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Authored by three of the nation's leading experts on the first-year experience, this Concise version ofYour College Experience presents a straightforward, realistic, and intelligent review of the skills students need to succeed in college. This less expensive, streamlined Concise edition offers an expanded academic focus through added coverage of writing, speaking, the library, research, and information literacy. Particularly relevant to today's students, a new Money chapter discusses managing money, building credit, and financing college. A new chapter on Emotional Intelligence explains what emotional intelligence is, why everyone should understand it, and why it matters in college. A fresh, clean new design eliminates clutter so that students can focus on the important topics.
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John N. Gardner brings unparalleled experience as an author. The recipient of his institution's highest award for teaching excellence, John has over 40 years of experience directing and teaching in the most widely emulated first-year seminar in the country, the University 101 course at the University of South Carolina (USC), Columbia. John is universally recognized as one of the country's leading educators for his role in initiating and orchestrating an international reform movement to improve the beginning college experience, a concept he coined as "the first-year experience." He is the founding executive director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at USC, the Policy Center on the First Year of College and most recently the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education (www.jngi.org), the latter two based in Brevard, N.C. Jerome Jewler is a best-selling author, educator, and friend to students. A distinguished professor emeritus of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies as well as codirector of the University 101 first-year seminar at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, Jewler has guided advertising students through the creative and writing processes and has helped hundreds of new students determine their goals. As University 101 codirector, he planned and conducted training workshops for first-year seminar instructors, won a Mortar Board award for teaching excellence, and was recognized as USC advisor of the year and nationally as the Distinguished Advertising Educator nationally in 2000. Betsy O. Barefoot is a writer, researcher, and teacher whose special area of scholarship is the first-year seminar. During her tenure at USC from 1988 to 1999, she served as codirector for research and publications at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. She also taught University 101 and graduate courses on the first-year experience and the principles of college teaching. She conducts first-year seminar faculty training workshops around the world and is frequently called on to evaluate first-year seminar outcomes. Betsy is codirector and senior scholar in the Policy Center on the First Year of College and Vice President of the John N. Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education both in Brevard, N.C. In her Policy Center role she led a major national research project to identify institutions of excellence in the first college year. She currently works with both two- and four-year campuses in evaluating all components of the first year.
Table of Contents
|Letter to Students
|Icon Key
|Exploring Your Purpose for Attending College
|The College Experience
|Why College Is Important to Our Society
|Why College Is Important for You
|Wired Window
|Aligning Your Sense of Purpose and Your Career
|Connecting Your Major and Your Interests with Your Career
|Key Competencies
|Other Outcomes of College
|Making the Transition
|Challenges and Opportunities for Adult and Returning Students
|First-Year Motivation and Commitment
|What is Your Purpose in College?
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Managing Your Time
|Taking Control of Your Time
|Overcoming Procrastination
|Setting Priorities
|Staying Focused
|Getting Organized
|Use a Planner
|Chart a Weekly Timetable
|Maintain a To-Do List
|Making Sure Your Schedule Works for You
|Wired Window
|Create a Workable Class Schedule
|Don't Overextend Yourself
|Reduce Distractions 33
|Respecting Others' Time
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Understanding Emotional Intelligence
|What Is Emotional Intelligence?
|Assessing Your Emotional Intelligence
|Identifying Competencies
|Intrapersonal Skills
|Interpersonal Skills
|Stress Management
|General Mood and Effective Performance
|How Emotions Affect Success
|Wired Window
|How to Improve Your Emotional Intelligence
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Discovering How You Learn
|The VARK Learning Styles Inventory
|Scoring the VARK
|Using VARK Results to Study More Effectively
|The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
|Wired Window
|Extraversion (E) versus Introversion (I): The Inner or Outer World
|Sensing (S) versus Intuition (N): Facts or Ideas
|Thinking (T) versus Feeling (F): Logic or Values
|Judging (J) versus Perceiving (P): Organization or Adaptability
|How to Use Your Strongest-and Weakest-Preferences
|Multiple Intelligences
|When Learning Styles and Teaching Styles Conflict
|Learning with a Disability
|Attention Disorders
|Cognitive Learning Disabilities
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Thinking Critically: The Basis of a College Education
|What Is Critical Thinking and Why Is It Important?
|Becoming a Critical Thinker
|Ask Questions
|Consider Multiple Points of View
|Draw Conclusions
|How Collaboration Fosters Critical Thinking
|Thinking Critically about Arguments
|Challenge Assumptions
|Wired Window
|Examine the Evidence
|Beware of Logical Fallacies
|Critical Thinking in College and Everyday Life
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Being Engaged in Learning: Listening, Taking Notes, and Participating in Class
|Using Your Senses in the Learning Process
|Preparing for Class
|Participating in Class
|Listening Critically and with an Open Mind
|Speaking Up
|Taking Effective Notes
|Note-Taking Formats
|Cornell Format
|Outline Format
|Paragraph Format
|List Format
|Note-Taking Techniques
|Taking Notes in Nonlecture Courses
|Taking Notes in Science and Mathematics Courses
|Using Technology to Take Notes
|Reviewing Your Notes
|Wired Window
|Comparing Notes
|Class Notes and Homework
|Becoming Engaged in Learning
|Where to Go for Help
|Chapter Review
|Reading to Learn: Learning to Remember
|A Plan for Active Reading
|Alternatives to Mapping
|Marking Your Textbook
|Reading with Concentration
|Strategies for Reading Textbooks
|Supplementary Material
|Monitoring Your Reading
|If English Is Not Your First Language
|Wired Window
|Studying to Understand and Remember
|How Memory Works
|Connecting Memory to Deep Learning
|Improving Your Memory
|Using Review Sheets, Mind Maps, and Other Tools
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Improving Your Performance on Exams and Tests 145
|Getting Prepared for Tests and Exams
|Prepare Physically
|Prepare Emotionally
|Taking Tests and Exams
|Essay Questions
|Multiple-Choice Questions
|Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
|True/False Questions
|Matching Questions
|Types of Tests
|Problem-Solving Tests
|Machine-Scored Tests
|Computerized Tests
|Laboratory Tests
|Open-Book and Open-Note Tests
|Wired Window
|Take-Home Tests
|Overcoming Test Anxiety
|Types of Test Anxiety
|Symptoms of Test Anxiety
|Strategies for Combating Test Anxiety
|Getting the Test Back
|Academic Honesty and Misconduct
|Consequences of Cheating and Plagiarism
|Reducing the Likelihood of Academic Dishonesty
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Writing and Speaking Effectively
|Using Freewriting to Discover What You Want to Say
|Narrowing Your Topic
|Exploratory Writing
|The Writing Process
|Prewriting: The Idea Stage
|Writing: The Beginning of Organization
|Rewriting: The Polishing Stage
|Allocating Time
|Wired Window
|Choosing the Best Way to Communicate with Your Audience
|Preparing a Speech
|Clarify Your Objective
|Analyze Your Audience
|Collect and Organize Your Information
|Choose Your Visual Aids
|Prepare Your Notes
|Practice Your Delivery
|Using Your Voice and Body Language
|The GUIDE Checklist
|Get Your Audience's Attention
|You (U)-Don't Forget Yourself
|Ideas, Ideas, Ideas!
|Develop an Organizational Structure
|Exit Gracefully and Memorably
|Speaking on the Spot
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Developing Library, Research, and Information Literacy Skills
|Information Literacy
|Learning to Be Information Literate
|What's Research-and What's Not?
|Employing Information Literacy Skills
|Choosing, Narrowing, and Researching a Topic
|Using the Library
|Taking Advantage of Everything Your Library Has to Offer
|Asking a Librarian
|Electronic Resources
|Library Catalogs
|Periodical Databases
|The World Wide Web
|Guidelines for Effective Searches
|Evaluating Sources
|A Note on Internet Sources
|Making Use of What You Find
|Synthesizing Information and Ideas
|Citing Your Sources
|About Plagiarism
|Wired Window
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Appreciating Diversity
|Understanding Diversity and the Source of Our Beliefs
|Forms of Diversity
|Ethnicity, Culture, Race, and Religion
|Learning and Physical Abilities
|Sexual Orientation
|Seeking Diversity on Campus
|The Curriculum
|Student-Run Organizations
|Fraternities and Sororities
|Career/Major Groups
|Political/Activist Organizations
|Special-Interest Groups
|Discrimination, Prejudice, and Insensitivity on College Campuses
|Raising Awareness
|What You Can Do to Fight Hate on Campus
|Wired Window
|Challenge Yourself to Experience Diversity
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
|Managing Your Money
|Living on a Budget
|Creating a Budget
|Cutting Costs
|Wired Window
|Getting Financial Aid
|Types of Aid
|Qualifying for Aid
|How to Avoid Losing Your Funding
|Achieving a Balance Between Working and Borrowing
|Advantages and Disadvantages of Working
|Student Loans
|Managing Credit Wisely
|Understanding Credit
|Frequently Asked Questions about Credit Cards
|Debit Cards
|Planning for the Future
|Where to Go for Help
|Applying What You've Learned
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Is American Idol New Tonight? 5/15/2013
If you haven't been faithfully watching this season, you might be wondering, "Is American Idol new tonight?" It's not only new, but it's the penultimate episode, folks! It's American Idol 2013 finale time, with underdog country artist Kree Harrison taking on the anticipated winner and vocal powerhouse Candice Glover. Both girls are amazingly talented, however, so it's sure to be a great show.
In case you missed our spoiler piece, here is what you can expect to see these artists perform:
Kree – Reprise – "Up to The Mountain"
Candice – Reprise – "I Who Have Nothing"
Kree – Simon Fuller's Pick – "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan
Candice – Simon Fuller's Pick – "Chasing Pavements" by Adele
Kree – Single – "All Cried Out"
Candice – Single – "I Am Beautiful"
On top of watching these girls vocally duke it out, Carly Rae Jepsen will be premiering her new song, "Take A Picture." The song was a collaboration between American Idol fans and the "Call Me Maybe" singer through the Coca-Cola Perfect Harmony Program.
Take note, Idolators – tonight's finale performance show will only be one hour (8 p.m.-9 p.m. on FOX) while tomorrow night's results show will be two hours of jam-packed excitement (8 p.m. to 10:07 p.m. on FOX)!

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Easy money
At the start of a scenario you are required to build
a stockpile with no cost. After you build the required granary
you can delete the stockpile for gold, then build another one
for free. Repeat this for quick money. You can use this trick
to get your buildings up early. Just use the trick, set up a market,
and just buy raw materials needed to purchase buildings and units.
Note: Materials in the stockpile disappear if you delete the building.
Take advantage of pausing the game. Defenses and units will be
waiting long before the enemy has a chance to blink.
After you place your stockpile and your granary, just delete the stockpile to get gold. Put another one down for free. Keep doing this. You will eventually need to put raw materials in the stockpile, but will gain gold quickly.
After starting the game, build a stockpile and a granary in an open field. Then, keep building apple orchards, dairy farms, chicken farms, etc. When you have at least 40 months of food, turn your ration to double then raise the tax. Next, build a woodcutting camp or buy some woods. Then, build as many stone quarries and iron mines as desired. Sell all those resources. Eventually you will get more than 10,000 gold.
When you are Arthur and are playing on the dragon island,
put a siege camp in your castle and make two Enchanted Orbs. Put
them on the bridge and have them attack the end of the bridge.
Any enemy running across the bridge will get killed. Be careful
because this also kill your units. If needed, have it to stop
then run your army across.
Quick weapons
You must have wood coming in quickly and your rationing
must be put to double. Set your taxes to "High" or "Higher".
Have lots of weapon makers (for example, the blacksmith, pole
turner...). With a lot of wood and gold you can get weapons quickly
without buying them and losing gold.
Arthur campaign
Battle your way through Saxon Warlords to reach Sir Bedievere. Once you get him back to your castle, protect it. The Saxon Warlords have hired Pictish Boat Warriors to assault your castle, which will arrive from the sea. While doing this, you have to wait for Merlin to return from Ireland. Then with the aid of Sir Bedievere and Merlin, destroy the Saxon stronghold around the Stone Circle. Afterwards you must build Camelot while under attack from Saxons. You must complete it before Lady Guenivere arrives.


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I do a lot of the same i wait till the off season when stores are doing discounts and clearance. helps me afford to get more of the clothes i need from some of those big hunting clothes companies. Last month or so Cabela's has been pretty good for me.
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Dr Luis Angosto Ferrández
PhD Queen's University of Belfast, MPhil University College Cork, BA (Licenciatura) Universidad de Granada
Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Latin American Studies, and the Department of Anthropology.
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Luis Fernando Angosto-Ferrández is a lecturer in the departments of Anthropology and Latin American Studies. He has extensive fieldwork experience in Latin America and Spain and has lived, worked and researched in Venezuela for nearly a decade. In addition to his scholarly work, he is a contributor to various public media outlets.
His interests include the study of forms of collective action and the construction of political identities in Latin America and Europe. He is also interested in the analysis of contemporary capitalism and the ways in which human relations affect and are affected by the creation of new forms of commodities and property.
Research interests
I have an ongoing research interest and expertise in Latin American politics. I recently completed a book monograph analysing the legacy of Hugo Chávez's governments in the shaping of forms of collective action among indigenous peoples in Venezuela, and other recent work in this area includes an edited volume on geopolitics and the new regionalism in Latin America in which I developed theory, partly based on theories of identity formation, to analyse the impact of Bolivarian foreign policy beyond the continent.
I am also developing comparative work on race and ethnic relations in Latin America, with a particular focus on forms of categorisation and their impact on everyday life and politics. In relation to this work I have coordinated two projects analysing national censuses throughout the continent, with a focus on theorising the impact of census designs and results on identity formation and public policy.
The analysis of contemporary capitalism and the ways in which human sociality affects and is affected by the creation of new forms of commodities and property is another area in which I develop research. I have recently completed a volume on anthropological approaches to the study of value and new forms of sociality in the world economy.
Teaching and supervision
Current PhD projects
Project: The sexual and reproductive experiences of women living in the south of Costa Rica
Role: Associate Supervisor; Dr Cynthia Hunter, Principal Supervisor
Project:Intercultural Health at the Frontier of Expanding Nation-States: The Contested Amazonian Border Region of Ecuador and Peru. This project examines the hybridisation between indigenous and western medical practice in communities experiencing the expansion of modernity from the nation-state centres of Ecuador and Peru into the remote, jungle regions of these nations' territories
Role: Associate Supervisor; Dr Vek Lewis, Principal Supervisor
Project:Decentralisation of indigenous policy in cross-border regions (Chile, Bolivia and Peru)
Role: Associate Supervisor; Dr Fernanda Peñaloza, Principal Supervisor
Current MPhil projects
Project: Self-determination, colonialism and capitalism: an examination of Australian, Spanish (Basque country) and Bolivian cases
Role: Co-supervisor (with Dr Barrie Wharton)
Current projects
I am currently finalising a book manuscript on "modern accumulation", a concept with which I am trying to theorise and explain processes of active incorporation of subaltern groups (including indigenous peoples) into capitalism.
I am also developing a comparative research project on perceptions of race and ethnicity among visually impaired people in Chile and Venezuela.
Member of the Editorial Committee of AIBR (Revista de Antropología Iberoamericana) and Review Editor for the Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research (JILAR)
In the media
On Sunday 24 April I was invited to the SBS Spanish radio program "Vitamina L", for a debate on the topic "Witches".
'El futuro de la política venezolana en manos indígenas' [The future of Venezuelan politics in indigenous hands, Publico.es and Nuevatribuna.es, 9 February 2016. Available here and here.
Voice of America radio interviews with Victor Beattie on post-electoral politics in Venezuela, January 2016.
ABC Radio National, 26 February 2014, Venezuela protests leave 13 dead and opposition leader jailed. Available on the ABC website here; and the mp3 for download is available here.
The Conversation, 24 March 2014, Don't write off Maduro: why Venezuela is not another Ukraine.
A full curriculum vitae is available for download, above top right under the contact details.
PhD and master's project opportunities
Selected publications
The Politics of Identity in Latin American Censuses (Routledge (Taylor and Francis), 2015)
Venezuela Reframed: Bolivarianism, indigenous peoples and socialisms of the 21st century (Zed Books Ltd, 2015)
Democracy, Revolution, and Geopolitics in Latin America: Venezuela and the International Politics of Discontent (Routledge, 2014)
Everlasting Countdowns: Race, Ethnicity and National Censuses in Latin American States (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012)


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Côte d'Ivoire: The rights granted to a person with a residency permit
|Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
|Publication Date
|27 January 2010
|Citation / Document Symbol
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|Côte d'Ivoire : information sur les droits que confère la carte de séjour
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|Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Côte d'Ivoire: The rights granted to a person with a residency permit, 27 January 2010, CIV103382.FE , available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dd20f452.html [accessed 29 May 2016]
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
Also known as a resident card (carte de resident) or a freedom of movement permit (permis de libre circulation) (Côte d'Ivoire n.d.a), the Côte d'Ivoire residency permit is issued by the National Identification Office (Office national d'identification, ONI) (Côte d'Ivoire 18 Jan. 2010; Burkina Faso n.d.), a government organization based in Abidjan that handles matters of civil status and immigration services (Côte d'Ivoire n.d.b).
In an 18 January 2010 telephone interview with the Research Directorate, a representative of the Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Ottawa explained that the residency permit, which must be renewed annually, allows the holder to reside and move about freely in Côte d'Ivoire. Although the residency permit cannot be used as a travel document to exit Côte d'Ivoire, it still allows the holder to re-enter the country (Côte d'Ivoire 18 Jan. 2010). It also allows the holder to work anywhere in Côte d'Ivoire, but it does not provide him or her with access to jobs in the Ivorian public service (ibid.). According to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), foreigners, including refugees with valid residency permits, can apply to the Ministry of Labour for work permits (USCRI 2008).
The website for Burkina Faso's Department of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation indicates that holders of an Ivorian residency permit receive the following social benefits and services-they can:
-collect family benefits: family allowances, retirement pensions;
-send or receive any kind of official document;
-open new bank accounts;
-obtain a business licence;
-obtain documents concerning civil status;
-register a business;
-obtain a vehicle registration card (carte grise);
-obtain or renew a driver's licence;
-sign employment contracts;
-register in educational institutions;
-register for water and electricity services and obtain a post office box;
-access public transportation (Burkina Faso n.d.).
Additional information on the social services available to residency permit holders could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, several sources consulted by the Research Directorate reported that the government of Côte d'Ivoire refused to issue residency permits to nationals from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in November 2007 (IUHR 19 Nov. 2007; IPS 20 Nov. 2007; Côte d'Ivoire 8 Nov. 2007). According to an article published by the United Nations (UN) Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire, ONUCI) on the identification of the population and the electoral census, [translation] "identity documents issued by their country of origin or respective consulates are sufficient" for nationals from ECOWAS-member countries (UN n.d.; Côte d'Ivoire 8 Nov. 2007). Additional information on the rights granted to holders of new identity documents issued to persons from the ECOWAS living in Côte d'Ivoire could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Burkina Faso. N.d. Ministère des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération régionale. "Guide du Burkinabé en Côte d'Ivoire."
Côte d'Ivoire. 18 January 2010. Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Ottawa. Telephone interview with a representative.
_____. 8 November 2007. "Le Conseil des ministres du 8/11/2007."
_____. N.d.a. Office national d'identification (ONI). "Naturalisation : textes et lois."
_____. N.d.b. Office national d'identification (ONI). "Qu'est ce que l'ONI?"
Inter Press Service (IPS). 20 November 2007. Fulgence Zamblé. "Politique-Cote d'Ivoire : Quel sens donner à la suppression de la carte de séjour?"
United Nations (UN). N.d. UN Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (Opération des Nations Unies en Côte d'Ivoire, ONUCI). "L'identification de la population et le recensement électoral."
Interafrican Union for Human Rights (IUHR). 19 November 2007. Patrick N'gouan. "Côte d'Ivoire : suppression de la carte de séjour."
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI). 2008. "Côte d'Ivoire." World Refugee Survey 2008.
Additional Sources Consulted
Oral sources : Attempts to contact the Office national d'identification (ONI) in Abidjan were unsuccessful.
Internet sites, including: Afrik.com, AllAfrica.com, International Crisis Group, Minority Rights Group International (MRG), Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF), Panapress (PANA), Radio France internationale (RFI), Syfia Grands Lacs, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), UN Development Programme (UNDP), United States (US) Bureau of Consular Affairs.


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The History of Mandt Lodge 5-314by Mike Miller
October 2011
It is no wonder that Mandt Lodge is still around to celebrate its 85th Anniversary. No, the wonder is that the Sons of Norway did not appear in Stoughton sooner. For the answer to that riddle of why it took so long we turn to Stoughton's unofficial official historian, Ferd Homme, the author of the seminal work on Stoughton, Oak Opening. While Norwegian immigration to the area had been occurring since around 1840, it was not until Oct. 20, 1926, that the Sons of Norway was organized, in Stoughton. Homme notes that several Norwegian organizations existed before then, including the Scandinavia American Fraternity where, ironically, the Mandt Sons of Norway lodge would be born. More than three decades earlier. On Jan. 16, 1895, 18 people met in Minneapolis to form the Sons of Norway and many towns across the northern part of the United States quickly formed chapters, or lodges as they were called. Homme writes in Oak Opening that Norwegian immigration, fueled by cheap, good farmland and employment in the local wagon works led to arrivals of Norwegians in such heavy numbers in the 1870s, 80s and 90s that by the turn of the century "Stoughton was almost entirely a Norwegian community." The community became known as "Little Norway," the "Lutefisk Capital of the world," and America's "most Norwegian city." Still, there was no Sons of Norway and two attempts at organizing a lodge for the benevolent and cultural organization had failed. Then came Andrew S. Sather, who held the title of Grand Organizer for the national headquarters of the Sons of Norway. He arrived in Stoughton and managed to cajole downtown business owners restaurant operator John L. Stokstad and bakery owner Martin Sandsmark into gathering a bunch of Norwegian immigrants and sons and daughters of immigrants to attend an organizational meeting. While Sandsmark and Stokstad remained skeptical, Sather had talked 32 people into attending that meeting, held in the SAF Hall. Sather had arranged for a contingent of members from Madison, Deerfield and Edgerton to attend as well and after they opened the meeting a slate of officers for the new lodge in Stoughton was elected.
They included: • John Stokstad, president.• Adolph Sannes, vice president.• Jacob Offerdahl, counselor.• Margit Stokstad, social director.• Clarence Quale, marshall.• Minnie Jacobson, assistant marshall.• Sivert N. Sivertsen, secretary.• Ivan Helland, assistant secretary.• Olav Nundal, financial secretary.• Evan Strandlie, treasurer.• Tom Jacobson, inner guard.• Edval Reinstad, outer guard. Others who signed on as members at that first meeting made the roster look like a Stoughton telephone book: Anna Gilbertson, Martin Gjertson, Anna and Herman Hansen, Severine Sivertsen, Jacob Lee, Julia Strandlie, Martin Midthun, Gunhild Sundby, Alfred Olson, Christ Larsen, Alexander Lunde, and Ole Sundby.
The roll of original members was kept open until the next meeting, on Nov. 5, and those who signed on as charter members at that time include Russell Thorson, Carl Sundby, Anna and Carl Munson, Sam Robertson, Anfin K. Moen and J. J. Hoveland. The total number of charter members came to 39.
After the officers were elected at the first meeting the group had to choose a name for the lodge, and appointed a committee including Stokstad, Adolph Sannes and Sivert Sivertsen to come up with nominees. "The Greig Chorus from Madison entertained the members while the committee was out considering names," the minutes of that meeting show. The job was not as controversial as it may seem, and the committee suggested three names: Col. Hans Heg, who led a regiment of mostly Norwegian immigrants in the Civil War and died from wounds suffered at Chickamauga, thus becoming the highest ranking officer from Wisconsin killed in the war; Knut Hamsun, the Norwegian author who had won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1920; and Targe G. Mandt, the immigrant from Norway who founded the Mandt Wagon Works and employed large numbers of newly arrived Norwegians to Stoughton, founded the Stoughton Hub, served as village president, and set a high standard of ethics for industrialists.
The new members selected the name Mandt, a fortunate move for the fledgling lodge. Heg, who before the Civil War became the first Norwegian immigrant to be elected to state-wide office in Wisconsin, would have been a marvelous selection too, but by rejecting Hamsun the lodge probably prevented a hasty and needed post-World War II name change. Hamsun became an apologist for Adolph Hitler and even supported the Nazi invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, one of Norway's gloomiest days. He was stripped of most of his possessions following the war.
With Stokstad as its newly minted president, the organization quickly expanded and grew, eventually overtaking the other Norwegian fraternal organizations and becoming the sole possessor of that title in Stoughton these days. Among the members of the Sons of Norway Mandt Lodge today is Rebecca Stokstad Lunde, the last of the Stokstad children to survive, and the longest tenured current member. "He was a wonderful man," she says of her father. Indeed, John Stokstad was a Renaissance man, having been at various times a farmer, artist, progressive politican, city alderman, poet, and an extraordinary wood worker. He wasted little time putting his mark on the Sons of Norway, creating a Viking ship for the lodge's entry into the Stoughton Fall Festival in 1927, which won first prize in that parade as well as honors in surrounding communities. Later he carved a large sea serpent from Norse mythology for another float, and helped build a float with a large Sons of Norway emblem. He also made a replica of Leif Erikson's ship as a doorstop, and an aluminum casting of that sold across the United States. As an artist, he favored landscape scenes and his great grandchildren have been able to view a piece of his work in the collection of Luther College.
Stokstad served a total of 15 years as president, and of those other officers elected at the first meeting, several served lengthy terms of office. Secretary Sivert Sivertsen and financial secretary Olav Nundahl both served 16 year terms while Andrew Stolen, elected treasurer in 1931, served in that office for 23 years.
Many of the Stoughton lodge members, along with those from Edgerton and other lodges in the area, went to Madison on May 10, 1929 for a very special occasion: Gov. Walter Koehler was about to sign a bill declaring Oct. 9 as Leif Erickson Day. A running battle had ensued in the legislature and after a bill was signed making Columbus day a special day in the state, Norwegians lobbied hard and heavy to have Leif Erickson honored, since he discovered America roughly 500 years before Columbus. When Kohler signed the bill, he was surrounded by Norwegians, including John Stokstad and a large group from Mandt Lodge. Wisconsin became the first state in the union to recognize Leif's accomplishment, but was quickly followed by eight other states and Saskatchewan. Until Stokstad's final year as president in 1941, all meetings were conducted in Norwegian, but during that year the meetings were held in English. The next year the switch to English was made permanent. But the longest term of service belongs to Charlotte Jacobson, who was the lodge's musician for 40 years when the 75th anniversary was held in 2001, and continued to serve as we moved deeper into the 21st Century. Charlotte Jacobson, has "held every office except president," she said, while her husband Lester served as president for 12 years. Charlotte joined the lodge in 1948 with a class of 40 new members, believed to be one of the largest ever in this area for the Sons of Norway Lodge. The spirit of the Sons of Norway – perhaps the spirit of being Norwegian – can be summed up by the efforts of Charlotte and her longtime friend and colleague Pearl Elvekrog. After the pair managed to feed a large contingent of visitors from Stoughton's sister city of Gjovik, Norway, the pair put a thank you note in the next issue of the Lodge newsletter, thanking those who helped them help others. Mandt Lodge has held a variety of events in its 85-year history, most with cultural ties to Norway, the homeland of many of its founders and the ancestral homeland of most of its current members. Over the years, numerous dignitaries including several presidents of the international Sons of Norway have visited Stoughton and its Mandt Lodge, but perhaps none had a more exiting a time than E. B. Hauke, who came to Stoughton as Supreme President to swear in 37 new members in December of 1951. "I did not take into consideration that one of the worst snowstorms of several years was awaiting me," he would write in the January issue of the Sons of Norway newsletter. Hauke was feted at a dinner at the home of Harry Johnson and was greatly surprised to find when they made it to town that all the new members were present for the ceremony, even as the winter blizzard worsened. In the end, although Andrew Sime got stuck in a snow bank trying to make it the short distance home from the Johnsons, the next day dawned as "case" weather and Hauke got a free lesson in the tobacco business of stripping. As with most lodges, the business and social meetings of the Mandt organization were conducted in a variety of downtown buildings, the lodge having no meeting place of its own. Older members of the lodge recall meetings held in several locations, above several stores, with the most common being in the halls above First National Bank, where the SAF had its rental spaces. In 1966 that location was demolished by a severe fire – one of the largest in the history of Stoughton – as the bank and other businesses went up in flames. By 1970, however, the Mandt Lodge was about to fulfill a wish first expressed by its first president, John Stokstad, who listed lodge ownership among a wish for a continued and prosperous unit.The Lodge purchased the church building on South Page Street in 1970, which had been home initially by the Norwegian Methodist Church but was owned by the Calvary Free Church at the time Mandt Lodge bought it. The initial purchase price of $16,500 was only the beginning of costs, with a major remodeling to follow in a few short years. The first meeting in the new Lodge building was held on May 7, 1970. Mandt is one of only five lodges in the Midwest District 5 to have its own building. The old church is still home to the Lodge, and each year it brings praises for its interior design and stained-glass windows from visitors from across the state and nation, especially on Syttende Mai weekend. The Lodge has received numerous visitors from Norway, including both political and royal dignitaries, as well as a host of performers. Norwegian Ambassador to the United State Soren Sommerfelt visited the Lodge as part of his trip to Wisconsin and said: "I have come to Stoughton to get some true Norwegian food." Norwegian Princess Marta Louise was a luncheon guest of the Lodge when she came to Stoughton as part of her book tour in 2006. Perhaps the biggest honor for the local organization came in 1976 when the Mandt Lodge was selected as the district lodge of the year, and later that summer was picked by the supreme convention as the International Lodge of the Year. By 1979 the Lodge was about to achieve its second big honor involving its new building. The mortgage of $12,500 on the original purchase price of $16,500 had been paid and the Mandt Lodge held a Mortgage Burning ceremony on Sept. 8 of that year. Like many Lodge expenses, the cost of buying and remodeling the Lodge building were financed largely through fund raising events, such as the Syttende Mai meals held on Saturday and Sunday of that weekend. Those and other fund raisers, plus annual dues, fund a myriad of programs currently sponsored by Mandt Lodge, most with some historic or cultural connection with Norway. Recently the lodge started holding Bingo nights and, as with all events at the Lodge, the public is invited to attend. Other events include fish boils, card parties, St. Hans Dag celebrations, movies, card parties and more. Many monthly meetings of the lodge feature either speakers or other cultural programs with origins in Norway. Although the Mandt Lodge has always had women members in its history, it was not until 1993 that the milestone of the first woman president came about. Genevieve Wilberg, known to all as Gen, was elected president that year and was followed by Pearl Elvekrog in that office. Since that time Sharonne Harvey served as president and the current president is Darlene Arneson. "I never realized when I joined the Sons of Norway that one day I would become the first woman president of Mandt Lodge," Wilberg wrote in the Lodge newsletter, adding she considered it a "great honor."
In more recent times many individuals and groups from Norway have performed at the Lodge, such as musicians Hans Brimi, Jon Faukstad and Mary Barthelemy who performed at the High School Auditorium on April 9, 1980, then at Mandt Lodge, which also held a dance that night. In recent years the Lodge has emphasized such cultural events such as the Barnebirke youth ski race, the Lodge's Norwegian speaking club, and, of course, Syttende Mai weekend. For those who may not remember, Syttende Mai is the most important patriotic holiday in Norway and celebrates May 17, 1814, when leaders from throughout Norway met at Eidsvoll to pass a democratic constitution and declare Norway an independent nation. While it would take another nine decades to achieve complete freedom from Sweden, the day marks the strong will of the Norwegians to become an independent democracy. Mandt Lodge members annually sponsor a smorgasbord on Saturday and Sunday and the well attended meals generatesa goodly share of the Lodge expenses for the year. Among those are a scholarship fund which helps worthy students attend college.
A smattering of events from the Mandt Lodge past:• Dec. 6, 1927, box social held at Woodman Hall. Nineteen boxes sold for $60.60.• May 4, 1927. The Norwegian play "Tante Billa" was presented in the SAF hall and Lodge made $106.23. April 7, 1948, 40 new members initiated, the largest number in the area.• Dec. 6, 1950. E.B. Hauke, Supreme President, initiates another 37 new members and Stoughton plays host to a large blizzard.• September, 1966. Large downtown blaze destroys the First National Bank building, including the SAF Hall where Mandt Lodge was founded and the Odd Fellows Hall were the lodge held its meetings. (After the fire and before moving into its new quarters, the Lodge met at the American Legion Clubhouse on Fifth Street.)• March 1970. In a momentous move, Mandt Lodge buys the Calvary Free Church, previously home to the Norwegian Methodist Church, for $16,500 and has its first real home.• 1970. Mandt Lodge hosts Fifth District Convention in its new lodge.• 1974. Mandt Lodge sponsored the formation of the new Janesville Nordland Lodge 544.• 1975. Norwegian Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli and his wife visit Mandt Lodge.• 1980, March 28. In one of the Lodge's strangest events, men dressed in women's clothing entertained the group.• 1986, Feb. 23. Box Socials have not gone out of style and this one features the internationally recognized Stoughton High School Norwegian Dancers.• 1993, Aug. 20. Mandt Lodge joins with other lodges to mark the 150th Anniversary of the immigration from Sogndal, Dane County's sister country in Norway, at the Dane County Expo center. (This would become the Norwegian American fest which ran for several years.)• A group of members formed the Mat Klubb to prepare and cook authentic Norwegian meals, including very tasty desserts.• 2002, Aug. 14 to 17, Mandt and other Dane County Lodges host the Sons of Norway International Convention in Madison.• 2004, Mandt Lodge Incorporated was formed– a separate entity for the building corporation. John Arneson was elected President.• 2006, April 24. In one of Mandt Lodge's proudest moments, Norwegian Princess Marta Louise paid a visit and had lunch in the church. She was in Stoughton as part of a USA tour to promote her book, "Why Kings and Queens Don't Wear Crowns." The princess sold hundreds of copies of her children's book in Stoughton, and gave a reading at the High School after a performance by the Norwegian Dancers and songs by the third graders.• 2008, Mandt Lodge begins an extensive long-range planning process which includes a focus on membership, programming and financing.• 2009, Mandt Lodge begins working with the Stoughton Chamber of Commerce to host Chamber Bus Tours and offers meals and cultural demonstrations for visiting groups.• 2009, The decision was made to discontinue the St. Hans Dag royalty and to have Mandt Lodge Ambassadors who will be part of the officer team.• 2011, Mandt Lodge hosts the first Stoughton Norwegian Summit which brought together almost 20 Norwegian related groups, organizations and businesses in the greater Stoughton area to discuss how they can work together.
Mandt History from their Golden Anniversary Book
In the fall of 1926, cigar chewing District Organizer S. Sather of the Sons of Norway came to Stoughton, WI and met with two other cigar-chewing Norwegians John Stokstad and Martin Sandsmark. In those depression days, Stokstad kept his restaurant open all night, and Sandsmark often came in before the night baking in his bakery across the street. John and Martin listened to Mr. Sather and decided Stoughton could use another Scandinavian fraternal society, so they helped organize a meeting.
On October 20, 1926 Lodge #314 received its charter, and had thirty members signed up. The group elected John Stokstad president, and chose the name Mandt Lodge.One of the first activities of the lodge was the building of a Leif Erickson float for the Stoughton Fall Festival in 1927. The following year Stoughton began the traditional Syttende Mai festival, with the Sons of Norway becoming an important part of the celebration.In March of 1970 the Lodge took a momentous step by voting to purchase its own building. Many money-making events were tackled, as one project after another in the renovation of the building called for more money. By far the most successful has been the annual Syttende Mai Smørgasbord which is attended by people from many miles around.In 1970 Mandt hosted the Fifth District Convention and Lodge Meeting, with Myron Wilcox, a member of Mandt, being elected to the District Board. Since then, Ansel Severson and Clifford Feggestad also served on the District Board, the latter for twelve years, four of them as District President.Perhaps the greatest honor to come to our lodge was being chosen Lodge of the Year at the District Convention in 1976, and then to be named the International Lodge of the Year in August of the same year.
There has been a close relationship with our neighboring lodges through the years. In 1929 some of the Mandt members joined with those from Madison and Edgerton to witness Governor Kohler sign the bill to make October 9 Leif Erickson Day. Wisconsin was the first state to have such a law. Thirty-five years later, after much work by Sons of Norway members all over the country, Congress authorized the President to proclaim October 9th annually as Leif Erickson Day.There is an on-going Euchre tournament among the Madison area lodges, and together we hosted the International Convention in 1980. The last few winters have found us working together on the Southern Wisconsin Ski for Light event.A lodge over sixty years old, like a well-established family, has in the course of the years established many traditions. Besides our Syttende Mai Smørgasbord we have an annual Fish Boil, a 17th of May party, Juletre Selskap, and in June Saint Hans Dag celebration. This has become a very special event, with flags of all the countries represented in Mandt lodge being presented.
Our ladies' auxiliary performs many services for the lodge, with a fall bazaar and luncheons throughout the year. The singing group "Symra Kor" and the drill team add much to our ceremonies. Snakk Norsk luncheons have added interest in the language. With great pride Mandt Lodge can boast of having the most active Unge Venner group in the district .
... From Golden Anniversary Book, updated by Ardyce Feggestad


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It will be hard to choose just one of the terrific new Ugly Dolls this season. Consider, Ninja Batty Shogu, a black fleece fellow with big blue eyes, red nose and three yellow teeth. Or consider Wippy, a pink rabbit-like creature with tall ears and grey eyes and two yellow teeth. There is also coral colored Mynus who has a singular bump on her head and a goofy smile. Her tag says she's the one you should turn to when you are in trouble. Also, a good choice, Pointy Max, a green fellow with a very pointy head and one all-seeing eye smack dab in the middle of his face. Oh, there are others, such as Pink Flatwoodsey with a tall pointy head and Ket a bluish looking dog-like doll and MIJ who seems to be asking a question and Picksey who claims to be able to inhabit several spaces at the same time. Honestly, you'll have to make up your own mind. Dolls in series often run out of steam, but this year's Ugly Dolls are really even better than in the past. All ages. If you buy them online you will have to search out the one you love best.
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BHOPAL: Former BJP leader Govindacharya has said senior Congress leaders AK Antony and Digvijay Singh have the "potential" to become Prime Minister, but not Narendra Modi or Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
"In my view, defence minister AK Antony and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh have potential to become Prime Minister. I am saying this as both have administrative experience to do good work," Govindacharya said.


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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal resigned on Friday after suffering a defeat in the assembly on the Jan Lokpal Bill and, in a political gamble, recommended dissolution of the assembly and holding of fresh polls.
Bringing to an end a 49-day rollercoaster ride in power, during which he received bouquets and brickbats in equal measure, the CM and his cabinet met for one last time when he decided to resign and make the recommendation to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, whose advice against the anti-graft Bill he had defied in the assembly. The two shared a good equation but today he attacked Jung, saying he acts like a viceroy of the central government which thinks it is still a British government.
Earlier in the day, Jung had advised the assembly against transacting the Bill which he said should have clearance from the Centre.
Straight from the cabinet meeting, 45-year-old Kejriwal, who came to power riding the crest of an anti-graft movement and was called an anarchist for his street protest as CM, drove to the AAP headquarters and addressed supporters in the rain when he announced his resignation. The cabinet has decided to resign. We have recommended to the Lt Governor to dissolve the assembly and hold fresh polls," he told a cheering audience wearing AAP's trademark cap which welcomed his speech with applause.
Launching a blistering attack on the Congress, on whose support he came to power, and BJP, he accused them of "colluding" with Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani to bring down the government two days after he filed an FIR against him on the gas pricing issue. "The real face of the BJP and Congress has been exposed. They did not allow the Bill to be introduced in the House. They defeated the Bill because three days ago we lodged an FIR against Ambani," Kejriwal said.
He added Ambani has been running the Congress government for the last 10 years, adding: "Congress is his shop and he can buy anything whenever he wants. He also did not spare Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, saying Ambani has been behind him for one year. "Where are Modi's riches coming from? He is flying by helicopter, crisscrossing the country. He is addressing huge and expensive rallies. From where does he get money? Kejriwal asked.
He told his supporters: Both BJP and Congress have joined hands. We say eradicate corruption. They say it is unconstitutional. They break mikes and


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Lyn-Z Wins Women's Vert!
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Jul 30 2009 / Thursday
If you've been paying attention then you already know, Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins killed it today and walked away with some well-earned X Games Gold and $40 grand!! Congrats, Lyn-Z!
Lyn-Z kickflip indy!
Also, don't forget to stop by the Dell Lounge at X Fest (Home Depot Center) tomorrow from 2-3 PM for a Lyn-Z meet 'n greet and signing!


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I read about the death of Octavia Butler online. A brief headline announcement linked me to a longer acknowledgment of her life and contributions as one of science fiction's maverick writers, this black woman among the techno-babbling boys and their speculative toys.
To label her a maverick, my term, assigns a degree of attention that would have sent Butler retreating from view, simply back to her writing desk and her prophetic humanistic visions.
I saw her once, before I moved here, at a promotional stop in Philadelphia. I don't recall which book, but I remember reading that she wasn't one for making such public appearances.
She was obviously a private person. She entered alone, spoke to the bookstore representative, stood off by herself waiting for someone to bring her a drink from the cafe and then sat at a small desk waiting to be introduced to the audience.
Although Butler saw each of us -- there was a fair-sized crowd, but she wasn't the kind of draw that would send a sea of bodies spilling into the aisles of History and Self-help, creating rapids through Fiction crashing onto the main floor -- she never initiated contact with us, not even a nod or a smile. It wasn't an all-business pose; she was just no nonsense, no fuss.
I like that memory, and I'll cherish having had the opportunity to be in her presence that one time. But when I think of her from now on, as I know I will, it's fittingly her work that will provide an intimate sense, even an illusory one, of the woman.
I suppose that's the ultimate compliment for a writer. It's the word that should matter most, when the collected words become The Word.
And one of Butler's most affecting sermons came from Kindred, an early work about a black woman in 1976, a month before the nation's bicentennial celebration, who is inexplicably transported to the past -- her past, in particular -- where she's forced to embrace the reality of slavery.
During subsequent journeys, she comes to realize that a slave owner, a white man who also happens to be one of her ancestors, a man she must repeatedly save until he has relations with the woman that will give birth to her line, is pulling her back.
This is the story of a woman who knows her history and yet is somehow doomed to make certain it repeats itself. It's an epic, a personal narrative, a slave narrative in some ways, a post-modern one told from the perspective of a woman not born into it but of it. And it's an American story.
That bears repeating. It's an American story.
A black woman goes back in time and experiences slavery. There's nothing new there; black folks are expected to know these stories because, I suppose, they're written on our skin. But in the course of these most unnatural events, a white man -- this woman's husband -- also finds himself slipping back into this suppressed history.
Kindred forces him to confront the reality of his own complicity in the atrocity of slavery. What does it mean to be a white man, or to have been a white man in 1976 married to a black woman, and what would their relationship have been like 150 years prior?
I think the question is far more relevant from his perspective than hers. She went back and had no choice, no other position in that society. She was a slave.
But that man, who was he? Who could he have been? What could he have done?
Butler's death brought me back to Kindred, but I was already on my way, to a certain extent, after a recent visit to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, my first trip since its opening. All of my good intentions never compelled me to make the journey on my own, but the possibility of work, well, that's motivation that transcends the good and whatever is the opposite of goodness in this case.
My trip downtown, among the hallowed halls, should have approximated the experience of Butler's protagonist in Kindred. 'Keep hope alive', that's what Jesse said -- but the problem is we're never encouraged to be more than tourists on a speeding bullet away from the lessons we haven't learned.
We should all know our history and have the opportunity to stand before it and question its participants. Every day, my young brother and I have that chance. We can look into the eyes of our grandmother's grandfather Solomon, the first freed man in our line.
I have spoken to family elders who remember not just Solomon's stories but the man himself, and I'll certainly pass those anecdotes down to my brother when he's old enough to understand the significance and relevance of their lives and struggles.
Octavia Butler knew we weren't ready for celebrations. She looked back and saw that we weren't any different and likely wouldn't be in the future.
It's unlikely that enough people, especially those most in need of its message, will ever read Kindred or any of her other novels and collected works, but the Freedom Center could do more to fill the void created by her death. Yet it would require more than just a nod to the sunnier aspects of her legacy.
Take us back. Make us walk the long, lonely miles barefoot. Place the whip of oppression in our hands. Let us, all of us, feel the scars and bear the shame.
It's in these moments that we're the same.
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He was born Sept. 7, 1959, in Campbelton, to Manuel B. and Consuela Garcia.
He is preceded in death by his father and two sisters, Jovita and Rachel.
Survivors include his mother, Consuela "Connie" Garcia of Goliad; wife, Linda; three children, Roel, Joel and Roana; parents-in-law, Vicente and Angelita Guerra of Freer; two sisters, Jilda Garcia of Riveria; Jo Ann and husband Roland Capistran of Goliad; six brothers and their wives, Ruben and Rachel Garcia of Refugio; Johnny and Barbara Garcia of Athens; Roland and Lora Garcia of Kilgore; Roy and Linda Ruiz of Kingsville; Ray and Olivia Garcia of Angelton and Mike Garcia of Victoria.
Memorial Mass was celebrated at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 1 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Corpus Christi.


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Missed the show..which meme won?
Can you meme this picture of a sweet young twink posing with his game show mommy figure? If you can send in the best meme, you might win. Send us your best. Contest ends Sunday Night.
Missed the show..which meme won?
Usually I love a good centaur bashing But I will say when I won my prize I had it in 2 days and I live in Cleveland.
Wow, that's pretty cool. Just got pepper's email so maybe he'll prove all you jealous assholes wrong. HA!
he penis is smaller than mine got robbed #mine
mifkin... way to go buddy.. good luck getting your prize.
way to go mifkin...please allow 3-4 years to recieve your prize or whenever centaur gets around to it
Still waiting on my prize hicks....stop sending me emails asking for address if its for nothing
Only peppy can fuck up a bit by reading...
Congrats. Mifkin
'His penis is smaller than mine' has to win
#Douche wins for me
I agree with Ron!
But #Douche is pretty damn funny too
I vote Dj Jew Kid
Do you want to save a lock of my hair? Do you want to keep these pants for the memories? Want to make me a wrestling belt? Jeez, life outside my mom's house SUCKS!!
The Buff Bagwell one is too funny
his voice is more annoying the Annoying Orange, but not quite as smart.
Thinks "THis is 40" is funny.
Sam gets to Jud this?
This was a weekend contest...but only excepting early Friday's memes
Professional smartass
Broadcasting enthousiast
What's your bid fez.
puberty says...
I'd like to buy a vowel...
and a normal 14 year old body.
no sammies no sammies no sammies...
@Mikfin that's how he gets you, then 2 weeks later you will get that same email....then your thinking "maybe he is just busy". No. He is a drunk retard
@kevgret Don't expect it anytime soon, Pepper will sell it for oats and PBR money.
@joe8775 yea it feels like waiting for dad to come get you for the ball game......and he is 2 hours late......and drunk..
@Morgan McNasty I never got mine either...sigh!
@Morgan McNasty @Mikfin What exactly was the prize so I know how pissed off/disappointed to be. I can't always listen from work and today was one of those days.
@Aria Taint @kevgret Fuckin hipster centaur - they'r the worst.
@DeathProof these contest are full of horse shit (centaur shit)
@Mikfin -a signed picture of fez's genitals.


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The Bachelor
Courtney Robertson Will Be Reading All of Her Juicy Secrets Aloud!
It's official: Fans of not reading will now be able to soak up all the juicy details of Courtney Robertson's tell-all best seller I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends without having to hurt their brain parts. The Bachelor Season 16 winner's tattle tome is getting turned into an audio book narrated by… the bad girl herself. Wonder if we'll be able to hear her blush while reading aloud passages about exes Ben Flajnik and Arie Luyendyk, Jr's, um, assets....
Court tweeted the news herself in response to a fan who asked, "Any chance there'll be an audiobook version of IDCHTMF?" The author tweeted back, "Yes, it's in the works. I'll be reading it." Well, hot dang, color us excited because now we can get all the salacious secrets hands-free. We'll actually hope for traffic so we can finish the whole thing in one morning commute.
We're not at all surprised by the news since the book spent four weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers list — dang girl, America really wants to know which skeletons you let out of the closet. The book is so popular, Courtney has been approached by TV and movie execs alike! TV villain turned mogul? Looks like everything is coming up roses for this heartbreaker yet again.
Are you excited Courtney's book is coming out on tape? Tell us in the comments.
Source: Courtney on Twitter


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The following scala methods need to be implemented for a new JobRunner. See the implementations of GridEngine and LSF for concrete full examples.
Start should to copy the settings from the CommandLineFunction into your job scheduler and invoke the command via
sh <jobScript>. As an example of what needs to be implemented, here is the current contents of the
start() method in
MyCustomJobRunner which contains the pseudo code.
def start() {
// TODO: Copy settings from function to your job scheduler syntax.
val mySchedulerJob = new ...
// Set the display name to 4000 characters of the description (or whatever your max is)
mySchedulerJob.displayName = function.description.take(4000)
// Set the output file for stdout
mySchedulerJob.outputFile = function.jobOutputFile.getPath
// Set the current working directory
mySchedulerJob.workingDirectory = function.commandDirectory.getPath
// If the error file is set specify the separate output for stderr
if (function.jobErrorFile != null) {
mySchedulerJob.errFile = function.jobErrorFile.getPath
// If a project name is set specify the project name
if (function.jobProject != null) {
mySchedulerJob.projectName = function.jobProject
// If the job queue is set specify the job queue
if (function.jobQueue != null) {
mySchedulerJob.queue = function.jobQueue
// If the resident set size is requested pass on the memory request
if (residentRequestMB.isDefined) {
mySchedulerJob.jobMemoryRequest = "%dM".format(residentRequestMB.get.ceil.toInt)
// If the resident set size limit is defined specify the memory limit
if (residentLimitMB.isDefined) {
mySchedulerJob.jobMemoryLimit = "%dM".format(residentLimitMB.get.ceil.toInt)
// If the priority is set (user specified Int) specify the priority
if (function.jobPriority.isDefined) {
mySchedulerJob.jobPriority = function.jobPriority.get
// Instead of running the function.commandLine, run "sh <jobScript>"
mySchedulerJob.command = "sh " + jobScript
// Store the status so it can be returned in the status method.
myStatus = RunnerStatus.RUNNING
// Start the job and store the id so it can be killed in tryStop
myJobId = mySchedulerJob.start()
The status method should return one of the enum values from
Add any initialization code to the companion object static initializer. See the LSF or GridEngine implementations for how this is done.
The jobs that are still in
RunnerStatus.RUNNING will be passed into this function.
tryStop() should send these jobs the equivalent of a
Ctrl-C or
SIGTERM(15), or worst case a
SIGKILL(9) if
SIGTERM is not available.
Once there is a basic implementation, you can try out the Hello World example with
-jobRunner MyJobRunner.
java -Djava.io.tmpdir=tmp -jar dist/Queue.jar -S scala/qscript/examples/HelloWorld.scala -jobRunner MyJobRunner -run
If all goes well Queue should dispatch the job to your job scheduler and wait until the status returns
RunningStatus.DONE and
hello world should be echo'ed into the output file, possibly with other log messages.
See [QFunction and Command Line Options]() for more info on Queue options.
We've got so many exciting projects going on right now, between the GATK4 alpha, expanding our scope to include copy number and structural variation, and ramping up to offer GATK-as-a-service -- we're going to need more talent! And possibly a bigger boat.
So if you or someone you know (and like) are looking to join a team working on cutting-edge analysis methods and software, real big data and a mission that matters; if you like the idea of a stimulating professional environment with competitive compensation where equal opportunity and work-life balance are not empty phrases; and if your Memorial Day plans get canceled on account of rain -- why not take that time to polish up your resume and apply for one of the jobs below?
We look forward to hearing from you!
Much like the universe and my belt size, the GATK methods development team aims to grow ever larger.
The job titles on the docket this week are Data Scientist and Computational Biologist; the job description is below or on LinkedIn.
Apply your computational skills to solving the hardest problems in big-data genomics and have a wide impact on science and clinical practice, including cancer and other diseases. Join a lively team of data scientists and software engineers dedicated to creating the GATK (http://www.broadinstitute.org/gatk/), a widely used and successful software toolkit for applying next-generation DNA sequencing to medical genetics. The GATK team is an integral part of the Data Science and Data Engineering group at the Broad Institute, a research institution that is transforming medicine and human health by building software to organize, process, and visualize scientific data on an unprecedented scale. As part of this job, you will conceive and develop algorithms and analysis approaches to solve the key challenges for emerging DNA/RNA sequencing technologies, instantiating these ideas in reliable and scalable software tools that will be applied to scientific projects and used to inform clinical decisions, with revolutionary implications in medical and cancer genetics. You will apply computational techniques to design and implement analysis tools to solve complex computational and mathematical problems in genomics. You will work collaboratively with other data scientists on computational-biology research in a fast-paced environment. Your work will be expected to enable the research of other program scientists through excellent communication, teamwork, and a focus on creating usable and accessible research software tools. You must be capable of working in an interactive team environment while conducting self-directed research within broader goals set by group. NO EXPERIENCE WITH BIOLOGY IS REQUIRED.
Broad Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer
We're advertising this job on behalf of our colleagues in the cancer analysis team. See the overview below the fold. If you're interested, please message me (@Geraldine_VdAuwera) or apply on the Broad's careers page (search for job requisition number 1591).
Part-time opportunity to make a contribution to The Cancer Genome Atlas, a project with global impact in the search for a cure for cancer. Work with world-class researchers at the Broad Institute to publish large datasets generated by computational algorithms. Assist with development and maintenance of automated pipelines.
Part-time twice a week, on-site at the Broad Institute.
Yep, we're hiring again; we need even more compbios!
Do you dream of working on challenging problems, in a stimulating environment with plentiful resources? Or do you simply love the GATK and wish you could spend every waking moment playing with it? Good news! We have a position open for a computational biologist to join our team. You can find out more about us on this page. The job itself? In a nutshell, help develop and apply methods in NGS to medical genetics projects. You can find more details in the Broad Career Center -- look for Requisition Number #1107.
If you're interested (and who wouldn't be?) please message @rpoplin directly. That's Ryan Poplin, now leader of the Computational Methods Development group since Eric Banks became big chief of GSA last week.
We are of course happy to answer questions here in this thread about what it's like to work in the GSA group (awesome!) and how interesting it is to work on the bleeding edge of genome research (amazing!). Feel free to private-message us about it if you don't want your supervisor to know that you're thinking of jumping ship ;-)
I've been using Queue for pipelineing now for a little while, and have run in to an issue with the job report. The issue is that it's blank, after the pipeline has finished, the entire contents of the file is
I'm getting output from Queue saying that
INFO 21:37:35,646 QJobsReporter - Writing JobLogging GATKReport to file /home/daniel.klevebring/bin/autoseqer/AutoSeqPipeline.jobreport.txt
Any ideas why? The report would be a great tool, so I'm really interested in getting it to work properly.
Happy holidays,


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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Either from Middle High German geck (German Geck), or directly from its source, Middle Low German geck, gek ("idiot, farcical fool"). Cognate to Dutch gek ("crazy, farcical, silly").
- Rhymes: -ɛk
geck (plural gecks)
- scorn; derision; contempt
- (archaic, pejorative) Fool; idiot; imbecile
- Shakespeare
- To become the geck and scorn / O' the other's villainy.
1859, George Eliot, "IX Hetty's World", in Adam Bede[1], HTML edition, published 2010:
- … for where's the use of a woman having brains of her own if she's tackled to a geck as everybody's a-laughing at?
- Shakespeare
geck (third-person singular simple present gecks, present participle gecking, simple past and past participle gecked)
- To jeer; to show contempt.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
- To cheat or trick.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- English terms derived from Middle High German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Middle Low German
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with archaic senses
- English pejoratives
- English verbs
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Oklahoma tornadoes: Oklahoma governor declares state of emergency
Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency Sunday for 12 Oklahoma counties because of tornadoes, severe storms, straight line winds and flooding that have struck the state the past three days.
Counties in the declaration are Alfalfa, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Ellis, Harper, Jackson, Kiowa, Logan, Oklahoma, Woods and Woodward.
Since Friday, the 12 counties have experienced tornadoes, straight line winds, damaging hail and flooding. Damage assessments continue in the hardest hit areas, including the city of Woodward, where five people were reported killed due to a large
The twister also caused extensive damage to homes and businesses.
"My thoughts and prayers go out to those families who have lost loved ones or seen their homes destroyed," said Fallin, who toured some of the Woodward damage Sunday afternoon. "The state of Oklahoma is currently doing everything it can to provide relief to the communities in the path of last night's storms and tornadoes. We will continue to work to provide every bit of assistance that we can in the coming days."
Under the governor's executive order, state agencies can make emergency purchases and acquisitions needed to expedite the delivery of resources to local jurisdictions. The declaration also marks a first step toward seeking federal assistance should it be necessary. The declaration can be changed to add additional counties if conditions warrant.