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When he was living in Tenerife in 1935, the British poet Basil Bunting (1900–1985) prepared a 120-page typescript collection entitled Caveat Emptor. It featured a mock "bibliography" consisting solely of an entry for Redimiculum Matellarum, his first and now impossible-to-find book, with this annotation: "Out of print a month after publication. The contents have been absorbed into this volume, with the exception of a preface and two epigraphs." He also included a revealing list of acknowledgments, to "T. Lucretius Carus, Muhammad Shamsuddin Shirazi Hafiz, Maslhuddin Shirazi Sadi, Q. Horatius Flaccus, Charles Baudelaire, François Villon, Niccolo Machiavelli, Kamo-no-Chomei, Jenghis Khan, G. Valerius Catullus, Clément Marot, Jesus Christ, Dante Alighieri and anonymous peasants for loans; as well as to Jonathan Swift, François de Malherbe, Ernest Fenellosa, Louis Zukofsky and Ezra Pound for advice and guidance; besides all the poets who ever were before me, particularly those I have read: but the editors who bought some of these poems at inadequate prices or printed others without paying anything I need not thank. On the contrary, they should thank me."
Although Caveat Emptor did not find a publisher, Bunting went on to become one of the best-loved modernist poets; his reputation now approaches those of his colleagues Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot. By the time his Collected Poems first appeared in 1968, the list of acknowledgements had both expanded and contracted: "If I ever learned the trick of it, it was mostly from poets long dead whose names are obvious: Wordsworth and Dante, Horace, Wyatt and Malherbe, Manuchehri and Ferdowsi, Villon, Whitman, Edmund Spenser; but two living men also taught me much: Ezra Pound and in his sterner, stonier way, Louis Zukofsky." What's noticeable is the persistence of the Persian poets among the list of more familiar resources. Surely among the many things editors and readers alike must thank Bunting for are his versions of work by these poets, who caught his eye early and remained with him throughout his long life.
Bunting's abiding interest in Sa'di and Persian poetry began when he found a French translation of Ferdowsi's epic, Shahnameh, in a book stall on the harbor quays of Genoa in the early 1930s:
I found a book—tattered, incomplete—with a newspaper cover on it marked Oriental Tales. I bought it, in French. It turned out to be part of the early 19th century prose translation of Ferdowsi, and it was absolutely fascinating. I got into the middle of the story of the education of Zal and the birth of Rustam—and the story came to an end! It was quite impossible to leave it there, I was desperate to know what happened next. I read it, as far as it went, to Pound and Dorothy Pound, and they were in the same condition. We were yearning to find out, but we could think of no way. The title page was even missing. There seemed nothing to do but learn Persian and read Firdausi, so, I undertook that. Pound bought me the three volumes of Vullers and somebody, I forget who, bought me Steingass's dictionary, and I set to work. It didn't take long. It's an easy language if it's only for reading that you want it.
... of his efforts Bunting would write to Zukofsky: "It is no boast to say that I am more widely read in Persian than most of the Orientalists in British and European universities."
Bunting's interest in Persian poetry, though scholarly, was far from academic. As Peter Makin describes it, Bunting's experience in Persia "ranged from life with the Bakhtiari tribesmen to familiarity with the circles of power. He therefore had news to bring to the literate Western world." That news was communicated not only through his translations but in an ambitious three-part long poem of his own, The Spoils (1951), whose title and epigraph came from a passage in The Koran: "They ask you about the spoils. Say: 'The spoils belong to God and the Apostle. Therefore have fear of God and end your disputes. Obey God and His apostle, if you are true believers." Filled with Persian words and Middle Eastern characters, it's as if, Bunting critic Victoria Forde says, "the techniques acquired from translating Persian poetry have been meshed with the basic techniques refined under Pound's influence to become in The Spoils Bunting's own unique method." The poem is complex—Bunting himself was never quite satisfied with it—and aims to contrast the traditional worldview of Semitic peoples with that of the materialistic modern West, critiquing the latter, especially in its treatment of death as an enemy of life:
Man's life so little worth,
do we fear to take or lose it?
No ill companion on a journey, Death
lays his purse on the table and opens the wine.
Sadly, a year later, the theme would be evoked even more intimately in one of Bunting's most poignant poems, "A Song for Rustam." As Ian Brinton explains:
In October 1952 Bunting heard the devastating news from America that his fifteen-year-old son, Rustam, who had been born after Bunting and his first wife Marian had separated, had died. Bunting had never seen his son and this death, coming hours after polio had been diagnosed, left him grief-struck for what could never be mended.
Bunting's poem, included in a letter to Zukofsky on this terrible occasion and unpublished in Bunting's lifetime, begins:
Tears are for what can be mended,
not for a voyage ended
the day the schooner put out.
Short fear and sudden quiet
too deep for a diving thief.
Tears are for easy grief.
not for a voyage ended
the day the schooner put out.
Short fear and sudden quiet
too deep for a diving thief.
Tears are for easy grief.
Bunting's versions of Persian poems have retained their currency. Much has been written about Pound's obsession with economics. Bunting was far subtler, to say the least. With no small wryness—given the depressed economy of the thirties, when he began to translate Persian poetry—he called some of his translations "overdrafts." As Richard Price sees it,
By calling these works "Overdrafts" Bunting publicly affirms that he has come to an understanding of indebtedness with the poets who, as it were, underwrite him. On that basis, he can only supply what is provisional—a draft—and must also in some sense obscure, write "over," the work of his poetic betters. But to take out an overdraft is usually to smoothen cash flow problems: in this case by translating these works, the poet keeps his own poetry moving, in currency, in credit.
Bunting was not only prescient, as it turns out, with regard to the global economic crisis we're experiencing today, but also for understanding—many decades before the Anglo-American legislators of the world, acknowledged and unacknowledged, did—the vast importance of Middle Eastern culture to ours. As he wrote in the foreword to Omar Pound's landmark anthology, Arabic and Persian Poems in English: "Sooner or later we must absorb Islam if our own culture is not to die of anemia." Throughout Basil Bunting's long life, Persian poetry had given him sustenance, and taught him the long view:
Many well-known people have been packed away in cemeteries,
there is no longer any evidence that they ever existed.
That old corpse they shovelled under the dirt,
his dust's so devoured not a bone of him's left.
there is no longer any evidence that they ever existed.
That old corpse they shovelled under the dirt,
his dust's so devoured not a bone of him's left.
Naushervan's honourable name survives because he was open-handed,
though a lot has happened since Naushervan died.
though a lot has happened since Naushervan died.
— Better be open-handed, What's-your-name, (write it off: Depreciation)
before the gossip goes: 'What's-his-name's dead.'
-- Excerpts from my introduction to Bunting's Persia, now available from Flood Editions; photo by David Atkinson, from his blog, Hit the North


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ATHENS, GA, November 14, 2013 – Are you a USDA farm program participant planning on clearing, draining or manipulating land for agricultural use? If so, you may want to read the following information that can affect your eligibility.
State Conservationist James E. Tillman Sr., for the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in Georgia wants to remind USDA farm program participants who are planning to clear lands to consider that any wetlands they may encounter during land clearing operations are still subject to the wetland conservation provision of the Food Security Act of 1985 (commonly referred to as the 1985 Farm Bill), as amended. Tillman stated, "That while subsequent versions of the Farm Bill have provided many changes to the programs and the rules over the years, the wetland conservation provisions have remained intact." He added, "Even geographically isolated wetlands are subject to these provisions though isolated wetlands may or may not be subject to other wetland protection laws."
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Georgia's Acting State Executive Director for the USDA-Farm Service Agency, David Laster, also wants to remind producers and program participants that the 1985 Act has broad eligibility implications and impacts that reach across the USDA Agencies. Laster cautioned, "Some of the lost USDA program benefits can include conservation practice payments from Farm Bill Programs, disaster payments, price support payments, as well as commodity and farm loans."
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Because the laws and regulations regarding wetlands are just as variable and complex as wetlands themselves, it is in the farm program participant's best interest to seek guidance before impacting an area that has the potential to meet wetland criteria. USDA program participants are encouraged to visit their USDA Service Center's Farm Service Agency (FSA) office and complete an AD-1026 form prior to any clearing activity.
In order to further assist USDA farm program participants in understanding wetland conservation compliance, the NRCS has published a brochure entitled Wetlands and Conservation Compliance: WHAT EVERY GEORGIA FARMER NEEDS TO KNOW. This brochure is available free of charge at local USDA Service Centers throughout the state or available electronically for download at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/ga/programs/farmbill/. You may find your local USDA Service Center office in the government listings or in the white pages of your phone book under "U.S. Government Department, Agriculture, Department of," or by visiting http://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app.


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Last June Yvonne Shortt left a six-figure salary at American Express to launch a marketing firm from the cramped, toy-strewn basement of her home in the Queens section of New York City. In a mass e-mail to people she had met through networking groups and a previous venture, she introduced Small Biz Booster, which provides marketing advice to small companies. The pitch promoted services ranging from market research to direct mail at prices starting as low as $500 per month. Soon she had eight clients and was hiring a small army of interns and part-timers to help her.
A year later, Shortt has 25 regular accounts, averaging $2,150 a month. She now has five full-time employees, who, like Shortt herself, work from home. "My business is virtual," says Shortt, "and I hope to God it will always be that way." But don't you dare call Shortt a "lifestyle entrepreneur." Though her original goal was to spend more time with her kids, she is also highly ambitious. In 10 years, she hopes to have a $25 million firm "with New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles on the letterhead," she says. At that point, she figures she'll buy the house next door and, zoning regulations permitting, run the company from there.
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Rev. Msgr. Boniface J. Stuetz
Historical Record of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Church, Balta, North Dakota
Reverend Monsignor Stuetz, Boniface J. "Historical Record of our Lady of Mount Carmel Church." 27 April 1938.
Permission to print this text from the Diocese of Fargo, Fargo, North Dakota
1. History of the place before it had a church. (First settlers, striking incidents of early history, changes in name of place, etc.)
The district of the present parish of Balta in Pierce County began to be settled in the year 1899 by German Catholics who had immigrated to the United States from German colonies in South Russia. Before the arrival of these German Russian Catholics, the whole region around Balta was uninhabited and practically no settlers had set up their abode here. The land was still free and could be acquired by filing a so-called "claim" with the government.
The German Russian Catholic settlers, after arriving in the New World, as a rule stayed for a few weeks with some friends and relatives who had established a new home already. Thus the majority of our Catholic people had friends in the towns of Eureka, Aberdeen, Ipswich, all in South Dakota. From there they moved across the border-line into North Dakota and pitched their tents in what is today Emmons County and McIntosh County. However, droughts, poor land, and consequently poor crops induced our pioneers to look for a more promising location with better prospects of livelihood. Several of the men were, therefore, delegated as scouts or explorers to the territory of the present Pierce County. Rumors had reached them that there the land was good and still unclamied. Amongst those early explorers were Peter Vetsch, Wendelin Schall, Joseph Hoffart and others. The report of the explorers was favorable and the new settlement began at once in 1899. The influx of Catholic settlers kept on steadily until the year 1902, by which time the whole territory was then practically settled. It was ever the endeavor of the new arrivals to stay together as much as possible and to build their new homes near one another, so that each one could be a help to the other case in need.
Amongst those early sturdy pioneers we find: Peter Vetsch, Wendelin Schall, Frank Goetz, Joseph Hoffart, Peter Eisenzimmer, Jakob Schmalz, Clemens Klein, Gabriel and Xavier Sheet, Markus Welk, Karl Voeller, John, Joseph, Peter, Franz, Martin and Michael Axtmann, George Zacher, Philipp Schmalz, Rochus Schneider and others. Of these, several are still living.
b. All pioneers underwent unspeakable hardships and privations.
This so much so that some of them entertained the plan to return
again either to Germany, from where their grandparents had come
or to South Russia. Conditions were more than primitive; conveniences
there were none what so ever. Traveling was carried on with some
rickety wagon and very often with a stone boat which was drawn by
a pair of oxen. Thus, moving from McIntosh County to the present
Pierce County took them over two weeks. It was late in the year;
blizzards overtook them on the open prairie, their only shelter
being a wagon-box and a few blankets.
On their way here several children died and were buried on the lonely prairie. Weeping and almost heartbroken the pioneers stood around the graves, which they had a hard time to dig, and recited the Rosary, blessed the graves with their year and a Sign of the Cross and then they moved on. Later on they were able to rediscover some of those resting places and the remains were transferred into blessed ground, other graves could no longer be found and God alone knows, where those buried there slumber.
While living in the southern part of the state, the first marriages took place. As a rule the settlers went to the Indian Reservation, where Father Bernard Strasmaier O.S.B., took care of the spiritual needs of the German Catholics. What this meant is easily understood, if we remember that some families lived some 36 and 40 miles away from the Reservation and that more than once they walked this stretch on foot.
Reaching their destination in present Pierce County at last, the open prairie was their abode, the sky their shelter and the wagon-box their only room, until a sod house had been built.
2. Visits of early missionaries. (First Mass, priest, etc.)
Being at last settled on their new homesteads, the main concern
of our pioneers was their faith and religion. A delegation was sent
to Very Rev. Vincent Wehrle O.S.B., then Prior of St. Gaul's
Monastery near Devils Lake to ask him for a German speaking priest.
Father Vincent, by which name he was then known throughout the territory,
kindly accepted the requests of the petitioners and as their first
priest he sent Father Bernard Arnold O.S.B. Fr. Bernard then visited
the settlers from time to time and under his guidance the first
church in the Fulda district was built. Thus we find that in those
early days services were usually held in the region of the present
Fulda parish.
In the year 1902, Father John Burger O.S.B. was sent from Devils Lake to take charge of the Catholic settlers. Services became more regular. Father Johannes, as the settlers called him endearingly, took the people to heart. He stayed with them whenever he could for days on end. He said Mass for them, administered the Sacraments and, what was the most important thing, gathered the children together and instructed them in their religion. He helped the settlers by word and deed in whatever manner he best could.
It is, therefore, no wonder that the name of Father John Burger
should have been kept in reverence and esteem to this very day.
His memory is almost something sacred with the old settlers and
there is no home found which does not display the picture of Father
John in prominent place. It is with touching love and loving gratitude
that the old people speak of Father John's untiring, unselfish
and self-sacrificing work and labors. Father John Burger O.S.B.
is a member of the famous Abbey of Einsiedeln in Switzerland, from
where Most Rev. Bishop Wehrle had brought him. With Father John
had come also Father Justus Schweizer O.S.B., however, Fr. Justus
only now and then came up here and took the place of Father John.
Father Justus had his field of work in a different direction. Yet
the pioneers also remember him. Today both, Fr. John and Fr. Justus,
are living in Switzerland, whither they returned some years ago.
Before Fr. John Burger build the first church in the Balta district, Holy Mass was offered in private homes, this mostly in the house of John Migler. There also the children gathered for instructions.
In the year 1905 a church was built four miles north-west of the present Balta town. The plan of the settlers was that in the course of time a little town could be established around the church and so they gave the site or locality of their church the name: Selz. This christening was due to the circumstance that several of the grandparents of the settlers had immigrated to South Russia from the city of Selz in Germany. Their colony in South Russia had born the same name and it was to live on in the New World. In this Selz church, as it was then called, services were held rather regularly by Father John O.S.B.
Be it remarked here that the above naming of the new locality was made a matter of importance. Since other names were suggested by colonists from other towns, the christening was much disputed. To make matters short the party or faction offering the greatest contribution towards the church was to win out.
The Selz families raised the sum of $230.00 and came out victorious.
3. Name and occupation of note worthy laymen who aided the missionaries.
All the settlers gained their daily bread by farming; however there were among them many skillful craftsmen and artisans. Thus we find blacksmiths, carpenters, wagoners, cabinet-makers, brick-and stone-masons, shoe-makers and also tailors. Whatever their occupation, they all cooperated harmoniously and whole-heartedly helped to build up their new community. Note worthy for outstanding help in those early days were: Peter Eisenzimmer, Peter Vetsch, Philipp and Jakob Schmalz, John Migler, Gabriel and Xavier Scheet, the Axtmann families and others.
4. When did the place become a station, that is a place without a church, but where Mass was said at stated times?
In the year 1912 the Soo-Line built a railroad through the territory. Soon the town of Balta began its existence. With the town growing more and more, the people decided to establish a parish of their own. This was in 1917.
At once the Catholic people set to work and built a priest house. The current of thought was: once we have a house, a priest sooner or later will live in such house. The priest once living amongst us, the organization of the parish and the building of a church will follow of itself and be a simple matter of course.
Alas! The new priest-house was completed, but it stood empty for almost two years. Priests were scarce, especially German speaking priests, the world war was raging in its fury and good Bishop O'Reilly was unable to send a priest, much as he wished to do so. Meanwhile the good people could do nothing but attend divine services in their old "Selz Church", 4 miles north west of town. In the absence of the priest, the people gathered on Sundays in a Pool hall and there they arranged private devotions. They recited the Rosary, sang their old religious songs and there they had their children instructed. The settlers had been so fortunate as to engage a very good and very capable teacher for their school and this in the person of Mr. Paul A. Sand. Mr. Sand, a native of Minnesota, graduate of St. John's University, had followed the call of the settlers. His fine course of studies and especially in church music enabled him to conduct such private devotions as were feasible and also to build up a choir. Thus he made it his task not only to instruct the younger generation in the secular branches, but also in matters of faith and religion. For many years, Paul Sand was in charge of the school and practically the whole present generation has sat at his feet. He deserves the gratitude of the whole community for his work.
The town of Balta was first called "Egan", but the
settlers fancied such name by no means. Hence they changed this
name into Balta. This name Balta is taken from a rather large and
beautiful city in Bessarabia which to the settlers was well known
since they had either lived in its vicinity or because it had been
their trading post in the old country. The name Selz then was given
up. This also, because in the meantime another group of settlers
had started a town by the name of Selz some 24 miles south of Balta.
The abandoning of the name caused some bitter grief to that party
of the pioneers who at a former date had contributed the greatest
share when the christening of the new site was auctioned off!
All their efforts had been in vain and the sum of $230.00, although in the end given towards the church, seemed to have been given in vain!
However, Balta was to be the name of the new town and is still
It was Holy Week in the year 1919. The train moved slowly into the little establishment of Balta. Off the train stepped a priest. It was Father Philipp Bahner O.S.B. who came from here from St. John's Abbey in Minnesota. Father Philipp was the first priest to enter the new parsonage, now standing for two years. He became the first resident pastor of Balta. Father Philipp then built the present brick church. The corner stone was laid in 1919 yet by the late Rt. Rev. Peter Engl, O.S.B., Abbot of St. John's Abbey, who had been delegated to the ceremony by the late Bishop O'Reilly of Fargo. For some months the basement was used for services, and then the upper structure was completed. It was later on blessed by Most Rev. Bishop O'Reilly of Fargo. The church in Balta is the first brick church in Pierce County and even today is one of the largest churches in the county. At that time the parish counted about 43 families.
5. What priests attended the place when it was a station? Where did they reside? The priests attending the original place were: Fr. John Burger O.S.B., Fr. Anthony Nussbaumer O.S.B., and Fr. Mathias Buttala. They had their residence in private homes and then also in the parsonage of the Fulda parish.
6. What was the nationality of the early Catholic population?
All the settlers of German blood.
7. When did the place first become a mission?
The old Selz Mission being the origin of the parish, it became a Mission in 1902.
8. Who attended it and from where?
It was attended by the Benedictine Fathers coming from Devils Lake and later Richardton Abbey.
9. When and by whom was the first church built?
The original church in Selz was built by Fr. John Burger O.S.B.
10. What was the cost of the first building?
The Selz church is said to have cost about $1,600.
11. Was the location of the church ever changed at any time?
In the year 1919, the town of Balta having founded and the settlement in and around the town getting stronger and stronger, the old Selz church was given up. The new church in Balta was built and the parish at last was transferred to its present location in Balta. This transference did not come to pass without some friction and serious misunderstandings. However, in the course of time the whole congregation saw the wisdom of transference and everybody felt content.
12. Give dates of construction and cost of succeeding church buildings.
The present parsonage and church were built in 1917 and 1919 respectively. Both buildings represent a value of about $50,000.
13. What happenned to former structures?
The old Mission church four miles northwest of the present church was broken down and the material was partly used for finishing and improving the new church; partly it was sold.
14. Approximate the number of souls when established as a Mission.
The old pioneers claim that there were not more than 150 souls when they began the church out in the country.
15. Date when place was established as a parish with a resident priest.
Balta became a fixed parish with a resident pastor in 1919.
16. Approximate the number of souls when established as a parish.
In 1919, so it is asserted by the old settlers, the congregation counted about 300 souls.
17. Names of resident Pastors.
a. Rev. Philipp Bahner O.S.B. 1919-1923.
b. Rev. Meinrad Seiffermann O.S.B. 1923-1927.
c. Rev. Msgr. Boniface J. Stuetz 1927 - 1956 (In 1950, Fr. Boniface Stuetz was invested with the robes of a Monsignor.)
Owing to the building of new church and parsonage, the parish suffered under a heavy financial burden. However, through the splendid work and the financial genius of Fr. Meinrad Seiffermann, the debt was almost paid when the latter was transferred to Minnesota. Greatest praise is due to Fr. Philipp and especially to Fr. Meinrad. The latter should be remembered as the "Savior" of the Balta parish! This also in a spiritual direction!
18. Give names of laymen who rendered notable services to the parish at any time and the nature of their services.
Among the outstanding laymen of the parish must be mentioned Mr.
Paul A. Sand. Born in Minnesota, he had made his course of studies
at St. John's University. He graduated in 1908 and then followed
a call of our Catholic people here in the same year. He was engaged
as teacher in the school and as organist and choir-master in the
church. His education well fitted him for such task. For many years
Mr. Sand taught school and directed the choir at services. In all
those years he had the welfare and interest of the community at
heart and placed his full strength at its disposal. His advice also
in civil and material matters is something which cannot be expressed
in human values. Twice the County has elected him a member of the
Legislature, where he served as chairman of the most important Committees.
At the same time Mr. Sand took a very active part in the life of
our Catholic organizations, serving as President of the State League
of the Catholic Central Verein for two terms. His services were
requested by other boards and Commissions of the State. Thus it
must be said that the parish of Balta cannot be thought without
the kindly and ever helpful personality of Paul Sand. May God bless
him for his kindness and generosity and reward him. Financially
and by donation of labor the parish was greatly assisted by the
Wilhelm Schaan, Valentine, Mathias, Sebastian, Joseph Schaan, John Job, Rochus Eisenzimmer, John Reinbold, Peter Fettig, Peter Vetsch, Xavier Goetz, Mike Schneider, Gabriel and Xavier Scheet, Jakob Schmalz, Clemens Klein, Mike Schall, Anton Klein, and Ferdinand Senger.
As faithful and loyal trustees have served in the years gone by: Anton Klein and Valentine Schaan, Mike Schall and John Krim, F.J. Axtmann and Joseph Schaan, Joseph Schaan and Frank Hagel, While Ned Axtmann and Vincent Schaan, the present trustees, follow the footsteps of their predecessors and ever try to be a help to both pastor and parish. For some years, the janitor-work was done free of charge by several members.
19. What stations were once attached to the present parish, but have been given up, or became missions or parishes?
A small mission station existed in the town of Fillmore, 12 miles east of Balta, but it was given up, because the people felt that with the automobile they could easily attend services here in Balta. The little church was then sold and the profit handed over to the parish.
20. What stations are now served from the Parish?
21. What missions were once attached to the present parish, but
have either been given up, or have become missions to some other
parish, or are now parishes?
Outside of the above mentioned Fillmore, there was none.
22. What missions are now served from the parish?
23. Present Church Building:
a. Date of construction, cost, architect, contractor, pastor.
The present church, erected under Fr. Philipp Bahner in 1919, was built according to plans furnished by an architect and engineer whose name we could no longer detect.
b. What is its seating capacity?
The church seats about 300 people.
c. Later additions and improvements? (Give cost and dates when
In 1928 the new sanctuary was added thereby the church remarkably enlarged, the tower or steeple was remodeled and built higher, a basement chapel for the winter was arranged, new pews, new side altars, electric lights and fixtures were installed, in 1938 the inside of the church was painted and varnished.
The cost of all these improvements was about 10,000 dollars.
24. School
The Sisters of Mercy from Devils Lake are in charge of the Public School. They teach in both grades and high-school. The first principal was Sr. M. Aquin, the present Mother Superioress of the Mercy Convent in Devils Lake. Sr. M. Berchmans is acting as principal at the present time.
25. None
26. None
27. The present parsonage erected in 1917, was built according to plans of craftsmen amongst the parishioners. Its cost was about $4,000.00.
Episodes, experiences, remarkable events, as related by pioneers of the present Balta Parish. Father John and Jakob Schmalz trapped in blizzard.
It was the fourth day of March 1906. Mr. Jakob Schmalz, one of the sturdy settlers of the Balta District had driven with his sleigh to the railroad station to get Father John Burger O.S.B. for services in the old "Selz Church", which stood four miles north west of the present town of Balta. Fr. John O.S.B. had come from Devils Lake, where he resided in St. Gaul's Monastery.
It was a bright and quiet winter day, not a cloud in the whole sky. Briskly the fiery horses trotted over the frozen prairie and lustily the sleigh glided over the snow drifts. While driving the priest and his friend, the farmer, engaged in a peaceful conversation. Traveling on, neither of the two men paid much attention to the road or environments. Trusting their good team of horses, they were sure that they would reach their destination the same as on former occasions.
Suddenly and unexpectedly, without the least warning, one of the terrible blizzards, as they occur on the Dakota prairies now and then, started up. In a few short minutes our travelers were enshrouded by a terrible storm. Gales of snow drifts and howling wind made seeing impossible. Everything was at once blotted out of sight, this so much so that not even the horses or the sleigh were any longer visible. Not suspecting such blizzard and having paid little or no attention to road and settlements, they soon did not know where they were.
For some time they let the horses take their own course and route, but soon they came under the impression that also these animals had lost their track. And thus the frightful reality of being lost in a snow storm dawned upon the priest and his companion. There they were on the lonely, thinly settled prairie, perhaps far away from their destination. In the end, they decided to unhitch the horses and wait the abating of the storm. But what a long time of waiting it meant and what a gruesome experience laid in store for them!
In order to have some protection against the stinging wind blasts, they turned over the sled box and crawled under it. The horses mean while had turned loose and had shifted off for themselves. The upturned box served as a haven for awhile, but soon the biting cold began to penetrate and stung into the two men under the box.
Hour after hour passed. The priest and the farmer recited their beads loud, over and over again. Hour after hour they tried to keep their courage alive. They sang hymns, talked and tried every possible means to keep the cold away. Slowly, slowly but surely they felt their worst enemy creeping into their shelter: drowsiness!
It was the drowsiness of certain death by freezing! Both felt like falling asleep and never to awake again! However, they also realized that they were now in imminent danger of death. Valiantly they fought off the terrible temptation. When one was on the point of falling asleep, the other would stir him up. So the hours went on end, they seemed eternity.
At last they decided to get out of their shelter, alas; they found that they were prisoners. The snow drifted and had piled up over them in high dunes. It was impossible to get out and free themselves. All hope seemed on the wane, but still they struggled on. Outside the night had passed and morning had come since some hours. A farmer who lived nearby stepped out of his house in the morning, and to his surprise saw the end of a neck yoke sticking out of the snow. Not remembering that he had left a wagon outside, he went to investigate. Climbing the huge snow drift he came upon the upturned sled box, he heard voices underneath. Working swiftly, he cleared the snow away and helped our trapped prisoners out of their threatening tomb. What a surprise for Father John and Jakob Schmalz! All these many hours they had not been more than 50 feet away from the farm house and looking further they saw the steeple of the "Selz Church" about a quarter of a mile in the distance!
Their courage and bravery and last but not least, their trust in God's providence and the help of the Blessed Mother, had saved their lives.This near tragedy is evidence of the courage, but also piety and intelligence of the early pioneers.
Today Jakob Schmalz enjoys telling his experience with Father John
His everlasting refrain in telling the story is this:
It was the most frightful night of my life, but I thank God for it. In that night, I came to know what a good pious priest is and I had a perfect insight into the beautiful and devout soul of that priest. If anyone wishes to know the true character of a priest, let him come to me and I can tell him.
Saying this, our friend Jakob drops his ever present smile and tears fill his eyes!
2. Purchase of the first bell for the Selz Church, near Balta.
The Catholic settlers had built under the guidance of Fr. John Burger O.S.B. their first church four miles north west of Balta. They called the locality the Selz church. Everything was pretty well finished and the church was fairly well equipped, but a bell was still missing. A bell the settlers would not miss, its chimes should brighten the lonely prairie. But there was little or no money to buy one.
Amongst the settlers was a well to do rancher by the name of Jakob Scheet. He stood up after church on a Sunday and announced that he would donate his best steer towards the purchase of a bell, provided the parishioners would auction it off. The offer was accepted. On the next occasion the husky animal was led into the ring of the assembled settlers, the bidding began and became so heated that in the end the sum was rather high. It was plenty for the bell. And so today the old pioneers remark smilingly: A steer had to pay our first bell!
3. How household and kitchen goods were bought.
Say the old settlers: In our early days we knew nothing of government help and there was no "Relief". Yet we needed clothes, flour, a few pounds of sugar and what not. Also, then it was a nice thing to have just a quarter of money in the pocket. What did we do? For days we roamed over the prairie and collected the bleached bones of the buffalo. These we brought to the store which was far away.
It took days and days to collect a load, which meant a wagon box full. For a respective load we received from three to nine dollars worth of groceries and these groceries we had to get in a store which was 35 miles way from our settlement! And we got along and we were healthy and strong!
4. Babylonian confusion and language.
The railroad was building a new road. Our German settlers were given an opportunity to work. All the other workmen already engaged were also of German origin and hailed from every German realm between the Danube and the North Sea. Our German Russian settlers were consequently thrown together with these sons of the Fatherland. Alas! The Swabian had a hard time to understand his brother hailing from Westfalia and our German Russian settlers could understand neither of them. A meeting was held and it was decided that an interpreter should be elected. The lot fell upon our old pioneer Peter Vetsch, now in Balta. Mr. Vetsch had been raised near the Black Sea and had seen a good deal of school. He was supposed to understand all the different dialects. However, instead of making matters better, things became worse. When the interpreter spoke of cheese, the others understood chalk and the end was an incomprehensible jargon and confusion. Yet, they worked together in all harmony and peace! Time proved to be the best teacher and interpreter in the long run!
5. Traveling in the early days on shank's pony!
While homesteading near the South Dakota border line it was found that commodities were getting rather short. There was no team or wagon to be had. So the settlers dispatched three of their strongest and bravest men to town to buy the necessities. However, the next town with a store was 75 miles away. They were compelled to make this stretch on foot. Each one armed himself with a strong club and the march began. After the first days journey they reached an old straw stack and they decided to use it for their nights quarters. Tired and weary they soon slept soundly. In the middle of the night one of them awoke and heard a noise. "A snake, a snake, a big snake, wake up!" he yelled into the dreary night. At once our three heroes were on the alert, jumped out of the straw and grasped their ominous clubs. Ready for any emergency they stood around the old straw pile the whole night as if riveted to the ground. Whether it was determination or will power, none of them dared make a move. However, snake they saw none. When at last morning dawned they got the surprise of their lives! Near the resting place of one of our heroes, a little prairie mouse crept out of the straw and squeaked lustily in the cool morning air.
Seeing their enemy, their trance was broken and without saying
one word, they started upon a fast and steady run until the straw
pile was out of sight. Then they stood and looked back with frightened
eyes upon the spot of their nightly adventure. Marching on they
at last finished their journey of 75 miles! However, before returning
home each one pledged himself to keep absolute silence so as not
to become the laughing stock of the whole settlement. But since
humans are human, the vow was broken some way or other and the event
made the round from Dan to Bersheeba! He who has the scath has also
the scorn!


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In the final video presentation dedicated to the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games, creator Masahiro Sakurai provided many details about previously announced character Cloud from FINAL FANTASY VII, as well as introduced two new playable fighters to the franchise: Corrin from upcoming Nintendo 3DS game Fire Emblem Fates, and Bayonetta from the critically acclaimed Bayonetta games. Bayonetta was the overall top pick in the recent Fighter Ballot, which asked fans to nominate characters that they would love to see added to the Super Smash Bros. series. Bayonetta was the No. 1 pick in Europe and in the top five in North America. When factoring in the amount of votes, Bayonetta was the clear worldwide choice.
In addition to detailed information about the new characters, Sakurai also revealed two new stages coming to both Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U as downloadable content. Midgar – a familiar location for fans of FINAL FANTASY VII – will join the series as Cloud's stage, while Bayonetta will feel right at home in the Umbra Clock Tower stage. New Mii Fighter outfits will also be added to the game, highlighted by a full costume inspired by Geno from the Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
All of these new additions will be the last downloadable content for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. This new content brings the total number of playable characters to 58, the total number of stages in both versions of the game to 84 and the number of costumes and hats to 99 and 97, respectively.
"Mr. Sakurai knows how to go out with a smash," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "With the inclusion of even more surprising characters, stages and costumes, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U cement themselves as two of the most robust fighting games of all time."
Launching as downloadable content planned for February 2016, Corrin from Fire Emblem Fates joins the roster of both Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. Like Wii Fit Trainer, Robin and the Villager, players can choose to play as a male or female version of the character. Corrin has the blood of a dragon in his veins, allowing him to transform and pull off attacks like no other fighter. Corrin will be available as a download in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS or Wii U for $4.99, or both game versions together for $5.99.
As revealed in the Nintendo Direct presentation last month, Cloud from FINAL FANTASY VII is coming to Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. The character will have two costumes: one inspired by the original FINAL FANTASY VII game and one from FINAL FANTASY VII: Advent Children. Like in FINAL FANTASY VII, Cloud possesses Limit Breaks when fighting in Super Smash Bros. As Cloud gives and receives damage, or uses his Down Special Attack, his Limit Break meter will fill. Once full, Cloud can activate his Limit Break. While playing on Midgar, Cloud's new stage, players can grab Summon Materia that call forth summons from the FINAL FANTASY universe like Ifrit and Bahamut ZERO. Once activated, only the player who triggered the summon will be safe from damage. Cloud and the Midgar stage will be available as a download in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS or Wii U for $5.99, or both game versions together for $6.99, beginning within hours of today's video presentation.
Launching at the same time as Cloud, a new Chocobo hat for Mii Fighters will release as downloadable content. Also launching is a costume based on fan-favorite character Geno from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, a classic role-playing game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System created in collaboration with SQUARE ENIX. Additionally, Mii Fighter costumes for Sonic the Hedgehog series characters Knuckles and Tails, and even costumes inspired by more characters from other franchises will be made available for download in February 2016.
The Umbra Witch herself is joining the giant cast of playable characters in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U as a result of the worldwide Fighter Ballot. Just like in her action games, Bayonetta is a combo fighter in Super Smash Bros., chaining different kinds of attacks together. Her signature move is Witch Time, which slows down opponents if they are within range. Her new exclusive stage is called Umbra Clock Tower and is filled with moving platforms and even an alternate world. Bayonetta and the Umbra Clock Tower stage are planned for launch in February 2016, both available for download in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS or Wii U for $5.99, or both game versions together for $6.99.
As with all the other playable Super Smash Bros. characters, Cloud, Corrin and Bayonetta will also get their own amiibo figures. More information about these upcoming amiibo figures will be revealed in the future. Additionally, amiibo figures for current fighters Ryu and Roy, along with a Famicom Color version R.O.B., will launch on March 18. All amiibo figures are sold separately.
For more information about Super Smash Bros., visit http://www.smashbros.com/us/.
Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai revealed an interesting tidbit about the Fighter Ballot for the Wii U and 3DS games in his Famitsu column this week. In his piece, Sakurai states that about 1.8 million votes were cast worldwide.
Nintendo announced Bayonetta as the Super Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot winner last week. She was the top choice in Europe, within the top five in the United States, and first overall when it comes to negotiable and realizable characters.
Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai often writes columns that are featured in Famitsu. There's a new piece in this week's issue, and unsurprisingly, it's dedicated to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS. Sakurai specifically comments on the latest DLC characters: Cloud, Corrin, and Bayonetta.
With Cloud, Sakurai reiterates what he said during the Smash Bros. presentation about his inclusion. He was picked as a roster addition because he's the most popular Final Fantasy character by far.
Since Cloud holds the huge Buster Sword with one hand lightly, that means he excels in all of power, speed, and range. But with such stats he would be breaking the game balance, so to counterbalance that, the team made his moveset to be heavily based on swinging, especially as shown by his horizontal Smash Attack. If it's charged properly, he launches a 3-hit combo quickly. It has the speed and range, but they're giving it a disadvantage in a huge gap and low recovery rate. They also added Limit Break as a system to represent Final Fantasy VII. If the Limit Gauge is charged to its maximum, the Finisher Attack can be greatly powered up, but only once. This will change the battle situation, so it's a peculiar tactic that both the user and opponent need to be aware of.
Moving on to Corrin, Sakurai mentions that since they've been making DLC for Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS, they've been thinking about adding a character from a title that's about to or just saw release. The game of choice here falls to Fire Emblem Fates, which came out in Japan back in June and will be heading west in February. Sakurai writes that he himself thought they were adding too many characters from Fire Emblem, but after speaking with the development staff, he was assured that Corrin would make for an interesting fighter.
Finally, Sakurai shares a few words about Bayonetta. As we mentioned a bit earlier, she was selected as the Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot winner after nearly 2 million votes worldwide. Bayonetta was the top rank character from the poll in terms of realizable and negotiable characters. Since Nintendo published Bayonetta 2, it was easy to negotiate that.
Sakurai did have some problems in terms of moving her from Bayonetta to Smash Bros., however. This is why he ended up making her as a combo-oriented character. Another problem they're having is how to keep her from raising the game's rating, as in Japan even the slightest sexual exposure would raise the game's rating from A (for all ages).
… I truly understand his feelings. You could say my body is filled with these feelings. Making something, and completing it is a huge undertaking, and there are a lot of places where fans can't see. It's like building a house, but people focus on a single painting that's hung up on a wall in one room, and fixate on it, and keep listing off their complaints of that painting. These situations are very common.
For me, a familiar example would be…in Smash, Cloud recently became a playable character. And there were people that strongly criticized that, saying "Stop adding non-Nintendo characters!" This is completely ignoring the fact that I've added many, many Nintendo characters to Smash. It also ignores the many fans who were overjoyed at Cloud's addition. Looking at the big picture, I am on the receiving end of countless amounts of truly trivial statements.
However, I think that's okay. Different people value different things differently, and they should stay honest to that. For example, even I, as a fan (?) have my complaints with Star Wars. I honestly dislike Episode VI's long-winded pacing and how easily the Empire Stormtroopers fall to the Ewoks. I think that the re-releases are redundant and superfluous. But, more than that, I am grateful that they showed me these various worlds, and let me enjoy them. Normally, I just don't have the opportunity to vocalize my feelings of gratitude.
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A winner was selected from 119 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
The "Financial Security Group" is a group through which critical information and interaction opportunities to members are provided. Members are people who seek to stay or become financially secure, in all economies. The information they are provided: 1) shows why our economy does what it does, 2) shows the different types of economies and the specific effect on their jobs, income, savings, and investments, and 3) shows what they can do inspite of the type of economy. What separates our information from the rest is: it is uncomplicated, very easy to understand, it is accurate, it is uncommon, seldom (if ever) seen in the main media, and it is effective.
There are two audience groups:
* Those who want to become financially secure; some have not saved any yet and some have saved small amounts. 27 to 45 years in age.
* Those who are currently financially secure and are striving to stay that way. 55 + years in age.
* the logo needs to be in a vector format like that produced by Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator,
* it will be necessary to be able to scale the size of the logo for the different uses,
* no photo of me in it,
* my name not used in it.
Some general thoughts from me:
* avoid having the logo look like your ordinary common financial or wealth organization, as example, banks, brokers...
* be simple, uncomplicated, practical,
* not too abstract, if abstract at all,
* it will be the identity of all we do and provide, such as: our website, a bi-monthly newsletter and a monthly short reader.
* the colors in the name/heading of the short reader are dark maroon or burgundy and white; the colors in the name/heading of the bi-monthly are gold and white. It would be more important to coordinate with the short reader colors.
* picture of gold bars or coins, silver bars or coins as part of the background,
* the gold and silver standard for money was part of the original U.S. money system, and a sound system it was,
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* silhouette of common people,
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* convey honesty, confidence and leadership.
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|Film still from Harry Smith's animated feature Heaven and Earth Magic (1962)
The 4th annual Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation is almost here! For those in or near Chicago, please mark your Calendars for Saturday November 9th at the Nightingale Cinema
(1084 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL)
Screenings at 2:30, 5:00 and 7:30 PM
$10 admission for each program
The 2013 Eyeworks Festival is sponsored by the Canyon Cinema Foundation & the Video Data Bank.
The 2013 Eyeworks Festival lineup includes:
Matt Abbiss, Collection of short works, including Orbit and Forming.
Luigi Allemano, Improvisation no. 1: Cumulative Loops,
Lisa Barcy & Jim Trainor, The Ordovicians
Brandon Blommaert, aaa[A]aaa
Robert Breer, Man and His Dog Out For Air
Paul Bush, Furniture Poetry
Barry Doupé, Whaty
David Lebrun, Tanka
Alexandre Louvenaz, Minotaure
Oskar Fischinger, Allegretto
Michael Frei, Not About Us
Jake Fried, Down Into Nothing
Paul Glabicki, Object Conversation
Stefan Gruber, Lightweight
Lawrence Jordan, Solar Sight II
Sawako Kabuki, Here, There, and Everywhere
Manfred Mohr, Cubic Limits
Sarina Nihei, The Play of Independent Heads
Africanus Okokon, New Everyday
Eduardo Paolozzi with Emma Calder & Susan Young, 1984 (Music for Modern Americans)
Michaela Pavlátová, Words, Words, Words
Jenni Rope, Tiikerimuuri
Edwin Rostron, Of Unknown Origin
André Ruvio, O Dilúvio
Georges Schwizgebel, Rapture of Frank N. Stein
Anu-Laura Tuttelberg, The Fly Mill
Michael Whitney, Binary Bit Patterns
Karen Yasinsky, No Place Like Home
& many more
The 7:30 program will be a screening of Harry Smith's legendary feature-length collage animation Heaven & Earth Magic.
More info, posters (a new Sonnenzimmer beauty!) and fest trailer to come soon!


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Rams Roll to 5-0 Victory over CCNY
Farmingdale State - 5, CCNY - 0
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State men's soccer team rolled to a 5-0 non-conference victory over CCNY (3-10) today, improving their overall record to 4-5. Freshman forward Nick Pancotto (Islip, N.Y./Islip) scored 14 minutes in on a long shot from outside the box to put the Rams up 1-0.
Senior midfielder Thomas Mueller (Babylon, N.Y./Babylon) scored the second goal for Farmingdale State on a penalty kick at 31:28, and the Rams led at the half 2-0.
In the second, sophomore forward Ryan Paul (Sayville, N.Y./Sayville) scored two consecutive unassisted goals at the 64 and 73-minute mark, before senior forward Terrance Spencer (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore) put away the final goal for Farmingdale State, assisted from freshman midfielder Ryan Lang (West Babylon, N.Y./West Babylon).
Junior goalkeeper Patrick Gubbins (East Patchogue, N.Y./Bellport) recorded his first shutout of the season.
The Rams will host Brooklyn College in another non-conference game on Thursday, October 9th at 3:30 p.m.


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In an emergency, I have observed that there are four types of people:
- A seemingly strong person who loses it and cries like a baby.
- A seemingly calm person who gets really angry and curses.
- A seemingly normal person who becomes super calm and focused on dealing with the emergency.
- A clueless person who doesn't even realize that there is an emergency.
The second type cannot focus on the emergency because his anger blinds him. He just gets in the way.
The third type is how Karate students are supposed to be. He rises to the occasion. He does what needs to be done. He saves other people. He seems to summon superhuman strength, not just physically, but of will and determination as well. He is prepared for emergencies because he prepares for emergencies.
The fourth type is also useless in an emergency and is usually one of the victims.
I might have missed some other types. But over the years I have definitely observed that the third type of person is not necessarily the one you would expect. This person rises when there is a need and fades back when the emergency is over. Thank goodness for such people!
What type of person are you? How about the people around you? Can they count on you, and can you count on them? -- maybe this guy will lose it, this guy will fly into a rage, this guy will be clueless...
And of course when I use the word "he" in this post, I mean "he" or "she".
Charles C. Goodin


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CONWAY � During a debate Thursday between the 4th District congressional candidates, Republican Tom Cotton mentioned Obama so many times that Democratic state Sen. Gene Jeffress wondered if Cotton was trying to run against the president.
CONWAY � During a debate Thursday between the 4th District congressional candidates, Republican Tom Cotton mentioned Obama so many times that Democratic state Sen. Gene Jeffress wondered if Cotton was trying to run against the president.
�We�ve got two paths,� Cotton said. �We can have the path that Barack Obama has led us down for four years, the path of statism and cronyism, of decline and ultimately eclipse. � Or we can have the second path, the path that has always made America great and prosperous, the path of limited and constitutional government, of a free enterprise system for free people, of individual liberties, of American leadership and strength in the world.�
Jeffress questioned Cotton on which political office he was actually seeking.
�I get the idea that Mr. Cotton may be running against Mr. Obama,� Jeffress said. �I�m not running for that office. I�m running for the 4th District of the state of Arkansas. I want to make it a better place to live.�
Cotton and Jeffress, along with Joshua Drake of the Green Party and Bobby Tullis of the Libertarian Party, met for a debate hosted by the Arkansas Educational Television Network on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas. The four are vying to succeed U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, who is retiring from Congress.
Cotton, the front-runner in the race, was the subject of several barbs from of his opponents but saved most of his criticism for Obama and Democrats in Congress.
Responding to a question about gridlock in Washington, Cotton, a Dardanelle resident and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, differed from his opponents in defending the frequent partisan clashes in Congress.
�We all have to work together in Washington to accomplish something for the country, but at the same time we should remember what the lack of gridlock brought us in 2009 and 2010,� he said. �It brought us an $800 billion stimulus that didn�t create jobs or grow the economy, it brought is Obamacare, it brought us a financial regulatory bill that has increased the cost of banking all across the 4th District of Arkansas.
�Sometimes �gridlock� is just a left-wing term for the separation of powers and checks and balances the founders created that are essential to safeguard our liberties,� Cotton said.
Drake, a Hot Springs lawyer, said Cotton�s words were �an example of the problem.�
�You have a Republican who�s calling gridlock a left-wing term. You couldn�t be more polarizing,� he said.
Drake said that if voters are concerned about gridlock, they should look outside the two-party system and should not elect someone whose money comes �from D.C. or comes from the investment firms in Little Rock� � a jab at Cotton.
Tullis, a Mineral Springs business owner and former state legislator who ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2010, said the answer to gridlock is to send independent voices like his to Washington.
�Congress sucks,� Tullis said.
Jeffress, a Louann resident and former public school teacher who has served in the state Legislature since 1997, said he is willing to work with anyone who is willing to work with him.
Jeffress also noted that he has �not received one penny from the National Democratic Party� and questioned the depth of his opponents� Arkansas roots.
�Gentlemen, where have you lived your lives? Gene Jeffress has lived in the 4th District,� he said.
Drake, who grew up in Tennessee and has lived in Arkansas for the past 18 years, spoke to reporters after the debate about Cotton�s residency.
�It bothers me that Tom Cotton can produce slick television commercials that show him as Arkansas� native son. Tom Cotton left Arkansas the minute he graduated from high school and didn�t look back until he was sent back to run for Congress.�
Cotton left immediately after the debate without speaking to reporters.
During the debate, Cotton said he supported the budget plan offered by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. He said he favored cutting taxes, giving state and county governments more authority over public education and letting states decide how to spend federal highway dollars, and said he would �stand up for our coal producers and our oil and our gas producers.�
Jeffress said education is the key to growing the economy. He said he would work to secure highway funding for Arkansas and would support exploration and development of natural resources, including lignite.
Drake said he supported transitioning to green energy and moving away from coal power, which he said harms the environment and contributes to global warming. He said he favored reducing defense spending and bringing soldiers home from Iraq and Afghanistan, and he criticized Cotton�s comments on federal highway dollars, saying the federal government has to control it to ensure that the states� construction projects are connected to each other.
Tullis said he would support eliminating the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Labor and �all welfare, corporate and personal.�
Cotton said he would work to repeal Obamacare, which he said �took $700 billion out of Medicare.�
Jeffress said that if Cotton supported repealing Obamacare, then he assumed that Cotton believed health care should be available only to �people that can afford to give him funding for his campaign from New York or Washington or Texas, wherever.�
Drake said Obamacare shifted money but did not take money away from Medicare recipients. He told reporters he was glad that Congress passed some form of health care, though he would have preferred to extend Medicare to everyone.
Tullis told reporters he favors repealing Obamacare.
The debate aired Thursday night and was scheduled to air again Nov. 4 at 5 p.m.


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I just started a new job and after three months, got health insurance. Right after that, my paycheck went down. Can they reduce my pay because I'm on the health plan? No one told me this when I signed up.
Take-Home Pay Disappointment
Dear Take-Home Pay Disappointment,
Yes, the employer can take money from your paycheck to pay for your share of the health insurance cost. You should have been told how much your share is. Maybe in the hubbub of all the new employee paperwork, you or they overlooked it. The vast majority of employers have what is called a "Section 125" or "cafeteria" plan, which allows them to take this money before taxes are charged. So, even though your share may be $50, your take-home pay may go down only $42.
Under health reform, your share of the cost cannot be more than 9.5% of your income if you earn less than 400% of Federal Poverty Limits. If it is higher than that, you can get a premium tax credit and buy coverage (presumably cheaper) on the insurance exchange. This will be available to you on January 1, 2014 and enrollment info is supposed to come out this October.


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I decided to release a new version of EclipseFP, 2.3.2. There also new versions of buildwrapper (0.6.2) and scion-browser (0.2.11) on hackage, even though they are not strictly required (but they compile under GHC 7.6).
This new minor releases offers some bug fixes and performance improvements. Hopefully the installation has been made easier (it is possible to install all helper executables from one place). The debugging mode has also been enhanced, with GHCi history support and the possibility to select expressions in the source code and add them to the Expressions view or see their current value in a popup (when stopped at a breakpoint).
As usual, just point your Eclipse to http://eclipsefp.sf.net/updates. The full release notes can be found here.
Thanks to all the users, bug reporters and contributors!
Happy Haskell Hacking!!


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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsNews & Views
5.0 Buzz - May 2013
The latest rumblings in the Ford world
Battle Born
Late in 2012 we were invited to partipate in a celebrity battle on Ford's popular Mustang Customizer. The challenge was to create a one-of-a-kind digital Mustang to take on three of our sister magazines in a battle for scribe supremacy. We're always up for a good-natured challenge, so we obviously obliged.
If you aren't familiar with Ford's Mustang Customizer you've surely had your head buried under your keyboard. The customizer is both a website www.ford.com/cars/mustang/customizer) and an app for Android and iOS. It allows you to take any Mustang model turn it into a custom ride by mixing and matching stock and aftermarket parts across any Mustang model. You can also customize its appearance with an infinite array of colors and several different stripe combinations.
"Since we relaunched the online Mustang Customizer for 2013 models in June, more than 120,000 people have registered and built more than 450,000 unique fantasy Mustangs," noted Brian McClary, Ford digital marketing manager, last August. "With the new app, fans will be able to configure their one-of-a-kind pony car any time they have a few minutes to spare."
What brought us into the game was the Customizer's Battle Mode, which lets you link your creation to your Facebook page and let other users vote on your car as it is pitted against other custom 'Stangs. In our case, we squared off against the other magazines, and we survived both rounds.
"We've significantly upgraded the Customizer this year," Brian added. "The original battle mode has been enhanced, and we've added celebrity battles, smack talk capability, new user stats and leader boards, badges and points for the activities on the site and apps."
What's even cooler is that most of the parts on the customizer are available from your Ford dealer, so you can actually buy the cars you create online. Moreover, Ford chose a few lucky Customizer users to win the cars they created online. How cool would that be?
We didn't win our car, but we did score some office bragging rights, and to do so we chose to start with a 2013 Mustang Boss 302. A Boss is no joke, but this was a competition, so we added a Shelby GT500 hood, a V-6 black mirror cap, a glass roof, Cal Special sidescoops, a Mustang RTR chin splitter, a Roush grille, a Ford Racing hoodpin kit, Mustang RTR sideskirt splitters, a Mustang RTR aluminum rear spoiler, Mustang RTR 20-inch wheels, a black textured decklid, a black race-style fuel door, and a 2012 Laguna Seca reverse-C stripe. Topping all that off, we created a custom blue paint scheme reminiscent of the Bimini Blue on early '90s Foxes.
In the end, the combo proved good enough to win the Mustang magazine battle, but even if we didn't win, it was a lot of fun creating this car.
Fiesta 1.0
Ford continues to amaze by releasing so many interesting new cars. The latest we've driven is the three-cylinder, 1.0-liter Fiesta, and we like it. Designed with fuel economy as its main goal, the new three-banger does not forget about performance. With an impressive 123 hp per liter—a Coyote puts out 84 hp per liter—the little turbo'd Fiesta mill sets new efficiency standards and gives the Fiesta unexpectedly good handling.
While the '14 Fiesta was tastefully freshened with new fascias, a new hood, and a slightly less Tokyo-at-night interior, the real news for motorheads is that little bag of tricks—the 1.0-liter.
We know of no other engine with so many interesting features. To hit the highlights, it's just three-cylinders, yet is purposely unbalanced to shake in a plane the two-part engine mounts can easily absorb so there's no weight-wasting balance shaft. Its fist-sized turbo uses exotic metals to spin at 248,000 rpm and offer excellent throttle response. The crankshaft is offset 10mm from the cylinders to reduce friction. There are two cooling circuits, one for the integrated cylinder head/exhaust manifold and another for the block. A variable-displacement oil pump reduces power losses, and the alternator charges more on decel than accel for the same reason. The timing belt was engineered to run in an oil bath for less noise, less friction, and greater longevity (Ford claims it never needs replacement). Finally, every moving part was optimized or coated or somehow massaged to reduce friction.
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What the driver feels in the euro-spec cars we drove is the joy of reduced weight along with willing power. Even on small, non-performance tires and a mom-and-pop suspension tune, the 1.0-liter Fiesta really hangs in the corners with a light, quick-on-its-treads feel. And the power, if not bristling in a Mustang sort of way, is surprisingly meaty down low with 148 lb-ft of torque and revvy until it goes flat a little before redline—it's amazing what 20 pounds of boost will do. The calibration engineers have worked in a rather aggressive throttle pedal. A little bit gives you a whole lot initially—which is an old trick to make small engines feel larger, but they didn't have to. The 1.0 and five-speed manual combination give enough thrust for daily driver entertainment. Throttle lag is non-existent, and, if anything, the torque response is a hair touchy when you're going at it on a twisty road. We wish Ford would firm up the brake pedal, and we're hoping the gear shift won't be as sticky coming out of gear once it gets a few thousand miles on it, but overall the 1.0-liter Fiesta hits our buttons for a 40-plus mpg (official figures weren't set at deadline) daily driver.
Also not announced was pricing, but assuming a $1,000 premium for the EcoBoost over the base 1.6-liter four-cylinder Fiesta engine, the 1.0 version might be had for $15,500 but probably more with options. Acknowledging the nicely finished, big-car ambiance Ford builds into the Fiesta, a feeling aided by the plentifully electronic options, pleasant materials, a quiet cabin, and an overall superior refinement, the Fiesta looks like a good value, too. Plus, for those wanting more heated leather seats, automatic climate control, and push-button starting are some of the Fiesta options you can't get anywhere else in the B-segment. —Tom Wilson
Our House
Loyal 5.0&SF readers know that our operation runs from coast to coast. We are based in both our Tampa, Florida, and our El Segundo, California, offices so we can cover the Mustang performance world from both ends and everywhere in between. We often have people tell us we have the best jobs in the world, and if you'd like to get a glimpse of what it's like behind the walls of 5.0&SF, this is your chance. Right now we are eyeballing Friday, April 19, right before the big Fabulous Fords Forever show at Knott's Berry Farm (www.fabulousfordsforever.org).
While you're there, you'll be able to grab some eats while you check out the expansive SIM shop where our esteemed Senior Tech Editor KJ Jones works his magic documenting installs for the magazine. Of course, KJ and your editor will be around to shake hands and chat. We'll have some of our Mustangs on display, and you can show off your ride for everyone in attendance. While you are there you can enter into our raffle for a chance to take home some great prizes from the finest companies in the aftermarket. We'll also raffle off a few subscriptions to the magazine.
We hope you'll come by and visit with us, so stay tuned to our website and social media outlets for more details as the date approaches.
5.0 feedback
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I have been a subscriber for a while and longtime reader. I have always enjoyed reading your Bench Racer column (Feb. '13, p. 15). I have never responded when you have asked for feedback. This time, I wanted to share my opinion about the hypothetical buildup of one of the new Mustangs.
I have a few friends that went out right away and purchased the new Mustang back in 2011. I have driven some, and I know that you have too. Here is my take on them. You have a car that approaches 4,000 pounds that has 420 hp. What is the point of building it up? It's a $30,000 car, that in my humble opinion, is good looking, but it has to have a ton of power thrown at it to get real numbers at the track.
For instance the new GT500 ... 1,000 hp to get in the 9s? Seriously? It's ridiculous to me. I have a Fox Saleen with a small-block and a 91mm turbo. It has over 1,050 rwhp and I drive it on the street. If it ran in the 9s, I would be sick to my stomach. It doesn't have perfect driveability, but it's the nature of the beast to me.
I was recently looking for a new daily. I tried the Camaro. I still can't understand what GM was thinking—it is hideous. The new Challenger is an overweight and underpowered piece of s*!t. The new Mustang was the best of them. I still can't get over the power-to-weight ratio.
I understand your article was hypothetical. Why make the new Mustang your "fast" car? I hope I don't come over as a a-hole, but all the raves about them, I just don't see it. To me, the new Mustangs are just daily drivers.
Kevin Daugherty
Via email
To each his own, Kevin. I certainly wouldn't plan on making a race car out of a brand-new 'Stang, as there are lighter, more suitable Foxes that are tailor-made for that duty. However, as the basis for a fast, fun street car, the lastest Mustangs are tough to beat. They are silky smooth, they readily take to bolt-on power increases, and they have all the creature comforts. You might not want to make one your fastest car, but there's nothing wrong with making one faster.
Decisions, Decisions
"Onward or Upward" (Bench Racer, Feb. '13, p. 15) really rang true for me. A few years ago I went through the upgrade cycle on my '96 GT convertible. That first-generation 4.6 tended to struggle a bit, and my last boost upgrade was too much for the stock rings. When that happened, I had some money saved up, and I had to make a tough choice. Do I abandon my beloved California car for something new or do I go over the top on my triple-black beauty?
I started shopping for a new car. I drove all kinds, and was really liking the new GT convertible. It's a beautiful car through-and-through, but the sticker at my local dealership was shocking—$42,000 for a convertible Mustang? This couldn't be true! I couldn't get over the sticker, and turned to my friend Kelly for help.
He pulled together all the parts, finding an '04 Cobra block that had been freshly built, and a Tremec six-speed. We started putting it all together. It ended up being a massive Frankenstein project, much more than we expected, and so we turned to a great local shop, Precision Autosports. Jeff and his team there finished the build, and it was well worth the wait on all counts.
So I kept my beautiful triple-black convertible (including fresh paint), and for my driving style, it has a bulletproof drivetrain with all the amenities still included. It's also a unique car now—how many '96s do you know that are running a built Cobra motor? I haven't seen any!
It's always a tough decision, but so long as you make the choice you are happy with, it's the right one.
Keep writing a great magazine.
Dave Plotts
Via email
Thanks for sharing your story and for the kind words, Dave. Yes, the downside to making a move to a newer car is you pay a lot up front. You get a nice car, but as Mustangs have improved, they have gotten pricier. It sounds like you made the right move for your situation. If you really love the car you have, making it even better is a great idea.
Real Respect
After reading Bench Racer ("Quibbling Rivalry," Jan. '13, p. 15), I would like to comment on it.
First, I'm a proud original owner of a mint, low-mileage '91 Wild Strawberry GT Convertible with a Coyote power plant. Over the years, I've heard many negative comments from older, Mustang owners dissing my car, going as far as saying my '91 isn't a real Mustang! This I would expect to hear from the import or Bow Tie crowd. Even at judged car shows, especially when there is participant voting, my car does poorly compared to older 'Stangs of lesser quality.
I respect all automobiles—old or new—regardless whether I like them or not. I find it amusing that owners of Foxes and newer 'Stangs have similar appreciations of each other's rides, but owners of older 'Stangs (and most other older car owners, for that matter) continually put down cars like mine and newer ones. I think this attitude stems from us constantly blowing their doors off and the owners being closed-minded and pissed off! I would love to hear from other people if they feel the same way.
I still hope to get my car in at least the Showcase section. I had some computer issues awhile back and I sent in pictures via snail mail.
Mike Sima
Via email
Anyone that doesn't give a Wild Strawberry Fox the proper respect loses some Mustang cred in my book, Mike. While I have my favorites, which range from the '82 through the current generation, I can appreciate any well-appointed Mustang for what it is. While older Mustangs might not seem "real" to some people, if they didn't carry on the lineage, we wouldn't have today's Mustangs. In any event, what's most important is that you enjoy your car. After that, it's all gravy.
Short Times
NMRA, NMCA, and NMCA WEST Series named Dave Werremeyer as their Technical and Communications Director. "Hiring a guy like Dave is an investment in our future," said Charlie Harmon, president of ProMedia Events. "We have a commitment to building and maintaining a competitive, balanced and fair racing programs across all of our racing divisions; adding Dave to the full-time staff, with his advanced technical background, will offer a fresh and qualified perspective. Dave has done an awesome job helping build a competitive program at ProCharger and we are elated to add him to the ProMedia team. His experience, and exceptional knowledge of our market, along with his vision and passion will combine to play a major role in maintaining a fair playing field for all three of our racing series."


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Joint replacement technology
Joint replacement technology research is conducted within the Dartmouth Biomedical Engineering Center for Orthopaedics (DBEC). Founded at Thayer School in 1976, DBEC is the largest joint implant retrieval program of its type in the country and, with over 9000 specimens, has the biggest collection of retrieved joint implants in the world. Since the inception of this program—in affiliation with Dartmouth-Hitchcock—Thayer School researchers have systematically identified and solved most problems related to joint replacement production, design, and materials.
Remaining issues and current foci of the program include:
- determination of the rate of oxidation in vivo of polyethylene subjected to new sterilization techniques
- performance of new crosslinked polyethylene materials
- wear of new metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-ceramic technologies
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Bob Martin, creator of the Culture Briefing series, has lived in Asia, Africa and Europe. He has also written and edited college textbooks and training lessons for the travel industry, newsletters for travel consumers and travel articles for newspapers and magazines, including: Accent magazine, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Buffalo News, The Christian Science Monitor, The Miami Herald, Milwaukee Journal, Off Duty magazine, The Orlando Sentinel and Travel-Holiday magazine. Currently he writes articles and e-books in the areas of travel, exploration and adventure.


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Two prominent New Testament scholars, Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre, Th.D., of Drew University Theological School in New Jersey, and Robert J. Miller, Ph.D., of Juniata College in Pennsylvania will lead a Jesus Seminar on the Road (JSOR) at the Chestnut Hill United Church, 8812 Germantown Ave., on April 19 and 20 on the topic "Jesus in the First and Twenty-First Centuries."
Westar Institute Fellows Johnson-DeBaufre and Miller will provide their insights and engage participants in a discussion about the relationship of Christianity to contemporary politics, economics, and global power. Westar Institute is a member-supported, nonprofit research and educational institute founded in 1986 and dedicated to the advancement of religious literacy.
Hal Taussig, Ph.D., co-pastor of Chestnut Hill United Church and visiting professor at New York's Union Theological Seminary, will wrap up the two-day seminar with a presentation that addresses his newest research and 12th publication on Christian origins.
Taussig convened 19 spiritual leaders and religious scholars from across America who selected 10 often-overlooked gospels, letters, and prayers to add to the New Testament, resulting in his newly-released book "A New New Testament: A Bible for the 21st Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts."
Like many other New Testament scholars, Taussig concludes that this unorthodox collection of texts could shed as much light on the origins of Christianity as do the formal books of the New Testament.
All sessions will take place at Chestnut Hill United Church and are open to the public. Attendees who register by April 5 will receive a 20 percent discount. Registrations can be submitted online at www.westarinstitute.org or by calling Westar Institute at 503-375-5323.


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