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The Bethel Clarion
Vol. XIX No. 11 BETHEL INSTITUTE (St. Paul, Minn.) March 20, 1940
Spire Wok Goes On— Call For Snaps Dorm Construction To Begin
Snapshots of students and
school life are wanted for the
1940 SPIRE. Amateur photog-raphers
having any good pic-tures
are asked to turn in their
contributions to Editor Carol
Jane Engwall.
So far no one is eligible for
the prizes which were to be
awarded to the students which
returned $20 or $10 from
Friendship letters for the
SPIRE. It is suggested that
students push this while home
for vacation, and cooperate to
publish a larger yearbook.
Students complain when they
don't get a better annual, but
they are not very anxious to do
their share in its production,
according to Glenn Anderson,
Business Manager.
All student subscriptions
must also be paid immediately.
Council Sends Group
To Five Churches
About eight Bethelites, visiting
five churches, will make a tour in
Iowa and Illinois during Easter va-cation,
George Ohsberg, vice-presi-dent
of the Religious council and
in charge of arrangements, an-nounced
Tentative plans indicate the
personnel of the group as fol-lows:
Miss Alyce Johnson;
Vernon Pearson, speaker; Ker-mit
Johnson, trumpeteer; Mary
Anne Liljenstrom, violinist;
Grace Widen, pianist; Ohsberg.
Jack Bergeson, driver; and
Sara Mae Swensson.
They will leave next Wednesday
morning and return on the follow-ing
Monday. They will travel in
the gospel team bus.
The itinerary for this group
includes services at Monmouth,
Galesburg, Kewanee, and Mo-line,
Illinois, and Davenport,
The school moving pictures will
be an added feature to their pro-gram.
Ohsberg disclosed that Dean
Emery Johnson promised use of the
movie film during the tour.
Last Sunday, another group
went to the churches in Grove
City and Lake Elizabeth. Ohs-berg
and William Hagstrom
were speakers. Other partici-pants
were: Alvera Johnson,
Viola Waihela, Doris Jane Eg-gleston,
Eunice Elmgren, and
Prof. C. E. Carlson led a discus-sion
in a meeting of the Religious
council recently.
When $25,000
When $7,000 in cash and
pledges has been added to the
$18,000 already received, con-struction
work on the Women's
dormitory will begin. The
School board voted recently
that $25,000 must be guaranteed
in cash and pledges before
contracts can be let.
H. Wyman Malmsten, financial rep-resentative,
continues in the ca-pacity
to raise finances for the
structure. Mothers' day was set by
the School board as the time when
offerings in the churches would be
taken for this purpose. Over 700
letters have been sent to organiza-tions
in Swedish churches which
have responded with no contribu-tions.
Receipts from these plans
should make possible the actual
construction in the near future.
By DALE BJORK
Early Monday morning mem-bers
of the Bethel Male Chorus
will wave farewell to their
friends. The chorus will set
out on its three weeks' tour of
the East to bring its sacred
concert of songs to 18 Swedish
Baptist churches in 10 states.
The 24 chorus members, Profes-sor
George Hultgren, and Clarence
Olson will travel in a chartered
Greyhound bus. The members have
been waiting and working for the
arrival of this moment for weeks,
and the trip is sure to be remem-bered
by all as one of the high
points in their school careers.
The ,prayers of the entire stu-dent
body are requested, so that
the chorus may have a safe journey
and that it might present the gos-pel
of Jesus Christ in song.
The personnel of the group
includes Virgil Olson, Gordon
Peterson, Carl Holmberg, Al-bert
Johnson, Sidney Carlson,
Gordon Larson, and Glen
Soule, as first tenors.
The second group of tenors are:
Carl Young, Maurice Lawson, Ned
Holmgren, Dale Bjork, Dean Nor-dell,
and Warren Johnson. John
Valine, Francis McOlash, Carl
Lundquist, Alrik Bloomquist, Rob-ert
Paulson, Truman Halvorson will
go as first basses. Comprising the
low group are: Rodger Goodman,
Hilton Hanson, Herman Tegenfeldt,
Orville Johnson, and Robert Per-rin.
The trip will be the second
Eastern concert tour for Or.
ville Johnson, Holmberg, Holm-gren,
Virgil Olson, and Lawson,
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Is Received
"If Bethel women are really
concerned, they should write
home to their churches and
friends for donations," Malm-sten
advised. "If 150 women's
organizations out of the 700
would pledge $1 a month for
five years, we would be guaran-teed
with $9,000 more."
It is hoped that the stipulated
sum which is needed will be re-ceived
soon. The building may be
ready for use by Fall if the $25,000
is pledged within the next few
Facilities of the dormitory
will provide for 44 coeds, dean
of women, and a cook's quar-ters.
There is also being in.
corporated in the plan a din-ing
hall for 50 women, accord-ing
to Malmsten.
The plans call for 11 3/2x17 feet
rooms. They will contain twin beds.
There will also be a guest room for
parents, a recreation room, and a
reception hall with a fireplace. The
woodwork will be done in maple,
according to tentative plans.
Howard Skoglund of St. Paul has
been engaged to complete the final
plans for the dormitory.
Fall Schedule Adds
Five New Classes
Five courses will be added to the
J. C. curriculum next Fall, Dean
Emery Johnson announced Wednes-day.
These additions include: Amer-ican
government, 6 credits; Eng-lish
history, 6 credits ; rural soci-ology,
3 credits; mathematics
(higher algebra and trigenometry),
and Greek, which will be trans-ferred
from the Seminary.
Rural sociology will follow the
sociology course now being offered.
School Dismisses
For Spring Vacation
Easter vacation will officially
begin tomorrow at 5:30 p. m.
Classes will resume again at
8 a. m. on Monday, April 1,
Dean Emery Johnson announc-ed
Johnson added that he does-n't
believe in April fool jokes,
and advises the students to re-turn
on time or have a good
excuse. "Double cuts count up"
is the warning.
All-Star Hoopsters-
Two Indians Named
Del Ray Peterson and Capt.
Don Johnson were named on
the Southern Minnesota J. C.
conference all-star basketball
team. This includes two Bethel
men and one each from Beth-any,
Rochester, and Tracy, an.
nounces William Adam, secre-tary
of the coaches' confer-ence.
The all-conference team as
chosen by the mentors of the
eight schools is as follows:
F—Wilson Rochester
F—D. Peterson ....Bethel
C—Guldberg Bethany
G—Holstine Tracy
G—D. Johnson Bethel
The second team includes:
F—Heyne Concordia
F—Thompson .Albert Lea
C—Wright Rochester
G—Tate Tracy
G—Madson Bethany
Outstanding in the selection
of this year's all-conference
team is the scoring ability of
the players chosen. Three of
the men, Guldberg, Johnson,
and Peterson, scored over 100
points in conference play; and
Wilson, Guldberg, Holstine, and
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By MIRIAM JOHANSON
Dr. William Axling, renowned
missionary-statesman of Japan, is
to bring a message in Chapel to-night
at the meeting of the Mis-sionary
band. He will tell a heart-rending
story of the struggle of
Japan's millions for a mere exist-ence.
The need of the teeming
multitudes crammed into that small
area is at once physical and spir-itual,
constituting a challenge to
the whole Christian world.
Dr. Axling is in a remarkably
good position to give us accu.
rate information in view of the
39 years spent on the field giv-ing
opportunity for 'close con-tact
with the people. His pres-ent
home and work is among
1,000,000 industrial workers rn
lower Tokyo. His statements
are not influenced by the pro.
paganda which generally colors
the news, but is based on actu-al
The Tokyo Misaki Tabernacle,
founded and developed by Dr. Ax-ling,
now stands as a monument to
his missionary efforts. He also
holds the responsible position of
President of the Conference of Fed-erated
Missions of Japan, as well
as serving in executive capacities
on various mission councils.
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Male Singers Start Monday
Their 18-Church Tour
Mission Work of Orient
To Be Given By Dr. Axling
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
Don Johnson "splurged" down in
the Coffee shoppe last week. He
spent one red cent.
Seems like the book store is go-ing
feminine with the selling of
ladies' hose. Your stockings will
he good in the long run now, girls!
"Shylock" Young and "Only-Two-
Bits" Peterson aren't such keen
salesmen. Neither one has man-aged
to sell the book, "Thinking
About Marriage." Say! which one
of you two DOES it belong to???
We wonder who put rubber bands
in Joyce Johnson's sandwiches one
noon. We know, but we won't tell,
will we E. D.?
Can it be? Olaf Nelson and Lo-rene
Bellstrom? Well! Anything
can happen at Bethel.
Miss Effie Nelson (German reci-tation
period) : "Class, say John
3 :16."
Glenn Anderson: "Sure! 'John
3 : 16.'"
Seems that the smallpox serum
must have been powerfully strong
the way Bethelites are suffering
with sore arms and weary limbs.
Here's bouquets to all those who
were on the sick list.
"If we do suffer, then with Him
we'll reign."
To suffer, be a martyr, accept
Be scorned, be ridiculed, be thought
Does He this ask?
To know the agony, no earthly
With whom to speak, who can some
comfort lend?
Will this continue always to the
Is this our task?
To bear His yoke, to suffer as with
Yes, then to reign, like He, all
free from sin.
To shine in glory bright, to not be
Too much to ask?
To reign with Him, to know His
fullness bright,
A king with Him, who turned to
day our night,
To see the Day—is it not worth the
Too hard a task?
—Helen Sorenson.
Missionary Work
(Continued from page 1)
In addition to being noted for
his missionary endeavors, Dr.
Axling is well-known as a
statesman. In this capacity, he
rendered service at the Wash-ington
Conference on the Lim-itation
of Armaments in 1921.
Mrs. .J. Merrill Tannehill of the
St. Paul Bible institute will play
for us on the marimba tonight.
By REV. L. E. PETERSEN
Evangelist, Minnesota State Convention
"Now is Christ risen from the dead"—I Corinthians 15:20.
This is a plain statement. You need no interpretation to make this
plain. Faith is the key word to this principle and to all of Christian be-lief.
Have you ever thought of how simple the great fundamentals of
the Christian religion are stated:
The DIVINITY OF CHRIST—"In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1.1).
The INCARNATION OF CHRIST—"The Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only be-gotten
Father,) full of grace and truth" (John 1:14).
The VICARIOUS DEATH—"Who his own self bare our sins in his
own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto right_
eousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" (I Peter 2:24).
The ASCENSION—"While they beheld, he was taken up; and a clOud
received him out of their sight" (Acts 1:9).
The RETURN—"While they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he
went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also
said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This
same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall come again
in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" (Acts 1:10, 11).
All of these are profound truths simply stated. So also is the resur-rection
story: it is a fact conceded. Who gave us the text and state-ment?
Paul said it—one of the world's keenest scholars.
I venture to ask Paul, "How do you know?" He answers, "The an-gels
told the women at the tomb. 'Why seek ye the living among the
dead? I know you seek. Jesus; He is not here, He is risen even as He
said.' "
Look at those women—they are ready to run. Wait!
"Come, see the place where they laid Him!" They are to be witnesses.
However, God will have no witnesses unless they are convicted of their
testimony. Therefore, they are invited to come and see before they go
and tell.
Paul, is this all the evidence you have? No!
Jesus had chosen holy Apostles. To these He showed Himself alive
after His death by many infallible proofs for forty days.
Who saw Him? First of all, He came to Mary Magdelene, and then
to three sisters. The third witness was Peter, followed by Cleophas and
his friend. His fifth appearance was to the ten disciples, the women, and
the two friends in the Upper room. The following week, He came to
Thomas, who had been absent at the previous vision. Later, Christ res-urrected
showed himself to the five disciples fishing. James was the
next witness. And then we have the story of the 500 who saw Christ in
Galilee. Last of all, the eleven disciples had their last glimpse of Him on
Mount Olives.
The best testimony of all is that of Paul. "Last of all He was seen
of me that am not worthy to be called an apostle." "I know He lives
for He lives in me."
What does this resurrection testimony mean to us? We have a hope
beyond the grave, joy amid the shadows and heartaches, victory ("All
power is given me"), and an abiding Savior in Christ. "He ever liveth
to make intercession for His saints."
The Bethel Clarion
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Official school paper of Bethel Institute.
Published by students bi-weekly except July, August,
and September.
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SPORTS Bernard Hammerbeck, Elna Finstrom, and Vernon Pearson
FEATURES Carol Jane Engwall, Gladys Hanson, Mary Ann Liljenstrom,
Muriel Petersen, Leone Smith, Helen Sorenson, and Viola Waihela.
NEWS REPORTERS ....Glenn Anderson, Betty Danielson, Dalphy Fagerstrom,
Gunnar Hoglund, Archie Johnson, Miriam Johanson, Lloyd Shold,
Sara Mae Swenson, Marvin Toews, Robert Wallin, and Dorothy
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Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935, at the postoffice at St. Paul,
Minnesota, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
The world seems hopelessly torn
by strife and conflict. The horrors
committed within the last few
months in Europe and the preced-ing
years in China are but sem-blances
of what would take place
if the nations really became in-volved
in war.
We, in America can little realize
what the rest of the world is going
through. Although we have unem-ployment,
labor, social, and eco-nomic
problems, we still have re-sources
and ways of taking care of
the pitfalls which surround us.
However, the belligerent nations
(Russia excluded) have reason to
expand. If they would maintain a
civilized standard of living, they
must reach out.
Perhaps, the majority of our peo-ple
place their sympathy with the
Allies in the present embroilment
—at least the Administration does.
However, thinkers point out that if
the Allies had not treated Germany
so unmercifully following the first
World war that there would be no
Hitler today. The German people
were subjected, and Hitler appear-ed
to meet their desires for na-tionalism.
Our age is one confusion — we
know not where we are at, or where
we should place our trust. There
are many companies striving for
our support.
Conscientious and clear-headed
thinking is the need of today. It
would not take much to get us in-volved
in the war. Do we as Chris-tians,
as citizens interested in the
largest worthwhile interests, want
to cast our lots with the war lords?
Or would we rather set back lazily
and not bother our little heads with
considerations of our problems? Or
do we rather chose to ally our-selves
with the interests of justice,
peace, and right living?
Bethel Stars
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Johnson each lead their respec-tive
teams in league scoring
for the past season. This team,
according to the past season
performances, would average
well over 50 points per contest.
Del Peterson of Bethel is the
only repeater from last year's
all-conference team.
Here's three cheers from the
CLARION staff for Captain Don
Johnson and DelRay Peterson for
the fine performance that they
turned in for Bethel during the
basketball season.
It is an unusual distinction to
have two all-conference men from
one school in one year. We con-gratulate
Although the team placed fourth
in the league standings, we can
console ourselves by the fact that
our two stars had higher scoring
averages than anyone else in the
We're proud of our two players!
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Want To Read During Vacation ?
.2docatie.1 4dd New Volumes
"The World's Great Poetry,"
compiled by Caroline M. Hill, has
recently been received in the Jun-ior
College library along with sev-eral
other interesting volumes.
"It contains over 700 out-standing
poems by famous
writers. From all the centuries
and all nations these poems of
faith have come. The collec-tion
ranges from the Psalms of
David to the most recent poems
of religious thought; from the
Egyptian hymn in honor of the
Sun God to Rupert Brooke's
beautiful poem on Heaven," a
commentator recently said.
There are 12 divisions in this
work, including such topics as "In-spiration,"
"The Search After God,"
"Worship," and "God In Nature."
Other jaysee literary additions
H. Wyman Malmsten, financial
representative, is in Witaska, Can-ada,
this week to speak at the bac-calaureate
and commencement ex-ercises
of the Alberta Baptist Bi-ble
academy, which is a Swedish
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In the Seminary library has
been placed a book on "Suf-fering:
Human and Divine" by
H. Wheeler Robinson. The
author shows that there is posi-tive
value in meeting the grim
realities of life and the inevita-bleness
of Nature. "Hardship,
not ease, tempers the charac-ters
and souls of men; it is the
spirit which they display dur-ing
their ordeal which deter-
Male Chorus
(Continued from page 1)
previously going in 1936. Clar-ence
Olson also makes this a
The first concert of the season
was presented at the First Coven-ant
church of St. Paul last Thurs-day.
Professor Hultgren sang a
solo, "The Lord's Prayer," accom-panied
at the piano by his daugh-ter,
Mrs. Rosenquist. Goodman
gave a few readings, and Lundquist
brought Bethel greetings. Miss
Ruth Fredine of Maynard accom-panied
on the piano.
Ned Holmgren was called to his
home suddenly because of the se-vere
illness of his father. Portland,
Oregon, was his destination.
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Also, newly available for the stu-dents'
use are: "The Jewish World
In The Time Of Jesus" by Ch.
Guignebert, "Lamplight: Illustra-tions
And Quotations For Pulpit,
Platform, And Forum" by Perry J.
IStackhouse, "Medieval Panorama"
by G. G. Coulton, "1940 World Al-manac
And Book Of Facts," pub-lished
by New York World-Tele-gram,
"Prophecy And Divination:
Man's Intercourse With The Un-seen
World" by Alfred Guillaume,
"The Basis Of Christian Faith" by
Floyd E. Hamilton, "The Opening
Doors Of Childhood" by Lewis Jo-seph
Sherrill, "Facts And Theories
Of Psychoanalysis" by Ives Hen-drick,
and "The Flowering Of Mys-ticism"
by Rufus M. Jones.
Zoologists To Hear
Ornithology Expert
Dean Emery Johnson will tour
with the Male chorus on its jaunt
into the Eastern states. He has
secured for his zoology class dur-ing
his absence Prof. H. Breckin-ridge
of the Museum of Natural
History of the University of Minne-sota.
Prof. Breckinrictge will give il-lustrated
bird lectures. He is an
authority in this field of study, and
has drawn most of the illustrations
for the class' manuel, "The Birds
Of Minnesota And Neighboring
States," according to the Dean.
J. C. Conclave Meets
Here March 30
Representatives from the South-ern
Minnesota Junior College con-ference
will meet at Bethel Satur-day,
March 30, according to Prof.
C. E. Carlson, moderator of the
Each school in the conference
will send two delegates. At this
meeting, a schedule for next year
will be made out, Carlson announc-ed.
Gordon Anderson, Seminary
graduate last year, was ordained
to the Christian ministry last Mon-day.
He is pastor of the Bethany
Baptist church of St. Paul.
Prospect Park Baptist
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Challenges and inspiration was
brought to the 2,881 who registered
for the Twin City Baptist Convoca-tion
in Minneapolis on March 11.
Beginning with large crowds
at 10:30 a. m. until the last
prayer in the evening, there
was an increasing interest. The
speakers were vitally stirring,
and the audiences willingly re.
ceptive. Addresses and discus-sions
centered around the
theme, "The Mission Of The
Church In A Distressed
Dr. M. E. Brattcher, team lead-er,
brought statistics from Federal
sources at a noon luncheon show-ing
that during a four-year period
of the depression there was a 220
per cent increase in liquor spend-ing,
while there was a 30 per cent
decrease in contributions to re-ligious
He was challenging with the
statement that "Evil isn't
afraid of the Christian church!
But why should it be? There
is no one place in America
where the churches wage a
united campaign against any
one evil. What's wrong with
us? We've lost our heroism.
Yes, we're nice, but that is not
Further statistics showed that
Baptists are declining in winning
converts. In 1774, there was only
one Baptist out of every 264 peo-ple
in United States. The Bap-tists
worked until in 1939 there
was one Baptist out of every 13
Americans. This appears rosy, he
said. However, Brattcher pointed
out that in 1916, it took 18 Baptists
to win one for Christ, while in 1936,
it took 28 to get one convert. Fur-ther,
there was one year when
6,000 Baptist churches didn't have
one convert.
However, Brattcher was not
discouraged. Rather, he sound-ed
an optimistic note, and was
able to convey that to his audi.
Dr. Roy B. Deer of Pennsyl-vania
in an earlier session
brought out that in Luke 14
are three pre-requisites which
indicate what Christians have
to do to fulfill their mission:
realize• human values, possess
a humble spirit, and go out to
get those who need the mar.
velous grace.
Dr. Joe Robbins of the Foreign
Mission society brought a compre-hensive
view of the foreign mis-sionary
work. Dr. Axling of Japan
appealed to an understanding of
Oriental problems.
Included in the party of speak-ers
were Miss Pearl Rosser and
Miss Mary Beth Fulton.
Central Baptist Church
Roy and Shield St.
St. Paul
are: "Our Movie Made Children" mines whether it makes them
by Henry James Forman, "The or breaks them."
Principles And Methods Of Discus-sion"
by James H. McBurney and
Kenneth G. Hance, "Scientists Are
Human" by David Lindsay Watson,
and "The New Poetry: An Anthol-ogy
of Twentieth-Century Verse In
English," edited by Harriet Monroe
and Alice Corbin Henderson.
Captain Don Johnson- and DelRay Peterson, left to right, were chosen for
the Southern Minnesota Junior College conference all-star basketball
team for 1939-1940. Bethel is to be honored with two representatives
on the mythical five. Peterson is accorded the honor for the second
R.J.C. Hoopsters Take Title;
Indians, Scoring Honors
Page 4
Intramural Men's
Tourney Played
Finalists in the men's gym bas-ketball
tournament are Warren
Dahlstrom's freshman five and
Grant Samuelson's sophomore quill-tet.
Dahlstrom's team earned the
right to represent the freshman by
virtue of a 19-17 victory over Ger-ald
Larson's team last Thursday.
Samuelson's five gained their
spot in the playoff by defeating
Glenn Anderson's team 16-15 last
The freshman all-star gym
team as announced by Coach
Adam includes Gunnar Hog-lund
and Harold Mickelson at
forwards, Dean Berry at center,
and Glen Soule and Larson at
the guards.
The sophomore all.star five
consisted of Sidney Carlson
and Dallas West at the forward
posts, Francis Otto at center,
and Dalphy Fagerstrom and
Herschel Rogers at guards.
Individual scoring honors for the
frosh went to Gunnar Hoglund with
79 points scored during the past
Carlson and West tied as top
scorers for the yearling division
with 86 points apiece.
The Bethel frosh beat the
Farm School reserves 24-10 in
a game played on the Aggie
floor Feb. 27.
The first half proved rather slow,
and the Aggies retired at the mid-dle
point on the long end of a 9-8
score. However, the Bethelites
came back in the second half with
a rally and held the Aggies to one
point the entire second half.
"Lappa" Ogren led the frosh
scorers with 10 points.
Coeds Lose Three
To Opponents
Bethel .cagerettes have been
beaten in their last three games.
In an afternoon contest, Christ
Child center defeated them, 16-14.
Wells Zephyers Settlement
house of Minneapolis visited
here on March 5 and swamped
the Squaws, 49-9. The Millers
were an experienced team, dis-playing
the best shooting and
passing form of any team
played this year.
The score at half time was 16-8,
but their speed and accuracy
proved overwhelming. Elizabeth
Larson led scoring for the local
team with 4 counters.
A return game was played
at the Phyllis Wheatley Settle-ment
house in Minneapolis on
March 7. The Bethelites led
for three quarters, but the game
ended 17-15, playing a five-minute
overtime. This was one
of the roughest games of the
The coeds met the women's team
of the Elim Baptist church, Minne-apolis,
Monday. The church squad
were champions in the Twin City
Swedish Baptist women's league.
Won Lost Perc.
Rochester 10 1 .909
Tracy 9 2 .818
Bethany 9 3 .750
Bethel 6 4 .600
Luther 2 9 .173
Albert Lea 2 9 .173
Concordia 1 10 .100
The final league standings as re-leased
by Coach William Adam
show that the Rochester Medicos
have again captured the SMJCC
basketball championship. Roches-ter
also topped the conference last
Statistics revealed that only
three men passed the 100-mark
in conference scoring. Top
scoring honors went to "Slug"
Guldberg of Bethany with 140
points. Close on Guldberg's
heels, however, was Bethel's
captain, Don Johnson, with 137
points. Also over the century
mark was Del Peterson of
Bethel with 118 points.
Though Guldberg carried away
top honors, both Johnson and Pe-terson
had better game averages
than Guldberg. Johnson scored his
points in ten games for an average
of 17.7 points per contest; Peterson
in a like number of games aver-aged
11.8 points per game. Beth-any's
"Slug" Guldberg averaged
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if weather permits, otherwise
the session will be held in the
gym. \
Adam also wishes it to be
remembered that each aspirant
must furnish his own glove and
shoes, and that all candidates
for the ball club are expected
to be present at this first prac-tice.
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Miss Heath was also high
scorer for the tourney with 48
points, while Viola Carlberg led
the frosh with 42 points.
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as Misses Heath and Carlberg
and Grace Widen at forward posi-tion;
and Marjorie Jacobson, ,Har-riette
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If it is too cold, there
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the weather warms up,
Coach Adam announced today.
All members of the coed basket-ball
team that have been excused
from physical education classes are
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Adam stresses.
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In Varsity Competition
The Bethel Indians ended their
varsity basketball competition for
the season as they were trounced
57-37 by the Farm School Aggies at
the Farm School gym Feb. 7.
Outstanding for the Bethel five
was Del Peterson with 17 points
to his credit for the evening's work.
It was the last game against var-sity
competition for four of the
Bethel hoopsters—Gus Ferre, Bob
Hovinen, Capt. Don Johnson, and
Del Peterson.
The halftime score was 19-28 in
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Friday, November 9, 2012
New Cemetery Walks
Here in Kansas change is in the air. I took advantage of the nice temps we had and visited a few cemeteries two counties east of me. Lots of hedge apples littering the back roads and grounds of Kansas.
I am hoping winter affords me time to catch up on a few projects and work on research and new blog posts. Here are the cemeteries I visited.
Harvey County
Walton & Old Walton Cemeteries
Marion County
Prairie Lawn, Catlin, Dunkard, Doyle Valley, Goessell and an Unnamed Cemetery.
I found a U. S. Geological Survey marker at Doyle Valley Cemetery.
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Source: Remains of DA, four others buried in shaft
Investigators, including the FBI, are looking into a claim that missing former Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar was murdered by a former Hells Angel, according to Bellefonte police.
"It's ongoing," Bellefonte police Detective Matthew Rickard said Thursday of the investigation into the claim.
Rickard said more interviews needed to be conducted, and he hadn't been briefed by the FBI as to the current status of the
Rickard said he couldn't comment on the details of the investigation but said the FBI, as well as the state police, have assisted in the investigation since the beginning and often follow up on leads at the request of the Bellefonte police, the official lead investigators in the case.
The man who made the claim to investigators earlier this year contacted the Altoona Mirror in May and said he has been a person of interest in the case because he was a ranking officer in
the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
But he said the former Hells Angel allegedly responsible for ordering the killing of Gricar, 59, was an FBI informant who appeared in Centre County Court in the late 1990s.
The source asked the Mirror to not reveal his identity because of concerns for his safety.
The source has sat down for extensive interviews with the Mirror in which he contends the killing of Gricar, who vanished April 15, 2005, was at the behest of a former Hells-Angel-turned-informant and was retribution for a stiff state prison sentence stemming from an aggravated assault conviction.
The Mirror is withholding the name of the suspect named by the source because the man has not been charged.
A check of Centre County Court records confirms the Hells Angel named by the source was convicted of aggravated assault, received a multiple-year state prison sentence and had worked as an FBI informant while a Hells Angel starting in the early 1990s.
News accounts from the time confirm the former Hells Angel named had been arrested in another state in the 1980s on another charge.
A letter from the FBI to the Centre County judge who presided over the aggravated assault case in the late 1990s was read aloud during a sentencing hearing and indicated the man had provided the FBI with intelligence regarding the illegal activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs after his release from federal prison after serving five years of a 12-year sentence.
The source told the Mirror he decided to disclose the location of Gricar's body because he believed the former Hells Angel responsible for ordering Gricar's death was dead.
He said he wanted to bring closure to the case but learned after talking with FBI agents earlier this year that the biker-turned-informant is alive and living in another state.
The FBI did not return calls about the case, but Rickard acknowledged the FBI had talked with the source and was following up on his story.
The source said he accompanied FBI agents to a property in Pennsylvania where he said Gricar's body was disposed after his "knee caps were spun" and his throat was slit. At the last minute, the source said he decided not to disclose the exact location of a shaft he said holds the body, the remains of four others and various guns.
The shaft has been capped and covered with several feet of dirt, the source claims.
The source said he became concerned uncovering the shaft could incriminate him in other cases, and he is seeking immunity from all prosecution related to
any evidence found in the shaft.
Multiple independent sources, including law enforcement familiar with the case, confirmed the FBI had questioned the source and taken him to the location.
The source told the Mirror he wanted to put to rest speculation, and the FBI's scrutiny of him, by telling the story of what happened to Gricar. But he said he wouldn't incriminate himself or other Hells Angels in the process.
He said speculation that Gricar's disappearance had something to do with the Jerry Sandusky scandal was especially annoying.
To help protect himself legally, the source brought in Harrisburg-based defense attorney William Costopoulos, he said. Costopoulos declined to comment or confirm his firm was working for the source.
Tony Gricar, nephew of Ray Gricar, said after more than eight years of false sightings and stories, it's difficult to put any faith in any story, although he did say the latest claim is more elaborate and detailed than
most he's heard over the years.
"You take them with a grain of salt," Tony Gricar said.
From the beginning, Tony Gricar said, there have been so many sightings and leads that came up empty that the family doesn't get regular updates from law enforcement any longer.
Tony Gricar said the family hopes all of the stories get investigated, even though none has bore fruit so far.
"We've heard pretty much all the theories that anyone's ever come up with," he said.
In the eight years since Ray Gricar disappeared after taking off work and driving down Route 192 toward Lewisburg in a red Mini Cooper, there hasn't been much evidence, just speculation, theories and talk, his nephew said. Even the finding of the Mini Cooper in the parking lot of a Lewisburg antique mall on April 16, 2005, and the subsequent and separate discoveries of Gricar's county-owned laptop and its hard drive months later haven't produced anything that can point the family to any one theory as to what happened.
Rickard said Bellefonte police have sifted through countless leads over the years, some "so ridiculous they've been cleared before there was time to tell the family about them."
The publicity the case garnered, he said, has been great at generating leads, however, those leads require time and manpower to check out.
Rickard said the case is still considered a missing person case.
Tony Gricar said there's nothing in the way of hard evidence that makes any of the three theories as to his uncle's fate - suicide, walk away or foul play - more likely than the other.
No matter how intriguing or believable a story sounds, Tony Gricar said he's become adept at quickly discerning claims' veracity and said nothing, not even the latest claim, has produced hard evidence of his uncle's fate.
The Hells Angel story, Tony Gricar said, also has red flags, including the mention by the source that the FBI was looking into the connection early on, because to his knowledge the FBI's involvement in the beginning was limited.
And Tony Gricar said he's not hopeful anything new will surface about his uncle's disappearance after all these years, especially in light of the Sandusky scandal and the renewed interest in the case brought on by the revelation that Ray Gricar chose not to pursue criminal charges against Sandusky in 1998.
Tony Gricar said the family has moved past believing anything new will happen and is just trying to live with not knowing.
"None of this stuff makes any more sense now than the day he disappeared," he said.
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I'm a little torn. On one hand, I think it's great that the librarian stereotype is being re-vamped; instead of shushers with buns, we are now considered techie hipsters with tats. But that's also the problem: librarians are still being stereotyped.
One of the reasons I was so enamored with the profession when I began library school was that there were so many different kinds of people with many different interests. It's part of what makes the LIS discourse so varied and interesting.
Two recent articles prompting me to write this are today's CNN article, The future of libraries, with or without books, and the write up about the roller derby librarian, Tiny librarian is hell on wheels, also from CNN. Of course, the NYT article about the Williamsburg hipster librarians can also be credited for being in the back of my mind, but that came out right when I started my program.
I've been thinking about if this is really a good thing to be thought of as being mostly urban, young, technologically inclined, and pushing out the "old-school librarians" (CNN). What kind of impression does this give a younger patron (at any kind of library)? That they might only want to ask for help from a librarian who fits this description or they won't get as good of service? What kind of impression does this give an older patron? That if they aren't up on technology they might feel intimidated?
Another problem with this stereotype is it falls heavily on those who are white and middle-class. Granted, that seems to be who makes up the majority of the profession (myself included), but pushing this image discredits the diversity we do have and the diversity the profession is trying to acquire.
To depict LIS professionals as being varied in appearance, age, class, race/ethnicity, and areas of specialty would probably benefit the profession more than jumping from one narrow stereotype to another.


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The Raiders emerged from last week's games with a one-game lead over the San Diego Chargers, Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West.
It gets better the more you delve into the teams' remaining seven games. The Raiders play four teams with losing records as of now, while the Broncos face only three such opponents and the Chargers and Chiefs one each.
The records of the Raiders' remaining opponents is 32-29, not counting tonight's Vikings-Packers game, teams the Raiders face between now and season's end. The Broncos face teams that are a combined 32-30. The Chargers face teams that are 35-28, the Chiefs 41-22.
In other words, things are looking up for the Raiders in their bid to win the divisional title for the first time since 2002, the season they advanced to the Super Bowl.
"It makes me feel good," defensive tackle Tommy Kelly said, "because I have never been in first this late in the season. At the same time, we can't sneak up on anybody anymore. We're the hunted now.
"We just got to make sure to dot all our I's and cross our T's. Like coach said at practice, we have to keep building until the end of the season, get better every day and take advantage of our opportunities."
Actually, the Raiders and Chiefs were tied for first place at 5-4 last season. This season, the Raiders are right back at 5-4, one game ahead of the three 4-5 teams.
Raiders coach Hue Jackson said he and his players aren't content. They also are encouraged by the fact that they haven't played their best football.
"I have a high expectation for this team, for the staff, for everybody connected with this organization," Jackson said.
"We're not close yet. We know that. We're chasing it. That's the beautiful part, that it's out there somewhere.
"We just got to get in it and do it. Now, do I think we're playing better? Do I think we're playing a little bit more consistently? Yes, I did in the last game. But that was one game."
Jackson put his troops through the paces Monday for the first time since the Chargers game. That gave the players Friday, Saturday and Sunday to clear their minds, spend some time with family and friends and rest up their bodies.
That's the end of the long breaks for the Raiders the rest of the season, unless they qualify for the playoffs and get a first-round bye. As of today, the Raiders would host the Baltimore Ravens in a first-round game.
"It's good to be back," Jackson said. "Guys are working, getting ready for a big game, Minnesota. Now we've got six more days to get healthier, get stronger and get better. Guys came out here with a good mind-set for the first day. We ran around a little bit and got the cobwebs out. Guys are excited about playing again."
Jackson said McFadden was out of the protective boot on his right foot when Jackson saw McFadden this morning. He added that McFadden still might be using the boot off and on.
Of more import, Jackson said, McFadden is making progress in his return from a midfoot sprain he suffered against the Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 23. He has not practiced since and has spent a great deal of time in rehabilitation.
Jackson said it's too early to gauge whether McFadden has a chance of playing against the Vikings. There's still three practices left this week, which is plenty of time for McFadden to get back into football shape.
"I know we're getting closer to getting him back out here," Jackson said. "I know he's working his tail off. When I saw him this morning, he looked good. Until we get closer later on in the week and we know exactly where he is, I don't want to speculate."
Wide receiver Jacoby Ford's right foot is in a walking boot, Jackson said. That's not a surprise, given Ford's injury occurred Thursday night against the San Diego Chargers.
Again, it's too early for Jackson to make any kind of guess as to what Ford's status might be later in the week or for the Vikings game.
"Nobody's been ruled out as of now, so we'll go through the week and see where we're at," Jackson said.
That includes defensive tackle Richard Seymour, middle linebacker Rolando McClain, free safety Michael Huff, cornerbacks Chris Johnson and DeMarcus Van Dyke, and others who were held out of practice or weren't able to do much.
Ran into starting cornerback Johnson, by chance, in the locker room today as he was passing through. Naturally, I stopped him to check on the status of his recovery from a hamstring injury.
Johnson revealed that his recovery hit a snag along the way, which has caused him to miss far more time than expected.
"I got infected, so I had to remove the infection fluid," Johnson said. "My body's healing, but I've got to be smart. Last time, I don't think I was smart enough. I tried to come back too fast. I hurt myself."
Johnson suffered a hamstring injury during training camp and underwent an "oil change," his phrase for a surgery. He returned in time for the regular-season opener, only to aggravate the injury.
He played through the injury before he decided to shut it down after three games. He has missed the past six games. On Monday, he said he is out for the Vikings game but intends to play against the Chicago Bears on Nov. 27 if things go as planned.
"If you get any kind of major fluid in your muscle, they have to take care of that, because it can really turn into something worse than we expected," Johnson said.
With Johnson and DeMarcus Van Dyke still out, the Raiders are short on cornerbacks. Therefore, they worked out five Monday (see the previous post).
Kamerion Wimbley's four sacks against the Chargers fell one shy of Howie Long's franchise record for a single game.
Wimbley said he wasn't aware of that until after the game. He said he was more intent upon getting after Philip Rivers as often as possible.
He goosed his sacks total from two to six in one game. That's precisely what he told Jackson was about to happen when they discussed the reasons for Wimbley's lack of sacks early in the season.
Not that Wimbely was worried about his lack of sacks. He said he is pleased with how often he has pressured the quarterback, hit the quarterback and forced errant throws.
Just the same, he added, he understands the infatuation with sacks, even though sack leaders typically wind up with 10-20 sacks out of the 1,000 or so plays they are on the field for during a 16-game season.
"Well, it's an important play in football because it's a big momentum play," Wimbley said. "A lot of it happens on third down, when you're trying to get off the field. So, that's kind of the thing that players, fans, coaches, they all look at that when you're going against teams that are passing more now.
"So, it's an important attribute. That's why those players are in high demand, people who can get back to the quarterback and, not only get sacks, but another important statistic would be the hurries and if you make the quarterback throw incomplete passes. It all helps out."
Another reason why Jackson and the Raiders love quarterback Carson Palmer, listen to rookie wide receiver Denarius Moore describe his first conversation with the veteran.
"He came in, asked me questions about, How is life, how I wanted to become a wide receiver, what it takes to be a good wide receiver, and then he turned around and asked me if I am willing to take on those challeges, am I willing to take advantage of the opportunity.
"I said 'yes,' and took it upon myself to spend some extra time with him, working out. We started to develop some chemistry."
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Let's start with how the program works. Within the targeted communities, folks participate in a community wealth ranking exercise. BRAC officials then work through this group of eligible folks, excluding those who are getting government assistance or microfinance, and households that have no adult women. They focus on including households with small amounts of land, no male adult income-earner, adult women working outside the house, kids who are working and/or households with no productive assets. This should net them the poor, and it does, the households ultimately selected for the program in Bandiera and co.'s sample get by on an average of 93 cents a day.
These women (yes the program targets women) are then offered a menu of training/capital program combinations, plus a small stipend to sustain them while they get their new activity up and running. In Bandiera and co.'s sample, all of the women choose the livestock option (mostly cows, with some poultry and goats as well), which amounts to an asset transfer of around $140 (ten times the baseline livestock assets for these households). They then get fairly intensive training – first some classroom training, followed by home visits by a livestock specialist every 1-2 months, and a program officer every week, for a year. BRAC encourages beneficiaries to hang on to the new livestock, but doesn't enforce this in any way.
Bandiera and co. set up the evaluation nicely. Working with BRAC, they randomize at the branch level. Then within both the treatment and control communities, they work through the beneficiary selection process I talked about above. This, coupled with the fact that treatment status is not revealed to beneficiaries until after the baseline gives them a nice comparison group and knocks out the chance of anticipatory behavior. They have a huge sample -- 7,953 eligible women at baseline (with 87% take up) and they also go out and survey all the ineligible poor households as well as a random 10% sample of the rest of the community for another 19,012 observations. Another neat thing is that they go back to these households twice – once at two years and a second time four years after baseline – to capture more medium term effects.
So what happens? Four years later, there is a marked shift in employment patterns. Women who participate in the program are 17 percentage points (65% of the baseline mean) less likely to be in wage employment. This is important for two reasons: 1) wage work is strongly correlated with poverty in these communities, and 2) wage work tends to be seasonal, with attendant issues for income smoothing. Rather than wage work, these women are specializing more in self-employment (which includes rearing livestock) – this jumps by 15 percentage points (and the fraction that engage in both goes up by 8 percentage points).
And they are working more hours. As might be expected, hours in wage employment goes down by 26% relative to baseline but self-employment hours go up by 92% relative to baseline (interestingly, the wage labor reduction at four years is double that of two years – suggesting that women may be holding on to their wage jobs while waiting for their self-employment activities to get off the ground). Overall, the aggregate increases – women are now working 19% more hours relative to baseline levels.
Total earnings show a concomitant increase, going up by 34% relative to baseline by year two and 38% by year four. Earnings per hour are intriguing – after two years these are not significantly different from the baseline, but at four years they are: 15% higher than baseline. This suggests productivity gains that manifest over time – but not right away.
So what does this mean for poverty? Expenditure is increasing – with larger percentage gains in non-food expenditure relative to food. Total per capita expenditure is up 7% relative to baseline by year 2 and 8% by year 4. This translates into a poverty reduction of 11% relative to baseline (a 9 percentage point drop). This expenditure boost not helps the poor close the gap with those classified as near poor in the baseline, but actually pass them.
What is particularly heartening about these changes in expenditure is that they are accompanied by increases in other metrics of longer term welfare. First, access to land, which is a "security asset" as well as a measure of social status is up relative to baseline -- by 11 percentage points for land rentals and 3 percentage points for ownership by year four. Second, savings increase 10-fold relative to the baseline. And finally, livestock holdings appreciate, moving above the level of the transfer by year four.
Taking all of the components together, this program costs about $300 per beneficiary. So not a small investment. But it shows that a well thought out and targeted big chunk of investment in individuals can have a fairly high payoff in terms of poverty reduction and putting women on a sustainable upwards wealth trajectory.
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It is very interesting to see such low-cost programs working out well for poorest women. I am wondering if a "similar" program would work equally in the Sahel region.
Speaking from my own experience in Bangladesh, I believe the training component (basic financial literacy, micro enterprise management, livestock management) is as critical as the access to finance component when it comes to women's empowerment.
It was interesting that the women were offered packages (in kind investments) rather than an upfront loans for spending based upon their discretion. I'd be very interested to see if such programs are more effective at generating micro entrepreneurship than traditional micro loans.
Dear Edouard,
You might be interested to know that the CGAP-Ford Foundation Graduation Program is a global effort to understand how safety nets, livelihoods and access to finance can be sequenced to create sustainable pathways for the poorest out of extreme poverty, adapting a method originally developed by BRAC in Bangladesh. Since 2006, the Graduation Program has partnered with local organizations and governments to adapt the approach in 10 pilot projects in eight countries. A unique element of the Graduation Program is that a robust learning and evaluation agenda, including qualitative research and randomized control evaluations (such as the one referred to in the above blog post), is embedded in all the pilot sites. The Graduation Program is committed to sharing lessons on implementation and results of research through an active Community of Practice of practitioners, policymakers, funders, and researchers dedicated to dramatically scaling up solutions that help end extreme poverty. Please have a look here: http://graduation.cgap.org/


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Why oh why can't people spell my name? We're genealogy researchers. Shouldn't one of our number one skills be the ability to copy what is on a document. Copy accurately? Not write what we think we see, or expect to see, but what is there?
Let me explain. My first name as most of you know is Lorine.
I have my name on the bottom of all my emails. It is on my websites.
I know how to spell my own name. Therefore, my question is - why are there a significant number of correspondents who return my emails with my name badly mangled?
I get Loreen. Lorrine. Laurine. Variant spellings of my name but not correct. Honestly, I do know how to spell my own name! If you see it in my email or on my website, trust me, I spelled it correctly.
I also get Lorraine or Loraine. That's not even my name! That's an entirely different name.
Then I get those who decide to give me a nickname such as Lori. I've never been called Lori in my life and I don't want to start now.
I find it disturbing that so many genealogists don't copy things accurately. How are they ever going to find the right ancestor if they can't get a name right?
And I haven't even started my rant about my surname of Schulze. It's spelled S C H U L Z E. That's right. No "T" and put an "E" on the end.
It's been a long week. Maybe next week will be better?
May 15, 2010
Lorine's Lament
3 comments:
- Miriam said...
Ooh, I feel your pain!
Same here - you would not BELIEVE how many people start hunting for "Coons" right after I spell out K O O N S to them! Or even *show* it to them, driver's license, etc. When they say, we don't have your (order, Rx, clothes, books, food, etc.) I always ask them to look again with a "K" ...
- Shelley said...
I often have to ask to have the second 'e' in Shelley back again. And I'm not Shirley. And I'm not Michelle, either!!
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Story highlights
- Funeral home releases details of suspect's death certificate
- The funeral home's owner says there is no gravesite yet
- Source: Investigators find explosives residue in three places at the suspects' home
- Source: Brothers considered a suicide attack on July Fourth, the suspect told investigators
The death certificate for Boston bombings suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who died April 19 after a shootout with police, says he died of "gunshot wounds of torso and extremities" and "blunt trauma to head and torso," according to the owner of the funeral parlor that currently holds Tsarnaev's body.
Peter Stefan, owner of Graham Putnam & Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester, Massachusetts, read the death certificate to CNN over the phone Friday evening. He said it has yet to be filed with the city of Boston.
There is no gravesite chosen yet for the 26-year-old Tsarnaev, Stefan said. He said that if he can't find a cemetery plot, he plans to ask the government to find a grave.
"Everyone deserves to be buried," Stefan said.
Tsarnaev's uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, claimed his nephew's body, according to family spokeswoman Heda Saratova. The family plans an independent autopsy before burying the body somewhere in Massachusetts, she said.
Stefan acknowledged plans for a second autopsy.
Authorities say Tsarnaev and his younger brother, Dzhokhar, carried out the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon. The attacks killed three people and wounded more than 260 others.
The brothers later killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer, authorities say.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is being held at a federal Bureau of Prisons medical facility in Devens, Massachusetts, charged with using a weapon of mass destruction, a charge that carries the death penalty.
He is being treated for gunshot wounds to the head, neck, legs and hands that he received in the April 19 shootout with police that led to his brother's death. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot in the gunbattle, and Dzhokhar apparently ran over his brother as he tried to flee in a car, authorities have said.
It is not known whether the "blunt trauma" listed on Tamerlan Tsarnaev's death certificate relates to injuries from the car.
As part of their continuing investigation, investigators have found explosives residue in the apartment that the elder Tsarnaev shared with his wife and young daughter, a source briefed on the investigation said Friday.
The residue turned up in at least three places at the apartment in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the source said: the kitchen table, the kitchen sink and the bathtub.
U.S. law enforcement officials briefed on the progress of the investigation have provided CNN with other critical details:
-- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators that he and his brother built the devices in Tamerlan's home;
-- He said the brothers originally planned a suicide attack on the city's massive Independence Day celebration, which draws about 500,000 people and is televised nationally on CBS;
-- Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told investigators that the brothers chose to target the Boston Marathon only a day or two before the event. They changed their plans because their bombs were ready sooner than they expected.
The officials spoke on background because they were not authorized to speak with the media.
Katherine Russell, Tsarnaev's widow, has remained largely out of view since her husband's death, staying inside her parents' Rhode Island home.
Her attorney, Amato DeLuca, says the 24-year-old knew nothing about plans to bomb the race, and reports of her husband's involvement came as an "absolute shock" to Russell and her family.
Three of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's friends have been charged in connection with the case.
Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev were charged Wednesday with conspiring to discard potentially incriminating items from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room. Robel Phillipos was charged with making false statements to investigators.
The FBI is examining Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's laptop, two federal law enforcement officials told CNN.
Authorities have said they believe the brothers acted alone but are investigating whether they could have learned from or been aided by terror groups, including groups overseas.


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The recent replacement of some walkways with pervious concrete in the VanAndel Plaza area north of the Schaap Science Center will control water runoff by allowing rain to penetrate the concrete and flow into the ground below the walkways.
This project has two significant benefits: it will enhance the college's sustainability initiatives by eliminating some impervious surfaces on campus and allow a more natural water flow and retention in the soil; and it will protect the Schaap Science Center from rain water running down the sloped surfaces and into the building.
This is the first of several small projects designed to help reduce the amount of surface water runoff and to protect nearby buildings from water infiltration.
The Schaap Science Center suffered significant flooding during a torrential rainstorm in June, 2009.


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NEW YORK (WABC/CNN) - A pair of kittens shut down train services for two hours in Brooklyn Thursday.
The kittens cruised along the track to the Church Avenue subway station.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority crews spent two hours searching for the cats but only turned up mice.
The cameras caught the duo, but the workers never did.
Services along the B and Q subway lines resumed just after lunch time.
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What becomes a legend most? Less often it is a litany of daring accomplishments and important people met than it is an understanding of what makes a person a legend in the first place. In poet Gil Scott-Heron's posthumous memoir The Last Holiday, we see the legend emerging from humble beginnings — early life in Jacksonville, Tenn., and his lifelong closeness with his mother; ludicrous discipline for playing a Steinway piano in school; early skillful stabs at developing his voice as a poet and writing his incisive long-form insights on race and the human condition in his '70s novels The Vulture and The Nigger Factory.
He had the hits — with the 1974 album Winter in America and its anthemic "The Bottle" — as well as the philosophical smash that came with the poems "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and "Whitey on the Moon" on his 1970 album Small Talk at 125th and Lenox.
The regional FM radio successes of these counterculture riffs caught the eye of Clive Davis at Arista Records, launching Scott-Heron into an entirely different sphere of influence. "I have never been very fond of doing interviews," he admits, although by the way he casts his mind back to those days in the relaxed, yet impassioned way the he does, he must have been saving all that insight up for The Last Holiday.
He reminisces about the just-unfolding jazz of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, and his days on the road touring with his words and music. Expanding on his memories as only Gil Scott-Heron can, he peppers the narrative with poems written during white-hot moments when life and politics inextricably intertwined. The pinnacle of those challenging times comes when he tours with Steve Wonder in 1980, culminating with the January 15, 1981, concert rally in Washington, D.C., on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. King's birthday was not at that point a national holiday, but the push to make it so was launched at that rally by Wonder and Scott-Heron with their music, poetry and petition drive that gathered a still-unmatched 6 million signatures and delivered them to Congress.
It seems faintly strange, but not entirely untrue, to consider the triptych of The Last Holiday as a series of events in one man's life, the sole purpose of which was to lead to one event in particular. That's the immediate impression one comes away with after reading Scott-Heron's memoir. Clearly, the Stevie Wonder concert for Dr. King made an indelible impression on Scott-Heron; conversely, there's precious little in the book (20 pages or so) about the 30 remaining years of his life and accomplishments past 1981. This was apparently a conscious decision he made when submitting to his editor the various manuscripts comprising this memoir. There's nothing here about his late-period poetry albums of the '80s, nor of his problems with drugs, not even a passage about his final 2010 album, I'm New Here. Controlling one's image is one thing, but effectively erasing three decades' worth of art and work lends a peculiarly anticlimactic cast to an otherwise peerless work of retrospective introspection. As a window into America's political and cultural upheavals during the '60s and '70s, The Last Holiday is inescapably vital as it unfolds, courtesy of Scott-Heron's always-engaging perspective.
The glimpse he does offer of his own life, however, is that of the man and not necessarily the artist — the after-effects of his blinding 1990 stroke, as well as his mother's death in 1999, are mentioned in brief, deep moments of illumination that are as private as they are fleeting. And yet The Last Holiday is ultimately more about the man than it is the artist; and that man has every right to tell whichever story of his life he sees fit to tell.
This isn't to imply that Gil Scott-Heron presents a prevarication. Rather. it is to unveil that great truth banished from the vast majority of biographies written today: that privacy is still an option, that there is dignity in that option, and that a man can take some things that have happened to him to his grave. Just because it's a memoir doesn't mean that it always has an obligation to tell you absolutely everything.


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Boffins bend space and time to measure neutron star
Einstein shouts 'told you so', through tear in space-time
Astronomers have caught three neutron stars in the act of distorting space-time, just as Einstein predicted. Bendy space-time has been seen around black holes before, but this is the first time astronomers have seen it around any other body.
Sudip Bhattacharyya and Tod Strohmayer, both of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, turned the XMM-Newton observatory to a binary system called Serpens-1, whose neutron star has a disc of hot iron atoms whirling around just above its surface at around 40 per cent of the speed of light.
The NASA team studied the line these atoms produce in the emission spectrum it produces, and discovered that the line is not clean, but smudged asymmetrically by a combination of its relativistic velocity and the effect of the neutron star's powerful gravitational field.
"We have seen these asymmetric lines from many black holes, but this is the first confirmation that neutron stars can produce them as well. It shows that the way neutron stars accrete matter is not very different from that of black holes, and gives us a new tool to probe Einstein's theory," says Strohmayer.
A neutron star has such a strong gravitational field because, as the name suggests, it is formed entirely of neutrons. One is formed when a star of more than 8 times the sun's mass exhausts its supply of hydrogen and helium, and starts to burn heavier and heavier atoms, until all that is left is its iron core.
When it runs out of fuel, the weight of the star is such that it collapses inwards, fusing the protons and electrons in the iron to form neutrons. The star has now effectively become a truly gigantic atomic nucleus. It holds roughly one and a half times the matter as our own sun, but crammed into a sphere of just a 20 - 30km radius. It is so dense, a cupful would weigh the same as Mount Everest.
The pair of scientists has already confirmed their work with another research group. Working in a group led by Edward Cackett and Jon Miller of the University of Michigan, they used Suzaku's superb spectral capabilities to survey three neutron-star binaries: Serpens X-1, GX 349+2, and 4U 1820-30.
The Suzaku data revealed a nearly identical iron line in Serpens-1, and similarly skewed lines in the other two binaries.
This team observed a nearly identical iron line in Serpens X-1, confirming the XMM-Newton result. It detected similarly skewed iron lines in the other two systems as well.
Cackett explains that the work has given researchers another tool to deploy in their study of the stars.
"We're seeing the gas whipping around just outside the neutron star's surface. And since the inner part of the disc obviously cannot orbit any closer than the neutron star's surface, these measurements give us a maximum size of the neutron star's diameter," he says.
"The neutron stars can be no larger than 29 to 33 km across, results that agree with other types of measurements." ®


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I can't explain my feelings in one or two tweets. This has been a long time coming, ever since June when the Royals were rumored to be in talks with the Giants in terms of trading Guillen.
So here are the pros and cons of the trade that went down today on a weird day for Bay Area Sports fans. (The Glen Coffee retirement was puzzling, but it's not a huge loss; as my friend Travis said on FB chat today "Coffee f******g sucked...I don't give a s*** about that...He was soft." I tend to agree with him for the most part.)
Pros of Acquiring Guillen
1.) People say Guillen doesn't provide much more offense than Aaron Rowand they're probably right. Let's look at some advanced numbers on the two players:
Guillen: .325 wOBA, 100 wRC+, 0.32 BB/K ratio, .174 ISO, 0.7 WAR.
Rowand: .307 wOBA, 89 wRC+, 0.24 BB/K ratio, .154 ISO, 0.9 WAR.
Now, I know fans will say "His WAR is Higher!" in defense of Rowand, but remember, Rowand is playing for the Giants (a team that is winning) and Guillen played for the Royals (a team that isn't). As you can see though, Guillen is a better option than Rowand. Is he much better? No. Is he a better clubhouse guy? Probably not. However, the Giants need offense, and Guillen provides a better upgrade than what they currently have on the bench, which is Rowand and Nate Schierholtz (who, from what I heard, could be the "PTBNL").
2.) The Giants starting pitching is shakier than it was at this point last year, especially Tim Lincecum. Guillen makes the team more offensively average, which they may need after watching yesterday's game against the Cubs (e.g. the bullpen blew a 7-3 lead). The days of them winning 1-0 games is a lot less likely than a year ago.
Speaking of Timmy, Lincecum doesn't look like 2008 or 2009 Tim Lincecum but more like...well...2010 Tim Lincecum. (He has only two full seasons prior to 2010 for chrissakes!) His FIP (3.31) is almost a full point higher than last year (2.31) and his K/BB ratio (2.76) is over a full point lower than last year (3.84). Granted, this isn't necessarily an alarming thing. Lincecum was so good his first two years that anything less would look bad in comparison.
3.) Guillen shouldn't cost any prospects of note. Furthermore, he'll be a free agent after this year, so if he doesn't work out, then the Giants will be off the hook after the season ends.
Cons of Acquiring Guillen
1.) Guillen's lackluster defensive skills don't help the Giants and hence, the Giants defense is probably the biggest concern of this trade. While Guillen has been pretty decent for the Royals this season in right field (2.6 UZR), Guillen for the most part, has been a sub-par defender in his career (minus-22.4 career UZR). An outfield with Burrell, Andres Torres and Guillen is shaky, mainly because you're putting two iron gloves out there (Burrell and Guillen) and that puts more pressure on Torres and the pitching staff. Furthermore, right field isn't easy to play in San Francisco. If you don't believe me, ask the Pirates' Garrett Jones, who got owned by the wall on Aubrey Huff's early-season "Inside the Park" home run.
The Giants have been successful this year because they have had one of the top defenses according to UZR. Guillen isn't going to bolster that UZR.
2.) He has power (career .171 ISO) but that's about it. Guillen doesn't draw walks (career 0.29 BB/K ratio) and he doesn't get on-base well either (career .322 OBP). In order to be worthwhile, Guillen is going to have hit dingers and fast. Granted, Burrell did that when he came over to Tampa, but can the Giants get lucky on three cast-offs in a row? (With Huff being the first.) That seems like a lot to ask and hope for.
3.) Guillen doesn't exactly have the most sterling clubhouse reputation. This year he openly complained about being benched and this year wasn't the first time something like that happened. He was suspended for the playoffs when he was with the Angels, and he was volatile his second year in Washington. Granted, Bruce Bochy is known for managing clubhouse knuckleheads well, but still...why risk it?
Granted, people will say that "chemistry" in baseball doesn't matter and to a point I would agree (just because baseball is such an "individual" sport). However, while good chemistry, in my opinion, won't bolster a team automatically, bad chemistry can certainly destroy a good team fast. If you don't believe me, look at what happened with the Giants when they acquired A.J. Pierzynski and Shea Hillenbrand.
Final Conclusion?
It's another low risk, potential high reward move by the Giants. They get a player with pop and they got him for "Fred Lewis to Toronto-esque" cheap. If Guillen doesn't work, the Giants can cut ties with him and there won't be much of a loss.
That being said, you have to like the way the Giants are playing. They're looking good and they're playing with confidence. So, you just have to ask, "Why mess with it if it isn't broken?"
Is it the worst deal of the year? No (Mark Derosa's
We have to wait and see, but I'm not optimistic. (Then again, I wasn't optimistic about Burrell either; I don't mind be wrong again if it results in the Giants winning.)


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Local Jewish and business leaders are hoping Mayor Michael Nutter's trip to Israel will enhance ties between the City of Brotherly Love and the Jewish state. Find out who's going and what's on the agenda.
Mayor Michael Nutter is set to touch down in Israel Nov. 7, and many in the local Jewish and business communities are hoping the visit takes the relationship between the City of Brotherly Love and the Jewish state to the next level.
Nutter, who left the country late last week to stop first in the United Kingdom, said in an official statement: "In a competitive global environment, cities cannot afford to sit back and wait for companies and investment to find them.
"Mayors must be aggressive," he added, "in going out and finding opportunities, championing their cities, and that's exactly what I intend to do in the United Kingdom and Israel. I am particularly excited about the opportunities created for the Philadelphia companies that are part of this delegation."
The trip will include meetings with Israeli entrepreneurs and political leaders such as President Shimon Peres and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. The itinerary was put together by the Philadelphia Commerce Department with input from the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, the Israeli Consulate and the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Nutter's visit comes amid reports that Israel's foreign ministry is debating closing down the Philadelphia consulate, which has made bolstering economic ties with Israel and Philly a major priority.
While visiting the Jewish state has been seen as part of the job description for recent New York City mayors — the Big Apple has long been home to the country's largest Jewish population — a sitting Philadelphia mayor hasn't visited Israel since Mayor Wilson Goode went in the 1980s.
From the time he was elected in 2007 after winning a hard-fought five-way primary, Nutter, an African-American, has expressed an interest in visiting Israel. Behind the scenes, Jewish and business leaders have leaned on him to do so, and he has often replied he was waiting for the right moment.
"For six years, he has been hearing this from me," joked Robin Schatz, Federation's director of government affairs and a participant on the mission. "We are hoping he is going to go back as a private citizen or even as mayor again. We are hoping to showcase Israel and its achievements."
A spate of financial crises and other issues — most recently the enormous deficit faced by the school district of Philadelphia — have made it a potential political risk to stray too far from home.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported last month that some politicos were criticizing Nutter for going abroad while facing so many challenges at home.
Some tax dollars are indirectly being used to fund the trip. Select Greater Philadelphia, an economic development and marketing organization that receives a little less than 10 percent of its $3 million annual budget from the city, is covering travel costs for Nutter and the other city officials.
Everyone else on the trip is covering the expenses privately.
Street, the former mayor, told the Inquirer, "These missions seemed to be more the purview of the state and required an awful lot of follow up, which was not practical for local governments in my judgment. I was more bothered that they would ultimately amount to little more than 'junkets' with no direct measurable benefit to the local tax-paying public."
But David Hyman, a local American Jewish Committee board member who this past summer traveled to Israel on a trip led by State Sen. Anthony Williams, and also included City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, said, "Elected officials are always subject to this sort of criticism."
Hyman, who is returning to Israel with Nutter's delegation, said, "No one can question that the mayor's priorities are the issues before him here at home. But the world is getting smaller and building ties among friends across the globe" is part of a mayor's job.
"It doesn't have a short-term or tangible benefit like filling a pothole or getting trash removed," Hyman said of mayoral trips abroad. "It is important that our leaders have visions that go beyond that and beyond the mayor's own term."
The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia will host Nutter for a Shabbat dinner at the Renaissance Hotel in Tel Aviv and lead him on a tour of the Old City in Jerusalem, as well as Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial. He is also slated to attend a VIP reception with the Jewish Federations of North America, which is holding its annual General Assembly in Jerusalem at the same time. He is also slated to visit the grave of Michael Levin, the Bucks County native who died in the 2006 war with Lebanon.
The mission will be split between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, which for decades has had a sister-city relationship with Philadelphia.
According to Schatz, Marwan Kreidie, who is the founder of the Philadelphia Arab-American Community Development Corporation and a political science professor at Villanova University, is not part of the delegation but he is slated to join Nutter on a tour of Bethlehem. Nutter is expected to meet with Bethlehem's mayor, Vera Babou, as well as Palestinians with ties to the Philadelphia area.
Schatz said the Arab-Israeli conflict will invariably come up, but the goal is to keep discussion of the conflict to a minimum on a trip that is first and foremost about business.
Leaders of Drexel University and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are also part of the mayor's delegation and are expected to take part in an announcement of a joint endeavor with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
While it is not clear how many business deals will get inked on the short trip, participants said the visit will lay the groundwork for more economic cooperation.
"Clearly, the mayor's visit sends the right signal that Philadelphia is open to the Israeli business community," said Randy Schultz, who is taking part in the trip and is the founder of America-Israel Business Lab, a company that helps Israeli firms commercialize their technology in Philadelphia.
Josh Cline, who heads a strategic marketing firm with offices in Philadelphia and Tel Aviv, said the trip "is going to raise Philadelphia's profile in Israel."
Cline, an executive board member of the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, added, "Israel has amazing entrepreneurs. The challenge for a lot of Israeli companies is coming to the United States."
More than 30 city officials and business and civic leaders will be part of Mayor Michael Nutter's delegation in Israel.
Participants include: Nancy Gilboy, president of the International Visitor's Center; Seth Vogelman, trade representative for Pennsylvania; Brian Said, director of tourism for the Philadelphia Convention and Visitor's Bureau; Alice Solomon of Select Greater Philadelphia; Drexel University's president, John Fry, and vice president, Julie Mostov; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia president Steve Altschuler and CHOP's vice president of government affairs Peter Grolman.
The businesses leaders are: Steven Bradley of the African American Chamber; Josh Cline of the Cline Group, a marketing firm; Cliff Goldstein of the Amidex Mutual Fund; Michael Maher of Benjamin's Desk, a shared workspace; Steven Nitchberger of ControlRad Systems, a biomedical firm; Michael Brown of Environmental Construction Services; Bruce Brownstein from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School; Randy Schultz of the America-Israel Business Lab; Michael Kelsen of MIRO Capital Partners, a private equity firm; Manish Ingle of NovaProbe, a medical equipment manufacturer; Mark Pinsley of Robin Hood, an investor group; and Wayne Kimmel of 76 Capital.
Other civic leaders participating in the mission or parts of it include Robin Schatz, who directs government affairs for the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia; Gail Norry, a Federation lay leader; John Saler, who chairs the Philadelphia International Airport Advisory Board; Beth Cohen, past president of the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce; David Hyman, who is deeply involved in city politics and has long served on the board of the American Jewish Committee local chapter; and Rabbi Lynnda Targin, a rabbi who lives in Philadelphia.
In addition to Nutter, the city officials slated to attend are: Alan Greenberger, deputy mayor for economic development; Rina Cutler, deputy mayor for transportation and utilities; Luke Butler, Greenberger's chief of staff; Desiree Pterkin-Bell, director of communication; Shinjoo Cho, director of international investment; Lauren Walker, a mayoral aid; and Kaitlin Privitera.