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BELLINGHAM – Business students at Western Washington University are offering a series of seminars on financial literacy in a program called Money Sense starting Oct.6.
These free seminars will include food, prizes and will focus on teaching college students the basics of money management and other relevant financial topics.
The Money Sense Program is offered through Western's chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, an international honorary organization for Finance students and professionals. A free dinner will be provided to attendeess beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the seminars begin at 6 p.m.; each seminar will be held in Communications Facility 125. Materials and additional resources will be provided so attendants can follow up on the topics they are interested in.
The date's and topics covered in the four fall quarter seminars are:
- Oct. 6: Saving and Budgeting: Topics include living within your means; the importance of saving money; saving for the future: major life expenses.
- Oct. 20: Your Rights as a Renter: Topics include budgeting for your lifestyle; financial questions to ask when looking for housing; financial lessons about roommates.
- Nov. 3: Financing Your Education: Topics include how to best navigate scholarships, FAFSA, and student loans.
- Nov. 17: Investing: Topics include types of investments and setting investment goals.
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Texas College
|Texas College
|Per lumen scientiae viam invenient populi (Latin)
|Motto in English
|"Give The People Light, and They Will Find Their Way"
|Private, HBCU
|Religious affiliation
|Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
|$1.6 million[1][2]
|Tyler, Texas,
|Former names
|Phillips University
|Purple and Gold
|9 varsity teams (7 sports)
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Texas College is an accredited historically black four-year college located in Tyler, Texas that is affiliated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and the United Negro College Fund. On January 9, 1894, Texas College was founded by a group of ministers affiliated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church, a predominantly black denomination.
They planned to provide for education of African-American students, who were excluded from the segregated university system of Texas. They planned a full literary, scientific and classical education for theology, normal training of lower school teachers, music, commercial and industrial training, and agricultural and mechanical sciences.
On January 9, 1894, Texas College was founded by a group of ministers affiliated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church, a black denomination. They planned a full, co-educational college to serve people in eastern Texas.
On June 12, 1909, the name of the college was changed from Texas College to Phillips University. It was named for Bishop Henry Phillips and his leadership. The name reversal occurred in 1910 at the Third Annual Conference of the church. In May 1912, the college was officially renamed Texas College. The subsequent years of the College were spent with refinements and enhancements of the educational enterprise.
The Articles of Incorporation reflect such efforts with modifications and amendments during periods 1909 to 1966. The College today is open to all individuals without discrimination on the grounds of national origin, race, religion, or sex. It is authorized to offer instruction in the areas of Arts and Sciences, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, preparation of teachers, and the provision of instructional supports, to those in pursuit of an education.
Texas College offers bachelor's degree programs in art, biology, business administration, computer science, English, education, history, mathematics, music, physical education, political science, liberal studies, social work and sociology. Also available are Associate of Arts degrees in early childhood education and general studies, as well as an alternative certification teacher education program for people with bachelor's degrees.
In 1920, eight men representing six historically black colleges in the state of Texas met to discuss collegiate athletics and their respective challenges. By the time the session in Houston had concluded, they had founded an athletic league that has slowly became one of the leading sports associations in the world of collegiate athletics, the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The founding fathers of the original "Super Six" were C.H. Fuller of Bishop College, Red Randolph and C.H. Patterson of Paul Quinn College, E.G. Evans, H.J. Evans and H.J. Starns of Prairie View A&M, D.C. Fuller of Texas College, and G. Whitte Jordan of Wiley College.
Texas College was a member of the SWAC from 1920 to 1961 (41 years). Texas College was SWAC football champions in 1934, 1935, 1936, 1942 and three-way champions with Wiley College and Langston University in 1944, finishing the season with a conference record of 5-1 and an overall record of 8-1. The last SWAC football victory was against Prairie View A&M University in 2003 by a score of 21 to 10.
Today, the Texas College Steers are members of the NAIA, which competes in the Red River Athletic Conference. Its football team was revived as an official sport in 2004, and competes in the Central States Football League. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, soccer and track & field. Women's sports include basketball, soccer, softball, track & field, and volleyball.
Residence halls[edit]
Residence halls include the Daniel and the Maddie A. Fair Residence Hall.[3]
Greek organizations[edit]
- Sororities: Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sigma Gamma Rho
- Fraternities: Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma
- ^ As of June 30, 2011. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2011 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2010 to FY 2011" (PDF). National Association of College and University Business Officers. June 30, 2011. p. 23. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
- ^ http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/tyler-tx/texas-college-3638
- ^ "Residential Life Handbook" (pdf).
4. Colonel Albert T. Edwards, US ARMY, Field Artillery (Ret), Alumnus, Texas College 1980.
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- Texas College official athletics website
- Texas College from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Red River Athletic Conference
- Universities and colleges in Texas
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I'm about to be come a Week 99er - that is someone who has been on State and Federal unemployment benefits for the full 99 weeks. I consider myself lucky enough to have it made it this far. I know people who have been laid off before me and after who only received 6 months of benefits. To make it a full 99 weeks is not something that most people actually get, so for that I'm very lucky.
But what have I done over the past (almost) two years? Doing small freelance jobs here and there to make ends meet, working on art work and making handmade jewelry. Trying to stretch the few dollars I have and to help out the best I can.
Before I started my graduate degree I use to coupon- but nothing like I've been starting now. My Co-Workers laughed at me clipping coupons on the night shift while we made reservations for luxury cars. I was saving a bit of money, but I had more than I do now.
Now as I'm looking at the last couple weeks of my unemployment I'm working on stretching the few dollars and the few I'm making here and there further. Which is getting harder with rising gas prices and costs of everything.
To say I was inspired by TLC's Extreme Couponing is close, but it was more of a kick in the pants. I have watched some of the episodes and I can't help but think it's a bit more than organized hoarding. Although as I have begun to coupon I start to see the appeal and the rush you get. We don't have the space in our house for a ton of items, so I'll have to shop with some reserve :).
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Four Corporate Power-Grabs That Got the Thumbs Up from Federal Courts
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Court-awarded corporate power is growing beyond the world of campaigns and elections, often at the expense of individual rights and Americans' ability to bring businesses to court.
A handful of recent decisions highlight this less-watched area of corporate clout. In two rulings this year, federal courts have concluded that secular for-profit businesses have First Amendment religious rights. In another ruling, a business that challenged its inclusion in a federal consumer product complaint database won and then successfully sealed federal court records, with the judge saying that protecting the firm's economic reputation was a higher constitutional priority than keeping court records public.
In other instances, federal courts have upheld arbitration agreements that customers must sign for a range of services that include daily necessities, blocking people from going to court when disputes arise. And in the patent law arena, a range of individuals -- from farmers who want to protect their seed stock to health advocates concerned about privatized cancer research -- have been losing to corporations that have patented seeds and even human genes.
These four developments go beyond the universe of corporate political speech, which the U.S. Supreme Court expended in its 2010 Citizens United ruling. They also go beyond recent commercial speech cases, where pro-business judges have rejected government efforts to label milk containing man-made hormones, replace text warnings in cigarette boxes with graphic images and place radiation warnings in cellphone packaging.
1. Corporate Religious Freedom?
In early November, a U.S. District Court judge in Detroit became the second federal judge this year to rule that a secular, profit-making business did not have to include coverage for birth control in employee health plans, as required by the Affordable Care Act because of the business owner's religious beliefs. A similar ruling was made by a federal district judge in Colorado this past July, who wrote, "Can a corporation exercise religion?" He concluded that it could, under some circumstances.
Courts have long held that religious organizations can exercise religious beliefs under the First Amendment. But at least until the early 1990s, the U.S. Supreme Court said people in the secular world had to follow most laws regardless of their religion. But Congress disagreed and in 1993 passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which set a new and higher legal threshold for laws that burden religious beliefs. Fast-forward to today and the three-dozen lawsuits filed by individuals, businesses, hospitals and universities challenging Obamacare's contraception requirement, and what emerges is a deepening legal battle over exercising religious rights in the workplace.
"It represents an ominous legal trend," wrote the Atlantic's Wendy Kaminer, after the Colorado ruling. "If the rights of diverse empoylees in a secular enterprise are subject to the beliefs of their employers, then religious people will not simply be laws unto themselves; they'll determine, in part, laws governing the rest of us."
The issue is hardly settled, as two other U.S. District Courts this year rejected religious freedom arguments from businesses. In one one of those rulings, a St. Louis case, Judge Carol Jackson said that company owners "remain free to exercise their religion, by not using contraceptives and by discouraging employees from using contraceptives."
"Can a corporation have religious beliefs?" asked Timothy Jost, a specialist in health law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, who wrote about the Colorado ruling for healthaffairs.org. "I don't think so. But others will disagree." Indeed, conservative legal scholars are already doing that. "Failure to recognize the religious liberty rights of the business corporation means failure to fully recognize the religious liberty rights of flesh-and-blood human beings," concluded Ronald Colombo, Hofstra University School of Law professor, in a recent academic paper. "For without the recognition of such corporate rights, authentically religious for-profit institutions could not exist."
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USF Football Recruits BIO
An early enrollee who began attending classes at USF in January…a physical education major…two years of eligibility remaining…selected an honorable-mention NJCAA All-American and first team All-Jayhawk Conference in 2013…rated No. 64 in the Rivals Juco Top 100…ranked as the No. 4 junior college defensive end by JCGridiron.com…posted 61 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, six sacks, three forced fumbles and a blocked punt at Fort Scott Community College in 2013…rated a three-star recruit by Scout.com…also had offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Baylor, Minnesota, Texas Tech and Kansas among others.
KANKAKEE HIGH SCHOOL: A two-time Illinois first team Class 5A all-state selection (2008 & 2009) and three-time all-state honoree overall at Kankakee HS…a four-time all-conference selection…three-time team MVP…team captain his senior season…rated the No. 14 defensive end recruit nationally by ESPN.com.


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JJC hosts 'Farm-to-Fork Market' fundraiser dinner
When Joliet Junior College chef Timothy Bucci heard about the premium meats produced by Slagel Family Farm in downstate Fairbury, he immediately ordered rabbits for JJC's culinary competition team, which went on to win first place at a national competition in Las Vegas in July.
Bucci is certain the rabbit meat helped earn that win since the student using it could showcase her skills with high-quality ingredients.
"The rabbits were meatier than the alternative we were using, and nice and tender," said Bucci, of Flossmoor, a 1995 JJC graduate, culinary arts instructor and one of seven chefs on the U.S. Culinary Olympic team in 2012. "The loins were moist, and when cooked up, had excellent flavor. I'm looking forward to using some of his other product."
That includes short ribs from 40 pounds of grass-fed beef and also pork loins from two hogs that LouisJohn Slagel, owner of Slagel Family Farm, donated for JJC's Farm-to-Fork Market Dinner on Sept. 28. The dinner raises funds for the culinary program.
Slagel, a 2006 graduate of JJC's agricultural science production and management program, raises the animals that yield premium foods — beef and veal, pork, lamb, goat, rabbit, turkey, chicken, eggs and even pet food — just a mile away from where his great-great-grandfather Sam Slagel founded his farm in 1888. That farm is still in the family.
Just five miles away, Slagel's parents and younger siblings work another farmstead. As a family, the Slagels focus on quality rather than mass production. For instance, Slagel feeds his livestock grain, grass and hay that he grows on his farm.
Slagel Farm premium meats are already popular in Chicago upscale restaurants, such as Sixteen at Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago, Slagel said. Chicago Magazine recently named one of Slagel's creations as the "best overall burger," Slagel said.
"We raise hogs the old-fashioned way, in open lots and no confinement," Slagel said. "We don't feed them antibiotics, steroids or hormones. We use natural breeding, no artificial insemination."
Slagel is just one of more than a dozen local food producers — including JJC's own greenhouse — providing ingredients for this gourmet fundraiser dinner. Chef Michael McGreal, culinary arts/hospitality management department chair at JJC, said these farms don't cultivate their products with long shelf lives in mind.
"You can only buy enough for three days or it goes bad," McGreal said. "It's that fresh."
The beer and wine selections that night not only originate from local providers, they will be freshly created especially for the Farm-to-Fork Market Dinner, McGreal said.
Even dinner chairman Myk Banas, executive chef at Chicago Marriott Downtown, has local roots: He graduated from JJC's culinary arts program in 1996, McGreal said.
Having grown up around farming, Slagel hadn't considered attending college until he received a scholarship to JJC.
"It was more beneficial than I would have guessed," Slagel said. "I did a lot of networking, and the logo on the website was actually designed as a class marketing project."
While at JJC, Slagel wondered if he should take the commercial farming track or create high-quality products for restaurants and individual consumers. Slagel chose the latter and received plenty of support from his JJC professors.
"It ties in with the local food movement," Slagel said, "and I figured a lot of students from the culinary arts program end up in the Chicago restaurant industry for their careers. I thought if I could help them out, it would benefit all of us."
An additional feature at the Farm-to-Fork Market Dinner is a "meet and greet" with some of the local farmers providing the food and with vendors who regularly appear at the JJC farmers market. This will allow guests to ask questions and learn how to order product for themselves.
Slagel, however, won't be able to attend.
"We do farm dinners with our farm tours," Slagel said, "and we already had one scheduled for that day."


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A Delphine Krakoff–designed bedroom for the Hamptons home of Bobbie and Lew Frankfort has a patriotic vibe. The red, white, and blue scheme is built around soft textures (white cashmere throw, pure-white linens), shiny surfaces (metal lamps and hardware, lacquered chest), and graphic textiles (striped fabrics, nautical flags). Bold red peonies intensify the experience.


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Boris Johnson has real contempt for Londoners. He hates that we celebrate each other's heritage; he hates that we try to pass on a healthy environment to our children; he hates that we look after our most vulnerable neighbours; and most of all he hates that we all expect to share in our city's financial success.Sian Berry
Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.Joyce Brothers
America has been hit by Allah at its most vulnerable point, destroying, thank God, its most prestigious buildings.Osama bin Laden
We all only live once. So we are obligated to make good use of the time that we have and to do something that is meaningful and satisfying. This is something that I find meaningful and satisfying. That is my temperament. I enjoy creating systems on a grand scale, and I enjoy helping people who are vulnerable. And I enjoy crushing bastards.Julian Paul Assange
Man is deeply vulnerable when faced with overwhelming evil. Instead of consolidating his energy to fight it, he wastes valuable time and effort puzzling over it, insisting it is not, cannot possibly be, what it seems.Konnilyn G. Feig
It is apparent that prisoners of war are among the most vulnerable of people. Not only are they completely under the control of their captors, but in a time of conflict, the hatred and brutality of the battlefield are very likely to be mirrored within military prison walls.James Earl Carter, Jr.
If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. [You must] reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.Jack Lemon
Vanity and dignity are incompatible with each other; vain women are almost sure to be vulnerable.Louis Charles Alfred de Musset
The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution.Byron R. White
Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.Maggie Gallagher
It is a sign of the times that the absence of meaningful ID requirements in many states leaves our voting process vulnerable to fraud and allows legal votes to be cancelled out by illegally cast ballots.Virgil Goode
The opera world was shocked! But the image is very classical. It's taken from Botticelli's portrait of Venus, who's standing in a seashell with her hair covering her body. It's very sensual. It represents the vulnerable side of me. Although I'm not wearing any clothes, it comes across very well.Sarah Brightman
The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.Nathaniel Parker Willis
The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and timeFrancesca Annis
If you will discipline yourself to make your mind self-sufficient you will thereby be least vulnerable to injury from the outside.Critias of Athens
Only those who avoid love can avoid grief. The point is to learn from grief and remain vulnerable to love.John Brantner
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone - but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy.Walter Anderson
Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.Brian Wilson Aldiss
I fully realize that every promise I make, the Republicans will double and the Democrats will redouble. They think this will make me vulnerable, but they dont know I have some tricks up my sleeve, along with a box of raisins to munch on while Im waiting for the returns to come in.Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen
The highest activities are always essentially lonely and private, and these men had a robust sense of their independence and the ultimate self-sufficiency of the mind. In this they were just like Socrates. The only change they operated was to bring philosophy out of the closet into the open, instead of seeking protection behind a little wall like men in a storm. Of course, in so doing they made philosophy, on the one hand, more vulnerable to the public if the hopes of controlling the public are not fulfilled, and, on the other, put at risk that inner intransigence which is the necessary condition of the quest for truth. Not only the rewards but the new responsibilities might prove irresistible temptations to compromise.Allan David Bloom
The necessary unity of power and wisdom is only a coincidence for the ancients, i.e., dependent on chance completely out of the philosophers control. Knowledge is not in itself power, and though it is not in itself vulnerable to power, those who seek it and possess it most certainly are. Therefore the great virtue for the philosophers in their political deeds was moderation. They were utterly dependent on the prejudices of the powerful and had to treat them most delicately.Allan David Bloom
As a result of Enlightenment, philosophers and philosophy came to inhabit the universities exclusively, abandoning their old habits and haunts. There they have become vulnerable in new ways and thus risk extinction. The classical philosophers would not, for very good reasons, have taken this risk.Allan David Bloom


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Loud cheers erupted in the assembly chamber as the electronic board flashed the final vote: 154 in favor, 3 against and 23 abstentions.
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|Freshman pushes win streak to four
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Freshman Macy Vonderschmidt continued her solid play lately for the Charlotte women's tennis team, extending her singles win streak to four, but it was not enough as the 49ers fell to UAB Saturday afternoon, 6-1. It marked the first Conference USA regular-season match of the spring campaign for the Niners.
Vonderschmidt rallied after dropping her first set to hold off the Blazers' Catherine Ragon in their No. 5 position meeting 3-6, 7-5, 10-4. Her four-straight victories are the longest run for any Charlotte (4-8, 0-1 C-USA) player this season.
Despite the team setback, a number of 49ers' individuals went the distance against their UAB (6-8, 1-3 C-USA) adversaries to make a closer result than the final score may indicate.
Each of the top three singles slots, manned by freshman Victoria Pahlett, junior Lisa Grosselius and junior Natsuko Takayanagi, respectively, saw three-set decisions. Takayanagi was the closest in her final set, dropping a 10-8 tiebreaking heartbreaker to Pardis Kianoush in the No. 3 spot.
The Blazers won the doubles point early, though the Niners' No. 2 pairing of Pahlett and Takayanagi led 6-3 in its match against Paula Castro and Kianoush when it was declared unfinished.
Charlotte will look to regroup when it returns to the courts at 2 p.m. Friday in Buies Creek, N.C., against Campbell.
UAB 6, Charlotte 1
No. 1 Rachel Daniell (UAB) def. Victoria Pahlett (CHA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
No. 2 Amy Lowther (UAB) def. Lisa Grosselius (CHA) 1-6, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 Pardis Kianoush (UAB) def. Natsuko Takayanagi (CHA) 6-3, 4-6, 10-8
No. 4 Elaine Simon (UAB) def. Tyler Baker (CHA) 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 Macy Vonderschmidt (CHA) def. Catherine Ragon (UAB) 3-6, 7-5, 10-4
No. 6 Paula Castro (UAB) def. Jessica Pérez (CHA) 6-2, 6-1
No. 1 Daniell/Simon (UAB) def. Baker/Grosselius (CHA) 8-4
No. 2 Pahlett/Takayanagi (CHA) vs. Castro/Kianoush (UAB) 6-3, DNF
No. 3 Lowther/Ragon (UAB) def. Pérez/Vonderschmidt (CHA) 8-4


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Google Labs' Project "Body Browser" To Be Retired, Open Sourced
by Audrey Watters on 22 Sep, 2011
As it prepares for the closure of Google Labs, Google is shuttering, off-loading, and graduating the experimental projects housed there. These projects include a number of interesting educational apps: NGram Viewer, for example, and Android App Inventor (whose fate I chronicled here) Another awesome educational project, Google Body Browser, had its fate revealed today. Google is retiring the project, but as with App Inventor, it is open-sourcing the code so that others will be able to create and run a searchable 3D viewer. According to the Google Labs site, Google is "also working with our partner, Zygote Media Group, on an application called Zygote Body. This application will be free, available on the web and on Android, and will enable students, teachers, and others using Google Body to continue to have access to a human anatomy browser." When I first wrote about Body Browser last year, I described it as "Google Earth for the human body." A tool that showcased the power of WebGL technology, Body Browser was a fabulous way to explore a 3D model of human anatomy, including the skeleton, muscular, circulatory, digestive and nervous systems. There is at least one other education-related project in Google Labs whose fate is still unclear, namely Art Project. Another tool I've covered here, the fractal generator Julia Map will also be open sourced as Google Labs shuts its doors.
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This sculpture called "A Meaningful Life" is a very unique work displaying pictures and needle art transferred onto a metal background. The work combines creations by 24 Calgary artists who have developmental disabilities. Calgary artist Jeff De Boer worked with all of the artists to create this colorful and exciting sculpture. Come into the branch and have a look at this beautiful piece of art.


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Aging of the Quorum of the Twelve
Mike Wallace: There are those who say, "This is a gerontocracy. This is a church run by old men."
Gordon B. Hinckley: Isn't it wonderful to have a man of maturity at the head, a man of judgment who isn't blown about by every wind of doctrine?
[From a 1996 interview on 60 Minutes.]
It hasn't always been this way, though. Certainly Joseph Smith was young–he didn't even live to see 40. So when was the transition from having the Quorum of the Twelve consist of young men to having it consist of largely old men? To answer this question, I made the following figure.
I apologize; I know it's really busy. I though it might be interesting to have all this information in the same figure, though. Here is what each part of the figure shows:
- The horizontal axis shows year, running from 1835, when the Quorum of the Twelve was organized, to 2009.
- The vertical axis shows age.
- The blue line running through the figure shows the median age of the members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve (excluding those who weren't called as apostles while serving in the First Presidency; for convenience I'll refer to this group as the Quorum of the Fifteen or the Quorum).
- The orange lines show the age of the oldest member of the Quorum at each time. Breaks appear where the oldest member was displaced from his position (typically because he died).
- The green lines show the age of the youngest member of the Quorum at each time. Breaks appear where the youngest member was displaced from his position (typically because someone younger was called).
- The dashed black lines show the age of the President of the Church at each time. The white and gray bars in the background alternate with each change in President. The Presidents' names are across the top left and lower right parts of the figure.
I guess I had always kind of assumed that the age increase happened wholly during Brigham Young's tenure, since he was the first Church President to die of natural causes, and so the first to have a chance to live to a fairly advanced age. Looking at the figure, it certainly is true that the median age advanced a lot during that time. Younger men continued to be called into the Quorum–no youngest member was ever as old as 40–but existing members largely lived a long time, pushing the median age from about 40 when Joseph Smith was killed in 1844 to about 65 when Brigham Young died in 1877. But it looks like there were two other periods of consistent quorum aging.
For the 30 years following Brigham Young's death, the Quorum's median age was up and down but actually fell by the end to about 50. Then, starting partway through Joseph F. Smith's administration and continuing through Heber J. Grant's and George Albert Smith's administrations, the median age rose consistently from 50 to about 70. A large part of this increase was driven by a group of ten members of the quorum, all consecutive in seniority, who served from 1921 to 1931 with no deaths among them. This period of increase was followed by a 40 year period during which the median age fluctuated between about 60 and over 70. Finally, starting at the beginning of Gordon B. Hinckley's presidency, the median age increased again to nearly 80. As with the increase under Heber J. Grant, a group of men–in this case the entire Quorum–served together for a number of years (early 1995 to mid-2004) with no deaths among them.
Enough about that. Now that I've made the figure, I have a few other random observations from looking at it.
- Joseph Smith and Harold B. Lee are the only Church Presidents to have been around the median age for the Quorum during their presidency.
- Stephen L. Richards was the youngest member of the Quorum for longer than anyone else has been. He's represented by the green line running through much of Heber J. Grant's presidency. He was 37 when called in 1917, and the next nine Quorum members to be called were all born before he was.
- Thomas S. Monson was the youngest for the second longest. He's represented by the green line that starts a little over halfway through David O. McKay's time as President. He was 36 when called in 1963. The next six Quorum members to be called were all born before he was.
- About half of Church Presidents end up being the oldest man in the Quorum, eventually. Those who didn't are Joseph Smith, John Taylor, Joseph F. Smith, George Albert Smith, Harold B. Lee, and Howard W. Hunter. (Of course we don't know yet about Thomas S. Monson: he's not the oldest yet–he would have to outlive Boyd K. Packer, L. Tom Perry, and Russell M. Nelson to make it.)
- Most Church Presidents are succeeded by younger men. The only exceptions are Brigham Young, who was 43, succeeding Joseph Smith, who died at 38; Wilford Woodruff, who was 80, succeeding John Taylor, who died at 78; and Spencer W. Kimball, who was 78, succeeding Harold B. Lee, who died at 74.
Are there any other interesting patterns you see? What do you predict for the future? Will the median Quorum age continue to increase? Will it stagnate or fall?
- 11 September 2009
32 Responses to "Aging of the Quorum of the Twelve"
I think it's great to have older men be in charge of the church. They are less likely to say something stupid, having learned through years of experience when to keep their mouths shut and when to open them.
I like having wise older men lead our Church. I just wish that if they became unable to serve because of senility or illness that another person could be appointed to serve in their place.
What surprised me most — besides the fact that you would even think of calculating all this (although that shouldn't be such a surprise; you are the Mighty Ziff, after all) — is that the median age of the Quorum has been so much younger so recently. Perhaps because the oldest has been so very old during my whole lifetime, I hadn't realized that the median was actually so much lower.
Thanks. Will have to think about this and come back.
It's interesting that the age increases with better access to health care (advancing technology combined with its availability for Utahns, due to increased ease of travel).
I find there are downsides, though. We had a new stake center built recently, and the nursery was too small (it was a Utah ward, for heaven's sake, and it was the smallest classroom in the entire building). It was clearly designed by people who didn't worry about little kids, and it was approved by GAs who hadn't had little kids in 50 years or more (and then, their wives did the rearing). We had to move the nursery to the gym, and couldn't use the classroom for any of the other classes (it was just too small).
Just to be clear, I'm not casting blame — I'm just saying that there are some things that men of the average age of GAs don't think about, and maybe have never thought about, and those things are important to use 30-40 year olds.
Another thought that just occurred to me — it has been reported that the church loses as many as 80% of young women between the ages of 18 and 30. If there are two groups of people from diametrically opposing cultures, it's women of that age and men of the GA's age. I wonder if that has any impact on retention of young single women.
I understand we lose even more men from that age group, for what it's worth.
It's a fascinating graph though and thank you for making it.
To respond to one of your questions, unless the singularity's around the corner, there's a limit to how high the average age can go. I can't imagine it'll ever top a hundred, no matter how great medicine gets.
Ziff, these graphs are so cool. If I had another me, I'd learn stuff like this from people like you.
It seems like there is a kind of wave pattern in it…peaks and then drops and climbs and then drops. Kinda makes sense.
Fun to mull over.
Well Gertrude just Baines lived to be 115 on bacon and ice cream (hardly a trend I know). If the median age of church leadership increases, so be it. But personally, if I get to the point where someone else is changing my diaper– forget it… no amount of ice cream is worth that– then put off this mortal probation, please. At that point, I doubt I really am relating to the 30 years olds as I once did/could have. Men or women.
PS. Ziff– love your posts. My husband is a statistician and he admires your works.
Thanks so much, moksha. I really appreciate hearing that you both enjoy my stuff. (And you clearly have good taste to be married to a statistician! )
m&m, I agree–the pattern makes sense once you think about it. When I first plotted this, though, I thought for sure I had done something very wrong, because in particular the max and min ages don't look like typical trends over time.
Th., I suspect you're right that age increases are reaching an asymptote. I wonder, though, given that the current median age is pretty close to the present life expectancy for a 50 year old white man in the US (i.e., 28-29 more years for a total of 78-79), whether it might not be possible to push it at least a little higher even without medical advances. Sorry–that's not very clear. I guess my point is that the median age isn't all that high compared to what you might expect if you chose some 50-year olds at random and followed them over time. Given Word of Wisdom considerations alone (and the fact that married men tend to live longer than single men) you might expect members of the Quorum to be able to push the median into the mid-80s or beyond even given current medicine.
GD–good point–the old male GAs' experience is probably a long way from the young female singles' experience in the Church. I wonder if they would ever consider calling young single women (or men) as kind of translators to bridge that gap. (I'm just making things up, of course.)
Ardis–I thought that too! Perhaps at least some of the effect is in my own aging (when you're 10, 60 and 80 aren't that far apart; when you're 30 they're farther apart) but it had never occurred to me how recent this latest age increase has been. I mean, at the beginning of President Kimball's administration, he was the oldest member of the Quorum, and he wasn't even 80!
Ziff, extremely well done. Kudos, I thought this was a brilliantly-made visual representation of a very complex phenomenon.
#5 GD, can you find the reference for that stat? I'm interested in finding out more about that, if it's true.
This is fabulous. I think two more analyses would be interesting:
1. Comparing the median (or perhaps average) age to average life expectancy during each time period. Brigham Young surely lived a lot longer than was typical for his time. While in absolute terms we've seen aging, how pronounced is this in relative terms?
2. A scatter plot showing the ages when originally called to the quorum. We've seen large differences in longevity among apostles. Is there a trend in calling men at later ages? Admittedly, there may not be, and Richards and Monson would demonstrate notable exceptions.
But personally, if I get to the point where someone else is changing my diaper– forget it
Re. #4: Who says older men can't relate to the kids in the nursery?
I wonder how much of this has to do with changes in how men grow in the church to the point where they are considered worthy to be called apostles. During Joseph Smith's day (and Brigham Young's too, I'd imagine), it was not uncommon for men to be called to the apostleship after having only been members for a few years. Now we have the quorums of seventy, mission presidencies, and stake presidencies that act as "farm teams" for the Q12. These days it'd be unheard of for someone to be called to the Q12 without progressing through a stake presidency, mission presidency, and one of the 70s quorums first. It takes a long time for men to work their way through that, and it shouldn't come as a surprise that they're older when they reach apostleship. In light of all of that, Elders Bednar and Andersen made it very quick. Maybe a reversing of the trend?
Excellent job.
Is the green line starting at Kimball Elder Oaks?
Kim, yes. The last three green lines are Oaks, Holland, and Bednar.
Steve, that's an excellent point I hadn't though of. It must have taken a while for the Church to have lots of members to draw experienced members from for the Quorum. Even more recently, though, the requirement of having lots of church service under one's belt seems to have increased–wasn't President Kimball called to the Quorum after having been no more than a stake president, for example? But recent new Quorum members have, as you pointed out, all come from the Seventy or have experience running Church universities.
Thanks, jeans and SW Clark. And thanks for the ideas for further things to look at! If I can put the stuff together I can do a follow-up post.
A fine job, Ziff!
Actually, a quarter of current apostles (Oaks, Nelson, Bednar) were called directly into the 12 without having previously been general authorities. I think Dallin Oaks was a regional representative, but I don't know that he had much other notable ecclesiastical experience.
Good point, Left Field. I had forgotten about Elder Nelson. But I do wonder if the experience of Elders Oaks, Bednar (and for that matter, Holland) in running Church schools don't count for some kind of prep work like serving in the Seventy.
Elder Nelson is indeed an interesting case, since his highest Church calling was Stake President. While pioneer family and other personal connections determined leadership more in the past, I wonder if he might be one of the last obvious cases of this as a growing Church requires a more extensive (and ostensibly meritorious) farm system.
It seems notable that having "only" been a stake president (though quite accomplished elsewhere), Nelson was called by the prophet who himself had come in as "only" a stake president previously. While Nelson very obviously came in because of his service as Pres. Kimball's physician, Kimball's own history might have led him to see potential in this attendant that others wouldn't have.
I think the comment about life expectancy is really important to consider. Ziff, is that something you could factor in on another analysis?
I can't get my head around how you'd represent this statistically vis-a-vis the other data, but somewhere in my head I'm thinking that the size of the Church has an impact, too — the larger the church, the more possible it is to have more people with more church experience. The group from which the leaders are chosen varied significantly over time. There were fewer people to choose from originally, when the Church was still young. It was young and its people were relatively younger (again life expectancy surely comes into play).
If I remember correctly, Elder Nelson also served as general Sunday School president, back before that calling was assigned to general authorities.
Ziff, just a comment about your figure: I did not need the legend at all. Perfectly comprehensible on its own. Wow. You have some serious talent. So, yeah, no worries about it being too busy.
Thanks, Brian. That's very kind of you to say.
Behold the work of the mighty Ziff!
I do not have much to add but I am very impressed with some of the recent posts on ZD. You are taking it to a new level.
Seriously great post. I like the artistic aspect of the graph. It reminds me of rain
Thanks Ben, E, bbell, and Jessawhy.
bbell, regarding our new level, we've actually been joking with each other about how we've put up so many posts (for us) recently that it will only frustrate anyone who reads us further when we drop back to our usual one every week to ten days.
Jess, thanks, I hadn't noticed it, but this graph does have an interesting look to it that most of my graphs lack.
Merely because I just posted this at millennialstar.org:
In order of seniority: (From the Religion 341/342/343 Institute Manual, and Wikipedia)
Elder Monson, b. 1927.
Elder Packer, b. 1924.
Elder Perry, b. 1922.
Elder Nelson, b. 1924.
Elder Oaks, b. 1932.
Elder Ballard, b. 1928.
Elder Scott, b. 1928.
Elder Hales, b. 1932.
Elder Holland, b. 1940.
Elder Eyring, b. 1933.
Elder Uchtdorf, b. 1940.
Elder Bednar, b. 1952.
Elder Cook, b. 1940.
Elder Christofferson, b. 1945.
Elder Andersen, b. 1951.
I think the old guys look younger to us now because we're getting older and old is relative.
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another cat in - er - out of the bag
As can be read here and here, Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire RuleBurst Holdings Limited, the parent company of Haley Limited (Haley) on October 29th 2008.
For Siebel CRM developers working with Siebel 8.0, Haley is no stranger. Since 8.0, Siebel CRM sports the Business Rules engine together with the Haley Authority to implement centralized business rules in what they call "natural" english.
It has been a controversial feature ever since it was released, and this acquisition will certainly fuel the discussions again. Too early to say what role the Haley engine will play in Oracle Applications, but my personal opinion is that it will not be a minor one.
[Update 1]: A presentation is available on the deal, giving an idea of the emphasis on governmental, financial and insurance projects.
[Update 2]: RuleBurst of Australia acquired Haley Systems in 2007 and kept the Haley name. The RuleBurst flagship product is now called Haley Office Rules, while the original Haley product we (Siebel people) all know as Haley Authority is now called Haley Expert Rules. For those who are only familiar with Haley Authority - as integrated with Siebel CRM 8.0 - the Haley Office Rules product is much more powerful than the Haley Expert Rules. E.g. you can simply copy and paste a policy document, adjust the verbiage and model your rules.
Many thanks to Brian for this information.


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Summing up, IprediaOS Live Desktop is a pretty standard "Fedora with GNOME" distribution of Linux, except for the fact that it includes less applications, but implements support for the I2P anonymous peer-to-peer (P2P) distributed communication layer, which is used to keep your anonymity online when surfing the Internet.
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Why do Research
Business decisions have to be made on a day to day basis. Sometimes the course of action is obvious and no sleep is lost in the decision making process. At other times however, many hours are spent debating the pros and cons of the various choices and no matter how hard you look, it is a hard to make the call. Unfortunately most decisions have some sort of risk attached to them. The good news is that the more information you have, the lower the risk.
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Without doubt, information used in the right way is a powerful marketing tool. Accurate, relevant information can create competitive advantage. It helps marketers make better decisions. But beware, the corollary is also true: inaccurate, irrelevant information is dangerous.
So information reduces risk but costs time and money. Consider whether the information is worth more than it costs? How important are the decisions which it will affect?
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Keep in mind that it took you 9 months to gain the weight so give yourself some slack.. it's only been 4 weeks and you're half way there!
My plan is to join weight watchers when I'm 6 weeks PP. I've started walking 3 to 4 times a week and will pick up on the exercise when I get the ok from my doctor.
I know it's hard but try to be patient. Eat healthy and don't weigh yourself too often. I had huge drops after DsS1, 30+ pounds right after birth then nothing for a month then 5+ then nothing for a couple weeks then another 5-10. Your body is adjusting and needs to accept that its okay to let go of the weight.
Also, if you're breastfeeding that can make weight loss a little wacky. Your body is balancing a lot of things and trying to make sure you won't starve or starve the baby. It's frustrating but it takes time.
Yes, also keep in mind not everyone loses weight while breastfeeding. With my first, I lost 30 pounds fast- and then the last 15-20 did not come off until I stopped breastfeeding and then took another couple of months. I was so stressed out because I tried everything and everyone says you lose weight breastfeeding but there are those of us whose bodies hold onto some in order to make enough milk. Eventually your body will go back to normal- just on its own timetable!!


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QUESTION: I live in northeast Texas and this year saw triplet fawns for the first time. How often does this occur? The doe that had them is a 4 years old and has had twins the past two years. This is in the wild — no high fence, just a lot of year-round trail camera photos. — Kyle
ANSWER: Triplet fawns in wild, free-ranging deer are uncommon to rare. The number of fawns per doe can vary based on several variables, not the least of which are age and nutrition. In her first year as a mother, a doe will typically have one fawn, though on rare occasions she might have two. Most does don't breed until 1.5 years of age, but some doe fawns are bred in their first fall, especially in exceptionally good habitat. The average for adult does is just under two fawns. Most will have two, but some will only have one, which brings the average down slightly.
It's difficult to say just how rare triplet fawns are, although one Texas Parks and Wildlife Department study puts the occurrence at less than 2 percent. The determining factor as to why they occurred in your area might very well be the protein feeding and year-round food plots you mentioned in your letter. Proper nutrition, especially year-round nutrition, is a key factor of deer productivity. Keep up the good work, and your deer will, too.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Courageous - A Review
Courageous is a movie about fatherhood. It is the latest project from Sherwood Pictures, which is a part of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. I know that many disagree with me on this, but I found Sherwood's movie Fireproof (the last movie from them I viewed) barely watchable, even though it had a great message. I believe a good movie is a work of art. As a form of art, I hold artistic merits of a movie to a high standard. The message is important, but so is the writing, directing, production value, etc. If other aspects of the movie are lacking, then the message is diluted or virtually lost.
A few months ago I had a disagreement about this issue with some good friends. They got upset at me because I was critical of the feelgood Christian movies that have little artistic merit (bad acting, writing, etc). They thought the message was most important. I understand their argument, especially in light of the trash that Hollywood makes, but disagree that Christians need to settle for a lower form or movie art.
To tell the truth, I had no plans on watching Courageous. But, then I was sent the DVD for free in order to review it. The good news was, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The bad news, it was still below average.
After a tragedy to one of the main characters' family, one man decides to challenge himself to stand up for God and his family by being a good husband and father. His friends follow his lead. While the message about fatherhood is desperately needed in our society, the movie becomes too preachy about it as well as being too sentimental. Yet, I applaud the movie-makers for taking on an issue that is all too forgotten in our culture - the vital role that good fathers play in their children's lives.
The acting, writing, editing, etc. in Courageous was much better than Fireproof, but that isn't saying much. I know that the actors (and many others) are volunteers, but I don't understand why. I can't help but wonder how much better could the movie have been if the whole thing were done in collaboration with movie professionals? What would it hurt to have someone take a look at the script, edit out 45 minutes (it was WAY too long), work on lighting, etc.
If the goal of this film is to help recapture good fathers and husbands in our culture, then we need to speak to the culture. A church-going Christian man may be challenged by this movie, but I don't see this movie appealing to the guy who isn't going to church regularly. In my book, that means the movie doesn't measure up to being a good Christian movie. To be a good Christian movie, it has to reach others where they are. But, this one is too preachy and too heavy-handed with the Jesus talk. A good Christian movie, in my opinion, should have both a good message and more than just a message, but should be for all.
All in all, the movie was better than I expected but still a big disappointment. Do I recommend it? It depends. If you are someone who cares more about the message than the artistic merit, then I recommend it to you. If you are like me, don't watch it.
5 comments:
- Lindsay said...
I definitely see your point, Marcel. This reminds me of the recent flare-up against Christian music. The crux of that criticism seemed to be that most Christian music is superficial, so it's not worth listening to. I agree; one can only get so far with Point of Grace and Steven Curtis Chapman, and all Casting Crowns songs (including the same-named one created for this film) sound the same. I think there are bright spots in the haze, though, and they're worth seeking out. Similarly, Christian films tend to be saccharine, but they're improving. Perhaps reviews like yours will help kick-start that growth.
- cjaubert said...
Wow, Marcel, I really disagree. Frankly, I've loved all four of their movies. The first one - Flywheel - was clearly an amateur production, but, in my view, the message FAR outweighed that. The others have gotten progressively better from an artistic standpoint, and, frankly, I find them pretty good. My only real complaint/concern about these movies is how Protestant they are - "Hey, coach, 20 kids accepted Christ today on the practice field today!!! Praise the Lord!!!"
- Warrant Officer - Texas Army National Guard said...
Agreed,.. My roommate and I went to see it and have similar sentiments
- Casey Truelove said...
I agree. I basically wrote the same type of review when I saw it. Good job, Marcel, for holding Christian art to a higher standard.!
- Chris said...
Marcel, I couldn't agree more that if we want a message to really permeate the society around us, then production value must be on par with what people are used to seeing. I know that resources are precious and it's hard to get funding for films like this, but you can't make something that has all of the technical sophistication of an after school special and expect people to act like it's a real feature film.
Message is always important and I'm glad that films like this get made, but they probably serve as a greater tool to challenge people already engrossed in church life (and thus more likely to tolerate the Christian-cheese in way of production value) than they are to create new converts.
Fireproof had a great message, but I agree, it was almost unwatchable. I laughed out loud at parts that I'm fairly certain were not supposed to be funny.


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Rooms: 468
- Age Group: 41 - 50
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Mature Couple
- Age Group: 26 - 30
- From: United Kingdom
- Traveller type: Relaxation Seeker
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Great hotel, great location, great value!from Ana_NJ
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Recommend canal boat tour. Cudos to the street cleaners.
Superb experience in the Krasnaploskyfrom Chazmundus
Stunning breakfrom A TripAdvisor Member
Birthday treatfrom BOBSAWAY
This Hotel is superb. Staff are very friendly,helpful and efficient.
Room was large (huge bathroom and private roof terrace) clean and beautifully appointed. Room was in the Royal wing and all rooms on the 6 floor have roof terraces. Room rate on door was 450 euros I paid 145 via internet, great value for money. Location could not be better with everything within walking distance and when you have to many shopping bags just pop back to hotel drop them off and back across the road for more spending. The breakfast is optional and at an extra cost of 21 euros may seem rather steep until you see what you get and the lovely room your are in. Champagne, smoked salmon chef to cook your eggs any way you like and a vast array of fruits, breads and hot and cold dishes. The breakfast room is in the old winter garden which is a lovely ornate room with a very relaxed atmosphere You don't need much for lunch after that. I would certainly stay here again
disappointedfrom A TripAdvisor Member
Location is excellent, but I would not have wanted a bedroom facing Dam Square. There is (or was) a fairground there which attracted many revellers until the late hours.
Check-in was fast and efficient but the room initially allocated was the first one from the lift, so we returned to reception and made our views known. Being a seasoned traveller with very specific views on what is and isn't acceptable for a certain price in a particular country, I said I wanted a quieter room, expected them to move our bags and would return in 30 minutes after going for a walk. The check-in agent's "I'll just see if we have any other rooms available" came close to lighting my blue touch paper, but I kept calm. The determination to remain so evaporated instantly when the guy who'd checked us in orginally ten minutes previously apologised and said "sorry, we don't know which rooms are good or bad and the computer just selects them automatically". You don't need to know what happened next, but all credit to the hotel staff for not evicting us immediately. Following our 30 minute walk we returned to find our bags moved to a far more acceptable room, albeit one with something resembling the entrace to a wild-west saloon in the old western movies instead of a toilet door. My wife couldn't face another episode at reception and I reluctantly agreed this was better than the last one and we should make do with it.
I can't comment on the various food outlets in the hotel as their prices were, in my opinion, excessive and the choices within a few hundred yards of the hotel were more than adequate.
During my five-day stay the only thing which gives this hotel anything to commend it was evidently the friendliness and courteousness of the staff. All generally youngsters, they've either been well-picked or well-trained - or perhaps a mixture of both.
Bearing in mind my views are clouded by the initial check-in problems and exhorbitant costs of eating in the hotel, it might be worth other more patient and wealthy readers taking the risk and forming their own opinions.
Will not returnfrom CdnMiss
What a Hotel!!! What a City!!!! What a Country!!!from A TripAdvisor Member
Unfortunately we didn't try the breakfast as we felt we wouldn't get value for money (21 euro for a 7 and a 9 year old we felt was too expensive). However we ate in the lounge one evening and again the staff were very helpful and the fayre was of a very good standard, and not too expensive. Sited in Dam square, you couldn't wish for a better site to explore Amsterdam. As the weather was so hot during our stay we visited the coast on two occasions and found the beaches superb.
Thankyou Holland for a wonderful holiday!!!!
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Bike Helmets are REQUIRED - Head Phones are NOT allowed
The youth tri will be starting around 11:30. The registration tent will be open well before that while the main tri is in progress. So feel free to get there early and watch. The transition area will NOT be open until the main tri is over and cleared out. We are hoping that will be around 11:00.
Thjird Annual St. James Triathlon
This event will take place in beautiful rural St. James, MN on Sunday June, 21st 2015. This triathlon will be geared toward beginner triathletes, but will also be fun for intermediate and veteran participants as well. The bike and run routes will be of traditional sprint course distances with a shorter swim in the St. James Municipal pool, making it more friendly for beginner athletes.
The course will start out with a 175 meter swim in our pool, then transitioning into a 13 mile bike ride, which will take you around some of the beautiful green fields of rural St. James. This course will have a minimal incline for the first quarter of the ride and then will have a gradual decline back into the transition. Overall, it is a pretty flat and fast course. The run is an out and back 5K that will take place on our local bike trail, which follows the St. James Lake. This course is also fairly flat with some gentle inclines and declines. The finish will take place next to the lake and the St. James campground.
This year we will also be introducing our first annual children's triathlon, which will take place after the adult triathlon. The entry fee is $20.00 until May 1st, $25.00 until June 18th and $30.00 on race day. All courses will be an out and back on closed roads which will make it easier for parents and spectators to cheer them on.
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5-7 15 meters 1 mile ¼ mile
8-10 25 meters 2 miles ½ mile
11-12 50 meters 4 miles 1 mile
13-14 50 meters 4 miles 1 mile
The individual entry fee is $40.00 until May 1st and $50.00 until June 18th which is when Registration will close. Registration the day of the race will be $60.00. If you feel you would like to participate but do not know if you can do it alone then we encourage you to form a team of 3 members. Team registration is $70.00 until May 1st, $80.00 until June 18th and registration the day of the race will be $90.00.
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