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Bob Goodsell (left) finds that his military career has its ups and downs
as Chuck Haaland chews him out in preparation for tonight/s MOO,DS
Here's one
for the old
photo album
by Tim Leafblad
If you can identify with the feelings
of loneliness, sadness, joy, excitement,
peace or love you can identify with
this year's Moods program, "Photo Album.
" Moods is not a talent show or
a variety show, but rather is the expression
of various moods through acts of
music, drama, audio-visual, and comedy.
Each of these portrays its mood in
a unique and definitive way. We hope
that you can be there when the program
begins at 8 p.m. tonight. Tickets
are available :it the Campus Coordinator's
office or at the door.
This year's highlights are entitled,
"Reflections," "Warmth," "Impressions,"
"Classics," "Smiles," "Profiles,"
"Anticipation," "Relics," "Epitaph,"
"Dreams," and "Harmony."
Starvation: what we can do about it
One-fifth of the people in this world are starving to
death. Faces of emaciated children suffering from malnutrition
glare at us ' from our television sets and the pages
of our newspapers and magazines. We feel sickened at the'
sight of this, but feel our interest drawn back to the problem
again and again. What can we do about it?
The irony is this: we hear every day about people whose
life expectancy is shortened due to lack of food, while here
in the United States, seven million people can expect a shorter
life because they eat too much (U.S. News and World Re·
port, July 22, 1974).
Everyone has heard the figures. With six percent of the
world's population we use 30 percent of its limited resources.
True, we probably feed 25 percent of the world's people,
(National Review, November 11, 1974); and we gave away
$3 million in free food last year. (That was 84 percent of
all food given away by developed nations.) BUT in 1963
we gave away over $18 million worth of food (U.'S. News,
December 16, 1974). Each year as inflation has risen and
our population increased, the United States has given away
less and less.
Now the food experts have come back to the theory of
19th Century thinker Malthus - the earth can only support
a limited amount of people and that limit may have already
been reached. Though birth rates are steadily decreasing,
effective world-wide birth control is not yet a reality. Even
if it were, this would not solve the problem of widespread,
famine, such as exists in Africa today and occurs frequently
all over the world. Somewhere, somehow, we need to establish
a food surplus from which the entire world may draw in
According to experts, such as British economist Barbara
Ward ('U.S. News, December 16, 1974) the largest problem
lies in consumption patterns, particularly in high consumption
nations such as the United States.
For example, American diets are heavily laden with beef
and other meats. But to produce one pound of American
beef protein it takes 21 pounds of grain protein (PRE·
VENTION, February, 1975). For 'everyone American fed
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on beef, seven other people could be fed on grain (SCIENCE,
May 3, 1974).
In the United States and Canada the per capita grain
consumption is one ton per year. Two-hundred pounds of this
goes toward the production of bread and pastries but the large
portion of it supplies the raw materials for livestock products
such as meat, milk and eggs (Saturday Review World,
December 1, 1964).
Nutritionists report that the body can use efficiently no
more than three ounces of meat protein in 24 hours. Yet
the average American eats three times that amount on an
annual basis (and probably actually excretes the rest).
Scientists have even linked excessive meat eating to heart
disease and cancer.
To support a meat diet such as Americans eat, valuable
farmland is also wasted. The acreage needed to feed one
American is five times that needed to feed an Indian,
Nigerian or Columbian.
To alleviate the world food shortage and distribute food
resources more equitably, it seems to us that action must
be taken in four areas:
First, effective birth control must be obtained for the
Whole world and all nations must work to achieve zero
population growth.
Second, land which is as yet unused could be tilled in
such countries as Brazil and we can work toward stopping
war in such countries as Cambodia so their peoples can
return to self-sufficient agriculture.
Third, Americans and people in other developed nations
can contribute individually to organizations like Care and
World Vision which distribute food efficiently.
But last and probably most important, we Americans
can change our eating habits. In the long run, Americans
who eat more vegetables, fruits and grains such as rice
may be saving not only the world, but themselves as
It just makes sense.
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Shelley announces IIbowl of ricell plan
"Most of the world gets by on a
daily bowl of rice for food, and we
think offering this 'alternative menu'
to Bethel students once a week may
bring that fact closer to home," said
Marshall Shelley, Student Association
The "alternative menu" of which he
speaks is an unadorned bowl of rice
which will be offered through the Bethel
Food Service every Thursday night, beginning
March 13. Students who choose
this menu, at $1 per bowl, will be contributin.
g directly (through the Student
Association) to the World Relief Commission,
and indirectly toward feeding
the hungry in other lands. . "'
Shelley explained he is hopeful that
peer pressure may encourage many students
to participate in the program. "If
a student with a full meal sits down
at a table where all his friends are
eating rice, he may think twice the
next Thursday when he comes through
the food line," he remarked.
The "alternative menu" was the brainchild
of Bethel senior Larry Herzberger
(instigator of the recent F~under's Week
flyer). His original proposal was submitted
to several Bethel administrators and
faculty members before it was given
into the hands of the Student S~nate
for action. Among the endorsers were
Dean Dwight Jessup, Dr. Phil Carlson,
Food Service Co-Manager Wayne
Erikson and Dave Perry.
HerzbergE7r hopes the program will accomplish
two major purposes.
"First, it enables the individual student
and Bethel collectively to contribute to
the poor and hungry," reads the proposal.
"Second, it enables each contributer
to identify with those needy by
eating what most of the world eats every
day. Together, this gives the person a
sense of accomplishment: He can do
something to alleviate suffering. Finally,
he can have an effect on his fellow
students. The friend sitting next to him
can s~e that for the sake of others
a sacrifice has been made."
According to Association . President
Shelley, response so far to the idea
has been -good. "I was very pleased
by the cooperation we received from
the Business Office in working this out.
Now we'll be interested to see how the
students respond when given the chance
to contribute to the world's needy on
a regular basis," he said.
"The friend sitting
next to him can
see that for the
sake of others
a sacrifice has
been made."
The World Relief Commission is the
project of . the National Association of
Evangelicals. In the past the Commission
has organized relief efforts for the
Honduras and parts of Africa. The Public
Activities Committee of the Student
Association has contributed to the Commission
through several of its projects,
particularly P;l'oject Fifi.
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participants. The entire philosophy of required P.E. (which,
by the way, is an idea we do not support) is that it will
further participation in physical activity. It is difficult for a
student to participate in sports that he (she) was exposed
to in P.E. without a quality 1M program.
Athletic prior1ities are misplaced
Dear Editor:
The Intramural Program is frequently criticized for its
lack of dependable management and its erratic scheduling
of activities. Usually, the 1M directors, Paul Reasoner and
Dan Swanson, are the brunt ' of this criticism. We feel that
these complaints, however ' justified, should not be aimed at
Reasoner and Swanson. The onus of the blame lies With the
. Bethel Athletic Department and its seemingly misplaced
As a school striving for recognition in the outside community,
it is considered imperative by the institution to
develop an array of athletic teams competitive with teams
of similar institutions. We agree with this idea, but not
at the expense of the general student population. Far more
students participate at the intramural level than within the
varsity sports struture, yet it seems that any school sponsored
practice or game takes precedence over scheduled Intramural
activities. It is assumed, in many cases, that the
1M schedule can be modified to adjust to any change in
the Athletic Department schedule. '
The question here seems to be whether our tuition
money is for the purpose of our being spectators or our being
So as not to be mere critics, we have three suggestions
. 1. The 1M program should be given high priority in the
scheduling and usage of the gym.
2. Nights should be established which are devoted exclusively
to the 1M program and its student participation.
3. The 1M Department should receive a greater portion
of the Athletic Department financial pie.
A possibility to be considered in this new emphasis on
Intramurals would be the channeling of our tuition dollars
away from the required P.E. program to an expanded Intramural
We do feel that organized sports at the intercollegiate
level definitely has a place here at Bethel. But there must
be a balance between organized intercollegiate sports and an
intramural program serving the interests of the genera}
student population.
Mark Troxel
Bill Trollinger
John Greenwood
more letters
Let1s remember the, swell p'eople
Dear Editor:
I might have put it off longer,. but this month's Standard
has forced me to climb upon my soapbox and blow my own
bubbles. Too long, I have been willing to curl up in the cor- '
ner and watch the superior race take the stand,. I am speaking
about the wonderful people. The wonderful individuals are
manifested in many ways. The Standard's layout of Bethel
students is a major case of chauvinistic wonderfulism. Of
course, there are . also wonderful jocks and wonderful student
leaders and wonderful people on the Dean's List. In
and of themselves, there is nothing wrong with wonderful
people, but to be perfectly honest, I am sick and tired
of hearing about wonderfulness. Most of us are not wonderful.
We are merely swell people. But without swell people,
wonderful would not be wonderful. Without us the leaders
would have no one to lead, the Dean's kids would only be
as smart as the next person and the athletes would have
no one to keep score. Wonderful cannot exist without swell
anymore than Edgren Dorm council could exist without their
Cub Scout Handbook. Most of the world is swell! So how
about honoring those who just get their homework in, or
smile a lot or press their socks? Swell people don't want
recognition, they would just like to be remembered. So
tonight, when you wonderful people go to bed, just sit for
a moment and smile and say thank you swell people -
you've made me what I am today.
Bryan Anderson
(One pf the Swell Crowd)
Editor's note: At the risk of forcing IBryan to be wonderful
himself, we coerced him into signing his name. Our policy
dictates _ that we simply can't publish anonymous letters,
and after we laid eyes on this we just had to print it.
Thanks, Bryan. You're really swell.
Request made for coverage
Dear Editor:
Last year the Clarion surveyed students to ask what they
expected of the Clarion. One of the answers was a request
to know about outside events, to let students know what
is going on. The Clarion of last year seemed to consider
such advice helpful, and I personally thought the paper was
very interesting. This year the Clarion has not seemed to '
pay as much attention to the general need for Bethel
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students to have some orientation outside of Bethel as well
as inside. Perhaps you would consider this, and make the
Clarion a bit more valuable to its readers.
Kaye Thompson
Editor's note: Your point is well taken, Kaye. Last semester
we endeavored to include in each issue an expanded "Clarion
Briefs" column to let students know what was going on
off campus. The individual who did the column for us has
since left our staff, but the "Briefs" will be going strong
again next week. In future issues we hope to have more
features such as that on the Minneapolis Housing Authority
(January 17) to inform students better as to what is
REALLY happening on the outside. If you or anyone else
has a tip for us as to wbat's happening around, please\
let us know. We always consider advice helpful.
Pastor search is!
on til March 15
The Campus Pastor Search Committee is pulling it all
together beginning next week, as it starts to review applications
for that post.
"We've received lots of good referrals," said Mack Nettleton,
director of Student Affairs and Committee member.
"Beginning March 15 we'll be looking at individual refer:"
rals and schedule interviews with these people. I'm really
impressed with the credentials of some of the people who have
Students or faculty memb,ers who would like to submit
a further name for referral to the Committee are asked to
submit that name before March 15. The prospective campus
pastor should satisfy the following criteria:
I. Style of Ministry
A. Should be an effective preacher and be able to
program and lead the daily chapel services.
B. Should effectively promote other worship experiences,
such, as small group studies, services and prayer
C. Should be an effective personal spiritual counselor.
D. Should be able to relate to college students in informal
as well as formal settings.
E. Should be able to foster interest in and promote
opportunities for Christian service and evangelistic
activities for students.
F. Should be able to work closely with the Baptist
continued on page eight
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The' Buckley Amendment
File-opening bill now (yawn) legal--
by Steve Harris
The Buckley Amendment, a law hailed
by some civil rights groups as "a great
step forward in the cause of student
rights," has been nonchalantly ho-hummed
by the Bethel College student body.
The Amendment, a December revision,
allows students over 18 years old to
inspect their school records. The sponsors
of the Amendment, Senators James
Buckley and Claiborne Pell, sought to
Clarify these records as " ... educational
records ... (which) contain information
directly related to a student." For students
under 18 years old, permISSIon
is given to their parents to inspect the
What types of information are contained
in school files? In high schools,
that might include grade transcripts, attendance
data, test scores, aptitude and
psychological tests, teacher and counselling
observations, and personal background
information. In most colleges,
however, there is less material involved,
which may explain the lack of interest
among Bethel students.
"There is nothing
in there that
would embarrass
somebody if someone
else saw it." .
"There just isn't that much in our
records which is 'controversial,'" says
Claire Kolmodin, who has charge of student
files in Bethel's Registrar Office.
"There is nothing in there that would
embarrass somebody if someone else saw
it. I would think more 'interesting' material
could be found in a student's high
school file."
According to the amendment, the following
materials are excluded from the
records: personal notes of teachers',
supervisors, and administrators which
are retained in their possession, and
in the case of postsecondary (college)
students, medical and psychiatric records.
Notice is to be given annually
to parents and eligible students about
the types of student education records and then do so. To file a complaint,
which the school has in its possession, students may write to:
as well as the procedure for reviewing
"The one thing we are not allowing
students to see," added Claire, "is reference
letters. It hasn't been decided
whether or not they fall under the Amendment,
because in some spots it's
really vague and ambiguous."
One of the law's provisions has indirectly
affected Bethel students already. t
Freshmen used to have their grades
sent home to their parents by mail.
Because of the law, which prohibits the
release of any part of a student's file
without his permission, that practice has
been cancelled.
According to the Bethel Registrar Office,
only two people have asked to
examine their files, one of them being
the author of this article for research
purposes. A sampling of the material
included in that file included high school
and college transcripts, test seores, correspondence,
and form letters. Little of
it, except for a previously hidden high Claire Kolmodin
school IQ rating, was revealing.
"In the future," states a report by
Bethel Dean Dwight Jessup, "any application
(by Bethel) for federal funds
from the Office of Education will require
an assurance that Bethel is complying
with the Buckley Amendment."
If student response so far is any indication,
that assurance should be very
easy to give.
Students who request to see their records
and are refused (or if parts of
their records are being withheld from
them) should inform the administration
that they intend to file a complaint,
Mr. Thomas S. McFee
Assistant Secretary for Management
Planning and Technology
HEW North Building, Room 5660
330 Independence Avenue, S.W.
,Washington, DC 20201
Undoubtedly, loopholes will be found
in the Amendment by administrators.
For example, it may be possible for
schools to use material concerning students
to make decisions concerning them,
and not incorporate that information into
a student's official file. These cases can
be challenged in the courts and probably
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As we go through our days ' together in a college-community
probably the best benefit to our growth arid continuing
well-being is meeting people who will be our friends
for the rest of our lives. It also might be within God's
plan for us to meet a person who we feel we should marry
and establish a home. No other place could be better suited
for such 'a discovery. However, we feel the present concern
to comment on this sensitive issue.
Just this week we discussed a present trend of "couple
exclusivism" wi~ a fellow sister. Sh~ expressed her concern
in this way. "I don't think you should be so involved with
your own little world that you become insensitive to your
other friends or people around you. Isn't it with reaching out
and sharing, and giving, that we truly gain? I think someone
very close and dear to us said that in somewhat the
same manner." She could see the necessity of cultivating
a diversity of relationships exclusive to no one. As soon
as our fellowship is closed to other brothers and sisters and
more time is spent with one particular member in the
fellowship, we see the need of those individuals to continue
to be sensitive to others in their immediate community.
We must admit that we are at different stages of
maturity in our relationships with 'each other. Some are
asking the question, "Who am I?", and thus are not pre·
pared yet to share themselves openly with one individual.
Others are maturing in the realm of brother· sister relation·
ships and thus moving toward the preparation of themselves
for a marriage relationship, but one cannot move toward
a. mature marriage relationship until both partners know who
they are individuallY,and both understand what brother· sister
relationships are all about - first! There is no room for
the "Marriage Hame" in a Christian community. "·
Maybe you can think of individuals who you know that
cannot go or do anything without that "special" guy .or
girl. We believe that God has placed people around us who
He would ' like to influence through our individual witness.
We need e~ch other to keep each other "i~ check." Some-
. times our views are short-sighted and we need some one to
give us a more objective account of where we really stand.
A room ate or suitemate could help considerably to keep us
in a more balan~ed view of our relationships, if 'we would
only ask.
This time of our lives is one of transition for all of
us. We should be open to God for any outcome after our
brief stay together. If there exists a time clock slowly
ticking away in the back of our minds, life could be hectic
and disappointing. But if we are concerned to cultivate lifetime
friendships then couple exclusivism will turn into corporate
fellowship. Keeping one another "in check" will help
us be more like Christ and will help us bear one another
up in love to , be stronger witnesses for Him. It is possible .
to leave Bethel a single adult, but let's hope that no " one
leaves Bethel without maturing individually and together a~
brothers and sisters. If there ' is any pressure to be exerted
let us pressure one another to love and good works. Let'~
find a balance between benefiting .from the diversity of
community and benefiting from the. possible cultivation of a
life-time inseparable union.
Goodell 'tosses out ideas
to Anthro class questions
by Gloria Jackson
A spontaneous question and answer period was held with
John Goodell, recent convocation speaker, in Tom Correll's
Development of Man class. Mr. Goodell returned to Bethel
to talk with students about human potential and to share some
of his views on child development.
Mr. Goodell is. design engineer, inventor, industrial film
maker, and producer of the documentary "Always a New
Begi~ing." His beliefs about deprived human potential beginning
from birth led him to travel in 26 different coun-
, tries to study children in differing environments. The following
are some of the questions students and faculty asked.
Q: What should we do about our defective gene pool?
A: "I believe that even thougp someone carries defective
genes it does not mean that he has nothing to offer. He
may have something very important to offer to the world.
, "I am opposed to a1?ortion. I believe that life begins at
the moment of conception. If we can't solve our population
problem in some other way, there is something wrong."
Q: In chapel on Monday you told us to go on dreaming
dreams. Would you elaborate on this?
A: "At around your age, from 14 to 20 years old, young
people think about revolutionary ideas to change and better
the world. Most people forget those dreams in their struggle
for personal survival.
"Dreaming is imagining. When we brainstorm collectively-
we toss out ideas that are totally unexpected. A new Jdea
is triggered off by what someone else says. The technology
might have been available for 25 years, but no one thought
of the invention. This is so because we are so tied by
tradition. For example, the first automobiles had a place
for the buggy whip.
"Dreaming is a valuable"· thing. It triggers creativity.
Creativity takes place when you go off in a corner and
'squeeze' your brain. You think you have come up with
every possibility when someone else comes along to trigger
another thought.
"I S:lon't believe that there is an adult alive who can solve
our problems, but I think that children will solve the problems-
you and your children."
Q: What 'can we do to make the world better?
A: "We can do little things. They all contribute. We can
vote for the right people, fight against pollution, and turn off
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Ko-evil bored
by Wayne Pauluk
Many people have drawings, photographs
or short short-storiesthey want
to put in Coeval. Until now, our limited
space and non-existent budget made this
impossible ..
To solve this problem, we have created
the Coeval Board, (actually a collection
of cork squares). It will be on the
wall across from Dr. Rainbow's office.
We will take any work that could
be hung up. These can be put in P.O.
645 or brought to the Coeval office by
the boiler room. Everything will be displayed
for a few weeks and then returned,
so please include your P.O. number
with the work.
The Elections Committee of the Student
Association would like to announce
that more applications are needed for
Senate positions, and that applications
for those positi~ns will be extended until
Friday, March 14.
The positions which are open are the
following: one senior seat, two sophomore
seats, four freshman positions and five
at-large positions.
General election dates are set for
March 19 and 20. Candidates will address
Sh'errie D:o,w performs
se1ni1or pi,ono re1cital
Sherrie Dow from Sunnyside, Washington,
will be presenting her senior recital
Saturdar evening, March 8 at 8
p.m. in the Bethel Seminary chapel.
Sherrie is a senior music major and
is studying with Dr. Howell. She will
be assisted by Mary Beth Jefferson,
Rebecca Rollins, Debbie Van Loon and
Gary Anderson. Program selections , include
Prelude and Fugue in C Major
by Johann Sebastian Bach, excerpts from
Children's Corner by Claude-Achille Debussy
and Adagio Movement from Trio
in A minor for Piano, Clarinet and Vi.
oloncello by J <;>hannes Brahms. The Music
Department extends an invitation to
the Bethel Community to attend this
recital and the reception following. There
is no admission.
the stUdent body on Monday during theChapel
time. ,
All requests f*or m*o n*ey from the Stu-dent
Association General fund must be
in the Student Association Office no later
than March 15.
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Devil re,vealed
in 'Scre,wta'pe'
by Mary Norton
"I came into the play almost not believing
in the devil. Now I believe that
he is real, but I'm not afraid." Karl
Schafer, senior drama major, talked about
how the cast of "Screwtape" learned
to overcome the devil.
Two weeks ago those of us who were
fortunate enough to get a ticket before
"Screwtape" was sold out, witnessed a
new experience in Bethel drama. Never
before had the devil been deliberately
portrayed and mocked on the stage of
Bethel theatre.
Reaction to this production ranged
from complaints to compliments. "There
was too much yelling," said one student.
"Yet, I found the situations represented
in "Screwtape" very relevant and mean~
ingful to my Christian life."
Karl answered some of the questions
concerning the problems and triumphs
encountered in "Screwtape." During and
between rehearsals several incidents ,of
nightmares and other troubles were reported
by cast members. Karl developed
laryngitis and sensed, as did the other
thespians, that it might have something
to do with the cast's daily encounters
with the devil and their attempts to
make fun of him. These problems were
brought up and, for the most part, open(
y discussed between cast members. Karl
said, "It was a unifying experience. We
were all working against the same thing.
What we talked about on stage we experienced
in real life."
After cast members had told other
students 'and professors about the problems
they were having, a wave of prayer
support gave strength to the cast. Karl
said that the prayers of the Bethel community
"backed' both practices and performances
in a unique way."
Mike Stair, the guest director for
"Screwtape," gave general information
about demon' possession to the cast and
grounded it in scripture. "That made
us reverent," said Karl, "knowing we
had to be careful in portraying possessed
In building his character, an ostensibly
"good" devil, Karl found a new challenge.
"Demons can possess very lovable
and innocent forms. That's what
I was trying to show." Karl felt that
this character of Wormwood, "didn't frighten
us and that's what we need to
be aware of. The devil is subtler than
we give him credit for."
continued on page nine
'Do not forget the dreams you have now I
continued from page six
the television at the right time: The power of the people
is tremendous. It is our responsibility to think about our
"Whether you like it or not, you are citizens of the
world. You may have to forsake the sovereignty of a country,
but it is necessary for the good of the world. We need
a community that loves man - man not defined by ethnic
"This will come about by people in ceFtain environments.
People are the way they are because of their environment.
The differing traits will disappear if we go on as we are.
Babies are much more alike than different. People are more
similar than different. I have tremendous faith in the power
of the people of the world."
'Q: Mr. 'Goodell, you said tbat tbe first four years of a
child's life were important. What precautions can we as
future parents take? -
A : "I would not allow my wife to' smoke, to take
aspirin or other drugs that are not absO'lutely necessary.
I would have her be vetY careful, especially during the
first month of pregnancy. I would insist on fetal monitoring.
I would persuade her to' use natural childbirth if possible
and avoid the use of anesthetics.
"I would be there when the child was born. Contact
with the child at birth is important in view of relationships
'Roshi' revelals life, death
_to Wo/rld Religions cla:ss
Dainin Katagiri, the head priest or "roshi," of the Minnesota
Zen Meditation Center, was a guest at Bethel last
week, lecturing to the World Religions class taught by Dr.
Al Glen. Katagiri, who was the recent subject of a Min·
neapolis 'Star feature article, shared with the class his ideas
of the "enlightenment" or "sa tori" experience of Buddhism.
He also offered his thoughts on a variety of other subjects.
On Life: "Life is like a centralized spinning top,
harmoniously balanced between the centrifugal and centripedal
forces ... we need the -harmonious unity of those
forces .. You cannot separate sp~ritual form of life from the
physical side of life."
On Meditation: "The mind is a very busy thing. As you sit
quietly in "zazen" (meditation), thoughts of the past and
present constantly come into your mind. These thoughts, or
pictures, are like bubbles of the past and present; we must
allow them to rise naturally and disappear. We must nDt
wrestle with them. We must Mt them go."
On After·life: "There may be life after death, no one knows.
I am not sure."
On The Existence of God: "It is natural in the human
way to try and find the source of all things but in Buddhism
th~re is no begipning, rather there is beginningless-ness.'i
On The "Peaceful Life": "The peaceful life allows you to
live in the present steadily and constantly. We can live
moment by moment in the here-ness of life."
On 'Buddhism: "All is Buddha, but it is not pantheism.
Neither is it theism. It is beyond that."
between 'father and child in the future. I would make sure
that the child is brain damaged as, little as possible.
"As far as the first four years of the child's life, I
would expose the child to lots of opportunities to be interested
in lots of things. Don't push a child. I would have
lots of musical instruments and toys ip shapes, colors,
and sizes. The child would be encouraged to creep and
crawl as soon as possible."
Q :, What type of discipline would you: use?
A: "I would like to' use a great deal of judgment.
I would try to say yes, but when I say no ~ stick to it
unless I'm wrong. Trying to be as completely honest with
the child, I would try to' change my attitudes. I want to be
careful not to use discipline to' feed my egO'.
"I want to spend a great deal of time at the child's
level. Have you ever gotten down on the floor and looked
up at someone? They look awfully big."
Q: What is the most important thing you would like to
tell us?
A: "Do not forget the dreams you have now. They are
the best dreams you will ever have.
"The best way to' learn anything is to' teach it. If you
really want to' know something, you go to the top man
in the field to find out. If you don't understand something,
learn where to gO' to find out what you want to know."
continued from page four
General Conference and also with other churches
interested in Bethel's ministry.'
II. Personal Qualities and Characteristics
A. Enthusiasm for students, Bethel and campus ministries.
B. A personal example of spiritual, intellectual and
social ma turi ty.
C. Personable, friendly, open, willing to' use visibility of
position to' promote a caring community.
D. Flexible in sensing needs of others but firm in
Chr~stian convictions - willing to speak out about
what he believes is wrong.
E. Able to integrate his faith with his intellectual in-sights.
F. Should be of sufficient age to' have acqui~ed maturity
but young enough to relate effectively to' youth.
III. Education and Experience
A. Successful experience in ministering to a wide diversity
of college age students.
B. Evidence of compatability with academic community.
C. Minimum of Master's degree in Theology or its
equivalent. A graduate degree in another academic
discipline to compliment theological education is highly
D. Successful. pastoral experience-ordination preferred.
E. Demonstrated administrative ability. Able to utilize
strengths of others.
The campus pastor position is officially im appointment
by the President, but according to Nettleton, the Committee
(including the President, Dean Dwight Jessup, Student
Association President Marshall Shelley, sophomore Dave
- Johnson and Doc Dalton) would like-to reach a consensus decision
on who to hire.
Women to run
at U of M
i nvit ationa I
Bethel's women's track team placed
in every event entered in its first indoor
meet Saturday at Carleton College. According
to Coach Shirley Dawson, this
year marks the first indoor women's
track season in Minnesota history.
Bobbi Hersch, whose performance was
described by Miss Dawson as potentially
"competitive ... in a state invitational
meet," took first place in the high jump
(4' 6.5") and second in the long jump
(14' 4.5"). In the 60-yard dash, Jenni
Cochrell was first in 7.9 seconds. She
also ran the 280-yard dash in 44.5 seconds,
good for second place.
Linda Johnson was second in the
mile run and Shari Sahlin ran to third
place in the 880-yard run.
The Lady Royals faced Carleton and
St. Olaf College, but no team scores
were recorded. Tomorrow, Miss Dawson
hopes to take "about ten" tracksters
to an invitational at the University of
Minnesota's main fieldhouse, which begins
at noon. The team will also enter
a St. Olaf indoor meet on March 15.
Both women's and men's track
lteams are well into the indoo'r
season, as the women travel to
the U of M tomorrow and the men
face four tough teams at St. Olaf.
Ministry without
is like a body
... S. without food
At Bethel, communicating the
Word of God is mor~ than a
motto - it's the infallible
charter of our faith, the supreme
authority of our teaching, the
heart of our mission to the
Ifthe ministry of the Word is
your life compulsion, you'll
. find the resources at Bethel
to bring this about.
Let's get acquainted!
.. ItlP ' Write to:
Dean Gordon Johnson
Bethel Theological Seminary
3949 Bethel Drive
St. Paul, Minne~ota 55112
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Wo·men cagers
e:n,d seas·o!n 6-4,
led by M ,artin
by 'Gloria Jackson
The Women's Intercollegiate Basketball
team finished their season with two
wins against N ormandale and N orthwestern.
Under the leadership of Coach Shirley
Dawson, the team closed the season
with a 6-4 record.
Consistently high shooter for six games,
freshman Cindy Martin totaled 145 points
for the season followed by Marilyn Luce
with 89 points, Terry Schimbeno with
79 points and Cathy Olson with 75.
Senior Marilyn Luce led the team
with the most rebounds and assists, while
junior Terry Schimbeno made the most
recoveries and steals.
The team .. as a whole made 54 percent
of their free throw attempts, but only
34 percent of their field goal attempts.
The team members are: Marilyn Luce,
Gail Anderson, Jo Watlov, Mary Barnholt,
Cindy Martin, Terry Schimbeno,
Trish Swanson, Sheree Hook, Carla Gustafson,
Cathy Olson, and Mary Lou
The team will lose three seniors: Marilyn
Luce, Mary Barnholt, and Trish
continued from page seven
The most important task the cast faced
was to allow the audience to ha ve a
meaningful experience and learn something
at the same time. What the cast
experienced from the play, according
to Karl, was the Holy Spirit's leading .
"This play wasn't a success for us;
the Lord used it," said Karl. "We gave
it up to Him, put it in His hands,
and He helped us to grow because of
it. Closing night was not an end, but
'a bigger beginning for all involved."
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:45 Ia.m. and 7 p.m.
2120 Lexington Av. N.
(across from Bridgeman's)
Mark Robertson, a 61 511 senior forward
from Worthington, Minnesota, was voted last
week to the AII-Tri-State Conference basketball
team for the second co,nsecutive year. Robertson
- cut from his high school squad as a senior -
led the Bethel Royals in four categories in the
final seaso'n of his college career. He averaged
15 points per game during the 23-game schedule,
while grabbing 160 total rebounds. He sank
72 percent of his free throws (46 for 64) and
finally led the team in recoveries and steals.
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Ro!yals o,utrun SUlperior,
win third stra'ight meet
In the first win ever at Superior, the Royals swept
their third consecutive indoor meet Tuesday, 53-47. "Willy"
Gardner broke the Bethel high jump record of 6' 5" that he
set at Mankato February 25, with a first-place 6' 6.25" leap.
Other first place awards were given to Gene Blair in
the 40-yard dash, Bruce Peterson in the pole vault, John
Selvog in the 40-yard high hurdles, Steve Whittaker in the
mile and 1000-yard run, and the 12-1ap relay team (Blair,
Curt Brown, John Cox, Bill Whittaker).
Beihel tracksters captured first place in nine events last
Tuesday, helping the team top three others in an unofficial
indoor meet at Mankato State College. Three school records
were also broken or tied.
The Royals finished with 86.5 points, ahead of the Mankato
junior varsity squad, 84, Gustavus Adolphus, 43.5, and the
University of Minnesota-Waseca, 28.
Gene Blair tied the Bethel record of 33.6 seconds in the
300-yard dash to take first in that event. "Willy" Gardner
high-jumped to a first place 6'5" while adding one inch
to the old Bethel record of 6'4". In the 176-yard low hurdles,
Scott Anderson shattered the freshman record with a time of
23.3 seconds.
Steve Whittaker, captain and the only senior on the team,
took first place in three events - the mile, the 440- and
880-yard runs. His brother, Bill Whittaker, placed second in
the 600-yard run. .
Dave Clapp finished first in the 1000-yard run and second
in the 880, while fellow cross country runner Jeff Larson
won the two-mile run.
The Royals' two relay teams were also victorious. Scott
Anderson, Gene Blair, Mike Bogard, and Bruce Peterson
combined in the four-lap relay for a time of 1:17.9. The
mile relay team - Gene Blair, John Cox, Bill Whittaker,
Curt Brown - ran to first place in 3 :35.3.
Tomorrow at St. Olaf College Bethel faces St. Olaf,
Augsburg, St. Thomas and Hamline in the fourth of six
meets in the indoor season.
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Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these? (I bet the guys in the Ars Food Court can.)
IBM Corp. plans to announce today that it has built the world's fastest supercomputer at one of its facilities in Rochester, Minn., wresting the title from a system in Japan. Dubbed the Blue Gene/L supercomputer, IBM's new system nudges past a nearly 3-year-old computer speed record of 35.86 "teraflops," or trillions of calculations per second, with a working speed of 36.01 teraflops... The IBM system would mark the first time in three years that the world's fastest supercomputer is located in the United States. The current record-holder, known as the Earth Simulator, is a supercomputer in Yokohama, Japan, designed to simulate earthquakes.
Actually, the main reason I linked up this article was because it contains the reporter-invented nonsense word "pedaflop," which conjures images of some kind of Victorian era Electro-Mechanical Computational Difference Engine powered by thousands of unfortunate colonial subjects on stationary bikes.
In related news, if you haven't checked out Apple's PR article on the Xserve G5-based MACH5 supercomputer, then give it a look. As Eric pointed out, that's a lot of brushed metal. I bet Steve Jobs, who by all accounts is responsible for the travesty that is OS X's brushed metal look, has to wear an adult diaper when he visits it.

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Bury boss Richie Barker has on-loan Hull striker Mark Cullen available for the visit of derby rivals Rochdale.
The rookie frontman has been nursing a tight hamstring but has been passed fit for selection.
Fellow forward Shaun Harrad is set to make his full debut after coming off the bench during last weekend`s 4-0 defeat at Sheffield United.
Defender Mark Hughes and midfielder Steven Schumacher remain sidelined through injury but the Shakers have no suspension concerns as they seek to bounce back from last weekend`s thumping.
Barker said: "What I have told my players now is to compete with the teams that are in our little mini-league. We need to take points from teams around about us in the table now."
Rochdale defender Pim Balkestein is expected to shake off a knock in time for the derby clash.
Balkestein, on loan from Brentford, was forced out of last week's defeat at Stevenage in the closing stages and replaced by Marcus Holness but should be fit to make his fourth consecutive start.
Midfielder Brian Barry-Murphy is hoping to make his first appearance of the season following a knee injury after returning to the bench last week.
Manager Steve Eyre has no new injury or suspension problems but winger Simon Hackney remains sidelined for at least another fortnight due to the abdominal injury that has delayed his start to the season following his summer switch from Colchester.
Eyre is hoping to secure his first league win since replacing former manager Keith Hill in the summer.
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Diary has entries with month and day, no years, in the format
%D_%M.tex but index in wrong order because of wrong sorting and poor filename -format. How should I call my Diary -entries to get them sortable by sort -command (from old to new or the reverse)? The key is radix -sorting, notice this discussion here, but it is still open which one of them. By which Radix -sorting algorithms and when? What are the pros-and-cons?
STOP here if you know sorting -- the following part is for those wanting to reproduce the diary with small working example and intended output
Wrong Output
$ ls Days/ |sort -M 12_4.tex 29_3.tex 3_4.tex
Intended Output
29_3.tex 3_4.tex 12_4.tex
Small example (with wrong sorting -order n.b. the radix -bug)
$ ls Days/ 12_4.tex 29_3.tex 3_4.tex $ cat Makefile .PHONY: all all: days.tex days.tex: $(wildcard Days/*.tex) ls Days/*.tex | awk '{printf "\\input{%s}\n", $$1}' > days.tex $ make; pdflatex diary.tex $ cat diary.tex \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \input{days} \end{document}
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Press Releases
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TFN Publications and Research Library
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TFN Publications & Research
TFN Newsletter Archive
2015 Press Releases
12.10.2015 Faith Leaders Call on Gov. Abbott to Stop Interfering with Women's Freedom to Choose Their Health Care Providers
12.04.2015 Texas Attorney General Slaps Down SBOE Power Grab
11.20.2015 Texas Education Board Rejects Qualifications for Textbook Reviewers
11.18.2015 Texas SBOE Refuses to Tighten Process for Ensuring Accuracy in Textbooks
11.04.2015 Defeat of Houston Equality Ordinance Damages Texas
10.27.2015 TFN Student Activists Join Oct. 29 Voter Turnout Event
10.20.2015 Civil Liberties Groups Warn Against 'Religious Refusal' Laws
10.05.2015 TFN President Responds to News About New Texas Textbook Controversy Over Slavery, Migration
07.31.2015 New Reproductive Justice Health & Justice 'Artivism' Project Launches in Texas
06.18.2015 TFN President Expresses Disappointment in Abbott's SBOE Chair Choice
06.01.2015 Extremists Undermined Chances for Real Progress in Texas Legislative Session
05.28.2015 TFN Hails One-Year Anniversary of Houston Anti-Discrimination Measure
05.07.2015 Texas House to Take Up Indiana-Style Bill Subverting Potential Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage
05.06.2015 New Poll Shows Long List of Proposed Texas Bills Promoting Anti-LGBT Discrimination Contradicts What Voters Want
04.29.2015 Civil Liberties Groups Raise the Alarm on Anti-LGBT Bills in Texas
04.22.2015 Texas Freedom Network Press Statement on House Committee Passage of HB 4105
04.22.2015 New Texas 'Religious Refusals' Bill Opens Door to Discrimination in Health Care, Social Services and More
04.20.2015 TFN President Condemns Texas Senate Passage on Second Reading of Voucher Bill
04.07.2015 Lawmakers, Business and Civil Liberties Leaders Warn Legislature Against Bills Promoting Discrimination against LGBT Texans
04.01.2015 TFN President Condemns Texas Lawmaker for Comparing Anti-LGBT Discrimination Bills to Protecting Jews from Serving Neo-Nazis
03.31.2015 Never Mind Indiana -- Texas Is in Its Own League When It Comes to Anti-LGBT Discrimination Bills This Year
03.26.2015 Voucher Bills Represent Reckless Efforts to Cut Funding to Neighborhood Public Schools
03.25.2015 House Bill 1745 Represents a Legislative Temper Tantrum by Lawmakers Opposed to Freedom to Marry
03.18.2015 Advocates Push for Birth Control Access for Young Parents
03.10.2015 Faith Leaders Launch Campaign to Support Reproductive Justice
03.10.2015 TFN President Applauds Lawmaker's Decision to 'Reconsider Entirely' Proposed HJR 55
02.26.2015 Texans Demand Access to Reproductive Health Care
02.17.2015 Faith Leaders Call for Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Texans
02.12.2015 Trust. Respect. Access.
01.07.2015 At Fifth Circuit Hearing, Groups United in Fight Against HB 2
2014 Press Releases
11.21.2014 Texas State Board of Education Adopts Textbooks with Changes No One Has Vetted
11.18.2014 TFN Statement on Texas Textbook Adoption Public Hearing
11.17.2014 Advocates Applaud Publishers for Removing Climate Change Denialism from Texas Textbooks, Putting Education Ahead of Politics
11.12.2014 Science, Education Advocates Call on Publishers to Remove Climate Change Denialism from New Textbooks
10.28.2014 TFN President Condemns Hateful Mailer in North Texas Senate Race
10.20.2014 Publishers Make Some Corrections, But Problems Remain in Texas Textbook Adoption
10.10.2014 Texas Freedom Network Honors Strong Women Making History at 19th Annual Gala
09.15.2014 Proposed Texas Textbooks Distort Climate Change Facts
09.10.2014 Scholar Reviews Highlight Problems in Proposed Texas Social Studies Textbooks
07.15.2014 SBOE Politics as Usual: Textbook Review Once Again Corrupted by Lack of Expertise
06.30.2014 Supreme Court's Birth Control Decision Redefines Religious Freedom
06.03.2014 Bible Curriculum Backed by Hobby Lobby President Would Lead to Preaching, Not Teaching, in Public Schools
04.11.2014 Texas Freedom Network Statement on SBOE's Action on Ethnic Studies Courses for Public Schools
04.08.2014 Mexican-American Studies Course Would Be an Important Step Toward Teaching the Full History of America
03.25.2014 Allowing Employers to Impose Their Religious Views about Birth Control on Workers Isn't Religious Freedom
02.26.2014 Austin Pastor, TFN Board Member Praises Ruling for Marriage Equality in Texas
01.31.2014 New State Board of Education Textbook Adoption Rules Are a Modest Step in the Right Direction
01.16.2014 TFN President Calls on Education Commissioner to Launch Investigation into Texas Charter School Operator
2013 Press Releases
11.22.2013 Texas Textbook Adoption Is a Major Victory for Science Education
11.20.2013 TFN, Science Advocates to Texas SBOE: Don't Ignore Experts on Science Textbooks
10.16.2013 Publishers Resist Pressure to Undermine Evolution Coverage in Proposed Texas Science Textbooks
09.09.2013 Texas Reviewers Pressure Publishers on Evolution, Climate Change
08.13.2013 Scholars Give Proposed Biology Textbooks Thumbs Up on Evolution Coverage
07.09.2013 Petition Calls on Gov. Perry to Add Sex Education to Call for Special Session
06.27.2013 TFN President: Gov. Perry Lectures Wendy Davis While Failing to Address the Teen Pregnancy Disaster in Texas
06.04.2013 TFN President Criticizes Sen. Patrick for Harassing School Districts and Teachers Over CSCOPE
05.27.2013 Culture Wars Took a Back Seat to Solving Real Problems in 2013 Legislative Session
05.20.2013 CSCOPE Surrender Throws Hundreds of School Districts Under the Bus
05.15.2013 TFN Statement on Texas House Endorsement of Discrimination
04.19.2013 TFN President: SBOE Resolution Sends Strong Message Against Private School Vouchers
04.18.2013 SBOE Review of CSCOPE Curriculum System Already Raising Red Flags
04.17.2013 HB 285 Promotes Academic Fraud, Not Academic Freedom
04.04.2013 Texas Freedom Network President Praises House Passage of Budget Amendment Barring Public Funds for Private School Vouchers
03.14.2013 TFN President Calls on Texas Attorney General to Decline Award from Extremist Leader's Group
03.12.2013 TFN President Criticizes Senate Committee Passage of Reckless Anti-Sex Education Bill Today
03.04.2013 Texas Clergy Support Broad Access to Birth Control
02.19.2013 Poll: Broad Support in Texas for State-Funded Family Planning Services, Women's Access to Birth Control
02.19.2013 Encuesta: Amplio apoyo de hispanos en Texas para que el estado financie planificacion familiar y acceso a anticonceptivos
02.11.2013 SBOE Chair's Science Comments at Hearing Highlight Concerns over Her Appointment
02.07.2013 Proposed Legislation Adds News and Unnecessary Obstacles for Effective Sex Education in Texas Schools
02.05.2013 Texas SBOE Chair: Texts Should Teach 'Other Side' on Evolution
01.16.2013 Failure to Implement 2007 Legislation Undermines Study of the Bible in Texas Public Schools
2012 Press Releases
12.19.2012 TFN President: Tax Credit Vouchers Are a Racket That Benefits Corporations But Not Kids
11.07.2012 New Faces Must Take Texas State Board of Education in a New Direction
10.03.2012 TFN to Honor Biotech Entrepreneur, Youth Leaders at 17th Annual Celebration
10.01.2012 TFN Endorses 11 in Texas State Board of Education Elections
08.24.2012 TFN President Tells Senate Education Committee to Stop Wasting Time on Voucher Schemes
08.09.2012 TFN Commends Thomas Nelson Publishing for Pulling David Barton's Distorted Book on Thomas Jefferson
05.30.2012 Statement from TFN President Kathy Miller on State Board of Education Primary Results
04.02.2012 Fundraisers for Texas SBOE Incumbent's Campaign Raise Questions
01.10.2012 Pulitzer-Winning Columnist Leonard Pitts to Speak in Houston on January 25
01.10.2012 January 25 Symposium Explores Religion in the 2012 Elections
2011 Press Releases
12.08.2011 State Approval of Christian-Themed License Plate Disrespectful of Christianity, Religious Freedom
11.21.2011 Encouraging Shift on Sex Education in Texas Schools
11.07.2011 TFN President: New Report Confirms Texas SBOE's Failure on Curriculum Standards
10.05.2011 TFN Honors Senator, Austin Activists at 16th Annual Gala
09.20.2011 David Barton Tries to Suppress Free Speech
09.09.2011 TFNEF Analysis: New Law Could Bring Sea Change to Textbook Adoptions in Texas
08.18.2011 TFN President: Gov. Perry's Claims About Teaching Creationism in Texas Incorrect, Irresponsible
08.15.2011 TFN President Applauds Final Version of Publisher's Science Materials
08.04.2011 Thousands Send Message to Gov. Perry: Stop Using Faith as a Political Weapon to Divide Americans
07.22.2011 TFN President Kathy Miller: Texas Kids, Sound Science Education Triumph in SBOE Vote
07.21.2011 Education Advocates Stand Up for Sound Science in Texas
07.19.2011 TFN President Expresses Concerns About Continuing Problems at State Board of Education
07.01.2011 Gov. Perry Puts Politics Ahead of Education by Appointing Cargill As SBOE Chair
05.19.2011 Ms. Foundation Honors TFN President
05.13.2011 Creationists Target Science Instructional Materials in Texas
05.04.2011 National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: Time to Stop Ignoring the Problem in Texas
04.25.2011 Proposed Instructional Materials Put Science Education, Public Schools at Risk in Texas
04.13.2011 Time to Put College and Workforce Readiness Ahead of Politics in Curriculum Standards
03.11.2011 TFN President Kathy Miller: New Leadership Needed on State Board of Education
02.16.2011 TFN President: Fordham Analysis Confirms That New Social Studies Standards Are a Disaster for Texas Schools
01.20.2011 Creationist Group Pushes Anti-Evolution Materials in Texas Science Classes
01.04.2011 TFN Statement on Texas House Speaker's Race
2010 Press Releases
09.24.2010 TFN President Condemns Board's Passage of Anti-Islam Resolution
09.20.2010 Clergy Condemn Proposed Anti-Islam Resolution
09.13.2010 TFN Education Fund Releases Voter Guide
08.10.2010 TFN Joins National Groups Opposing Politicization of Curriculum Standards in Texas
07.13.2010 Statewide Survey Shows Overwhelming Support for Reforming the SBOE Curriculum Revision Process in Texas
05.21.2010 Texas Ed Board Guts Instruction on Key Constitutional Protection for Religious Freedom
05.21.2010 Texas Ed Board Member Uses Prayer to Make a Political Point
05.20.2010 Poll: Big Majority of Texas Voters See Church-State Separation as Important, Want Teachers and Scholars to Set Curriculum Standards
05.19.2010 Lawmakers, Civil Rights Leaders, Parents Call on SBOE to Send Curriculum Standards Back to Experts
05.14.2010 Proposed New Changes to Social Studies Standards Rewrite History, Promote Fringe Political Arguments
05.12.2010 Clergy Call on SBOE to Promote Religious Freedom
04.26.2010 New Dunbar Comments Highlight Extremism on Texas State Board of Education
03.19.2010 SBOE Chair Lowe's Explanation for Dropping Jefferson from Standard Doesn't Hold Water
03.12.2010 TFN President: Curriculum Process Is Seriously Broken, Dominated by Politics and Incompetence
03.11.2010 Texas SBOE Rejects Religious Freedom in Social Studies Curriculum
03.03.2010 TFN President: Voters on Tuesday Rejected 'Culture War' Battles on Education Board
01.15.2010 SBOE Pushes Politics in Social Studies Standards
01.13.2010 TFN, Clergy, Scholars Call on SBOE to Protect Religious Freedom in Social Studies Curriculum Standards
2009 Press Releases
12.09.2009 TFN Statement on Dunbar Decision Not to Seek Re-election to SBOE Seat
10.14.2009 TFN President Calls on Legislature to Investigate SBOE Ethics Concerns
07.10.2009 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Appointment of Gail Lowe as SBOE Chair
05.28.2009 TFN Statement on the Senate's Rejection of Don McLeroy's Confirmation as SBOE Chairman
05.20.2009 TFN Statement on Senate Committee Approval of McLeroy's Nomination as SBOE Chair
05.20.2009 TFN President Criticizes Failure of House to Require Medically Accurate Information in Sex Ed Classes
05.06.2009 TFN President Strongly Condemns House Rejection of SBOE Sunset Bill
04.30.2009 SBOE-Appointed Social Studies 'Experts' Lack Credentials, Denounce Public Education, Support Bible-Based Laws
04.27.2009 Texas Freedom Network Statement on House Passage of Permanent School Fund Measures
04.17.2009 House Reaffirms Strong Opposition to Vouchers in Texas with Overwhelming Vote
04.01.2009 Putting Chains on Stem Cell Research Would Hurt Texas Families and Economy
03.31.2009 TFN President Calls for Passage of Sex Ed Reform Bills
03.27.2009 TFN President: Texas State Board of Education Adopts Flawed Science Standards
03.19.2009 Parents, Clergy, Scientists Call for Sound Science Standards as Lawmakers Consider Major Reforms for Texas Ed Board
03.18.2009 TFN President Condemns Shocking Book Endorsement by SBOE Chairman
03.16.2009 TFN President Calls on Lawmakers to Reject Anti-Science Legislation
03.03.2009 House Committee Passage of SBOE Broadcast Bill Is Key Step in Shining Light on Politicization of Education Policy
02.24.2009 New Study: Texas Failing Families, Teens on Sexuality Education
02.13.2009 Statement from TFN President Kathy Miller on Evolution Poll
01.23.2009 SBOE Vote Against 'Strengths and Weaknesses' Language Represents Major Victory for Science Education
2008 Press Releases
12.04.2008 SBOE Chair Should Remove Dunbar from Instruction Committee
11.19.2008 TFN Joins Academic, Business, Faith Leaders in Calling on SBOE to Reject Renewed Attacks on Evolution in Science Standards
11.17.2008 Survey of Texas University Faculty: Overwhelming Opposition to Watering Down Evolution in School Science Curriculum
11.03.2008 TFN President Calls on State Ed Board Member to Retract Charge that the Democratic Presidential Nominee Is a Traitor
10.15.2008 Texas State Board of Education Puts Strident Anti-Evolution Critics on Science Standards Review Panel
09.23.2008 TFN Applauds Pro-Science Draft Curriculum Standards
08.28.2008 Texas Freedom Network Statement on AG Ruling on Public School Bible Classes
08.11.2008 TEA Dropout Recovery Voucher Scheme Is Political Payback for James Leininger
07.18.2008 SBOE Throws School Districts Under the Bus
07.09.2008 Texas Attorney General Can't Certify Bible Courses Will Be Constitutional
05.27.2008 'Dropout Recovery Program' Could Lead to Private School Voucher Scheme in Texas
05.23.2008 Divisive Curriculum Revision Process Exposes Dysfunctional State Board of Education, TFN President Says
05.21.2008 Adult Stem Cells Are Only Part of Groundbreaking Medical Research Needing Support
04.23.2008 TFN Statement on Public Hearing about the Institute for Creation Research
04.21.2008 University Faculty: No Certification for Group's Creation 'Science' Master's Degree
03.27.2008 SBOE Must Comply with the Law on Bible Class Standards
03.26.2008 TFN Urges Rejection of Reading Lists in New Language Arts Standards
03.11.2008 Council Leaves the Door Open to Voucher Schemes
03.05.2008 Odessa Lawsuit Agreement Confirms TFN Warnings about Deeply Flawed Bible Course
02.12.2008 Board Chairman Recklessly Throws Away Two Years of Work, Taxpayer Dollars on Curriculum Revision
02.07.2008 Far-Right Groups See Major Funding Increases Since 1998
02.05.2008 Texas Clergy Promote Sound Science in Public Schools
01.10.2008 TFN Asks IRS to Investigate Foundation Linked to Texas Restoration Project
2007 Press Releases
12.10.2007 TFN Calls on Texas Education Commissioner to Clarify Remarks on Forced Resignation of TEA Science Director
11.16.2007 TFN Calls on Attorney General to Enforce Textbook Law
11.05.2007 Attacks on Cancer Research Funding Proposal an Example of Political Extremism Blocking Responsible Medical Research
08.07.2007 Recorded Lecture Reveals New Texas Education Board Chair's Hostility To Science, Religious Tolerance
07.17.2007 Texas Freedom Network Statement on McLeroy as SBOE Chair
05.28.2007 Texas Freedom Network Statements on End of 80th Regular Session of Texas Legislature
05.23.2007 Texas Freedom Network Statement on Senate Passage of Bible Class Bill
05.16.2007 Odessa Bible Class Lawsuit a Result of Reckless Decisions by Local Officials
05.08.2007 House Passage of Committee's Bible Class Bill Is a Victory for Religious Freedom in Texas
04.30.2007 TFN Statement on House Bill 3678
04.19.2007 Texas Freedom Network Applauds House Committee Action on Bible Class Bill
04.16.2007 TFN Condemns Irresponsible Vote for Ban on Stem Cell Research Funding
04.12.2007 TFN Launches Statewide Petition Campaign Supporting Stem Cell Research
04.03.2007 Proposed Bill on Bible Classes Could Endanger Religious Freedom, Put Schools in Legal Jeopardy
03.29.2007 Proposed Massive Pilot Voucher Program Takes Aim at Urban School Districts
03.29.2007 House Vote Slams Door Shut on Voucher Schemes
03.28.2007 Autism Voucher Scheme Would Undermine Special Education Efforts in Texas Public Schools
03.13.2007 Special Education Initiatives, Not Vouchers, Are Real Solution for Students with Disabilities
03.07.2007 TFN Statement: Bill Protects Stem Cell Research, Gives Hope to Patients and Families
02.28.2007 Vouchers Are Not the Solution for Families of Children with Autism
02.21.2007 Texas Freedom Network Calls for Strong Oversight, Accountability Measures in Expansion of Faith-Based Initiative in State
02.14.2007 Chisum Launches Attack On Evolution
02.12.2007 Proposed Bill Favors Deeply Flawed Bible Curriculum in Texas Public Schools
02.09.2007 Rep. Chisum Contradicts Himself on Gay Foster Families
02.07.2007 TFN President Responds to Pro-Voucher Propaganda Event
02.02.2007 Gov. Perry's Decision Is Acknowledgment that Health and Science Should Not Be Held Hostage to Politics
01.09.2007 Challenge to Speaker Sent a Message: Put the People's Interests above Special Interests
2006 Press Releases
10.17.2006 Texas Faith-Based Initiative Is Political Shell Game
10.13.2006 Voucher Schemes are Expensive, Ineffective and Unaccountable
09.18.2006 Texas AG Keeps Limits on SBOE Textbook Authority
09.13.2006 Clergy, Parents Voice Concerns About Public School Bible Classes
08.28.2006 FreePac Successor Bares Fangs for 2006 Campaign
06.29.2006 Clergy to Politicians: 'Respect Our Faith'
05.02.2006 Task Force Betrays Spirit of National Day of Prayer
03.14.2006 TFN Joins Education Advocates In Backing Censorship Curbs
03.02.2006 TFN Asks for Investigation into Leininger PACs
02.28.2006 Leininger Raises the Stakes
02.13.2006 Voucher-Obsessed Leininger Moves to Close Sale on Legislature
01.31.2006 SBOE Attempts End Run Around Legislature
2005 Press Releases
12.21.2005 Is Odessa the Next Dover?
10.12.2005 TFN Calls for Investigation of Group Backing Marriage Amendment
09.28.2005 Texas Lawmakers Ponder the 'Culture War' at Sept. 30 Event
08.24.2005 Time for Governor to Come Clean
08.01.2005 Turning Public Schools into Sunday Schools
07.20.2005 Statement on End of First Special Session
06.23.2005 Lawmakers Get Failing Grade on Public Schools
06.17.2005 No More Distractions: Lawmakers Must Stay Focused on the Real Goal
05.30.2005 Lawmakers Wasted Time on Distractions Instead of Focusing on Priorities
05.27.2005 Conference Committee Rejects Witch Hunts in Child Protective Services Bill
05.24.2005 Voucher Defeat a Triumph for Texas Families and Neighborhood Public Schools
05.21.2005 TFN Statement on Senate Passage of H.J.R. 6
05.18.2005 House Committee Votes to Hold Texas Kids, Texas Education Agency Hostage to Vouchers
05.09.2005 Senate Rejects Vouchers in TEA Reauthorization Bill
04.29.2005 SBOE, Publisher Still Censoring Health Textbooks
04.28.2005 San Antonio Parents, Teachers Warn Legislators about Failures of Edgewood Voucher Program
04.25.2005 Marriage Amendment an Unnecessary Diversion
04.25.2005 Textbook Bills Open Door to Censorship By SBOE
04.20.2005 H.B. 2479 Returns Texas to Days of Dangerous, Unregulated Faith-Based Programs
04.19.2005 House Bill Gives State Board Of Education a Free Hand To Censor Textbooks
04.19.2005 Ban on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Foster Parents Puts Mean-Spirited Agenda Ahead of the Interests of Kids
04.18.2005 Bill Could Privatize Schools in Every Senate District
04.12.2005 Senate Education Bill Calls For Unprecedented Privatization of Texas Schools
04.11.2005 House Joins SBOE In Blocking Responsible Health Education
04.05.2005 House Voucher Bills Drain Millions of Dollars from Public Schools
03.22.2005 House Bill 1445: A Voucher Bill in Disguise
03.15.2005 TFN Celebrates 10 Years Standing Up For Mainstream Values With New Web Site, 'Open House'
03.09.2005 House Bill 2: Votes for Gutting Education Standards and for Privatization Undermine Neighborhood Schools
03.09.2005 Local Clergy, Religious Groups Call For CHIP Funding
03.08.2005 House Bill 2 Is about Privatization, Not Reform
03.01.2005 House Bill 2: It's About More Than Money
02.28.2005 Senate Should Reject Miller Appointment as SBOE Chair
02.03.2005 Statement From TFN President Kathy Miller On Speaker Craddick's Assertion That Vouchers Will Be Added Later To Education Bill
01.26.2005 Statement From Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller on Gov. Perry's State-of-The-State Address
2004 Press Releases
12.08.2004 Texas Freedom Network Names Kathy Miller As New President
11.05.2004 State Board Approves Flawed Health Textbooks
11.01.2004 Thousands Of Texans Join Campaign For Responsible Health Textbooks
09.22.2004 Samantha Smoot to Step Down as Texas Freedom Network President
09.15.2004 Texas Freedom Network President Backs Education Commissioner's Call For Teaching State Health Standards
09.07.2004 Texas Poll: 90% of Texans Support Sex Education
07.28.2004 From Bad to Worse: Publishers Make Reckless Changes to Proposed New Health Textbooks
07.14.2004 Experts, Organizations Call for Responsible Health Textbooks in Texas High Schools
07.07.2004 Organizations Launch Campaign to Fight Assault on Responsible Health Education in Textbook Adoption
06.18.2004 State Review Panels Give OK to Failing Health Textbooks in Texas Adoption
04.30.2004 Public Education Advocates Oppose New Voucher Proposal
04.20.2004 Texas Freedom Network Applauds Bipartisan Efforts on School Finance
04.13.2004 Vouchers, 'Home Rule' Are Not the Solution to School Funding Crisis
01.29.2004 TEA Commissioner Shirley Neeley Flip-Flops on Vouchers
2003 Press Releases
11.03.2003 Mainstream Texans Gather in Dallas to Proclaim Faith and Science Not in Conflict
10.29.2003 Publishers Resist Political Pressure to Alter Biology Textbooks
08.20.2003 Business Leaders, Clergy, Scientists Say No to Censorship
06.02.2003 2003 Legislative Recap: Grassroots Mobilization and Mainstream Bipartisanship Defy Radical Right Agenda and Political Power
05.14.2003 Committee Substituted Voucher Bill Sneaks Through Committee at Closed Meeting on House Floor
04.28.2003 Groups Decry "Home-Rule" Bill That Eliminates Class Size, Curriculum, All Education Standards
04.23.2003 Texas House Votes Down Dangerous 'Virtual' Schools Bill; Senate Approves Similar Measure
04.22.2003 Torrent of Bad Education Bills Rips Through Legislature; Leadership Puts Ideology Ahead of Students, Fiscal Crisis
04.03.2003 Voucher Bill Sneaks Through Committee at Closed Meeting on House Floor
04.02.2003 Bill Dismantling Education Standards Heads to House; Ends Class Size, Curriculum, Teacher Standards at Schools
01.28.2003 Bush Faith-Based Plan Undermines Safety and Science
2002 Press Releases
12.12.2002 Bush Faith-Based Action Follows Disastrous Texas Model
11.15.2002 SBOE Adopts Social Studies Textbooks after Religious Right Revamp
11.12.2002 Far Right's Changes to Textbooks Prompt Thousands of Outraged Letters to State, Publishers Opposing Textbook Censorship
10.28.2002 Publishers Make Creationist, Anti-Muslim Changes to Pass Religious Right Litmus Test
10.10.2002 Faith-Based Initiative Reaps Bitter Fruit in Texas
08.23.2002 Mainstream Texans Outraged at Textbook Censorship and Book Banning; Citizens Testify to Counter Religious Right
07.09.2002 Mainstream Texans Form First-Ever Campaign Against Textbook Censorship; Parents Tell Censors, Publishers 'I Object!'
03.08.2002 Controversial Religious Right Group, Free Pac, Has Cozy Relationship with Candidates Across State
01.23.2002 White House Sends Top Gun to Defend Faith-Based Initiative in Dallas


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"underhand, under water and damned un-English"
In 1900, Britain was the only major maritime power not to have at least an embryo submarine flotilla but, despite vehement condemnation of the submarine as a means of waging war, those determined to find out what all the fuss was about prevailed in the argument. Holland I was launched in 1901 and the RN's Submarine Service was born.
The pioneering days of the submarine, in all the navies which embraced the new technology, brought disaster as well as triumph. However, it was not long before increasing range and endurance meant that submarines became fearsome offensive weapons and formidable opponents.
During World War 1 German submarines, attacking Britain's lifelines of trade across the sea, sank 6.5 million tons of allied merchant shipping. The Royal Navy Submarine Service quickly made its mark as well, and finally laid to rest its image of being manned by `unwashed chauffeurs'. Equipped in the main with the excellent E-Class, and operating in the confined and distinctly unhealthy arenas of the Baltic and Dardanelles, they sank fifty four enemy warships, including nineteen submarines. From their ranks emerged names like Horton, the first CO to fly the Jolly Roger, and Holbrook, the first Naval Victoria Cross to be awarded during World War I and the first in the Submarine Service - he was followed by thirteen others.
'Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners...' Sir Winston Churchill.
Between the wars, design hardened into a diesel electric boat with torpedoes and a small bore gun for armament. These submarines had a good range but, to achieve tactical mobility, they had to surface in order to keep up with surface ship targets. It was with this type of submarine that the warring factions entered World War 2.
From the start, the Germans took advantage of the situation using surface mobility to the full, for convoys had few escorts and there were virtually no anti-submarine aircraft. The U-boats operated as submersible destroyers, only diving to escape counter attack or in the latter stages of a day attack. This is perhaps the first glimpse of the potential that a submarine has, given speed equal to or higher than its quarry. Likewise the Americans in the Pacific, fitted with efficient radar and up against poor anti-submarine forces, were able to use their high surface speed to get ahead of their targets. Our submarines, on the other hand, operating in inshore waters against stronger anti-submarine warfare (ASW) forces, largely used the surface only to charge their batteries at night.
The nature of RN operations took a heavy toll on submarines and submariners' lives. In addition to the hazards of inshore navigation and wary ASW forces, Commanding Officers faced the ever present danger of mines, and it is estimated that 50% of the seventy four RN submarines lost during the war fell prey to that weapon.
Notwithstanding the risks - Winston Churchill described it as the most dangerous of all occupations - the Service never lacked for volunteers and they acquitted themselves with great distinction. The major operating arenas were Norwegian Waters; the Mediterranean where, under the leadership of Captain 'Shrimp' Simpson, the 'Fighting Tenth' Flotilla fought an often bloody, but ultimately successful battle against the Axis replenishment route to North Africa; and the Far East where, based at Trincomalee and in Australia, and operating in appaling conditions when foot-rot, sweat rash and prickly heat were constant companions for weeks on end, RN submarines posed an unrelenting threat to Japanese shipping operating in the Malacca Straits.
Stories of submarine exploits during World War 2 are legendary. Wanklyn in Upholder, lost after 25 gruelling patrols, but with a remarkable 135,000 tons of enemy shipping to his credit; Linton in Turbulent, who in the process of sinking over 90,000 tons of enemy shipping, was hunted 13 times by the opposition and was depth charged on over 250 occasions; Miers in Torbay, who sat on a glassy sea inside an enemy harbour charging his batteries before applying the 'coup de grace' to his targets - were all VC winners (the first two posthumously), and personified the skill and courage of all the crews. Hezlet's remarkable 'five out of eight' torpedo hits from Trenchant when he sank the Japanese Cruiser Asigara at a range of 4000 yards will remain a world record for all time. Cloak and dagger operations, which were immensely dangerous but always rewarding and vital to the war effort, figured largely in the tapestry of submarine operations, and there were also the achievements of the mini-submarines, the X-craft and the Chariots. The sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz and the Japanese Takao earned a further four VC's but, in addition to these very highest awards, were a string of medals for feats of outstanding courage in the most challenging of circumstances.
By the end of the war British submarines had sunk 2 million tons of enemy shipping and fifty seven major war vessels, including thirty five enemy submarines, by gun and torpedo.
The Royal Navy Submarine Museum is at Gosport (Portsmouth Harbour), Hampshire, UK. For details of the fascinating exhibits including the original Holland I, recovered after 70 years on the seabed, and HMS Alliance, a World War II diesel submarine, visit their web site below.


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Property is theft?
Perhaps the most basic, and paradoxically the most contentious, tenet of anarchism is its opposition to private property.
In 1840, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon wrote What is Property? Or, an Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. This is considered one of the most influential works of anarchist philosophy and is the origin of the rallying cry "property is theft!" In it, Proudhon poses this question;
If I were asked to answer the following question: What is slavery? and I should answer in one word, It is murder, my meaning would be understood at once. No extended argument would be required to show that the power to take from a man his thought, his will, his personality, is a power of life and death; and that to enslave a man is to kill him. Why, then, to this other question: What is property! may I not likewise answer, It is robbery, without the certainty of being misunderstood; the second proposition being no other than a transformation of the first?
With this question in mind, I would like to expand upon the distinction between "private property" and "personal possessions" I made in What I believe in. In doing so, I would like to make particular reference to the "anarcho"-capitalists of the Austrian School of Economics.
Like most anarchists, I consider "anarcho"-capitalism to be an oxymoron, as by its very nature capitalism is not anarchic. An-caps have taken the dictionary definition of anarchy as "no government" and pasted it onto their ideology, utterly forgetting that anarchism is in fact a movement of philosophy and activism, with a long history and tradition, based upon principles of libertarian socialism and opposed to all forms of hierarchy and domination, not just the state. Going further, I would even suggest that an-caps do not want to dismantle the machinery of the state, but merely privatise it.
Murray Rothbard, for an "anarcho"-capitalist, is brilliant at inadvertently demonstrating the genuine end of his movement. The dilemma he posed was this: what if a King, responding to the threat of a strong right-wing "libertarian" movement, "employ[s] a cunning stratagem," where he "proclaims his government to be dissolved, but just before doing so he arbitrarily parcels out the entire land area of his kingdom to the 'ownership' of himself and his relatives." Rather than taxes, his subjects now pay rent and he can "regulate the lives of all the people who presume to live on" his property as he wishes. A king by another name – landlord. Rothbard's next remarks highlight precisely how close the parallel is:
Now what should be the reply of the libertarian rebels to this pert challenge? If they are consistent utilitarians, they must bow to this subterfuge, and resign themselves to living under a regime no less despotic than the one they had been battling for so long. Perhaps, indeed, more despotic, for now the king and his relatives can claim for themselves the libertarians' very principle of the absolute right of private property, an absoluteness which they might not have dared to claim before.
This glaring contradiction is again demonstrated by Rothbard when he correctly identifies the state as illegitimate because it "arrogates to itself a monopoly of force… over a given area territorial area" and yet then defends private property because "[o]bviously, in a free society, Smith has the ultimate decision-making power over his own just property, Jones over his, etc." In both cases the get out clause, the only difference Rothbard can cite between the State and private property, is that the latter was acquired "justly."
So, what makes property just? According to "anarcho"-capitalists and right-"libertarians," the Homestead Principle:
Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a "property" in his own "person." This nobody has any right to but himself. The "labour" of his body and the "work" of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that Nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with it, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Even to me, this sounds utterly reasonable. However, that is because it doesn't sound like capitalism. In the above paragraph, we have an eloquent justification for worker-ownership of the means of production, for each community holding its land in common, and for the rejection of any claims by a landlord or employer to property on which others toil. From whence, then, does he get the justification for private property in the capitalist sense of the word?
Simply, there is no requirement under the homesteading principle that a resource is in regular use for the proprietor to retain it, only that it has been transformed once through labor. After this, the propertarian may transfer ownership to someone else, discard, or rent the property with no stipulations on any further labour input. But is that not how states came into being? The concept of nationhood arose prior to the state, and it was the rise of feudalism which used the labour of those nations to develop the lord's or king's "property" (dominion). The king, lord, or baron, as the propertarian, gained property through accumulation of wealth and power and the use of such to gain dominion over a land. Yet again, Rothbard's own words speak against "anarcho"-capitalist thought:
If the State may be said to properly own its territory, then it is proper for it to make rules for everyone who presumes to live in that area. It can legitimately seize or control private property because there is no private property in its area, because it really owns the entire land surface. So long as the State permits its subjects to leave its territory, then, it can be said to act as does any other owner who sets down rules for people living on his property.
Of course, he qualified this by saying that of course the state does not "justly" own its property but both the state and the capitalist in fact acquired property by "homesteading," however he might have used the term to (falsely) differentiate "just" private property from illegitimate state property. Returning to Proudhon in 1840, we find the Homstead Principle already effectively refuted;
If the liberty of man is sacred, it is equally sacred in all individuals; that, if it needs property for its objective action, that is, for its life, the appropriation of material is equally necessary for all . . . Does it not follow that if one individual cannot prevent another . . . from appropriating an amount of material equal to his own, no more can he prevent individuals to come. … The purchaser draws boundaries, fences himself in . . . Here, then, is a piece of land upon which, henceforth, no one has a right to step, save the proprietor and his friends . . . Let [this]. . . multiply, and soon the people . . . will have nowhere to rest, no place to shelter, no ground to till. They will die at the proprietor's door, on the edge of that property which was their birthright; and the proprietor, watching them die, will exclaim, 'So perish idlers and vagrants.'
So, although "the liberty and security of the rich do not suffer from the liberty and security of the poor; far from that, they mutually strengthen and sustain each other" we see that "the rich man's right of property, on the contrary, has to be continually defended against the poor man's desire for property." The very notion of private property renders, for example, travellers' camps "illegal." Nor are they the only ones who, in the propertarian system, must contest for the "legality" of their homes or die freezing in the streets / steal from and kill others to survive because they have no home. Private property, by its very definition, needs to be enforced. Whether a state or its private equivalent in protection and security companies, the private propertarian needs someone to act against trespassing – a "crime" which, as it involves no victims, no violence, no loss of safety or liberty, should not even exist.
The anarchist's argument with private property, then, is that it is exploitative, it is coercive, and it entrenches the class system whereby the few live in privilege whilst the great many face poverty and deprivation. As the writers of An Anarchist FAQ put it, "social relations between capitalists and employees can never be equal, because private ownership of the means of production gives rise to social hierarchy and relations of coercive authority and subordination."
The an-caps contend this by defining coercion as the purely overt threat or use of physical force, ignoring economic coercion and the restriction of choice through the environment of property domination. To them, then, there is no coercion in the relationship between landlord and tenant or employer and employee. Instead, they see it is a voluntary and mutually beneficial transation.
Whilst it is true that the tenant or employee does benefit from their transaction – they now have a roof over their head or a way to provide for themselves and their family – this does not mean the transaction is non-coercive. There is no equal footing in the relationship, especially when it comes to potential loss. The landlord or employer can afford to reject a potential tenant or employee – he can always find others in such an event. But the tenant or employee has no choice.
Even if it is not that one, he must submit to some landlord or employer. If not, he is left homeless or jobless. The threat is there: work or starve, rent or be without shelter. These are choices, yes, but the choice is akin to the mugger's "give me money or die," not to the ice cream vendor's "raspberry or vanilla." Likewise, it is also true that the threat is not made by the employer or landlord themselves, but the threat nonetheless remains, created by the very system of private property they operate in. Not all heads of state are despots or tyrants, and some can even have the very best of intentions, but that does not negate the fact that the system itself is one of dominion and servility. Once again, What Is Property sums up this position perfectly;
The proprietor, the robber, the hero, the sovereign — for all these titles are synonymous — imposes his will as law, and suffers neither contradiction nor control; that is, he pretends to be the legislative and the executive power at once . . . [and so] property engenders despotism . . . That is so clearly the essence of property that, to be convinced of it, one need but remember what it is, and observe what happens around him. Property is the right to use and abuse . . . if goods are property, why should not the proprietors be kings, and despotic kings — kings in proportion to their facultes bonitaires? And if each proprietor is sovereign lord within the sphere of his property, absolute king throughout his own domain, how could a government of proprietors be any thing but chaos and confusion?


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Five Things You Need to Know: The Modern Stealth Depression
Despite the seeming enormity of it in retrospect, the stock market crash of 1929 barely even registered for most Americans. Today, it is some kind of weird obsession.
Chaos and fear never sleep. This morning the first news story I read was a piece from the Los Angeles Daily News about police threatening to beat down and arrest any "disorderlies" trying to get their money out of a failed IndyMac (IMB) bank branch in Pasadena, CA. Apparently, after being turned away Monday, customers began lining up at 1:30 a.m. the next morning to take out any cash they had in excess of the $100,000 maximum insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The scene was reportedly emotional and tense. At another IndyMac branch in Encino, the police were called in after line jumpers threatened to turn an ordinary bank run into a full-on riot.
Yes, it's here. Welcome to the Depression. No, don't drop whatever it is you're doing. Don't get up. It's not going anywhere. It will wait. It's just going to sit over here in the corner and read a magazine while you do whatever it is you need to do.
A Depression doesn't run hot and fierce like some crazed meth burner. A Depression is methodical, purposeful, patient. It will build a shelter out of tree branches and newspaper, light a small, well-contained campfire and wait you out, brother. While you feed on the empty calories of denial and popcorn, it will quietly gather shards of broken dreams and fashion them into a terrible weapon of blunt force reality.
It's a hell of a thing to call this day and age the next Depression. It's dangerous tinfoil hat territory inhabited mostly by screeching lunatics and volatile nutjobs. But by the time they get squeezed out by reputable folks the whole gig will be up, the circus will have left town.
But how can this be? To understand the mechanics of this, the nature of it, let's look back at the last Great Depression.
Despite the seeming enormity of it in retrospect, the stock market crash of 1929 barely even registered for most Americans. The day before the crash, Time Magazine's Oct. 28, 1929 issue was business as usual; national stories, Washington stories, a review of the newest plays opening in Manhattan, a piece on a cat washing contest in Kingston, NC.
A week later, in the wake of the stock plunge, the cover story was as far from a piece on crashing share prices as you could get - a profile of a man named Samuel Insull, the "financial father of the Chicago opera." The crash did make the magazine, of course, second billing in the Business section in a piece titled, "Bankers v. Panic." The next piece, however, was about a $2.5 million investment by a Wall Street investment bank in orchids: "Last week, however, to the orchid industry went 2,500,000 Wall Street dollars, not squandered, but carefully invested."
Heh. Yes, the dream dies hard, doesn't it?
It took a little more than two full years, Dec. 11, 1931, before the New York Bank of the United States would collapse. Surely that would rattle a few cages. Well, no cover play, that was reserved for Dr. James Henry Breasted, "foremost Egyptologist of the U. S.", but the bank collapse did garner a story in the Business section, below a piece on Lorillard Co., then in the news as "the only major industrial concern in the U.S. to resume dividends in 1931."
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, what is wrong with these people? Haven't they even the vaguest sense of the impending doom they face? Someone should warn them. They're headed straight into a vicious buzz saw. It's like watching drunken sheep follow one another off the Cliffs of Moher.
On January 22, 1932 things turned desperate. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was formed to dole out government aid to banks, railroads, farm mortgage associations and all manner of failed business enterprises. By any decent measure of journalistic standards, this deserved top billing in a weekly newsmagazine. So Time's cover story on playwright Philip Barry's 11th play, "The Animal Kingdom," comes as a sharp, kneecap-shattering nightstick blow.
By the end of the following year, 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had squeezed the Emergency Banking Act through Congress, signed the Economy Act, the Credit Act, the Reforestation Relief Act, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Farm Act, the Federal Securities Act, the National Cooperative Employment Service Act, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Glass-Steagall Act, the National Industrial Recovery Act, the Emergency Railroad Transportation Act, created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Civil Works Administration.
In short, everything in America was falling to pieces and going to hell. And yet I am staring right now at the cover of Time from August 7, 1933, just past the mid-point of that awful year, and Marie Dressler is on the cover in full character as a "a raffish, vigorous old woman whose generous heart thumps under sleazy clothes that do not fit her."
Three months later, the November 13 cover is "Football."
The December 4 cover features Seton Porter of National Distillers, whom the magazine, with bald-faced envy, claims has "50% of all U.S. whiskey in his saddlebags."
This is quickly turning into some kind of preverse joke. These people deserve the Depression, dammit! No wonder the country has gone to hell; all anyone cares about is Tugboat Annie, football and whiskey.
Hahaha. Kind of like today. And there it is, finally, the point. We are slowly sidling up to The Fear. With wealth and lifestyles evaporating right before our eyes, The Fear is really the only tangible thing we can hold onto. The Fear is always worse than the actualization. The Fear feeds on potentiality, unimaginable potentiality.
Now, there are two ways to look at that. One is to despair over our misfortune at finding ourselves in the wrong place at the right time, taken along for a ride on this wave past the cresting point, and the other is to consider what adventures await on the other side. I'm in the second camp because I am an optimistic person by nature, or at least a defensive pessimist, and also because I understand that despite it all, we will continue to live our lives, raise children the best we can and find ways to make the best of whatever situation we are in.
During the first Great Depression, times were tough for many people, but even now the vast majority of us will adapt and continue on and soon take for granted the change in lifestyle that may (or for some may not) entail.
I read a piece in the New York Times several months ago by a woman consistently finding herself feeling humiliated by her parents' reckless disregard for money during the Depression - they didn't have much anyway, but her parents were intent on squandering what little they could accumulate on fancy clothes and cocktail parties. As I remember the story, she asked her mom, "Why on earth are you having a party with things the way they are?" Her mother, without missing a beat, said, "It's times like these when people need parties most of all."
Indeed. The time for preparations and battening down the hatches has passed. It's finally here. Let's party.
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So as a follow-up, I needed to fail the first time. I PASSED the october FYLSE - don't know the score yet, snail mail;)
I also wonder if the State Bar stacks the deck, the pass rate never seems to go above 20%. I wonder if the Cal Bar is purposely fiddling with the grading curve to maintain this low pass rate?


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Picnik, an online photo editor Google acquired in March 2010, shuts down in two days — and some Google employees still can't figure out why.
Google CEO Larry Page making huge bets, like on Google+, where some of Picnik's staff was assigned after it was announced that Google would shutter Picnik in January this year.
When that was announced, the Picnik team had no idea why Google would do that, according to a source close to Google.
When Google decided to shut down Picnik, it was "profitable," according to one source close to Google.
That could mean it was making a profit of $1, or way more, but it still shows Google CEO Larry Page isn't screwing around.
Picnik had around 17 million monthly visitors, according to an interview on GeekWire with two former Picnik engineers that went to go start another company.
Justin Huff, a former Google employee, said Picnik was "doing great" in the interview.
But with Larry Page cleaning house and taking huge bets, it seems there's only room for the killer apps — and he's convinced Google+ is one of them.
We reached out to Google, but haven't heard back yet.
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