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23 Kan. App. 2d 789
No. 76,313
JAMIE D. ROBERTS, Claimant/Appellant, v.THE J. C. PENNEY COMPANY, Respondent/Appellee, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Insurance Carrier/Appellee, and THE KANSAS WORKERS COMPENSATION FUND.
1. Medical evidence is not essential to the establishment of the existence, nature, and extent of an injured worker's disability.
2. In workers compensation cases, the administrative law judge and the Workers Compensation Board are not bound by the technical rules of procedure and are to give the parties a reasonable opportunity to be heard and present evidence.
3. K.S.A. 44-519 applies only when a party introduces the medical report of a nontestifying physician as evidence.
4. A vocational expert may rely on the medical reports of nontestifying physicians which have not been introduced into evidence.
Appeal from Workers Compensation Board. Opinion filed April 11, 1997. Reversed and remanded with instructions.
Chris Miller, of Lawrence, for appellant.
James C. Wright, of Wright & Shafer, of Topeka, for appellees.
Before MARQUARDT, P.J., GREEN, J., and CAROL J. BACON, District Judge, assigned.
BACON, J.: Jamie D. Roberts appeals from the ruling of the Workers Compensation Board (Board), which found that K.S.A. 44-519 requires the exclusion of vocational expert testimony regarding the percentage of a claimant's work disability when that percentage is based on restrictions contained in medical reports generated by an absent, nontestifying, treating physician.
Roberts suffered a work-related back injury in February 1990. Following this injury, Roberts continued working, but after a few weeks, she had to stop due to the pain. In September 1990, Roberts was referred to Dr. Roger Jackson for back surgery. Thereafter, Roberts went through vocational rehabilitation, which was ultimately unsuccessful. Roberts contends that she is unable to return to gainful employment as a result of her injury.
Dr. Edward J. Prostic, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon who examined and evaluated Roberts, testified that she had sustained a 40 percent functional impairment and was only capable of performing light-duty employment. Michael Dreiling, Roberts' vocational expert, testified that Roberts had suffered a 100 percent work disability. Dreiling's conclusions were based on the restrictions noted in the medical records of Dr. Jackson, Roberts' treating physician, as well as those of other doctors who had seen Roberts for this injury. Dr. Jackson's deposition was not taken and, subsequently, his records were not introduced into evidence. However, Dr. Jackson's records were part of the vocational rehabilitation information on file with the Kansas Division of Workers Compensation and were, therefore, available to counsel.
Monty Longacre, the vocational expert for J. C. Penney Company (Penney), testified that although Roberts had sustained a 36 percent loss in her ability to perform in the open market, she had suffered no loss in her ability to earn comparable wages.
After considering the opinions of Longacre and Dreiling, an administrative law judge (ALJ) found that Roberts had suffered a 59 percent permanent partial disability as a result of her work-related injury. On appeal, the Board modified the ALJ's award, finding that
|"[t]he determination of loss of ability to perform work in the open labor market and loss of ability to earn compensable wages is critical in determining an injured worker's right to permanent partial disability benefits under K.S.A. 1989 Supp. 44-510e. Unless the medical information utilized by the labor market expert is part of the evidentiary record, the expert's opinion that is based upon that information is without foundation and should not be considered by the trier of facts when timely objections are lodged. To hold otherwise would be to circumvent the intent of K.S.A. 44-519 . . . . Although claimant had the opportunity to introduce the medical opinion either by deposition or stipulation, the medical information considered by Mr. Dreiling and which constituted the primary basis for his opinions was never introduced into the evidentiary record."
Based on Longacre's testimony, the Board found that claimant had only an 18 percent work disability. Roberts appeals.
In workers compensation cases, the scope of appellate review is limited. See K.S.A. 1996 Supp. 44-556; K.S.A. 77-621. Under K.S.A. 77-621(c), relief will be granted only if it is determined that any one or more of the following has occurred:
"(4) the agency has erroneously interpreted or applied the law;
. . .
"(7) the agency action is based on a determination of fact, made or implied by the agency, that is not supported by evidence that is substantial when viewed in light of the record as a whole, . . . or
"(8) the agency action is otherwise unreasonable, arbitrary or capricious."
K.S.A. 44-510e(a) states in pertinent part:
|"The extent of permanent partial general disability shall be the extent, expressed as a percentage, to which the employee, in the opinion of the physician, has lost the ability to perform the work tasks that the employee performed in any substantial gainful employment during the fifteen-year period preceding the accident, averaged together with the difference between the average weekly wage the worker was earning at the time of the injury and the average weekly wage the worker is earning after the injury." (Emphasis added.)
K.S.A. 44-519 provides:
|"No report of any examination of any employee by a health care provider, as provided for in the workers compensation act and no certificate issued or given by the health care provider making such examination, shall be competent evidence in any proceeding for the determining or collection of compensation unless supported by the testimony of such health care provider, if this testimony is admissible, and shall not be competent evidence in any case where testimony of such health care provider is not admissible."
Both parties rely on Boeing Military Airplane Co. v. Enloe, 13 Kan. App. 2d 128, 131, 764 P.2d 462 (1988), rev. denied 244 Kan. 736 (1989). Boeing involved an objection to the testimony of two physicians whose medical opinions were based, in part, on the claimant's past medical records. Because the doctors generating the past medical records did not testify at the proceeding, the respondent claimed that the records were inadmissible under K.S.A. 44-519. This court found that K.S.A. 44-519 "literally applies only when a party seeks to introduce a report or certificate of a physician or surgeon into evidence." 13 Kan. App. 2d at 130. In Boeing, the claimant did not attempt to introduce the past medical records into evidence. We concluded that "K.S.A. 44-519 does not prevent a testifying physician from considering medical evidence generated by other absent physicians as long as the testifying physician is expressing his or her own opinion rather than the opinion of the absent physician." 13 Kan. App. 2d 128, Syl. ¶ 3.
In Boeing, this court also addressed the proper standard of review to be applied on an appeal from a claim that evidence was erroneously admitted in a workers compensation proceeding. On review of such a claim, "this court will affirm when the decision is based on substantial and satisfactory evidence even though some evidence is not technically admissible under the rules of evidence." Boeing, 13 Kan. App. 2d 128, Syl. ¶ 4.
Roberts argues that the rationale of Boeing should be extended to permit Dreiling's testimony even though he relied on the medical opinions of physicians who had not testified in the proceeding regarding the extent of Roberts' disability and whose reports had not been introduced into evidence. Here, the ALJ relied on Boeing in overruling Penney's objection to Dreiling's testimony, while the Board excluded his testimony.
Recently, in McKinney v. General Motors Corp., 22 Kan. App. 2d 768, 772, 921 P.2d 257 (1996), this court reiterated that "medical evidence is not essential to the establishment of the existence, nature, and extent of an injured worker's disability." "In workers compensation cases, the ALJ and the Board are not bound by the technical rules of procedure and are to give the parties a reasonable opportunity to be heard and present evidence." 22 Kan. App. 2d at 772. In McKinney, the ALJ considered a medical report which was generated by a neutral health care provider that was appointed by the ALJ to evaluate the claimant and to prepare a report discussing the claimant's functional disability. This court held: "Under an integrated interpretation of K.S.A. 44-510e(a) and K.S.A. 44-519, the absence of admissible testimony supporting the report of an independent medical examiner does not make the report inadmissible." 22 Kan. App. 2d 768, Syl. ¶ 5.
Boeing and McKinney provide three important rules of law applicable to the present case: (1) Medical testimony is not required to establish a claimant's work disability rating; (2) neither the ALJ nor the Board is bound by technical rules of evidence; and (3) K.S.A. 44-519 applies only when a party introduces a medical report of a nontestifying physician as evidence. Here, the ALJ correctly ruled that a vocational expert could rely on the medical reports of nontestifying physicians which had not been introduced as evidence in the proceeding.
Reversed and remanded to reinstate the ALJ's award.


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Bethel Campus from the Air
A Clarion First
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The Clarion
Bate Vaal Scitaal Pareit
The Campus Beautiful! With
Harold Christenson at the controls
of his plane and Byron Skalman at
the controls of his camera, the
picture you see below was taken.
The venture was sponsored and
financed by The Clarion andd it is
the first such view of the campus
that has ever been taken. At this
Homecoming we find new additions
on the campus. Things which are
not apparent on the ground can
be seen easly from the air.
The Seminary and the College
building will bring back many
memories to those who have
roamed their halls. Where there
was once only grass and shrubbery,
there are now three proud new
buildings. The grounds around the
buildings have been made more
attractivve by the skillful landscap-ingg
of the caretaker, Eric Brge-son.
This photo also shows the true
size and shape of the trailers in
their camp ggrounds near the sem-inary
building. Not too much at-tention
has been given to them,
but if they were moved, they would
be missed by those who see them
every day.
The path from the Seminary to
the Girl's Dorm may seem straight
when one is walking on it, tint from
this new vantage point, it is ob-viously
not so. Although an attempt
has been made at various times
to cover this path, it has always
come back into use, proving its
place in the regular order of things.
Carl Lundquist, who will be the
main speaker at tonight's special
Homecoming service, is a Bethel
graduate. He is the pastor of the
Elim Baptist Church on Chicago's
South Side.
Bethel Board
Studies Student
Exchange Program
Bethel's enlarged enrollment con-tinues
to cause the laying of plans
for its accomodation. The latest
of such methods was discussed at
a meeting of the College Board
on October 15, when the proposal
was made that a door be built at
the rear of the chapel, the details
for this alternation have been left
to the policy committee and the
building and grounds committee of
the board.
The need for a door at the rear
of the chapel arises not so mucn
from the ned of a speed-up of
getting students into the chapel,
but from the necessity of speed-up
in getting students back to their
classes after chapel services. Such
an exit, the board feels, will bc of
value in a ccomodating seminary
students and those students not
having a third period class.
The board appointed also a com-mittee
to study the possibilities of
Bethel's entering into a program
of exchange students with some
of the colleges in Europe. In con-junction
with this matter, Rev.
Wm. Turnwall gave a report on
the colleges in Scandinavia that
he visited in his recent attendance
of the World Baptist Conference
at Copenhagen. The possibility of
obtaining a professor for a year
from some European college was
also brought to their attention.
Vol. XXVII—No. 6 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. October 24, 1947
Homecoming Activities
Let's all come out to Bethel's first regular Homecoming football game
this afternoon at 2:00 P. M. Both teams are in top shape and a good
game is certain. The boys have done a lot of intensive practice since
their last game at Rochester three weeks ago, and they are going to make
an all-out effort to break into the win column. An interesting program
featuring the band and some assorted Bethel talent will be presented
at half-time.
Dear Grads,
While quietly meditating the
pleasure of seeing you on the camp-us
for Homecoming, I was suddenly
startled by an embarrassing thou-ght.
Think of it! Our grads are
coming back, and we have neither
ivy nor quonsets!
The academic world is a world
of traditions. It keeps close contact
with the past and consciously per-petuates
the cultural legacy. It
takes pride in that it does not
change. The ivy symbolically
carries us back to the Middle Ages
and beyond.
Conversely, a new pride has
sprung up in the educational world,
it is the pride of having met an
emergency, of having temporary
provisions in the midst of a crisis.
Here is quonset pride.
Really, it is not accident, nor
is it coincidence that we have
neither of these on our Bethel
campus. Our building program and
our curricular changes are not de-signed
to meet an emergency or
a crisis ; rather, they are based
on a long-range program of Chris-tian
service. We believe that the
Lord has a place for Bethel and
that Christians will be increasingly
aware of the importance of a Chris-tian
In order to be effective, func-tional
and vital, this training must
not be too firmly attached to the
ground. The Christian message
does not grow ivy; it never be-comes
ancient. It is old and un-changing,
and yet it is thoroughly
modern and pertinent to the needs
of Wividuals and groups today.
We welcome our graduates and
friends to the campus again. It is
your school, so make yourselves
at home and have a good visit; and
as you leave, pray that the Lord
may accomplishever greater things
through Bethel.
Cordially yours,
C. E. Carlson
Photo by Skalman
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Managing Editor Rudy W, Forsman
Assistant Managing Editor John Soneson
News Editor Marwin Lindstedt
Feature Editor David Carlson
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Reporters Audrey Carlson, Harold Christen-sen,
Carl Appelquist, Doris Olson, Bill Lind-roth,
Ed Stayton, John Leggett, Al Olsson,
Pat Calbom, Addle Bavin, Pat Pope, Virginia
Hanson, Milt Regier, Lois Leaf, Paul Ander-son,
Bernice Madsen.
Typists Jean Butler, Carolyn Hedberg.
Roy Dalton
Art Editor Ted Hamlin
Photographers ....• Byron Skalman, Harry Paney
Business Manager Bob Hamlett
Circulation Manager Kenneth Skov
Faculty Adviser V. Elving Anderson
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except vacations.
Subscription price $1.50 per year
Homecoming Welcome
To Bethel's halls we welcome you once more;
Your friends are here to greet you by tne
The words, the smiles, the hearty handclasps
Assure you that your Bethel friends are true.
The faculty a cheery welcome say.
They think, as you, back to a former day
When all in classroom had commualon sweet.
They now, with pleasure, former students
The students on the campus welcome all.
They too have answered Bethel's eanest call.
They know you, though perhaps you've never
This day in fellowship you'll ne'er forget.
We welcome you,with us the joys to share,
The blessings and 'delights of answered prayer
For buildings new, for rich financial gain
For daily guidance, making God's will plain.
We welcome you who come from far and near
To meet the Bethel friends you hold most
We think of those who could not come today;
They look this way with longing hears and
We welcome you from. North, South, East,
and West
As always, Bethel offers you her best.
May you enjoy the program planned for you
This is our hope and prayer, sincere and true.
Effie V. Nelson
20actici allaN24,
I've seen three of these Homecoming affairs
come and go but No. 4 promises to be an
occasion without an equal, as far as I'm con-cerned.
Of course, the program is wonderful
and the crowd this year exceeds anything here-tofore
but then I should be overawed by such
mere trifles! You see, six weeks ago I left
a very special friend of mine in Portland and
since then I have been just half here....as you
can tell if you have been reading this column
each week. Today, however, I am living again
because she is here and to say I am happy
would be a. gross understatement. HEARTY
WELCOME LUCILLE! Oh, I suppose I should
greet the rest of you alumni too, so "Hi."
Going from the sublime to the ridiculous,
there's a certain article in this issue that I
wouldn't waste my time reading, if I were you..
that's "Somorrie News". It's true that we wel-come
any help in putting out a good paper but
the tripe that this Engstrom character writes
is atrocious. His roomate of last year evidently
knows his liteary ability so he forwarded a
year's subscription to the article....a cent...
and I also agree that it smells.
Bon jour! Once again I'm reflecting in this
upholstered foxhole behind a cup of delicious
something—probably essence of cobra venom,
today. Whatever it may be, as I recline here,
watching Bob Nelson impassively watering the
Barq's root beer and scribbling double prices
on the menu, I am reminded of the fact, by
some obscure oddity, that the 24th brings to
us the eventful home-coming game with Aus-tin.
Via the grapevine I hear that we are to
witness a very colorful ceremony between
halves this year. An eleven man Bethel pick
and shovel squad will march onto the field
and attempt to dig up the alumni backfield
who have been buried there in years gone
by. (Formerly, you know, the school played
the old grads at home-coming.) The early,
thaw last spring unearthed the bodies of
several of these aged boys, and so immediately
the student council met and exercised its
fullest powers by placing eleven ballots for
the new all-school pick and • shovel squad in
every available mail and shoe box. The election
was carried on in true Bethel tradition—with
amazing alacrity in a rather mysterious mann-er—
it seems that no one knows of anyone who
knows of any tabulation—but anyway, the re-sult
is that we will be well represented in a
shining spectacle between the halves of the
game. And let me tell you, these boys on the
pick and shovel squad are the finest group of
fellows I've ever worked with. They may not
find any bodies but they've sure got the right
What is a column without a rumor....here's
one with loco interest....it comes by way of
Assistant-to-the-President Eric Borgeson....As
of next quarter, Professor Berge Hooligan will
head the department of higher economics in
the new graduate school of Bethel University.
Mr. Walfred Peterson will assist.
Speaking of economics (practical, this time),
there is an informative article in THE AMERI-CAN
MERCURY for October written by Noel
0. Lewis, entitled "Our Underpaid College
Professors". Among other things, he tells
us that during the recent trucking strike in
New York City it was found that the average
annual wage of the drivers for 1945-46 was
$4,000 to $6,000. At the same time, there are
lots of new PhD's who are making $1,200 a
year or less at teaching. Over a period of six
years the janitors at Columbia University have
By Dave Carlson
Roy Dalton is savagely brushing up on his
French after a rather embarrassing incident
in the French Club meeting. It seems that the
speaker, a native of France who is now teach-ing
at Northwestern, spent approximately 20
minutes telling of her conversion and back-ground
in French. In the question period that
followed her talk she answered questions in
English and Roy asked, "Mlle. Danielle, how
were you converted?"....A certain girl was
admited to Midway Hospital as the result of
a headlong fall down the stairs in the Dorm.
She will receive no sympathy from me, how-ever,
because she tripped on her new long
corduroy skirt and anyone who is slave
enough to style to wear one of these mon-strosities,
well... you know how I feel about
ANNOUNCEMENT: Don't miss the oppor-tunity
of a lifetime! Pay your car token and
see Lil' David's much-publicized "harp" in
Room 110, Edgren Hall during Open House
PLATFORM FOR TODAY: "By nothing do
men show their characters more than by the
things at which they laugh" Goethe.
Emz of Tbougbt
By President Wingblade
It is said that words like . God and house,
father and mother, heart and tears, ax and
tree- - -identical in all Indo-European langu-ages,
are like the watch words of a giant
army in their solemn march around the globe.
And the reason is that the words were vital
to the lives and experiences of the people.
However, the word "home" has come to be
one of the richest connotation. It is not just
a house, but an atmosphere. Years ago the
motto was often seen on walls: "Be it ever
so humble, there is no place like home". That
is true, for home has become rich with "im-ponderables".
At Bethel we are again looking forward to
"home coming". What is the purpose and value
of it? The answer is two-fold. First to the
student; second to the school.
One of the enduring satisfactions of life
is found in loyalties. It does the heart good to
be loyal to worthy causes and worthy institu-tions.
Said the young knight to his lady whetko
she bemoaned his leaving her side to take his
place in the ranks of battle- - -"I would not
love thee near so much, loved I not honor
Find great personalities in any realm, pos-sessed
of courage and caliber, and you will
find men of strong loyalties. And among stu-dents
and alumni of any school the same holds
true. It is only when a person loses himself
with a consuming passion in some great cause
that he finds himself at his best. How abun-dantly
history attests that fact. It was true
of William Lloyd Garrison. Wendell Phii.ps,
Florence Nightingale, Frances Willard- - -and
a countless galaxy of others.
Then, of course, it forwards e cause or
project. If the sonse of Bethel do not rally
to Bethel, what of the future? But they have,
and do, and they will.
And so home coming will be warmed by
fellowship and feeling, but it will also be
surcharged with facts and future. May we of
the present day campus render our contribu-tion
to make it a happy and hopeful occasion.
won pay boosts of 67%, while the luckiest
profs at the same university have gone up a
maximum of only 25(/, . Here's the result—
formerly, nearly one out of every two college
and university students expected to go into
some branch of teaching, but today informal
polls reveal that barely one in five care for
an academic career. Is there any wonder?
C. A. Applequist
THE CLARION Page S
Univ. Alumni
Chapter Keeps
Bethel Spirit
Bethel Looks Up, Forward
Bethel Alumni, University Chap-ter,
began its fifth year of activity
with a Weiner roast at Como Park,
Friday, October 10. With the in-creased
enrollment at Bethel, the
University Alumni Chapter has
accordingly grown, and forty-three
former Bethelites came forth for
the pow wow. Dalphy (nerf) Fagei
strom, president engineered the
group in an informal • program.
Stanley Paulson, Walfred Peter-son,
and Thor Kommedahl lent
their support with humorus read-ings,
and James Nyquist led the
singing. Richard Forsline was elect-vice
president to replace Bill
Thompson, who was "called away"
to attend the medical school at
the University of Michigan. Other
officers are Pauline Widen, sec.-
treas., Doris M. Johnson, social
chairman, and Allen John, advisor.
Bethel alumni may never athletic
fame at the University, but they
have nevertheless attained great
heights scholastically. Several have
returned to Bethel as instructors,
namely, Gerald Ahlquist, Walfred
Peterson, Elving Anderson, Dalphy
Fagerstrom, Paul Edwards, and
Mrs. Karl Karlson. On the Univer-sity
of Minnesota we are represent-ed
in the persons of Dr. Karl Karl-son,
Stanley Paulson, Howard Jen-son,
Thor Kommedahl, and Elmer
The girls are enthusiastic about
keeping trim by playing basket-ball
this year and have decided to
practice at Bethel, possibly on
Tuesday nights. A hike will bring
the University Chapter of Alumni
together again shortly after mid-quarters;
meanwhile they are look-ing
forward to fellowship with
other Bethel alumni at Homecom-ing.
The membership of this quarter
consists of those who have left
Bethel and now attend the Univer-sity.
Those who have graduated
from the University are retained
on the inactive membership roll,
and are invited to all socials.
Socials are held twice a quarter.
Members keep in contact with each
other through the inter-Varsity
meetings and chapel hours.
Greetings to our visiting friends.
Persuaded that the quality of Bet-hel
fellowship is not strained but
rather is rich and enduring, the
alumni attending the University
of Minnesota meet fegularly to
sustain and recreate Bethel ex-periences.
Tis Homecoming week-endthe
University chapter of Bethel
Alumni extends its greetings and
best wishes to all former Bethel
students, desiring for them success,
happiness, and more opportunities
for Bethel fellowship.
University Chapter of Bethel
W. Fagerstrom
Elected to serve as official 1947
Homecomeing host and hostess
were Robert Hamlett from Chicago,
Illinois, and Thelma Burgeson from
Forestville, Connecticut. Although
they were elected at the beginning
of last week, the results were not
revealed until last night when both
of them presided over the bonfire
held on the campus.
Thelma and Bobb are both well
to known to Bethel students. Bob
has been much in demand since he
entered school last year, as an
organizer in many committees. The
success of the J. S. Banquet last
spring was due largely to his in-itiative
and drive. This year, he is
With the progress Bethel has
made to word becoming a four-year
college, improvement should be
made in other fields of interest
to students and of necessity to
our school for the completeness
of curriculum. Advancement can
always be made in any undertaking
but there are special subjects of
need here.
Wider variety in music courses
would create greater interest. In-strumental
as well as vocal empha-sis
should be made, and thus, in-crease
this department. Competi-tion
in the form of festivals would
develop our music departments and
of course, develop interest.
Another suggestion would be to
develop an art department. Since
Bethel has nothing whatsoever in
this field, possibly an appreciation
course would serve as a beginning.
After interest is stirred, develop-ment
of technique could be studied,
and thus give our school a wider
range of interest in the fine arts.
Journalism could be offered to
students interested in this work.
There are a great deal of possibili-ties
for the future in writing, and
interested Bethel students must be
doing a swell job at the difficult
task of keeping the Clarion wheels
turning smoothly in his capacity as
business manager. Bob's home
church is the Roseland Temple
Baptist Church in Chicago.
Thelma, who is Bethel's first
Junior homecoming hostess, served
as the secretary on last year's
Spire staff. She also won a place
on the popularity poll conducted
last spring. She has served on the
Clarion for the past two years, and
frequenters of the Coffee Shop are
well acquainted with her charming
personality. Her home church is
the Grace Baptist Church in Bris-tol,
For the information of you
Bethelites returning to the ole alma
mater, the Crusade Gospel Teams
are still going strong as ever. Re-member
when you were here last
year- - -how every week somewhere
in the Twin Cities the theme song
of the G. I. Gospel "Jesus Saves",
would ring out just as it once did
in Japan and in the Philippines.
The girls' trio was with us then,
made up of Grace Gustafson, Eve-lyn
Stolhammer, and June Edman,
with Ingrid Swanson as accompan-ist.
June is going to school out in
Seattle now, still carrying on for
the Crusade, and Ingrid is married.
Ev, Grace, and the quartet are still
at Bethel, and are looking forward
to another active year for the Far
Eastern Gospel Crusade.
The speech department also has
a great deal of room for expansion.
Debate teams could be organized
to compete with other colleges,
making our school better known.
Radio courses could be offered in
public speaking which would be
of great interest and advantage to
N.A.S. Drive
Needs Support
N. A. S. is not dead! ! In spite
of current rumors the program is
very much alive. First, let us
clarify the terms. What does N. A.
S. mean? Our illustrious editor
thought that N. A. S. meant Naval
Air Station. It surely would be
crowded with an air station in the
back yard. Then I've heard it
Nelson after Seaquist. Also there
is the Never Advising Study soci-ety.
I finally succeeded in pinning
down one of the N. A. S. "big
wheels" and was informed that it
means New Athletic Stadium. Now
why the word stadium is used is
beyond me, for actually a new field
house is the object of the pro-gram.
The N. A. S. project was born
out of a genuine interest of the
students to have a part in Bethel's
expanding program. It became
clearly apparent that the administ-ration
could de nothing in the way
of a field house until the present
building program was complete.
The need was, and is, immediate.
A committee of students was form-ed
and a campaign put under way.
Unfortunately, m at h m a t i c al ly
speaking, the need of a field house
is multiplying while the funds are
merely adding. There has been to
date about $21,000 pledged and
about $100,000 needed for such a
There are only two ways in
which this amount of money can
be raised. One is by student sub-scription;
the other by help from
the alumni. If this year runs true
to form, the students will have
pledged $35,000 by next June, but
this isn't enough. Alumni, we need
your help. We deeply apreciate
what you have already done, but
we need more help. So come on
gang, let's all get behind this thing
and push- - -N. A. S.- - -field house
or bust!
Spire Photo
The awarding of the contract
for Spire photography to Wright
Studios of St. Paul requires expla-nation.
Wright's reputation as
photographers is practically a
guarantee of the finest quality
obtainable. The Spire staff believes
this quality to be worth the ex-pense
involved. Also Wright will
come to Bethel to take the pictures,
making special trips to the studio
unnecessary. Furthermore, Wri-ght's
prices are not much higher
than those of other Twin City
Consequently, in the interests of
a better quality of photography in
the 1948 year book, the staff seeks
the cooperation of the student body
in standing this additional expense.
Pro"specs" for gospel Crusade
Bethel Studies Teams Active
Page 4 THE CLARION
Board Welcomes S. C. Grateful
Homecomers To Alumni
Dr. G. A. Hagstrom
The student body, administration,
and alumni alike, will be happy
to know that Dr. G. Arvid Hag-storm
is improving in health and
is now up and around. With his
eyesight returning, he enjoys read-ing
the daily paper, The Standard
and his beloved Bible. Favorable
weather has pemitted him to go
for short automobile rides.
Memories of his active past,
thinking of his library and the
studying of God's Word that he'd
like to do, make it a little diffi-cult
for the president emeritus to
obey Dr. Earl's injunction to relax.
But he endeavors to follow or-ders
and is hopeful of being able
to enjoy a church service, a visit
to the Bethel Campus, and a few
board meetings in two or three
more weeks.
Sem Seniors
EA ten d Welcome
We of the Seminary Senioi Class
welcome all Bethel alumni who at-tend
the Homecoming fesivities.
Our committee has taken care to
offer a well rounded program for
you- - -you have incurred expense
and time to be present. We trust
that out of this cooperation shall
come inspiration and blessing to
all concerned. May your bond with
Bethel be strengthened during
Homecoming Days.
Garnet Jenkin
Any one who has been away
from his or her parental home for
any length of time realizes to a
fuller extent the meaning of home-coming
or coming home. The word
home has a close azili sentimental
relation to love. May Bethel be a
place to vv- hi -th we love 'to come
home '. May the memories from
Bethel inspire each one to draw
closer to God and to our school.
The school board wishes to ex-te:.-
d to you their sincere welcome
to this Annual Homecoming. May
these vents become greater and
better each passing year.
Dr. Burton
First Senior
College Class
A cartoon of recent publication
cleverly depicts a hill-billy woman
valiantly struggling with wooden
props to force a house, which
somehow has acquired the leading
characteristic of a leaning tower,
back to an erect position. In the
foreground her sire is seen explain-ing
to the junior members of the
family, "Your maw's busy straight-ening
up the house. We're expect-ing
In anticipation of the annual
homecoming visit of Bethel alumni,
our time has been spent reinforcing
walls which are fairly bursting
with wisdom-seekers. As Dean Carl-son
wittily remarked, we are be-coming
so over-crowded that if one
is to turn around it is necessary
first to discover the space in which
to do it.
All of which shows that Bethel
is growing. An addition has been
made this year which is not a
first apparent. The academic pro-gram
has been expanded to include
the third year. Thirteen studentg
have been accepted officially in
the senior college, and others have
enrolled in several of the third
year courses.
Accordingly, Alumni, receive the
warmest welcorrie of the junior
class of Bethel College. May your
visit be filled with pleasant experi-ences,
and may you find joy and
inspiration in our fellowship.
Welcome, Alumni, to Bethel's
Seventeenth Annual Homecoming!
As the Student Council is a means
whereby student opinion is express-ed,
we feel that we are reflecting
the sentiments of the entire stu-dent
body when we say that we are
happy to see you return to your
alma mater for a brief visit. We,
the present students, feel that we
owe to you alumni a certain a-mount
of gratitude. Without a
doubt, your association with our
school in the past has largely in-fluen3ed
the progress of Bethel.
Therefore, we are happy to plan
this Homecoming for you, and it is
our desire that you shall enjoy
your little stay with us.
—The Student Council
Extend Welcome
Welcome, returning Bethelite!
Your return is a real treat to
those of us who crack (?) the
books here this year. We have
been wondering how we will act
a few years from now. This golden
opportunity, for we can watch your
actions this weekend. Knowing
Bethel graduates have their alma
mater in mind through the years
is an encouragement to us.
We still enjoy real Christian
fellowship here. New faces have
not brought new trends in atmo-sphere.
Bethel is still a place of
vital fellowship, and( truthfully,
our Christian lives have been en-riched
by friends in Christ we
have met here. We hope this know-ledge
will be a real incentive to
you in your sphere of Christian
And so we attempt by the aid
of the Holy Spirit to walk with
God each day. The prayer towers
are being put to good use again
this year. Real victories were won
in the Deeper Life Week, which
was held October 6-10.
Rollin Reasoner
Sem Middies'
Best Wishes
The Seminary Middleman Class
welcomes you to Bethel- - -"house
of God." There is peace and joy
and everlasting life, love and grace
and room for one and all, and we
rejoice to share with you the bless-ings
He has for us.
May your time at Bethel's Home-coming
this year be one happy
renewals of old friendships as well
as a time of happy Christian fellow-ship
and a drawing close to God
at this, the "house of God."
Ralph Larson
Dr. Karlson
To Celebrate
Dr. K. J. Karlson, the beloved
Dean of our Seminary, is celebrat-ing
his 70th birthday, next Monday,
October 27. In his message to the
alumni he expressed the following
There is no greater asset of any
school than the loyalty of its alum-ni.
This is a living, active en-dowment
that exceeds in import-ance
all other endowments. Happy
and prosperous is the school that
has succeeded not only in incul-cating
a certain amount of know-ledge
into its students, but also in
implanting in them the spirit of
loyalty and devotion to their alma
mater and the cause for which
she stands.
We are proud of our alumni and
happy to see them back home a-gain.
Welcome, all of you. The
Lord has been good to us all.
Karl J. Karlson
College Freshmen
"Wherefore seeing we also are
compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily beset us, and let
us run with patience the race that
is set before us."- - - -Heb. 12:1.
With this new adventure of col-lege
life comes many responsibili-ties,
as we freshman are finding
out. The biggest of these responsi-bilities
is to make a definite im-print
for our Lord, in regard to
our personal testimonies and the
testimony of our class. I pray that
our class will set aside every
weight and run with patience the
race that is set before us.
Chuck Starr
Seminary Juniors
Greetings, Alumni! It's a plea-sure
and a privilege to welcome all
you back for Homecoming.
We, the Juniors of the Seminary,
might be strangers to most of you,
but we appreciate the common
bond of fellowship which exists
between all Bethelites of the past
and present; and which makes us
all members of. that great organi-zation,
the Bethel family.
We trust that your visit "home"
will renew many a happy memory,
and also renew your faith and in-terest
in the plan and program of
Bethel, the house of God.
0. Allan Johnson
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Special discount to churches on Bibles.
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THE CLARION Pagd 5
Homecoming Crowd to See Bethel-Austin Fray
Oa the SicielioteA, Injuries Can't...)
Stop Spirit_,
Indians Play
Hamline Frosh
Last Friday afternoon the Ind-ians
climaxed a week of hard work
with a stiff scrimmage against the
Hamline Freshman squad. Playing
on the soft turf of Norton Field
proved a distinct pleasure for the
Indians who are more, or less ac-customed
to getting a bruise or
scrape every time they hit the
cement-like surface of our field.
Coach Skalbeck substituted freely
in order to give all the players
a little experience. The team in
general played good ball, but Roy
Nelson's punting, Al Olsson's pas-sing,
and Ronnie Skoog's running
proved to be the highlights of the
practice. Ev Johnson reeled off
several nice runs in the short time
he was in there. Defensively the
team is tightening up, and on one
occasion held the opposition in
check for four downs within the
5-yd. line. The team is still short
on experience and coordination, but
they've got a lot of fight and can't
be counted out of any ball game.
Looking back and looking ahead
to the events of Bethel College
indicates a pageant of progress.
Retro "specs"
From the meager start of a few
classrooms it has grown to be a
well-known academic institution.
Since its foundation in 1931, Bethel
college has carried out two out-standing
needs....to give those who
desire to become ministers or mis-sionaries
carefully planned school-ing,
and to give young people col-legiate
training in a Christian
The alumni will have to admit
that the school has progressed con-siderably.
To meet the needs of the
young people clamoring for the
kind of training Bethel offered, a
women's dormitory, a men's dormit-ory,
and a dormitory for married
students have been erected. En-thusiasm
and support had aided in
its advance. Without God, however,
what could have been done?
Pro "specs"
What does the future of Bethel
hold? Outgoing and incoming stud-ents
will witness more change. The
hope of the school is to have an
administration building and library,
an athletic field-house, and a music
building. The Lord willing, that
hope will be fulfilled in the near
HHigher learning is also in store.
Bethel college is planning to
launch out on a four year basis.
The alumni may look with envy
upon the students of today, but it
cannot be forgotten that without
retro "spec," there would be no
pro "specs."
Edwards Field was recently the
scene of a rugged football contest
between the Bethany Baptist
"Shirtails" and the Snelling Ave.
"Helmets" with the Snelling Ave.
lads eking out a 26 to 19 victory.
(Team names are unofficial being
based on my impressions of the
game). The game was noteable for
many shirt-tail tackles and pushing
tactics, and much spirited debate
on the part of these 12 year olds
kept referee Harold Carlson un-usually
busy. Undoubtedly Bethel
scouts were on hand checking on
future prospects for the Indians.
(I hope).
Speaking of future prospects,
suggestions have come in from
time to time concerning the possi-bility
of some shool emphasis be-ing
diverted from such sports as
basketball and baseball which are
well established to other sports
such as track, tennis, etc. The
latest suggestion along this line
has been the formation of a hockey
team. Under present conditions, of
course, such an organization would
be handicapped and entirely depen-dent
on the weather man because
it would have to be an outdoor
sport. Brrrr. In these cold Minn-esota
winters I'd prefer sitting
by a fireside, but apparently we
have some hardy individuals on the
campus from up-state way who
enjoy a good hard game of hockey
in the frigid air. A growing student
body demands an expanded sports
program, and some day when our
dreams of NAS are fulfilled we
can expect a full sports program
that will include all of these so-called
minor sports.
"My achin' back" is one of the
cultural expressions of the present
day, and because I happened to
have one last week, the boss want-ed
a column with such a title and
written along such lines. Fortun-ately
the back is better so we'll
confine our "gripes" to this column.
The coach would appreciate a little
cooperation from the spectators
who are constantly tossing the pig-skin
around while the team is
scrimmaging. You are are wel-come
to throw the ball around, but
please stay out of the way! Coop-eration
from students crossing the
field from the Seminary building
to the Girls Dorm also be desir-able.
A short detour around the
playing field would give the boys
a chance to run the ball without
having to dodge pedestrians and
also prevent any accidents to your-selves.
Here is a note to all basketball
men. Coach Edwards told me re-cently
that basketball practice will
begin on November 1st. The first
couple of weeks will be given
over to cutting down the squad
and organizing a "B" team that
will play in a regularly scheduled
college league. Football players,
who intend to play basketball, will
The string of injuries which has
been bothering the Indians since
the start of the season has once
again caught up with them. Beside
the customary wrenched ankles
and knees, and sore arms, there
have been several more serious
injuries that have lowered the
Indians' winning chances.
To begin with, Roy Johnson fra-ctured
his forearm in practice, and
that kept him out of the last game
at Rochester. It came just at a
time when Roy's speed was needed.
Following that, "Chuck" Starr
wrenched his shoulder and that
prevented him from playing. The
services of the talented quarter-back
were sorely needed. Hopes
brightened when, at the beginning
of last week, his shoulder felt bet-ter.
However, these hopes • quickly
dimmed as "Chuck" came up this
time with a fractured leg.
_Nevertheless, all is not lost.
There are still thirty capable men
remaining. Barring any further in-juries,
the team should start roll-ing
along again in smooth fashion.
Certainly the incentive of our first
Homecoming game with Austin in
a very few days will have an in-fluence
on- the players. Thus we
may expect a close, hard-fought
game, and we hope a winning one.
Sports Sketch
One cannot remain at Bethel
very long without knowing or hear-ing
about this week's personality
Roy Nelson. Roy, who is now a
Junior at the Seminary, is one of
the most popular students on the
Standing six feet-one, and weigh-ing
close to 185 pounds, twenty
year old Roy is one of the pillars
on the Indians' line this year. "Mr.
Team", as he is called, is doing a
grand job at left tackle, an un-familiar
position to him, having
played quarterback for two years
in high school. It would be hard
to find a ball player with mere
team spirit, hustle, and will to
win than Roy, who is a definite
asset to Bethel's squad this year.
Along with football, he has been a
stand-out on the basketball team
for two years.
Roy, who is president of this
year's Missionary Band, is pre-paring
for the mission field. His
home church is the Ballard Baptist
Church of Seattle, Washington.
be given try-outs right after the
last football game on Armistice
In order to be an exception to
the rule, I shall make no predic-tions
on the outcome of the football
game with Austin, but I've got a
hunch the Indians are really going
to be out there fighting to win
all the way in that game.
Looking Back
In Sports
Looking back has long been a
favorite pastime of people every-where.
Homecoming is a high spot
during our school year and a cmi-venient
place to stop and reflect
back upon other Homecoming days
at Bethel. So sink back in your
favorite easy chair and let's ;thumb
back through the p/egs of memory
to the page headed, "Homecoming,
A cool morning rain fell upon the
field that was later destined to be
named Edwards Field, making it
muddy , mushy mire by game time.
Undaunted, two valiant teams re-presenting
the Freshman and Soph-omore
classes took to the -mud and
slipped, slid and slithered between
the goal lines for an hour without
success. The game ended in a
scoreless tie. After a brief rest
the Freshmen took to the field
again to battle the Alumni squad.
Taking to the air the Alumni
succeeded in scoring in each of the
first two quarters giving them a
12 to 0 lead at the half time. The
Sophomore team played the second
half of the game, and though 'they
stopped the Alumni's offensive,
they were unable to score them-selves.
Thus the Alumni came out
of the mud the victors. Though
these games were of the touch
football variety, all the trimmings
were present. Decoration, cheer-leaders,
Homecoming Ceremonies,
and music by the band gave :he
event the air of big time football.
The sgnificant fact about these
games was that they foreshadowed
the adoption of football as a mtsjor
sport at Bethel. It is interesting
to note that a number of the
fellows who played in those games
are now members of Bethel's first
football team. They are as follows:
Nelson, Washburn, Nepstad, Hoog-asian,
Olsson, Schubring, and
Daley. These boys will be out there
Friday afternoon as the Indians
play Austin Junior College in the
first Homecoming football game in
the history of the College.
Oh, yes, we were looking back!
Well, it seems that the alumni
victory in the football game spur-red
the underclassmen to greater
heights and a desire for revenge.
That evening the College varsity
basketball team turned the tables
by humbling the Alumni team.
Now, if you will pardon a brief
look forward again before you de-part,
don't miss the game with
Austin on Friday. This is the year
of bigger and better in everything,
including sports.
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Page 6 THE CLARION
Sentence Sermons
Moment by moment feeding on
Jesus Christ once you have entered
into the crucifixion, is the real
secret in Christ.
Our Lord has every right to
dominate our life.
Deeper Life is the living out of
the Christian you by a life of testi-mony.
—Rev. Ernest Rockstad
Married Dormers
Always "A t .I-.1 omen
This week is Homecoming. We
over here at Hagstrom House are
forever "coming home" between
classes for that quickie cup of
coffee, and then "coming home"
to our families in the evening, etc.
Some time ago I moved into an
apartment in a locality where the
housing shortage is very acute. I
mentioned the fact to one of my
very dear, soon - to - be - married
friends. His reply? It took me by
"Fine. How soon are you moving
Now on comingg here to Hags-trom
I find much the same situat-ion.
We're going to have an Open
House during Homecoming. Boy,
I'm scared for my apartment. Most
of the people who will see the
apartment in H. H. are interested
Swedish Baptists who have given
to the building fund for these fine
Now comes the revelation: some
of the ones to watch during Op'en
House, and mind you, we're not
mentioning names, have the initials
if Dave and Lucille, Bob and Gret-chen,
Maynard and Thelma, Morrie
and Ouida. Don't say we didn't
warn you.- But maybe they, too, will
spen next Homecoming as res-idents
of Hagstrom House. Who
The REASONER for this article
SIMS foolish, but it's AHL IMM
fun. One Clarion editor HAILS
me VANN I was DON in the coffee-shbp
and says, "VOTH you think
about writing an article?" "VANN
is it due?" I STIMERS. "Tomorrow,
and it's SCOTT to be good and
don't LEGGETT go 'till noon." I
didn't know WEBER or not I had
heard him WRIGHT, so I RENTZ
down the HALL and over to he
kitchen to FISHER around for,
ideas while IMM eating. I MAE
find some.
OSGOOD and hungry, SODER
best thing is to EDDY good meal.
I'd been HARING about Bethel's
_lean meals; BYLEEN we mean you
get a HENK of meat, OLOF of
bread, and one HEDBERG, no
onions. You can FILLMORE than
once if you don't GRIBBELL the
GRUBB. Don't complain about
SANDIN the soup, for S good for
you. After I had my PHIL, I
started to MCLAIN the COOK that
I had a PANEY in the stomach.
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She said, "Just PATET." I told
her if I PHILLIP DALEY at Be-thel,
I'd go broke. DALE PHILLIS
at Sloppy's for two bits. She said,
"WYMA meals are good and ADE-LLE
BILL isn't much to pay. I'd
BORNE enough so said, "JANKE
very much," but LINDSTEDT of_
LEVANG I spied a waitress with
a LOVEGREN so thought I'd WICK
at her. My girl said, "ENOS of
that. CAMERON, let's get out of
here," So she WALES me one
WALL I wasn't looking and tossed
me out. I was afraid I'd LINDH
on my HED and injure it, but she
said it couldn't get any BRYGGER
anyway. She's too FRANK. I thou-ght,
OMAN, I've BENNETT this
too long. So I BERGE into my
room and guess HOOGASIAN out
the window. Some guy just DROT2,
the KEITH to my car, so LE
GEESE I'll have to walk now. ANN-ABELLE
rang for my next class,
so I'll LEAF now. MORRIE about
this later. TUTT! TUTT!
(Ed. Note: Dalbey Ahl!)
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October 19-Nov. 2—Special Meet-ings,
Carl Olson, speaker, Beth-lehem
Wednesday, Oct. 22 — Missionary
Friday, October 24—Football, Aus-tin,
Bethel Homecoming.
Saturday, October 25—Faculty Re-ception
at Bethlehem Baptist for
Dr. Karlson; Youth for Christ
at Central Baptist, Dr. Bredahl
Peterson, pastor of Kabner Mem-orial
Church of Copenhagen,
Denmark, speaker.
Sunday, October 26—Twin City
Baptist Meeting, Central Church,
Dr. Bredahl Peterson, speaker.
Monday, October 27—Girls Dorm
Tuesday, October 28—Twin City
Ladies Federation at Bethel.
Attention Veterans
Veterans who make frequent
changes of job or school training
establishments before completing
the course selected, will have to
comply with more strict require-ments
for the issuance of supple-mental
certificates of eligibility by
the Veterans Administration in the
Effective immediately, a veteran,
who of his own volition interrupts
his traning at a time other than
at the end of a term or semester,
will not be issued a supplemental
certificate of eligibility and entitle-ment
until he establishes satis-factory
(e) That his interruption- re-sulted
from good cause, i. e.,
illness, economic conditions, or
other circumstances beyond his
(b) That the institution in
which he was in training is willing
to reaccept him as a student or
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My job entails identifying patient impairments through evaluation and examination. Also, promoting mobility, functional ability and quality of life using a variety of interventions and evidence-based practice. I primarily see patients with neurological conditions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury or brain injury. My job constantly has me moving, whether its gait training with a rolling walker, guarding a patient with bed mobility or educating for a patient's home exercise program.
What kind of schooling or training did you go through?
I graduated with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in athletic training (from Catawba College) then completed an intense three-year program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for my doctorate in physical therapy. Physical therapy school consisted of lecture and lab with four clinical rotations, each building upon the other until carrying a full patient caseload by the last rotation. I also took part in a three-year research project and presented at the American Physical Therapy Association National Conference. After graduation, I sat for the national exam and became licensed. I am currently working at AAMC in the comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation center. I am also moving towards becoming a certified neurological physical therapy specialist.
What inspired you to this career?
I have always been interested in rehabilitation, perhaps from my early Little League days of rehabilitating ankle sprains from softball. Even though I started out my career in sports medicine, I branched out when I entered physical therapy school and fell in love with neurology. I found that the brain is an interesting mystery and really enjoyed working with patients with neurological conditions. Every patient is different and I enjoy individualizing care to patient needs while problem solving and being creative. I love going to work every day to try a new technique I learned at a weekend course, or to see a patient accomplish a goal, such as walking up stairs for the first time in months. So what continues to inspire me? My patients. They remind me that even when life throws us challenges, hard work and dedication pay off.
What do you like best about your job?
Patient interaction. I have built special bonds with my patients, because oftentimes I am seeing the patients more than their own physicians and sometimes family! As a physical therapist, I have the opportunity of experiencing the journey of recovery with the patient, whether its during the pain and difficult times, or celebrating the successes and goals along the way. Another reason I love my job are the success stories: from coma to integrating back into the community (working, yoga, swimming, driving). That is my greatest joy! Equipment is fun to work with, too -- LiteGait, Bioness Foot Drop System, AlterG -- just to name a few.
What are the challenges?
The challenges of being a physical therapist lie behind the scenes, with documentation. It takes additional time to complete, but it's vital to our business. It protects us, but most importantly, our patients. Another challenge is keeping up with changes with insurance, the Medicare cap, and new federal laws and regulations that have recently been updated, which we are adapting to currently.
Median salary
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the 2010 annual median salary of a physical therapist is $76,310.


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The LA Galaxy extended their unbeaten streak in Reserve League play to four games with a 3-1 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC on Tuesday afternoon. Jack McBean came off the bench to score an 86th minute winner and Jose Villarreal scored his first two goals of the year as LA won their second straight road game and moved into a first place tie with the Whitecaps in the Reserve League standings.
Josh Saunders made his second straight start for the Reserves while current Galaxy Academy players Mario Rodriguez and Oscar Sorto each got the start, as did center back Andy Iro, an MLS veteran who has been training with the Galaxy since late last week.
Following an even opening 45 minutes that saw both goalkeepers tested, the Galaxy wasted little time in getting on the scoreboard after the break as Academy graduate Jose Villarreal scored his first of the season in the 47th minute. Making his first start of the year for the Reserves, Villarreal took a pass from Michael Stephens and beat Brad Knighton with a right-footed shot from just inside the box, giving LA a 1-0 lead.
Vancouver equalized 21 minutes later when Bryce Alderson, who had entered the game just 10 minutes earlier, beat Saunders from close range. Saunders stopped Michael Nanchoff on a one-on-one in the 67th minute, knocking the ball out for a corner with one of his four saves on the day. But on the ensuing corner, the former Canadian U-17 Player of the Year prodded the ball home from close range after a scramble in the box, tying the score at 1-1.
It appeared as if the game would finish that way, only for second half substitute Jack McBean to grab the eventual game-winner on the 86th minute. McBean, who replaced Mario Rodriguez in the 73rd minute, got on the end of a Kyle Nakazawa freekick and headed it past Brad Knighton in the Vancouver goal to give LA a 2-1 lead. The goal was McBean's first of the season while Nakazawa, who had tested Knighton with a freekick in the first half, collected his third assist in the last two games.
The Galaxy added an insurance goal in second half stoppage time when Villarreal scored his second of the game. With the Whitecaps pushed forward looking for a late equalizer, the Inglewood, Calif. native got on the end of a long clearance from Josh Saunders and beat Knighton to complete a 3-1 win for the Galaxy.
Curt Onalfo's squad will return to Southern California tonight before returning to training with the rest of the squad on Thursday morning ahead of Sunday's game against the Portland Timbers at The Home Depot Center.
The Galaxy will return to Reserve League action on Tuesday, July 10 when they face Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center. Chivas USA, who will be the home team in that game, are the only team to beat LA in the Reserve League this season, winning 4-2 in the season opener on April 2.
LA Galaxy 3, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Thunderbird Stadium – Vancouver, B.C.
Scoring Summary:
LA – Jose Villarreal 1 (Michael Stephens 1) 47'
VAN – Bryce Alderson 1 (Unassisted) 68'
LA – Jack McBean 1 (Kyle Nakazawa 3) 86'
LA – Jose Villarreal 2 (Josh Saunders) 91+
Misconduct Summary:
VAN – Michael Nanchoff (Yellow Card) 13'
LA Galaxy: Josh Saunders; Rafael Garcia, Tommy Meyer, Andy Iro*, Oscar Sorto^; Michael Stephens, Kyle Nakazawa, Kenney Walker, Bryan Jordan (Sebastian Velasquez^ 73'); Jose Villarreal, Mario Rodriguez^ (Jack McBean 73').
Subs Not Used: Brian Perk, Nathan Smith^, Drew Murphy^.
^ - Galaxy Academy Players
* - Galaxy Trialist
Vancouver Whitecaps FC: Brad Knighton; Greg Klazura, Carlyle Mitchell, Jordan Harvey (Ben Fisk^ 82'), Russell Teibert; Etienne Barbara (Bryce Alderson 58'), Matt Watson (Daniel Stanese^ 78'), Floyd Franks (Anton Peterlin* 46'); Eric Hassli (Caleb Clarke 73'), Camilo Sanvezzo, Michael Nanchoff.
Subs Not Used: Marco Carducci.
^ - Whitecaps FC U-23 PDL/Residency
* - Whitecaps FC Trialist
Referee: Paul Ward
Referee's Assistants: Marco Arruda and Andrew Foster
4th Official: Alain Ruch


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Nancy (Rooney Mara: Youth in Revolt) and a group of high school friends are dazed by menacing nightmares. All have dreamt of Freddy (Jackie Earle Haley: Shutter Island), a burn-scarred psychopath wielding a glove with knifed fingers. Sleep's terror turns real when friends are violently killed. So Nancy and Quentin (Kyle Gallner: Jennifer's Body) struggle to fight off sleep, evade Freddy and reveal the truth their parents are hiding in an effort to survive the nightmare.
The movie, of course, is a remake of Wes Craven's 1984 original. While not especially frightening, the first Nightmare put an original spin on slasher flicks with its signature villain's blurring of waking and dreaming perception. Camp scares, cheap effects and a certain tongue-in-cheek vibe defined the movie, which never pretended to be more than a Halloween funhouse ride.
Music video director Samuel Bayer's take, on the other hand, is a few shades more self-serious. He dials the camp way back, burnishes the effects and refines the tale in a try for bigger scares.
Story works, to a point. Rather than reshooting the old script, the filmmakers opted for an update, a remix that loyally follows the original while shuffling a few whos and wheres to better match new attempts at story development. Development is pretty decent for a horror film, offering up surprising context and back-story. The remix keeps some surprise intact in the remake.
On the downside, smirking strangeness and glib lines are pretty much trashed. Fresh invention isn't enough to keep the film surprising for anyone who's seen the original. And the most significant new invention is also the least worthy: Filmmakers tinker unkindly with the friends' Freddy connection. In a distasteful and unnecessary twist that comes off as a botched stab of psychological horror, a new childhood angle is introduced to explain Freddy Krueger's offenses.
Scares do give a shock. Basic jump scares are still effective, and the polished visual effects often lend a stronger punch to the hunt. But frights are tame overall.
Acting certainly bests the original, but character is still lacking. It's just a bunch of brooding teens running from a madman. Freddy, especially, doesn't cut the muster. He's less vicious camp and more malicious creepo. Plus, it doesn't help that a new actor is trying on a role defined by Robert Englund.
This movie was hamstrung at first concept. It's not easy, or wise, to remake a classic. Fans of the original can skip this with a clear conscience, though if you're craving a slasher jolt you could do worse.


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Welcome New Students!!
Back in September, our New Students Arrived!! We would like to Welcome Leilo, Deng, and Mohmud home!
Here are some photos taken at the airport upon their arrival!!
2014 WUSC Leadership Conference
July Pool Party!
Here are some photos from the pool party we had at Gabriella's house mid-July!
Farm Trip Photos!
We apologize for the long wait but here are some of the photos from the highlights of our farm trip at the beginning of July! To see more photos of the trip, check out our album on our facebook page!
Getting Ready to Welcome our New Students!
We've been busy getting ready for our three new students, who will arrive sometime in late August. We decided that in order to give them an idea of where they'll soon be living we would take some photos of the group around Saskatoon and on campus and mail them to the students in Kenya. Hopefully they are as excited to move to Saskatoon, after looking at the photos, as we are to welcome them home.
Thanks to Brilene Greer for the beautiful photos!
Farm Trip 2014
This past weekend we had the good fortune to be invited to enjoy a weekend on a Saskatchewan farm. We travelled to Jessica Brown's family farm Friday night to relax and unwind. Saturday was jam-packed, with horse and wagon rides, swimming, frisbee, soccer, hot dogs and a campfire, and to top it all off, fireworks. We all went to bed exhausted and woke up… well, not exactly well-rested after listening to the cows moo all night and the birds chirp all morning! However, despite the cows, birds, and the incessant mosquitos, we all agreed that we can't wait to do it again next year!
Photos coming soon!
When Humanity Speaks for Itself WUSC Will Stand Tall and Proud
"As a former beneficiary of the SRP, I would attest to the fact that when humanity speaks for itself, WUSC will stand tall and proud of its service to humanity and the subsequent empowerment of young people from different refugee camps around the world."
– Nathaniel Athian Deng, former sponsored student from the University of Saskatchewan and recent grad from the University of Regina
Find Nathaniel's inspiring article, published with World University Service of Canada, here.


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If these people didn't shit their pants, then these people have nerves of absolute steel.
This video comes from the Monster Truck Showdown in Reynosa, Mexico. It's a packed house to see the monster trucks, which is expected because monster trucks are awesome.
What the crowd isn't necessarily expecting is such a bowel-clenchingly close look at these trucks.
Hat Tip to Jesus!


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GASTONIA � When Gastonia rookie offensive tackle Lamar Holmes and the Atlanta Falcons host the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the NFC Championship, they�ll be setting franchise history.
While it�s the Falcons seventh home playoff game, it�ll mark the first time Atlanta has hosted the NFC title game. The Falcons are previously 4-2 in home playoff games, losing only in the 1980 and 2010 divisional playoffs to Dallas and Green Bay, respectively.
Sunday�s contest will mark the second significant postseason game in Holmes� football history, as the 2008 Hunter Huss graduate was involved in a huge college football conference championship game a year ago.
On Dec. 3, 2011, Holmes� Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, coached then by current University of North Carolina coach Larry Fedora, toppled previously unbeaten Houston 49-28 in the Conference USA title game. Had Houston won, the Cougars would�ve played in a 2012 BCS bowl game.
Holmes, who has played two games as a backup tackle this season for the Falcons, is hoping to become the first Gaston County product to ever advance to the Super Bowl as a player.
But Holmes� postseason exploits are only two of several involving county products. Here are some others:
Feb. 5, 2012 � 1980 South Point High graduate Perry Fewell became the first Gaston County product to coach in the Super Bowl as he was defensive coordinator for the New York Giants in their 21-17 victory over New England in Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. Fewell also was on the losing end of a pair of Carolina Panthers� playoff wins. He was Rams� defensive backs coach when Steve Smith caught a 69-yard TD pass from Jake Delhomme in Carolina�s 29-23 overtime win in St. Louis on Jan. 10, 2004 in the NFC divisional playoffs that was the sixth-longest NFL game. And Fewell was Bears� defensive backs coach when the Panthers tied an NFL for consecutive road playoff wins (four) in a 29-21 victory in Chicago on Jan. 15, 2006 in the NFC divisional playoffs.
Feb. 12, 2006 � 1998 South Point High graduate Koren Robinson is the only Gaston County product to ever play in the Pro Bowl, as Robinson did when he returned four kickoffs for 94 yards in the 2006 event won 23-17 by the NFC in Honululu. However, Robinson also was involved in two very famous Green Bay playoff games � one as an opponent, the other as a Packer. On Jan. 4, 2004, Al Harris� 52-yard interception return gave Green Bay a 33-27 overtime win over Robinson and the Seahawks in a game most famous for Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck�s proclamation that �we want the ball and we�re going to score� after the Seahawks won the overtime coin flip. Then, on Jan. 20, 2008, Robinson returned four kickoffs 54 yards and caught four Brett Favre passes for 16 yards in a 23-20 overtime loss to the New York Giants in the 2007 NFC championship game that proved to be Favre�s final game with Green Bay.
Jan. 1, 1950 � Charlie �Choo Choo� Justice is a 1943 graduate of Asheville�s Lee Edwards High School, but he spent the final 22 years of his life in Cherryville. And as a collegian, he is the most honored University of North Carolina player in history and he capped his career in a 27-13 Cotton Bowl loss to Rice in which he rushed for 59 yards and passed for 63 yards and a touchdown. Earlier in his career, the two-time Southern Conference player of the year and two-time Heisman Trophy runner-up, guided UNC to its first two bowl games � the 1947 and 1949 Sugar Bowl. Those three bowl games remain the lone �major� bowl appearances by a team from the state of North Carolina.
Jan. 4, 1999 � 1995 Bessemer City graduate Phillip Crosby became the county�s first and thus far only major college national champion when he was the backup fullback for Tennessee in their 23-16 victory over Florida State in the inaugural Bowl Championship Series title game.
Dec. 14, 2007 � 2003 Ashbrook graduate Julian Rauch and 2005 Forestview graduate Josh Jackson helped the Appalachian State Mountaineers to their third straight Football Championship Series (FCS) title in a 49-21 rout of Delaware (and eventual Baltimore Ravens starting quarterback Joe Flacco). Rauch, who opened the 2007 season with a game-winning field goal in the historic 34-32 win at Michigan, kicked seven extra points in the Delaware win and had seven more in the previous title games � 21-16 over Northern Iowa in 2005 and 28-17 over Massachusetts in 2006. Jackson, a backup running back, had 24 yards in four carries in the 2007 title game.
Jan. 29, 1995 � 1986 Ashbrook graduate Scottie Patton became the first Gaston County product to win a Super Bowl title ring as trainer of the San Francisco 49ers when they defeated San Diego 49-26 in Miami as Steve Young threw a record six TD passes (including three to Jerry Rice) in Super Bowl XXIX. Having just completed his 13th year as New Orleans Saints trainer, Patton picked up a second ring in New Orleans� 31-17 win over Indianapolis in Miami in Super Bowl XLIV on Feb. 7, 2010. Patton also was in his first year with the team when the Saints won their first-ever playoff victory � 31-28 over defending Super Bowl champion St. Louis on Dec. 30, 2000 � in the first round of the playoffs.
Jan. 2, 1950 � 1945 old Gastonia High graduate Wade Walker closes his career at Oklahoma with the first of legendary coach Bud Wilkinson�s four unbeaten seasons in a 35-0 victory over LSU in the Sugar Bowl. A four-time all-conference tackle, Walker also helped the Sooners beat N.C. State in the 1947 Gator Bowl (the Wolfpack�s first-ever bowl game) and North Carolina in the 1949 Sugar Bowl.
Dec. 28, 2000 � In addition to his NFL postseason history, 1998 South Point High graduate Koren Robinson played in one bowl game at N.C. State. But Robinson�s seven catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns were the exclamation point to his two-year Wolfpack career and helped N.C. State rally from early 24-0 deficit to beat Minnesota 38-30 in MicronPC.com Bowl in Miami. The contest also was eventual NFL All-Pro quarterback Philip Rivers� first bowl game � and he was named MVP after throwing for 310 yards and three touchdowns.
Dec. 3, 2005 � 2004 Cherryville graduate Kenneth Harris was a backup redshirt freshman wide receiver as Georgia rolls to 34-14 win over LSU in the SEC title game. The Bulldogs knocked out one eventual LSU NFL quarterback in Jamarcus Russell and another eventual NFL quarterback, Matt Flynn, finished up the game for the Tigers.
Richard Walker: 704-869-1841; twitter.com/JRWalk22


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Over the financial year 2006/2007 the Group's performance was significant with an ordinary operating income of €3,237,271, an increase of 4.2% and a group net income of €2,415,019, up by 17.6%. Net return was 11.8% of the turnover compared with 10.4% in 2005/2006.
At the same time, IGE+XAO is consolidating its financial situation with the absence of a long-term bank debt, cash-at-bank of 11.3 million euros and shareholder's equities of 13.8 million euros.
This healthy financial structure gives the Group the ability to pursue its strategy for development. So, over the financial year IGE+XAO was especially dynamic in the following axes of development:
- Expansion of the product portfolio with the creation of the company EHMS in a joint-venture with Labinal (creation and marketing of a software suite for the manufacture of electrical harnesses) and the take over of Compodata (publisher of complex system configurator software).
- Development of new services with creation of the company S2E CONSULTING (diagnostic, consulting and support services dedicated to systems engineering and to electrical design processes) in a joint-venture with the Sogéclair Group.
- Improvement of the Group's international commercial coverage with the opening of a subsidiary in China.
Over the financial year 2006/2007, in view of the Group's thresholds, the contribution of these new companies to the Income from ordinary activities and to the net consolidated income is not significant.
Finally and in accordance with the policy put in place by IGE+XAO the board of directors will propose to the Annual General Meeting the payment of a dividend of €0.22 per share compared with €0.20 in 2005/2006.


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Paul didn't write Ephesians 4:11–13 to give us a detailed blueprint for how to organise our ministries. He wrote these verses to point us to God's grace in Christ.
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- Christ's body: A brief history (Ephesians 4:11–13)June 26, 2019Paul didn't write Ephesians 4:11–13 to give us a detailed blueprint for how to organise our ministries. He wrote these verses to point us to God's grace in Christ.
- Christ: Up there and down here (Ephesians 4:8–10)June 19, 2019In these verses, Paul makes a big deal of Christ going up (to heaven) and down (to be with us by his Spirit). Why? to encourage believers as we face all the ups and downs of living for Christ.
- Male and female: Equality and order in Genesis 1:27June 17, 2019Genesis 1:27 is important in debates between egalitarians and complementarians. It clearly implies equality, yet also seems to suggest a certain order.
- Gifted beyond measure (Ephesians 4:7)June 12, 2019How should Christians think about our own individual 'giftedness'? We need to see our own gifts in the light of God's wonderful, superabundant grace.
- The one and only God (Ephesians 4:4–6)June 5, 2019In this part of Ephesians, the apostle Paul makes an unavoidably scandalous claim: The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is the one and only God.
- Finding praise in the right place (Romans 2:28–29)June 3, 2019There is a very strong temptation to measure your ministry by looking at how much people are praising you. This passage teaches us where to look for praise.
- This unity (Ephesians 4:2–3)May 29, 2019In the classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the King of Swamp Castle issues an appeal for unity: "This is supposed to be a happy occasion. Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who!" It's become a classic line used to poke fun at people who are trying to bring peace and unity without showing any understanding of the reality of the situation or the depth of hurt that's been caused. While we might never end up being quite as absurd as Monty Python, Christians can sometimes talk about unity a little like this. That is, we can treat unity as some ideal state where everybody just gets on, no matter how deep our differences are and no matter what hurt has been caused. And yet—unity really matters. Christians are called to unity. Christian unity is anchored in the truth of the gospel.
- The truth on the ground (Ephesians 4:1)May 24, 2019Our step by step living, in all the details of life, really matters for Christians. It's not an optional extra; It's intimately connected to our calling.
- God: Beyond us—and with us (Ephesians 3:20–21)May 21, 2019God is nothing like the Elf on the Shelf. God's power is far beyond us. Yet God's power is at work in us. So God's glory is our joyful goal.
- When education is not the answer (Romans 2:17–27)May 17, 2019When education is not the answer (Romans 2:17–27). Amongst all the pragmatics & demands & struggles of ministry, you first need to know the why of ministry. You need deep and strong theology, and to apply that theology to your life & ministry.
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A long-time reader filed this dispatch from the 1961 baseball season:
On July 31, 1961, at Fenway Park, baseball held the second of its two All Star games that year. After nine innings, the game was tied 1-1, and ended due to rain.
The American League scored its run in the first inning on a home run by Rocky Colavito off of Bob Purkey. The Nationals tied it in the sixth on an infield single by future NL president Bill White off of Red Sox rookie pitching sensation Don Schwall.
Jim Bunning contributed three innings of perfect baseball, as he had done in the 1957 All Star game. For his career, the future Kentucky Senator gave up only two earned runs in 18 innings of All Star pitching.
Camilo Pascual gave up just a walk in his three innings of work. And Stu Miller followed up his wind-blown performance in the first 1961 All Star game with three scoreless innings.
Baseball fans of the day were less focused on the All Star game than they were on two good pennant races and an epic battle for the American League home run crown. The home run race was a two-man affair. On July 31, Roger Maris led the league with 40 homers to Mickey Mantle's 39 (Harmon Killebrew was next with 32). These numbers were interesting for two reasons. First, they nearly mirrored the entire 1960 output for both players – Mantle hit a league leading 40 that year and Maris belted 39 (Killebrew hit 31, so he too had reached his 1960 total).
Second, Maris's 40 home runs put him exactly at two-thirds of Babe Ruth's famous record number. But the Yankees had played only 101 games. That amounted to just about two-thirds of the old 154 game schedule, but seven games less than two-thirds of the new 162 game season.
Mantle's overall numbers were more impressive than those of Maris. The Mick was outslugging Roger by .720 to .649 and also had a much better on-base percentage (.454 to .379). But because their comparative home run output had been identical over the course of more than a season and a half, an objective observer would have found no clear favorite in the home run race. And because two great sluggers were in hot pursuit of Ruth's record in a year when home runs were flying out of American League parks in unprecedented numbers, the same observer would have thought that at least one of the two Yankees might well sustain a credible challenge for the remainder of the season.
The pennant races were also two-contestant affairs. In the American League, the Detroit Tigers had dropped three straight at home to the Minnesota Twins, but were only one and a half games behind the New York Yankees. The 1961 Yankees are remembered as one of the great hitting teams of all time. However, the Tigers would end up scoring more runs than the Yanks that year.
The Tigers were upstarts, having finished in sixth palace the previous year. In the National League, another sixth place finisher, Cincinnati, was neck-in-neck with Los Angeles for the lead. At the second All Star break the Dodgers held a half game led over the Reds.
Pitching was Cincinnati's calling card. The team had three high-quality starters: Bob Purkey, Joey Jay, and Jim O'Toole, and also featured one the outstanding lefty-righty bullpen duos of the era in Bill Henry and Jim Brosnan, the writer.
The Dodgers were probably considered the favorites to hold off Cincinnati, since they had been champions as recently as 1959. In reality, though, they arguably were lucky just to be in the race. Three National League teams would have better run differentials than LA in 1961 and a fourth would have nearly the same one. But then, this wasn't so different from 1959, when two NL teams had better differentials.
The Yankees and Tigers weren't scheduled to meet again until September, but the Reds and Dodgers would play seven games in August. Those seven games, and the three-game Yankee-Tiger series in early September, would largely tell the tale.


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With the Federal Communications Commission in the process of deciding whether to open up unused TV spectrum for the use of unlicensed "white spaces" wireless broadband devices, voices on both sides of the issue are being raised to ensure that they are heard by the Commission. The latest salvo in the war of words took place late last week and came courtesy of a handful of TV executives one on side, and an industry trade group on the other.
Currently, the analog TV spectrum is locked up for exclusive use of television stations. With the transition to digital television set for February 2009, the FCC is contemplating how best to use the empty spaces between TV channels. The White Space Coalition wants the spectrum to be used for wireless broadband, while the National Association of Broadcasters argues that doing so could result in TV signal interference.
Last week, executives from the four largest TV networks in the US sent a letter to the FCC in which they asked the Commission to prohibit the deployment of white spaces devices. "Current proposals based on 'sensing' to avoid interference could cause permanent damage to over-the-air digital television reception," reads a copy of the letter seen by PC World (but is not available via the FCC's web site for some reason). "Interference in the digital world will cause a digital picture to freeze and become unwatchable."
The letter echoes the same themes as an ad campaign unveiled by the National Association of Broadcasters last month. One of the commercials in the NAB's campaign features a grandmother whose Sunday-afternoon football viewing is being spoiled by a pixelated TV picture—presumably from a nearby white space broadband device.
The Information Technology Industry Council countered the TV execs' submission with a letter of their own. According to PC World, the technology trade group accused the broadcasters of carrying on a misinformation campaign, saying that the claims of interference were "unfounded" and "designed to confuse consumers and policymakers."
"Is this thing on?"
The debate extends beyond broadcasters and wireless broadband proponents, however. Even audio engineers are chiming in to make their voices heard, as are companies that manufacture or use wireless microphones. One comment (PDF) submitted to the FCC last week comes courtesy of a "consultant and contractor to the audio visual market place." He notes that wireless microphones use spectrum from 470MHz to 700MHz and expresses his concerns that white spaces broadband could cause interference with the operation of wireless microphones.
Shure, a manufacturer of high-end audio equipment, shares that concern. "Without the surefire protection from interference promised by the proponents of portable white spaces devices ('WSDs'), important wireless microphone systems operating daily across the Nation in broadcasting, news, sports, entertainment, religious and educational events and programming will be at severe risk of disruption," the company argues in a filing (PDF). The company wants the FCC to limit white spaces devices to "fixed" (rather than portable) installations designed for rural broadband service.
Even the National Football League is concerned (PDF) about white spaces devices. While supporting the expansion of broadband services in the US, the league is worried that unlicensed white spaces broadband could cause problems. The NFL wants to ensure that any white spaces devices "will not cause debilitating interference" with the wireless microphones used by NFL officials.
There's a lot at stake, and the FCC has been bombarded with comments from all sides of the issue. A recent presentation to the FCC by Cox Communications underscored the company's belief that white spaces devices would "undermine [the] already complicated DTV transition" and that "consumers could be the real losers." White spaces proponents counter that the real losers would be Americans who would lose out on additional choice when it comes to broadband.
A prototype spectrum-sensing device tested by the FCC earlier this year failed to reliably detect the presence of digital television signals. Further examination by the White Space Coalition showed that the device was broken, and a second model was able to detect signals without error.
The FCC is supposed to issue rules governing the use of the white spaces spectrum by the end of the year. With stakeholders on both sides holding firmly to their positions that white spaces broadband is either primed to solve the United States' broadband problems/doom the nation's transition to digital TV, the Commission is bound to draw heavy criticism, no matter how it rules.


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Not just a nature lover: Keats's critics were suspicious of his "jacobinical" politics—but how radical was he?
In his early poem "I stood tip-toe", Keats describes an effect of sunlight passing through water:
Where swarms of minnows show their little heads,
Staying their wavy bodies 'gainst the streams,
To taste the luxury of sunny beams
Temper'd with coolness. How they ever wrestle
With their own sweet delight, and ever nestle
Their silver bellies on the pebbly sand.
If you but scantily hold out the hand,
That very instant not one will remain;
But turn your eye, and they are there again.
At first glance, this seems to be nothing more than a delicate piece of observation. We know from Keats's letters (as Nicholas Roe points out in his new biography, John Keats: A New Life, Yale University Press, £25) that as a boy he loved to explore the natural world of the countryside near Edmonton: "How fond I used to be of Goldfinches, Tomtits, Minnows, Mice, Ticklebacks, Dace, Cock salmons and all the whole tribe of the Bushes and the Brooks," he wrote to his sister.
But Keats the poet gave those childhood memories an extra depth when he interpreted the movement of the minnows as a wrestling "with their own sweet delight". That gloss makes the water both the minnows' pleasurable element while, at the same time, something to be resisted or struggled against. It is a doubleness which retrospectively gives additional point to the word "wavy". Initially one reads "wavy" as saying merely that the minnows' bodies are undulating, because that is the motion fish use to stay "their . . . bodies 'gainst the stream". But then, glancing back, one understands that the minnows' bodies are also "wavy" in another sense. They are wavy, too, because they have an affinity with the waves in which the fish live. Resistance and assimilation are fused in a single word.
Critics have often fastened upon such passages as evidence for a vision of Keats as a thoroughly aestheticised figure. This is the Keats whose preoccupation was, above all, with beauty. The letter, both proud and mortified, that he wrote to Fanny Brawnewhen he was already mortally ill with con- sumption is often taken as an encapsulation of the whole life and work:


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Anyone who lives in Jefferson County and will be 18 years old or older on or before the next election may register to vote, provided they register to vote prior to 30 days before the next election. (TCA § 2-2-109) Prohibits the processing of a voter registration that is within 30 days of an election. Those received during that period will be processed after the election in question. The last day that we can process a voter registration for the May 6, 2014 County Primary Election is April 7, 2014. You may register in a number of ways.
How to Register to Vote
1. Online at the Tennessee Division of Elections.
2. When you obtain or renew your driver's license at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
3. At the Jefferson County Elections Commission's Office:
931 Industrial Park Road
Suite 100 (Lower level of the Health Department)
Dandridge, TN 37725
4. By Mail. If you mail your voter registration applicaiton to the Election Commission, please send it to the following address:
P.O. Box 177
Dandridge, TN 37725
Click here to download a list of the election districts in Jefferson County.
Click here to download a map of the County Commission (election districts) in Jefferson County.


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Happy Valentine's Day to those who are singles and for those people who are in a relationship! Be safe!
I have not blogged in like forever. School has got me in its net like a fish out in the sea. I decided to put everything on a stand still, including future posts for a little longer until I can muster up the energy to stay focus. College can be a drag, but often times, I have to swim my way out. Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone.
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