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Two years ago, Portland Parks & Recreation made a commitment to undertake a series of management actions in Forest Park.
We are pleased to share our progress in Portland's largest natural area, and our continued plans for expanding off-road biking in Portland.
Since 2009, we have:
We had hoped to improve the Forest Park riding experience by re-vegetating portions of firelanes already open to cyclists. But we soon learned that limiting access for emergency vehicles had unintended consequences.
Our team agreed to change our approach by focusing on a singletrack that's designed especially for cyclists.
In partnership with Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA), PP&R is currently seeking permits to build enhancements parallel to Fire Lane 5 that will result in a true singletrack experience for cyclists in Forest Park. We expect to complete this project in the next 9 months.
We are also pursuing permits for the Yeon trail segment identified in the Forest Park Natural Resources Management Plan as a new multi-use trail. We're working with our partners to develop a trail design that separates trail users and creates a great singletrack experience.
The NWTA and broader biking community have worked tirelessly to expand off-road biking opportunities in Portland. Thanks to NWTA, we built the new Ventura Park Bike Skills Area and it has been a great success. We also partnered with NWTA to offer the first mountain biking camp for Portland youth.
We are pleased with the progress to date, but also know that there is still much to do. Working with the community, we will continue to enhance our Gold Medal parks system.
Commissioner Fish announces new Forest Park singletrack 'in the next 9 months'
Jonathan Maus in BikePortland.org


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Back in 1994 goaltenders wearing Bauer goal pads were all wearing the Reactor line. Big names like Dominik Hasek and Mike Richter were sporting the equipment and leading the NHL in the gear. 20 years later Bauer has come back to the Reactor.
Serving as an extension and evolution of the Reflex line of goal pads that was developed when Bauer and Itech merged, the Reactor is a pro-style butterfly pad that is specifically designed for a hybrid style of play. Unlike the Supreme TotalOne line which is a true butterfly style, flat-faced pad, the Reactor is more of a hybrid style pad. Bauer even gave the style associated with the Reactor a buzzword in their 2013 catalog: Battlefly.
That seems like an appropriate way to describe the pad and the style of the goaltenders that would wear this type of pad. Just looking at some of the players around the league wearing them now (Brian Elliott and Ilya Bryzgalov), they employ a butterfly-first mentality but use various pieces of other styles in their repertoire.
These are flexible pads that introduce a triangle outer roll which puts a slight pitch on the outer roll of the pads. The 6000 Pro Custom pads also come stock with a double knee break but different break options are available on the pad.
Beyond the 6000 Pro model, the 4000 and 4000x offer top-end performance without needing a custom build. The 4000x actually utilized the myFlex feature that is prevalent throughout the TotalOne line. This is a piece of technology that allows the goaltender to determine what kind of flex option they wish to have on their pads.
The newest introduction to the Reactor line is the Pro Core insert. This serves as the "brain" of the pad that is designed to give a soft feel to the pad but maintaining the firmness needed to maintain a proper S-shape and limit the pad from breaking down over time. Combined with the triangle outer roll and the reintroduction of the Flexx Darts gives the Reactor pad a phenomenal blend of traditional construction that creates a flexible lightweight pad that is conducive to a number of different styles.
In terms of the eye test, the Reactor passes with flying colors. Bauer built off the Reflex pattern while extending the graphic upwards. This creates a dynamic, linear graphic that looks good in a number of styles.
Looking at the overall construction and appearance of the pad, this reminds me of what the Velocity was when it was first introduced. A soft, reactive pad that allows a goaltender to play a number of styles.
There are three models in the Reactor line; the 6000 Pro, 4000 and 2000. The 4000 and 2000 each have a senior model with the 2000 covering junior pads. The glove and blocker aren't too far removed from the Reflex line in design and use. Both draw their lineage to the flexible leg pads by offering flexible cuff options that will react well when used with your chest & arm protector.
The catch glove is a single-T pocket construction with skate lace for the pocket lacing. Skate lace is more durable than regular twine lacing but can be more difficult to keep in shape. As for the blocker, the one piece thumb and outer hand protection really stands out. It is not obtrusive and has a good looking construction in terms of offer complete protection and coverage.
As someone who counts the original Reactor line amongst my favorite goal pads of all time, I'm glad to see this equipment make a comeback; particularly in a style that suits the kind of game I try to play.

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Drink Recipes
Dairy Free Lychee Coconut Cooler Recipe
At Cost Plus World Market, I recently discovered a 100% lychee juice drink with no preservatives and no sugar added. As soon as I came home, I began brainstorming and came up with this deliciously, refreshing drink. It's made of coconut milk, lychee juice and sugar cane juice. The concoction is that wasy. It's really about the correct proportions and you could even add a few ounces of rum to spike it up. Plus, it's dairy free!
If you're like me and don't have the patience to wait until the drink is chilled, simply add a few ice cubes and mix it in a cocktail shaker. It makes the perfect warm weather treat, almost like finding an oasis in the middle of the desert. So you can relax and pat yourself on the back for a well-crafted lychee coconut cooler.
Full Recipe...
Smoothies for Good Health
My husband's teenage sisters are going through a smoothie phase; they are obsessed with blending everything and anything at all times. They've been concocting many smoothies recently. I suggested they try to balance the sugar levels (by avoiding too much sucrose) and pack the drinks with superfoods and antioxidants from fresh fruits and veggies. Extra nutrients such as flax or chia seeds are a plus.
I've gathered a long list of kid-friendly smoothies for the girls and you to see. Please keep in mind, especially at a young age, the purpose of the drink is to feel good, improve your helth (without necessarily having the focus of weight loss), get a glowing skin and of course, enjoy a delicious treat!
Full Recipe...
Delicious Drinks to Enjoy This Fall
Several times a week, I take little Aria to "Toddler Story Time" classes, which she enjoys tremendously. The theme these days is about the fall season. Miss Rose, the teacher, explained that leaves begin to change color and Aria seemed mesmerized by all the changes this season suggests.
When we went home, she made a drawing with trees and leaves. While she was busy, I made a pumpkin smoothie for a tasty seasonal treat. Then I told her we'd start cooking more fall-flavored dishes to satisfy her daddy's seasonal holiday cravings. For now, I'm sharing with you delicious drinks to enjoy this pre-holiday time.
Full Recipe...
Healthy Green Juice Recipe
My friend Carole and her husband have been so keen on making juices, she often gives me suggestions on how to create new drinks with my powerful blender. Today's healthy juice is a blend of pure, freshly pressed apple juice, fresh cucumbers, baby kale, spinach leaves, lime juice, chia seeds and a lot of ice cubes.
The chia seeds add a beautiful consistency to the juice, which can otherwise seem a little flat. They are loaded with health benefits, so if you want to start the day on a wonderful note, take a few minutes to prepare this "superfood" drink and remember to consider adding more greens to your daily life.
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Moroccan Mint Iced Tea Recipe (Video)
Iced tea is so refreshing on those hot days of summer. Today, I infused fresh spearmint from the garden in green tea. The invigorating fragrance of mint makes it pleasing to even the most refined palate.
I just finished filming the cooking tutorial. You'll see how easy it is to prepare. Sit back, watch, sip and relax!
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Petition of the day
The petition of the day is:
Brewer v. Diaz
Docket: 12-23
Issue(s): Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ignored this Court's precedent and erred in holding that Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) Section 38-651(O) (Section O) violates the Equal Protection Clause by limiting healthcare benefits to state employees' spouses and dependents – and thus not extending such benefits to state employees' domestic partners – given that a) Section O is facially neutral and there is no evidence that the Legislature intended to discriminate based on sexual orientation; b) Section O furthers the State's interests in promoting marriage while also eliminating the additional expense and administrative burdens involved in providing healthcare benefits to state employees' domestic partners; and c) the court's reason for finding that Section O discriminates against gay and lesbian state employees was that Arizona prohibits same-sex marriage.
Certiorari stage documents:
Recommended Citation: Ben Cheng, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 12, 2012, 11:14 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/09/petition-of-the-day-333/


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A few weeks before the fair was to begin the rain started and then the flooding. And Bloomsburg became one of the hardest hit towns in the whole state. At one point twenty five percent of the town was underwater. While it was thought for a while after the flood water started to recede that the fair might still take place, the fair board made the wise decision to cancel. This was, I am fairly sure, the first time in the 157 year history of the fair that it was ever cancelled.
We still made the trip and got to visit family and friends which was great. But we also got to witness the damage that was done. Not only were basements and first floors flooded, but some of the hardest hit houses were actually swept right off their foundations by the force of the water. Some families abandoned their houses altogether while others have started the process of cleaning, repairing and rebuilding. It was really a sad sight to see and I am very thankful that my family was spared.
On a lighter note I got to make a fun present for a co-worker of mine. Well, actually for her daughter. I had been saying for a while that I wanted to make something for her so with her first birthday coming up the time was right. I decided to make her a "Daphne and Delilah" which is a momma and baby monster as designed by Rebecca Danger. My co-worker told me that her daughter's favorite color is yellow, so I made sure to incorporate a lot of it. I actually thought that the baby monster would probably be her favorite since it it all yellow, but she said that she actually carries the momma monster with her most of the time.
If you take a look at the original pattern on Ravelry or on Rebecca's site, you'll see that both of the monster's have pointier teeth than what I decided on. I just figured that for a one-year old, rounder teeth might look a little more friendly!
Well, I guess I'm off to bed. I have to head back to work tomorrow. While I have a little bit of that end-of-vacation blues I must say that I do really enjoy my work and it will be nice to see my co-workers again (yes, I consider myself to be one of the lucky people who actually has nice co-workers!).
LISTENING TO: Blondie - "Panic Of Girls"
One of Ron's favorite bands is Blondie. I myself have enjoyed a lot of Blondie's hits over the years, but before I met Ron I wasn't one to rush out and buy their albums. The one exception to this is Parallel Lines which was one of their most popular and one that I still really like. However in the five years that Ron and I have been together I have heard a lot more of Blondie than I would have on my own and I've come to like them even more. So we were both excited to hear the new material. The good news is that the new album is quite a nice surprise. The band sounds refreshed, full of energy and ready for the airwaves again, some three decades after they began. The first single off the album is "Mother." I've linked the video below so you can take a listen for yourself. It's hard to believe that Debbie Harry is 65!


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I'm trying to write a script to copy files recursively from a particular folder except files
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However this doesn't do the negation of the pattern as expected. I think I do know why — although the pattern is correct (as seen with
cp -R is not aware of the pattern, and enters a directory that it is "not supposed to", and once in there, the pattern is no longer valid.
How do I modify the above to do what I want? I guess it is possible with
find and
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One of Bethel's many junk food addicts keeps Vending machine
operators emptying their change boxes (Photo Dan Velie).
the Clarion. Vol. 55 No.11 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Dec. 7, 1979
$100 worth of equipment was
taken from the Clarion office. In-vestigation
revealed no sign of
forced entry in any of the cases,
even though the doors of two of
the offices had been locked.
Whoever stole the stapler, cal-culator
and tape recorder from the -
Clarion office left a note which,
among other things, thanked them
for the articles taken. One week
later someone broke back into the
office and returned the items—re-turned
more than had been taken.
Someone also stole six parking
by Shari Goddard
Sweet teeth abound at Bethel;
students gobbled up close to $3900
worth of candy and soft drinks
from vending machines around
Bethel in October. That may
sound like quite a haul for pop,
nuts and chocolate, but only a
small portion of it returned to
Bethel .
The machines are scattered
throughout campus buildings in
every recreation room, by the
weight room, across from the phy-sical
plant office and in the stu-dent
center. They're owned by
Gold Medal Beverage Distributing
Co. and Acorn Vending, Inc.
A total of $176.71 from candy
sale commissions (10 percent of
total sales) and approximately
$300 from soft drink sale commis-sions
(21 percent of total sales)
were returned to Bethel by the
companies for October.
All of this adds up to approxi-mately
7067 candy bars and 7190
cans of soft drink for one month's
sales. These figures do not include
bookstore candy or coffee shop
soft drink sales.
Bethel returns the profits made
in each dorm back to that dorm's
fund. The weight room machine's
money goes to the P.E. depart-signs
from the physical plant de-partment.
Each sign was worth
$30. "I don't know why anyone
would take them," said Walcott.
"It could have been sorrieone get-ting
back at the parking depart-ment
in general, or someone goof-ing
off. I don't think there's a
black market for parking signs,"
he added chuckling.
A stereo power booster and
equalizer were stolen from one
student's car recently. The thief
started to remove a tape deck too,
but was apparently scared off be-fore
finishing. One channel on the
ment and the rest enters a general
"I don't know of any other
schools where dorms get the corn-mission,"
said Marvin Fuller,
manager of purchasing and book-store.
"I think we're doing that be-cause
it's always been done that
way," said Paul Drake, director
of auxiliary enterprises.
Candy and soft drink machines
have not always held a monopoly
at Bethel. At different times
by Matt Weber
The streets surrounding Picadil-ly
Circus are a constant blur mov-ing
with people, flashing neon,
and the hum of traffic. The pace is
hectic and insurmountable,
If you tire, you don't slow
down; you escape to the safety of
a store where one can catch his
breath without getting trampled.
I was looking for such a haven
when a sign caught my eye. NEW
Looking through the window I
Sandvik center:
inner-city mission
employs students
The approaching holiday
season brings to all the warm joy
of giving. A small group of Bethel
students has realized this joy
through the children at the Marie
Sandvik Center in downtown
Minneapolis throughout the
school year.
On pages four and five the
Clarion offers two perspectives of
the mission, along with a photo
essay by Doug Barkey.
booster was bad and repairs cost
almost as much as a new one.
In the past, thieves have usually
been apprehended, explained ,
Woods. "Sometimes it was Bethel
people, and sometimes outside
people. When it has been Bethel
students, dismissal has resulted,"
he said.
"Our _vandalism is not any-where
as great as the University of
Minnesota's," he added. "But,
we can't bury our heads in the
sand and say theft doesn't happen
in a Christian college, because it
oranges, pies and even hot meals
in cans were offered. None of
them, however, sold enough for
the owner to keep them here. At
one time apple machines were in-stalled,
but "they didn't empty
fast enough for the fruit to stay
fresh," said Fuller.
The fruit machines may not
have stayed for long, but, judging
from the amount of money stu-dents
are spending on candy and
soft drinks, those machines are
here for a long time.
noticed the store was nearly emp-ty.
A perfect spot to rest.
I pushed my way through the
three punk rockers obstructing the
door and found myself inside.
While carefully picking the chick-en
guts from my tweed jacket I be-gan
to browse amongst the shelves
and record bins. New Wave, Dis-co,
Blues, Oldies but Goodies,
R + B, Miscellaneous . . . every-thing
seemed to have a label.
Weber cont., p. 3
I ncreased
by Shari Goddard
Theft. "We have it every year;
sometimes we solve it, and some-times
we don't," said James
Woods, director of the physical
plant. With students reporting
thefts of everything from car ster-eo
equipment to money, this year
is no exception.
"We're back into the situation
of missing purses and coats," said
James Walcott, director of securi-ty
in the physical plant. "We're
not sure if it's an internal problem
or people from outside who know
that Bethel is open."
Much of the theft occurs near
the book drops, and especially by
the cafeteria. "Students need to
be careful about that," said David
Horn, director of residence life.
"Someone is making a haul."
Walcott stressed that students
need to take care of their belong-ings.
He said that many times he
has seen purses and other items ly-ing
in the halls around school.
These areas of the campus,
however, do not hold a monopoly
on theft. "We've had theft occur
in two or three of the dorms,"
said Horn. He added that a
particular floor in one of -the
dorms was having a large problem
with theft.
"Ninety percent of the cases
we've dealt with," Horn said,
"started with a certain amount of
carelessness on the students'
part—a door left unlocked." He
said he thinks this is natural in a
community that stresses trust.
Items have also been stolen
from offices. Between Nov. - 20
and 26th, two calculators and
some stamps disappeared from
two offices. In addition, about
thievery prompts caution, less trust
Vending sales near $3900 in October
Bethelite finds
New Wave in London
Editorial comment lacks responsibility
To the editor:
I do not often write a letter to
the editor since I am firmly
committed to the position that the
Clarion is a student medium and
should be a forum for student opi-nion
and interaction. There are
exceptions, however, and your
editorial of November 16, 1979
about housing prompts me to
make such an exception.
Your editorial failed to demon-strate
responsible journalism on
several counts. Let me illustrate:
1. You report one side of an al-leged
conversation without mak-ing
any attempt to check on the
accuracy of your account of the
2. You report an "administra-tive
position" without any conver-sation
with an administrator re-garding
such a position.
3. You state that there is no
practical way to fix a monetary
value on spending two months
without tables. Fixing a monetary
value would be easy, but, the ques-tion
is not what is practical but
what is right. Expedience is not
the most important guiding princi-ple.
4. You urge Student Affairs to
handle "the issue" delicately and
consider student interests. Which
students? A five-minute conversa-tion
with anyone in Student Af-fairs
would have revealed the way
the issue was handled. The impor-tant
principle is that Silvercrest re-sidents
are already being subsi-dized
by other Bethel students.
, Further subsidy is not warranted
in our opinion.
5. "The situation has not
changed in nine years." Come
now! In nine years Bethel has con-structed
three dormitories housing
415 students, 14 townhouses hous-ing
456 students, purchased an
apartment complex which houses
272 students and leased dorms and
apartments which house 334 stu-dents.
Point out another college
of our size and resources that can
match that record. In a year when
enrollment is at an all-time high of
1989, we are housing 1512 stu-dents,
or 76 percent of our student
population. Not only is this an all-time
high numerically, but also it
is the highest percentage of our
student population ever housed.
Building, financing and leasing
housing is much more difficult
than putting pen to ,paper. Read
Letter, see p. 3
Save the
Westport, Connecticut
Page 2
Viable giving options
realized in charities
The article on page one tells quite a story: Bethel students spent close
to $4000 in vending machines in October. This figure does not include
coffee shop sales or any other student funding of the "treats" industry.
Bethel's halls fairly resound with cries of "live the simple lifestyle;
give to those that haven't got; love loaves; refugees; and world vision,"
while at the same time the vending machines ring in thousands of
dollars per month. --While we are not trying to induce guilt trips to
the mass consumers of these products, we do find the situation ironic.
We are not suggesting that Bethel students don't care, or that we are
in a depraved state because we like RC Cola and Oreo cookies. We do
believe that students often wish to donate money to help others, but
they don't know a viable way to do it. We are given love loaves, but can
we be sure that World Vision International is on the level?
For this reason, the Clarion contacted the Minnesota Charities
Review Council (MCRC) for help in sifting through many of the charity
organizations, particularly those involved in S.E. Asian relief work.
Ads from two organizations that MCRC considers very good and
reliable appear on pages two and three: CARE and Save the Children.
World Vision International, operators of the love loaf program, is an
acceptable organization but is not as good as the others due to an exten-sive
fund raising budget and a $12 million surplus at the end of the last
fiscal year on MCRC's records.
Exact financial figures of all fund raising organizations in Minnesota
are available from the MCRC, but they deserve more lengthy explana-tion
that can be given here.
The need is great. According to a recent letter from the Save the
Children foundation, the people of Cambodia need 165,000 tons of rice
in the next six months in order to survive. Without this massive relief,
almost two-and-a-half million people are threatened with starvation and
In light of Matthew 21:31 ff., we at Bethel need to give. We en-courage
student support of CARE, Save the Children, World Vision or
other organizations supporting those in financial need.
Letter evades issue,
criticism unfounded
It is generally against Clarion policy to rebut a letter to the editor,
because the writer of the letter is defenseless against our "attack." We
feel however, when our journalistic integrity is questioned that we must
clear up any misunderstandings. We believe Nettleton's letter is filled
with them.
First, regarding points one and two, an editor of the Clarion was
directly involved in "alleged" conversation, and the administration's
position was gathered then. Dr. Nettleton may not have known her posi-tion
at the time, but his statements to one student must be regarded as
the administrative position, regardless of whether the student is
associated with the newspaper.
Second, while Dr. Nettleton's statistics are impressive, they reflect his
bias and totally evade the issue. He lists the buildings Bethel has moved
into, but makes no mention of the ones Bethel has moved out of. Sure,
there are three new dorms, but Bethel also leaves three behind in moving
from old campus (at least upon total severance from O.C. facilities).
Most importantly, Nettleton's percentages include old campus, Foun-tain
Terrace and Silvercrest—the very type of buildings we are against
using. The editorial was headlined "On-campus housing demands top
priority." We feel our position was made sufficiently clear: Bethel-sponsored
off-campus housing is not acceptable, and new on-campus
dorms should receive top priority in Bethel's site development. the Clarion Vol. 55 No.11 Bethel College Dec. 7, 1979
The Clarion is published weekly by the students of Bethel Col-lege.
Editorial opinions are the sole responsibility of the Clarion
. staff. Letters are welcome, and must be signed and delivered to
P.O. 2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Paul Olsen, Editor
Suzi Wells, Associate Editor
Carol Madison, News & Sports Editor
Steve Erickson, News & Sports Editor
Joy Nannette Banta, Copy Editor
Shelly Nielsen, Production, Doug Barkey, Photography Editor
Carolyn Olson, Graphics, Suanne Hawkins, Business Manager
Juan Ortiz, Cartoonist
Scott Barsuhn, Fine Arts, Jay Russell, Staff Writer
letters cont. from p.2
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have sacrificed financially to pro- Mack Nettleton, Ph.D.
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Third-graders, college students exchange letters
by Gloria Martin
To the third graders at South-view
elementary, Thursday is the
BIG day. Why Thursday? Because
this is the day when they receive a
letter from their "big brother and
sister" pen pal.
In the midst of sharing the re-sponsibilities
of her husband,
Mike Berg, who serves as a resi-dent
director-, and doing her job as
an elementary school teacher,
Judy Berg had a bright idea. Sev-en
weeks ago she put her idea into
action. She started a pen pal pro-gram
between the third graders at
Southview and the college stud-ents
at Bethel.
Every week, by Wednesday, the
Bethel students have a letter writ-ten
and handed in to Berg to be
given to their "little brother and
sister" pen pal. On Thursday, the
third graders receive their special
letter and begin working on a let-ter
in return. By Friday, they turn
in their finished letter. Once
again, they anxiously await hear-ing
from their pen pal on the fol-lowing
"The kids really look forward
to Thursday when they will receive
their letter," commented Berg,
"and they like them to be
The third graders take a lot of
pride in their letters. They want to
write them by themselves and keep
take a Pollyanna approach to life
in this community or in this
world. However, it is easy to fall
into the habit of constant com-plaining
about circumstances
around us rather than being grate-ful
for the blessings we enjoy. I
believe the scriptures are clear that
our spirit should be a positive one.
I believe we are in danger of be-coming
a community of complaint
rather than one of praise.
Weber, from p. 1
I looked out the window into
the street. It seemed that all the
people outside could be labeled
too. Mods, Rocker, Teddys, Skin-head,
London is full of kids who dress
a certain way to take on an identi-ty,
and in effect become some-body.
I reconsidered my tweed
jacket, cords, and tennis shoes.
Hmm . . . maybe the chicken guts
had been an improvement.
From outward appearance I am
a nobody.
I casually observed the chap
next to me in the store. His ear
had been pierced six times, his
hair looked to have been brushed
back with tooth paste, and he
wore a leopard skin T-shirt. It was
amazing to me the amount of ef-fort
he had put into looking ugly.
I wondered what he was thinking
of me.
Did I belong in the miscella-neous
My mind fought back against
this idea. Everybody is a some-body,
aren't they? Didn't Christ
die for everyone? Am I not a
Christian? But how is the bloke
next to me going to tell? Certainly
not by the way I am dressed. Ob-viously
the answer is in action.
Should I hand him a
tract/should I witness? What do
you say to a guy that has raw meat
hanging off his jacket?
The record store door opened
easily to my push and I stepped
back out on the street and into
Picadilly's blur.
the letters private, away from the
eyes of the other third graders.
You can be sure that much time
and effort goes into each letter
that is sent to a "big brother or
There are a couple of reasons
why Berg started this program and
continues it.
Some of the third graders come
from families where a mother or a
father is absent from the home, or
maybe they have no older br6ther
or sister. Due to the large class
size, Berg is not able to give the
personal attention that is needed
for each of the children. Through
the letters from Bethel students,
each child receives the special at-tention
which may otherwise be
lacking in his/her life.
Another reason for the pen pals
is to improve the writing skills of
the third graders. They learn how
to write interesting letters from
the Bethel students. "Also, the
letters are helpful," Berg said, "in
showing the kids that their writing
skills can be used for worthwhile
Berg's pen pal program has
been well received by all who are
involved. The letters have added
dimenion to the lives of the third
graders, which brings joy to the
parents as well as the children.
Berg feels that "the response from
the parents has been very positive.
It has become a real family in-volvement.
Parents are so excited
and surprised that college students
would be interested in third grad-ers."
Without the love and concern
of the Bethel students, Berg's idea
would- have remained only "an
When Berg first asked for "big
brother and sister" pen pals she
had hopes of having thirty stud-ents
respond. To her delight, sixty
students said that they would like
to be a pen pal.
Through the letters that have
been exchanged, friendships have
developed between Southview
third graders and Bethel students.
Some of the third graders give
- their "big brother" or "big
sister" a call on the telephone
every now and then. To show their
affection, some of them sent a
portion of their Halloween candy
to their pen pal.
Bethel students also enjoy doing
special things for their pen pals.
As an example, basketball player
• Paul Lindsey sent a basketball
season pass to the family of his
"little brother," Matt.
It takes a lot of ambition to
carry through an idea such as
Berg's. Looking over the total ef-fects
of the' program, Berg con-cludes,
"All the response of the
third graders, parents, and college
students makes any extra effort
on my part worthwhile."
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marie sandy! c center:
Every Saturday a small group
of Bethel students drive to the
Marie Sandvik Center in the heart
of Minneapolis, to work with
60-80 inner city children, ages
three through twelve.
About half of the children are
black; the majority of the rest are
white and chicano, with a handful
of Indo-chinese boat refugees.
The children stay at the mission
for about two hours to play
games, sing songs, make crafts,
hear a Bible story, and watch pup-pets
or magic. The workers feed
them a light lunch, provided by
local churches, and some fruit for
the walk or bus ride home.
Bethel students have been going
to the Sandvik Center . through
campus ministries since Sept. 15.
"We're finally getting a core
group of workers," said sopho-more
Ruth Oliver, who organized
the program.
Oliver, sophomore Tammie
Erickson and junior Karen Oase
have been helping regularly.
Freshman Dave Collins and
sophomores. Dawn Kern and Dave
Steeves form the rest of the group.
Oliver leads the three-to five-year-
olds, Oase, the six-to eight-year-
olds, and Erickson, ages nine
through twelve. Others assist with
the same age group each time, "so
we get to know the kids, and they
get to know us," said Oliver.
. Although she said it was impor-tant
to establish these friendships,
she said the center could always
use students who want to help for
only a couple Saturdays. They
needn't feel like they're "signing
their life away" when they come.
However, the more commitment
and responsibility they show, the
more they can teach and interact
with the kids.
They have had as many as 17
helpers one week, but "we want
to have enough to get on a one-to-one
basis, so we can disciple the
kids, and not just tell them a Bible
story, feed them and send them
agree with the way kids were disci-plined,"
said Oliver. "But now
it's really working pretty well. The
kids are starting to accept our au-thority."
Oliver said it's an advantage to
have the men come to help with
the older boys. "They don't listen
to girls. They need Christian guys
for examples—to see that there
are Christian guys, and that
they're smart and fun to be with,"
she said.
The work has been blessed both
materially and spiritually, said
Oliver. Central Baptist Church,
St. Paul, has agreed to pay
for the use of the campus minis-tries
van with what formerly was
the Sunday morning donut mo-ney.
One girl has accepted Christ
as a result of the ministry.
One of the lndo-chinese boat
refugees joined the Bethel stu-dents
to help his friends. 14-year-old
Sao volunteered to work with
the youngest group, and has told
workers about refugee families in
the area with children who might
be interested in the Saturday club.
This children's ministry is not
the only outreach of the Marie
Sandvik Center. Founded by
Marie Sandvik and Doris Nye, the
by Mari Broman
This type of ministry provides
challenges as well as rewards, said
Oliver. "The kids are not like
church kids at all. They're tough
little kids—they're very street-wise."
At first the students found it
discouraging to work at the mis-sion.
"The program seemed old-fashioned,
and we didn't always
work began on Nicollet
Avenue,the old "Skid Row," on
. June 11, 1940, with 30,000
emigrant men, mostly
Norwegians, said Nye.
The work expanded and moved
to its present location, 1.112
Franklin Ave., E., -Mpls. It now
offers Sunday services, Thursday
women's Bible studies and lun-cheons,
with clothes distribution
following, and boys' and girls'
clubs on alternating Wednesdays.
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an inner-city mission for children.
Lonely kids
find love,
by Doug Barkey
They descended from the bus; a
mob of frightened, screaming,
happy, sad, lonely, running, push-ing,
shoving children. They tum-bled
into the small gym where
Bethel's volunteers waited with
smiles of welcome. They ran to-ward
the students and embraced
them, clinging on to legs and
arms, searching for warmth.
The once quiet room became
full of shouts of joy and anger.
Some played keep away, but with
fifteen individual teams it became
a rough scramble for the ball.
Over in the right corner a small
fight began. The bearded bus
driver quickly separated the two
sobbing children before anything
serious could happen. The
students waded in and began
separating the younger children
from the older ones. The smaller
children were led to another room
as the older ones began a relay
race with some balls.
Gazing emptily at the wild ac-tion
in the center of the room were
several boys and girls who sat si-lently.
In another corner several-children
had surrounded a stu-dent.
Laughing and hugging her,
all five of them tried to sit on her
The kids and workers in the
middle of the room had changed
games. They formed a square, and
holding hands they tried to kick a
ball in between each other's legs.
One small ruffian kicked the ball
as hard as he could. It smacked
another girl in the face. She cried.
A student began to comfort her.
The game continued.
When the children had gotten
tired of the game, the students sat
them down and started a few
songs. Each student had five or
more kids around them. The chil-dren
climbed all over the students,
each one trying to absorb more
love and warmth.
Once a few songs had been
sung, the students started telling a
Bible ' story. Today, they re:-
counted the time when Jesus calm-ed
the storm that almost upset the
disciples' boat. The students sur-rounded
the group of children,
forming the shape of a boat.
Amidst giggles and laughter
some children on the outside of
the "boat," acted out the waves
and the storm, while a student
narrated the story. Some of the
students played Jesus and his
disciples. Most of the children got
very involved with this very
paraphrased version. The Viet-namese
children were absolutely
At the end of the story, the
children split up into groups of
four with each group led by a stu-dent.
The middle-aged group was
led by a student, who asked the
kids what they thought the mean-ing
of the story was. Some chil-dren
remained stubbornly silent,
others gave their simple interpre-tations.
She asked the children to share
something that really scared them.
The children teased each other,
daring anyone to speak up. The
student asked another student to
share a frightening incident. The
children listened to him and then
went back to their teasing. Finally
one boy mentioned nonchalantly
that some dogs had once scared
h im.
The ssttuuddeenntt tried to explain that
Jesus is with us always and con-tinually
protects us. The children
nodded, almost in unison. "Yea,
yea" they said, "We've heard that
one before." They already knew
all the answers. A little frustrated,
the Bethel volunteer led the
children in a few more games.
The lunch was then brought in.
They ate noisily, trying to steal ex-tra
cookies. Afterwards, the chil-dren
piled onto the bus, some still
lonely, other, pushing and shov-ing.
The bus skidded away on the
icy streets and the yelling and
screaming grew dim.
Many of the children left with
smiles. Not because of the food,
not because of the exciting story,
and not because of the games and
fun. They smiled because for one
moment they had been held close,
for a few hours they had been lov-ed
by students who were searching
for the very meaning of that word.
A meaning that they were dis-covering
more and more, every
hour that they spent with the chil-dren.
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% Red-eyed Collegiates
Lsla doze away semester,
IS yearn for bedtimes
After a ten-hour clinch with the mattress, my puffy-eyed roommate rouses herself to groan.
"I hate getting up in the morning."
"You missed chapel and G mod devotionals," I greet her, oozing the sarcasm a steady schedule of 8:00
classes can produce.
"Don't complain to me." Her voice is smug, muffled beneath a fluffy, steaming mound of guilts. "You
could have chosen different courses. You're a senior. You should know better."
She has me there. Other students are sleeping till "General Hospital" broadcasting time. Other students
haven't tasted pancakes since the last Easter sunrise service. Me? I registered for fall courses after taking
one of those health service cold pills.
The angelic head of my snoring roommate nestles cozily into the pillow. Mine has just been assaulted by a
frigid-water shampoo, and at 7:45 will face a bus packed full of hostile-looking "A" mod students. I could
be in a better mood.
Irritably, I plug my hairdryer into the outlet nearest my drowsing roommate's bed. my hair is smoking
before I stop. Coat on, I scream, "Phone call for you!" My conscience pains me a little as the bus jounces
me toward campus. I smirk wickedly. No rift but sleep-envy could inspire this cruel, macabre vengeance.
Two guys in the seat ahead of me are plotting to rig their late-sleeping
apartmentmate's clock so it will ring at ten-minute intervals every morn-ing
after 6:00 a.m. The girl beside me is mumbling monotonously about
her plans to sleep late three weeks from Saturday. Her eyes are small,
glazed marbles. I conclude that sleep is everyone's favorite topic, hob-by,
and state-of-being. Sleep, at Bethel College, is a way of life. Bethel is
sleep •
Ralph Martin, a British missionary now on furlough from
Japan, heads toward another linguistics course (Photo Doug
by Suzi Wells
On a cool, late autumn day,
Bethel students may see a small,
bespectacled man riding his an-throcycle
(bicycle) to school from
his home near Lake Johanna.
"I'm used to riding in the snow,"
he claims.
He is Ralph Martin, a British
missionary to Japan. He attends
linguistics classes at Bethel in-cluding
Variety in Language, Rule
in Language, and Man, Language
and Culture.
Currently, Ralph is on furlough
from his responsibilities as lang-uage
consultant for Overseas Mis-sionary
Fellowship (OMF). He
came to Bethel through the
recommendation of Dr. Herb
Purnell, a linguist with OMF in
Thailand, who recommended
study with Dr. Don Larson, pro-fessor
of linguistics, for some
practical insights and background
in linguistics.
This is Ralph's first time in the
United States, and he said he is en-joying
Bethel very much. "Your
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9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Daily
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education methods are different,"
he explained. "The less formal
structure is quite fun. The prob-lem
is how to fit in without being
"People make you fit in," he
added. "I feel a bit on the fringe,
but it's not a negative feeling, just
a fact of the matter."
Besides attending classes, Ralph
has taken advantage of Bethel's
rapid reading seminar earlier this
semester, and has attended Ling-uistic
Fellowship meetings— a
group of students interested in
linguistics who meet once a
Although he hasn't been in the
United States before, Ralph said
he doesn't suffer from culture
shock. "I don't feel in a state of
confusion," he said. He also said
his experience here has helped him
to understand American mission-aries
in Japan better.
Before missions became his full-time
occupation, the Englishman
worked as a pharmacist, attended
Bible school, and even applied
and was accepted for the Anglican
ministry before he decided to go
to Japan. He married a Scottish
woman ("so we have our own
linguistic problems," he said smil-ing)
and they have two children,
Peter, 9 and Ian, 5 1/2. His family
is in England now.
"I met my wife over a bowl of
porridge in the dining room,"
Ralph remembered of his days at
London Bible College. At that
time, his Scottish bride-to-be and
he both thought she would go to
Thailand as a missionary, while
Ralph had Japan in mind for him-self.
"But at the end of college, we
got together and got married,"
Ralph said.
The Martins decided to apply to
OMF, and they have been work-ing
in Japan for the last ten years.
Their work is "pioneer evangelis-tic
work, largely urban evangelism
in the northern part of the main
island where there's been little
work," Ralph said.
The average size of churches
there is 20 people in the congrega-tion
and eight members. These
people must support the pastor
and meet other expenses churches
have. "The Christian giving is be-yond
what we have in the West,"
Ralph said.. "It's quite a challenge
to us."
Pressures on Christians in Jap-an
are "quite phenomenal."
Families offer things to shrines
and "demonic pressures are con-siderable,"
Ralph said. Spiritual
darkness and superstition are not
uncommon in this country and
sickness among missionaries
makes the task harder.
"As missionaries, we could eas-ily
be frustrated with numbers and
percentage of Christians, but,
we're there for a purpose. There is
a harvest, and the laborers are
few," Ralph noted. "We're dig-ging
the ground and planting a
Listen to hallway conversations:
"Yeah, I'm okay — just tired. Only three hours sleep last night."
"Really? Got two and three-quarters myself."
"Night before last I had four. Over a two day span, I figure only a
combined seven."
"A week ago, I totaled my hours to only twenty in six days. Mom says
she's worrried."
"I have a doctor's appointment at Christmas when I fly home. Been
feeling sort of run down and dizzy."
"Me too. I've been fainting. I take vitamins, but what're pills when
you're getting as little sleep as —"
Next to the current wind chill, sleep is the most talked about, most
thought about subject on this campus.
What is this wierd connection between college enrollment and crav-ings
for unnatural preoccupations with napping? A freshman girl
recently confessed to Jne that she likes nothing better than spending a
Friday evening with a bottle of Sominex. (Psychology department: for
more information, send specific questions and sizable checks to P.O.
It seems that each September, the average collegiate's capacity for
sleep leaps by immeasurable degrees. He can now doze while ordering a
California burger in the coffeeshop, before a chemistry final, in the
midst of a speech tournament. Everything puts him to sleep, and he is
perpetually tired. He need only flip past the table of contents in his ac-counting
volume to descend into a dazed state. If contact between
reader and textbook takes place in a library carrel, hypnosis occurs with
amazing speed. Unconscious bodies litter LRC tables.
College life drags all these sleeping quirks into the open. Put a college
acceptance letter in any nice person's hand and watch the transforma-tion.
Quiet individual goes animal. He is intent only on getting his
uninterrupted eight hours per night, and—inevitably—he is rooming
with someone whose sleeping habits exactly contradict his own.
Housing directors (who have always been suspected of hiding well-developed
sadistic streaks) consistently couple sunrise fanatics with
studied-all-night-don 't -wake-me-till -noon -or -your-li fe-may-be-prema-turely-
terminated devotees. This risky "wedding" sometimes ends in
tragedy. Each type is unequivocally convinced that his hours are sanest;
neither has the slightest qualms about enacting an Old Testament blood
sacrifice if disturbed during sleep.
College engrossment with sleep may work a few beneficial effects.
The topic can excite stimulating conversation at even tuppperware and
Mary Kay parties. A heated debate over which is the "best time of day"
can turn into thrilling physical conflict. Sleep can provide common
ground for conversation between utter incompatible strangers.
Sleep—and the lack of it—keeps us entertained and interested in life.
Beginning with the December 15 issue, a regular feature of the
Clarion will be the publication of the pathetic number of hours I sleep
each week. This feature may not be especially informative, but it is the
only step toward my eventual martyrdom and sainthood that will be
respected and understood by the entire Bethel community.
Englishman adapts to Bethel
Waits between Fountain Terrace and Silvercrest stops have caused complaints from bus-riding
apartment-dwellers (Photo Dan Velie).
Jittery five loses to Bemidji St.
Help Wanted
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for passages contest
Page 7
Bus hassles will not
change next term
by Ken Wanovich
The hockey team played its best
game of the season last weekend,
but it wasn't good enough to beat
the 1978-79 national champions,
Bemidji State. Bethel lost 15-2 and
5-2 in a two-game series at Bemid-ji-
"It was our first road trip of the
season and we were a little ner-vous,"
said Coach Harris. "I
think we had 'opening night jit-ters'
in our first game."
Bethel's second game proved to
be much more exciting. With nine
minutes to play in the third
period, Bethel was behind by one
goal, 3-2. Bemidji then scored two
goals and went on to win, 5-2.
"We klayed much better the
second game," said Harris. "We
had a chance to evaluate what
they were doing in the first game,
and adjust. We cut down the
number of their shots on goal, and
broke out of our own zone
quicker. Bemidji is one of the best
teams we expect to play this
season. If we continue to play like
we did this weekend, we will be
winning some hockey games."
So far this season, Bethel's
An informational meet-ing
for all current students
interested in Bethel's nurs-ing
program—which is
scheduled to begin Fall 1980
—will be held on Thursday,
December 13, at 3:30 PM in
Room AC203. Students
who wish to obtain infor-mation,
but who cannot at-tend
this meeting, should
contact Dr. Johnson, PO
Box 36.
record is 0-5. They have scored 10
goals in five games, and given up
41. Steve Kettlekamp, Tomm Ber-quist
and Dave Johnson have each
scored three goals. Last year's
leading scorer, Tom Correll, has
scored one.
"Our weakness is defense right
now," said Rich Dille, goalie
coach. "We have only one return-ing
defenseman, and have chang-ed
some wingers into defensemen.
They need more experience."
Bethel is presently skating only
two offensive lines regularly. Most
teams skate three or four lines.
Five players will be eligible in
January, which will strengthen
Bethel's offensive and defensive
lines. Gary Shibrowski and Scott
Larson both have previous ex-perience
playing defense, and
Scott Feltman was the second
leading scorer last year.
Bethel has not played a con-ference
game yet. The first con-ference
game is Dec. 8 at
Gustavus. Coach Harris is op-timistic
about the outcome of that
game. "Gustavus has always been
in the NAIA tournament," he
said, "but we are going to do our
with Eurocorps, a
10-week program of Greater
Europe Mission. Spend the
summer ministering with other
students on evangelism, music
or work teams. For more infor-mation,
write to: Eurocorps
Administrator, Greater Europe
Mission, Box 668, Wheaton, II.
For Sale
Ski boots: Munari 101/2 Med.
Excellent condition. $60 or best
offer. Tony Anderson, PO 270.
The next home game is Friday,
Dec. 7, against St. Cloud. Game
time is 8:00 p.m. at Columbia
Arena in Fridley.
A special thank-you to those of
you who took the time and trou-ble
to enter the "Passages" con-test.
We had an overwhelming re-sponse!!
Dear Boiler Room Girls: I lov-ed
your call on Nov. 26. Please
call again sometime or leave a
note in my PO.
Thank you,
Needed: a ride to and from the
Minneapolis campus of the U
on Monday and Wednesday
mornings starting January 7. I
need to be back on campus by
12 noon.
Contact Cemlyn Janzen at
by Julie Pflepsen
"Fountain Terrace people do
not know our reasoning behind
why the bus goes to Silvercrest
first," Bus Coordinator Rich Dille
said this in response to complaints
from F.T. bus riders who dislike
waiting at S.C. on their way back
to F.T.
The bus route goes to S.C. first
whith takes about five minutes,
says Dille. It waits there for 10
minutes for all passengers riding
back to Arden Hills Campus to
board. It then takes another five
minutes to get to F.T. where it
also waits for ten minutes before
heading back to the new campus.
Some complaints have sug-gested
that the bus should go to
F.T. first.
Dille says that no matter where
the bus goes first, the time spent
waiting on the bus will be equal-ized.
"Right now Fountain Ter-race
riders must wait 10 minutes at
Silver Crest on their way home,
but those who board the bus at
Silver Crest have to wait 10 min-utes
at Fountain Terrace on their
way to new campus."
Dille said he chose the bus route
to go to S.C. first because it is a
new area to Bethel. Also most of
the students at F.T. are juniors
and seniors and they drive their
own cars. S.C. people tend to ride
the bus more because there is a
parking problem at their apart-ments.
Dille said he does not plan to
change the F.T.-S.C. bus route
for next semester.
Omni Theatre saves
perishing students
from ocean of work
With only two more weeks of
school left, we are also feeling the
pressure of all of the homework
due. Therefore, we only have two
activities planned for this week-end.
On Saturday evening, Decem-ber
8th, buses will leave at 7 p.m.
to go to the showing of "Ocean"
at the Omni Theatre in St. Paul,
which begins at 8 p.m.
You'll really enjoy seeing a mo-tion
picture that surrounth you
and places you in an underwater
world of fascination. If you plan
on going, you must sign up on the
C.C. bulletin board by today.
Tickets will be bought at the Thea-tre
for $2.75. Take your friends,
and enjoy a real fun evening
Sunday evening will once again
bring many students together for a
singspiration. Meet everyone else
in the gym at 9:00 p.m. for a good
time of singing, fellowship, devo-tions,
and prayer. It's a very
worthwhile way to spend an hour
and start off the week.
"Christmas Carol" tickets will
go on sale to students only on
Monday, December 10. Starting
on Wednesday, we will open up
the sale of tickets to anyone.
Tickets are $4.25, and we have 200
tickets for each evening, Friday
and Saturday, the 14th and 15th.
There will be a limit of 2 tickets
per person. We will take one bus
each evening, so if you plan to
ride with us, you must sign up on
the C.C. bulletin board.
Have a really great weekend!
Monday, Dr. Alan Scarfe
Tuesday, SMP
Wednesday, Musical
Thursday, Reader's theatre
Friday, Pastor Jim/music/
Christmas story
There was one problem, how-ever.
Due to printing costs this
year's edition will only have 48
pages. Needless to say, we had
more submissions than we could
Our selection process was ex-tremely
difficult. Many of the
pieces were of high aesthetic quali-ty.
Selections were made on the
basis of their overall contribution
to the flow and context of the
book as well as their aesthetic ex-cellence.
The winners in the visual por-tion
of the contest were; first place
Thor Hansen, photo, second,
place Chuck Clark, photo, third'
place Doug Barkey, photo.
The winners in the creative writ-ing
portion of the contest were
first place John Collins, "Tech-nology"
a short story, second
place Ginny Olson, "Monday" a
poem, and third place Dawn Mar-tin
"Innocent Champion" a short
Thanks again to everyone who
entered and congratulations to the
six winners!
Rob Johnson and Terri Hanson
The Passages Peop.le. .. . .
Joann Griffin powers one up from close range. University of
Minnesota-Morris beat the Royals 77-44 (Photo Doug Barkey).
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by Carol Madison
Although the women's basket-ball
team suffered losses in the
first two games of the season,
there is comfort in the fact that
they faced probably two of the
tougher teams on this year's
by Steve Erickson
The Bethel basketball team
downed an outmanned Concor-dia-
St. Paul team 66-59 and lost to
Superior 87-86 in season openers
last week.
Although Bethel beat the
visiting Comets, it was a subpar
performance. "We won. That's
about all you can say. We were
fortunate to win. We had a couple
of two minute stretches where we
played well," said Coach George
Battling back after being down
most of the first half, the Royals
took a 38-34 lead into the locker
room at the half. Although Con-cordia
was a small team, their
quickness helped them cash in on
numerous Bethel turnovers.
Bethel increased its lead to
52-40 early in the second half,
thanks to some key baskets by
Scott Wilson, who was coming off
a stress fracture in his leg. The
Royals stretched the gap to 60-46,
their biggest lead of the game, on
a nifty passing play.
Rey Miller carried the ball up-court
and passed to Greg Edlund,
who immediately returned it to
The Royals were downed by U
of M-Morris 77-44 in the home
opener, but the attitude of the
players was encouraging to Coach
Marcia LaRock. Despite a 22-4
deficit after just four minutes of
play, the team fought back to nar-row
that lead to ten points at half-
Miller. Miller then fed Gary
Edlund cutting toward the basket
for a layup.
Miller led the Royals in scoring
with 16 while Wilson had 15
Superior's three year home win-ning
streak almost came to an end
as the Royals played well in
building up a sizeable lead. Bethel
led 53-43 at half but Superior cut
that to 5 before the blue and gold
got hot. Bethel spurted to a 17
point gap.
"We got cautious and they kept
whittling away until they took the
lead with three minutes left. We
had two opportunities to get the
winning bucket and missed both,"
said Palke.
Six men were in double figures,
led by Greg Edlund with 18. Dave
Blanchard and Wilson had 15
while Blanchard had 10 assists,
one off the school record. Gary
Edlund, Miller and Tom Weko
had 15, 12, and 10 respectively.
This weekend the team travels
west to take on Eastern Montana
and Rocky Mountain College.
Next Wenesday Bethel plays at
home against St. Thomas.
by Steve Erickson
Claiming the best record of any
sport at Bethel last year, the wrest-ling
team opens its 1979-80 season
tonight at 7:00 against Gustavus
in the gym.
Bethel, with a 10-5 record last
season, participates in a four-team
meet with Concordia-St.
Paul, Northwestern, and Golden
Valley Lutheran tomorrow here at
1 p.m.
Boasting certainly one of the
largest squads (28) in the con-ference,
if not one of the strong-est,
Coach Dave Klostreich ex-pects
his team to improve on last
year's winning record, although
the schedule will be more difficult.
"This promises to be the best
team in the 19 years of Bethel
wrestling. We have a lot more
depth than last year. We're
stronger on the mat and more ma-ture,
and stronger in the lower
weights," he said.
Six returning letterman, all with
impressive records, lead the Roy-als
into action. Senior Rich Hodge
"I was pleased that we came
back and didn't quit," said La-
Rock. "We actually outplayed
them for about fifteen minutes in
the first half."
Beth Karsjens led the Royals by
scoring half of the team's points
with an aggressive offensive per-formance..
Joann Griffin was high
rebounder with eight.
Morris shot 57 percent from the
field, and that aggressive attack,
coupled with the overabundance
of Bethel turnovers, accounted for
the margin of victory for Morris.
Bethel then lost to St. Cather-ine's
74-54 in a hard-fought and
extremely physical game. Assis-tant
coach Cindy Martin, an
alumnus player who has been in-volved
with the basketball pro-gram
almost since its origin, view-ed
the same as possibly the most
(16-1-2) hopes to capture his sec-ond
MIAC title at heavyweight.
Mike Anderson (11-6), a junior at
177 lbs., finished third in con-ference
last winter.
This year's captains are junior
Greg Heinsch and senior Lonnie
Holmgren. Heinsch finished at
13-7 in the 150 lbs. class while
Holmgren went 12-7 wrestling at
167 lbs. Other returnees are
Wayne Reeves (13-6) at 142 lbs.
and Greg Widmer (12-8) at 134
A number of new faces will see
action, as depth will be one of the
team's assets. One outstanding
newcomer is freshman Paul
Frandsen (142 lbs.) from Spring
Valley, Wis. who finished fourth
in Wisconsin's high school
Other wrestlers expected to see
action include Kirk Walters, Jon
Martin, Scott Martin, Ben Mc-
Eachern, Mike Jacoby, Russ Rey-nolds,
Brian Hallstrom, and Brian
Although the squad is large,
one of Klostreich's concerns is
that there is a lack of depth at i90
lbs. and heavyweight.
Assisting Klostreich is Bruce
Barringer, who wrestled for
Bethel in the early 1970's. Pre-sently
he is the head coach at St.
Paul Academy.
When asked if he thought his
team could take the MIAC title,
Klostreich replied, "Definitely,
we hope to finish in the top three.
Without injuries to key people,
we'll do well."
Bethel's wrestling team opened
its season on a high note, taking
second place in the Terry Haws
Invitational last Saturday at St.
The Royals won their first two
matches of the season before los-ing
to St. Thomas 22-19 in the
tournament finals. Bethel
defeated River Falls 24-18 in the
opener and Southwest 19-18 in the
Lonnie Holmgren, Rich Hodge
and freshman Paul Frandsen led
the way with three wins apiece on
the day. Hodge and Ffandsen
each had two pins.
Coach Dave Klostreich was very
pleased with his team's. perfor-mance.
"We wrestled hard and
well. We didn't wrestle as sharp as
we could've because it was early in
the season. But it was a well-done
job by the wrestlers."
Against River Falls, in addition
to pins by Hodge and Frandsen,
and Holmgren's decision, Kirk
Walters at 126 lbs, Greg Heinsch
at 150, and Mike Anderson at 190,
all won their matches. In the
marathon match with Southwest,
Russ Reynolds at 118 and John
Martin at 167 won along with the
other three.
The finals took place in the af-ternoon
and Bethel was tired after
wrestling in two tough matches.
St. Thomas was relatively fresh af-ter
breezing through the first two
rounds. 134-pound Greg Widmer
won by decision in addition to
Hodge, Frandsen and Holmgren.
Wrestlers launch title drive
Cagers split pair
in season openers
Determination despite tough foes sparks B-ball
aggressive game ever played.
Bethel was evenly matched with
St. Kate's throughout the entire
first half of the bout and was
down by only five, but then lost
the aggressiveness and strength
needed in the second half to keep
the score close.
The team scoring was more
evenly balanced as Karsjens again
led with 14 points, Griffin fol-lowed
with 12, and Deb Sension
and Linda Johnson each had eight
points. Sheila Kroon also contri-buted
to the scoring with six
points. Karsjens and Griffin both
grabbed eight rebounds.
The Royals will meet St. Olaf at
home on Tuesday night at 6:30,
and then travel to Augsburg the
following night for the final game
before the semester break. They
will resume action on January 9 at
Concordia-St. Paul.
Gary Edlund (left) attempts to tam a pass to MOIR wilson (bu) througn a swarming ueiense in
Bethel's 66-59 victory over Concordia-St. Paul (Photo Doug Barkey).
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By now all institutional investment professionals and large hedge funds have filed their quarterly 13F reports, revealing their latest purchases and sales in the 2012 fourth quarter. After looking over several dozen of these filings, some interesting names showed up that may be worth a closer look.
Fairholme Capital, the multi-billion value fund run by Bruce Berkowitz, posted an interesting filing about company micro-cap home improvement retailer Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH), a $38 million dollar company at today's market price. The initial intrigue focused on why a multi-billion fund is investing in a microcap. I quickly found out that OSH was spun out of Sears Holding (SHLD), of which Fairholme is a big shareholder. But Orchard is a spinoff and guys like Berkowitz have no interest in owning a microcap. So the natural move is to monetize the asset and sell -- and that's clearly what is happening to Orchard. Less than a year ago, the shares were trading for $27; today the stock trades below $6.
Unfortunately, Orchard has an ugly balance sheet: more than $300 million in total debt and negative equity. The company is working with creditors to right the ship. The other problem is that OSH competes in the same space as Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW). The situation is bad at OSH at the moment, but the company continues to move along opening new stores. I guess if there were ever a time for a company to have a debt problem, today's low interest rate world is it. The company is cash flow positive and two years ago net income was $20 million. I wouldn't touch the stock until a deeper look but this is an asymmetric payoff: if OSH rights the ship, you are probably looking at a gain of two to four times your investment.
Technology company QAD Software (QADA) is a name that shows up as a holding for Roumell Asset Management, a top notch value fund based out of Maryland. What I like about QAD is that it's software serves the manufacturing industry, an industry that seems to be experiencing a renaissance again here in the US. In addition, QAD has rock solid financials: net cash of over $4 per share against a stock price of $13, a fantastic unlevered return on equity, and strong operating cash flows with little capital expenditures.
Idenix Pharmaceuticals (IDIX) is another small-cap name that showed up as a new holding at Baupost, Seth Klarman's legendary investment firm. Shares of Idenix trade for $4.66, down from $13. The market cap of $630 million includes over $250 million of cash and no debt. Idenix engages in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral diseases with a focus on treatments for Hepatitis C as well as HIV and Hepatitis B. The stock price decline was due to a pipeline setback but Idenix managed to raise nearly $130 million in cash from a stock issuance at prices significantly higher than today's price. Biotech companies such as Idenix have huge payoffs when milestones are met and Baupost has a rather successful track record of investing in such names.
Whether or not these names pose any intriguing opportunities will require a much closer look. However, since Mr. Market usually disregards them, complex investment situations can yield the biggest payoffs.


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On this day in 1754, a 22-year-old lieutenant colonel of the Virginia militia named George Washington successfully defeats a party of French and Indian scouts in southwest Pennsylvania as Virginia attempts to lay claim to the territory for its own settlers. The action snowballed into a world war and began the military career of the first American commander in chief.
The Ohio Valley had long been a contested territory among French Canadians, various Indian groups and the British colonies of Pennsylvania and Virginia. When the French began to establish fortifications along the river and refused Virginia's written demand that they depart, Virginia's governor, Robert Dinwiddie, dispatched Washington to complete and defend a Virginian fort at the forks of the Ohio.
Upon their arrival, Washington discovered that a scouting party led by the French ensign, Joseph Coulon de Jumonville was nearby. Fearing that Jumonville was planning an attack, Washington struck first, successfully ambushing the small party. In one of history's murkier moments, Jumonville was murdered by Washington's Indian ally, Tanaghrisson, while the monolingual Washington struggled to interrogate the French-speaking Canadian.
Jumonville's murder in captivity incited a strong French response, and Washington was unable to defend his makeshift "Fort Necessity" from French forces led by Jumonville's half-brother. Washington surrendered on July 4 and signed a French confession to Jumonville's assassination, which he could not read.
Benjamin Franklin had drafted his Albany Plan for Union earlier that month, in the hope that united colonies could better orchestrate their own defense and governance. Colonists voted down the proposal everywhere it was presented. After Washington displayed his incompetence on the Ohio, the British decided it was time to save their colonies from themselves and dispatched two regiments of Redcoats under General Edward Braddock to America. Braddock too suffered a humiliating defeat at the forks of the Ohio; it took the British and their colonists seven years of world war to redeem themselves. The Seven Years' War would go on to strip the French of their American empire and test the bonds of the British empire in America.


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Remote Galaxies Appear Distorted and Fragmented
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the central portion of a remote cluster of galaxies (CL 0939+4713) as it looked when the universe was two-thirds of its present age. Hubble's high resolution allows astronomers to study, for the first time, the shapes of galaxies as they were long ago.
The Space Telescope pictures are sharp enough to distinguish between various forms of spiral galaxies. Most of the spiral, or disk, galaxies have odd features, suggesting they were easily distorted within the environment of the rich cluster. Hubble reveals a number of mysterious "fragments" of galaxies interspersed through the cluster.
The HST picture confirms that billions of years ago, clusters of galaxies contained not only the types of galaxies dominating their descendant clusters today, but also several times as many spiral galaxies. These spiral galaxies have since disappeared through mergers and disruptions, as evident in the Hubble image.
This visible light image was taken with HST's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in Wide Field Camera mode, on January 10 and 12, 1994.
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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
WASHINGTON (AP) — At some point on Inauguration Day, if all goes as expected, the president's limousine will slow to a stop on its journey down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. A Secret Service agent will open the rear passenger door, and the newly sworn-in president and the first lady will emerge from his car for a several-minute stroll. The crowd will cheer. Barack Obama will wave.
In that moment, Pennsylvania Avenue is America's red carpet. And the president and first lady are the only celebrities on it. The victory walk has become an iconic inaugural moment, one expected by the public and the press.
And though the tradition dates only to President Jimmy Carter, it has already developed an air of inevitability and predictable patterns.
Charlie Brotman, who has been the announcer for the inaugural parade for decades, says the crowd never tires of the moment. When it happens, the 85-year-old says, spectators can expect to hear him saying something like this over the loudspeakers: "Ladies and gentleman, here's what the parade is all about. The president of the United States is walking right in front of you."
Carter wasn't thinking about starting a tradition when he decided to walk the mile-plus parade route in 1977. The idea wasn't even his. Before the inauguration, a Wisconsin senator sent Carter a letter suggesting the new president walk the route to set a good example for physical fitness. Carter initially dismissed the idea as silly, but soon reconsidered. He wrote in his memoir, "Keeping Faith," that he "began to realize that the symbolism of our leaving the armored car would be more far-reaching than simply to promote exercise."
"I wanted to provide a vivid demonstration of my confidence in the people as far as security was concerned, and I felt a simple walk would be a tangible indication of some reduction in the imperial status of the president and his family," he wrote.
Carter told only a few people of his plan, including the Secret Service, and spectators were shocked when he emerged from the limo. At first, revelers seemed to think something was wrong with the car. Then, they realized what was happening.
"There were gasps of astonishment and cries of 'They're walking! They're walking!'" Carter remembered in his memoir.
No other president has again walked the entire route, a trek that took Carter 40 minutes. His successor, Ronald Reagan, is the only modern president to skip the stroll. Reagan and his wife, Nancy, stuck their heads out of their limo's sun roof during part of the drive in 1981, and Reagan didn't have a chance to walk after his second inauguration in 1985: that parade was canceled because of cold weather.
The next four presidents, two Democrats and two Republicans, have all pounded Pennsylvania Avenue pavement. They generally walk at least the last block to the White House, though the length and the timing of the strolls have varied. Once the president and his wife emerge, however, the script is similar. Waving, thumbs-up-giving and hand-holding are standard, and the first lady always seems to make the trek in heels. Even rain or cold don't seem to dissuade presidents. George W. Bush braved wet weather and temperatures in the 30s to walk with his wife, Laura, in 2001.
Whether children accompany their parents is hard to predict. Amy Carter, then 9, jumped and danced down the street with her parents. Chelsea Clinton joined her parents in 1997 when she was 16.
More predictable is a heavy Secret Service presence. Former agents say the parade can be a security challenge, mainly because everyone knows the route, and the street is less secure than the limo. But agents also understand the president wants to get out and be seen, says former agent Joseph Petro, who wrote a book about his years protecting presidents. Agents take a host of precautions, including leaving the limo doors open, just in case the president has to get back inside quickly.
During his last inauguration, the Obamas walked about six blocks. The president and first lady left their limo near the National Archives and Records Administration building, where the original Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence are displayed. After walking several blocks, Michelle Obama in green heels, they returned to the car briefly. They re-emerged for the last stretch to the White House, to a second round of wild cheers.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
"When my teacher asks me a question thinking I'm not paying attention, but I get it right."


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Bottom Shelf Beer Olympics: Holland (Heineken vs. Grolsch)
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
Bottom Shelf research director Emily and I set out Saturday afternoon intending to get into the Olympic spirit by embracing foreign cultures via Australian meat pie and Brazilian graffiti art. We messed up the meat pie mission by ordering a vegetable pie and a chicken sandwich, but the Brazilian graffitists held up their end of the bargain, and the chicken sandwich was quite good despite its appalling lack of both pastry and gravy, so the outing was the sort of rousing success that makes a man realize he needs to get out and see more of the world.
I've never been to Europe but I'm starting to think that it might be my kind of continent, what with all the bicycles and breweries and funny talk. Amsterdam in particular has been recommended by several friends, but I'd never seriously considered it because the recommenders invariably mention various tawdry charms that happen not to appeal to my pronounced but discerning skuzzy side.
But it turns out there is also a Van Gogh Museum (Van Gogh was a painter, which is the sort of thing you know if you're the museum-going type). I bet that's quite something, but it wouldn't be enough to get me to Holland if I hadn't also recently fallen in love with the new Boston-adjacent outpost of Amsterdam Falafel Shop.
I used to work with a bunch of bored and rambunctious young men who liked to while away the afternoons plotting out about how they would handle all sorts of far-fetched emergency scenarios. Most of these fantasies involved which office supplies they would use to subdue an armed intruder or which intern they would eat first should we ever be trapped inside the building for an extended period of time when all the vending machine had left was Twizzlers and baked potato chips. I never had much to contribute to these conversation, because I lack that kind of hypothetical creativity and ambition, but lately I have been thinking about my contingency plan if faced with a more likely and dire situation: What if I were forced to become a fat vegetarian?
I don't care much for sweets and I think I've pretty nearly maxed out what alcohol can do for me, fat-wise, so I've decided that when-not-if this mandate comes down, I will subsist almost entirely on nuts and falafel. There are days when I think cashews might be my favorite meat, and I've loved every single falafel I've ever had. In fact, I'm so fond of all falafel that at first I wasn't too excited by the news that Amsterdam Falafel Shop was coming to town. Their claims to fame are freshness and toppings, but I find toppings to be a distraction and had never noticed other falafel being stale, so I figured this was a place catering to less ardent falafelarians. Well, I was wrong. Amsterdam Falafel Shop is spectacular, so I'm going to book myself on the next train to Holland, as soon as I figure out what to drink while I'm there.
The three biggest Dutch beer exports are Heineken, Amstel Light, and Grolsch. I'm disregarding Amstel here because the Bottom Shelf Beer Olympics are no place for light stuff, which leaves us with Heineken, which I know and dislike, and Grolsch, which has a very cool flip-top cap. I came to this tasting so heavily biased that I had to enlist Emily to slip me unmarked shots of each beer so I could hope to give Heineken a fair hearing.
I didn't care for either. Heineken's worse, with a sharp metallic tinge and a sour cream finish. Grolsch isn't much better, even when awarded points for excellence in naming and packaging. Emily actually thought the Heineken was better, even after I very patiently—and not for the first time—explained that Heineken is worse than everything. We both found Grolsch to be starkly earthy, almost to the point of grittiness. Grolsch is a dirty beer, but it's only about half as skunky as Heineken, so it advances to the next round of the Bottom Shelf Olympics, where it joins Sapporo. Thursday we'll find a favorite Canadian. Any nominees?
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Significant reduction in
the proportion of PsA patients with enthesitis
Week 14
45% reduction from baseline in the proportion of REMICADE® 5 mg/kg patients with enthesitis (P=0.023)2
Week 54
50% reduction from baseline in the proportion of REMICADE® 5 mg/kg patients with enthesitis after 1 year1,2
44% reduction from Week 24 to Week 54 in the proportion of patients with enthesitis after crossing over from placebo to REMICADE® 5 mg/kg1,2
IMPACT 2 (Induction and Maintenance Psoriatic Arthritis Clinical Trial 2): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter, phase 3 study of REMICADE® in 200 patients with active PsA for at least 6 months who had an inadequate response to DMARDs or NSAIDs. Patients had active articular disease (≥5 swollen and tender joints each), psoriatic target skin lesion (≥2 cm in diameter), and either CRP ≥1.5 mg/dL or morning stiffness lasting ≥45 minutes. Stable methotrexate (MTX) doses of ≤25 mg/week at study entry and stable oral corticosteroid doses equivalent to ≤10 mg/day of prednisone were permitted. During the 24-week, double-blind phase, patients received either REMICADE® 5 mg/kg (n=100) or placebo (n=100) at Weeks 0, 2, 6, 14, and 22. At Week 16, placebo patients with <10% improvement in swollen and tender joint counts were switched to active treatment and received REMICADE® 5 mg/kg at Weeks 16, 18, 22, 30, 38, and 46. At Week 24, all patients receiving placebo crossed over to active treatment and received REMICADE® 5 mg/kg (n=91) at Weeks 24, 26, 30, 38, and 46. Primary endpoints included the proportion of patients with
ACR20 response at Week 14 and the change from baseline in total modified van der Heijde-Sharp (vdH-S) score at Week 24. Improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) was evaluated in psoriatic arthritis patients with baseline body surface area (BSA) ≥3% (n=87, placebo; n=83, REMICADE®).
1. REMICADE® (infliximab) Prescribing Information. Janssen Biotech, Inc.
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If an asteroid really was on a collision course with Earth, blowing it up wouldn't do much good because the chunks would still have the same momentum. So what do you do? "How I Saved The World" has the answer.
The story, by Bulgarian author Valentin Ivanov, appeared in Mike Brotherton's online anthology of astronomy-based SF, Diamonds In The Sky. Translated into English, it has a wry, sad-sack humor, especially in the final little twist. But mostly, it's worth reading for the clever method for deflecting a destructive asteroid that's due to cause an "extinction-level event" on Earth in 30 years. It's not quite as glamorous as Bruce Willis hauling nukes out onto the asteroid's surface, but it's a lot more scientifically plausible. It involves using the Yarkovsky effect, and a whole lot of black paint.
Also, you can read Ivanov's recently published history of Bulgarian science-fiction here.
Top image from Astroprof's page. [How I Saved The World at Diamonds In The Sky]


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(CNN) — The Australian victim of an alleged "thrill killing" in the United States was laid to rest in his hometown Wednesday, as an autopsy report revealed he was killed by a single shot to the back.
Hundreds of mourners packed Melbourne's St Therese's Church Wednesday for the funeral of Christopher Lane, who was studying in the United States on a baseball scholarship when he was allegedly gunned down at random on August 16.
The autopsy report, released Tuesday, showed Lane, a student at Oklahoma's East Central University, was killed by a single bullet that hit his back, penetrated both lungs, his aorta and pulmonary artery, and fractured two ribs.
One of the three teens arrested over the 22-year-old's death allegedly told police in Duncan, Oklahoma, that they had decided to kill someone because they were bored.
Two of the teens — James Edwards Jr., 15, and Chancey Luna, 16 — have been charged as adults with first-degree murder over the shooting, while another, 17-year-old Michael Jones, is accused of being an accessory and driving a vehicle during the discharge of a weapon.
The senselessness of the killing caused outrage in Australia and the U.S., with former Australian deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer calling for a boycott on travel to the U.S. in response, and President Barack Obama expressing his condolences to Lane's family.
The case also prompted speculation the killing may have been racially-motivated, as one of the alleged shooters, who is black, had allegedly made online comments about disliking white people. District Attorney Jason Hicks said while the powst appeared racial in character, there was insufficient evidence to pursue hate crime charges in the case.
Lane's American girlfriend, Sarah Harper, was among the mourners at the funeral, having accompanied his body home to Australia on Saturday. She had attended a tribute game Sunday with Lane's family and friends at Melbourne's Essendon Baseball Club, where Lane had been a member.
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GOAL: INCREASE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER TO FOUR-YEAR COLLEGESRelates to three Title V areas of Academic Programs, Institutional Management, Fiscal Stability.
Note: Objectives 1, 2, 3 will use Transfer Velocity Project (TVP) cohort data. See Activity Objectives for Annual measures and complete description methodology.
Objective 1:By 2017, Increase the Four- Year TVP Transfer Rates for all VC Students by three (3) percentage points-from 29% (2011-12 baseline for 2005-06 transfer cohort) to 32%. This is a 10% increase; 3 percentage points to increase.
|Objective 2.: By 2017, Increase the Four- Year TVP Transfer Rates of Hispanic VC Students by five (5) percentage points- from 22% (2011-12 baseline for 2005-06 transfer cohort) to 27%. This is a 22% increase; 5 percentage points increase.
|Objective 3:By 2017, Decrease the 7 point gap in Four-Year TVP Transfer Rates between all VC Students and Hispanic VC Students to 5 points- a decrease of 2 points, or 29% [( 2/7) x 100= 28.8% = 29%] in comparison to the 2011-12 baseline for the 2005-06 transfer cohort.
Relates primarily to Academic Programs and Student Services.
|Objective 4: By September 2017, there will be a 10% relative improvement in the Student success (A, B, C) on 20 high risk barrier courses participating in pilots of high impact interventions, above 2010-11 baseline of 60.2%.; 2017 Target: 66.2% successful completion
|Objective 5: By September 2017, there will be a 33% overall decrease in the Hispanic student success differential high risk transfer courses, in comparison to the 2010-11 baseline of 8.3%; 2017 Target; 5.6% maximum composite differential.
GOAL:DECREASE SUCCESS AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS BETWEEN HISPANIC STUDENTS AND THE VENTURA COLLEGE AVERAGE.Relates Institutional Management & Academic Program
|Measurement of achievement of progress toward this goal is measured by Title V Project Objective and Objective 5.
GOAL: MEET ALL RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO WASC STANDARDS FOR INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS.Relates to Institutional Management and Academic Program.
|Objective 6: By September 2016, 100% of instructional programs containing courses on the high risk barrier list and.or required for transfer degrees will have to achieve Sustainable Continuous Quality Improvement (highest level possible) for program and institutional level SLOs according to WASC Institutional Effectiveness standards, compared to a September 2011 baseline of one (1) program meeting all parameters of requirements (VC English Program).
ACTIVITY OVERVIEW- Related to Objectives
|All Activity Components relate to Objectives 1-5. Component C most directly response to Objectives 4, 5, & 6.
Component A.Accelerated Math & English and Writing Across the Curriculum
Component B.Culturally Responsive and High-Impact Strategies for High-Risk Barrier Courses
Component C.Infusion of Best Practices in Teaching & Learning through Institutional Effectiveness
Component D.New Strategies for Transfer Counseling and Transfer Career Advising.


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I was searching eBay for some SPF protection for my hair and scalp, when I spotted this Calypso Deep Tan Original Carrot Oil with SPF….0.
Man, do they still make this stuff? I remember when the girls at school used to cover themselves in vegetable oil and burn themselves in the "front" garden, over a sunny weekend in the pursuit of a tan.
They'd turn up at school nice and toasty the for the next week, sore, pink and peeling.
Let's see, that was 10 years ago…I'll take a guess and say my skin is in much better nick than theirs.
Anyway, so here is the offending bottle – it's very presence irritates me:
Why? Because Calypso Deep Tan original carrot oil comes in SPF 0, 2 and 4 yet it has the cheek to call itself 'sun protection'. In the case of the 'original' (spf 0) it isn't sun protection at all, more of a cooking oil to baste ones self in.
Calypso carrot oil "which intensifies the sun's rays, accelerating your skin's natural process." – you mean the ageing process, right?
Vanity aside, there is of course the health aspect – people bang on about sun protection for a good reason and I can't believe people still put getting a tan over their own health. Hello! There is plenty of fake tan out there if being dark is yer thing.
For the people who are reading this and are donning the Eric Cartman voice, "It's my skin, I do what I wannn [sic]", I have just two words for you: Malignant Melanoma.
Just a year ago I found a very strange mole on my arm I'd never seen before. It changed shape, it wept, it was crusty and sore. I rarely expose that part of my body to the sun – only once in my life have I sunbathed, but even so, it was a little scary.
I kept going back to the doctors until they sent me to a specialist who told me it was definitely nothing. Weird thing is, the mole fell off after he saw it and it's just a small freckle. Nevertheless, the one time I let myself burn was etched in my memory.
Meanwhile, I found a chart that shows how likely you are to burn, depending on your skin colour/type:
For the record, I would be in group 5, "very low inclination to sunburn" – not at all true. The one time I sunbathed (mentioned above) my back was so burnt I could barely move for days. Never again.
My point is:
Use your suncream if you are going on holiday! Why burn? Why put yourself under risk, you will still get a tan with a decent SPF sun cream.


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Colorado Movie Theater Shooter James Holmes Now Wants To Plead Guilty
DENVER (AP) — The man accused in the deadly Colorado theater shootings wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.
James Holmes' attorneys revealed his intention Tuesday. The new plea could mean a long delay for a mental evaluation and legal arguments.
Holmes is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder in the July 20 attack that killed 12 people and left 70 injured. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
Holmes' lawyers delayed entering a plea for weeks, saying the state insanity law could severely hamper his ability to mount a defense against the death penalty.
A judge entered a standard not guilty plea for Holmes last month.
The court will hear arguments from both sides Monday on whether to let Holmes change his plea to insanity.
DAN ELLIOTT,Associated Press
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.