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Six General Authorities to Reside outside the United States
The First Presidency has announced that six General Authorities will be assigned to reside and function in countries outside the United States and Canada.
The six Assistants to the Council of the Twelve will reside indefinitely in the countries to which they are assigned and supervise all stake and mission activities in those areas. The assignments are effective in midsummer.
The Assistants to the Twelve and their areas are:
Elder Bernard P. Brockbank, Great Britain, Western Europe, and South Africa.
Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, Germany and Central Europe.
Elder J. Thomas Fyans, Mexico and Central America.
Elder James E. Faust, South America.
Elder Adney Y. Komatsu, Japan and Far East.
Elder Robert L. Simpson, Pacific and Polynesian Islands.
Elder W. Grant Bangerter, also an Assistant to the Council of the Twelve, will succeed Elder Brockbank as president of the International Mission of the Church, which serves about 1,400 members outside regular stakes and missions. This mission has headquarters in Salt Lake City and was organized to maintain better contact with members living in comparatively isolated parts of the world.
The First Presidency cited worldwide growth as part of the reason why these assignments are necessary. The Church has more than tripled in the past 25 years, with total membership approaching 3.5 million. Much of this growth is outside the United States, which necessitates leadership in these other areas. The resident Assistants to the Twelve will intensify training of local priesthood leadership so that member and missionary programs may be more effective.
This growth of the Church is reflected in the organization of 16 new stakes from the beginning of 1975 up to mid-April, at which time there were 691 stakes in the church: 580 in the United States; 13 in Canada; 28 in Australia, New Zealand and the Polynesian Islands; 21 in South America; 19 in Great Britain and South Africa; 16 in Mexico and Central America; 9 in Europe; and 5 in the Far East. In addition, 16 new missions will begin functioning this July, bringing the total number of missions to 129.
The Brethren who have received the new assignments all have extensive Church background and experience in the areas where they will be serving. Elder Brockbank has been president of the North British and Scottish-Irish Missions and also served a mission in Great Britain. He has been managing director of the Mormon Pavilions at several world fairs.
Elder Wirthlin, who was sustained as an Assistant during the April general conference of this year, served as a missionary in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, where he will now serve again.
Elder Fyans has been managing director of the Internal Communications Department of the Church. He was mission president in the Uruguay-Paraguay Mission and has returned to South America often as a Regional Representative. He has also been coordinator of area conferences.
Elder Faust has been managing director of the Melchizedek Priesthood Mutual Interest Association and served a mission to Brazil. He has been prominent in Utah civic and business activities.
Another of the new Assistants is Elder Adney Yoshio Komatsu. He was the first Oriental to be called as a General Authority and also the first to be called as a Regional Representative. He has also been president of the Northern Far East Mission.
Elder Simpson is now serving as president of the England London Mission. He has been president of the New Zealand Mission and has also served there as a missionary.
The South American Area General Conferences
The basic facts of the recent area general conferences in South America can be told in just a few sentences. On February 28 and March 1 and 2, a conference was held in Sao Paulo for members of the Church in Brazil. And on March 7, 8, and 9, a conference for the members in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay took place in Buenos Aires. More than 5,000 attended the sessions in Sao Paulo, and over 10,000 attended in Buenos Aires.
The format for both conferences was the same. On Friday evening the members presented a program of songs and dances that depicted local cultures. General sessions were conducted on Saturday and Sunday. Special sessions for parents and youth were held on Saturday night, and on Sunday morning there was a special session for priesthood leaders.
President Spencer W. Kimball led the delegation of General Authorities, accompanied by President N. Eldon Tanner, first counselor in the First Presidency. Elder Mark E. Petersen, Elder Delbert L. Stapley, and Elder L. Tom Perry represented the Council of the Twelve. The Assistants to the Council of the Twelve were represented by Elder ElRay L. Christiansen, Elder Franklin D. Richards, Elder James E. Faust (in Brazil only), and Elder J. Thomas Fyans. Elder A. Theodore Tuttle, Elder Hartman Rector, Jr., and Elder Rex D. Pinegar represented the First Council of the Seventy.
Those, then, are the basic facts of the area conferences. But what about the color, the spirit, the excitement? What impact did the conferences have on those who participated?
The members who were interviewed about the conferences seemed to list the same three things as having impressed them most. "Seeing and hearing the prophet speak was the best part," said some. Others claimed, "It was the news about the temple." Still others added their appreciation for the wonderful choirs that furnished the music.
Those who had looked forward to the conference for months had focused on the thought that the prophet of the Lord would be at the conference. And so they worked, sacrificed, and helped each other in order to be able to attend. Choir members spent many hours in rehearsal, often travelling long distances. Those who participated in the Friday evening cultural programs also travelled long distances and worked many hours at perfecting their presentations. They wanted to be at their best for the prophet and the General Authorities who accompanied him.
Then, when President Kimball and the others arrived, the Saints at the conference received even more than many of them had dared hope for. In his opening remarks at Sao Paulo, even before the prayer was announced, President Kimball said: "We are very happy to announce to you and all the world, that subject to the conditions that exist, and your total cooperation, we will build the 17th temple of the Lord in South America. And it will be located in Sao Paulo, Brazil."
Those who live far from where a temple is located will have some idea of how much impact this announcement had. One beautiful young family from Uruguay said, "It would have taken us at least ten years to save enough money to go to one of the temples in North America." But now that a temple is to be built in South America, they can enjoy the blessings of the temple in just a few years. Some seemed to have difficulty in expressing their feelings about the temple. "Wonderful!" was all they could say, as though they were still stunned by the news. Their moist eyes indicated that a more comprehensive answer was in their hearts.
From beginning to end the conferences were great uplifting and unifying experiences. The Friday evening cultural programs, for example, did much to stimulate a feeling of unity among members who came from regions and countries hundreds of miles apart. Each group seemed to gain more appreciation for the others' unique talents and cultural heritage.
An interesting outgrowth of the rehearsals for the choirs and cultural presentations was that young people were able to make new acquaintances with youth from other branches. As a result there were some deep friendships that developed, and there were even a few engagements.
The youth in South America make up a large part of the Church population, and their contribution to the spirit of the conferences was great. In addition to their performances in the cultural programs, they provided some beautiful choirs. In Sao Paulo, for example, a seminary and institute chorus of over 1,200 voices provided the music for the Sunday morning session. Dressed in pastel shirts and dresses, they filled the entire center section of the conference hall. And when the session had ended, they remained in their places and began to sing again. Song after song, their enthusiasm built as they stood looking up into the faces of the General Authorities on the stand. Many, both in the chorus and on the stand, had tears in their eyes.
It was such choruses, among other things, that made a strong impression on nonmember observers of the conferences. In Brazil, for example, the conference was featured on the nation's most popular television news program—one reaching an audience of millions. The camera crews and reporters were astonished. "Where have you been keeping these choirs?" they asked. Of course, the answer was that the choirs as such had not existed until the people arrived in Sao Paulo.
Other observers were impressed by the behavior of the members attending the meetings. The manager of the Anhembi Convention Center in Sao Paulo remarked that this was the cleanest, best-organized group ever to use the facility. A cab driver who had been retained by one of the news media representatives had to remain outside the center for hours at a time. He had ample opportunity to observe the conference crowds. On the last day of the conference he couldn't contain his curiosity any longer. "Where do these people come from?" he wanted to know. "I haven't seen any shoving or heard any arguing—just expressions of love."
Because the conference proceedings in Sao Paulo were carried to other parts of the building by closed circuit television, it was necessary to have a crew of technicians on the scene. Early in the conference they continued talking during the prayers. But during the last session as the final prayer was being said, someone walked into the control room and began to talk. The chief technician, who was not a Latter-day Saint, turned and said: "Shhh! They're praying."
The Saints in Buenos Aires made a similar impression on nonmember observers. The manager of the facility where the conference was held remarked about the cleanliness and orderliness of the group. And one of the policemen on duty outside the building made similar observations.
Observers of the conferences might have been even more astonished if they had known of the personal sacrifices some had to make in order to attend. One mission president estimated that it cost some of his members as much as three months' wages to get to the conference. Many took extra jobs or participated in fund-raising projects in order to finance the trip.
Even travelling to the conference sites was not easy for some. Bus rides of more than 30 hours were common. One man from Chile travelled 65 hours to reach Buenos Aires.
Interestingly enough, people who were asked about sacrifice shrugged it off. "No," they would say, "it hasn't been easy for many to come, but I wouldn't call it a sacrifice." That, perhaps, is the key to the spirit of the conferences. It wasn't a sacrifice; because, after all, they were going to hear the Lord's servants. And their expectations were fulfilled as they sat listening to inspired counsel at the feet of the prophet and the other General Authorities.
They heard President Kimball remind them of the challenge that Joshua gave the Children of Israel: "… choose you this day whom ye will serve." (Josh. 24:15.) He reminded them again of the announced temple and encouraged them to sacrifice for it. "We hope you will receive this temple as a new sacrifice, for we remember that 'Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven.' ("Praise to the Man," Hymns No. 147.) Of all the blessings that come to you, nothing is greater than the blessings that come to you by having fathers and mothers sealed to each other for time and eternity, and having all the children sealed to them so that after death families go on and on becoming like God and growing in righteousness and perfection together."
Elder Mark E. Petersen spoke of the commandment, "Take my yoke upon you." (Matt. 11:29.) "The act of taking his yoke upon us is the most serious and solemn thing we can do in life. If we take his yoke upon us, we must be sincere. We must be honest with the Lord. Although we live in the world, we cannot allow the sins and practices of the world to overcome us."
Those who attended the priesthood leadership session in Buenos Aires heard Elder Franklin D. Richards tell how to develop one's capabilities as a priesthood leader. He mentioned the effective use of time: "We must learn to simplify our lives and work patterns. We can accomplish this by doing the most important things first and not trying to do more than we can do well."
At that same priesthood session, Elder Delbert L. Stapley spoke of the nature of the priesthood, saying, "There is a difference between the authority of the priesthood and the power of the priesthood. … A man may have the priesthood conferred upon him, but through inactivity, disobedience, and violating the commandments of God he will not gain power in the priesthood. The priesthood may lie dormant in an individual, the power of it never realized whereby miracles can be performed. Such an inactive person denies himself personal benefits, as well as denying others who could be uplifted and blessed had he been faithful."
Special counsel was also given to those who attended the sessions for parents and for youth. President Kimball warned of forces that are trying to weaken the family unit. He reminded parents of the temptations that face modern youth. "The solution," he reminded, "lies in keeping the commandments and attending to family duties." He said that the Lord's program is to "return the father to his rightful place at the head of the family, to bring the mother home from social life and employment, the children from near-total fun and frolic. The home teaching program, with its crowning activity, the family home evening, will neutralize the ill effects only if the people will apply the remedy."
President Kimball went on to remind them of the fall of past civilizations: "Had every father in Babylon, assisted by the mother, taught and trained little ones in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, would that great city ever have been covered with sand and its corruption buried in the earth, its springs dried up, its temples toppled? Would drunken revelry have lulled them to sleep in unawareness of their danger? Would palms and willows wither, and would lands be dried and desolate? Would Babylon have become a hiss and a byword?"
At the Sao Paulo conference Elder Rex D. Pinegar spoke of parents and prayer: "How grateful I am for the faithful prayers of my parents. Just how often their prayers have been the means of my salvation I may never know. I do know, however, that children need the blessings that come through the prayers of their parents.
"Children need to pray for their parents, for each other, for the leaders of the Church, and for the Lord to bless the leaders of the land with righteous desires. Children should learn prayers of gratitude. … Children should pray for strength and wisdom to overcome the personal challenges they face. … Children must also be taught to live as they pray so they will be worthy to receive the blessings they seek."
In their meetings the youth heard the General Authorities speak with love and plainness. They were reminded to keep themselves clean and pure. They were advised to heed their parents and their priesthood leaders. And they were told of their missionary responsibilities.
President Kimball's address to the youth in Buenos Aires was especially powerful with regard to missionary work. He spoke of all of the problems that beset men in the world because they do not know the truth. "If only we could tell this whole world that they will be happier, they will be less hungry, they will be better taken care of if they join the Church.
"I am looking for the day when we will have 5,000 missionaries from South America. There are more than 5,000 boys in South America. Why aren't they in the mission field? I think they didn't understand. They thought it was something you could just choose to do or choose not to do.
"But a mission is like paying tithing. Of course, you don't have to pay tithing, but everybody who loves the Lord is going to get the tithing habit."
President Kimball told the story of a young college student who fell in love with a very beautiful young woman. When he proposed marriage she answered, "I'd like you to be my husband, but, where did you fill your mission?" When he explained that he had decided to get an education instead, she replied, "Well, maybe we'd better wait."
He was in one of the next missionary groups going to Australia.
President Kimball then went on: "Do you young women realize how much power you have? If there were an army here telling them they had to go, it wouldn't be as powerful as you would be. When one of these boys falls in love with you, you have the controls. You can just say what you want to say, but you could say, 'Oh, let's wait until you get back from your mission.'"
What effect did such addresses have on the youth who attended the conference? "I am determined to be more of a missionary," one 17-year-old girl reported. "And I am going to encourage my younger brothers to go on missions."
Another example of the effect on the youth was cited by President Puerta of the Sao Paulo West Stake. Prior to the conference, he had interviewed a young man about going on a mission. A third-year engineering student, the young man had expressed doubts about interrupting his schooling, because it would be extremely difficult for him to get back into school following his mission. He said he would give his answer about the mission after the area conference. When the last session was over, he sought out his stake president and, with tears in his eyes, said he would love to go on a mission.
It is difficult to say how many others were influenced in a similar way, but the enthusiasm of the young people at the conferences could be seen in their eyes and in their smiles. "I feel as if my heart has been cleansed," said one. Another had a note of awe in his voice as he said, "I shook the prophet's hand."
For many of the General Authorities and Regional Representatives of the Council of the Twelve who attended, the conferences were an opportunity to renew old acquaintances and to see the fruits of seeds planted in years past. They had been active in South America over the years as missionaries, mission presidents, and supervisors of missions. They had taught, counselled, and called to positions of leadership many of the Saints in attendance. They had watched Church units grow, and they had watched people grow. Now they saw thousands of dedicated Saints gather in two great area conferences. They saw the numerous dedicated young people, many of them second- and third-generation members.
Many of the members there had had their lives touched by the Brethren in very personal ways. Two incidents at the Buenos Aires conference, both involving President Kimball will illustrate.
Speaking at the session for parents, President Miguel Avila, first counselor in the Buenos Aires Argentina East Stake, told how his wife had been ill about ten years ago. She had been given many tests and had undergone surgery, and still her condition did not improve. The couple had remained childless for seven years, and they were faced with the possibilities of more surgery and of remaining childless.
Then one evening Brother Avila had a dream in which one of the current apostles told him not to worry. An important calling would come to him, and he and his wife would be blessed with a child. Eight months later the Buenos Aires Stake was organized, and President Kimball—then a member of the Council of the Twelve—ordained Brother Avila a bishop. It was President Kimball he had seen in the dream. Within two weeks Sister Avila's health had improved and subsequently they were blessed with a son.
In another instance, a woman at the conference approached Allen Litster, one of the Regional Representatives, and asked if he would arrange for her to talk to President Kimball. She said that she had lost ten children before President Kimball had given her a blessing. Then, indicating the attractive teenage girl beside her, she said, "My daughter would like to thank President Kimball."
Over the years, thousands of missionaries have labored in South America, planting seeds of faith. The thousands of Saints who attended the area conferences were part of the fruits of their labors. And during the conferences, more seeds were planted that will bear fruit in the years to come. Just one member, his heart touched by the counsel of the Brethren, could bring scores of others into the Church. One young man, inspired to serve as a missionary, may affect hundreds of lives for good. And how many parents and future parents received counsel that will enable them to raise future generations of leaders?
The complete story of the area conferences cannot be written yet, because the most important part of the story is what has taken place in the hearts of those who attended. But perhaps the future can be read in part in the shining faces of the thousands of fine young people who were there. If so, great things will come out of the conferences that were held in Sao Paulo from February 28 through March 2 and in Buenos Aires from March 7 through March 9.
Brazil Temple Fund Established
The First Presidency has announced the establishment of a fund through which persons outside of South America may contribute to the Sao Paulo Brazil Temple.
Former missionaries or others desiring to contribute to this fund should make checks payable to the Corporation of the President with a notation that it is for the temple. Contributions should be sent to the Financial Department of the Church, 50 East North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150.
President Kimball Rededicates Arizona Temple
President Spencer W. Kimball rededicated the Arizona Temple at Mesa April 15 and 16, noting in his rededicatory address that for the original dedication in 1927 he sang on the roof of the temple with the St. Joseph Stake Choir:
The rededication service was repeated seven times in the two days, each time to a capacity crowd of 4,600 in the temple, visitors center, and nearby tri-stake center. All members of the Council of the Twelve were in attendance and spoke except Elder Mark E. Petersen, whose wife passed away on April 15. Several other General Authorities were also present. In addition, temple president C. Bryant Whiting spoke, as well as Emil B. Fetzer, Church architect, and Fred A. Baker, director of the Church Building Department.
A year of extensive remodeling preceded the rededication. During public tours conducted just a few weeks before the services, an estimated 205,000 persons toured the temple.
Reviewing the history of the temple, President Kimball noted that it had been 48 years since President Heber J. Grant first dedicated it. He reviewed the great changes that have come since then, recalling the difficulty in traveling to that original service. He said he traveled in a car from Gila Valley to Mesa on primitive roads and that all the passengers got out and pushed the car up steep inclines. At that time President Kimball was clerk of the St. Joseph Stake.
President Kimball also spoke of the significance of temples, noting that the newly announced Brazil Temple will bring to 17 the number operated by the Church. He reminded the Saints that prophets have said the day will come when hundreds of temples will be found throughout the world. He urged all members to live worthily, according to the standards of the Church, to have family prayer and family home evening, "and above all, obey the commandments of Jesus Christ."
President Kimball Interviewed for Australian Radio
The Australian Broadcasting Commission recently interviewed President Spencer W. Kimball, via transcontinental telephone lines, for a radio broadcast. Also participating in the interview was President Ian G. Mackay of the Sydney Australia Greenwich Stake. President Kimball was in the Bonneville International Corporation studios in Salt Lake City for the interview. Two days later it was used as part of a half-hour program on the Church aired over 70 radio stations across Australia.
New York Visitors Center Dedicated
President Spencer W. Kimball dedicated the new complex of Church buildings, including a visitors center, on Lincoln Square in New York City May 25, and the center was open to the public beginning the following day.
The complex includes a stake center, facilities for three wards, a genealogical branch library, and offices of the New York New York City Mission, as well as the visitors center.
The new center features many innovative and interesting displays to explain principles and programs of the Church to nonmembers. It is divided into four basic segments, including a reception area where tours begin, an animated diorama featuring talking mannequins, a multimedia theater presentation, and a "learning center" where visitors may select films on various facets of the Church.
Newly called director of the center is James A. Wilson of Murray Hill, New Jersey, who recently retired from the overseas operations division of General Motors.
LDS Scene
Mormon Historians Meet
Three hundred and fifty registrants plus interested visitors had the meetings of the Mormon History Association bulging during its three-day April conference at Brigham Young University.
The ten-year-old group, consisting of historians and the historically interested from both The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, heard numerous papers and panels, participated in workshops, and enjoyed a presentation of "Liberty Jail," a drama about Joseph Smith, written by Orson Scott Card and Robert Stoddard of Provo.
Employees of the Historical Department of the Church garnered two of the three awards given for publications during the last year: Dean Jessee for his book, Letters of Brigham Young to His Sons, and Gordon Irving for his article, "The Law of Adoption," published in BYU Studies, Spring 1974.
The Mormon History Association numbers 692 members, 292 of them new this last year. They will meet in St. George, Utah, in 1976, and in Kirtland, Ohio, in 1977.
New Mission Presidents Announced
The First Presidency recently announced the callings of three new mission presidents and the transfer of one mission president to a newly formed mission.
Hendrik Gout of the Netherlands has been called to preside over the Indonesia Djakarta Mission. Von Rawlings Nielsen of Burlingame, California, will preside over the Florida Ft. Lauderdale Mission. George Patrick Lee, a Navajo Indian, will preside over the Arizona Holbrook Mission and his predecessor, Stanley D. Roberts, will be transferred to preside over the New Mexico Albuquerque Mission. President Lee is the first American Indian to serve as a mission president.
Sister Emma Marr Petersen Dies
Emma Marr Petersen, wife of Elder Mark E. Petersen of the Council of the Twelve, died April 15 after a lengthy illness. She had suffered a stroke June 13, 1974, and was at the home of a daughter in Salt Lake City.
Sister Petersen was a noted author and musician. In 1973 she was honored at Ricks College for "unselfish use of talents as a musician and writer." She served in many ward and stake positions as organist and accompanist, and also in the auxiliaries and as a temple worker.
Elder and Sister Petersen were married August 30, 1923, in the Salt Lake Temple. She is survived by Elder Petersen, two daughters, and three grandchildren.
Genealogical Society Reemphasizes Policy
The Genealogical Society of the Church has announced that requests for copies of index cards from the Temple Index Bureau (TIB) and for copies of family group records can now be filled only when requested by direct-line relatives to the person whose record is sought.
A direct-line relative is one whose name appears on the person's pedigree chart, as well as children of those whose names are on the chart.
This policy is an enforcement of regulations in the Records Submission Manual and is made necessary by increased demands on the society and by a current microfilming project. No request can be processed unless at least the name, year of birth, and state or country of birth are stated on the request form. These forms are number PFGS0073, available from the Church Distribution Center.
Relief Society Curriculum—A Summer First
When campus and singles Relief Societies meet this summer, their lessons will be conference talks: the first time the curriculum has been drawn exclusively from the current words of the prophets.
The text is the May 1974 Ensign. The teacher's supplement, prepared by the Instructional Development Committee, focuses not on four addresses to be studied, but on four methods of teaching: the informal workshop, working toward scriptural understanding, analyzing the talk itself, and involving the group with such techniques as brainstorming and role-playing. Although certain talks are used as examples of these methods, the responsibility is the teacher's to find the most relevant talks for her class.
Copies of the May Ensign are available from Church Magazines, 50 East North Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, at 50 cents a copy. The teacher's supplement is available at Church Distribution, 1999 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104.
Public Communications Aides Honored
Church Public Communications aides from the Los Angeles area, Tucker Georgia Stake, and Louisiana Shreveport Mission were honored recently by the Brigham Young University Department of Communications.
They are Bert D. Lynn, coordinator of the Los Angeles Area Public Communications Council; Donald S. Conkey of Decatur, Georgia, public communications director for Tucker Georgia Stake; and former Louisiana Shreveport Mission president Golden K. Driggs and his former mission public communications director, Michael E. Johnson, now a BYU student.
Two and a half years ago, public communications aides began working in each stake and mission in the Church to provide the mass media with news of interest about the Church. These aides have also provided Church publications with information from their areas. Brother Lynn's projects have included the Southern California Dance Festival, which attracted more than 60,000 spectators to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; a program to spotlight the Los Angeles Temple visitors center, resulting in a doubling of tourist visits; a senior citizens month; and a Good Samaritans award program. As an area coordinator, Brother Lynn is in charge of the entire Los Angeles area.
Brother Lynn joined the Church in 1966. Professionally, he is responsible for all the advertising and promotional activities of Western Airlines' international system.
Brother Conkey was cited for successful placement of television and radio specials and public service programming about the Church on Georgia stations. He assisted in arranging the visit of BYU President Dallin H. Oaks to Atlanta, and also directs a training program for ward and stake public communications aides. Brother Conkey is editor of several trade magazines and author of a book on genealogy.
President Driggs and Elder Johnson represented many in the Louisiana Shreveport Mission who have worked in public communications. Their successes have included a Family Unity Week, weekly inspirational messages used by 30 newspapers, placement of President Kimball's Christmas message on 17 television and 114 radio stations, and his Easter message on 27 television and 133 radio stations, and wide publication of stories about the Washington Temple and Pioneer Day.
Temple Closures Shortened
The First Presidency has asked temple presidents to limit the summer closing of each temple in the Church to two weeks instead of the usual four weeks.
The change will be in effect this summer, with the understanding that in rare situations where extensive remodeling is required, "an exception might need to be considered."
New temple schedules will be printed to reflect the change.
Two Sculptures Planned at BYU
Brigham Young University has announced that two works of sculpture will be added to the campus as part of this year's centennial class gift.
"Windows of Heaven," a 30-foot sculpture of steel and colored glass by artist Frank Riggs, will be placed at the south end of the mall between the Engineering and Technology Building and the Widtsoe Building in August.
Another work, "The Tree of Wisdom" by artist Frank Nackos, will be located between the Harris Fine Arts Center and the Wilkinson Center.
"I am pleased that the student body has chosen to enhance the beauty of our campus with these two fine pieces of sculpture," President Dallin H. Oaks said.
New Music Handbook Available
A new edition of the Handbook for Church Music, the basic reference for music in the Church, is now available through the Distribution Center.
This handbook provides essential information for music advisers, chairmen, auxiliary music personnel, and all priesthood-directed music personnel. This new edition includes the latest directions in the Church music program and answers many questions on organizing music in local units of the Church. These include policy information on congregational singing, choirs, organ and piano, music for stake conferences, instrumental music, and music for youth.
Handbooks are available on order number PBMU0031 from the General Church Distribution Center, 1999 West 1700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84104. They sell for 40 cents each.
1,800 Attend Adelaide Australia Stake Luau
Several thousand dollars have gone to the building fund for a stake center and meetinghouse in the Adelaide Australia Stake as the result of a two-day Polynesian luau, attended by 1,800 members and nonmembers.
The project was headed by Bishop Desmond R. Trudgen of the Modbury Ward. Sister Merekaraka-Tipoki Caesar, a convert of six months and chieftainess of the Ngati-Ka-hungunu tribe of New Zealand, invited some of her family to entertain. The authentic luau feast was prepared under the direction of other Maori members.
Besides contributing to the building fund, President Allen M. Swan of the Australia Adelaide Mission reported that the event and the publicity surrounding it had a great proselyting effect.
Member in Tahiti to Head Youth Organization
President Jean Tefan, second counselor in the Tahiti Papeete Stake presidency, has been elected to a two year-term as president of the Federation des Oeuvres de la Jeunesse de Polynesie Francaise.
The federation has 6,000 members in Tahiti, all leaders of various service-oriented youth groups.
President Tefan served a mission in Tahiti, was called to be a bishop at age 23, and is now a counselor in the stake presidency at age 26. He also works as assistant director of the Church primary school in Papeete. He is married and has two daughters.
Youth Spend Vacation As Missionaries
Seventeen young members in Tahiti chose to spend their last two-week school vacation working with the full-time missionaries instead of going to the beach. Some traveled as far as a day's boat ride from their homes to where the missionaries were working. One youth had only been a member for one week before joining the program.
Elder Jacques Gohier, assistant to the mission president, reported that they did "a fantastic job" and were "even an uplift" for the full-time missionaries. "There are already more applications than can be used for next vacation," he said. "We ran into just one problem: some of the boys were so excited they were ready to quit high school and leave right then for two years."


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Yellow icing in a tube
Red icing in a tube
Green fruit slices or gumdrops, diced (optional)
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Congressman Bob Gibbs was at a town hall meeting at the John McIntire Library in Zanesville on Tuesday night discussing the nation's debt.
Gibbs, who represents the 18th district of Ohio, said in order to eliminate the country's deficit there needs to be a budget in place, otherwise they are spending money with nothing to show for it. He said continuing resolutions are not going to solve the long-term issues that need to be addressed.
"It's kind of like someone getting paid on Friday night, going to the bank and cashing their check, going out and having a good time all weekend and then you wake up Monday morning and you don't have any money," said Congressman Gibbs.
He said they were able to pass a budget for the 2012 fiscal year beginning October 1st and plan to cut $6.2 trillion over a ten year span. He said this will put the country back on path to a balanced budget. He is also working on job development.
"We have to prioritize and make investments that help grow the economy and also provide safety nets for people who truly do need them, but I'd rather have people getting a pay check then getting a check from the federal government for not working," said the Congressman.
He said both sides of the aisle realize cuts need to be made and believes they are moving in the right direction.


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How anyone thought it was ok to let a man stay in a house who had just severely beaten a dog for going potty in the house thought it would be ok for him to stay in the house when there was a child should be charged with aiding and abetting or something. It has been documented time and time again that anyone capable of doing harm to an animal will progress to harming people. It is beyond me why the grandparents did nothing about getting the monster away from their daughter and grandson until it was too late for the little boy.
On the day that little Christopher was to celebrate his 4th Birthday by eating cake and opening presents with his grandparents and extended family he was found dead in his home. Dead by the hands of his mother's boyfriend the very same man who beat the dog because it had an accident in the house. The very same man described as violent and having an outstanding warrant for his arrest was living in a house with a young child.
The coroner ruled little Christopher's death a homicide from abuse and multiple blunt force trauma. Now his extended family is left with questions and a spot at the table this Christmas where their little boy would have been.
Its time we put a stop to this kind of violence. If you see someone beating or abusing an animal report them you could be saving someone's life by doing so.


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The Gaels trailed by 17 at the 16:52 mark but chipped away throughout the half, getting to the foul line and getting defensive stops.
"With an opponent like San Diego, we had to fight for everything and we knew it was going to be a grind it out game," said head coach Paul Thomas. "We didn't get to the foul line in the first half, we didn't rebound in the first half."
Jackie Nared finished with 20 points, while Kate Gaze added 13 points and five assists. Danielle Mauldin added eight points with 11 rebounds and Sabrina Engelstad had nine points and three rebounds off the bench.
"We fought so hard and it was a great feeling hearing that final buzzer coming back from 17 down," said Nared. "We always come together and try to find a way."
With 20 points, Nared became the SMC single-season points scored leader with 602.
Both teams started slowly from the field as the Gaels did not score until the 16:54 mark. Nared hit a three-pointer to give the Gaels their first lead of the game at 5-4 with 16:30 left in the half.
With the scored tied up at 9-9, the Toreros went on an 8-0 run to take the 17-9 advantage and force the Gaels into an early timeout. Sabrina Engelstad stopped the bleeding with a big three-point play out of the timeout to cut the deficit to five.
Two-free throws by Nared pulled SMC within 21-20 at the 4:24 mark but USD responded with a three-pointer. USD ended the half on a 12-3 run to take a 33-23 lead at the break.
San Diego started the 2nd half on a 7-2 run to take a 17 point lead at 42-25 with 16:52 left.
The Gaels got five consecutive defensive stops and went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line to pull within 42-33 at the 12:58 mark.
Danielle Mauldin made her first hoop of the game at the 12:35 mark in the second half to pull SMC back within 44-35.
Nared scored at the 11:04 mark on a nice out of bounds play assisted by Gaze and SMC pulled within 44-38. With SMC trailing 50-44, the Gaels stopped the USD fast break and Danielle Mauldin was fouled at the other end and sank two to pull the Gaels within 50-46 at the 6:30 mark.
Shannon Mauldin pulled SMC within 50-48, splitting the defense at the 5:56 mark. Hayley Hendricksen scored on an out-of-bounds play to tie it and Gaze knocked down a 15 foot jumper to give the Gaels a 52-50 lead at the 4:47 mark.
Jackie Nared broke a 52-52 tie and hit a three-pointer to give SMC a 55-52 edge with 3:32 remaining.
The Gaels had to play the last three minutes with Nared, Danielle Mauldin and Engelstad with four fouls apiece.
Gaze sank two free-throws at the 1:38 mark to give SMC the 57-53 lead. SMC forced a turnover and had the ball at the 1:30 mark.
After USD scored to pull within two, Gaze was fouled with 42.9 on the clock and hit 1-of-2 free-throws and SMC led 58-55.
With the Gaels up 60-57, USD attempted a couple threes that were no good, but got the offensive rebound and was fouled with 3.2 seconds left. USD hit the first and missed the second intentionally. Nared had a heads up play and tipped the ball up and out-of-bounds as the clock expired. Officials ruled that there was 1.3 seconds remaining and USD inbounding the ball down two. USD got a good look but the shot went too strong off the back iron and the Gaels had the comeback win.
"I'm unbelievably proud of our team," said Gaze. "We struggle against San Diego every year, they are a great team. It's incredible to see my teammates step up and come back for the win."
Saint Mary's will take on Gonzaga on Monday at 12:00 p.m. in a WCC semifinal match-up.


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Generate Your Own Clean, Renewable Energy
After retrofitting to seal up energy leaks, the next best way to save money on electricity bills is to generate your own clean, renewable energy. A number of rebates and incentives are available to help you install renewable energy systems, including solar water heaters, solar panels, small-scale wind, and geothermal systems.
Solar water heating is a great way to harness the free power of the sun to cut down on energy bills.
- Walton EMC
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- Federal tax credits for solar water heaters
State and federal program also provide incentives for installing photovoltaic solar panels, wind, biomass, and geothermal systems in your home or business:
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- Georgia Power solar power buyback program
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Once you're generating clean energy at home, you can sign up for net metering, a service through which utilities compensate customers for energy they generate but do not use. Contact your utility company to sign up.


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With the national debt having surpassed $14 trillion for the first time in U.S. history, Congress must act to preserve our nation's fiscal integrity and protect future generations. I support a number of provisions that would drastically reduce wasteful government spending and put the nation back on the track toward a balanced budget.
Supporting the Spending Limit Amendment
I support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would simply limit the federal spending to one-fifth of the U.S. economy -- the historical average since World War II. The limit could only be waived if a declaration of war was in effect or by a two-thirds vote of Congress.
Supporting the Balanced Budget Amendment
American families have made difficult budgetary decisions to live within their means -- it is long past time for government to do the same. I support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution of the United States that would prohibit federal spending for any fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing), unless explicitly authorized by both bodies of Congress by a three-fifths vote. The amendment would also require a three-fifths vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit.
Supporting an Earmark Ban
The earmark process is broken and riddled with scandal. I support the House Republican moratorium on all earmark spending for the 112th Congress.
Supporting the Line-Item Veto
I support giving the President of the United States the power of the line-item veto. Under this long overdue legislation, the President would have the authority to single out individual spending items in legislation that arrives on his desk for signature and send these specific line items back to Congress for a timely up-or-down vote on whether to rescind these spending provisions. Likewise, the President would be able to request the rescission of narrowly targeted special-interest tax breaks.
Eliminating the COLA for Members of Congress
I supported the successful efforts to eliminate the Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) scheduled to be made to Member salaries for FY 2010 and FY 2011.
Reducing Congress's Budget
I supported the successful Republican resolution to reduce the budgets for Members of Congress and House Committees for 2011 and 2012 by 5 percent across the board.
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Calavo Growers, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: CVGW), a global avocado-industry leader and an expanding provider of value-added fresh food, today reported record revenues for the fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and full year. Despite sustained profitability, net income for the final quarter and fiscal 2011 were lower year-over-year due to a cyclically smaller supply of fresh avocados in the marketplace, as well as the resulting impact from higher Mexican fruit costs in the company's Calavo Foods business segment. Operating results for the most-recent quarter include those of Renaissance Food Group, LLC (RFG), which became part of the company on June 1, 2011. RFG's results are included in the company's Calavo Foods business segment. For the three months ended Oct. 31, 2011, net income totaled $3.6 million, equal to $0.25 per diluted share. This compares to net income in the final quarter last year of $4.8 million, or $0.32 per diluted share. Fourth-quarter revenues advanced 37 percent to $147.3 million from $107.2 million in the final period of fiscal 2010. (RFG sales accounted for $33.9 million of the revenue increase.) Gross margin narrowed to $13.4 million, or 9.1 percent of total revenues, from $14.3 million, equal to 13.3 percent of total revenues, in last year's fourth quarter. Net income for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2011 was $11.1 million, equal to $0.75 per diluted share, on a 31 percent increase in revenues to $522.5 million. This compares to net income of $17.8 million, or $1.22 per diluted share, on revenues of $398.4 million reported in fiscal 2010. Gross margin in the most-recent year declined to $42.9 million, or 8.2 percent of total revenues, from $51.5 million, or 12.9 percent of revenues, in fiscal 2010. Chairman, President and CEO Lee E. Cole said: "Calavo confronted stiff operating headwinds throughout fiscal 2011, resulting from a unique set of factors that included a smaller available avocado supply in the marketplace, as well as a freeze that limited availability of fresh tomatoes. The diminished avocado supply had a two-fold impact: it sharply increased the cost of fruit used in our prepared avocado products and hindered the company's fresh avocado volumes impacting the company's unit-driven business model."
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Antibiotic Use Down, ADHD Meds Up Among Children [AUDIO]
The number of antibiotics dispensed to children in the United States has dropped over the past decade, but there's been an uptick in the number of prescriptions being given to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.
That's according to a report in the journal Pediatrics. "Antibiotic use has gone down, anti-allergy medication has gone down almost 61 percent. Pain medicine use has gone down along with anti-depressants and there's been a reduction in the use of cough and cold medications as well," said Dr. Lawrence Laveman, neurodevelopmental pediatrician at Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside.
From 2002 to 2010, the use of ADHD drugs grew by 46 percent, or 800,000 prescriptions a year.
"This is not surprising," said Dr. Laveman. "Greater pressure is being put on school districts to address conduct and behavior issues in children and there is increasing pressure districts are placing on parents to seek a medical strategy to solve what is essentially an important behavioral issue and addressing learning issues through behavior. ADHD is a diagnosis of exclusion which means we have to look at every other underlying medical, educational and psychosocial issue that could be causing this child to have problems of focus, attention and organization. It's imperative that the school district be stepping to the forefront on this being that the classroom is the place where the child is essentially in his or her workplace. The child needs to be in a positive environment for learning at home and at school and we have to correctly identify the factors that could potentially be causing a child to have difficulty."
"We've gotten over a small hurdle of stigma in terms of people acknowledging that your brain is another part of your body, just like your liver, and that we shouldn't blame parents when their children have liver failure any more than we should blame parents when their children have some kind of brain issue," said Dr. Scott Benson, a child and adolescent psychiatrist and spokesperson for the American Psychiatric Association.
"There's also a continued pressure for children to do optimally at school and the demand for level of education is much higher."
According to the report, there were 263 million filled prescriptions to minors in 2010, down seven percent since 2002. After taking population changes into account, that corresponds to a nine percent drop. Apart from ADHD drugs, asthma medicine and birth control pills also showed increases.


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In addition to our usual Record Store Day shenanigans (over 250 exclusive RSD releases!!), Amoeba Berkeley will be unveiling a huge used jazz LP collection that we recently acquired from a private collector!
Many original pressings in excellent/near mint condition will be featured, including many late '50s/early '60s hard bop/ soul jazz/avant garde titles on Blue Note, Prestige, Riverside, Pacific Jazz, Contemporary, Atlantic, and Columbia. There are also many interesting titles we don't see every day (especially in this condition) from the '70s and '80s. So, overall, something for just about any jazz aficionado to be excited about! See you at the store this Saturday!


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Local, Affordable, and Sustainable Technologies
High-tech engineers create low-tech improvements to life in the developing world
This podcast is part of the Sustainable Design radio program, a collaboration between IEEE Spectrum and the National Science Foundation.
Susan Hassler: On a smaller scale, let's consider some practical and simple technologies that can improve lives, and sometimes save them. Steven Cherry tells us about products that can help the 40 percent of the world's people who live on less than $2 a day.
Steven Cherry: Basic necessities, like water and energy, can't be shipped from the first world to the third. We need local, affordable, and sustainable solutions.
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Steven Cherry: Clean water is the most basic need of all, yet almost a billion people don't have a ready source of it. Simple bacteria in dirty water kills 1.5 million children each year—more than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined. But now, for about a dollar, you can generate 18 000 liters of water. Yes, 18 000. The LifeStraw, developed by Vestergaard Frandsen, a Swiss company, looks like an inch-and-a-half thick straw. It contains a special halogen-based resin fiber that lets you filter water by pouring it through the straw, or just stick the LifeStraw directly into a pool of water, even if it's full of mud and bacteria and viruses, which it kills as effectively as if you'd boiled the water for 20 minutes.
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Steven Cherry: More than a billion of the world's people don't have electricity, not even simple reading lights. Denmark's Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy has found a cheap way to integrate light-emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells, and ultrathin lithium batteries into a simple plastic sheet that can be used as a lamp. You lay the sheet flat during the day, let it soak up the sun's rays, and then roll it back into a cylinder shape at night. You plug one side into the other to complete the circuit, and voilà! You have enough light to read by.
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Steven Cherry: And now, eyeglasses. Sure, eyeglasses don't seem very high tech, until you think about all the equipment at the eye doctor's office. In half the world—the developed half—there's one optometrist for every four or five thousand people. But in places like sub-Saharan Africa, the ratio is about a million to one. So Josh Silver, a professor of physics at Oxford University, has come up with an eye lens that's filled with fluid and connected to a tiny syringe. You turn a dial until there's just the right amount of fluid to create the right prescription for your eyes.
At the other end of the body, there's the Jaipur Foot, from India. It's been refined over and over again since its first development in the 1960s and now uses simple waterproof plastics so that a below-the-knee prosthesis costs less than $50. With it, recipients can walk comfortably, ride a bicycle, run, jump, dance, and even climb a tree.
These are just a few of the many ways 21st-century high-tech engineers are coming up with low-tech, sustainable improvements to life in the third world. I'm Steven Cherry.
This podcast is part of the Sustainable Design radio program, a collaboration between IEEE Spectrum and the National Science Foundation.


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Student Events Calendar
Events for May. 8, 2014
10:00 am – 11:00 am at Lounge
Join us for an ongoing dialogue and study of the Psalms.
11:25 am – 12:00 pm at Samuelson Chapel
Come to University Chapel and hear Ryan Glatt give a meaningful message.
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm at Pearson Library
Come hug the dogs!
6:30 pm – 6:50 pm at Pearson Library
Come join the dance party at Pearson Library with our own DJ, Eddie! The only time you can me loud in the library!
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Lundring Events Center
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Principal investigator
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The basic thrust of the section of the research is to investigate relationships and patterns associated with student performance in mathematics, science and reading, and student, school, home and community characteristics. Datasets from provincial, national and international assessment programs will be the central information sources for this work in statistical modeling:
BC Foundational Skills Assessment (FSA)
Pan-Canadian School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP)
Programme of International Student Assessment (PISA)
The International Mathematics & Science Studies (TIMSS)
The first step after acquisition is the entry, ordering and management of these large and complex datasets in a secure yet accessible manner. The major work will consist of analysis and modeling of these data – this work will be based upon multi-level modeling using the program Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM6).
The relationships between school system traits and the outcomes of schooling are of basic interest and significance to the educational research and policy community since they help to better understand school performance and functioning. Likewise better understandings of the relationships between different facets of literacy is of significance. Although general measures of language arts, mathematics and science performance offer limited insight into the potential symbiosis of literacies from these domains, more fine-grained indicators that could be extracted from item-level data – such as measures of reading informational text, mathematics communications, data representation and interpretation, information technologies and contemporary science literacy – could enhance the observed patterns of relationships given the stronger correlations between these measures.


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DOUBT has been cast on the Scottish Government's commitment to a tram-train hybrid at Glasgow Airport as documents reveal there has been virtually no work done on a promised feasibility study.
In the three and a half months since Transport Secretary Keith Brown announced that a light rail connection was the preferred option, transport officials have held just two meetings.
No money has been spent researching a tram-train link and no discussions have taken place with key bodies such as Network Rail and ScotRail, external experts or with either of the affected local authorities - Glasgow City Council and Renfrewshire Council.
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But Transport Scotland insists its feasibility study will be completed by the end of August.
Councillor Alistair Watson, executive member for Land & Environmental Services at Glasgow City Council, said: "This utter lack of activity shows the Government is determined to block, and undermine, attempts to create a rail link to the airport."
In February, Mr Brown told parliament that independent consultants jointly commissioned by Transport Scotland and Glasgow Airport to draw up a shortlist of public transport options for the airport had recommended a tram-train link, with an estimated cost to taxpayers of £97 million. At the time he said he had instructed officials to "carry out further work on how this might be delivered".
The scheme would see a tram running from the terminal building to Paisley, where it would join the existing rail network.
But a Freedom of Information request reveals that since spending more than £26,000 on Aecom's report, Transport Scotland "has not spent any further money to date on investigating the delivery of a tram-train link". There have only been two meetings - on May 27 between Martin McKinlay, head of rail technical services for Transport Scotland, Fiona Docherty, the agency's senior transport planner, and Alison Irvine, its head of technical analysis. On May 28, Ms Docherty and Ms Irvine met with Ross Nimmo, Glasgow Airport's planning manager.
A spokesman for Glasgow Airport said: "Early discussions have been fruitful and Transport Scotland is carrying out a feasibility study. We await its conclusion with interest."
A spokesman for Transport Scotland said: "Any integration of light rail with conventional rail services presents a number of challenges and a study looking at the feasibility of the tram-train is under way which is expected to be completed by the end of August."


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Altria Group Inc.
New York Court of Appeals strikes down smoker requests for court-ordered health tests
The New York Court of Appeals ruled on Dec. 17 that it would not recognize a right to medical monitoring by smokers who had not yet come down with a related illness.
A tall order: aligning regulatory, economic challenges with corporate objectives
Considering that legal departments within large enterprises are a non-revenue generator, GCs must continually demonstrate how the law department adds value within the company.
Big Tobacco doesn't want to admit wrongdoing
When Big Tobacco told a federal judge that it didn't want to admit to repeatedly lying to consumers, it wasn't terribly shocking.
Appeals Court Revives Illinois Class-Action Tobacco Case
Bloomberg, Feb. 27, 2011


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ATLANTA — Michael Morse had four hits, including the go-ahead homer in the eighth inning after Washington had blown a four-run lead, and the Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 on Friday night.
Andrelton Simmons' two-run homer off Ross Detwiler capped Atlanta's four-run seventh inning which erased the Nationals' 4-0 lead.
Morse had a quick answer by hitting right-hander Chad Durbin's first pitch over the wall in right field leading off the eighth.
The Nationals, who swept a three-game series in Atlanta on May 25-27, are 5-1 against the Braves this season. NL East-leading Washington is 4½ games ahead of Atlanta. The Nationals began the night 3½ games ahead of the Mets.
Jesus Flores homered and Ian Desmond had a two-run single for Washington.
Sean Burnett (1-1) gave up one hit in 1⅓ scoreless innings. Tyler Clippard gave up a leadoff double to Freddie Freeman in the ninth before recovering for his 13th save.
Clippard walked Martin Prado with one out, putting runners on first and second. Michael Bourn flied out to center and Clippard ended the game on Simmons' flyball to right.
Durbin (3-1) gave up two hits and a run while recording two outs in the eighth. Jonny Venters struck out Bryce Harper with the bases loaded to end the inning.
Detwiler allowed only two hits through six scoreless innings, but he couldn't hold the 4-0 lead in the seventh.
Detwiler hit Freeman with a pitch and then bobbled a bunt by Jack Wilson, who was awarded an infield hit. A balk by Detwiler moved the runners to second and third.
Pinch-hitter Prado's single drove in Freeman. Bourn's fly ball scored Wilson, and Simmons followed with his tying two-run homer, knocking Detwiler out of the game.
Detwiler gave up four runs, five hits and a walk in 6⅔ innings.
Randall Delgado lasted only four innings, giving up seven hits and four runs, two earned.
Delgado was hurt by third-inning errors by second baseman Jack Wilson and Simmons, the rookie shortstop, which led to two unearned runs.
Wilson, starting at second base for the first time this season, dropped a grounder by Adam LaRoche for the first error with two outs. Morse singled past Chipper Jones at third. Simmons retrieved the ball in shallow left and threw past Wilson at second base for another error, allowing the runners to advance. Desmond drove in LaRoche and Morse with a single to left.
Detwiler was 0-for-14 this season before his second-inning single drove in Morse, who had singled, for Washington's first run. Flores pushed the lead to 4-0 with his homer off Delgado in the fourth.


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What is an ELO?
An Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) is a credit-bearing learning experience that takes place outside the traditional classroom.
This video offers an excellent overview of the ELO experience through the voices of students, teachers and community partners:
Extended Learning Opportunities (ELOs) are:
- driven by a student's authentic interests
- flexible in time and place
- a collaboration between the community and the educational system
- credit bearing
ELO examples
Visit our library of ELO examples to learn more about ELOs created for and by students in New Hampshire.
We work together
ELO: Beyond Classroom is a resource website for ELO development in New Hampshire and is supported by the Next Steps NH project.
The NH schools below have extensive ELO websites with guidelines, planning tools, and easily customized templates to share:
The New Hampshire Extended Learning Opportunity Network (NHELON) is a collaborative of ELO Coordinators, teachers and other educators. This network is interested in advancing the implementation of ELOs throughout the state. All are welcome to attend the monthly meetings. For information, contact Donna Couture or Terrill Covey.
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Next Steps NH Project
The Next Steps NH project provides professional development and coaching to selected New Hampshire high schools for the purpose of increasing the graduation rate of students with disabilities, and students at risk. This is done through implementing evidence-informed transition planning practices that help students prepare for college, career, and adult life. The ELO: Beyond Classroom website is part of the project.
View a simple sitemap for this website.
The contents of this website were developed under a grant from the US Department of Education, H323A120003. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. Project Officer, Corinne Weidenthal. This website and the Next Steps NH products on it are public domain. Authorization to reproduce them in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint publications on this website is not necessary, the citation should be: NH State Personnel Development Grant – Next Steps NH (2012-2017). New Hampshire Department of Education, Concord, New Hampshire, Author(s). Publications on this website that were not developed by Next Steps NH may have their own copyright rules. Check the individual document for specifics.


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On-line version ISSN 1518-8787Print version ISSN 0034-8910
CORREIA, Marlene and RONCADA, Maria José. Microscopic analysis of "prato", "mussarela" and "mineiro" cheese sold in street markets of the City of S. Paulo, Southeastern Brazil. Rev. Saúde Pública [online]. 1997, vol.31, n.3, pp.296-301. ISSN 1518-8787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101997000300011.
INTRODUCTION: Cheese should be produced from ingredients of good quality and processed under hygienic conditions. Further, cheese should be transported, stored and sold in an appropriate manner in order to avoid, among other things, the incorporation of extraneous materials (filth) of biological origin or otherwise, in contravention of the relevant food legislation. The aim of the study was to evaluate the hygienic conditions of "prato", "mussarela", and "mineiro" cheeses sold at the street food markets in the city of S. Paulo, Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Forty-seven samples of each of the three types of cheese were collected during the period from March, 1993 to February, 1994. The Latin square was used as a statistical model for sampling and random selection of the street markets from which to collect the cheese samples. The samples were analysed for the presence of extraneous matters outside for which purpose the samples were washed and filtered and inside, for which the methodology of enzymathic digestion of the sample with pancreatine, followed by filtering,was used. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Of the 141 samples analysed, 75.9% exhibited at least one sort of extraneous matters. For the "prato" and "mussarela" cheeses, the high number of contaminated samples was due mainly to extraneous matters present inside the cheese, whereas in the "mineiro" cheese, besides the internal filth, 100% of the samples had external filth.
Keywords : Food contamination; Cheese [analysis].


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Each set contains two designs.
Available designs: Bella Candy Stripe, Butterfly
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DigestFeb 24, 2013 From staff reports
Public invited to swearing in
The public is invited to attend the swearing in ceremony of newly appointed Fremont County Attorney H. Michael Bennett. The ceremony will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 1, in the County Commissioners' chambers. A reception will follow.
Teton Therapy hosting food drive
Teton Therapy, in partnership with the Care and Share Food Bank of Lander, is having a food drive throughout March. Nonperishable food items can be dropped off at either the Lander or Riverton locations, 425 Lincoln St. and 820 W. Main St., respectively. Donors will receive a gift from Teton Therapy when they donate.
Work of graduating artists on display
The work of Central Wyoming College arts students who graduate this spring is on display through March 22 in the Robert A. Peck Arts Center Gallery.
The "Stepping Forward: The Graduating Student Art Show" show features the work of Karen Allen, Suze M. Kanack, Annah Brown, Aubry I. Hartwell, Dansie D. Stockton, Kayla Winterton and Lanna Rios.
The exhibiting artists are honored at a public reception in the gallery on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m.
The gallery is open during regular college business hours.
SourceGas warns of billing scam
SourceGas customers should be aware of a variety of nationwide billing scams targeting utility customers.
The scams range from an individual trying to obtain a customer's personal information to attempts to obtain payments from customers. SourceGas is reminding customers to be prudent about the type of information they give out so they don't fall victim to identity theft.
Scammers have been known to try and use fake employee names and fake employee ID numbers when contacting customers. SourceGas said it will never call a customer and ask the customer to provide his full social security number, account number or password.
If a customer is unsure about any contact they receive from SourceGas, they are encouraged to call 1-800-563-0012 to verify the situation. Customers who think they have been a victim of a scam involving their account should call SourceGas at 1-800-563-0012 to verify the status of their account and also call their local law enforcement to report the incident.


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Quickie Tipster - DIY Diana Shutter Lock2012-11-19 1 12 Share Tweet
This Lomo quickie gives you just the tip about creating your own DIY shutter lock from a 35mm film case. If you lost the one that came with the camera, recycle a piece of plastic that's been around the photography block for your lock.
Have you ever been stuck wanting to take a long bulb exposure with your Diana but don't have your shutter lock? Well, here's a very quick tipster to make a DIY Diana Shutter Lock from an old 35mm film case:
Step 1. Get an old 35mm film case and a pair of scissors.
Step 2. Cut the case from the top to about half way down.
Step 3. Cut around the rest of the case.
Step 4. Now cut out a wedge from the case and trim it to fit as a handy shutter lock for your Diana camera. (check out all the pictures below for examples)
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Annie from Benefit Cosmetics flew all the way from San Francisco to introduce us to the brand's new They're Real! Push-Up Liner. It's the first-ever lash-hugging gel liner in a pen, and the Accuflex tip lets you get reeeeeally close to your lash line for maximum coverage. Trust us: This liner is the only tool you need to create a quick and easy cat-eye.
To get started, prime the pen by twisting the base until you see the gel, and you're ready to go—it only takes one click to line both eyes. Place the pen as close to your lash line as possible, then glide it across the entire length of your upper lid. To create a cat-eye, just change the position of the pen—the wide applicator allows you to get the perfect angle every time. Apply two coats of They're Real! Mascara, and your look is complete! Watch the video above for a step-by-step tutorial with Benefit Cosmetics' Annie and Katie from Birchbox.
Tell us in the comments what eye makeup looks you're excited to try with Benefit Cosmetics' They're Real! Push-Up Liner.
Check out more Benefit product tutorials: How To: Apply Benefit's Stay Flawless 15-Hour Primer & 30 Seconds to Your Best Brows Ever


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Photo Flash: Sneak Peek of Elizabeth Stanley & More in Pittsburgh CLO's CATS!
Take a look at Pittsburgh CLO's production of CATS, opening tonight (July 18th)! A talented company of felines will bring Andrew Lloyd Webber's mysterious masterpiece to life on the Benedum Center stage. Scroll down to see production photos!
Featuring your favorite Jellicle Cats on the night of their annual gathering, this song and dance masterpiece is the purrfect opportunity for the entire family to create a memory that will live forever! Winner of seven Tony Awards® including Best Musical, CATS features 20 of Andrew Lloyd Webber's timeless melodies including "Mr. Mistoffelees" and the multi-million selling hit "Memory." It holds as one of the longest running musicals in Broadway history!
Tickets are available online at pittsburghCLO.org, by calling 412-456-6666 or at the Box Office at Theater Square. Groups of 10 or more enjoy exclusive discounts and specialty packages. Call our Group Sales Hotline at 412-325-1582 for more information.
Since 1946, the Pittsburgh CLO has been the driving force behind live musical theater in Pittsburgh and the entire Southwestern Pennsylvania region. Under the direction of Van Kaplan since 1997, this not-for-profit arts organization appreciates the support of nearly 200,000 patrons each year and produces a subscription series, educational programs, national tours and develops and invests in new works, including 19 Broadway shows (25 Tony Awards®) featuring the current productions of Cinderella, Kinky Boots and Matilda. Its dedication to the musical theater art form extends to include such programs as the CLO Academy, the CLO Mini Stars, the Gene Kelly Awards, the Richard Rodgers Award the National High School Musical Theater Awards, the Construction Center for the Arts and the CLO Cabaret.
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Cast of CATS
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text: First Supercross Champion Pierre Karsmakers Honored At Anaheim Kit Palmer | January 16, 2014 Pierre Karsmakers, among other Supercross legends, was honored at Angel Stadium on Thursday. Photography by Kit PalmerThis weekend's Anaheim II Supercross at Angel Stadium will be a little more special than usual, as it will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the AMA Supercross Championship, and for Thursday's pre-race media day, some of the legendary Supercross racers of the past were invited to participate in the afternoon's conference and attend Saturday's race.One of those riders was the first ever AMA Supercross Champion, Pierre Karsmakers, aka "The Flying Dutchman."In 1973, the racer from Holland was basically hired by Yamaha to help teach its riders the in's and out of motocross, which was at that time dominated by the Europeans.After a stellar first year racing motocross on American soil, Honda made a move for Karsmakers and hired him for the 1974 season and then some. When he won the first Supercross Championship in 1974, no one really knew what the new sport of Supercross was about to grow in to. Except Karsmakers."I always felt Supercross would be big," said Karsmakers at Angel Stadium. "Americans are sporting people and they love the spectacle of the sport."I wasn't riding alone," he added. "There were Americans riding here [Supercross] also and we all together made the show. I could really feel by the reactions of the public in the stadiums that Supercross was going to grow. Because when people passed each other, the people were just cheering [loudly], so I knew right then that this is going to grow in America, for sure, I just felt it right away."For someone who grew up racing on fast, rough and natural-terrain track of Europe, the idea of racing indoors must have seem ridiculous to him, but The Flying Dutchman was very much open-minded about it."The first race I saw the track, it seemed so narrow; it was such a small track and everything, but during the race, it turned out to be okay, because it was for everybody the same," Karsmakers said. "Then the tracks improved and improved, so it was okay."He obviously caught on to this new sport just fine."When I won the Supercross Championship in 1974, it was very tough racing. Obviously, things are completely different now with the tracks, bikes, suspension, but it was hard work. It was very intense, and you really had to be careful not to get thrown off the bikes."Karsmakers' first Supercross win was at Daytona in 1973 and he won there again in 1974, but he was not able to defend his number-one plate that year because of an injury."At the end of '74, I moved to Honda, but I broke my leg in my first qualifier race, I think at Carlsbad, right at the beginning of February [1975]. That was a bummer for me, so it put me back two months. That year I started late and couldn't really compete in the Supercross Series anymore. Plus, I was sent to Japan and Europe a lot for Honda for testing for the Grands Prix; my actual position at Honda at that time was trying to make the bike competitive for the Grands Prix, which we succeeded."The best works bike that he ever rode, he said, was the Honda RC400 in 1976."It was a great bike, everything about it was great: powerband, torque, bottom-end, handling, weight, center of gravity – at that time it was ideal."Karsmakers says he has two memories of Supercross that stands out most for him."I think winning Daytona twice and also my last race on Honda, which was here at Anaheim. After three years with Honda, I signed a contract with Yamaha again to race for them for three more years, so I really wanted to leave Honda with a victory, and this was the last race of the year. On the start, I did something wrong and missed my start completely, so I had to come from way back to the front, and I was behind Marty Smith who was leading at the time. I needed just a couple hundred more yards in the race, but I came just a bit too short. That was a really hard battle. I really had to push it to the limit every second. I should've won that race."Karsmakers, who lives in Belgium, was invited by Supercross promoter Feld Motor Sports and was happy to make the trip to California for this weekend's race."I feel real glad that after 40 years people still remember me here and still know about the races that I rode here and the victories that I took," he said. "It is nice that they flew me over here, so it's nice to be remembered. It shows respect."He added that he still follows the sport and still attends Supercross races here in the U.S. when he can."The last one I was at was Daytona four or five years ago. I always love Daytona, don't know why, but I always loved Daytona."Maybe it's because he's won twice there. Kit Palmer | Off-Road EditorKit Palmer started his career at Cycle News in 1984 and he's been testing dirt and streetbikes every since – plus covering any event that uses some form of a knobby tire. He's also our resident motorcycle mileage man with a commute of 120 miles a day. Comments


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State Ed Commissioner willing to consider adjustments in tests, but not Common Core rigor
State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. said this morning that state education officials will continue to consider adjustments in response to concerns they've heard at public forums, but that they will not acquiesce to complaints that the new Common Core standards are simply too difficult for students to learn.
"To me, the folks who are making the argument that it's too much, it's too hard, essentially an argument for lower standards, they're just ignoring the reality," King said during a meeting with editors and reporters at The Buffalo News.
King said state education officials plan to continue to discuss adjustments they will make to state tests and other education initiatives when the Board of Regents meets next week.
"I'm sure we'll hear similar concerns tonight, and we'll try to work our way through them," King said. "Some of the concerns are adjustments that we know we want to make."
For example, King said, he anticipates hearing concerns about state assessment policies for students with disabilities, an issue he said he is working with the U.S. Department of Education on in an effort to allow special education students to be tested based on their instructional level, rather than their chronological age.
"Some of the concerns are adjustments that we know we want to make," King said. "So for example, we'll hear, I'm sure, from parents and teachers concerned about students with disabilities and assessment policies for students with disabilities. We worry about that, too."
Regent Robert Bennett said he heard seven themes emerge from a public forum in Jamestown last week: testing, the rollout of new Common Core learning standards, student privacy, the need for more professional development, parental engagement, standardized testing and students with special needs.
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Chevrolet Repair Questions? Ask a Chevy Mechanic for Answers ASAP
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Are the bubbles and no heat the reason you replaced t-stat, or is this just happening afterwards?
The reason i asked is that this engine is common for headgasket problems causing air pockets in the cooling system- so no heat. The rear headgasket is most prone to this. You should not have to replace a t-stat every year. I would suggest pressure testing system, or looking at passenger side of rear head for signs of leaking. Inspecting spark plug would also show a problem with a headgasket.
Other than that, best way to get air out after a cooling system repair is to have engine off, loosen the bleeder and let air purge until only coolant coming out. The bleeder is on top of a pipe, above the water pump area at passeenger side of front valve cover.
Then close bleeder. Let run until hot, shut it off, lossen bleader again to let out any remaining air. May take a few times.
If it persists, i would definately look into a headgasket problem. Especially if it is boiling over.
Yes, sounds like air in the system.
Would look into headgasket problem.
Air pockets in the system around the temp sensor will not show proper coolant temp. Sensor cant read air, only fluid.
As described above, use that bleeder screw.
Then cap it off and take it on a short drive. Do a few hard accelerations, and the this will usually get it out. You will notice all of a sudden blows nice and hot.