is a main ingredient in many popular energy drinks. Sugar provides an immediate spike in energy, followed by an inevitable crash some hours later. Some energy drinks contain upwards of 62 grams of sugar per serving. It's recommended that women consume no more than 24 grams of added sugar per day. Men shouldn't have more than 36 grams.
Drawbacks: Sugar-sweetened beverages can contribute to overweight, obesity, and dental cavities. People who drink a lot of sweetened soda are at increased for heart disease and diabetes, so it follows that excessive energy drinks consumption carries the same risk.
B vitamins
B vitamins, including vitamin B3, B6, and B12, are popular additions to many energy drinks, due to their role in energy metabolism and red blood cell formation in the body. For people with low levels of these nutrients from dietary lack or absorption problems, B vitamins may help improve energy but, for nearly everyone else, the mega doses of these vitamins found in energy drinks won't boost energy or brain or exercise performance.
Drawbacks: Taking more than 500 mg per day of vitamin B6 can cause neurological problems. Large doses of vitamin B3 (niacin) can cause skin flushing, reactivation of healed peptic ulcers, and blood sugar fluctuations in people with diabetes.
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Drawbacks: Ginseng is generally safe for most people, but taking it with caffeine can lead to overstimulation and gastrointestinal upset. The most common side effect is insomnia, but other reactions have been reported, including allergy, breast tenderness in women, liver damage, menstrual problems, and headache. People with autoimmune diseases such as lupus and those with uncontrolled high blood pressure shouldn't use ginseng.
An amino acid found in meat and fish, the body also makes it from other amino acids, so deficiencies are rare. Taurine concentrates in heart muscle and helps regulate the heartbeat. It has been reported to enhance endurance exercise performance and increase fat burning, and is often added to energy drinks for these effects.
Drawbacks: Taurine is generally well-tolerated but one serious allergic reaction has been reported in the literature.
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Ginkgo is the oldest living species of tree on the planet. Studies have shown that extracts of the leaf may increase circulation to the brain and act as a powerful antioxidant. It is sometimes added to energy drinks to help improve memory and brain function.
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It was once thought that the sugars in energy drinks provided fuel to exercising muscles, enhancing exercise performance. But some studies have pointed out that merely swishing and spitting a mouthful of energy drink can boost exercise performance. So is it the body's anticipation of more sugar that drives this improvement in function?
Researchers from the University of Birmingham in the UK showed that it's not really that, either, as artificially sweetened energy drinks don't seem to have the same effect. Instead, it looks like there are some as-yet unidentified receptors in the mouth that signal the brain directly to enhance exercise performance. "The results suggest that the improvement in exercise performance that is observed when carbohydrate is present in the mouth may be due to the activation of brain regions believed to be involved in reward and motor control," explained Dr. Ed Chambers in an article in the Journal of Physiology.
A 2012 review of popular energy drink ingredients found only caffeine contributes to physical or cognitive performance enhancement. Another study found that some individual ingredients may have a benefit but combination products haven't been studied sufficiently.
Whether it's the caffeine, sugar, other ingredients, or some combination of these, many endurance athletes (like marathon runners, distance swimmers, road bike racers, and triathletes) swear by energy drinks to improve their performance during events. "Says long distance runner, Todd Mros in Portland, Oregon, "In a marathon I use an energy drink with electrolytes, complex sugars, and caffeine. It doesn't fully replenish you but it can give just that little extra help at the end of a race. "
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The amount of caffeine in energy drinks isn't regulated as it is in sodas, and the amount listed on the label may or may not be the actual amount in the drink. Energy drinks and alcohol can form a particularly dangerous mix, worsening side effects such as insomnia, increased heart rate, anxiety, and high blood pressure. They can also team up to increase risk-taking, such as drunk driving and risky sexual behavior, and make people feel less drunk than they actually are, potentially leading to more drinking.
As stated by the International Society of Sports Nutrition, "Indiscriminant use of energy drinks or energy shots, especially if more than one serving per day is consumed, may lead to adverse events and harmful side effects." The group warned that people with diabetes or cardiovascular, metabolic, neurologic, hepatic (liver), or renal (kidney) disease who are taking medications that may be affected by high glycemic foods, caffeine or other stimulants should avoid use of these products unless approved by their doctor.
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- Get your sleep. Overcoming daytime fatigue could be as simple as trading in that online chat time for an extra hour of sleep. Most adults should get at least eight hours of sleep per night.
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If you do not wish certain information to be shared for these purposes, send a letter to the Online Privacy Coordinator whose contact information is listed at the end of this Privacy Notice.
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For information about use of your information by us and by third-party advertising service providers for advertising, see the section "Data Collected in Connection with Ad Serving and Targeting."
Sharing with Third Parties for Other Purposes. Please be aware that we may occasionally release information about our visitors if required to do so by law or if, in our business judgment, such disclosure is reasonably necessary: (a) to comply with legal process; (b) to enforce our Terms of Service; or (c) to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our Site, us, our affiliates, our officers, directors, employees, representatives, our licensors, other users, and/or the public.
Please also note that as our business grows, we may buy or sell various assets. In the unlikely event that we sell some or all of our assets, or our Site is acquired by another company, information about our Site users may be among the transferred assets.
Data Collected in Connection with Ad Serving and Targeting
We operate in compliance with the Digital Advertising Alliance's Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising, www.aboutads.info.
We may use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies, and/or a third-party ad serving software, to automatically collect information about site users and site activity, and we may use this information to, among other things, serve targeted advertisements on this site. The information collected allows us to analyze how users use the site and to track user interests, trends and patterns, thus allowing us to deliver more relevant advertisements to users.
We also may use third-party service providers, to target and serve some of the advertisements you see on the pages of our Site. We may share technical or aggregate information about your interaction with our Site, such as type of pages viewed and categories of interest, from our Site with these service providers for their use in displaying ads on our Site. These providers may use their own cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to collect similar information from our Site. These service providers may use that information, sometimes in conjunction with similar information gathered through other websites, to deliver advertisements on this Site, and on other websites that participate in our service providers' advertising networks, that are tailored to match the perceived interests of consumers. The information obtained by our third-party service providers also may be used to help measure and research an advertisement's effectiveness, or for other purposes.
Unless you affirmatively provide information, the data collected in connection with the ad serving and ad targeting on our Site does not identify you personally and does not include your name, address, email address or telephone number, but it may include device identifying information such as the IP address, MAC address, cookie or other device-specific unique alphanumerical ID of your computer.
The use and collection of information by third-party advertising service providers are governed by the relevant third party's Privacy Notice and are not covered by our Privacy Notice. If you would like more information about the information collection practices of a particular service provider, or if you would like more information on how to opt out of a service provider's information collection practices, go to www.aboutads.info. You can opt out of the use of cookies by DoubleClick, one of our service providers, by visiting http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy. Additionally, many of our advertising service providers are members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI"). You can obtain more information about these advertising service providers' information collection practices, and opt out of such practices (and at the same time opt out of the collection practices of other, or all, NAI members) by following the opt out instructions on the NAI's website at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.as p.If you would like more information on how to opt out of information collection practices, go to www.aboutads.info.
Information You Post to Blogs, Discussion Forums and Other Community Posting or Social Networking Areas
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily make your personal information or other private information available for viewing by third parties online - for example on blogs, discussion forums, or other community posting or social networking areas of our Site - that information can be seen, collected and used by others besides us. We cannot be responsible for any unauthorized third-party use of such information.
Children's Privacy Statement
This site is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from a child under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personally identifiable information from a user under the age of 13 as part of the Site, we will delete such information from our records.
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All information we gather on our Site is stored within databases to which only we and services providers are provided access. However, as effective as the reasonable security measures implemented by us may be, no physical or electronic security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our Site's servers or databases, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.
Links to Other Sites
Our Site also includes links to other websites and provides access to products and services offered by third parties, whose privacy policies we do not control. When you access another website or purchase products or services from a third-party, use of any information you provide is governed by the Privacy Notice of the operator of the site you are visiting or the provider of such products or services.
Questions Regarding Privacy
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, our privacy practices, or your dealings with us, you can contact:
Mark Faris
Online Privacy Coordinator
Gannett Law Department
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107
Last Updated: June 26, 2013
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Osher Fellows
We bring outstanding artists, scholars, authors, and scientists to the museum as Osher Fellows through the generosity of the Bernard Osher Foundation. Osher Fellows work with Exploratorium staff on programs, exhibit projects, and new endeavors, and share their own research and work with staff and the public. These thinker-in-residence fellowships are generally one to four weeks in duration.
The perspectives and backgrounds of our Osher Fellows are wide-ranging and reflect the Exploratorium's multidisciplinary interests. Previous Fellows include Oliver Sacks, who helped in the planning of exhibits about memory; Richard Gregory, who worked with us on visual perception exhibits; photographer Rosamond Wolff Purcell, who provided guidance for the temporary exhibition Revealing Bodies; and Edith Ackermann, visiting scientist at MIT's School of Architecture, who shared design principles of interactive learning.
|Christian de Duve
Christian de Duve, a pioneer of modern cell biology and cell fractionation techniques, is the discoverer of lysosomes, cell organelles specialized for recycling and waste disposal. For his discoveries, Professor de Duve shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1974. In recent years, Professor de Duve's investigations have shifted from biochemistry and cell biology to the mechanisms whereby life arose on our planet almost four billion years ago and evolved to produce all extant living organisms, including human beings. He is particularly interested in the manner in which chemistry and natural selection joined to produce the first living cells and in the significance of those events as they relate to the place of life in the universe, including the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Professor de Duve proved to be a brilliant scientist, a gifted and engaging communicator, and a delightful and generous human being. While in residence at the Exploratorium, he met with staff from the life sciences department, gave an in-depth brown bag on his work on the origins of life, and sat down for an audio interview of his life's work for a future podcast. Professor de Duve also presented a lecture on the origin of life at Meet the Minds on November 14, 2006.
|Hubert Dyasi
Hubert Dyasi is a professor of science education at City College (City University of New York), where he has served as director of the City College Workshop Center for 20 years—a school and science teacher development institution at the college. In August 2006, he continued his fellowship, meeting with Exploratorium staff, including Director Dennis Bartels, and gave a brown bag lecture on "America's Lab Report," a National Research Council report of which he is an author. On an ongoing basis, he will serve as an advisor to our visioning project, helping to prepare the museum for its move to the piers.
|Arthur Ganson
Arthur Ganson is an artist-in-residence at MIT, a self-taught engineer, and the creator of intricate, whimsical machines that gesture. An entire gallery is devoted to his works at the MIT Museum; many more are displayed in galleries around the world. Art first came to the Exploratorium to create Chain Reaction. He invited staff to create elements in the chain, each of which triggered the next kinetic sculpture. On the night of Chain Reaction, the museum filled to capacity: the staff and public were transfixed. While working as an Osher Fellow, Art also met with the teaching staff about the relationship between art and science, and explored the nature of creativity with them. In addition, Art set up a mini-exhibition of his mechanical sculpture. Even after he left, he continued to send some of his pieces to the Exploratorium for display.
|Michael Glantz
Michael H. Glantz is a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and director of the Center for Capacity Building in the Societal-Environmental Research and Education Laboratory (SERE), where he works with museums on public outreach and develops ongoing education programs for scientists and college students. He is interested in how climate affects society and how society affects climate, especially how the interaction between climate anomalies and human activities affect quality of life issues. His research relates to African drought and desertification, and food production problems and prospects; societal impacts of climate anomalies related to El Nino events and the use of El Nino–related teleconnections to forecast these impacts; developing methods of forecasting possible societal responses to the regional impacts of climate change; and the use of climate-related information for economic development. He has also coordinated joint research in the Central Asian Republics of the former USSR.
|Louis Gomez
Louis M. Gomez is an associate professor of Learning Science and Computer Science at Northwestern University. He codirects The Learning Through Collaborative Visualization Project (CoVis) at Northwestern, focusing on bringing next-generation computing and communication technologies, along with open-ended scientific inquiry, to high school classrooms. During his initial visits, Louis met with research staff and their colleagues on a broad range of research topics, including informal learning theory and practice, mobile and online learning, digital fluency, and museum schools. He gave an insightful and well-attended brown bag discussion on his experiences with the Chicago schools to increase basic literacy as a step to facilitate science learning and the useful partnerships that can be developed with commercial companies, universities, and nonprofit organizations. Louis was invited by Dennis Bartels to participate in the visioning process in anticipation of our move to the piers. He was also the featured speaker at the January 2007 Meet the Minds, in which he challenged the education field and social science researchers field to create more effective and targeted research programs for improving public education in urban school districts.
|Richard Gregory
Richard is world-renowned visual perception scientist, and a longtime friend of and resource for the Exploratorium. He is the author/editor of many books on perception including The Oxford Companion to the Mind and Eye and Brain, and founder of the Exploratory, a science center in Bristol, England. He is also a professor at the University of Bristol. Richard assisted us in a variety of perception and physics exhibit development projects, and met extensively with our Seeing exhibit team, and worked extensively with our high school Explainers.
|Kris Gutiérrez
Dr. Kris Gutiérrez is a faculty member at the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Education. Her research interests address the relationship between literacy, culture, and learning, and target how students appropriate cultural concepts. Specifically, her work focuses on the processes by which people negotiate meaning in culturally organized contexts, using language and literacies that are embedded within socio-historical traditions. Issues of equity and excellence are recurrent themes in her work.
Gutiérrez has conducted long-term ethnographic studies across various school districts. Her studies have centered on the cultural dimensions of literacy learning, the social organization of formal and nonformal learning environments, and the effects of new forms of mediation on student and teacher learning. She has also studied the effects of new policies and reform initiatives on English learners and their schooling practices; and reading and writing development in elementary- and secondary-school-age students, including English Learners and students from migrant farm worker backgrounds.
In 2006–2007, she was a Fellow at the prestigious Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Most recently, Professor Gutiérrez served as a member of President Obama's Education Policy Transition Team. She is currently serving as president of the American Educational Research Association.
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