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FIE CIARlO Bethel College St. Paul. iMinnesota September 12. 1975
In determining editorial policy and a general publication
philosophy an editor must -examine the essential role of his
newspaper. Once this role has been discovered, he is able
to determin,e the general format and scope of his publication.
Those responsible for this year's · Clarion have been
wrestling with these problems.
\We believe that the Clarion should be concerned with
events and issues that have essential relevance to the Bethel
College community. We are, in essence, the weekly
newspaper serving Bethel. Consequently, we must strive to
gain a better understanding of the interests of those we
serve. We do not feel restricted by this role. Plenty of
worthwhile and exciting things are happening here, and many
important issues and problems have a direct impact on our
Christian community. We are excited in our role of writing
about these events.
Obviously, there will be some disagreement with the
Clarion. Some will disagree with what we think is important;
others will disagree with our opinions concerning that
which is important. Some will scream "heretic!"; others
(hopefully not a pitiable few) will cry "genius!" The Clarion
welcomes responses from all points of view and urges
concerned readers to submit concise letters to the editor.
As a general rule, we will print all letters that we receive.
Two exceptions must be noted: on multiple letters
containing essentially the same opinion, the letters best
representing the opinion will be printed. Spatial limitations
require such a policy. Also, letters may be withheld from
publication if they are found to be generally offensive.
The word "offensive" is a bit unclear. Different things
offend different people for different reasons. Obviously, taking
the Lord's name in vain is taboo; also, vulgarities, crudities,
and general "naughties" will be omitted. Detailed explanations
for this policy would seem to be unnecessary.
The purpose of these restrictions, and, in fact, our
entire publication policy, is to better serve Bethel. We are
not the New York Times; we are not Rolling Stone; we
are the Bethel Clarion.
IRE CIARlO
fhe Clarion is published weekly by
fhe sfudenfs of Befhel College and
welcomes concise leffers fo fhe
edifor. All leffers should be signed and
senf fo P.O. 91 by fhe Sunday preceding
Paul Healy
Bill Trollinger
Carla Hage
Mary Norton
Arlan Swanson
Duane Turner
managing editor
copy coordinator
production supervisor
business manager
Bethel has changedl
bookdrops, stream wail/
Glen Hayne and the maintenance crew have had an active
summer, as numerous changes have been made to the
buildings and grounds. The reasons for these changes vary.
Some are the result of high level executive decision, while
others are simply a response to Bethel's enrollment growth.
Still others are an attempt to protect our buildings from the
forces of nature. Glen Hayne, Superintendent of Buildings
and Grounds, lists 17 major projects that he and his crew
were involved in over the summer. Some of these jobs were:
$10,000 worth of painting, including both campuses; campus
parking lights; carpeting on stairways; new bookdrops in the
Lemon Lounge; tree planting and sodding; extensive repair
to the roadways; the rip-rap on the stream; and general
housecleaning of all buildings. Several of these projects are
of special interest, especially the work on the stream.
For the past several years, it has become obvious to many
Bethelites that the Bethel Stream (Christian Creek, Baptist
Brook ... ) is beginning to cause some serious problems. The
stream is fed primarily by industrial runoff east of the
campus. Consequently, following a rainfall, Bethel is faced
with a ravaging torrent. When the stream reaches these
proportions it causes major erosion problems as stream banks
are .approaching both the road and the buildings. Opinions
concerning how to deal with the problem varied. Some felt
that the stream should be enclosed with a culvert and covered
with dirt. Others suggested that the stream be straightened
out, eliminating the erosion problems.
After careful consideration, the powers that be decided
that we should maintain the stream by reinforcing the banks.
Their opinion was that the aesthetic value of the stream
. outweighed its problems. So, retaining walls built with rail·
road ties were constructed to reinforce the banks and deflect
the stream water. Hopefully, this will solve the dilemma
of the "Raging Waters."
ON THEOOVER: The elongated picture is not of a
magnified lead pencil, replete with antennae, but an example
of the new lighting in the East parking lot. This
is a welcome addition to students who have been engulfed
in the inky darkness attempting to find their car
late at night.
Also pictured is the new bookdrop in the lounge by
the cafeteria ("Lemon Lounge"). This is designed to
rescue students from the rather tedious task of removing
51 books, seven coats, one parka, and a broad-bottomed
freshman to retrieve one squashed notebook from off
the couch.
No, the third picture is not a drive-in outhouse. It
Is the "Security Shack," a building which will be equipped
with a security guard to monitor late-night entrances
onto Bethel's campus.
Bethel expands faculty
1 _
Unique a:ppo,intments in response'to overcrowding
by Bill Trollinger
Autumn brings with it a new school
year, and a new school year brings
with it (you guessed it) new teachers.
It has been a Clarion tradition from
ages past to write about the new teachers,
and it is up to us, the 1975
'Clarion, to continue this revered tradition.
Hopefully, this article won't be quite
as boring as those in days gone by.
the now-famous "Toothpicks in Styrofoam,"
will teach a new class in the
Bethel curriculum, "Renaissance Picasso,"
And, like Dr. Ambo, Whitman will
be assisting in "Introduction to Liberal
Arts," emphasizing the impact of 'styrofoam
art on education at Bethel College.
"Moose" Johnson to the Bethel Physical
Education Department. "Moose," a graduate
of the U. S. Marines and the World
Football League, will teach two classes
of "Bodee Billding" (the spelling is his).
Also, "Moose" will be working with the
Biblical and Theological Studies Department
in teaching "Onward Christian Soldiers:
A Christian Injunction to Sack
the Quarterback." ("Moose" will not be
involved with "Introduction to liberal
Arts" because he was unable to formulate
a course emphasizing the impact
of bench presses on education at Bethel
Joining ilie History Department from
Northwest Borneo University is Dr. Nguyen
B. Ambo. Dr. Ambo will be teaching
two sections of Borneo History, and will
be centering on the development of the
Bornean anti-ballistic missile. Also, Dr.
Am bo will be assisting in, a 'section of
«Introduction to liberal Arts," emphasiz- '
ing the impact of Bornean history on '
education at Bethel College.
The Clarion also welcomes Eunice
Whitman, a brilliant new addition to
the Art Department. Whitman, artist of
Another new addition to the Bethel
faculty is Heinrich Von Schuller. Von
Schuller, a new member of the Philosophy
Department, has written the intellectually
mind-boggling treatise, "The
Trans-metaphysical Consciousness: A
Philosophical Indictment on Post-Hegelian
Zenoism." Von Schuller will be teaching
the ,course "Pre-Socratic Existentialism.'~
And, of course, Von Schuller
will be involved in the "Introduction
to liberal ,Arts" program, emphasizing
the negative impact of Kierkegaardian
phenomenology on education at Bethel
Part-time help includes: Wallace J.
Drinkberry ("Books of the Bible: Hezekiah"),
Rufus Roskeller ("Great Issues:
Nazi Pacifism"), and Elizabeth C. Johnson
("Upper Division Piccolo").
It should be an exciting year with
these brilliant additions to our educationLast,
but not least, we welcome Bob al program.
We/co~e Week jottings
by Dave Shelley
Picture a large body of new students, many slightly,
nervous and excited, 'gathering to worship in the Bethel
gymnasium. .
Picture a large mass of bodies, many slightly hot and
bothered, battling to find their shoes in a pile in the Bethel
Picture this same group of bodies, many slightly sick
to their stomachs, watching an upper-classman with an
"iron gut" swallow a mixture of water, saliva, toothpaste,
facial hair, et cetera, in the Bethel gymnasium.
Picture this same group, many in night robes and curlers,
leaving their residences at 2 :30 a.m. to gather on the Be-thellawn.
Picture all these bodies meeting for prayer and communion
.in the Bethel gymnasium.
Picture Welcome Week 1975.
Welcome Week this year followed the same pattern it
has in the past several years with two basic differences.
First, the freshmen were initiated by being pulled out of bed
for an hour in the early hours of morning. Second, a much
greater emphasis was put on spiritual life than in past
orientation weeks.
"We felt a good work was accomplished in the lives
of the kids," said Tim Zimmerman, who, along with linda
Armstrong, headed the Welcome Week staff.
"The end result was successful, although we, being inexperienced,
were not as organized as we might have been,"
Tim stated. "I believe almost everyone became more aware
of his responsibility to pray and grow together and to help
one another to walk in 'the Lord."
Most freshmen agreed, "We really did start to feel a sense
of unity."
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10. The Best Steak House (1746 Lexington Ave. N.) ****
Louie's Best Steak House is a rare example of a restaurant
where the customer gets as much or more than he
pays for. Louie and his family, who hail from Greece, are
people genuinely concerned with the quality of their work.
The steaks are huge and Louie is a master craftsman at '
the grill. The steak menu includes sirloin, chopped sirloin,
filet, and T-bone. Louie also serves chicken, shrimp, chops
and ham steak but he would much rather throw on a steak;
he knows his strong suit. Being a genius in the culinary
arts, Louie takes special care with the little things that ~re
essential to quality dining.
His salad dressings are superb. His baked potatoes are
always done just right and the orange soda is the finest
in / the business. Most meals are around $2.50, with the Tbone
priced near $3.50. One thing is for certain, you will not
leave Louie's hungry or disappointed.
11. Tire Rustler (2131 Snelling Ave. No.) *
The Rustler is a relatively new steak house in our
area that uses some time-worn gimmicks to lure local chowhounds
through their door.' Their pseudo-rustic decor, complete
with cow-girl waitresses, is boring at best. The steaks are
being made before you come in the door, so the service
is fairly quick. However, there is no telling how long
you'll get a good meal, b\lt frankly, it's not worth the risk.
Prices are competitive, but the product is not.
12. Cicero's (Har Mar Mall)
If you want a quality pizza at a sensible price with a
pleasant atmosphere, don't go to Cicero's.
Food for thought:
A gastronomical road map
The following "Guide to Good Eating" is presented as
a service to new Bethel students who are as yet unacquainted
with the intricacies of greater metropolitan north suburban
nonchain epicurism. It is intended as an alternative to the
mindless hit-and-miss, word-of-mouth wandering that can often
occupy an uninitiated eater for months and send him reeling
from one gastronomical disaster to another. Armed with this
Guide, the would-be gourmand can forage ahead immediately
into new levels of ambrosial delight.
A cursory perusal of the Guide will reveal its practicality
for the serious diner, anxious to find a good meal at
a reasonable price in pleasant surroundings. This is not an
entertainment index or a fill-and-a-Rolaids list.
1. The 'Ground Round (2100 Snelling Ave. N.) *
This combination restaurant/bar features a limited menu,
high prices, ,and noisy atmosphere, especially when the socalled
entertainment is in session. The G.R. is essentially
a weekend bistro for the sing-along-with-the-second-ratebanjo
crowd and should be scrupulously avoided during peak
For the serious diner, it offers an above average burger
for $2.25 and a decent frankfurter for $1.50. Free peanuts
and popcorn are an obvious gimmick to sell more liquid
2. Lido Cafe (1611 Larpenteur Ave. W.) !i** _
For top-of-the-line Italian food, no other place in the
Midway area can touch Lido's. The pizza ($2.50 - $3.00) is
unsurpassed and spaghetti ($2.50 - $3.50) will do more thanfill
one up. Many other fine Italian dishes are available
'in the $3.00 - $5.00 range. Especially recommended is lasagna.
Experienced waitresses help make a meal at Lido's something
specia1. Reservations are in order during peak hours.
The downstairs pub features an abbreviated menu and
more noise. Weekend entertainment falls squarely within the
neoacousticalfolkro~kcrap genre. September's highlight is
Mike Rodebote and the Kumbaya Kid.
3.Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour 'Restaurant (Har Mar Mall)
The u in Parlour tells it -all, as Farrell's overpriced
but top quality ice cream product is totally obscured by a
pseudo-carnival atmosphere that's fun for about two minutes.
4. La8t Frontier Restaura.nt (2191 Snelling Ave. N.) **
This is the original western/rustic spot, complete with
real artifacts: a pleasant change from the all too -prevalent
stainless-steel-spurs-and-a-plastic-beartrap scene. The Frontier
is well established (18 years) and the cuisine shows it.
Medium-priced steaks are excellent and theirs is the
best $4.00 T-bone around. The king-sized basketburger is the
original meal-in-a-bun, a bargain at a buck and a half.
Service can be slow, but the homespun waitresses will
melt your heart. Seating is a tad cramped and the chairs a
bit uncomfortable if you're over 5' 8". Avoid the right side of
the menu whenever possible, as - drinks and desserts are
scandalously over-priced.
5. The Flameburger (1533 Larpenteur Ave. W.) ****
The Flame is part of a dying breed: the small, independently
owned neighborhood cafe. Located within easy
walking distance of the old campus, it begs the question:
Why ever go anywhere else to eat?
A true social melting pot, the Flame puts all diners
on equal ground, from the tuxedoed tycoon to the greasestained
wrench jockey. Here is a genuine piece of Americana
that renders ridiculous the current spate of restaurant
Bicentennial claptrap.
The Flame offers the best breakfasts in town, with
unparalleled French toast and wheatcakes. Order the Ranch
only if you're coming off a fast or plan to start one. Malts
and hash browns are superb, and there is no better burger
for the price.
The Flame is open 24 hours,_ but avoid the bar rush
at 1 :00 a.m. The . difference between day and night waitresses
is the difference between night and day. The aftersix
contingent would only look appealing to a stockholder
in Revlon cosmetics. . .
If you like your soda pop cold, ask for ice.
6. The Steak Inn 0310 W. County Rd. E.) **
Still in its initial year, the Steak Inn has established
itself as an excellent eating institution. Although primarily
concerned with steaks, the "Inn" also serves excellent chicken
and their lobster is really quite - good. $4-5 will buy one a
number of excellent dinners, with the more expensive steaks
running $6 and up. Breakfasts are good here also, with a
complete menu. Their french toast is delicious, but the
waffles are often a risk. The sandwiches on the menu
are often quite good, with occasional exceptions. Service
when busy is rather slow, but not agonizingly so.
7. Uncle John's (2194 Snelling Ave. No.)
Uncle John's Family Restaurant, formerly Uncle John's
Pancake House, has been in this area for many years.
The good Uncle, once known for quality pancake and omelette
meals at a sensible price, has recently gone the well but
poorly traveled burger route. He has tried to establish a
well-rounded menu, and the result is that Uncle John's
has lost its distinctiveness (the pancakes do not even taste
good), and it is just another over-priced eating place. The
service is rather slow and sometimes very much so. Crepes
are fairly good, and their coffee (a bottomless cup) is the
best thing on the menu. Most omelette, pancake, and 'burger'
meals are priced at $2 and up: Uncle John's Friday night
speciaJ, all the pancakes you can eat, has been a welcome
relief for Bethel students ov. er the year.s .
8. Earl's Pizza (1748 Lexington Avenue No.) **
Earl's is a classic example of a "pizza place" virtually
devoid of atmosphere, save a jukebox in the corner,
but known for above average pizza. Their sausage pizza
is especially tasty. Earl's menu includes spaghetti, which is
quite good, and a meatball sandwich that can c(}mpare with
any. The rest of the menu should be avoided, however. Their
sodas are decent and should be ordered by the pitcher. Most
large pizzas are around $4.00.
9. The Bouse of Wong (1163 Larpenteur ,Ave. W.) ***
The House of Wong is a well-established local restaurant
where one can enjoy an excellent meal for around
$4. "Wong's" menu includes delicious Chinese foods and
is somewhat of a rarity in that their American dishes are
as good as the Chinese food. Specialties include Egg Foo
Yung, chow mein - egg roll - shrimp combo, and sweet
and sour pork on the Chinese side, and fried chicken, prime
rib and roast beef on the American side. Desserts are
adequate, although the fortune cookies are questionable and
the wedges of pie are far too small. Service is slow at times,
but the meal is well worth the wait.
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In .s'hort • • •
Column initiated
One of the goals of this year's Clarion
is' to initiate a series of "arts reviews,"
including the areas of music, art, drama,
film, and literature.
From the
de,sk of
Shirley & Mort
Well, another year has rolled around
and the vicious rumors are entirely true
- Mort and Shirl are at it again! Many
of you have already chanced to pass
by our office, sandwiched between the
coffee shop and cafeteria, (pun intended),
and have been hit with the irresistible
pitch to buy a 'Student Activity
Card (S.A.C.). They are an offer you
can't refuse this year with the price
back down to $10 - that's a $2 Campus
Coordinator rebate off last year's
$12 price. However, it goes without saying
that the qu.ality will be even greater
- better entertainment and better S.A.C.
savings!! Just to name a few of the
concerts coming, we have such "biggies"
as Andrae Crouch and the Disciples,
and MONK and Mike Monroe. We'll be
going to the Guthrie Theatre at least
five times this year, plus having such
great movies as "The Emigrants" and
"Poseidot:l Adventure" right here on campus.
In addition to this, we'H be having
lots of other spontaneous and zany things
going on, so we're looking forward to
a terrific year.
As Campus Coordinators here at Bethel,
we would like to see you get involved.
We need your help and ideas and
would welcome them at any time. If
anyone is interested in working on a
committee, just stop in and give us
your name and we'll sure use you -
we need all the help we can get!
As brothers and sisters in Christ, within
a small Christian college community,
we share a unique fellowship. We feel
that the quality of life in Christ felt
here at Bethel extends into all areas
of our lives. In sharing together in the
fun and good times throughout the year
we hope that you will experience more
fully the joy that is in Christ and will
draw a bit' closer not only to those
around you but also to God.
Monk in 'concert:
A slice' of country
MONK, a talented collection of Christian
musicians, will be in concert tonight
at 7 :30 p.m. in the Bethel field house.
The group gave an excellent concert
here last year but are expecting better
things this year.
MONK is a relatively new group, although
the concept of their musical and
spiritual relationships is about two years
old. Dave McSparran, who is a Bethel
student and plays drums for the group,
described MONK as a type of spiritual
community. Their music is just one aspect
of their relationship.
, It is difficult to classify MONK in
terms of a musical category. They are
primarily an · acoustic group that relies
heavily on folk and bluegrass tradition.
App~oximately one third of their material
is group-written. The rest of their act
consists of old fiddle tunes, traditional
bluegrass standards, and some contemporary
country songs.
MONK consists of Scott Warren, guitar
and fiddle; Scott Sims, guitar and
harp; Scott Malchow, electric and steel
guitars; Dave McSparran, drums; and
Doug Lohman, bass. Mike Monroe, wellknown
solo artist and guitarist, has also
recently joined MONK, working the sound
system and performing solo sets. Although
he does not currently perform
with the group, there is a chance that
he will be doing a few songs with MONK
tonight, which should make for an exciting
The purpose of this review series is
threefold. First, we would hope to create
an interest in cultural events (Le., plays,
concerts, recitals, art shows, readings)
both on and off campus. The Twin Cities
are rich in these areas and the interested
student can gain immensely from them.
Bethel also sponsors numerous events
that are of special interest. By reviewing
performances in a wide range of
areas, the C~rion hopes to show that
there are exciting things happening that
warrant our attention.
It will be our policy to strike a suitable
balance between on and off campus
events. We will choose from offerings
that we feel are valuable to the Christian,
although we realize that different
people have different tastes and react
differently to a given event.
Our second major purpose for initiating
this series is to promote some degree
of critical thinking among our readers.
That is, we would hope that when attending
a performance or an exhibition, we,
as viewers, would attempt to analyze
it "in terms of quality. We would not
simply accept everything as great, or
brand everything as trash, without knowing
why. Hopefully, by exposing the readers
to competent Christian critics, we
will begin to create this type of an
Thirdly, we are creating this series
because we feel that it is important
to provide an opportunity for those sincerely
interested in art, music, drama,
or literary criticism to have their work
published. ·Many people at Bethel have
unique insights that need to be shared,
and this will provide a voice.
It should be noted that these reviews
will be strictly the opinion of the critic.
When readers disagree with what is said,
they must realize that the critic has
only expressed his own reaction and
is not p,rescribing his opinion on others.
Mrs. Don Johnson - 735-0160
2051 Suburban Ave., St. Paul, 55119
(Vicinity of 1-94 & Ruth St.)
Across from SunRay Shopping Center
Bill T roUing'er
Bethel College has many advantages which are inviting
to students (as attested to by our burgeoning attendance)
: Christian objectives, administrators and faculty
members who incorporate the Bible into studies, and ·
fellow students who are generally nice people. Basically, as
the Wall S~eet Journal emphasizes, it is a "wholesome" place
to go to school. But one major problem exists that overshadows
these advantages: Bethel is a shelter from the real
world. Students here are walled in from the problems of
mankind, the stark reality of an unsaved world. The "hills
of Arden" and the "Christian regulations" of Bethel entrap
the student and create for him a "fake existence," and when
he/she leaves, the graduate is unprepared to meet a world
that stands in marked contrast to idyllic Bethel.
The above paragraph is a paraphrase of a very common
complaint made about Bethel. Of all the criticisms directed
toward this educational institution (of which many are justifiable),
this protest, that Bethel is merely a shelter from
reality, is one of the most potentially destructive. It strikes
at the very root of the college's credibility; i.e. the justification
of maintaining , a Christian liberal arts college.
It first must be realized that this criticism could be
directed toward any college or university. Institutions of
higher education, by their very nature, can be labeled "shelters
from reality." The occupation of expanding one's mind
is not one that can be coexistent, or even relatable, to the
world of the 9 to 5 laborer. But is this wrong? Is the
only reality that of the working person, or, if you choose,
the professional man (or woman)? Bethel students have no
choice but to live an existence that is at least somewhat
separated from the lives of the non-academic portion of the
But already I can hear the criticisms: "Maybe colleges
must have their "own world," but if we were to go to
a non-Christian school, we would be able to witness and grow
in defense of our faith." Agreed; point made. Bethel does
isolate us, to an extent, from the non-Christian. In fact,
it is quite probable that most relatively stable Christians
would grow more in a secular school atmosphere than here
at Bethel. But the value of gaining a higher education that
is colored and infused with Jesus Christ, the value of four
years in a community atmosphere with fellow Christians,
outweighs the relative losses inherent in a school such as
Bethel. (Of course, exceptions to this maxim exist, but
we are speaking in generalities.)
One -more point. Many Christians here at · Bethel use the
college to shelter them. For some, it is a warm blanket
which hides them from things in the secular world that
are unpleasant or painful. For others, Bethel is used as an
excuse for their lack of spiritual growth and maturity.
These problems are not inherent in the institution and yet
should be remedied. We, as Bethel students, must realize
that we are given the task to minister to .each other,
in fact, witness to each other. Also, the Christian Service
Department offers all of us an opportunity to express ourselves
in non-campus service endeavors.
Yes, Bethel College, the institution, is deserving of many
criticisms, but that of being a repressive shelter is unfair. We
decide for ourselves in our individual lives whether this
is true or false.
(Next week: Protestant work ethic and the legitimacy of
liberal arts)
six •
Renaissance revisited
Minneapolis/St. Paul is definitely a modern city. The
specta~ular IDS building, the asphalt in arterial confusion
crisscrossing the city, and the occasiomi.l dirty haze gracing
the air attest to the Twin ' Cities' being part of the 20th
century. But, strange to say, just outside the urban perimeter
of Minneapolis/St. Paul lies another world - in fact,
an entirely different era.
This slice of history is found on Highway 169 near Shakopee
- the Minnesot~ Renaissance Festival. Within the walls
of this rustic compound the centuries of the Renaissance come
alive. Rows and rows of shops line the broad walkways.
Shopkeepers implore the visitor to try his wares, be it pottery,
leather goods, woven material, etc. The shops, manned by
keepers attired in Renaissance dress, have a delicious atmosphere
that makes it enjoyable for the visitor to browse. '
(This is fortunate, because the price of goods tends to be
prohibitive.) .
As enjoyable as the shops are, the amusements are the
part of the festival that seems to give it spice. Human
chess games, horse racing, bagpiping, theatricals, fencing -
it's all here. And, of course, all participants are attired
and all events ar~ conducted in a manner befitting a Renaissance
But, of course, the food. Renaissance man (and let us
not leave . out woman) lived on his stomach, as we do now,
and it is essential the food play a respectable part in the
festival. Turkey_ legs, roast corn, Belgian waffles, Knave's
sandwiches (sausage on bread) .... one need not suffer in the
gastronomical department. (The delicacy of the festival is the
charros - deep fried bread slices rolled in sugar.)
The festival, running September 13, 14 and 20, 21, is
definitely worth the time of any Bethel student. The price
is $3.25 per person which includes parking and the amusements.
A visitor must immerse himself in the age of the
Renaissance, for ' this atmosphere of a day gone by is the
true beauty of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival.
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Royals stun M,ac
Explode to fast start; Milton tomorrow
by Dan Swanson
Coach Reynolds and the Bethel Royals went to Macalester
Saturday night and showed why he and others on the
team feel this is Bethel's best football team in many, many
years. The final score of Bethel 21 and Macalester 8 was
not only convincing but shocking to many Bethel fans who
are used to pre-season buildups.
After a seesaw first quarter, Bethel struck first at 3 :01
of the second quarter. Mike Anderson recovered a Mac fumble
on Bethel's 32. An excellent block by Kim Walker let Larry
Rocholl turn the corner for 12 yards. Mark Rapinchuk
followed with a ten-yard run and another first down. Then,
third and five on Mac's 35, John Holine hit a wide-open Kim
Walker with a picture perfect pass. Wayne Lavrenz's conversion
kick made it 7-0.
Fifty-nine seconds later, it looked like it was going to be
another typical Bethel season. Mac quarterback Ted Kruschke
hit Elmer Bailey with a pass that resulted in a 72-yard
scoring play. Mac converted a run for two points and took an
8-7 lead.
To the surprise of many fans and alumni, Bethel came
right back. This time, a costly offside penalty by Mac
on a fourth down punting situation gave Bethel a first down
and new life. From Bethel's 45, Holine hit Walker on another
perfect pass and Walker burned 55 yards for six points. Lavrenz
quickly made the score 14-8.
A Mac punt gave Bethel the ball back on their own
40. Two good runs by Rapinchuk with a pass to Selvog
in between brought the ball down to the Mac 23. After
a baffling Mac timeout stopped the clock with time running
out, Holine hit a diving John Selvog 20 yards away in the
end zone with 39 seconds remaining. Lavrenz made it 21-8
for the half with a good kick. That score never changed.
The biggest play of the game came on the second play
of the second half. Mac's Ron Groce carried the ball 67 yards
for a TD that was called back to Bethel's 35 by a clipping
penalty. The TD may have changed the game around but Bethel's
defense toughened. Mac came close only once again.
With 2 :01 left in the game, on fourth and goal, Mike Ander-
Royals swarm unfortunate Macalester runner;
scene repeated often in big win.
son stopped Kruschke on a sneak to regain possession of
the ball.
Bethel played hard and consistently throughout the game.
Highlights were definitely the passing of Holine and the passcatching
of Walker, including his two stinging blocks that set
up long gains running. Altogether, it was the whole team,
both on offense and defense, that contributed to the convincing
It's too early to start talking of title hopes. Seasons can
quickly change from good to bad with a few key injuries.
This just may be the winnmg season, though, that Bethel
fans have been waitirig a long time for.
Tomorrow, Bethel travels to Milton College for a 7 :30
contest. Last year Bethel edged Milton in a closely fought
game, 8-7.
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One can make a pretty good case for the OplnIOn that
today's sports world is mired in an era of unprecedented
professic;malism. Players like Curt Flood spend more time in
the courtroom than on the field . . Accompanying this increase
in professionalism i~ a general erosion of the moral fiber
\of the "American Athlete." Gone are the days of the milkdrinking,
never-cussing paragon of humility who altruistically
spends his free time sending autographed pictures to orphanages.
Gone are the days of the eighth grade graduate
who always wanted to be a Yankeee and is content to do
nothing in the off-season but make shaving cream commercials
and meet the President. Gone also are the days of the
innocently unassuming Spartan who lives his entire life for
nothing but a simple, "good game, Kowalski," from the
ole gipper.
The athlete of the 70's hates milk, his manager, his president,
Pete Rozelle, orphans, and any offer under $100,000.
He disdains autograph-hounds, TV interviews (who doesn't),
training, and the adulation of 10-year-old boys, and he does
panty hose commercials in the offseason. Worse yet, there
seems to be no relief in sight.
However, there is a ray of hope. There is one last
bastion of purity, one good thing left in the Sod om and
Gomorrah of modern sports: Bethel intramurals.
Even though the intramural jock i"s emulated by the
masses, he somehow retains a certain amount of refreshing
humility. The average 1M participant at least remotely
experiences greatness only to be rudely awakened wh~n his
·first shot careens off of a referee's head or as it languidly
floats over the backboard. The history of intramurals
is crowded with untold numbers of "sleepe,r" plays, "air
balls," and backwards gym shorts that keep us in our places.
This year should be no exception, but that is what makes
1M interesting.
According to Dan Swanson, co-director of men's intramurals,
the goal of intramurals is to "provide students with
an alternative to the high cost, high-pressure world of intercollegiate
athletics. It is a means for students to partici- ,
pa te at a level where winning is not everything but where
competition is keen."
This year Bethel will offer a diverse array of 1M sports.
You can get involved in anything from table tennis to
co-ed volleyball when the ' whole 1M program swings into
action tomorrow with the start of football.
By now everyone should have their 1M handbook, be it
men's or women's. In talking about the men's nandbook,
Swanson proudly exclaims, "Everything is here including 'a
schedule of when events will be run." However, the somewhat
hapless but affable Swanson warns, "This calendar
is what we call flexible."
As for the fairer sex, women's 1M director, Sherry
Sahlin, said, "This year's schedule will be much the same as
last year's." Participation was down a little last year and
Sahlin lamented, "Too many girls are afraid that guys
will see them . or that they will lose some of their femininity
by playing sports. Girls should simply get involved
and enjoy sports."
If you haven't played any Bethel intramurals yet, you are
missing a part of Bethel and a darn good excuse not to
For more details check your 1M handbook and watch
the bulletin board outside central issue.
Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Swimming,
Softball, Golf, etc. - this is Bethel intramurals.
Cross-Country: Conference?
"We're way ahead of last year. Everybody came to camp
in better shape," said cross country team captain, Jeff
Larson, of the squad which Coach Whittaker believes
"could win the conference and go to nationals."
"It's really going to be a team, not just a bunch of
individuals," said Steve, who ran last year and is coaching
in place of Dr. Gene Glader, now on sabbatical. Steve is
finishing his studies in P.E. but, having used his four years
of eligibility, cannot run.
"We'd like to win conference this year and place high
enough in district to go to nationals," said Steve. "No
Bethel team has ever beaten Westmar though. They're dominant
in cross country."
"In cross country you're only as good as your fifth
man," the coach said. "We have pretty good depth. The
returning guys and the freshmen look good."
Steve. ~aid, "The team is working harder than ever before
,and we're putting in more miles than we did in past
years." Steve expects Jeff to be his top man and says that
he's showing great leadership as captain.
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Our brief summer holiday is coming rapidly to an end. The Dr Dick Review Crew is straggling back home and our podcasts will resume on Wednesday, 09/05/12. But today is Labor Day and I think we should acknowledge those who labor at self-love.
Name: Amy
Gender: female
Age: 23
Location: salt lake city
I have this weird thing that when I masturbate with a vibrator I can't seem to bring myself to an orgasm. It feels really good and everything, but I get almost there but can't quite cum. Does that make sense? It's been awhile since I had a guy…but I digress. I was just wondering if you have any advice, or if I'm doing it wrong, or…I just need some help. Thanks a lot.
Hold on there, darlin', are you tellin me you can jill-off just fine using your hand, but when you kick start your vibrator and apply it to your naughty bits you can't cum? Is that what you're tellin' the good doctor? Or maybe I'm assuming things I shouldn't. Maybe you're not masturbating to orgasm at all, by hand or by gadget.
Since you're not here to fill me in, so to speak, the best way to handle this is with a scatter gun approach. If you're unable to jill-off to completion by any means, manual or mechanical, you may be preorgasmic. I've written a lot about this already, so there's no need for me to repeat myself. Here's what you do; check the CATEGORY pull down menu in the sidebar to your right. Look for the main category — Sex therapy and under that look for the subcategory 'Preorgasmic Women'. Or check out the main category — Sexual Performance and look for the subcategory 'Female Masturbation'. You'll find loads of swell information about this very topic.
If, perchance, you can masturbate just fine using your hand, but the rub (no pun intended) comes when you introduce a vibrator, then that's a horse of a different color. In that instance, I'll need more information before I can be of much help. Like, I'd want to know what kind of vibe are you using? Is it an all purpose wand type? A dildo kinda thingy that you insert in your pussy? Is it a rabbit, a G-spot vibe, a bullet or an egg-shaped vibrator? Are you doing any direct clitoral stimulation?
If you can make yourself cum through manual stimulation, how different a sensation is the vibrator? Is it possible that you need more vroom? Is it too intense?
What about other stimulus? Like what's going on between your ears while you're diddlin' yourself? Are you thinking dirty thoughts? Watching some delicious smut? Reading some kick-ass erotica? Or are you concentrating so much on making the big "O" happen to actually let it happen? Chicks get performance anxiety too, even when they are by themselves. Performance anxiety is not just a guy thing.
I discussed your question with my friend, Joy. She asked me to ask you about the position you are in when you're jillin-off. She said she had the damnedest time throwing herself her first screamin' meme, even with a vibrator until she discovered that getting into a squatting position with her back against a wall did the trick. Stands to reason, orgasms are all about building sexual and muscle tension. Joy found that squatting tensed her hamstrings, quadriceps, glutes and even her PC muscle. This tension was just the thing to deliver the goods. Joy did add, however, that getting out of the squat after the event was really tricky. She said that in the end, she just learned to simply topple over with a bit of a thud. I had to laugh when she told me this, because I couldn't help seeing Joy in my mind's eye (she's a big girl, don't cha know) all breathless and topsy-turvy on the floor with a big ol' shit-eatin grin on her face after finally delivering herself from the land of the preorgasmic.
One final thing, I've often heard women speak of the high success rate of jillin-off to orgasm in the bath. Again, this stands to reason too. Here you are all relaxed, warm and cozy, all wet and squishy. Why not add a little jet of warm water or a waterproof vibe and you'll be havin' an orgasm as easy as fallin' off a log…or so I'm told. Just remember, baths and plug-in, electrical kinda vibes definitely don't mix! A miscalculation here and you'll find your ass in the sweet hereafter.
Listen, Amy, why not write back sometime with either more information or to report a success. I'd love to hear from you.
Good luck
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text: Figures contained in scientific reports are a neglected area of the design world. Typically intended for display to academic audiences in the cramped confines of a journal, they tend to be utilitarian and esoteric -- yet while looking through hundreds of articles in the course of 2012, certain figures transcended the technical and rose to the level of communication art. They combined visual clarity, information density and insight into some fact of fundamental interest. From tomato taste to accelerating human evolution to a goose that flies over the Himalayas, here are our favorite scientific figures of the year. Above: Sperm Trajectories A new method for observing the three-dimensional trajectories of sperm shows their paths in unprecedented detail (above). Hidden in that maelstrom, however, is the tendency of individual sperm to follow one of several basic paths (below). Citation: "High-throughput lens-free 3D tracking of human sperms reveals rare statistics of helical trajectories." By Ting-Wei Su, Liang Xue and Aydogan Ozcan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 17 September 2012. Images: Su et al./PNAS (Larger image: Top/Bottom)Thanks, Mom and Dad Half your genes come from mom. The other half come from dad. It's a basic fact of biology. But what about gene regulation -- all those factors that control the pace and timing of each cell's genetic activity? Researchers with the ENCODE project, an encyclopedic annotation of the human genome, analyzed parental contributions to regulation. Some targets (clusters at the edge of the radial network above) proved to be dominated by mom's genetic components (red) while others were controlled by dad (blue). Sometimes, mom and dad shared. Citation: "Architecture of the human regulatory network derived from ENCODE data." By Mark B. Gerstein, Anshul Kundaje, Manoj Hariharan, Stephen G. Landt, Koon-Kiu Yan, Chao Cheng, Xinmeng Jasmine Mu, Ekta Khurana, Joel Rozowsky, Roger Alexander, Renqiang Min, Pedro Alves, Alexej Abyzov, Nick Addleman, Nitin Bhardwaj, Alan P. Boyle, Philip Cayting, Alexandra Charos, David Z. Chen, Yong Cheng, Declan Clarke, Catharine Eastman, Ghia Euskirchen, Seth Frietze, Yao Fu, Jason Gertz, Fabian Grubert, Arif Harmanci, Preti Jain, Maya Kasowski, Phil Lacroute, Jing Leng, Jin Lian, Hannah Monahan, Henriette O'Geen, Zhengqing Ouyang, E. Christopher Partridge, Dorrelyn Patacsil, Florencia Pauli, Debasish Raha, Lucia Ramirez, Timothy E. Reddy, Brian Reed, Minyi Shi, Teri Slifer, Jing Wang, Linfeng Wu, Xinqiong Yang, Kevin Y. Yip, Gili Zilberman-Schapira, Serafim Batzoglou, Arend Sidow, Peggy J. Farnham, Richard M. Myers, Sherman M. Weissman & Michael Snyder. Nature, Vol. 489 No. 7414, 5 September 2012. Image: Gerstein et al./Nature (Larger image)Rock, Paper, Scissors: Life! Aside from being a timeless method of settling debates, the rock-paper-scissors game contains dynamics seen in the natural world, in particular between competing organisms. Here rock-paper-scissors algorithms were used in models of ecological evolution, generating after thousands of generations beautiful geometries of species distribution. In the figures above, each species is represented by a color, and each block represents a trial evolutionary run of the algorithms. Citation: "Junctions and spiral patterns in Rock-Paper-Scissors type models." By P. P. Avelino, D. Bazeia, L. Losano, J. Menezes, B. F. Oliveira. arXiv, 28 May 2012. Image: Avelino et al./arXiv (Larger image)Evolution Reconstructed Though the fossil record preserves physical shapes, ancient colors and patterns are usually lost to deep time. Here researchers have combined what's known about pigmentation and physiological development in existing Conus sea snails to infer what their ancestors probably looked like, computationally resurrecting lost appearances. Citation: "Evolution of patterns on Conus shells." By Zhenqiang Gong, Nichilos J. Matzke, Bard Ermentrout, Dawn Song, Jann E. Vendetti, Montgomery Slatkin, and George Osterd. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 4 January 2012. Image: Gong et al./PNAS (Larger image)Gardening With Fire Australia's climate alternates between periods of intense rainfall and dryness, a cycle that leaves landscapes vulnerable to massive wildfires. Martu aborigines fight fire with fire, using controlled burns to reduce the shrubs and dry grasses that fuel wildfires. Their burns (mapped above, color-coded by date for a region in western Australia) ultimately create environmental conditions beneficial for both the Martu and the life surrounding them. Citation: "Aboriginal hunting buffers climate-driven fire-size variability in Australia's spinifex grasslands." By Rebecca Bliege Bird, Brian F. Codding, Peter G. Kauhanen, and Douglas W. Bird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 109 No. 26, 26 June 2012. Image: Bird et al./PNAS (Larger image)Life's Core Patterns Between 640 million and 540 million years ago, animal life experienced a massive evolutionary surge of physical complexity. These early forms, which may have emerged through a process of self-organization, provided the essential templates on which life would continue to develop. Citation: "Physico-Genetic Determinants in the Evolution of Development." By Stuart A. Newman. Science, Vol. 338 no. 6104, 12 October 2012. Image: Stuart Newman/Science (Larger image)All the Birds in the World One of the most ambitious phylogenetic trees every constructed, this chronicle of avian evolution begins in the time of dinosaurs and ends in 9,993 living bird species, conveying the awesome generative process that is evolution. Citation: "The global diversity of birds in space and time." By W. Jetz, G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. O. Mooers. Nature, Vol. 491, No. 7422, 1 November 2012. Image: Jetz et al./Nature (Larger image)Destruction is Simplification Drought doesn't just kill. It fundamentally alters ecosystems, contracting the possibilities and relationships they contain. At top is the food web of a freshwater stream before drought. Below is the stream's web after drought. Citation: "Drought alters the structure and functioning of complex food webs." By Mark E. Ledger, Lee E. Brown, François K. Edwards, Alexander M. Milner and Guy Woodward. Nature Climate Change, 9 September 2012. Image: Ledger et al./Nature Climate change (Larger image)The Variation Inside Though it's long been assumed that each cell in a body contains the same basic genomic blueprint, research now suggests that genomes actually vary between cells in the same body. The figure above comes from a study of copy number variation, in which stretches of DNA are repeated multiple times. In all 23 chromosomes (arrayed in radial form) researchers found copy number differences unique to each cell's physical origin (color coding). Brain cells, for example, had quite different genomes from lung cells. Citation: "Extensive genetic variation in somatic human tissues." By Maeve O'Huallachain, Konrad J. Karczewski, Sherman M. Weissmand, Alexander Eckehart Urbana, and Michael P. Snyder. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 109 No. 44, 30 October 2012. Image: O'Huallachain/PNAS (Larger image)Butterflies Take Wing One of the best long-term ecological datasets comes from amateur naturalists in Massachusetts, who between 1992 and 2010 conducted nearly 20,000 surveys of butterflies. Their data made it possible to detect a profound shift in northeastern butterfly communities. In the map above, Massachusetts is color-coded according to the number of days over 60 degrees Fahrenheit experienced between 1992 and 2010. The graph below tracks population trends for northern (blue) and southern (red) species. In each region, southern butterflies are ascendant, while northern numbers have declined. Citation: "Climate-driven changes in northeastern US butterfly communities." By Greg A. Breed, Sharon Stichter and Elizabeth E. Crone. Nature Climate Change, 19 August 2012. Image: Breed et al./Nature Climate Change (Larger image)The Essence of Tomato The bland, watery supermarket spheres now synonymous with a modern conception of tomato represent just a tiny fraction of this vegetable's possibilities. Researchers looking to identify the essence of tomato taste performed a molecular analysis of dozens of varieties (listed at right), measuring intensity (blue to red) of taste-associated compounds (listed at bottom). The result is a tapestry of tomato potential. Citation: "The Chemical Interactions Underlying Tomato Flavor Preferences." By Denise Tieman, Peter Bliss, Lauren M. McIntyre, Adilia Blandon-Ubeda, Dawn Bies, Asli Z. Odabasi, Gustavo R. Rodrıguez, Esther van der Knaap, Mark G. Taylor, Charles Goulet, Melissa H. Mageroy, Derek J. Snyder, Thomas Colquhoun, Howard Moskowitz, David G. Clark, Charles Sims, Linda Bartoshuk, and Harry J. Klee. Current Biology, Vol. 22 No. 11, 25 May 2012. Image: Tieman et al./Current Biology (Larger image)The Pigeon's Tale Urban success has given pigeons -- specifically the rock pigeon, or Columbia liva -- a grubby reputation, but their domestic forms are large and marvelously varied. Here a genetic analysis of dozens of C. liva breeds reveals their ancestry in detail, with each breed (bottom row) containing genes from multiple lineages (color-coded above). Citation: "Divergence, Convergence, and the Ancestry of Feral Populations in the Domestic Rock Pigeon." By Sydney A. Stringham, Elisabeth E. Mulroy, Jinchuan Xing, David Record, Michael W. Guernsey, Jaclyn T. Aldenhoven, Edward J. Osborne, and Michael D. Shapiro. Current Biology, Vol. 22 No. 4, 19 January 2012. Image: Stringham et al./Current Biology (Larger image)Greenland Rising As Greenland warms, water from melting glaciers flows to the sea, reducing the weight of ice and allowing underlying bedrock to rise. On the map at left, red represents the number of greater-than-usual melting days experienced in 2010. At right, GPS readings from stations around Greenland's perimeter measure bedrock elevation -- falling in winter, lifting in spring, and on average rising steadily during the last decade. Citation: "Greenland global positioning system- network observes seasonal cycles, sustained trends and a discrete "pulse" of uplift tied to the 2010 melting day anomaly." By Michael Bevis, John Wahr, Shfaqat A. Khan, Finn Bo Madsen, Abel Brown, Michael Willis, Eric Kendrick, Per Knudsen, Jason E. Box, Tonie van Damf, Dana J. Caccamise I, Bjorn Johns, Thomas Nylen, Robin Abbott, Seth White, Jeremy Miner, Rene Forsber, Hao Zhou, Jian Wan, Terry Wilson, David Bromwic, and Olivier Francis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 109 No. 30, 11 July 2012. Image: Bevis et al./PNAS (Larger image)Climate Velocity in the United States Over the last century, the continental United States climate has changed rapidly and unevenly. Here researchers take a fine-grained look at shifts in water cycles and climate between 1916 and 2005, tracking the speed and direction of changes in temperatures (top left), the release of water into air by evaporation and plant respiration (top right) and water deficit (bottom left). The latter is a measure of how much water ought to be released, given local weather and vegetation, and how much water is actually available. The central plains are drying fast. Citation: "The climate velocity of the contiguous United States during the 20th century." By Solomon Z. Dobrowski, John Abatzoglou, Alan K. Swanson, Jonathan A. Greenberg, Alison R. Mynsberge, Zachary A. Holden, Michael K. Schwartz. Global Change Biology, 26 October 2012. Image: Dobrowski et al./Global Change Biology (Larger image)A Single Atom The world's highest-resolution optical microscope captures the shadow of a single yttrium atom (at left, with the fluorescent-lit image at right). Citation: "Absorption imaging of a single atom." By Erik W. Streed, Andreas Jechow, Benjamin G. Norton & David Kielpinski. Nature Communications, 3 July 2012. Image: Streed et al./Nature Communications (Larger image)Humanity's Recent Evolution It's easy to think that modern life has slowed human evolution, but the opposite is true. Most of humanity's genetic variation has accumulated in the last few thousand years during a period of extraordinary population growth. As a species, we're more evolvable than ever. In the figure above, taken from an in-depth genetic analysis of 6,515 people, the amount of genetic variation collectively present at each location in the human genome is tabulated from before (left) and after (right) the population boom. Citation: "Analysis of 6,515 exomes reveals the recent origin of most human protein-coding variants." By Wenqing Fu, Timothy D. O'Connor, Goo Jun, Hyun Min Kang, Goncalo Abecasis, Suzanne M. Leal, Stacey Gabriel, David Altshuler, Jay Shendure, Deborah A. Nickerson, Michael J. Bamshad, NHLBI Exome Sequencing Project & Joshua M. Akey. Vol. 491, No. 7426, 29 November 2012. Image: Fu et al./Nature (Larger image)Early Life's Explosion The sheer enormity of new body plans and life forms that emerged 540 million years ago, during what's known as the Cambrian explosion, is evident in this simple but rich illustration. Contained in a paper on the origin of central nervous systems, it depicts the organisms that existed prior to the Cambrian explosion (left) and those that followed (right). Citation: "Evolution of centralized nervous systems: Two schools of evolutionary thought." By R. Glenn Northcutt. 20 June 2012. Image: R. Glenn Northcutt/PNAS (Larger image)Africa Changing By the century's end, much of central and southern Africa's environment will be quite different from now. Changes in temperature and atmospheric carbon dioxide will favor certain types of vegetation, turning desert to grassland, grassland to savanna and savanna to forest (map and diagram at left). Citation: "Atmospheric CO2 forces abrupt vegetation shifts locally, but not globally." By Steven I. Higgins & Simon Scheiter. Nature, 27 June 2012. Image: Higgins & Scheiter/Nature (Larger image)Plant Efficiency Though the struggle is invisible to unaided human eyes, neighboring plants engage in intense, slow-motion competition. The figure above comes from a study of how plants -- in this case, Arabidopsis thaliana, a standard lab model of plant physiology -- detect shade, helping them direct growth towards light. The figure spans one month of development, with representative Arabidopsis individuals arrayed above their real-world garden plot. Citation: "Plant neighbor detection through touching leaf tips precedes phytochrome signals." By Mieke de Wita, Wouter Kegge, Jochem B. Evers, Marleen H. Vergeer-van Eijk, Paulien Gankema, Laurentius A. C. J. Voesenek, and Ronald Pierik. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 20 August 2012. Image: de Wita et al./PNAS (Larger image)Geese at Great Heights Though the long-distance avian migrations are widely celebrated, bar-headed geese are known less for distance than altitude. In order to cross the Himalayas, they fly higher than any other species, topping out around 23,000 feet -- a climb accomplished in less than a day, usually without assistance from tailwinds. Citation: "The paradox of extreme high-altitude migration in bar-headed geese Anser indicus." By L. A. Hawkes, S. Balachandran, N. Batbayar, P. J. Butler, B. Chua, D. C. Douglas, P. B. Frappell, Y. Hou, W. K. Milsom, S. H. Newman, D. J. Prosser, P. Sathiyaselvam, G. R. Scott, J. Y. Takekawa, T. Natsagdorj, M. Wikelski, M. J. Witt, B. Yan, and C. M. Bishop. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 31 October 2012. Image: Hawkes et al./Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Larger image)


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Green smoothies for kindergartners and pretty girls
I have been a special education teacher for 17 years and switched to teaching kindergarten this school year! I am so excited to spend my days with 37 energetic little people.
To start the year off, we talk about how to treat each other and filling each other's invisible bucket each day with kindness. We want to be bucket fillers, not bucket dippers.
We now have a jar in our class, and whenever I catch someone being kind we get a warm fuzzy (a pom-pom). When our bucket is full, we get a class party. Well…I have been a green smoothie drinker for over a year. My students see me drinking one every morning. When I asked them what kind of party they wanted to have, when our bucket is full, can you guess what they wanted?
Not ice cream, not candy, but a green smoothie party! I am so proud of them, and this Friday we will be earning our first green smoothie party! Way to go kindergarteners! Thank you Robyn for inspiring me and generations to come!
~Jenn Jettner, Spring Lake, Michigan
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If it weren't for the internet, how would I ever "meet" Jenn, who loves teaching and children so much that she teaches kids to fill kindness buckets every day AND she teaches them to drink green juice! (See the photo attached I asked her to take—she said the party was a brilliant success!) Sometimes I can't believe I get to read awesome stuff like this every day! I love it!
Kids just want a party! It just has to be special and fun. It doesn't have to feature junk food! In fact, we do them a disservice by modeling the attitude that parties have to be toxic. If we stop and check ourselves, we might realize that WE, not the kids, have some kind of mental rule that it's not a party if there's no sugar?
Jenn (unintentionally, perhaps) did exactly what I did with my 18-month old when I started making and drinking green smoothies. I originally acted like it was very special, and I kept it all to myself at first and just let him watch me drinking it.
He wanted some and I was a little miserly in my sharing it at first—I purposefully created a bit of scarcity and demand! He asked what it was, and I said, "Green ice cream!"
FYI, the whole thing eventually lost its cachet. That 18-month old is now an 18-year old. Last month he won the popular vote for Homecoming King in a landslide.
(Unfortunately, no teacher nominated him—you can make the obvious inferences about my kid, both good and bad, LOL! I used to wring my hands about his attitude towards grades and school, when he was little, but I've "grown up" a lot in my parenting. Now I just enforce the lower limits—nothing less than a C- is acceptable! And I laugh about and enjoy how different he is from me, and hope that rather impressive charisma gives him what his GPA lacks, because it's his life to live, not mine!)
But despite his rolling his eyes at my healthy habits, sometimes he comes over from his dad's hot-dogs-and-Top-Ramen house to get a healthy meal or snack here. A really pretty girl at school recently baked him something. He knows her to be really interested in health and taking care of her body. She told him he could pay her back by making her a green smoothie! Suddenly he is interested in not only drinking them, but also MAKING them.
Green smoothies are making a popularity comeback in his life I haven't seen for….oh, a decade and a half?
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Wow! I want to send my kids to her class once they are that age! As it is now, I'm considering homeschooling so that junk food isn't even an option (or in their immediate environment). Depends on where we live at that point though, before I decide for sure.
I LOVE this!!! I don't know how I came across your blog, but I'm SO glad I did! I'll be doing some research into your Green Smoothies, and I absolutely adore the warm fuzzies jar!
Thanks for sharing your comments about your son. It gives me great hope for my oldest who is almost 17 and gives me the encouragement, peace and joy that I need to keep doing what I'm doing. Example is huge! Those days he does come back from his dad's hot dog and candy house and says he feels heavy and just wants some good clean alkaline water or a green smoothie are the priceless treasures of motherhood I hold on to dearly. It is amazing what we learn to let go of as mother's when we realize that it is their life to live and all we can do is love them and choose to live our life the very best we can. So thank you for sharing with me such a wonderful way to choose to live mine. I'm so glad I made the choice to live a GSG lifestyle.
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Andy Murray happy to be back in South Florida as he tries to defend Sony Open title
The sun beat down on the Sony Open tournament grounds Monday, palm trees swayed, and defending champion Andy Murray was right where we left him at this time last year — working up a mighty sweat against David Ferrer on the purple Stadium Court.
Murray's opening match is not until later in the week, but the sixth-ranked Scot has a condo in downtown Miami and has been training here since losing to Milos Raonic in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., early last week. Murray beat Ferrer in three sets in the Sony Open final last year and is looking for another title following offseason back surgery.
This will be his sixth tournament since the surgery, and his best result this season was the semifinals in Acapulco.
After his loss to Raonic, Murray told reporters he was looking forward to playing in South Florida, which he considers a second home. He said his back feels fine, and it's just a matter of maintaining his intensity throughout the entire match.
"Obviously, Miami is a place I know well and I train a lot there," he said. "Hopefully, I'll play well in Miami, which I have done quite a few times in the past. My matches have been a little bit patchy over the past few weeks."
Sunscreen-lathered tennis fans watched as Murray and Ferrer trained across the net from each other on Monday at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park. Meanwhile, other fans sipped Moet & Chandon champagne at a nearby kiosk, while some sampled the food, which ranged from ceviche to sushi to crepes to custom salads. More than 300,000 fans attended the 2013 tournament, and even bigger crowds are expected this year with the return of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, both of whom missed the tournament last year.
The men's draw was held Monday, and if Murray is to defend his title, he could face a quarterfinal against No. 2 Novak Djokovic, a semifinal against resurgent No. 5 Federer and a final against top-ranked Nadal.
The other potential quarterfinals are: Nadal vs. Juan Martin del Potro, Stan Wawrinka vs. Tomas Berdych and Federer vs. Ferrer.
The women's draw was held Sunday. Defending champion Serena Williams has a first-round bye and on Thursday afternoon faces the winner of the match between Francesca Schiavone and Yaroslava Shvedova.
Williams' path to the final includes a possible quarterfinal against Angelique Kerber and a potential semifinal against longtime rival Maria Sharapova, who has Petra Kvitova in her quarter of the bracket. Sharapova's first match is Thursday night.
Wild card Victoria Duval, an 18-year-old Haitian-American who spent much of her childhood in South Florida, plays a qualifier in the first round. If she wins, she faces Sam Stosur, the 2011 U.S. Open champion whom Duval upset in last year's U.S. Open.
The other side of the women's draw includes Agnieszka Radwanska, Li Na, Jelena Jankovic and Simone Halep. Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens and Caroline Wozniacki are also in that half. Li spent considerable time practicing on Stadium Court on Monday.
Qualifying rounds began Monday. Forty-eight women and 48 men compete for 12 spots in each of the main draws. They have to win three matches to get in.
Among the notable players who won on opening day was Shahar Peer of Israel, wgo was ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in 2011 and now at No. 88 is trying to resurrect her career. Peer is 2-6 this year and lost her opening match in the past three tournaments. She beat Tadeja Majeric of Slovenia 6-3, 6-2 on Monday.
Other winners in women's qualifying included Petra Cetkovska (Czech Republic), Julia Goerges (Germany) and Johanna Larsson (Sweden).
Among the men advancing were American Jack Sock, Andrey Golubev (Kazakhstan), Thiemo DeBakker (Netherlands), Paul-Henri Mathieu (France), Benjamin Becker (Germany), Daniel Evans (Great Britain), Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) and Alex Bogomolov Jr. (Russia).
Qualifying continues Tuesday, along with the start of the women's main draw. Djokovic and Federer play their opening matches Friday afternoon, and Nadal is the Saturday night headliner.


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Today is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. April 22 was designated as a day to raise environmental awareness through education and events throughout the country. If you produce feedstocks for biofuels, it's also a day to discuss with others the environmental benefits of biofuels. As a native Wisconsinite, I am proud to say Earth Day was the brainchild of the late Senator Gaylord Nelson from the Badger State.
Interestingly, Nelson came up with the idea of Earth Day in the aftermath of an oil spill off Santa Barbara, CA in 1969. This oil spill, which spread into an 800-square mile area, killed an estimated 3,600 birds as well as numerous seals and dolphins.
The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies (www.nelsonearthday.net) reports that Nelson also had observed how college students in the late 1960s were staging teach-ins to educate campuses about the Vietnam War and understood that a similar forum could be used to raise environmental awareness.
Earth Day was launched in 1970. That April, speaking to an audience in Denver, CO, Nelson said, "Our goal is not just an environment of clean air and water and scenic beauty. The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human being and all living creatures."
On this day, it's important to remember the environmental aspects of biofuels. First, and I've mentioned this before, it takes less fossil energy to produce a gallon of ethanol than it does to produce a gallon of gasoline. The Argonne National Lab has found that the fossil energy input per unit of ethanol is .78 million Btu of fossil energy consumed for each one million Btu delivered while it takes 1.23 million Btu to produce the same amount of gasoline delivered.
Using ethanol in place of gasoline also helps to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by up to 29 percent given today's technology, reports the Renewable Fuel Association. RFA points to University of Nebraska research that has found ethanol reduces direct GHG emissions between 48-59 percent compared to gasoline.
Last year, the production and use of 10.6 billion gallons of ethanol reduced CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 16.5 million metric tons. This was like removing more than 2.7 million cars from America's highways, reported RFA, citing the Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) 1.8 Model.
And then there's biodiesel---an EPA study found that B20 (20 percent biodiesel blended with 80 percent conventional diesel fuel) reduced total hydrocarbons by up to 30 percent, carbon monoxide up to 20 percent and total particulate matter up to 15 percent, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) has reported.
While emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from biodiesel are either slightly reduced or slightly increased depending on the duty cycle of the engine and testing methods used, they can be eliminated with catalysts or timing changes, NBB says.
The NBB also points to a DOE study that found biodiesel production and use produces 78.5 percent fewer CO2 emissions than petroleum, adding that CO2 is taken up by crop production and then released when vegetable oil-based biodiesel is combusted.
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Hi, I am from Manhattan, but don't mind traveling to Brooklyn for tennis. I am not sure what my ranking is, but I consider myself an advanced beginner/intermediate player. I can do weekdays after 6PM or weekends anytime. Let me know if you're interested.
Also, looking for someone to hit with at the USTA in flushing on memorial day...
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I'm available on weekends
Sat after 4.30
Sun any time
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Queens,Brooklyn or New Jersey Courts good for me.
I m available to play on weekends in Brooklyn or Queens, Is anyone available Sunday morning
hi, which courts do you normally play on in queens? in brooklyn? Are the courts free?
hi, which courts do you normally play on in queens? in brooklyn? Are the courts free?
I usually play in Brooklyn, " McKinley Park " most of the Courts are Free, Except Prospect Park Tennis Center.
Mckinely don't require permit?? or they do, but the park staff just never check? i dont have a permit yet, so i just want to make sure.
No, It does not require Permit, No Park Staff There, I havenever seen them.
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Rowdy clusters put to the grindstone by Grid Engine 8.1
Batch number-crunching in the trendy cloud era
The advent of virtualized and cloudy infrastructure has not diminished the need for scheduling software like Grid Engine. It's obvious just how necessary such schedulers are for orchestrating and aggregating capacity of server computing pools.
That's the plan from Univa, the company that's providing a fork of the Grid Engine software still controlled (but largely ignored) by Oracle. The software engineers who used to work at Sun Microsystems and then Oracle but now work at Univa, are crafting Grid Engine 8.1.
Univa acquired an OEM licence from Sun back in 2007 and made a living selling support and other services atop the gridware, which aggregates CPU cycles on clusters of PCs and services so they can be used to run parallel HPC workloads on bare-metal machinery.
In 2008, Sun actually paid Univa to do some development on Grid Engine, which ended up in Oracle's lap after Big Larry bought Sun in January 2010. Univa bears Oracle no animosity, and it took a year before the company decided to fork Grid Engine and create its own open-source variant.
Since that time, Univa has put out two releases of an updated Grid Engine stack (and it can call it Grid Engine thanks to that OEM agreement with Sun) and is now working on a third, version 8.1, which will come out sometime before the end of the second quarter, according to Univa CEO Gary Tyreman.
The code base for Grid Engine, version 6.2 update 5, is still out there, freeze-dried since the Oracle takeover of Sun. Univa's developers, many of whom were hired from Sun after it became clear that Oracle had other ideas about how to cluster machines and was fundamentally uninterested in traditional HPC workloads, put about 90 enhancements into the product to make its own Grid Engine 8.0, released in May 2011.
It then did another 200 enhancements for the 8.0.1 release, which came out last October. The feature count is not yet set for Grid Engine 8.1, which is due before the end of the first half of 2012, but it is well in the order of four times the enhancements that Univa was able to get into its first release.
While customers are still able to get the Grid Engine V6.2U5 software, their grids are scaling much further, and this is an issue.
"Do you really have the confidence that everything that works at 20,000 cores will work at 100,000 cores?" asks Tyreman, adding that programs written for one scale can still run into issues when expanded across yet more iron. And plenty of Grid Engine users still working from the V6.2U5 release are going to find this out.
In January 2011, when Univa forked Grid Engine, Tyreman said he knew for a fact there were over 4 million CPUs gridded up using his company's software in more than 1,000 government, academic, and commercial establishments, and he guessed further that there were 2,000 to 10,000 organisations using the open source tools and maintaining themselves.
"Last year, when we launched Univa Grid Engine, we knew there was a bunch of people out there using Grid Engine," Tyreman tells El Reg. "Now, after doing more research, we are very confident that there are 10,000 sites actually using the software."
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As grid software goes, this is a pretty large installed base. Even if most customers can get by with the open source version, a percentage of those at the upper end of scalability - who need better integration with cloud controllers like Eucalyptus or the Amazon EC2 cloud or need integration with Hadoop big data munchers - are going to be looking for help from Univa, which has done the work to make these integrations possible as well as scale up the size of the grids.
Tyreman says that Univa has been working with Cloudera and other Hadoop disties to use Grid Engine as a workload manager for Hadoop clusters, which tend to be a bit unruly and cranky. "Hadoop will splatter jobs out there, but it is indiscriminate and it doesn't have policies for sharing and driving the utilization on the server cluster as high as you can," he explains. "We have a lot of work to make the integration better, but at the end of the day, it's just APIs."
Everyone is trying to solve the same problem. This is why IBM acquired Platform Computing, the main competition to Grid Engine and also a credible threat to Hadoop, last October, snapping up the company's high-speed Java messaging and processing framework called Symphony.
The Apache Hadoop project has the Capacity Scheduler and the Fair Scheduler to drive up utilisation on Hadoop clusters and get multiple Hadoop jobs to play nice.
OpenStack is getting Distributed Scheduler for large clouds, too, so virty server instances are not immune from the problem. And more than a few shops are looking at the price tag for vSphere and vCloud Controller and wondering how to make Grid Engine and OpenStack or CloudStack work together nicely.
As for the 8.1 release of Grid Engine from Univa, the object of most of the development is to get the total cost of ownership of a large grid down a lot lower as a grid scales up. On the performance front, Grid Engine will now have processor core and NUMA memory bindings that will allow jobs to run consistently as they are dispatched across the grid. This boosts performance around 10 per cent for jobs and also drives up utilization on the grid.
The update also includes resource maps that figure out how hardware and software resources are ordered and used in the cluster to drive up throughput. (To do less of this "splattering" that even job schedulers like Grid Engine sometimes do.)
The 8.1 edition also includes better job debugging and diagnostics to help system administrators figure out where things are getting bunched up on the grid, and has templates that integrate Grid Engine with popular message passing interface (MPI) cluster protocols to rein them in, too. The grid system will also play nicer with the PostgreSQL database, which handles job spooling for Grid Engine and needs to be scolded to balance the speed of submission of new jobs against the choking hazard of lots of small jobs.
Univa's Grid Engine 8.1 will start beta testing shortly. The production support contract for the software is the same price as it was last year, at $99 per core per year. If you want to UniCloud extensions that allow it to control jobs on Eucalyptus or EC2 clouds that are set up to run Grid Engine, then you have to pay $150 per core per year. If you deploy on Amazon EC2, GoGrid, or Rackspace Cloud, you have to obviously buy the capacity. You can also deploy UniCloud on internal clouds running VMware ESXi or Oracle Xen hypervisors. ®


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Distance: 197km
Highest point: 2,115m
Category: High mountains
The classic Pyrenean stage
A Tour staple in the pre-war years, the linking of the Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde passes is rarely seen in modern times. There's no summit finish but the organisers believe this is likely to make the action more intense as riders won't be tempted to sit back and wait for the final climb before racing. The fact that the Aubisque and the Tourmalet – the 'roof' of this year's race – come first won't suit the climbers. Some of them may not appreciate the final descent of the Peyresourde either as it's very speedy and suits daredevils. It won't be an easy day for whoever is defending the yellow jersey.
Janez Brajkovic: "In 2010, we went over the Tourmalet and that was the most difficult stage I've ever done. It will be tough and a few people will lose the Tour here. If you're dropped before the last climb then you're going to lose a lot of time."


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The idea to hold inmates� first court appearances via video conference now has the collective nod of both county government leaders and local court system officials.
The idea to hold inmates� first court appearances via video conference now has the collective nod of both county government leaders and local court system officials.
Judicial Center Special Work Group Chairman David McFadyen, former longtime district attorney, told the Craven County Board of Commissioners Monday that the group�s findings show safety and cost would be improved by using video first appearances for those in jail in Clarks.
The group concluded after months of study that Craven County should �move forward with the installation of a video conferencing system for the purpose of holding first appearances. We recommend that video conferencing be established for the Criminal District Courtroom, Criminal District Probation Courtroom, and Criminal Superior Courtroom.�
McFadyen said that 4,248 inmates were transported to the Craven County Courthouse in downtown New Bern for court last year, most charged with a crime or probation violation that would put them in Criminal District Court and the Criminal Superior Court.
�We recommend that video conferencing be established� for those courts and Criminal District Probation Courtroom,� he said, which �will substantially reduce the number of inmates required to be transported as well as provide better security for the citizens of Craven County.�
He said, �All the entities in this study were very cooperative and appreciate the county being willing to take this step to make our county safer.�
While it appears courtrooms at the Judicial Center at Clarks might have a future place in regular court proceedings, the group determined only special uses of those courtrooms are recommended now.
McFadyen recalled that when he �was still in office as DA, the original plan for the facility�was to go ahead and build space for a courtroom so it the need arose it would be there. It was not that much more cost to go ahead and add that additional vacant space.�
�At some time after I left office, a decision was made to finish off that facility,� he said. But, while the state courts are moving toward a paperless system, records are now paper documents in shucks at the Clerk of Court�s Office, so mixing venues routinely is premature.
The Judicial Center Special Work Group, which also included judges Benjamin G. Alford and L. Walter Mills, District Attorney Scott Thomas, Clerk of Court Terri Sharp, Sheriff Jerry Monette, Commissioner Steve Tyson, County Manager Jack Veit, attorney Kindelle McCullen, and downtown businessman Greg Smith, did recommend that commissioners �obtain the necessary authorization for use of the judicial Center Courtroom in Clarks� for use as an auxiliary facility when authorized by the Chief District Court Judge or Senior Resident Superior Court Judge.
As for placement of magistrates at the Judicial Center, which is about five miles from the city limits of New Bern, the county seat, McFadyen said, �In other counties where a confinement facility is distant from the courthouse, what those areas have done is put them at the jail after work hours and weekends and holidays.�
It has worked well and is now what is being done at the old jail while 911 Center construction is underway, he said. �During business hours, they are at the courthouse and after hours at Craven County Jail.�
But there is a set policy for selecting, appointing and stationing magistrates, McFadyen said.
�They are nominated by the Clerk of Court, appointed by the senior superior court judge and managed by the chief district judge.�
Commissioners asked the staff to begin preparing local legislation for them to ask for submission during next year�s short session of the General Assembly for special use of the courtrooms and to start working with vendors previously approved by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
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Lithuania is planning to pay 113 million litai ($41 million) in compensation for Jewish property seized by the Nazis during World War II and subsequently kept in the state sector.
Over 200,000 Jews lived in the Baltic country before World War II, and Vilnius was called "The Jerusalem of the North." There are currently around 5,000 Jews in Lithuania.
Synagogues were returned to Jewish communities several years ago, but claims have been laid to other buildings that previously belonged to Jews. (RIA)
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Public Services/Systems, 2004-; B.A., Saint John's University, 1992; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994.


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From Avvo to Zillow, Seattle has a number of Web 2.0 startups. Sixty four by my count, but I am surely missing some. After all, there has to be at least one Seattle area Web 2.0 startup whose name begins with the letter "E." (Special prize if anyone comes up with one in the comments).
The list below — inspired in part by national Web 2.0 lists — was compiled today as I was struggling to come up with a column.
I realize that Web 2.0 is a tough concept to define, so some of these companies may not fit your definition. But they are the startups I am tracking at this moment in time. Feel free to add more in the comments section, or offer suggestions.


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Mike Tyson unifies titles
On March 7, 1987, Mike Tyson defeats James "Bonecrusher" Smith to unify the WBA and WBC heavyweight titles. Already the youngest-ever heavyweight champion after winning the title at just 19 years old the year before, Tyson became the youngest undisputed heavyweight champion in boxing history.
Mike Tyson was born on June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York. He had a troubled childhood in Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood, an area known for its poverty and high crime. As a child he often skipped school, spending his time on Brownsville's streets engaging in petty crimes. Tyson responded violently to his peers' teasing about his high, lisping voice, which led to several stints in juvenile detention centers. After being expelled from junior high school, Tyson was sent to a reform school near Catskill, New York. It was there that he was discovered by legendary trainer Cus D'Amato, who had coached Floyd Patterson, a two-time heavyweight champion. D'Amato became a father figure to "Iron" Mike, whose own father left his family when Mike was just two years old. D'Amato was a stabilizing force in Tyson's life: He took the young fighter into his home and dedicated himself to Tyson's training. D'Amato helped Tyson to focus his aggression and develop the discipline to become a champion.
When Tyson entered the professional ranks at 18, he seemed unstoppable. He won his first 19 fights by knockout, 15 of those coming in the first round. It was during this run that D'Amato died, in November 1985, at the age of 77. D'Amato's associate Kevin Rooney took over as Tyson's trainer, and one year later, Tyson beat Trevor Berbick for the WBC heavyweight championship in his first title shot. In 1987, Tyson defeated "Bonecrusher" Smith, although he did not knock him out. This won Tyson the WBA championship, making him the undisputed heavyweight champion.
Over the course of the next year, Tyson defeated four other opponents to retain his title and, in 1988, he knocked out Larry Holmes, the only knockout of Holmes' 76 fights as a pro. Later that year, Tyson fought Michael Spinks, who was thought to be his toughest competition. After Tyson knocked Spinks unconscious 91 seconds into the first round, boxing fans wondered if anyone could beat "Iron" Mike. By the end of the year, however, Tyson had begun his long downward spiral into sports infamy. His erratic behavior included marrying and divorcing actress Robin Givens (after being accused by her of domestic violence), firing and suing his manager, breaking his hand in an early morning street brawl and two car accidents, one of which was reportedly a suicide attempt. Tyson also fired Kevin Rooney, replacing him with notorious promoter Don King.
Unable to keep his focus on boxing, Tyson lost the heavyweight title after being knocked out by James "Buster" Douglas in a stunning upset on February 11, 1990.