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|Mar 21st, 2008 09:52 PM
|Colonel Flagg
I'd criticize your work, Max, if I could find one abstract form of verbiage that was excessive in redundancy or loose in verisimilitude, but in fact all your free-associating obfuscations serve only to add to the greater delectability of the iambic pentameter.
|Mar 21st, 2008 09:05 PM
|Count Mek
|I'm sure if I understood the things it'd be awesome man.
|Mar 21st, 2008 12:53 PM
Nice again, Max ^^
Introspection and Cubicle Ape were my favorites
|Mar 20th, 2008 12:03 AM
|Autrach Sejanoz
Thanks for the explanations, Max.
Though I can't offer you money, will my soul do?
|Mar 19th, 2008 04:01 PM
|<3 you Max
|Mar 19th, 2008 03:06 PM
|Too true, but then I'm always well positioned to reward myself for my own slavish loyalty.
|Mar 19th, 2008 02:57 PM
|You even suck up too yourself.
|Mar 19th, 2008 02:56 PM
Thanks all, and who doesn't have a crush on me? I mean seriously. I am delectable.
Iron Dave and the other Dave are not only not the same Dave, they aren't based on actual people. They are more personifications of ideas. To me 'Dave' is a great every man name. Years ago I spent some time knocking around Indian reservations out in the four states area, and it seemed like every guide I met was named Dave. There's a great Kids in the Hall song, "These are the Daves I know." Joe, Johnny and Dave are my favorite anybody names.
To paraphrase a certain animated skunk, Beatpole can call me Flower if he wants to. My love embraces all.
And as far as sucking up goes, what would be the point? That being said, anyone who wants to send me money is allowed to.
|Mar 16th, 2008 12:16 AM
|Tetsu Deinonychus
Max, I just wish I had a cappuccino to drink while enjoying this fine poetry.
Stay cool, Daddy-O! 8)
|Mar 16th, 2008 12:14 AM
I really wasn't joking, I just went to the latest Burbank article to post it.
Although I do have quite a crush on Max
|Mar 15th, 2008 12:48 PM
Oooo someone has a crush.
suck ups
|Mar 15th, 2008 08:52 AM
|I just woke up from a dream in which I was watching the spanish channel (Which I navigated with a map from Metroid) and the show I was watching mostly consisted of you walking out onto a lawn in pajamas and a bathrobe, yelling "I'm Max Burbank" at the top of your lungs, and me saying to the person watching TV with me "That lawn is in salem."
|Mar 15th, 2008 12:31 AM
|Mar 14th, 2008 11:09 PM
|Jigby Huggletinks
|This Beatpole fellow defies the ways of my Burbankist faith. He shall be eliminated in the quickest manner feasibly executable.
|Mar 13th, 2008 11:27 PM
|You guys are all suck ups.
|Mar 13th, 2008 11:24 PM
|El Sammo
|Yeah beatpole, fuck off. I was always under the impression that poetry didn't have to have any kind of form or reason. It's called freeform I believe, I didn't pay that much attention in english class.
|Mar 13th, 2008 10:01 PM
|Mar 13th, 2008 03:53 PM
|Colonel Flagg
Overbearing, Self-serving,
Pretentious beatpole.
|Mar 13th, 2008 06:16 AM
|El Sammo
|I've always hated Elmo. It's my opinion that he's responsible for Grovers crack addiction. How else is he to cope with the pain of knowing he's been replaced by that high-voiced annoying jackass? There is no other way, that's how. It's been proven scientifically. By scientists.
|Mar 13th, 2008 12:04 AM
i'd say beatpole IS another whipping boy
|Mar 12th, 2008 11:43 PM
|actually beatpole I passed all of my poetry classes(high school and college levels) and Max is a damn fine poet in the david sedaris vein. Witch City is fantastic. my personal favorite.
|Mar 12th, 2008 09:19 PM
|The best poetry comes from the most troubled minds, I love it Max
|Mar 12th, 2008 09:09 PM
|Mar 12th, 2008 08:54 PM
|It is reassuring to see that there is someone out there who is worse at poetry than I am. I mean, I've failed every poetry course I ever took in school or otherwise, but you suck. What I mean to say is, Thank You for sucking so hard. I may be laughing at you and not with you, but at least you made me laugh.
|Mar 12th, 2008 07:52 PM
|I agree, Elmo DID ruin Sesame Street
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So doc veloclinic thinks the tour was not what he would call cleans. On top of that he speculates that judging by his analysis of climb times no new superfuels or other methods are available or at least on use. Not a very extraordinary paitsi of claims by any means.
In the graphs 2013 is hilarious. So is 2009. Long live Contador & Froome.

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New Bern city politicians and paid managers should be hugely embarrassed and apologetic for their �Branding� fiasco.
New Bern city politicians and paid managers should be hugely embarrassed and apologetic for their �Branding� fiasco.
Your Nov. 24 column and outstanding city logo (drafted in a few minutes) made my day. Please continue your campaign for common sense and best bang-for-the-bucks on this bureaucratic disaster.
Also, keep your logo renditions alive in future SJ editions. I have designed logos and composed �taglines� for many applications in my career. My suggestion for your next design is simply to expand the test on the side of the bear coat-of-arms to:
Home of State Champions
Settled in (or since) 1710
Using the same font style as �Est. in 1710�
The tagline �North Carolina begins here� is perfect. Certainly, you will receive other productive suggestions. Perhaps those branding hucksters who presented the no-ready-for-primetime fonts and clipart were not advised of the long line of military leaders, statewide association presidents and chairpersons, state champion sports teams, university scholars, accomplished medical professionals, etc., who hailed from New Bern and Craven County. (The specific historic record is lengthy and might be a useful reporting assignment for the quick-witted Sun Journal writers).
Bob Shuck, New Bern


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Rock of Truth
Chapman looked good yesterday in the starting role. With that, Leake could move to a long reliever. From what I have seen over the past couple years, could this spell doom for Arrodando? Every time I have ever seen him, the opposition scores. If not him, then A. Simon? Drop one of these combustible arms and I think the roster fills out very nicely.
(I am already discounting Masset)
(I am already discounting Masset)


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Is ginger used in embalming? No. Is it an effective herbal ingredient in tinctures that increase longevity? Not really. Can you make a ginger tea that will make you look younger, reduce wrinkles, stem the effects of Alzheimers, macular degeneration, or arthritis? Sadly, no. Ginger is great for things like stomach aches and nausea, but will it lead to a longer life? Probably not.
So it is with this cookie cutter that we remind ourselves of our mortality. The inevitability of death. The haunting spectre of Thanatos as he creeps up behind you, scythe at the ready... but it's not all bad news! At least we can get some cookies out of the deal, and that will make the years we have left to us that much more delicious!
Gingerbread men are a delicious holiday cookie, but the ones we make have a twist. The cookie cutter we use, you see, cuts a wee little man shape out of your rolled gingerbread dough, while the other side presses a cutesy little skeleton into the surface. The finished cookie looks like a Gingerbread x-ray. A GingerDEAD man, if you will.
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Oct 10, 2012
Weekly Muppet Wednesdays: Barkley
Performed by...
Toby Towson (1977-1978)
Brian Muehl (1978-1984)
Fred Garver (1984-1993)
Bruce Connelly (1993-present)
First appearance...
Sesame Street Season 9 (1977)
Most recent appearance...
Sesame Street Season 43: Episode 4310 (2012)
Best known role...
Large, excitable, adorable dog on Sesame Street; Big Bird's international travel partner
Also known as...
Original owner...
Barkley is the lovable pooch introduced to the Sesame family way back in 1977 in the ninth season. Barkley does not speak and was played as more of real dog on the show. He was originally owned by Linda and had a very close relationship with Big Bird even acting as his companion when Big Bird traveled to China and Japan. Barkley has been a recurring Muppet on Sesame Street since his appearance up until today.
Barkley has appeared in numerous specials including the somewhat forgotten A Special Sesame Street Christmas, and the 10th anniversary special, A Walking Tour of Sesame Street. However, perhaps Barkley's biggest role were in the specials Big Bird in China and Big Bird in Japan, where Barkley and Big Bird set off to China in 1983 and Japan in 1988. In China, Barkley was Big Bird's friend from Sesame Street on his exploration to find the legendary bird that rose from the ashes, the Phoenix. The pair made friends with a little Chinese girl named, Xiaoo Foo, and tried to get into a fight with Monkey King when Big Bird told Barkley to "sick 'em!"
Six years later after their visit to China, Big Bird and Barkley took off for Japan for a bus tour of the country. In 1985, Barkley went on to the big screen with the rest of Sesame Street in the feature film Follow That Bird. Though he wasn't part of the rescue group for Big Bird, Barkley was still notable since he was in about every scene in the movie on Sesame Street. Barkley continued to appear into the 21st century, but was seen less and less. His only appearances were inside Elmo's World, seen playing with Mr. Noodle. However, Barkley was seen in the crowd in the season premiere of Season 40. Though most fans at the time probably would've thought that this was just a hidden gem, Barkley appeared the next season too. Barkley will play a major role in the street story of Episode 4310 in Season 43.
On a street with eight-foot-two yellow birds, monsters, talking animals, counting vampires, grouches, Snuffleupaguses, and fairies, wouldn't it be nice for a Muppet like Barkley to come and add a little bit of sanity on the street? Plus, Barkley is so distinguishable amongst the crowd of Muppets and adds an animal that everyone can relate too. Barkley is also pretty funny and him being an advanced puppet would just show how amazing the Muppeteers are! It's a shame that Sesame Street has been lacking Barkley for the past couple years, but it looks like they are now making up for it by showing him in both season 40 and 41 and now giving him a central role in a upcoming season 43 episode.
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I love that last picture who's manipulating him its still kinda freaky that I think barkly still looks cute with a human body I still wanna know who's that bloke inside or rather which haha lol ~mariaReplyDeleteReplies
It is Brian Muehl I believe. In the 40th anniversary book this was one of the pictures of Barkley next to the Brian Muehl page (yup Barkley got his own page!)Delete
Thanks for posting my article man:)-- PhoenixReplyDeleteReplies
You are awesomly awesome you replied to me your going in my fan fiction now phoenix! are you apart of mcf? because I'm writing one about muppet central and the residents of mc with a door in a closet filled with muupets kinda like a virtual world where were all pixalized. I'm up to chapter 4 part 2 of 4 page 55 and counting. HE GOT HIS OWN PAGE!!!!! Cool and thanks for writing its nice love it tehe okay raint over again thanks for answering hugs and giggles ~mariaDelete
Cool thanks:) And sorry for replying so late. This is Phoenix by the way. Just changed by Blogger name and pictureDelete
Muppets not muupets sorry my phones a stupid phone not a smart one tehe hugs and giggles ~mariaReplyDelete
Barkley the adorable dog that will never die and live foreverReplyDelete


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Pre-sale begins noon Thursday for U2's June 28 concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford as part of a spring/summer "Joshua Tree" tour, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album that catapulted the Irish New Wave band to international superstardom.
Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers and One Republic will open.
The password: LINES
Presale ends at 5 p.m. Friday. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Featuring the hit singles "With Or Without You," "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "Where The Streets Have No Name," "The Joshu Tree" was U2's first #1 album in the United States.
It also topped the global charts, selling more than 25 million copies.
The New Jersey show is the next-to-last in North America before the band performs in London, Berlin, Rome, Barcelona, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam -- and at Croke Park in Dublin, the site of two historic concerts in June 1987.
The tour begins in Vancouver on May 12 and includes U2's first-ever headlining spot at Bonnnaroo, in Tennessee, June 8-11.
"Every song [from the album]. Every show," the band promises.
Sales will be limited to four tickets per person for pre-sale and six per person for general public sale.
"It seems like we have come full circle from when 'The Joshua Tree' songs were originally writtten, with global upheaval, extreme right wing politics and some fundamental human rights at risk," said guitarist The Edge. "To celebrate the album - as these songs seem so relevant and prescient of these times too - we decided to do these shows.
"It feels right for now. We're looking forward to it."
Lead singer Bono, meanwhile, called the seminal album "quite an opera."
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The sky... I didn't know it was purple... I should get out more. Jokes aside, this doesn't make sense.
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Learning the origins of plant names tells a lot about how people relate to the botanical world around them.
Take deodar cedar. Deodar is derived from "devadaru," a Sanskrit word that combines "deva," a word meaning divine, with "daru," a word for tree. But the origin of another important word is traced to daru as well, and that word is truth. Thus, the English words for tree and truth are etymologically joined at the hip.
There is a permanence about trees that suggests truth, which is timeless. Perhaps that is why, in the Bible, there is a prohibition against planting trees next to God's altar. Tree or nature worship was incompatible with recognition of a single, all-powerful, yet invisible God.
Deodar cedar (Cedrus deodara) is among the most magnificent trees in the world. It is found growing in the western Himalayas at elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 feet and may live for 1,000 years. But it is also a tree that is found in the San Fernando Valley, and I have to thank Sharon Klek, of Granada Hills, for bringing several beautiful specimens from her White Oak Avenue neighborhood to my attention.
"Due to this drought, quite a few people are either letting their lawns (under deodar cedars) dry up or are putting in some kind of drought-resistant gardens where they hardly water at all," Klek notes. "Are the deodar trees deep-rooted where they can reach water under the ground or shallow-rooted? I am worried that they will start to die if people stop watering."
Klek's concern is well-founded. During the drought of the 1990s, I recall observing many native oak trees that were stressed from lack of water. As long as we get average Los Angeles rainfall, which is slightly less than 15 inches per year, trees like deodar cedars and native oaks grow just fine without summer irrigation.
But during several consecutive years of drought, it would be advisable to take a slowly trickling hose and, over the course of several hours, move it around the drip line — the imaginary circular soil line directly below a tree's canopy perimeter — once a month between July and September. Alternatively, you could put a temporary drip irrigation line over the tree's drip line — so named because that's where water drips off a tree when it rains — and leave it on for 12 hours, two or three times during the summer.
Yet, deodar cedars have a distinct advantage over other trees in terms of water conservation. Their pyramidal form and low-hanging branches create significant shade below so evaporation from the soil is minimized.
Los Angeles water regulations permit watering with a hose any day of the week, or watering with sprinklers three days a week, as long as watering is done after 4 p.m. and before 9 a.m. Odd-numbered addresses water Monday, Wednesday and Friday, while even numbers water Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, eight minutes per valve or water station. Drip irrigation is permitted around the clock, seven days a week.
The fact that deodar cedar longevity is linked to a mountainous habitat may not be a surprise to Californians, who are perhaps familiar with the oldest trees on Earth, bristlecone pines (Pinus aristata), which reside in the White Mountains above Death Valley at elevations of 8,000-12,000 feet. Some of these pines are more than 4,000 years old.
New plant
Digiplexis 'Illumination Flame,' a new plant introduced into the nursery trade this year, has already begun to make waves. It's a hybrid between the familiar North American foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) and a cousin (Isoplexis canariensis) from the Canary Islands. It's a sterile hybrid and doesn't form seeds but still attracts bees and butterflies. Lack of seed production means more energy is always on hand for making flowers, which it does from spring until fall. Color is an unconventional fuchsia-peach.
Summer flowers
I spotted two nonstop flowering selections that you should also strongly consider this summer. One is bat-faced cuphea (Cuphea llaeva), with an uncanny resemblance to those famous flying mammals, and the other is strawflower (Bracteantha/Xerochrysum). Available in pink, dark pink, red, salmon, gold, yellow and white, strawflowers are daisies that have an almost artificial look due to their papery, strawlike consistency.
To keep them for everlasting bouquets, detach strawflowers when they have just begun to open. Hang them upside down in a protected, dark, airy location. Strawflowers open fully as they dry and can last for a year or more without losing their color.
Q What's going on with birch trees in the Valley? I see many dead ones as I drive in my neighborhood. Mine has some dead and spare branches. I recently fed it and plan to give it iron. Should I invest in lacing (pruning) or is it on its way out anyway?
— Marylyn Margalit, Porter Ranch
A Birch trees are often short-lived. They need lots of water and I don't know if three-day-a-week watering (per municipal water code) is sufficient. You may try soaking, as opposed to sprinkler irrigation, as explained above regarding deodar cedar. I am not recommending daily soaking, but the kind of heat we have experienced lately certainly demands more than three days per week of sprinkler spray.
A 3-inch layer of mulch out to the drip line or canopy perimeter is also useful in reducing water loss from the soil. Just make sure mulch does not touch the trunk, which could result in fungus problems.
Keep in mind that at 15-20 years of age, most Valley birch trees go into decline, unless they grow in a well-drained soil that is constantly moist. Trimming them, however, is usually a mistake, since it reduces vigor, and I would only do so if they are growing over your roof or against a structure.
For more information about area plants and gardens, go to Joshua Siskin's website at www.thesmartergardener.com. Send questions and photos to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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(Corrects inflation figures over one year.)
Inflation in the U.S. is trending below the Federal Reserve's target and doesn't seem to be going anywhere fast.
The consumer price index is projected to rise 0.1% in March, according to economists polled by MarketWatch. A 0.1% increase is also expected in the core rate, which excludes volatile food and energy costs.
The report will be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
Over the past 12 months ending in February, consumer inflation has risen at a 1.1% pace and 1.6% on a core basis.
It is important to note that the CPI report is no longer the Fed's favorite measure of inflation. The U.S. central bank targets the personal consumption expenditure index.
The Fed's 2% target for the PCE headline index is roughly equivalent to a 2.5% rate in the consumer price index, according to Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, in a recent speech.
So the CPI is well below the Fed's target.
Also on Tuesday, two early readings on the economy in April will be released, and both are expected to be consistent with an economy improving as the weather improves.
The New York Fed will release its latest survey of manufacturing executives at the same time that the CPI data is released. The Empire State index is forecast to rise to 8.0 in April from 5.6 in March.
At 10 a.m., an index of sentiment among home builders is expected to rise to 50 in April from 47 in March.
Readings above 50 for the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo housing-market index signal that builders, generally, are optimistic about sales trends
In addition to the data, there are several Fed speakers on the docket. Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen is giving opening remarks at the Atlanta Fed's banking conference. Most of the time, opening remarks are not substantive but it is hard to know for certain given Yellen's brief tenure whether she will follow that practice.
Besides Yellen, it looks like the doves on the central bank will get the most attention.
Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren is likely to have the most substantive remarks. He is giving a speech at Husson University in Bangor, Maine at 4 p.m. Eastern. Rosengren is a leading dove on the Fed policy committee. He dissented from the Fed's decision in late 2013 to start to taper the bond buying program.
Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota is speaking at a town hall in Fargo, North Dakota at 8 p.m. Eastern. Kocherlakota is a voting member of the Fed policy committee this year. He was the only dissent to the central bank's decision last month to change its forward guidance.
There are two other Fed speakers but they are not giving lengthy presentations.
Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser is moderating a panel discussion at the Atlanta Fed conference at 3 p.m.
And Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart is giving welcoming remarks at his bank's banking conference just before Yellen speaks.
-- Greg Robb
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This is good and bad.
The good news is that you can program ACL2's simplifier.
The bad news is that when you command ACL2 to prove a theorem you must give some thought to how that theorem is to be used as a rule!
For example, if you engaged in the mathematically trivial act of proving the associativity rule again, but with the equality reversed, you would have programmed ACL2's rewriter to loop forever.
You can avoid adding any rule by using the command:
(defthm associativity-of-app (equal (app (app a b) c) (app a (app b c))) :rule-classes nil)


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5G patents and licensing
5G standardization is supported by the patent and licensing process, and will boost performance between networks, devices and operators, creating new revenue streams with radical new business models and use cases. Progress on the 5G standardization front will also bring enormous opportunities to the way we use our devices to communicate with our surroundings, revolutionizing key industries globally, including: TV and media; manufacturing; healthcare; telecommunications; and transportation and infrastructure.
A foundation for the future
The 5G foundation patent application forms the foundation of the 5G standardization work and shows how to incorporate numerous individual inventions to build a complete 5G architecture. With 130 inventors, it is the largest patent application in terms of inventors in the cellular industry, anywhere in the world (source: Derwent Innovation). Watch the video to discover the future of mobile networks.


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YOU'RE SPECIAL, just like everyone else. The same idea applies to farms. Although every farm is unique, yours is not quite as special as you might like to think. That simple fact, paired with the laws of probability, means that instead of choosing your winning cultivar from last year, you'll probably make more income per acre with products that performed best over an average of several locations over a wide area. University of Minnesota agronomist Dale Hicks has been trying to get this message out to Corn Belt farmers for more than a decade.
"Farmers can easily buy into the idea that the best source of hybrid or variety information is data from their individual farm," Hicks says. "Picking winners out of your backyard seems intuitively correct, but according to our research, the conventional wisdom is wrong when it comes to picking the right corn or soybean cultivars."
Hicks says research has consistently shown that taking the average best-yielding corn hybrids and soybean varieties from a wide, multicounty area will significantly beat picking the winners from your field last year. In one representative study, picking the average best two or three soybean varieties over a wide area resulted in yields that were 6% higher than average over seven years. Picking two or three varieties from the individual farm beat the average by only 2%. Similar results were achieved with corn.
"Our extensive analysis shows the best hybrids and varieties to choose are the ones that yield best over a several-location average," Hicks says. "Most years, they will outyield the winners from your field or your next-door neighbor's field."
Hicks points out that some of the best scientifically based data are free from universities and seed companies. "These sources use replicated small plots, which give the most reliable information," he says. "The idea put forth by some grower groups, that small plots don't translate to results in big fields, is simply nonsense." He recommends supplementing company and university yield data by attending field days to learn why products perform the way they do. "Losing focus on field days is a big mistake," Hicks says. "But fewer and fewer farmers go to them."
Seed agronomist perspective
Stephen Smith, Mycogen agronomy services manager, says that market research shows that farmers get most of their agronomic information from seed dealers/ag retailers, then neighbors, farm magazines, and finally university extension.
"I hope farmers aren't depending too much on their neighbors or their own on-farm yield data," Smith says. "A traditional farmer plot simply does not give an accurate picture of actual product performance because it is not replicated. One show plot is not a reliable indicator."
Smith challenges growers to come to field events with an objective. That includes preparing some questions to ask and trying to understand what products fit best on their farms. "Product positioning is a big factor to consider, and that is where getting out to field days can offer more than just looking at yield data," Smith says. "Side-by-side plots let you see things like relative height, emergence, maturity, ear type and response to plant populations against many products in the field. Once you know about the characteristics, you should then ask, 'So what? How does this benefit me?' And make sure to take good notes and follow through by checking the yield data on those plots."
Seed companies are adapting to farmers' information needs. For example, Smith says, far more time is spent in one-on-one meetings with one grower, a sales representative and a company agronomist. Smaller groups tend to be more convenient for the farmer and offer a better opportunity to get particular questions answered. "We also produce a Virtual Plot Tour CD ROM for our dealers to use as a tool when they are talking though field challenges with their customers," Smith says. "Our first version came out last year and version two is ready for 2005."
Format is just part of how farmer-company interaction has changed over the last five years. Farmers are still looking for yield but now react more to problems like diseases and insect pests. A complete system that can solve their challenges may include traits like Liberty and glyphosate herbicide tolerance, Bt traits for insect control, seed treatments, and granular and liquid pesticides. "This is all part of an integrated resistance management (IRM) program that uses many tools to keep growers one step ahead of resistant pest problems," Smith says.
Chemical agronomist perspective
Dave Lamore, senior technical service representative for Bayer CropScience, agrees that farmer focus has changed. "I think university plots are underutilized by farmers," he says. "Many farmers I've talked to say they don't come to the university events because they are too busy taking care of their larger farms. And if they do have some downtime, usually the last thing they want to do is look at more crops."
Lamore confirms that, meanwhile, chemical companies don't present as many farmer field days as they used to because they have fewer products to talk about. Lamore says he spends much of his time with crop consultants and universities instead.
"Genetically modified hybrids have changed everything except that Mother Nature continues to adapt," Lamore says. Environmental restrictions are limiting options on atrazine in some areas. Farmers must look for innovative ways to keep up with nature's adaptations. "Resistant weeds, spider mites and soybean aphids are some urgent problems we're facing now," Smith continues. "Next year it might be soybean rust or something totally unexpected. Field days are one of the best ways to see how the available tools work to solve problems in the field. And when you see with your own eyes that a system works in several locations, that's the best indication that it will work on your farm too."
I go to some winter meetings and summer meetings. Some of my favorites focus on no-till, strip-till and zone tillage. I go to a lot of reactionary events, such as when there is a problem like aphids or rust to deal with. I typically go to seed company test plots at the end of August and in early September. It's company line stuff, but usually at least 10% of the information is very useful, which makes it worthwhile to attend. I haven't gone to a university event in several years.
Sometimes good information is worth paying for. Hefty Seed Company meetings, for example, cost $50 to $125. It's not hard to justify the fee if it saves me from making one mistake in the field. Hefty has a number of interesting programs, from agronomy to finance, and even meetings tailored specifically to women who want to get more involved in the farming operation. It's not all product promotion.
Field days aren't a priority of mine. I find that I learn more from talking to other farmers than going to sponsored events, and a lot of that interaction is via cell phone and e-mail these days. With companies, I find sitting down one-on-one with someone is much more efficient in finding what works for my farm. If I have time, I will go to a wheat meeting that extension puts on every year. About 5% of information I get at field days is typically useful to me.
It's fairly rare when I attend field days (one or two per year), but that's because of past experiences with them. Too many field days are simply another commercial for the company — be it genetics or herbicide. The ones I am more inclined to attend are either state extension-sponsored meetings or producer-group meetings — things like county corn grower associations or Practical Farmers of Iowa.
The thing I look for at field days is differences. If it's a demonstration plot on different production practices, I'd like to physically see the differences. Stuff that jumps out at you tends to make an impression and causes you to make changes in your own operation.
I've helped host field events for products ranging from automated steering systems for a tractor to corn and soybean seed as a seed dealer for Monsanto. As a farmer, I tend to go to field days to learn about the latest products and usually find the quality and credibility of the information to be very good. At least half of the information is usually very useful to me. I typically don't go to university field days because there typically aren't any being held at a convenient distance from my farm.
Even if you don't buy the products, I think any company field day is worth it because you usually learn about things that are not being promoted. Also, I would attend a field day put on by the "major players" in agriculture, such as Monsanto. They've developed all the latest technology such as Roundup Ready crops and rootworm-resistant and corn borer-resistant corn.


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Albacore tuna and blue-fin tuna
Eaten fresh or preserved, the albacore tuna and blue-fin tuna have always been highly prized by the Basque people and linked to fishing since time immemorial.
The albacore or white tuna (thunnus alalunga) and the blue-fin or red tuna (thunnus thynnus) are two of the best established fish in the north of the peninsula and particularly in the Basque Country. The albacore tuna has whiter flesh than the blue-fin, which means it is the more highly prized of the two. The Kalitatea foundation grants a label to albacore and blue-fin tuna in the "A" and "Extra" categories of freshness only to fish caught by traditional methods respectful of the marine environment. The fish can be recognised because it has a white security tape on its tail, on which the following information appears: the name of the port where it has been unloaded and checked; the name of the species; a control number that identifies the boat which caught it, the unloading date, the checking team that selected it and the symbol of Eusko Label-Kalitatea, guaranteeing its quality.
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Oplysninger om produkt
- Type produkt: Fish
- Sæson: The range of fresh fish appears above all between June and October.
- Oprindelse: The albarcore and blue-fin tuna are caught in the waters of the Cantabrian Sea. Obviously, because of the presence of the coast, they are mainly associated with the provinces of Bizkaia and Guipúzcoa and, within these, in the ports of Guetaria, Ondarroa and Fuenterrabía.
- Anbefalede drikkevarer: Albacore tuna is delicious eaten with dry white wine, rosé and young red. The choice will depend on the method of preparation and the ingredients accompanying it.
- Opskrifter: 'Marmitaco' (fish and potato stew)
- Slags: The categories recognised by the Label are:
- 'Extra' category: the fish shows intense pigments, bright colours, glossy skin and a rigid body.
- Category 'A': the characteristics of the fish are the same, except that there are slight losses of pigmentation, colour and consistency.
- Energy: Low
- Cholesterol: Low
- Bemærkninger: Rich in proteins.


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Bethel snow removal plows ahead
Administration restricts gallery show by Richard Ostrand performances of the Fes-tival
of Christmas are
President Lundquist re- scheduled."
stricted a recent Bethel Art The show ran from Nov.
Gallery show. Show times 23 to Dec. 4. It featured
were limited because of two Bethel graduates who
three drawings of nudes concentrated in visual
by one of the featured arts, Loren Friesen and
artists. Claudia Esslinger. Friesen
"Stipulations" by Lund- graduated in 1974 and Es-quist-
were listed by Dr. slinger in 1976.
Dwight Jessup, director of The three nudes were
academic affairs, in a let- part of a series of 10 black
ter to the art department: and white pastel drawings
"The gallery must be by Friesen. A number of
closed in the evenings and other non-nude works by
on Sundays" because "the Friesen and Esslinger were
drawings do not carry the in the show.
approval of the adminis- The letter from Jessup
(ration" as being proper stated that Lundquist's de-for
showing to "the gen- cisions should not "be con-eral
public and Bethel's sidered as condoning the
constituency." display of nudes in the
Jessup's letter con- gallery" and that the deci-tinued,
"This is particular- sion "should not be inter-ly
important on Dec. 3, 4, preted as a precedent." Jes-
5, and 6 when on-campus sup's letter continued, "No
easy answers are imme- lated that a sign be placed
diately available that will in the gallery entrance
satisfy everyone." which explained that the
Friesen said, "I realize "intended audience" of the
it's an issue that sincere show was "students of
Christians can disagree on, art" and the show's "in-but
I think the disagree- tended objective" being
ment comes from a mis- "educational."
understanding of scrip- The sign the art depart-ture.
Scripture is very ment put up, however, also
open about nudity. There included the department's
are no restrictions in scrip- position on nudity: "The
ture," he said. study of the nude figure in
"There is a tendency art is not inheiently evil...
with Christians to asso- to the contrary: our physi-ciate
nudity with sexual- cal being is one of the
ity, and sexuality with por- ways in which we partake
nography. The equation is: of the Imago Dei."
nudity equals evil," said The sign continued:
Friesen. But he . believes "Open artistic investiga-that
in many instances in tion into our physical, or
scripture nudity has differ- even sexual make-up can
ent connotations from that. only contribute to the bet-
"in Genesis, being naked ter psychological, philo-is
part of the condition of sophical, and theological
innocence," he said. understanding of our-
Lundquist also stipu- selves,"
all of you
to 1982!
the Clarion. Vol. 57, No. 14 Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Dr., St. Paul, MN 8 January1982
Publicity film premieres Founders Week
by Tami McQuoid
Working under very
bright lights and spending
a grueling six hours shoot-ing
a one-minute scene are
among the memories Darla
Baltz has about Bethel's
new promotional film As-signment
for Tomorrow.
"I found out that mak-ing
a film was not as
glamourous as it seems,"
said Baltz, a 1981 Bethel
graduate in speech-com-munications.
She is the
main character in Bethel's
new film.
Under the direction of
Florence Johnson, director
of publicity, Assignment
for Tomorrow is scheduled
to be shown for the first
time during Founders
Week in January.
The script focuses
mainly on Baltz and her
experience at Bethel. "Dar-la
was a prime candidate
for the role," said Johnson,
"because she worked in
the Admissions Office for
four years and we knew -
her quite well." Baltz:s
parents are also graduates
of Bethel and her father is
a graduate of Bethel Semi-nary.
According to Johnson,
the idea the film tries to
convey is that Bethel stu-dents
are being prepared
for "something out there
tomorrow." "Each student
has an assignment for to-morrow,"
said Johnson.
"Bethel students should
help shape society," John-son
said. "They should be
contributors and not be
content with a seat in the
The film opens with a
scene in which Baltz is
writing a paper about the
death of her older sister
Pam. "I always looked up
to Pam," said Baltz, "and
used her life as a model for
how I should be at that
age." When her sister died,
Baltz no longer had a per-son
to model her life after.
"The film," said Baltz,
"tells about the guidance I
received from the people
at Bethel."
"The film could be about
any student at Bethel,"
said Baltz. The main idea
of the film, according to
Baltz, is that Bethel is a
good place for students to
grow because of the peo-ple
and the atmosphere.
Many other students
and faculty are also in-cluded
in the film Johnson
said. "I developed the basic
script," said Johnson, "but
I made it as flexible as
possible. I gave each per-son
an idea of what I
wanted but let them decide
see page 3
ing a lot more snow," said
Ron Sprecher, head-groundsman
of the physi-cal
plant. "We only used
the new plow twice last
year—it was such a freak
year for snowfall."
The new plow, which
the physical plant bought
last year for $12,000, along
with an older plow, seven
snowblowers, an auto-matic
sander and a rotary
brush, was broken in by
the snow removal crew to
another year of Minnesota
snow and ice. The Bethel
snow removers consist of
two part-time day work-ers,
one part-time night
worker, a back up main-tenance
staff and nine
student shovelers.
Bethel has a contract
with a commercial snow-removal
business called
Ashbach. Jim Woods, di-rector
of the physical
plant, said, "If there is over
two inches of snowfall,
Ashbach is called to help
Sprecher commented
that the whole process of
snow removal can be a
long day's work. "If the
snowfall has been heavy
at night we are sometimes
out there by one or 2 a.m.,"
he said. "In a four inch
snowfall it can take four
guys at least 12 hours to
finish the job," he added.
"One problem this year,"
said Sprecher, "is the ad-ditional
cars on campus."
Woods explained that it is
important that cars are
moved from the desig-nated
areas of the parking
lots so that the plowing
can be done efficiently.
The plowing begins
with the main road
through campus; then goe's
on to the parking lots. The
main walks are next. The
sander then goes through
to take care of the slippery
spots. The townhouses
and dorms have students
who are hired to take care
of the immediate areas a-round
each residence.
Fountain Terrace is the
only off-campus housing
for which Bethel is re-sponsible
for snow remo-val.
Silvercrest and
Brighton Village are not
owned by Bethel and dif-ferent
management is re-sponsible.
"Plowing at Fountain
Terrace is a problem," said
Greg Hamann, director of
resident management,
"The lot is never empty
and is not an easy set-up
to plow. In fact, the first
company we hired to plow
the lot called after the first
snowstorm and cancelled."
They now have a con-tract
with another corn-pany
which has plowed
for Bethel since Dec. 2.
by Laurie Challman
Bethel spends up to
eleven-thousand dollars a
year on the removal of
snow. This includes $2000-
3000 in commercial snow
removal, $500 for sand,
and $5000-8000 in sala-ries
to keep Bethel's roads,
parking lots and walks
safe and accessible during
the winter months.
"This year we're expect-
no comment.
Goal: improve Bethel
ITF exposes racism
"Don't forget love,
says lonely PO box
Volume 57, Number 14
8 January 1982
Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
The Clarion is published weekly by the students
of Bethel College. Editorial opinions are the sole
responsibility of the Clarion staff. Letters are wel-come,
and must be signed and delivered in P.O.
2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Leann M. Kicker, editor
JoAnn Watkins, associate editor
Wendy Norberg, sports editor
Don Copeland, photography editor
Anita Baerg, copy editor
Pam Sundeen, business manager
Naomi Ludeman, editorial assistant
Beth Nystrom, graphics editor
Timothy Larson, graphics
Jim Larson, cartoonist
Kraig Klaudt, columnist
Ross Fleming, sports writer
Rich Whybrew, sports writer
Mitch Anderson, sports writer
Page 2
Dear Clarion,
Growth gives room for
many things, among them
Bethel's population
surge in recent years has
brought with it changes
that are sometimes frus-tating
to deal with. Ap-parent
shifts in mindsets
and values in our envir-onment
and in ourselves
can cause even the steadi-est
individual to slip occa-sionally
into a security
My view of Bethel has
not been exhaustive but it
has been extensive enough
to experience the loneli-ness
and frustration that
has befallen many.
We all deal with our
insecurities in our own
way. Intellectuals will
analyze their surround-ings
and hide behind
tenets of existentialism or
other big words. Rhetori-cal
wizards conjur up fan-tastic
combinations of
phrases to capture our
imagination and cloud the
The average Bethel stu-dent
will go to his or her
dorm room and turn on
the stereo.
Two thousand students
gives a lot of room to get
lost in.
As we struggle to deal
with what's before us, to
keep going when the e-vents
of living seem to run
us over, it's easy to wonder
why others don't see
things from our perspec-tive.
So we talk of those
things which seem impor-tant,
those things that
many of us are convinced
would make Bethel a bet-ter
place if they were once
and for all resolved.
Our admonishment
comes from Romans 14:
"For the kingdom of God
is not food and drink but
righteousness and peace
and joy in the Holy Spirit-
...Let us then pursue what
makes for peace and for
mutual upbuilding."
Where is it that we hide
when differences arise?
When our security is
threatened by someone
else's values?
The real issue is not life-style
or music. It is not
bricks or speed bumps, or
even prejudice. The real
issue comes from within
ourselves, our willingness
to be selfish in a world
meant for sharing.
We selfishly protect our
values, our goals, our de-sires.
We deny others their
wishes by clinging des-perately
to our own inter-ests.
"If any man would
come after me, let him
deny himself...for whoever
seeks to gain his life will
lose it, but whoever loses
his life will preserve it."
There is a lot of room to
get lost at Bethel. But then
again there is a lot of room
to grow."
Tim Wilbee
A black student left
Bethel last year because of
the discriminatory at-mosphere,
and minority stu-dents
are presently uncom-fortable
with the way they
are being treated at Bethel
according to Don Belton,
assistant professor of So-cial
Work. To deal with
this problem an Integra-tion
Task Force (ITF) has
been formed on campus.
The main focus of ITF is
to work with black stu-dents
at Bethel and pros-pective
black students in
the Twin Cities area. The
ITF is made up of volun-teers,
including 20 Beth-el
students, 15 faculty
members, 20 alumni, and
20 pastors of black and
mixed congregations in the
Twin Cities. ITF is not an
official organization of
Bethel College, although
administrators are aware
of the group and its goals
and actions.
Cheryl Thomas, Vice-
President of Student Sen-ate,
is involved with ITF.
She believes that ITF is an
integral part of Bethel. "If
Bethel is in the business of
confronting the dominant
culture with the gospel of
Christ, then the task of
ITF is crucial: to confront
Bethel with the reality of
its ethnocentrism."
Rev. Dick Johnson, pas-tor
of Temple Baptist
Church in Minneapolis,
also believes that ITF is an
important facet of Bethel.
"Because racism is a part
of American society, no
institution is exempt from
it. It is important for Beth-see
page 3
To the Editor:
On Sunday afternoon I
decided to check my PO
for any Saturday mail. The
empty halls and dimmed
lights made the building
seem so unnatural for
After sifting through my
old "junk mail" I closed the
door with a sigh and began
to walk to the water foun-tain.
It was there that I
heard a noise, or rather,
the voice.
"Talk to me. I'm lonely
...Talk to me."
I hurried around the cor-ner
and was almost to for-get
the whole thing when
it spoke again.
"I'm right here, so talk to
"Who are you?"
"I am a post office box.
You can just call me Po for
"Why are you so lonely?"
"I can't stand the quiet-ness
around here. Oh, I
just have to tell someone
what is on my mind.
"Things got worse last
year. People just started
being cruel to me. They
thought I was just an ob-ject,
an uncaring, impene-trable,
cold, hard object
used in the delivery of
their mail. That is not so.
"People don't under-stand
that I am allergic to
fish, and that I get petri-fied
when spiders crawl
on me. The worst thing
was when the ketchup
didn't get cleaned up for
"On Sundays I get lone-ly.
I start feeling like I
have been used and not
cared for. I know that isn't
right—someone must care
for me."
Talking_to Po made me
thoughtful. There have
been times when I have
slammed the door on Po
because I did not get any
mail, or if I got upset about
a grade on a test. But I did
not think that people were
purposely mean to Po. Peo-ple
just don't understand
that he exists.
Po continued, "Early last
fall, my workers tried to
make students aware of
my value and existence.
They stressed that I should
be kept clean and that I
should never be abused.
So now I am just plain
lonely. No stickers, - no
ornaments, nothing. Of
course, it wasn't really
those things that helped;
only the love of the stu-dents
can help.
"Christmas is such a
special time. Do you real-ize
how many candy canes
I give? I pass the message
of love on in cards, flow-ers,
and gifts. Now that
Christmas is over, people
are forgetting the message
of love. I don't want my
friends at Bethel to forget
love. And don't forget me.
Please don't forget me."
As I walked to the car, I
was disturbed inside. I
thought of how many peo-ple
forget the message...
and the one who delivered
Larry Smith
Past is preserved
Future, is imagined Well, 1981 is past now. All that remains of it are
memories and documents. Those are the ways a year,
any year, is remembered. Memory, print and photos
validate the past. They are evidence of its existence
and its events.
The ways the past is preserved affects how it is
remembered. In addition, what is preserved is dictated
only in part by what actually happened. The seeming
significance of an event and the way it is perceived
carries the weight for editors and
individual imaginations.
That places a great deal of responsibility on
documentors to make careful decisions and accurately
represent the facts using tact. Meanwhile, there is a
great desire to be remembered, preserved in the best
possible light. No wonder so many New Year resolu-tions
are for self-improvement. No wonder so many
people fear photographers and press. People want to
select or control how they are preserved.
1982 and subsequent years are as yet a blank ream of
paper with but one line on the first page blotted. How
and with what the remaining are marked depends on
events and selectivity of coverage. but no one can
control the selectivity of the imagination. Only
imagination can cherish the past, nourish the future,
and save life in the present from the dread of
mediocracy. lni h
Large population clouds
issues and insecurities
Bethany Baptist Church
Cleveland and Skillman Avenues, Roseville, Mn
Worship Service at 11:00 AM
Sunday School at 9:30 AM (Special College-age)
Evening Service at 6:00 PM
Church Telephone 631-0211
Pastor Bruce Peterson
The Mike Berg family, Mike, Allison and Judy, is involved in a variety of activities at Bethel
(photo by Dan Velie).
Bergs offer talent and support
events calendar
Friday, Jan. 8
HOC—Concordia' Moorhead, Away, 7:30 p.m.
CC—All -Night Movies, Gym, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 9
WR—North Country Invitational, Duluth, 9:30 a.m.
HOC—ConcordiaiMoorhead, Away, 1:30 p.m.
WBB—Macalester, Home, 5:30/7:30 p.m.
MBB—Macalester, Away, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 11
Chapel—Service of Christian Music
Tuesday, Ian. 12
Chapel—Film, "Empty Bellies"
Student/Faculty Committees. 3:40 p.m.
WBB—Carleton, Home, 7:30 p.m.
HOC—St. Thomas, Home, 7:45 p.m,
Wednesday, Jan. 13
Chapel—Pastor Spickelmier
WR—Carleton, Home, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 14
Chapel—Richard Peterson
MBB—St. John's, Home, 5:30-7:30
Friday, Jan. 15
Chapel—Ms. Zondra Lindhlade
SS—Conference, "Conversations on Human Sexuality"
WBB—St. Scholastica, Home. 6/8 p.m.
HOC—St. John's, Home, 7:45 p.m.
Recital—Dr. Thomas J. Wegren, Seminary Chapel. 8 p.m.
(X:—Rollerskaling. 12-2 a.m.
Saturday, Jan. 16
SS—Conference, "Conversations on Human Sexuality"
WR—Hamline & St. Thomas, Home, 12 p.m.
MBB—Hamline, Away, 7:30 p.m.
CC—Resident Life Night
1750 West Larpenteur Avenue
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55113
Est. 1906
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by Lori Bemis
. There is a knock at the
door; another student
comes in. Seconds later
the phone rings. Perhaps
just a busy day? No—these
are frequent and everyday
occurences in the lives of
Mike and Judy Berg, resi-dent
directors of Arden
Village West.
The Bergs have been
R.D.'s at Bethel for the
past four years. As Bethel
graduates themselves,
Judy-feels that they can be
more sensitive to the stu-dents
"I feel we complement
one another in working
with the students.'Mike is
more skilled at confronta-tion,
and I am more com-fortable
in the role of the
encourager," said Judy.
"One of the frustrating
things about being an R.D.
in a townhouse situation
is that it is so much harder
to get to know the stu-dents
than it would be in a
dorm situation," she said.
Judy graduated from
Bethel with a double major
in elementary education
and music, and has been
using her training in var-ious
ways during the past
few years.
She taught in an elemen-tary
school for five years,
_served as junior church
leader and Sunday school
teacher where Mike was
an associate pastor for two
years in Milford, Conn.
Combining her educa-tional
and musical skills,
Judy has directed seven
children's musicals and is
currently working on her
eighth production. She al-so
directed a in usical work-shop
for church women
working with children at
Trout Lake Camp entitled
Even You Con Direct a
Children's Musical.
While a student at Beth-el,
some activities Judy
was in included band,
Women's Choir and a sing-ing
group called "Partner-ship"
which traveled
throughout the United
States, Canada and Mex-ico.
She also spent one
summer in Mexico for
At present she is super-visor
for the cheerleading
program at Bethel as well
as advisor for the hockey
cheerleaders. Berg also
teaches a Bible class for
1 -4 year olds at Edgewater
• Church on Thurs-day
mornings and helped
to organize a boutique at
the seminary in December.
"I feel that my role here is
an educational role," she
-said. "I get satisfaction
from feeling that God has
used me in someone else's
As a senior at Bethel
Seminary, assistant hoc-key
coach and teaching
assistant for the Evange-lism
and Discipleship
class at the seminary,
Mike still feels that more
time could be devoted to
being resident director.
"Even though I sometimes
spend forty hours a week
in counseling and in other
aspects of the job, I still
feel that there is a need for
more time to be spent with
At present, a resident
director is considered
part-time employee. "I
would like to see this made
into a full-time position,"
he said.
While at student at Beth-el,
Berg was involved in
Youth for Christ. He trans-ferred
to Bethel from Be-midji
State University
with a major in music
which he changed to Bib-lical/
Theological Studies.
The Bergs first met at a
concert they were both per-forming
in at Wooddale
Baptist Church. "We were
friends for a long time be-fore
dating," said Mike.
"You really need to be a
source of encouragement
and support to each other,"
he said.
In the future Mike sees
himself doing some type
of teaching, perhaps serv-ing
as a campus pastor,
chaplain or some work
similar to wht he is now
involved with. "Things
don't just happen," he said.
"God is intimately in-volved
in everything we
do," he added.
When Judy's father died,
the Bergs decided to come
back to Minnesota. "We
wanted to be near Judy's
mother as a source of sup-port,
and I also felt that
the Lord was leading me
back to the Bethel Semi-nary.
The job as resident
directors just opened up
and we applied for it,"
Mike said.
18-month-old Allison
toddles around the living-room
here and there. "Al-lison,
can you say a Bible
see page 4
cover House
table crisis
Moved by recent press
reports of a "Tablecloth
Crisis" at the White House,
a group of Bethel College
students mailed their so-lution,
a 48" x 96" holiday
paper tablecloth with 18
matching napkins, to Muf-fie
Brandon, Social Secre-tary
to Mrs. Ronald Rea-gan.
The Bethel contribu-tion,
which was organized
by the campus Young De-mocra
t s/DFL, ac-companied
a letter signed
by over 120 students and
The letter took note of
President Reagan's call for
increased volunteerism
and private sector effort,
and went on to ask, "How
could we not rise to the
occasion ourselves, hard
pressed though we may be
by the Administration's
cutbacks in Federal sup-port
for higher education
despite ever rising college
The paper tablecloth
featured a green and red
holly design, but the Santa
Claus motif was purpose-fully
avoided. "We felt sure
you would agree that such
a tawdry reminder of
bleeding heart benevo-lence
would indeed be out
of place in the Reagan
White House," the stu-dents'
letter concluded.
Cheryl Thomas, a Beth-el
senior from Arden Hills
and spokesperson for the
Bethel Young Democrats'
organization, explained
That the move was in-tended
as a lighthearted
way of calling attention to
the Reagan Administra
tion's apparent insensitiv-ity
to the needs of people
relying on various Federal
programs now cut. "Stu-dents
in particular are real-ly
feeling the pinch these
days," she commented,
"and every indication is
that things are going to get
a lot worse if the mania for
budget-cutting continues."
ITF, from page 2
el and the church to look
at racism and be open to
all peoples," said Johnson.
Staff role models, cur-riculum
changes designed
to incorporate minority in-formation,
changes in the
food selection and enter-tainment
to expose stu-dents
to various 'cultures
and heritages are present
ITF goals.
In working toward these
goals, several committees
have been created at Beth-el.
The personnel com-mittee
deals with recruit-ing
campus staff who are
minorities themselves, or
who have had minority
experiences. The adminis-tration
has presently ap-proved
a position for a
full-time minority student
The Theology of-Racism
committee is preparing a
presentation for chapel, a
workshop during Found-ers
Week and a seminar
for conference pastors.
Another committee
works with curriculum
-changes, and yet another
committee is attempting
to raise students' con-sciousness
about discrim-ination
through activities,
presentations and by mak-ing
financial aid available
to minority students.
film, from page 1
what they wanted to say."
Assignment for Tomor-row
is different from Beth-el's
previous promotional
film, according to Johnson,
because it is more spon-taneous
and has more
human interest.
The filming was done
by Photomedia Associa-tion,
a young firm out of
Downers Grove, Ill. "We
liked their work," said
Johnson, "but we really
liked the fact that they
were willing to spend a
sizeable amount of time
filming at Bethel."
The film is approxi-mately
20 minutes long
and the narration is done
by Ted Sealey, a profes-sional
Christian broad-caster
from Chicago.
This past fall six Bethel College Students made
such a retreat at ARC Retreat Community (11 -20
Clarion). ARC has openings for individual retreats
in January. ARC is located within one hour's drive
from Bethel. Call 340-0352 for more information
and a reservation or see Kenneth Gowdy (AC 223),
an ARC Community member.
John W. Ivance Company
Since 1946
1618 Pioneer Bldg.
John W. Ivance, Sr.
John W. Ivance, Jr.
John G. Chisholm
Russel K. Akre
John R. Chisholm
Gary Underwood
St. Paul, MN 55101
Page 4 sports
Hockey squad Basketball wins two more
resolves to win
this New Year
by Wendy Norberg
The Bethel hockey
squad will hit the ice for
the New Year with three
big wins behind them and
an impressive 7th place in
the NAIA national hockey
Before Christmas break
the team beat St. Cloud 5-
4 in overtime and later
overpowered St. Mary's
with a 7-3 final score. A
December 12th game
against Wisconsin-Stout
was postponed until last
Saturday, January 2, when
the Royals again domi-nated
the ice, beating Stout
"This young team is
really making improve-ment,"
said Coach Craig
Dahl. "We're working hard
and it's really starting to
by Ross Fleming
The Bethel Royal Men's
Basketball team broke out
of their three game losing
streak by defeating a
strong Buena Vista team
from Storm Lake, Iowa,
77-73. This game was the
first of three for the Royals
during the Christmas
break. Bethel also played
Carlton and River Falls
during the Bethel Holiday
Against Buena Vista,
Sophomore Dion Wolter
paved the way as he en-joyed
his finest perfor-mance
as a Royal, scoring
26 points, a 73.3 percent
average from the field,
and pulling doliin seven
rebounds. Jason. Velgers-dyk
led all rebounders
with 12 before fouling out.
Keven Hugoson dupli-cated
his fine performance
at Gustavus by scoring 16
points against Buena Vis-ta,
a 65 percent shooting
average. Ten Royals
scored during the game
and Bethel won by control-ling
the boards and hold-ing
the edge in rebounds
In their opening round
of the Bethel Tournament,
the Royals turned back
the upset-minded "Carls"
with an impressive second-half
offensive show. With
the score tied 37-37 at
intermission, Bethel came
out in the second half with
its guns blazing. As a team
the Royals shot a blister-ing
65 percent from the
field. Twenty points from
Carlton's Jim Tolf and the
Carls 51-45 rebounding
edge over Bethel were not
enough as the Royals
proved overwhelming
with their superior shoot-ing
winning 81-69. The
Royals were sparked by
the brilliant play of senior
forward Andre LaBerge.
"French" led all scorers
with 25 points, grabbed 6
rebounds, blocked 4 shots
and added 5 assists. Mike
Hanley also figured heavi-ly
in the scoring, adding
17 points. Junior guard,
Billy Lawson, a transfer
playing in his first game,
came off I he bench to score
12. Jason Velgersdyk
again controlled the
boards collecting 19 re-bounds.
For the championship
Bethel met a River Falls
team that had defeated
Northwestern the pre-vious
night. Lacking some-what
in size, the Falcons
relied on team quickness
to defeat the Royals 74-67.
The Falcons were led by
Elander Lewis, the tourna-ment's
MVP. The Falcons
also placed Casey Ditch
and Jeff Payton on the
All-Tournament Team.
Carlton's Jim Tolf and
Steve Meads were All-
Tournament and Bethel's
lone representative, Andre
LaBerge rounded out the
Going in to a tough Jan-uary
of Conference play
Bethel holds a 6-4 record
but is 0-2 in Conference
Ben McEachern takes down a Northwestern opponent. McEachern presently has an 8-1 standing
(photo by Don Copeland).
W B-Ball team takes
third over Benedict's
This weekend the squad
is in Moorhead, Minn., for
a 2-game series where
they'll meet the Concordia
team who last season were
co-champions of the
MIAC. The Cobbers are
rated highly again this
season, so the Bethel team,
is excited about the possi-bilities
of a winning sweep.
"Last year we swept both
games when we played
them down here and this
year we're playing even
better," said Dahl.
Bergs, from page 3
verse?" asks Judy. Recit-ing
together, Berg helps
her daughter say Genesis
1:1. Allison smiles and
claps her hands as she
sputters out the words. "I
think the stimulation she
receives in this kind of an
environment is very good.
She is very , independent
and verbal. I feel comfor-table
with the students
coming in and talking to
or playing with her," Judy
loss was at the hands of
John Hoy of the Univer-sity
of Minnesota at Du-luth,
who is considered by
Klostreich and other
coaches to be the state's
best wrestler in the 118 lb.
Reynertson's record is
7-2, and he leads the team
in takedowns with 26 from
his nine matches, while
Kemp is 9-2 and has the
team's second-highest num-ber
of takedowns, 17.
McEachern is 8-1 and
has had five victories by
decision. Schwab is 6-2
and has pinned two op-ponents.
Klostreich says that 5-2
dual record is better than
he thought the team would
have at this point, since he
feels the team is more
suited for large tourna-ments.
The team has al-ready
placed high in two
Just how good the Roy-als
are as a tournament
team will be tested in the
wrestlers' next meet, Jan.
9, at the North Country
Invitational at Duluth.
by Mitch Anderson
The Bethel women's bas-ketball
team recorded its
first victory of the year
with a 64-46 win over St.
Benedict's on December
10th in the third place
game of the Royal pre-
Christmas tournament. St.
Teresa won the cham-pionship
by beating Augs-burg
In the first game of the
tournament Bethel coach
Carol Girdler said that the
Royal team played their
best game yet. The team
could not, however, over-come
the efforts of Augs-burg
center Linda Henke,
who scored 29 points to
lead her team to a 54-52
victory over Bethel.
Freshman Sharon Hui-singa
led the Royals to
victory the next evening
against St. Benedict's with
21 points and 6 rebounds.
The Royals record now
stands at 1-5.
Sophomore Kevin Hugoson takes another shot to maintain a
65 percent shooting average (photo by Don Copeland).
Individuals, team
improve mat record
by Rich Whybrew
Five Bethel wrestlers are
having individual success
while the Bethel wrestling
team holds a 5.2 dual meet
record going into its post-
Christmas schedule.
Coach Dave Klostreich
says that Jim Krier (118
lbs.), Rich Reynertson (126
lbs.), Tim Kemp (158 lbs.),
Ben McEachern (167 lbs.),
and Rick Schwab (190 lbs.
and heavy weight) all have
excellent records this far
into the season.
Krier, a freshman, has
an 8-1 record. His only
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New Google Play terms ban non-store app updates
Rug pulled from under Facebook's auto-updates
Google has amended the policies of its Play app store for Android to prohibit third-party app update mechanisms, in a move seemingly designed to put the kibosh on a contentious feature being tested by Facebook.
As of Friday, the "Dangerous Products" section of the Chocolate Factory's Google Play Developer Program Policies - which prohibits such things as Trojans, viruses, and spyware - now includes an additional sentence:
An app downloaded from Google Play may not modify, replace or update its own APK binary code using any method other than Google Play's update mechanism.
In other words, apps sold through Google Play must also distribute all future updates through Google Play, which in turn ensures that the updates will be subject to the Chocolate Factory's security and other policies.
El Reg contacted Google to learn the reason for the new language, but we received no response. But the change does appear to be aimed at Facebook, which in March began testing a version of its Android app that can download security fixes and feature updates automatically in the background, via a "silent update" feature.
"We're working quickly to improve Facebook for Android and want to make sure everyone is using the best version of our app," explains an entry on the social network's Help Center.
Helpfully, the Facebook app will only auto-update over Wi-Fi, so it won't sap users' data plans. But the silent update feature still stirred up some controversy, because it requires users to disable the Android feature that blocks installation of apps from sources other than Google Play. Third-party app stores are widely considered a leading vector for Android malware.
More generally, apps that can modify their own code without Google's intervention make it harder for the online giant to police its app store for spyware, scams, and other illicit doings. A user might download a seemingly innocuous app from Google Play, for example, only to have the app later update itself with new code that turns it into spyware.
Under the new wording of Google's developer policies, all such mechanisms, including the one being tested by Facebook, are clearly verboten.
Note, however, that the new restriction only applies to apps purchased through Google Play. Apps purchased through Amazon's Appstore, for example, can still receive updates via any mechanism that Amazon's terms allow.
The policy also doesn't appear to apply to Facebook Home, the social network's "immersive" Android skin, when it comes pre-installed on phones such as the HTC First – although it's not yet clear how Facebook plans to distribute updates for those devices.
The Register reached out to Facebook to learn what its next move might be in light of Google's policy change, but a spokesperson declined to comment. ®


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Or what's easier to do without kids than with kids.
Aka what don't we have to put up with?
so far I've got:
-Backpacking across Europe(impossible with kids)
-Camping out of an airstream and going wherever the hell you want, rather than having to deal with kiddie pool crap because that's what your children want to do.
-not having to fight over where to eat--If I want sushi, I get some sushi--no arguing about it or having kids whine about wanting Chuck E. Cheese's or Hot Dogs.
-Being able to go vegetarian without having to cook a different meal for 3 other people who refuse to go vegetarian.
-Disneyland. HOW MUCH BETTER IS IT WITHOUT KIDS? No dragging a stroller along, no them peeing in their pants because they didn't tell you that they needed to pee before you got in line, no them breaking down and crying at 10am after only being there 2 hours because "it's hot and I'm tiiiired."
-Open air markets. I can't tell you how many times I've had little brats get underfoot at these places. Leashes should be required.
-I can eat things like Fugu and not have people mark it as "reckless"
-I can stay in single-occupancy hostels and not need a private room in the "family" section because my kids won't stop leaning over the balcony and screaming at other guests.
-CLOTHES: I only have to shop for myself.
-I don't have to deal with kids begging for toys. I buy my own goddamn toys.
-I can choose a cruise to Ireland over the Disney Cruise and not get an earful of screaming.
And hey, if I want the Disney cruise, that's cool too. It's my choice.
-Grocery shopping. Takes 20 minutes. In with a list, out in 15 minutes, I can even take express checkout because I don't require a billion snacks.
-My cat will never, EVER throw food at me because it's not exactly what he wanted. Instead, he'll politely eat some and leave the rest in his bowl. Thanks for being polite, kitty.
-I may have to change a kitty's litter box, but at least I don't have to wipe poop off his butt or make sure he doesn't put pennies in his mouth.
-If I want to get a dog or cat tomorrow, I don't have to school my kids and make sure that the animal is "kid and family friendly"--I can go adopt a new furbaby.
-I love my electronics. Kids do, too. They sadly, never seem to understand "no, don't touch that."
-Five Words: Peanut Butter Sandwich In VCR.
-No stressful picking out of a private school for Junior because hey, Petco will train Junior to sit and hell just fine.
-I fell in love with Weasels the other day. I kind of want a pet weasel now. I don't have to take progeny into thought for this.
-My purse has notebooks in it, not crushed cheerios and used band-aids.
-I can watch whatever I want on tv for hours. No demands of Disney or Teletubbies here.
-I can have a small car, and keep a small car. Mini-vans are family cars for a reason.
-I hate sports. Luckily, I will never have to pretend to be interested in soccer, football, basketball, or baseball, because I will never have kids in those sports.
Alright, got any more to add?
I'm curious to what you find the positive/pro of being without kids/human larvae.
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I can't really add much to that extensive list, Jonel. I've never had to plan the arrangement of my rooms with kids in mind. I can have as many power tools in my workshop as I want without worrying about kids playing with them and getting injured. I have my entire backyard to myself---no swings, swimming pool, sand box or other accomodations for young children. What I value above all else, however, is peace and quiet. My cats don't run about the place yelling and screaming. My neighbour's kids, on the other hand, create a constant din whenever they're outside. Fortunately, their house is nearly out of earshot of mine.
Uggh, really, does that mean much of the age-related decline in alcohol consumption is family-related? I badly want to meet atheists who don't drink.
What did I do without kids that I could not have done with them?
Unlike my four sibs who among them adopted two kids and birthed seven, I had:
1) time to quit Catholicism, which required me to reason my way past 12 years of Catholic school dogma, and
2) time to recover from growing up in an occasionally violent home.
While doing #1 I finished college, and found work I loved and was well paid to do.
While doing #2 I became a non-fiction writer, a speaker, a candidate for a state legislative seat, and an extrovert.
At 45, I retired and started an even happier second career: researching and writing non-fiction.
After 15 years away from my dad, I met him and no longer felt a need to pound him, like a nail, into the ground.
I did not work as hard as he did and had no kids who hated me the way I had hated him.
And, at 82, my hair has not yet turned gray or white.
Jonel, I appreciate your asking. Thanks.
I can put on a "Not Rated" movie at any time, and not have to worry about the sexual/violence/language content, or a kid repeating it later. Only if I find it objectionable do I have to stop watching it. I don't have to search for and only watch "family friendly" content.
There are no churchy busy-bodies telling me what an awful and irresponsible parent I am for not sending my kids to Sunday school or Bible camp.
I don't have to get outraged about them being taught religion in a public school. Instead, I can express my outrage generally about religion being taught in any public school, and them -not- teaching the scientific method.
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Now is a good time to announce the Office Nomad host company for January – Young & Rubicam/Wunderman.
The contact and idea for this came through their new MD Janne Waltonen, who is about the only person I can think of knowing there – for now.
Wunderman is an agency providing my favorite approach to strategic marketing – Integrated Marketing Communications.
I really look forward to share some thoughts with these professionals.


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Cary News
Brüeprint Brewing Co. opens in Apex
Eric Wagner spent more than two decades turning wastewater into drinking water.
Now he's taking his love of science in another direction: beer brewing.
Wagner, 45, has opened Apex's first brewery.
Brüeprint Brewing Co. opened this month inside an industrial park complex off of Perry Road.
The 5,000-square-foot facility can produce about 2,000 barrels of beer a year.
Getting the right mix of chemicals to cook into a good beer is a delicate balance. And it isn't that different from trying to get the right balance for clean water, Wagner said.
"For me it's the blend of science, cooking and the creativity of it," he said. "When you think about it, beer has been part of civilization as far back as we know it."
Wagner's love of brewing started about seven years ago when his sister-in-law bought him an at-home beer kit. After his first batch, he was hooked.
"I wanted to get into my own recipes and the whole process," he said.
Wagner brewed some beer for his neighbors and knew from their response that it was time to make it a business venture, not just a hobby. In September, he quit his job as an engineer to focus full time on opening the brewery.
"My neighbors kept knocking on the doors and I couldn't make it fast enough," said Wagner, who lives in Holly Springs. "They were saying, 'This is better than most beers out there.' People kept coming back."
Brüeprint makes four year-round beers, three seasonal sports-themed beers, one winter holiday beer and two summer brews. All of them have "Brüe" in the name – BrüeDiamond, for the start of baseball season, Brüenette, Jingle Brüe.
The Brüenette, a brown ale, is also available at Tyler's Tap Room in Apex.
As an engineer, Wagner worked with blueprints and wanted to use a play on words with "brew." His wife came up with the unusual spelling for Brüeprint to give it a European flair.
Wagner doesn't want customers to simply drink his beer – he wants them to have fun doing it. The brewery has board games so customers can interact and get to know each other.
"A few years ago my wife and I were out at dinner and we saw this couple texting on their phones," Wagner said. "I'm sure it wasn't to each other. The idea of our tasting room is to bring people together."
It seems to be working.
"A few days after we opened we had a couple come in and they played cards all night," he said. "They didn't go anywhere near their phones."
Because Brüeprint doesn't have its own restaurant, customers are welcome to bring their own food. Some take-out menus are available, and customers can order in.
On Thursdays and Saturday nights, food trucks set up outside the tap room.
"We're trying to make it feel like home," Wagner said.
Brüeprint is the latest brewery to open in western Wake County. Of the 16 breweries in Wake, five are on the western edge.
In addition to Brüeprint, there is Fortnight Brewing in Cary, Carolina Brewing Co. and Bombshell Beer Co. in Holly Springs, and Aviator Brewing Co. in Fuquay-Varina. There is another brewery in the works in Fuquay-Varina, Draft Line Brewing Co.


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Workshop Audience Barred From 'Demonstrating' Approval Of Michael Geist's ACTA Takedown
from the this-is-openness? dept
Although ACTA has now been referred by the European Commission to the European Court of Justice, it continues its passage through the various committees of the European Parliament, each of which will provide input on the final decision of whether to ratify ACTA or not. The first of these took place last week, when the International Trade (INTA) committee had a preliminary ACTA workshop. This included hearing from external experts, one of whom was Michael Geist, well known to Techdirt readers.
It will come as no surprise to learn that his ten-minute speech succeeded in distilling the key flaws of ACTA in a highly-accessible way that left the treaty's supporters desperately trying to undo the damage to their arguments for the rest of the day -- and failing.
After summarizing his views as "ACTA's harm greatly exceeds its potential benefits", Geist broke down his analysis into three parts: the process, substance and likely effectiveness of ACTA. On the process, he made this great point that hasn't been brought out much before:
All countries and stakeholders benefit from a well-functioning international intellectual property governance model led by WIPO and the WTO. Ratification of ACTA will undermine the authority of those institutions, causing immeasurable harm to the development of global IP norms. ACTA countries avoided WIPO due to gridlock concerns, but ratifying ACTA would perversely increase the likelihood of gridlock. For those countries participating in ACTA, the successful completion of the plurilateral model will only increase the incentives to by-pass WIPO as a forum for challenging, global issues. For those countries outside of ACTA, the relevance of WIPO will gradually diminish, as achieving consensus on their concerns may prove increasingly difficult.
That is, if ACTA is ratified it will harm a wide range of global bodies because of its go-it-alone approach. Of course, for the leading signatories -- the US and the EU -- that's a feature, not a bug, since they were finding it increasingly hard to impose their one-sided plans on global institutions where the rising BRICS economies were beginning to assert themselves.
As far as ACTA's substance is concerned:
The net effect of these provisions [that signatories "may" implement] is to open the door to statutory damages, detain in-transit goods, disclose information to rights holders, create criminal provisions for unauthorized camcording, and require Internet providers to disclose information about their subscribers.
This is a crucial point. Defenders of ACTA emphasize that many of the worst provisions, detailed above, are optional -- signatories are not obliged to implement them. But as Geist points out, "may" has a habit of turning into "must", and he cites concrete evidence that the USTR is already working to make that happen.
While it is true that ACTA parties will not be required to implement these provisions in order to be compliant with the agreement, there will be considerable pressure to reinterpret these provisions as mandatory rather than permissive. Indeed, it is already happening as the IIPA, a rights holder lobby group, has recommended placing ACTA countries such as Greece, Spain, Romania, Latvia, Switzerland, Canada, and Mexico on the USTR piracy watch list for failing to include optional ACTA provisions in their domestic laws.
In the same section, Geist also shows why claims that ACTA does not go beyond TRIPS are simply not true:
Unlike comparable international intellectual property agreements that have identified the need for balance and proportionality, ACTA is almost single-minded in its focus on increasing enforcement powers. ACTA Article 9 removes safeguards, ACTA Article 11 removes the proportionality provision found in the TRIPS equivalent, and ACTA Article 18 does not include rules for compensation in cases of wrongful detentions.
Finally, in the effectiveness section, he underlines the key failing of ACTA:
ACTA supporters may have believed that an agreement could best be achieved by bringing together a "coalition of the willing", but by limiting ACTA to predominantly developed world countries that are not typically associated with being major sources of counterfeit product, the agreement is seemingly designed to fail.
Geist's speech was greeted with rapturous applause by the vast majority of the 600 people who were present at the workshop -- an unusually large number for such meetings. One person who was visibly annoyed by this warm reception was the workshop's chairman, Vital Moreira, who declared:
you are not here to demonstrate; from now on, I will not allow any demonstration. Those who will infringe this rule will be kindly asked to leave the room.
That's rather rich, since he opened the session by claiming that the high attendance at the workshop "bears witness not only to the importance of this file, but also to the openness and transparency of this parliament, which in my view is second to none." Clearly, that openness only goes so far. The pointed contrast between his first and second thoughts on the subject can be enjoyed in the video below.
Filed Under: acta, eu, free speech, inta, michael geist


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Hi all,
Am looking for guidance re shooting video of the famous Big Island Manta Ray night dive, which I will be doing in July. I have the GoPro Hero Black 6, with the shallow and deep filters sold by Backscatter. I also have a Kraken 5000 lumen vid light, which as you may know is ridiculously powerful.
My question is, should I use the shallow filter or not (I assume we won't be deep enough for the deep/dive filter). As you may know, Backscatter make a convincing case that, for day time shooting, one should use the dive filter AND a light for best results. Obviously, it's going to be dark for the manta dive, so I am thinking NO filter, right??
Many thanks.
Seeking Tips for Shooting Video of Hawaii Manta Night Dive
Posted 12 June 2018 - 07:02 AM
Hi all,
Posted 13 June 2018 - 07:51 PM
It will be you and 150 other divers in a big circle at about 40'.
Lots of strobes firing, video lights waving around and squids kicking up the bottom.
Still, a marvelous happening - sit back and enjoy the action
Underwater Photography:
If it is so easy every one would be doing it!
Nikon D 500, Subal Housing, Inon Z 240 strobes.
Posted 21 June 2018 - 01:20 AM
Posted 21 June 2018 - 05:42 PM
No filter or else the underside of the rays will go red on you. If you have video lights, bring them, but someone else said conditions are a bit tough to shoot in between the dive ops bright lights and the 100 other divers.
Posted 31 July 2018 - 01:33 PM
I had a blast with them last year, have fun. The best footage seems to be from the bottom looking up.