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According to Carl Sagan, the only thing that can stop us from reaching the stars is a) a global extinction event or b) nuclear self-destruction. I thought B was out of the question already but, according to the Wall Street Journal, perhaps we aren't there yet.
The news is that Russia has deployed SS-26 Stone mobile nuclear missile platforms—pictured in the photo—extremely close to Europe, on the Baltic Sea, near Poland and Lithuania.
Talking to the WSJ, deputy State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said that the US has "shared with Russia the concerns that countries in the neighborhood have… regarding Russia's deployment of the Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad." They have urged Moscow to "take no steps to destabilize the region."
Defense Tech reports that Russia doesn't give a damn about what the US is saying. Talking to the Russian newspaper Izvestia, the deputy head of the State Duma's defense committee Viktor Zavarzin said that "NATO has American tactical nuclear weapons in Europe. Who can it be aimed against if not Iran? Only against us."
Keep up protesting, Ukraine.
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Atrazine is the second most commonly applied herbicide in the U.S., and according to agronomist David Bridges, there are no comparable replacements.
Bridges, president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, presented findings from a study he conducted at the recent annual meeting of the Southern Weed Science Society. He pointed to atrazine's weed control, application flexibility, crop tolerance and tillage compatibility as reasons for the conclusions in his study.
Atrazine's premix compatibility is so good that it is "used more often than any other herbicide as a premix component in corn herbicide products," Bridges reported. For 75% of the 44 herbicide active ingredients used in field corn in 2009, atrazine was applied in mixture 50% or more of the time; and for 18 of the herbicide active ingredients used, 75% or more of their base acres included atrazine, the agronomist said.
Postemergence tolerance to atrazine in corn is so good that it can be used with a variety of carriers to enhance herbicidal activity on target weeds, Bridges reported.
He also found that with the 31 weed species in the study, atrazine provided a higher level of weed control than any other herbicide, except glyphosate.
While triazine-resistant weeds have been known to exist since the 1970s, the economic importance of these resistant weeds has not proven to be as great as some predicted, Bridges said. He reported that triazine resistance is different than the resistance developed to most herbicides because it is connected to lack of vigor due to a photosynthetic deficiency in the resistant weed.
Bridges reported that the triazines provide opportunities to rotate modes of action away from glyphosate and ALS-inhibitor herbicides for which resistant weed populations are on the rise.


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In Lieu of Words
So many other things are taking up my words this week: Holy Week meditations, liturgy writing, sermon writing. So in place of my otherwise occupied words, I thought I would share some images from a recent trip to Mepkin Abbey. Appropriate for this week, I think.
It is my understanding that the scene below was carved out of a tree destroyed by Hurricane Hugo back in 1999. Amazing how death and destruction can be recreated into something beautiful.
May the mysteries and blessings of Holy Week find us, even in the midst of our own busyness, worries, chaos, and pain.


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Two of Motorola's latest flagship devices, the international RAZR HD and RAZR i, have been added to the manufacturer's bootloader unlock program today. The program, if you're not aware, gives the more technically inclined users among us an official tool to unlock the bootloader on the device, which gives access to the hardware that would otherwise be extremely difficult to access. That means custom recoveries, ROMs and hacks can be easier applied to the device. Remember though that going through official methods to unlock your bootloader with Motorola's tools will void your warranty -- a risk most of us are willing to take -- and you may be out of luck getting the phone serviced in the future.
A list of the currently supported devices:
- Photon Q 4G LTE
- Droid RAZR M (developer edition)
- Droid RAZR HD (developer edition)
- Motorola RAZR HD (world version)
- Motorola RAZR i
Previously, only the Photon Q, Droid RAZR M and Droid RAZR HD developer editions were listed as being supported by the unlock program -- which Motorola pointed out at the launch event -- so it's good to see even more models getting added to the list.
It's important to point out that these are the international models being added to the list today. As far as the US models coming to Verizon go, we're pretty sure those bootloaders will be encrypted like most Verizon devices -- hence the release of separate developer model SKUs. We can understand Verizon's motivations for wanting encrypted bootloaders on the devices they subsidize to run on their network, but we also think that having fully priced (unsubsidized) developer editions is happy middle ground. It's important for those of you who support the idea of unlockable bootloader devices to follow through and purchase the developer editions -- vote with your wallet, folks.
Source: Motorola; via Droid-Life


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"Casting down imag-inations,
and every
high thing that exalt-eth
itself against the
knowledge of God,....
"...and bringing into
captivity every
thought to the obed-ience
of Christ" II
Cor. 10:5
Beate& Vicial Schaal Pape'i
Vol. XXVIII—No. 4
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota
Friday, October 27, 1950
Two-Week Clothing Drive Starts Today
Robert Hilton HamburgSeminaryStudents Need Aid
Leads Freshmen Bethelites To Send Used Clothing Music Faculty To Present
Chamber Music Next Friday AN INTENSIVE TWO - WEEK DRIVE for used clothing got underway
this morning when Bethelites faced the challenge of cold and hungry
Hamburg seminary students as Annamarie Oesterlie and Ingmar Gall-mer
indicated that these same German young people were possibly
the best means of presenting the gospel to th German people. Students
in the Baptist Seminary at Hamburg are in great need of warm cloth-ing
and food, it was pointed out.
"Today is the day of opportunity
in Germany. Tommorow may be
too late," is the united statement
of Mr. Kenneth Norquist and Mr.
Jim Merril, Baptist General Con-ference
workers in Germany to-day.
Hamburg students are ac-quainted
with conditions as they
exist in Germany and possess a
wealth of background material for
dealing with their own people, Mr.
Norquist and Mr. Merril believe.
To help them is to help in a uni-que
way the lost of Germany, ac-cording
to the two.
Bewici The Bad
Dishwashing Time
A new $1,500 dishwashing mach-ine
recently installed in the Bethel
Dining Hall dish room has affected
a substantial reduction in time nec-essary
to wash dishes as well as
guaranteed a high degree of sani-tation
in the dishwashing process,
according to a statements made by
Harold Christenson, dining hall
This stainless-steel Auto San
Colt made machine has a capacity
to wash 2,400 dishes per hour- by
means of a conveyer mechanism
which keeps the racks of dishes
moving through the machine at
a steady speed. While in the mach-ine,
the dishes are both washed
and rinsed automatically by two
separate spraying systems.
Besides the new dishwasher,
galvanized tables have been in-stalled
in an arrangement that
gives the dish room process an
assembly line appearance. A new
Hamilto-Beach glass washer has
also been added to the dish wash-ing
line. The total of all these
improvements amounts to $2,500
including the new dishwasher and
installation costs, as compared to
a previous system totaling only
Rev. R. E. Thompson, speaking
to over 200 students representing
14 schools in the State, emphasis-ed
that the Christian call is to
fellowship with the Lord and
missionary service is merely a dir-ective
within that fellowship. Rev.
Thompson, a director of China In-land
Mission with 30 years of
missionary experience, has recent-ly
taken the position of personnel
secretary of the Far Eastern Gos-pel
Crusade and knows whereof
he speaks.
Bethel's Missionary Band Cabi-net
members were in charge of
the details inherent to Bethel's
role as host to the rally. Banner
decorations were obtained from
Augsburg College.
Activities began at 2 P. M. Sat-urday
and carried through Satur-day
evening. They included movies
in China and Formosa taken dur-ing
a recent visit to the Orient by
Youth For Christ evangelists, and
informal coffee-time and singspi-ration.
Twenty-four candidates for
mission work in the far east at-tended
the conference. Lowell
Nerge from Augsburg is the retir-ing
president of the organization.
Sophs Sponsor
Hayride Nov. 3
Next Friday at 7:30 P. M the
sophomore class will sponsor a
hayrack ride, leaving Hilltop Rid-ing
Academy on County Road B
and Rice Street at that time.
The hour of hayrack riding will
be followed by games and refresh•
ments at the Riding Academy.
Dick Anthony is chairman of the
planning committee and Barbara
Port and Elaine Holmquist are in
charge of refreshments. Barbara
Carlson is responsible for trans-portation.
Wednesday, Nov. 1, will be the
deadline for reservations and
names must be turned in to Wen-dell
Anderson or Henry Quiring
on or before that day.
The hayrack ride is not limited
to couples or to sophomores, but
where couples attend, one of the
twosome must be a sophomore.
The price is seventy-five cents per
person. John Viren is president
of the sophomore class this year.
Robert Hilton was elected presi-dent
of the Freshman class at the
regular class meeting held Mon-day
morning, October 16th. Hilton,
who has held the office of tempor-ary
president, was nominated from
the floor, and triumphed over Al
Malmstrom, Norris Magnuson, and
Wally Olson, whose names appear-ed
on the ballot.
The vice-presidency was taken
by -Nadine Westin. Other names on
the ballot were Willard Hedberg
and Charles Franson. Lloyd Cum-mings
was nominated from the
Connie Johnson's temporary
position as secretary was made
permanent; she was made a candi-date
from the floor along with
Patricia Noland and Ann Radunz.
Nominees suggested by the nomi-nating
committee were Joan Le-vine,
Velma Hopkins, and Jolyn
Harris Paulson won over Ralph
Carlson, Dennis Beard and Char-lotte
Ransom, for the post of
class treasurer. Charlotte Ransom's
name was not on the ballot.
Donald Barnhill was chosen as
Student Council representative.
Thamh *044
If we could have a dollar for
each of the hundreds of times
some friend has asked, "How is
Melvin?", by now we would have
accumulated quite a sum. But we
feel that the friendly interest be-hind
your questions is worth far
more than that. While Melvin, who
came to school as a freshman, has
been in Ancker Hospital since
September 14 recovering from
polio, he has received much cheer
and encouragement from your
many thoughtful gestures.
Through the Clarion we want to
thank each of you for your many
cards and questions, and especially
for your prayers. We thank our
Lord for so many friends, and for
His healing power.
"We prayed; and the Lord hath
given us the petition which we
asked of Him."
Elna and Melvin Wintersteen
LeVau Takes Over
In Music Library
Mr. Edward LeVau, voice in-structor,
can now also be called
the Music Librarian. A library for
music and records has been or-ganized
in the main library on the
balcony between the Prayer Tower
and the Music Listening Room. All
of the choral literature of the
Male Chorus, the Women's Chorus,
the Chapel Choir, the instrumental
ensemble, and the records and the
scores that go with the records
are to be found therein. These
are in the process of being cata-logued
for general circulation in
accordance with library rules and
procedure. Any student or faculty
member has access to these facili-ties.
The basement of St. Paul's First
Baptist Church is a very busy
place each Wednesday afternoon.
Here all the neighborhood child-ren
are given an opportunity to
learn about the Bible. Miss Lund,
who is in charge of the group,
directs the activities and assigns
work to each of the six students
from Bethel. Those comprising
this group are Shirley Adamson,
Carol Asker, Ann Radunz, James
Niles, Ford Wilson, and Ted Swan-son.
The program, divided into three
parts, consists of singing and
games, a devotional period, and
handicraft. Each student is in
charge of a game and a section of
the handicraft and each takes his
or her turn in presenting the Bible
Clay-modeling, sewing, weaving,
and embroidering are offered to
the children as well as yarn work
for the younger ones.
Appreciation is expressed to
Miss Lund, who invited our young
people to dinner the evening after
the first meeting.
Many students are still needed
for child evangelism classes and
anyone interested is urged to see
Mr. Lidbom in the Christian ser-vice
Quartet To Go
Abroad In Dec.
Next Wednesday evening's Fel-lowship
Hour will be under the
leadership of last year's Bethel
Courier Quartet, made-up of Leo-nard
Anderson, Ronald Nelson,
John Soneson, and Donald Peter-son.
This quartet is presently pre-paring
to make a trip to Sweden
next December for a six month
tour of the country in evangelistic
The General Baptist Conference
has endorsed the group and they
will be represented under the Con-ference
name while in Sweden.
The Couriers begin next week to
do deputation work among the
General Baptist C o n f e re n c e
Churches, which they will engage
in until the time of departure.
On December 4th, 1950, their boat
is scheduled to sail and they will
accompany Ingemar Gallnor, Swe-dish
student on campus, back to
his homeland.
During the morning chapel per-iod
Bethel students came to grips
with the same issues that faced
the Religious Council earlier in
the school year and put into mo-tion
their plans for the drive.
Margaret Sheffler will head the
committees for collecting the
clothing and has already asked
Shirley Kilgore to be responsible
for the Bodien Residence collec-tion,
Jim Hubbard to serve the
same capacity in the Edgren Resi-dence
and Maynard Johnson to
forward the project in the Hag-strom
Apartments. Eleanor John-son
will be in charge of commut-er's
contributions. All types and
sizes of clothing will be useful.
GI Benefits Cease
Summer of '51
On July 25, 1951, according to
a recent decision of the Veterans
Administration, all GI educational
benefits will be ended unless vet-erans
comply with the following
1. On this date a veteran must
be enrolled in an educational in-stitution
or be in an interrupted
status because of summer vaca-tion,
or other reasons beyond the
control of the veteran.
2. After this date he must be in
continuous training during the re-gular
school year, until he reaches
his educational or job objectives.
3. Also, after this date no vet-eran
may change his basic course
of education except for reasons
satisfactory to the Veterans Ad-ministration,
Coming Events
TONIGHT—Football at Austin
(aboard the bus)
THURSDAY, Nov. 2—Visual Aid
FRIDAY, Nov. 3—Missionary Band
(chapel offering)
Faculty Music Recital at 8
TUESDAY, Nov. 7—German Club
P. D. G. (evening)
Miss Mildred Bisgrove, pianist, Kaljo Raid, Cellist, and Valdeko
Kangro, violinist, will be presented in a recital of Chamber Music
in the College Chapel next Friday evening, November 3rd.
Chamber Music is sometimes called ensemble music, and is played
by two or more solo performers. Each part is of equal value in con-trast
either to a solo with piano accompaniment or an orchestra that
has more than one instrument
playing a part. In this recital, the
instruments are the piano, the
cello, and the violin.
The works of four composers
are to be performed. Two of these
composers, Buxtehude (1637 1707)
and Handel (1685-1759) are of the
Baroque Period. The third, Mr.
Raid, the cellist, is of course, of
the Twentieth Century, but his
work is a synthesis, of the old and
new in composition. The fourth
composer is usually refered to as
the Classical Romanticist Johannes
Brahms (1833-1897)). The program
is as follows:
Trio Sonata in A Minor
Sonata in D Major for Violin
and Piano Handel
Duo for Violin and Cello
Trio in C Minor for piano, violin
and cello Brahms
McLain Mew Guide
For Mission Group
Phil McLain, Seminary Junior,
was elected president of the Mimi-esota
Student Missionary Confer-ence
which met at Bethel last
Saturday in a Twin City area rally
to promote the cause of world
Students Teach
Local Children
Rev. Paul Liljenburg, who was last
year a student on campus from
Sweden, is presently in Sweden
arranging an itinerary for the
group. Rev. Liljenburg will accom-pany
the group as evangelist for THURSDAY, Nov. 9—B. W. A. at
the first few months of their stay. 3 P. M.
The Iron Curtain And Prayer
by Marjarie Ford
0? all Bethel's foreign students, probably no one can speak with more first-hand
experience of life behind the Iron Curtain than Pastor Elias L. Golonko, who has
enrolled as a special student in the Seminary for his first study in this country.
Born in Russia but reared in Poland, Mr. Golonko served in the Polish army in
World War II and was taken as a Russian prisoner of war in 1939.
Four months later he left Russian and went to Hamburg, Germany, where he
studied and graduated from the Baptist Seminary there. He became a minister and
preached the gospel in Eastern Germany until 1945. After sometime as a homeless
refugee, he was called to minister at Lubeck near Hamburg, where from 1946 to 1950
he served as chaplain to the displaced persons and refugees in both British and
American zones. In this work his earlier language study enabled hirn to preach in
five different languages.
Mr. Golonko, his wife and two children came to this country in February of this
year under sponsorship of a Baptist church in Minneota, Minnesota, where he is now
Converted out of Catholicism and Greek Orthodoxy when he was sixteen by
the prayers and personal work of a small group of Polish Baptists, Mr. Golonko
testifies to the power of prayer throughout his life.
"During the war I often faced death and frequently experienced God's guidance
and protection. I learned to believe in prayer as God led me through the fires of
war, prison camp in Russia, bombing and prison in Hamburg, and then over the
ocean to America. My way to Bethel was God's answer to many prayers. I appreciate
the spiritual atmosphere here at Bethel, and I am especially grateful to Dr. Wingblade
and the committee who made every arrangement for my coming here."
Pastor Golonko plans to gain the Seminary B. D. degree and then to return to
Eastern Europe as soon as it is possible to do missionary and pastoral work there.
Adventures On Hinges
by Marty
Did you know that doors could speak? Not classrooms, or house doors, but dorm
doors? Here's how to teach yours to—take some colored paper, crayons, name cards,
pennants and throw them all together and you'll get a pretty decorated door. It will
not only say who lives there, but also invite all to come in.
That must have been what Beth Eliason and Connie Johnson had in mind when
they taught their door to "Fall Inn". Red, gold, green and brown leaves decorate
the door (wonder what they'll do when winter comes?)
Pennants from Oakland, Chicago, and Worchester on the door speak for Lenore
Anderson, Elaine Holmquist and Sue Danielson. Bright yellow paint suggests that we
"Peek Inn."
Bev Harris and Barb Port had the same idea when they painted "Bev and
Barb' just outside their rooms.
Marienell Struck and Mae Lundblad made their door the hospitable type with
"Dew Drop Inn" while the door of Ardis Anderson and Netty Divirnak says "Wel-come
Suggesting that Marie Eckstrom and Duraine Anderson either study a lot or
don't, their room sadly informs us "Seldom Inn".
You have to be thin to get in the room the "The Bats"—Doris Christianson,
Carole Peterson, Dorothy Johnson and Ardyce Strandberg—for their door oldly
commands "Squeeze Inn".
The doors of the boys' dorm are trimmed even more gaily with such signs as
"Quiet, please! Some people like to sleep at night!" Kenny Erickson and Wally Olson
must be quite busy people, for a businesslike announcement says "Sleeping-12:01
a. m. to 11:58 a. m. Out to Lunch-11:58 a. m. to 12:01 a. m." (H'mmm)
Probably for the benefit of the lady, visitors at the Open House was the placard
on Geraard Hagstrom's and Lowry Frederickson's door—"Ladies, No Admittance!"
So you see, here's your chance to turn your door into a talking phenomena. It'll
save you some words and you'll have fun with your paper, paste, crayons and
Page 2 THE CLARION Friday, October 27, 1950
Editor-in-Chief Roger Hedberg
Assistant Editor Margaret Sheffler
Feature Editor Lois Mitchell
Sports Editor Cliff Smith
Business Manager Bernard Hogan
Circulation Manager Lois Safstrom
Subscriptions Willard Hedberg
Photographers . Keith Davis
Ralph Carlson
Advisor Dave Guston
Feature Writers Dave Carlson, Keith LaGesse,
Marlene Built, Ann Radunz, Jean Hosk-ings.
Reporters .. Howie Hawkins, Shirley Lewis,
Donna Slgvertsen, Margaret Ford, Helen
Rose Petersen, Audrey Samuelson.
Issued bi-weekly during the school
year except vacations.
Subscription price $1.25 per year
Editorial .. .
..The following chain reaction of thought was
:.et off in my mind by last Tuesday's chapel
service in celebration of World Freedom Day.
With the word Freedom was associated the
word Statesmen. Freedom still appears toclay
with sufficient evidence to me that among
those who formed laiws in our country were
In defining a Stateman I did not think of
the politician who made his decisions because
he wanted to keep his job. I thought of the
politician who, because of a conviction that a
certain legislation was for the best interest
of all, lost himself in zeal to stand firm for
his belief, and whose own gain fell out of
sight. Then I was thankful that many of this
type of statesman had convictions based on
moral truth sensed by their belief in God.
Then I wondered if there were enough states-men
today and tomorrow who would not only
stand firm for their convictions, but have con-victions
based on belief in God.
Then I wondered if there were any Christians
who were training with the hope of getting
into legislative circles, and if there were, were
there enough. Some talented Christian men
don't look upon politics in terms of the Lord's
will for them because for some unexplainable
reason they contend that consideration of the
Lord's will isn't most likely applicable to
politics in a real sense.
The chain of thought ended this way: What
a glorious picture came to mind of the Chris-tian
legislator defending with fervor a deep
conviction which in his own fellowship with
God has become real to him as the correct
stand to take, even If it meant standing alone.
Christian statesmen are necessary to future
freedom. Can lore consider this as service?
I Wonder--
Do We Do Our Best?
by Jean Hoskings
"The function of art is to widen our
experience of life and to intensify it."
What should this quotation mean to young
people preparing for Christian service? If
the arts widen and intensify life the expon-ents
of the abundant life cannot afford to
neglect cultivating an intelligent, apprecia-tive
handling of them as tools to lead con-verts
into the deeper things of Christ.
Yet in an age when culture declined be-cause
the principle of sacrificing quality
for mass production invaded every field
of endeavor, the church which should have
instinctively clung, to the strongest, purest
expression of feeling, tended to be caught
in the sway of the mass.
For instance, church music which al-ways
ran a close second to preaching it
influence on Christian history and doctrine
has today come to the place where most
of the songs being written only scratch
the surface of spiritual experience. We
"My wonderful Lord, my wonderful Lord
By angels and seraphs in heaven adored
I bow at Thy shrine, my Savior divine,
My wonderful, wonderful Lord."
But the middle ages joined in such ex-pression
"Jesus thou by of living hearts,
Thou Fount of life, thou Light of men,
From the best bliss that earth imparts
We turn unfilled to Thee again."
The two experiences could have been
much the same, but the expression is
worlds apart. Most church music of the
past met the impartial standards of art
and still contained a wealth of rich spirit-ual
content. In music or any of the other
arts we need not make a choice between
warm spiritually and artistic merit. In all
forms of art there are certain rules which
time has proven valid. We can express
the richness of the Christian faith and
produce something deeper because of the
confining precepts of correct form. Can we
hope for an expression of present-day
evangelical faith in such fields as music
and literature that will enrich the life
of the Christian and command the atten-tion
of the artistic world?
If so, we must learn to know and appre-ciate
the best. Even if we are not able to
participate in the arts in a creative way,
when we have opportunity to plan or lead
Christian programs we can help bring the
'est to others.
One Thousand Years Ago
by Ann Radunz
The pale yellow beams of the full moon
were hidden momentarily behind the dark
cloud that filled the sky, and the only
source of illumination on earth came from
the red glow of the bon-fires which were
scattered throughout the countryside. I
shuddered as I intently watched the pagan
people encircle these fires and keep a
vigil for Hallowmas. They believed that
ghosts and witches roamed about on the
nights before this event, and they lit fires
to drive them away.
Chants arose to Saman, lord of death, in
an effort to pacify his mighty wrath. I
felt like giving out with a Swiss yodel,
but thought I would frighten these poor
people to death.
As the fires slowly burned out, I noticed
that each person put a pebble in the dying
embers. This represented the person's life,
and if the stone disappeared during the
night, the person was certain to die within
the next twelve months. From this, springs
our present day Halloween.
The fields soon became desolate, for at
midnight, Saman was to call together all
of the wicked souls who had inhabitated
bodies of --animals during the past year.
Leaving this cheerful place, I wound my
way towards a brightly lit house and de-cided
to crash the party.
A writer, it is said, will go to any ex-tremes
to get a story, and I consider it
quite an extreme to travel a thousand
years into the past to learn about Hallo-we'en.
Laughter rang from the house I was
approaching, and peering in the window,
I was surprised to see young people duck-ing
for apples and roasting nuts. This is
Christian service demands the whole life.
It is erroneous to classify our activities as
"secular" and "Christian", for Christ must
dominate every sphere of our lives.
Hence, we recognize the first step is to
know God—the great initial step of "tak-ing
Christ". Yet there comes a further
demand to yield our lives to Him. We dare
not stop here, for the essence of a Chris-tian
servant's life is found in Obedience!
This is the "action principle"; the factor
that means "going forward"—progressing!"
It is one thing to be "Christian", and an-other
thing to be an "active Christian."
Your Christian Service Department,
Bethelite, is your opportunity to obey and
one tradition that found its way into our
modern world.
Putting my Frankenstein mask on. I
boldly walked in, much to the amazement
of the guests, for, as yet, costumes had
not been in-corporated into their celebra-tion.
The fortune-teller supplied me with
much information, saying that everyone
born on that night had the power- to for-see
the future and to communicate with
the dead. When she asked if I would care
to speak with my grand-mother, I decided
not to tell her that she wouldn't be born
for another nine hundred years, due to
the fact that my sanity might be question-ed.
Gathering together all my notes, I
borrowed the nearest broomstick and
started toward home where people would
appreciate my Frankenstein mask.
It has been well said that even the
throngs on a crowded street will make
way for one who clearly demonstrates that
he is going somewhere. Too many people,
sad to say, seem to have no purpose or
A while ago- a pastor overheard the
following conversation between two men.
One was lounging against a railing when
the other came sauntering along. "Where
are you going?"
"Wait a minute and I'll go with you."
Dr. Frank Crane, the most widely read
syndicated writer of other years, said this
in an editorial: "You do not have to be
very brilliant or extraordinary to attain a
comparative success. There are so many
lazy and indifferent people all around you
that it does not require much ability or
drive to surpass them. You do not need
to be a race horse or a genius. Carry on
as faithfully as may be, and you will make
a mark."
Then this: "If you know more than any-one
else about anything, you will stand
out among your fellows. He who becomes
an authority on the chemistry of steel, or
on the apple, or the dandelion, will soon
be in a position to render signal service—
and the people will beat a path to his
Here again the recipe boils down to
putting in the time faithfully and making
the most of what God has given us. We
are all different—and that is well. The
assistant to one of America's most dis-tinguished
pastors said: "I cannot preach
the way he does, but he cannot preach the
way I do either."
After all it is not success in the eyes
of the world that should be our goal; there
is something higher and deeper. The im-portant
thing is to fill our place in God's
plan faithfully and well. The great Lincoln
said: "I do not have to succeed but I have
to be true. I will stay with a man as long
as he is right and part with him when he
goes wrong."
"All are architects of 'faith',
Working on the walls of time.
Some with massive deeds and great,
Some with ornaments of rhyme.
Nothing, useless is, or vain;
Each thing in its place is best.
And what seems but idle show
Strengthens and supports the rest."
to act! In the past forty days of 1950,
Bethel has sent out some twenty-six gospel
teams and nearly an equal number of in-dividual
speaking or musical assignments
have been made. Souls have been saved!
Also, there are approximately forty stu-dents
engaged in club work, Sunday school
tearhing, and child evangelism work.
Letters are presently being sent to all
conference churches (within this Twin City
area) advertising our gospel teams with
their zealous message of salvation. Further
contacts are being made with city missions;
churches of like belief; convalescent hos-pitals;
Are you "aching" to join a gospel team,
or to be of other service? Don't wait for
someone to ask you, but let Harold Lid-born
or Wes Forsline, of your Christian
Service Department, know immediately.
For those who are especially interested
in being leaders of city mission teams,
street meetings, boys club work, or hospi-tal
work, please let us know.
This all means that Christian Service is
not a mere "past-time". It is work! During
-the coming three weeks, you are extended
the opportunity to work with God's Inva-sion
Army in "active witnessing" at any
time of the day or evening. Don't let this
opportunity pass you by!
Opportunities are tremendous. You,
• Bethelite, assume the "initiative" in the
strength of the Lord, and you'll realize
why Paul said "I count it joy to suffer
(sacrifice) for Him!
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President Wingblade
Christian Service Dep't,
Bethel's Chance To Act
by Wes Forsline
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Wik and Raid Discuss Communist
Liberties At PDG Meeting
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The photos can be entered in two classes: black and white prints;
and colored transparencies. Winners in both classes will receive prizes.
The first consideration by the judge will be the extent to which the
fall theme is represented in the photo.
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are cordially invited to attend Calvary's,
9:45—Two College Castes
—Soul Winner Class
—Expositers Bible Class
11:00 Morning Worship
7:30 Evening Service.
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Bethel Adds
Custodian To
Personnel List
Hired by the school administ-ration
of Bethel to assume duties
as assistant custodian on campus,
Mr. Karl Axel Bjurholm of Stock-holm,
Sweden, arrived on campus
this week, having landed in this
country on the Swedish Liner
Gripsholm, October 15th. Mr.
Bjurholm intends to make St.
Paul, U. S. A. his home for the
rest of his life.
Next January, Mr. Bjurholm's
wife, daughter Peggy, 11, and son
Lars Eric, 7, will join him as he
establishes his home here.
The new custodian was born in
Stockholm, however, he spent
eight years of his younger life in
this country with his parents, at
which time he attended grammar
and high school, and worked. Re-ferring
to his second time in
America, Mr. Bjurholm remarks,
"I like it in America, and having
been here before, something got
into my blood that gave me a
strong desire to return."
Club News
The German Club will hold their
next meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 7,
at 11:20 a. m. in the lounge of the
girl's dormitory. Swedish foreign
student Ingemar Gallnor will be
the speaker. Caroline Clark, Anna
Karcher and Mr. Valdeko Kangro
will form a violin trio and provide
special music for the occasion.
Carol Addington will accompany
them at the piano.
On Thursday, November 9th, at
3:00 P. M., the Bethel Women's
Association will have their next
meeting in the Bethel dining hall.
Shirley Christenson, chairman of
group one of the organization, will
lead the program, which will be
centered around the Thanksgiving
theme. Newly appointed officers
of the group are Betty Hjort,
secretary, and Sue Danielson,
assistant treasurer.
Weekly Offerings
Must Average $170
For Band Goal
There is still $4,650 to go toward
the 1950-51 missionary offering
goal of $5,000, Phil McLain, Miss-ionary
Band treasurer announced.
An average of $170.00 per week
has to be maintained in the chapel
offerings if the goal is to be
reached. Mr. McLain has stated
that meeting the goal represents
a total of $10.00 contributed by
each student for the school year,
or five cents per day by each
Next Friday the Missionary
Band has charge of the chapel
service, at which time Rev. Curt
Akenson, pastor of the First Bapt-ist
Church, Minneapolis, will bring
a missionary message.
At this chapel service, the Miss-ionary
Band will call for a vote of
the student body on the dispers-ment
of $280 left in the missionary
treasury from last year. This
amount had been designated to aid
foreign students in their study in
this country, however, their is
presently a question concerning
re-designating the amount to help
support the Baptist Seminary in
Hamburg, Germany, the only non-state
Seminary in Germany. The
Hamburg Seminary has been fac-ing
financial difficulty to the point
where its continued operation has
been questioned. The students will
decide if they want the $280 sent
to Hamburg.
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Some twenty members and visi-tors
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Group meeting last Tues-day
night in the Seminary lounge
to hear Dr. Reynold Wik and Mr.
Kaljo Raid, both of the College,
discuss the subject, "Should
Communists be deprived of their
liberties in this country."
Dr. Wik began his discussion
citing from history various legis-lative
acts made to discover those
disloyal to the president or
government and pointed out some
causes for the question of liber-ties
presently confronting Ameri-ca.
The main points of the Wood-
McCarran Bill, recently passed by
the United States legislature over
the veto of President Truman, was
made known to the group. Parts
of this bill stated that Communist
front organizations were to regis-ter
their number and source of
funds with the government.
In summary, Dr. Wik stated that
the McCarran legislation appeared
to be impractical in the light that
similar measures did not serve
their purpose in the past. He in-dicated
that he thought that the
Smith Act and the present Loyalty
checks made by the FBI acted as
sufficient defense against disloyal-ty
and that more legislation such
as the McCarran Bill might cause
the innocent to suffer.
Mr. Raid surveyed theoretical
and practical Communism by quot-ing
from Lenin and Stalin, and
by giving examples of Communism
in action, stating that the system
was quite consistent in their view-points
and practices. He stated
that attacking Communism from
within was much different than
attacking it from without and
since the Communist group was a
minority in this country, he did
not see the need for great 'fear.
Among the important steps Ameri-ca
could take to counter-act
Communism, he listed these three
in his conclusion: Live democracy
and make it work; make clear to
Europe and especially Asia what
American democracy really is in
contrast to Communism of Russia;
preach and propagandize democ-racy.
In the business session prior to
the discussions, Roger Hedberg
was named as chairman of the
organization for this year and Mar-vin
Lindstedt was appointed Sec-retary.
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Meet Austin In Final Contest
Fifth Win In Six Games Sought
Already assured of the best season ever in the short history of foot-ball
at Bethel, the gridmen go after their fifth win in six games to-night
at Austin, Minnesota. This will be the final game of the season
and will start at 8:00 P. M.
Bethel, thus far this year
and Morris, and has lost only to
has defeated Rochester, Ely, Northland
Worthington. In these five games, the
Indians have rolled up 97 points
while holding their opponents to
only 21. Fifteen touchdowns have
been scored by the high-spirited
Indians. In addition, one safety
and five extra points have been
Chalking up its fourth win out
of five starts this season, the
Bethel College grid team rolled to
a 31-0 victory over Morris Agri-culture
School. The game was
played on October 20 at Morris.
After receiving the ball in the
first quarter on the kickoff, the
Indians took just thirteen plays to
score from their own 38 yard line.
Rolling up seven first downs to the
Aggies none, Bethel had the ball
for all but three plays in this
period. The first TD was made on
a pass from Cliff Pals to Clarence
(Red) Anderson. The extra point
by Schumacher was good and was
the only one made by the Redmen
all afternoon.
First Downs
Bethel 15 Morris 1
Yards Gained Rushing
Bethel 223 Morris -26
Forward Passes Attempted
Bethel 8 Morris 4
Forward Passes Completed
Bethel 4 Morris 2
Yards Gained Passes
Bethel 65 Morris 32
Yardage Penalties
Bethel 20 Morris 0
Two long passes and an eleven
yard romp resulted in the second
marker which came in the second
quarter. Ron Skoog scored on the
run which was the final push of
a 66 yard drive. Later in the quar-ter,
Bob Schumacher charged 12
yards to scoring territory to give
the Indians a 19-0 lead at half.
Morris received the ball in the
second half, but could not get
rolling, so punted to their own
40 yard line. Some beautiful down-field
blocking enabled the carrier
to return the kick to the Aggie
sixteen. On the third play, Dick
Chadderdon took a wide lateral
and crossed the goal line on a
play that completely fooled Mor-ris.
Bethel scored on the second play
in the last period to - end the day's
scoring. The TD came on a pass
from Bob Schumacher to Ray
Brace. The play covered 20 yards.
Sports Sketch
by Oliver DuFrene
Wandering around the dressing
room, I. came upon a few facts
about a young fellow whom most
of us know. I will pass what
facts I know about him unto you.
This fellow, Clarence "Red"
Anderson, is playing left end on
the football squad. He holds down
a key defensive spot and also is
a terrific line man and pass re-ceiver
on offense.
"Red" came here from Silver-hill,
Alabama and received his
education at Robertsdale High
School in Alabama. While in high
school, "Red" played tackle on
the football squad for two years.
He also participated in baseball.
"Red" stands six feet tall and
weighs 185 pounds. He has played
for Bethel the last three years
along with Curt Peterson, who was
written up in last weeks Clarion.
"Red" is now in his junior year
at Bethel. He is majoring in social
science and minoring in physical
education. His future plans are
directed at being a youth director.
The Clarion sports staff was
polled as to their opinions of the
outcome of the Bethel-Austin con-test.
Here is the entire staff's pre-dictions:
Cliff Smith Bethel 20 Austin 14
011ie DuFrene Bethel 13 Austin 7
Coming from behind at the half,
Bethel upset a favored Northland
College squad to gain a Homecom-ing
victory on October 14, 13-7.
The win was Bethel's third out of
four contests this season.
The opening quarter found the
Indians deep in the Lumberjack's
territory for much of the time.
However they lacked the scoring
punch needed and were repulsed
on the 12 yard line. Soon after the
second period opened, Bethel gain-ed
possession- of the pigskin and
on their first play from scrim-mage,
Bob Schumacher, aided by
fine blocking especially by Bob
Carlson who threw a key block,
dashed 67 yards to score. The
First Downs
Bethel 4 Northland 10
Yards Gained Rushing
Bethel 126 Northland 136
Forward Passes Attempted
Bethel 7 Northland 15
Forward Passes Completed
Bethel 3 Northland 6
Yards Gained Passes
Bethel 23 Northland 113
-Yardage Penalties
Bethel 45 Northland 30
extra point was missed. Later in
the quarter with two minutes to
go, Northland scored on a pass
which covered four yards. The
extra point was good and at the
half, Northland led 7-6.
In the third period, Bethel
scored the only other marker of
the game. Shortly after the Indi-ans
kicked off, Northland fumbled.
Capitalizing on this error, the Red-men
marched 33 yards in nine
plays to go over for six points.
Bob Schumacher also scored this
touchdown on a short plunge of
three yards. Not content with just
a touchdown, Bob ran the extra
point and once more cashed in.
For the remainder of the game,
the two teams pushed back and
forth on the gridiron. As the game
neared the end, the Lumberjack's
opened up a terrific passing attack
and almost scored. They finally
lost possession of the ball on the
Bethel three yard line. The In-dians
took the ball and as the
game ended, were on the 15 yard
Ladder Act Next
After performing their first
appearance at Homecoming, the
gymnasts are now back at the
grind of practice sessions.
Although near catastrophe be-fell
the tumblers when many of
the squad became sick the night
before Homecoming, they recover-ed
partially and put on a fine mat
program for the crowd. Their co-operation
was much appreciated.
Marlin Nelson, director, has ex-pressed
the fact that the gymnasts
will be working on the Roman
Ladder Act as soon as football is
over. This act is very popular and
requires skilled cooperation and
coordination as well as courage in
some instances.
Oct. 27, 1950
Page 4
Basketball will soon occupy the
spotlight at Bethel. Probably the
most closely followed sport at the
school, basketball is also the old-est
sport on the campus. For many
years, the Indians have competed
and been returned the victors on
many of the occasions.
The 1950-51 edition has been in
training each day for the past
three weeks. Fundamentals, includ-ing
passing, dribbling and the like,
as well as much shooting, have
been stressed.
Coach Del Ray Peterson, new
this year, is in high hopes for the
season and sees no reason why the
team should not run up as good
a record as last year of 13 wins
and 7 losses.
Schumacher 5 2 ?.2
Chadderdon.. 3 2 20
Skoog 2 0 12
Brace 1 Safety 8
Fredericks 1 0
Spratt 1 0 6
Pals 1 0 6
Cla. Anderson 1 0 6
Viren 0 1 1
It will probably be the last
game for some of the team per-sonal
with Bethel, and they wili
be playing doubly hard as will the
entire squad in gunning for a
fine record of five wins against a
lone loss.
Meanwhile, Austin will be point-ing
for the Redmen, because of
several reasons. Firstly, the Blue
Devils remember the defeat hand-ed
them here last year by the
Indians. Bethel stopped them 6-0
on Homecoming. Secondly, the
Austin team has played Rochester
twice and has whipped them both
times by one touchdown. Bethel
beat Rochester 13.0.
Then also, the game is the Blue
Devil's Homecoming game and this
seems to always inspire a team to
greater heights.
Outstanding names to remember
on the 30 man squad are Gordon
Srock, Don Veith, Howard Hunter,
Russ Triplett, and Keith Knight.
For Bethel, the starting lineup
will probably be: Red Anderson
and Phil Carlson at ends, Don
Bergren and Ralph Bennett at the
guard spots, Rod Kjell at center,
Ron Skoog at quarterback, Dick
Chadderdon and Bob Schumacher
at the halfbacks, and Cliff Pals
at fullback.
To Play Grid Tourney
The Intramural sports program
which started out with such a
rush has dwindled to only a whis-per.
Touch football games are still
being played, but only by four
teams. East, West, Iowa, and Illin-ois
are the only teams still com-peting.
Others have failed to show
up at designated times and thus
all the games have been canceled.
The football tournament has
been arranged for all and will in-clude
the four teams mentioned
above. East and West are favored
to meet for the championship.
Basketball plans are being made
and the schedules will soon be
posted on the bulletin board out-side
the gym. A well-rounded,
active schedule is hoped for with
all regions putting teams into com-petition.
For any further informa-tion,
see Don Dye, intramural
"Between eighteen and twenty
have reported so far and I expect
more out when football is over",
says Peterson.
Those who have been out thus
far include: Bud Pierce, captain
elect, Pete Unruh, Art Hage, Gord
Johnson, Dick Bandy, Wayne
Thompson, Gene Messenger, Dean
Stromwell, Ron Nelson, Art Vogel,
Arlan Ashbaugh, Dave Sheldon,
and a few others.
The schedule is being worked
out and should include about ten
home games. As last year, all
home games will be played at the
Minnehaha Academy new gym at
47th and 31st South in Minneapo-lis.
All games will be either Tues-day
or Saturday.
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by Cliff Smith
The sports staff would like to take this opportunity to thank the
football coaches, managers, and all their assistants for the fine job
they have done this year. Thank you to: Lynn Lundeen, Elmer Fisher,
Ron Nelson, Merle Brown, and any others who deserve the credit!
— — — —
Tonight, the season will be finished out as Bethel meets Austin on
the out of town field. Buses have been tentatively scheduled for stu-dents.
Support your team in this game—the last of the season.. Cheer
them on to victory and to Bethel's completion of their finest season
Now just a word of praise to the hard working line men on this
year's squad. While the backs generally gain the glory in scoring, the
line is forgotten. Without them, no TD's would be scored. Hats off to:
Cal Anderson, Clarence Anderson, Cliff Anderson, Ralph Bennett, Don
Bergren, Ray Brace, Bob Carlson, Phil Carlson, Ken Gullman, Virg
Hegle, Ron Johnson, Rod Kjell, Curt Peterson, and John Viren.
Peterson Directs
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After gaining independence from Denmark in 1944, Iceland became a founding member of NATO in 1949, despite having no standing army. The country declared itself a nuclear-free zone in 1985. Davíð Oddsson of the center-right Independence Party (IP), first elected prime minister in 1991, finally stepped down in 2004. He was succeeded by Halldór Ásgrímsso of the Progressive Party (PP), the coalition partner of the IP. After a poor government showing in local elections, Ásgrímsso resigned the premiership in favor of the IP's Geir Haarde in June 2006.
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While the majority of Icelanders remain opposed to European Union (EU) membership, the country opened EU accession negotiations in July 2009. Negotiations were ongoing at year's end.
The anti-establishment Best Party, led by comedian Jón Gnarr, rode a wave of protest votes to capture 6 of the 15 seats in the May 2010 Reykjavik City Council election, making Gnarr mayor of the Icelandic capital.
In April 2011, voters defeated a referendum on a repayment plan for British and Dutch and Dutch depositors at Icesave, an online savings account brand owned and operated by the private Landsbanki, which collapsed in 2008. An international court case to resolve the issue was being prepared by year's end. In September 2011, Landsbanki announced that a sale of its assets should fully cover repayment to all British and Dutch depositors. The sale of assets was ongoing at year's end.
In January 2011, the Supreme Court invalidated the November 2010 Constitutional Assembly election due to various irregularities, including a lack of voting secrecy at polling stations. However, parliament subsequently ruled that the 25 officials elected to the assembly could serve on a similar Constitutional Council, which would allow them to continue revising the country's constitution. In July 2011, the Constitutional Council submitted to parliament a draft of a new constitution, which emphasizes transparency of information and respect for natural resources and human rights. A referendum on the new draft was expected in 2012.
Iceland is an electoral democracy. Elections are free, fair, and competitive. The constitution, adopted in 1944, vests power in a president, a prime minister, the 63-seat unicameral legislature (the Althingi), and a judiciary. The president, whose duties are mostly ceremonial, is directly elected for a four-year term; Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was reelected president in the 2008 elections. The legislature is also elected for four years, but it can be dissolved for early elections in certain circumstances. The prime minister is appointed by the president but responsible to the legislature.
The center-right IP dominated politics until May 2009, when Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir's center-left coalition took power. Six major political parties and several smaller parties are represented in the Althingi.
While corruption not a serious problem in Iceland, the country has experienced politically tinged business-fraud scandals in recent years. In 2010, Steinunn Valdís Óskarsdóttir of the SDA stepped down after it was revealed that she had accepted large corporate donations for her 2006 campaign. A number of bankers—including former director of Kaupthing Iceland, Ingólfur Helgason—were arrested in 2010 in connection with the Icesave banking crash in 2008. Several members of parliament were also implicated in the crash, including former prime minister Geir Haarde, who faced charges of negligence in the wake of the financial crisis. Some of the charges against Haarde were dismissed because the wording "gross neglect of duty" was considered too vague, while the remaining charges were still being processed by year's end. Iceland was ranked 13 out of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
The constitution guarantees freedom of speech and of the press. In June 2010, parliament unanimously passed the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, which mandates the establishment of stringent free speech and press freedom laws with a focus on the protection of investigative journalists and media outlets. Iceland's wide range of print publications includes both independent and party-affiliated newspapers. The autonomous Icelandic National Broadcasting Service competes with private radio and television stations. Private media ownership is concentrated, with the Norðurljós (Northern Lights) Corporation controlling most of the private television and radio outlets and two of the three national newspapers. Internet access is unrestricted.
The constitution provides for freedom of religion. Almost 90 percent of Icelanders belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The state supports the church through a special tax, which citizens can choose to direct to the University of Iceland instead. A 2008 law requires the teaching of theology in grades 1 through 10. Academic freedom is respected, and the education system is free of excessive political involvement.
Freedoms of association and peaceful assembly are generally upheld. Peaceful protests occurred in September and October 2011 against IMF austerity measures and the government's failure to protect Icelanders from housing foreclosures. Many nongovernmental organizations operate freely and enjoy extensive government cooperation. The labor movement is robust, with over 80 percent of all eligible workers belonging to unions. All unions have the right to strike.
The judiciary is independent. The law does not provide for trial by jury, but many trials and appeals use panels of several judges. The constitution states that all people shall be treated equally before the law, regardless of sex, religion, ethnic origin, race, or other status. Prison conditions generally meet international standards.
The Act on Foreigners was amended in 2004 to allow home searches without warrants in cases of suspected immigration fraud, among other changes. Foreigners can vote in municipal elections if they have been residents for at least five years, or three years for citizens of Scandinavian countries. In September 2010, a father and son of Cuban origin who had held Icelandic citizenship for more than a decade fled the country after intense racially-motivated intimidation. Approximately 1,000 people gathered for an anti-racism rally in the same month in response to threats received by the family.
Women enjoy equal rights, and more than 80 percent of women participate in the workforce. However, a pay gap exists between men and women despite laws designed to prevent disparities. In 2009, Sigurðardóttir became Iceland's first female prime minister and the world's first openly homosexual head of state. Women hold nearly 43 percent of seats in parliament, the highest number in the country's history, and Iceland topped the World Economic Forum's 2011 ratings on gender equality. The government participates in the Nordic-Baltic Action Group against Human Trafficking. A committee was appointed in 2008 to develop new strategies to combat human trafficking in Iceland, and in April 2009, parliament passed a law criminalizing human trafficking.


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First, a warning. On my Arduino, the lcd pins could touch the top of the USB jack (a common issue for many shields), so cover the top of the jack with two layers of electrical tape.
Now, attach the shield to your Arduino. I'm using a SainSmart Rev 3 UNO, but this shield predates the rev 3 specification, so make sure you seat it properly.
Download the code at http://tny.cz/cb95321b
This shield uses digital pins 4-10 for the LCD, digital 2 & 3 for the rotary encoder, and analog 0 for the joystick.
Pins available to you for other devices on top of the shield are D13-D11, A5-A1, VCC (5v), and Gnd.


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Police Car Scrap! (known as Cop Car Crush! on the PC version) is one of the first missions given to Claude Speed by Sunbeam of the Hare Krishna in Grand Theft Auto 2. It can be activated from one of the green phones in The Vedic Temple of the Industrial District, Anywhere City.
Sunbeam wants Claude to crush three Cop Cars.
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At first glance, the Essanay Studio buildings in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood may seem fairly unremarkable.
The two red brick structures, located on the 1300 block of West Argyle Street, look from the outside like your typical early 20th century factory buildings. The only elaborate touch on them is the terra cotta main entrance at 1345 W. Argyle St., with the word "Essanay" over the doorway.
But these modest buildings provide an important link to early American cinema. Here, from 1909 through 1917, Essanay became one of the most prolific and influential movie studios in the world. Charlie Chaplin shot comedies here, and the movie careers of Hollywood icons such as actress Gloria Swanson, actor Wallace Beery, director Allan Dwan and gossip columnist Louella Parsons were launched at the Argyle Street location.
Behind the scenes, Essanay provided a blueprint for the way Hollywood would produce movies for years to come, helping to introduce sophisticated indoor lighting and factory-style movie production techniques that allowed the studio to release an astonishing six movies per week during the 1910s.
"It was one of the top studios of its time," said David Kiehn, a film historian based in Niles, Calif., where Essanay had its West Coast studios. "And even though Essanay also had studios on the West Coast, the majority of their films came out of Chicago. So these buildings have great historical value."
Now, almost 100 years after Essanay completed construction on its Argyle studios, and 16 years after the buildings received landmark status from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, plans are finally under way to recognize this illustrious past as part of a renovation and restoration project.
St. Augustine College, which purchased the two buildings when the school was founded in 1980, wants to revamp the older of the two buildings, the 1333 W. Argyle St. structure, built in 1909.
That building, which housed a film production space now serving as the school's auditorium, would be reborn as a multi-purpose facility housing a museum for early cinema production in Chicago, along with a space for cultural performances and perhaps a community center and other attractions.
"We're still defining what some of those attractions might be, but we're definitely thinking about an early film museum, a community center, a theater, perhaps a cafe," said Andrew Sund, the president of St. Augustine College, which primarily serves Hispanic students in the Chicago area.
The school also wants to restore the terra cotta entrance at the 1345 W. Argyle St. building, which was built in 1913. And the school also wants to restore many of the original features on both buildings — including the two structures' original windows on the Argyle Street side, which were bricked in after Essanay folded decades ago.
Fund-raising for the project begins in earnest on Oct. 6, when the school plans a gala event at the 1333 W. Argyle St. building, where party-goers are encouraged to dress up as Chaplin, Swanson or other Essanay actors. At that event, the Chicago-based architectural firm Johnson & Lasky will issue a 150-page historical structures report on the Essanay renovation plan, which will help college officials determine the ultimate expense for the project.
"It will be a significant cost outlay, probably in seven figures," said Sund, who added that it would take two to three years to finish the project after fund-raising is completed.
But it's a project that has full support from city officials because it goes hand-in-hand with the City Hall-endorsed plan to create an Uptown Entertainment District, centered around the long-awaited renovation of the long-shuttered Uptown Theatre. Owner Jam Productions hopes to fully renovate the Uptown by the end of 2015, provided they can raise that $70 million to maintain that historic venue.
"Visitors are starting to look around the neighborhood, and they're starting to notice the Essanay buildings," said Ald. James Cappleman, in whose 46th Ward the buildings are located (though they will move to the 47th Ward once the latest ward remap goes into effect later this year).
"Hearing that Chaplin once shot movies here, that helps promote the entertainment district," Cappleman said.
Cappleman says that the Essanay buildings wouldn't be eligible for any tax-increment financing because they are located outside Uptown's TIF district. But he said the project could be eligible for other tax breaks to because of their landmark status.
"Other city financing is also open for exploration, although we certainly have to prioritize these projects," Cappleman added. "The city is in a budget crunch, but we also understand how important it is to draw people into this neighborhood to discover its rich history."
School officials said they began talking about the restoration project two years ago. "We would see tour buses stop in front of the building for a minute, then keep going," Sund said. "So we said to ourselves that we've got to start bringing some of these people in to see the facility."
Even though much of the original interior has been gutted to serve the college, visitors can still see some of the building's original features if they walk inside. The school's auditorium in the 1333 W. Argyle St. building, now called the Charlie Chaplin auditorium, still has the feel of a movie studio, with the original catwalk and lighting grid structures hanging from the ceiling. And in that building's basement, one can see two vaults where Essanay stored its combustible nitrate and safety film stocks.
And visitors walking to the rear of the building can imagine Chaplin or Beery walking through Essanay's stage doors, which still exist, along with an ancient staircase adjacent to those doors.
"There's always been an understanding of the historical value of this building, so there has always been an effort, albeit minimal sometimes, to maintain what Essanay had here," Sund said. "But now we are at the right point in the college's history and the history of this neighborhood to begin a restoration project to make this building belong to the community in which it sits."
School officials chose Johnson & Lasky as the lead architectural firm on the project because the group specializes in high-profile restoration projects such as Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana-Thomas House in Springfield and Holabird & Roche's Marquette Building in the Loop.
Marguerite Kindelin, a silent-movie buff who is Johnson & Lasky's lead architect on the Essanay project, says this is a unique challenge.
"Part of our task is to look at older documents and photos to get a sense of what the building was like during its period of significance," said Kindelin. "But the school isn't just interested in the history, but also the future. So the historic structural report will not only include details on the restoration of the facility, but also on how it should be used in the future."
A key component of the project is a proposed early film museum, which would not only pay tribute to Essanay, but overall film production in Chicago. In 1910, one-fifth of the world's movies were made here, primarily by Essanay and Selig Polyscope, which became the first major studio to make the move west to Southern California.
"The significance of early filmmaking in Chicago is known by a lot of people, but there isn't really one known location in the city where that story is being told," said Gary Keller, who was hired by St. Augustine to be the project's lead consultant and coordinator. "This seems like the perfect place to tell it."
Luckily, there is already an existing Essanay Silent Film Museum in Niles, California, the studio's one-time location near the Bay Area. So Keller is working closely with that museum's administrators, talking about sharing memorabilia with them, including films, posters and cameras from the silent era.
"We've been providing information to them, and we're definitely willing to share our experiences," said Dorothy Bradley, president of the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum.
Of course, the main focus of the museum would involve the history of Essanay, which was founded in 1907 by early film pioneer George K. Spoor and G.M Anderson, who became film's first major cowboy star, known as "Broncho Billy." Essanay's title was derived from the first initials of the two founders' last names, S and A.
Spoor, who in 1894 with inventor Edward Hill Amet developed the first 35mm projector, was largely responsible for Essanay's technical prowess. Anderson, meanwhile, created a worldwide sensation with his "Broncho Billy" one-reel and two-reel westerns, which were shot on location, first on the North Side of Chicago, then in Colorado and California.
Together, these men cultivated actors such as Wallace Beery, who dressed in drag as a Swedish maid in a series of Essanay comedies before becoming famous during the sound era in movies like "The Champ" and "Viva Villa"; andFrancis X. Bushman, best-known as one of the leads in the 1925 version of "Ben Hur."
But it was Chaplin with whom Essanay is most identified. The comic was signed by the studio in late 1914 and made one film in Chicago ("His New Job") before shooting the remainder of his Essanay films in California.
"The myth was that he left Chicago because of the cold weather, but in reality Chaplin left the Chicago studios because the structure was too regimented — they wanted him to shoot from a script provided by their script department," Kiehn said. "Chaplin didn't work from other people's scripts, and he told them so."
When Chaplin left Essanay for Mutual Studios in 1916, Essanay's fortunes declined. Anderson left the company as well, and Spoor closed the studio in 1917. The Argyle studios were eventually sold to Bell & Howell, which used the buildings for its commercial film subsidiary, Wilding Productions. Bell & Howell had control of the building until 1973, when WTTW-TV moved in and used the facility until the late '70s.
Sund said that the restoration project would bring the building back full circle to its roots.
"There may seem to be very little to connect the mission of this institution with the film industry, but we serve an immigrant and second-generation community to help them develop as professionals in Chicago," Sund said. "And in a similar way, many of the people who came and filmed in this building, including Chaplin, they were coming from other parts of the world, learning about Chicago and becoming professionals in a new country. So we believe there is great continuity."


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"With sadness in my heart, I've decided not to return to Idol. I'll miss nurturing all the new talent, but most of all being a part of a show that I helped from day 1 become an international phenomenon."
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What are the key shoes for summer?
A: Besides a regular pedicure and a glowing suntan, cute summer sandals are the other key component for having fabulous looking gams. These are the three types of shoes we think you MUST own this season because they're both flattering and fashionable.
Must-Have #1: Flat Sandals
Resist a shoe with a mini lift and embrace the effortless comfort a super flat sandal has to offer. In fact, your motto should be: the flatter the better. The dazzle should be in the details--get ones that are either jeweled or studded and wear them with everything from crisp clean trousers and blouses to flirty, printed dresses. Think of them as jewelry for your feet! That said, if you are looking to embrace your inner flower child, break out your old or invest in some new Birkenstocks. While we can't resist the classic browns and beiges we so loved in the '90s, dare to wear the designer versions.
Must-Have #2: Heeled Gladiator Sandals or Lace-Up Heels
These statement shoes are meant to be the star of your outfit. You can keep your wardrobe simple--think: little white dresses to puffy skirts and tanks in blacks and whites--because this runway favorite will add some daring punch. Choose a proportion that flatters the leg and fits snugly, but not too tight, around the calf. Metallics, nudes, and blacks are the most palatable colors for this type of shoe.
Must-Have #3: Chunky Low-Heeled Sandals
Everyone from Isabel Marant to Chloe charmed us with chunkier, square low heels with ankle straps. These look great paired with knee-length skirts or cropped skinny jeans, and are ideal if you're looking for an understated shoe that still gives you a little height.
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8 oz strong black tea
8 oz milk or soy milk
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In a medium pan bring about 4 cups of water to a boil. Add the amount of tapioca pearls you would want for one large or two small glasses of bubble tea. Continue to boil until the pearls float to the top and are soft, about 5-10 minutes. Remove from heat and cover. Allow to sit for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake together the milk, simple syrup and tea. Depending on how big your cocktail shaker is, you may need to do this in two batched. Strain into a large cup and add the tapioca pearls. Serve with a large bubble tea straw or a spoon.


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The Eagles have shuffled their roster a bit ahead of Monday's game against the Panthers.
The team announced Friday afternoon that they have claimed wide receiver Greg Salas off of waivers from the Patriots. Salas was waived by New England before Thursday night's win over the Jets when they added offensive lineman Marcus Zusevics to help the team weather injuries to guard Logan Mankins and tackle Sebastian Vollmer.
Philly waived wide receiver Mardy Gilyard to make room for Salas on the roster. Jason Avant has been fighting a hamstring injury of late, cutting into the Eagles' depth at receiver.
Salas went to New England in a trade for a seventh-round pick just before the start of the season, but he couldn't win a regular role in the lineup. He played one game and spent time on the practice squad before getting his walking papers. Salas was a fourth-round pick of the Rams in 2011, but played just six games for them in his rookie season.


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- Type: Monogram and Alphabet Pack
- Designer: Clever Monkey Graphics
- Software Category: Kid Fun
- Download Size: 66.8 MB (approximate)
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- Monograms Characters: 78
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Magical Princess Party Alpha 1 is part of a greater collection of kits which includes 4 base princess kits, a set of word art style clusters, washi tape, journal cards, word arts, paint, and 2 more alphabets.
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Album and Photobook templates are intended for installation in the MyMemories Suite software only.
The General download will still contain all of the digital paper and page element files and template pages in a flat jpeg format so that you can recreate the template.
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Kyle Brandt: "That's what I want, every year, Vegas Thanksgiving"
NFL Network's Kyle Brandt selects Las Vegas as where he'd like to see future Thanksgiving night games every year.
Upon Further Review: Brandon Parker stops by to share NFL Scouting Combine memories
This week's episode of "Upon Further Review" focuses on the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
Jon Gruden talks free agency and preparing for the NFL Draft during special edition of "The Game Plan"
Oakland Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden spoke with J.T. the Brick on The Game Plan about some upcoming events.
Accustomed to carrying a football, Doug Martin is switching up his offseason training
You know Doug Martin as a football player, but what if I told you the Oakland Raiders running back isn't a half-bad gymnast.
Oakland Raiders 2019 Mock Draft Tracker: 5.0
Two weeks from today, all eyes will be on the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
Upon Further Review: Clinton McDonald and Mark Pattison
This week's episode of Upon Further Review features current defensive tackle Clinton McDonald and former Raiders wide receiver Mark Pattison.
Raiders add five assistant coaches
The Oakland Raiders have hired the following five assistants as part of Head Coach Jon Gruden's staff, the club announced Thursday.
AFC West Update: Denver Broncos make trade with Baltimore Ravens
John Elway is still trying to find a franchise quarterback for the Broncos.
Cover 2: What to watch for leading up to the 2019 NFL Draft
Raiders.com writers Eddie Paskal and Kyle Martin share what they're looking forward to prior to the 2019 NFL Draft.
Oakland Raiders 2019 Mock Draft Tracker: 4.0
Two weeks from today, all eyes will be on the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
Prospectos Invitados al Scouting Combine
La NFL publicó la lista de universitarios invitados al NFL Scouting Combine 2019.
NFL releases full list of college prospects invited to the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine
Heisman-trophy-winner Kyler Murray headlines list of players expected to attend.
Donald Penn appears on NFL Total Access to break down film, talk Raiders football
You know Donald Penn as a tackle for the Oakland Raiders, but Wednesday the Pro Bowl offensive lineman took his game to the NFL Network set.
Derek Carr sends care package to special fan in South Carolina
The Raiders starting quarterback recently made the day of a special girl from South Carolina.
Oakland Raiders 2019 Mock Draft Tracker: 3.0
The Super Bowl is over, which means all attention will now shift to the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine.
Raiders.com Mailbag: Getting into draft talk, team needs going forward
After a few weeks away, the Raiders.com Mailbag is back.
Fechas Importantes 2019
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Looking Ahead: Important offseason dates to keep an eye on in 2019
It's time to officially bid farewell to the 2018 NFL season, as Super Bowl LIII concluded Sunday with a Patriots 13-3 victory over the Rams.
Raiders.com Staff: Super Bowl LIII Picks
Raiders.com delivers its picks for Super Bowl LIII between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams.
By the Numbers: Reviewing Tom Flores' career as a coach and a player
Tom Flores is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Oakland Raiders 2019 Mock Draft Tracker: 2.0
After a productive week at the 2019 Senior Bowl, several prospects saw their draft stock elevate.
9 questions to test your Raiders Super Bowl knowledge
How well do you know the Raiders Super Bowl victories? Take our quiz and test your knowledge.
Las Vegas-area youth football team wins NFL Flag Championship at Pro Bowl in Orlando
The Apex Raiders of Henderson, Nev., a 9- to 10-year-old coed youth flag football team, won its age division's national championship this past weekend in Orlando, Fla. at the NFL FLAG Championships at Pro Bowl powered by USA Football.
Jugadores Destacados del Senior Bowl
El equipo Norte derrotó al equipo Sur, 34-24.
Recap: Players that stood out during the 2019 Senior Bowl
It was a full week of evaluation in Mobile, Ala., and there were a handful of players that stood out.
Raiders release statement on the passing of Duane Benson
The Raiders family shared its condolences on the recent passing of former NFL linebacker and state senator Duane Benson.


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Nominal wage growth has been low, though real wage growth has been healthy.
We expect reasonable employment growth, and steady wage growth and unemployment in Wednesday's labour data.
RBNZ subtly tinkers with its view of the neutral Official Cash Rate.
Originally hailing from sunny Nelson, Jane moved to Auckland to join the ASB team in 2008. As Senior Economist, Jane's main focus is co-ordinating the team's macro-economic forecasts. In this key role, Jane was thrilled by the team's twice consecutive win of the Consensus Economics Forecast Accuracy award.
During her decade-long career in economic forecasting, Jane has gained a thorough knowledge of the New Zealand economy. Her current focus is on New Zealand GDP growth, including both manufacturing and the construction sectors. She has spent time forecasting most sectors of the economy, including inflation, trade, housing, labour and financial markets.
Prior to joining ASB, Jane honed her macro-economic forecasting skills at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Jane is a qualified scarfie, attending Otago University and graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics with 1st class honours. In 2014, she took a career break from ASB to travel the world and learn to snowboard.
Nathan's bold predictions and his ability to call it as he sees it sets him apart from other New Zealand rural economists. In particular, his controversial, but ultimately successful $6.00/kg MS 2016/17 milk price forecast is case in point.
He has a natural talent to distil complex issues and translate them into user-friendly formats for diverse groups, including farmers and financial markets participants. Nathan brings unique perspectives and thought leadership to the country's rural and broader export sectors.
Nathan joined ASB as the Rural Economist in 2013, having cut his teeth at the New Zealand Treasury. He hails from the Kapiti Coast and studied at Massey University where he graduated with a Master of Applied Economics.
Nathan's expertise lie in dairy and other commodity markets, trade economics and economic forecasting. He's a leading GlobalDairyTrade auction and NZX dairy derivatives commentator and he also authors ASB's monthly rural publication, Farmshed Economics.
He's a proud Hurricanes and Wellington Phoenix fan, and will gladly discuss at length the Hurricanes Super Rugby 2016 victory.
Kim focuses on the subjects that have the ability to impact most people daily - the housing market, mortgage interest rates and inflation. She forecasts, analyses and provides insight into what these topics mean to readers: the pros and cons for particular mortgage rate options, housing affordability, or how to prepare for inflation. Kim is the author for ASB's Home Loan Rate Report, Home Economics and Housing Confidence Survey.
Kim joined ASB in early 2015 after working as an Economic Consultant. She also interned with the New Zealand Treasury while completing her BA/BCom (1st class honours) in Economics, Statistics and Politics.
Daniel has the knack of turning what may appear as a block of random numbers into a story, be it trends in migration and tourism, to consumer spending patterns. In addition to telling the story behind the numbers, Daniel has an ability to estimate what the next economic chapter may be and who stands to gain and lose from it.
He joined ASB after moving to New Zealand from London, where he spent five years analysing Latin American economies for Informa Global Markets. Although New Zealand and South America may appear as quite different economies, there are a surprising number of similarities. Countries such as Chile, Peru and Colombia are small, open economies with free-floating exchange rates, a strong commodity export focus and inflation-targeting central banks, while also dealing with the impact of much larger regional neighbours.
Daniel has also worked in foreign exchange markets for a number of years, including time spent with ABN AMRO and Lloyds Bank. He is the author of a number of ASB reports, including the NZD Barometer and Markets Monthly. When he's not working, Daniel can often be found running, cycling or swimming along the seafront, a novelty after living in London.


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Gotham Casts Southland's Benjamin McKenzie as Detective Gordon
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Benjamin McKenzie is returning to the network that made him famous. The O.C. alum has been tapped to play eventual Batman ally James Gordon in the new Gotham pilot, TVGuide.com has learned. The drama, which has a series commitment at Fox, explores th… Read more


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The Audi Fleet Programme tailors to the demanding mobility needs of fleet providers such as limousine services, rent-a-car and leasing companies or airport and hotel shuttles. Audi is rated as one of the most economical options for company fleets by owners as well as the independent press. High-performance technology, superior quality and strict adherence to environmental standards have resulted in two unbeatable benefits: fuel efficiency to ensure lower petrol costs, and greater reliability to ensure lower maintenance costs.
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Human Rights: Background
The human rights grouping represents a large number of interests ranging from health awareness organizations to anti-poverty groups to Native American tribes.
Contributions from this industry to federal candidates and political committees reached its peak at over $11.4 million during the 2012 election cycle; that number decreased significantly to over $6.5 million during the 2014 cycle. Historically, the vast majority of money from this industry has gone to Democrats -- an average of 87 percent since the 1990 election cycle.
The human rights industry has a big checkbook for lobbying, with expenditures reaching nearly $40.9 million in 2014. Its peak lobbying year was 2008 when it spent nearly $46 million.
The Human Rights Campaign has led the way in contributions for the past decade, spending almost $1.2 million during the 2014 election cycle to advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. Much of HRC's efforts went toward supporting the passage of the Employee Non-Discrimination Act, in addition to legislation regarding domestic partnership benefits and increased appropriations for HIV/AIDS prevention.
Other top spenders in the human rights industry during the 2014 cycle include the Akonadi Foundation, KidsPAC and the Children's Research and Education Institute -- though none spent nearly as much as HRC.
Over the past few years, President Barack Obama has signed human rights legislation related to Belarus, Iran and Syria, North Korea and Venezuela, among others.
-- Alex Lazar
Updated September 2015
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