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There is simply nowhere else to go.
Across the county line in Durango, a mere 50 miles away, multiple pediatric clinics administer vaccinations. This alleviates the load on San Juan Basin Health Department, which serves La Plata and Archuleta counties.
In some places, hospitals also fill in the gaps.
But here, Dr. Hope Barkhurst, who only vaccinates her own patients - no walk-ins - options are meager.
"Some of our clients go to pediatricians in Durango for their care. They are giving vaccinations. We don't have that option available," said county health director Lori Cooper.
Kent Helwig, CEO of Southwest Memorial Hospital, said Tuesday he hadn't yet spoken with Cooper directly about vaccines, but is open to "exploring" the idea.
He was scheduled to meet with Cooper today, but didn't specify if vaccines were on the agenda.
"(The hospital) offered vaccines in the past. The reason we stopped - the reason a lot of hospitals stopped - was the federal documentation requirements. We had to hire some extra people to do the paperwork," he said. "Lately some of those requirements have been relaxed, so I'd consider it, especially for childhood immunizations."
With vaccine access already limited, changes to state policy starting in January could cause further angst among some parents.
According to Cooper, until now the health department has given free vaccines to underinsured kids - those whose parents have insurance but whose deductibles are prohibitively high, or whose policy only covers select vaccines.
After the new year, only Medicaid patients and those strictly without insurance will be eligible, under the federal Vaccines for Children program. Parents with insurance, no matter how unreliable, will have to pay for vaccines up front and hope to be reimbursed later.
Vaccine prices are highly variable, according to the Center for Disease Control. They range from $10 to $30 dollars for a hepatitis or tetanus shot - to more than $100 for rotavirus and MMR. For families on a tight budget with multiple children, the costs can add up.
Right now the health department contracts with Child Health Plan Plus, a public program, and two private insurers - Rocky Mountain Health Plans and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield- and can bill them directly for vaccine costs. Contracts with two other insurance companies are pending, Cooper said. She estimated that 80 percent of the county's kids are covered either by one of the "big three" or Medicaid, but that still leaves a minority of patients without recourse but to shell out money up front.
"Our concern is (the parents) won't have the cash to pay. Consequently some kids may not get immunized," she said.
Office manager Laurel Schafer said the health department might start accepting credit card payments to give parents time to work with their insurance companies.
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It's awards season at Celtics.com. We're handing out seven awards over the next few weeks as we roll through this year's Celtics.com Awards Series. We may not have trophies or acceptance speeches, but we do have some top-flight Celtics performances to outline.
Most Improved Player - Kelly Olynyk
Kelly Olynyk tips off our series by taking home the Most Improved Player award.
We know what you're thinking: How can a rookie be most improved if he wasn't even in the NBA last season? Well, to answer your question, we're handing out this award based on Olynyk's improvement from the first game of the season to the last.
Olynyk's rookie campaign got off to a rough start. Though he played his first career game in his hometown of Toronto, Olynyk scored just four points in 16 minutes of action. He scored in double-figures only three times during his first two months as a pro.
Much of the blame for Olynyk's early struggles can be placed on the right ankle sprain he suffered on Nov. 22. That sprain forced him to miss 10 games over nearly three weeks of time.
Olynyk returned to the lineup on Dec. 13, essentially restarting his rookie season. We saw flashes of his abilities over the next few weeks, highlighted by a 21-point, four-rebound, five-assist game against the Hawks on New Year's Eve, and a 25-point, five-rebound, seven-assist game against the Lakers on Jan. 17.
Those two performances aided Olynyk's bid to be chosen as a participant in the Rising Stars game at All-Star weekend. He, along with teammate Jared Sullinger, was named to the game's roster on Jan. 29.
From that point on, Olynyk began to figure it all out. He became more confident, and, in turn, more dominant.
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Olynyk's emergence eventually forced the hand of Brad Stevens. The coach needed him in the starting lineup, so that's exactly where Olynyk went for Boston's final three games.
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From start to finish this season, there may not have been any player in the league who improved as much as Olynyk did. The timid rookie who struggled to find his niche in the early days of his NBA career is long gone. A new player has arrived, one who can shoot like a star while making major contributions in other areas as well.
Those facts capture the very essence of improvement, and that's why Olynyk is the 2014 recipient of our Most Improved Player award.


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My 09D [Sept 1969 late] survivor Z28 has a 6000/7000 and I have also verfied from the original owner that it was never changed. It also has a Jan 20 69 dated 1111480.
Pics of the 6-8K I sold (stupidly) some time back. January '69 dated
The Julian date and the last digit of the year I think if I remember right. so the 18th day of 1969 Jan 18.
My 9A has a 6000/7000 .
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5 Questions: Pay yourself first
Emergency fund a necessity, expert says
March 30, 2011
It's never too late to start saving, says Carol Young, Kansas State University Research and Extension financial management specialist, even if it's just $10 or $20 a paycheck.
Q: I have a steady job and decent income. What's the big deal about having an emergency fund?
A: An injury, illness, accident, or failure of a home appliance, heating or cooling system will typically generate unexpected expenses, said Carol Young, Kansas State University Research and Extension financial management specialist. Without emergency funds, those who are experiencing the emergency often must borrow without time to shop for the lowest possible loan interest rate.
Q: Why not just put emergency purchases on a credit card?
A: Opting instead to charge emergency expenses can add to financial woes. If not paid in full within the billing cycle, such charges can carry a high interest rate and additional fees. A lack of savings can make it difficult to pay the balance in full.
Q: How much should I have in an emergency fund?
A: You should have at least the equivalent of a month's living expenses in an accessible, interest-bearing account. Having as little as $250 to $500 may be enough to eliminate the need to incur additional debt.
Q: I just have trouble saving. Is there an easy way to do it?
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Q: Where can I find more help with setting up a savings fund?
A: More information on managing money and Kansas Saves, a state campaign inspired by the Consumer Federation of America's America Saves Program, is available at local K-State Research and Extension offices.
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Good morning, TexMessagers! Do you think that comprehensive immigration reform could be passed by the end of 2013?
Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio is prodding his fellow members of Congress on immigration.
In the past, Castro said that in order to pass a comprehensive immigration reform, Democrats would need to swallow some "bitter pills" in order to ultimately pass the bill that they wanted.
Yesterday, he said his fellow Dems better hurry up and swallow the pills if they want immigration reform to pass anytime soon.
In a few mins will be chatting w @chucktodd abt immigration reform & prospects of Texas turning blue on @dailyrundown pic.twitter.com/Lt1qZpaSw0
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 23, 2013
In an interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown" on Tuesday, Castro said:
"If you put the Senate bill to a vote on the House floor today, there is a good chance we could actually pass it. What's getting in the way of that is pure politics, the fact that the Speaker wants to employ the Hastert rule, that he won't allow any legislation to move without it a majority of Republican support."
The Hastert rule, named after former Speaker Dennis Hastert, is a tactic used by GOP speakers to block legislation from reaching the floor unless it is backed by a majority of Republicans.
With that in mind, Castro put emphasis on how swiftly the House will have to move if they want to pass immigration reform at all.
"I still think our window is 2013. Once you start getting into 2014 it's tougher," Castro said when asked about a time for reform. "The good thing is we've still got five more months in 2013 to get it done."
.@JoaquinCastroTX says window for #immigration reform is still within 2013
— The Daily Rundown (@dailyrundown) July 23, 2013
Headlines from TxPotomac's top articles
— John McCain predicts 'terrible' consequences for GOP if House kills immigration reform
— 3 Texas Republicans under fire for collecting farm subsidies, then voting against nutrition programs
— Rep. Lamar Smith threatens to subpoena the EPA over data request
— Commentary: Amid school testing controversies, why are test-takers being held more accountable than test-makers?
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In response to our post, TexMessage: House and Senate at odds over NASA funding for asteroid retrieval , sftommy wrote in the comments forum,
"Meanwhile the innovative technologies Congress says US cannot afford are being surrendered to our competitors and enemies
Russia's RK KEnergia is developing the Bigelow design for Roscosmos, China's techno spying is pickup up all our innovations. and working them into their Long March rockets. Underfunded at NASA, we ask who's to blame for this loss of techno edge, Congress? The US House? Rep Lavar Smith? Who surrendered space?"
— The House Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee has a hearing on FEMA reauthorization to recover quicker and smarter.
— The Senate Finance Committee has a hearing to examine health information technology, focusing on using it to improve care.
Tomorrow and beyond:
— July 25 The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has a hearing to examine supplemental funding options to support the National Park Service's efforts to address deferred maintenance and operational needs.
— July 25 The Senate Foreign Relations committee has hearings to examine the crisis in Egypt.
— July 26 The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has a hearing on how freight transportation challenges in urban areas impact the nation.
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On this date in 1999, an undercover narcotics agent and "cop for hire," Tom Coleman, led the Panhandle Regional Narcotics Trafficking Task Force in one of the largest drug busts in Texas history in the small town of Tulia. More>>>


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Chiefs Make it Official, Select Eric Fisher with First Pick in Draft
NEW YORK CITY -- The Kansas City Chiefs had long been thought to be targeting an offensive tackle with the first pick in the draft. NBC Sports learned Thursday afternoon that Central Michigan tackle Eric Fisher would be the Chiefs choice. Now it's official. The Chiefs have selected Fisher with the No. 1 overall selection.
Fisher is the first non-quarterback to be selected with the first overall pick since 2007 when the Miami Dolphins selected tackle Jake Long out of Michigan.
The Chiefs chose Fisher over Texas A&M tackle Luke Joeckel. Fisher has been able to overcome concerns over his level of competition in the Mid-American Conference to become the first player off the board. Fisher performed well at the Senior Bowl and NFL Combine and impressed teams during the interview process. The impression he made on the Chiefs was enough to lift him over Joeckel in the eyes of the Chiefs front office.
When Alex Smith was in San Francisco, his blindside was protected by a Central Michigan product in Joe Staley. That trend will continue in Kansas City with Fisher likely poised to take over the left tackle position for the Chiefs.


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A Pittsburgh mother is accused of leaving her three children home alone, including a 1-year-old girl who was completely naked when police arrived.
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Officers say they received a tip that 38-year-old Ebony Scott had left her apartment on Lincoln Avenue in the Lincoln-Lemington neighborhood yesterday afternoon without the children. When police came to check on the report, no one answered the door, and they were about to force their way inside when they say Scott showed up out of breath.
According to the criminal complaint against her, Scott at first claimed the kids were not home. But when she opened the door, police saw the children, ages 9, 4, and 1. They also say the apartment was dirty, but the kids did have access to food in the refrigerator.
Investigators say Scott then claimed she had stepped out to do laundry. Officers say her story was inconsistent, and noted that the laundry was still inside the apartment and Scott had a shopping bag in her hand when she first arrived. Another officer also placed her in East Liberty an hour before the incident at the Lincoln Avenue apartment.
A neighbor who didn't want to be identified told police Scott had left her children alone on several occasions.
Scott was arrested on four charges including resisting arrest and child endangerment. Her bail was set at $30,000.


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The Korean War National Museum, slated since 2006 to build a multimillion-dollar building in Springfield, is hoping instead to relocate to Navy Pier in Chicago.
The Korean War National Museum, slated since 2006 to build a multimillion-dollar building in Springfield, is hoping instead to relocate to Navy Pier in Chicago.
Ryan Yantis, the museum's executive director, confirmed Wednesday night the museum board has made a proposal to Chicago's Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which operates Navy Pier.
Yantis said he had not spoken to Springfield city officials about the museum's new plans. A city spokesman could not be reached Wednesday night.
A new board of directors took over the museum in January, and Yantis, himself a veteran of Korean service, was hired in February.
"When I walked in the door, I was told a decision had been made to explore all our options," Yantis said.
Plans were announced in 2006 for the Korean War museum to be built on the northwest corner of Fifth and Madison streets. The museum previously was in Rantoul, but organizers said at the time the idea was to take advantage of tourism generated by the nearby Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum.
At one point, groundbreaking was scheduled for next month, but Yantis said in April fundraising had fallen short and a construction timetable was still indefinite.
The museum submitted its Navy Pier proposal – for a 7,000-square-foot facility that Yantis said would blend traditional, "experiential" and interactive museum experiences – in late April, he said. Advocates were told then to expect an answer in six to eight weeks, Yantis said, which could mean a decision in the near future.
Springfield is not out of the running as a potential museum site if Navy Pier turns down the proposal, Yantis said.
"We're not closing any doors," he said. "We're going to explore every option. And none of this is going to happen overnight anyway."
However, Yantis also told Fox News, which first reported the Navy Pier plans, that Lincoln tourists aren't necessarily interested in visiting a Korean War museum and that the Korean War facility hopes for more year-round visitation than Springfield enjoys.
Meanwhile, however, Yantis said the museum is upgrading the existing Denis J. Healy Freedom Center, a small museum and gift shop in the former Osco Drugs storefront on the south side of the Old Capitol Plaza.
Nicolaas Kitsch, an Army veteran with museum experience and a history student at the University of Illinois Springfield, was recently hired as managing curator at the Healy Center.
"He's going to try to plus things up, make the visitor experience better," Yantis said. "We're doing all the things we can and should be doing in Springfield."
The new museum board – whose president is Healy, a Korean War veteran and member of the founding family of Turtle Wax -- has had to overcome what Yantis called "legacy challenges" left by the previous administration, Yantis added.
"The organization is in vastly better condition than it was four months ago," he said.
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Here's a 14 Dec sighting, but I'm not sure how reliable it is. QuoteI recognised one of the pairs (Danny or Oswald I think) from Season 2 but he was partnering with another guy.
I recognised one of the pairs (Danny or Oswald I think) from Season 2 but he was partnering with another guy.
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Have a fabulous trip and don't forget your TAR detecting on Guam!
Don't forget about TAR 8 and how they had a NEL, a TBC and an elimination three (well, four because of that off week) weeks in a row. I think that's the most probable scenario [which did occur] if Uchenna/Joyce are indeed philiminated this Sunday. I wouldn't want to go through a TBC next week only to find out that no one gets eliminated after that.I think it would make sense if the Macau leg is the TBC. If Danny/Oswald were the last to see Phil in the TBC pit stop, then it would make sense for them to be seen with Phil in a hydrofoil back to Hong Kong and then to Guam. If it would have been a NEL pit stop, after the last team check in, couldn't Phil and his crew ride any hydrofoil between the 12 hour resting period and go to Guam?
Hi. Keep in mind, there are TurboJet from Macau to HK Airport.If they are smart, they shouldn't return to Sheung Wan or Tsim Sha Tsui Pier
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In 1991, the U.S. Congress passed the Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act, which requires colleges to report the three previous years of crime statistics and campus security information and policies. The act was amended in 1992, 1998 and 2000. In October 1998, President Clinton signed an amendment renaming the act the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and requiring that crimes motivated by hate or bias be included in the statistics. In 2008, the Higher Education Opportunity Act added additional requirements for reporting, including but not limited to: emergency response and evacuation procedures, expanding the list of crimes motivated by hate or bias, reporting of fire safety information, and establishing a missing student notification policy.
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The University of Kansas recognizes the importance for an institution of higher learning to develop and maintain a safe and secure environment in which the academic and social pursuits of its members can be fully realized. The university has the utmost concern for the success of each student and endeavors to allow each student maximum freedom to live his/her life free from interference. With this freedom, however, each student is responsible to be an active participant in the exercise of personal safety. While the University of Kansas strives to provide a safe environment, criminal incidents and other emergencies may occur despite reasonable efforts.
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Twenty-three years after it was eradicated in the United States, polio still stalks Pakistan, one of three countries left in the world where the devastating disease remains endemic. Prevention should be easy – all it takes is two drops of the vaccine, administered three different times, for a child to become immune. For years, polio has hovered on the brink of extinction in Pakistan, thanks in part to a 25-year effort by UNICEF, WHO, the CDC and Rotary International that has established a system of nationwide vaccinations that take place every six weeks. In 1988 there were 350,000 cases of polio in 125 different countries; today, that number is down to 176 cases in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
Hopes that polio could be knocked out for good in Pakistan faltered this summer when a pair of militant commanders in the ungoverned tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan banned the program, saying no vaccination teams should come to the area until the drone campaign against militants came to a halt — essentially holding the nation's children hostage. The militant ban has spread amongst Pakistan's Pashtun population, reaching as far as Karachi, in the country's south.
There were 48 cases of paralytic polio last year in Pakistan, down from 154 in 2011. And while the cases are concentrated in the Pashtun speaking populations of Khyber Pakhhtunwa Province and the tribal areas, many of them have direct links to Gadap Town, Karachi's biggest slum. Home to more than 400,000 people, of which 60,000 are children under the age of five, the tightly packed warren of concrete-block low-rise apartment buildings and small family compounds has become something of a black hole for government services. There is only one basic health clinic to serve the entire population, no sanitation services, no water treatment and a high likelihood that waste water is mixed with drinking water. For polio, it is the perfect storm, combining limited access, bad hygiene, low education levels and severe malnutrition: the polio virus has recently been found in water samples collected from the fetid stream that runs through the slum, a popular playground for area children. One polio worker recounts watching young children play tea party there, sipping stream water from the lids of water bottles scavenged among the heaps of rotting refuse lining the banks.
Pashtun-speaking migrants from the tribal areas dominate the area, and militant networks have made inroads among the population. Local officials call Gadap town "mini Waziristan," in reference to an area near the Afghan border that is home to both the Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda linked militants. It's not much of an exaggeration. In Gadap town, women, if they are seen at all, wear the trademark shuttlecock burqa of the Pashtun heartland. A recent survey conducted in Karachi by the World Health Organization noted that Pashtuns account for 75 percent of Pakistan's polio cases even though they are only 15 percent of the population. Pakistan will never be free of polio, concluded the report, until a way is found to persuade poor Pashtuns to vaccinate their children. The Pakistani government is working with local communities on an education campaign, and making sure that every child on a public bus coming into or out of Karachi gets the drops. Still, some families have had to learn about the value of the vaccine the hard way.
Not so long ago, every child in Muhib Banda, a Pashtun village not far from the provincial capital of Peshawar, was vaccinated each time the polio teams came through. Local shopkeeper Saiful Islam says that he made sure his sons were first in line. But in late May, rumors swept through the town, as vicious and quick as a virus. "Some people were saying that the polio vaccine was made of pig urine, or monkey urine," says Islam. "They said that it was a conspiracy to make Muslim children infertile. I believed them." When the vaccinators came through a few days later, he refused to answer their knock. He refused again in July. And then his six month-old daughter Sulaim came down with a fever. When she recovered, she could no longer move her legs. It's likely that she will never be able to walk. "Our ignorance made her paralyzed," says Islam. He has pledged to join the fight against the disease, praying that Sulaim will be its last victim.
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Spinning: Dentist's drill tops a cycle
Q. As things get revved up, which spins faster, your computer's hard drive, your car's engine, or your dentist's drill? M. Goround
A. Today's hard drives go at 10,000 revolutions per minute (RPM) or more, faster than your car's 5,000 RPM internal-combustion engine but slower than your motorcycle's 15,000, says University of Michigan professor of automotive engineering Thomas D. Gillespie.
Routers will outturn these at 20,000, plenty of home-drill-rotary-type tools spin up to 25,000, all topped by turbo-chargers driven by the engine's exhaust gases and running hot at 100,000 for turbine and compressor, says Gillespie. Racing car and jet turbine engines can hit in the 100,000s; and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology one tiny experimental turbine with a pea-sized wheel was said to RPM at around a million.
Don't let your dentist get hold of one of those: Her high-speed drill is bad enough at 300,000 RPM.
Q. Old entomologist's joke: What's the last thing that runs through a bug's mind when it hits a car's windshield? D. Straits
A. Its rear end, as the bug flattens like an accordion. Hah!
Fascinatingly, these windshield plasterings can form patterns so individual and eccentric they leave a telltale signature, depending on speed, type of vehicle and insect, says the University of Florida's Mark Hostetler, self-described "splatologist" and author of That Gunk on Your Car.
He has driven thousands of miles with a netted contraption on his automobile to correlate splat-patterns– e.g., a flying ant's splat is "usually a watery, small white smear 8-15 mm in length." Make that a SUV or Greyhound bus, and the signature might be quite different.
Taking splatology to a cosmic level, NASA in Horse Flies and Meteors says Earth, like a fast car, races around the Sun sweeping up small asteroids and bits of cosmic dust.
"They hit Earth's atmosphere splat!– and disintegrate as fiery streaks of light called meteors." But as with bugs, how they hit matters, whether frontally, side or rear. And as with bugs, side hits can be most dramatic, leaving long colorful sky streaks ("Earthgrazers").
And that's no joke!
Q. From the Mendelian genetic standpoint, what is it that makes sex so super? Or answer this: If you cross purebred tall pea plants with purebred short ones, will you get a) mostly tall offspring plants? b) mostly shorts? c) mostly plants of intermediate (blended) heights? J. Seabrook
A. When 19th-century monk Gregor Mendel tried this, he got all talls in the first generation, then when he fertilized these hybrids with their own pollen, short progeny reappeared, in a ratio of 3 talls for every 1 short.
So the answer is "a." Instead of the plants winding up with blended or averaged offspring of intermediate height, the tall genes dominated, then the recessive short ones reappeared the following generation.
And herein lies the answer to what makes sexual reproduction so super: It fosters a constant mixing of traits that have been selected in the past and helped keep the species vibrant and competitive. As genes work, many of these traits are not averaged out and thus lost, but are retained for "assembling" into promising new combos, and often in far more complex ways than with Mendel's peas.
If a mere averaging out of genes were the full story, people would soon wind up all looking and being pretty much the same, like clones, says Texas A&M University evolutionary geneticist Thomas J. DeWitt. The problem is that when an environmental assault occurs, we would all have the same vulnerabilities and none of us would be able to survive the change. End of human story!
Q. If it weren't for "flicker fusion," there never would have been Independence Day, Godzilla, Gone With the Wind, or any other famous or infamous flick. What's flicker fusion, anyway? F. F. Coppola
A. Turn a bright light off in a dark room and your eye-brain system won't register the turn off for a split second as the image fades in memory. If you could turn the light on and off extremely rapidly–say 48 times a second– the brief bright bursts would fuse into one seeming continuous light.
That's the flicker rate of many motion pictures (24 frames/second, each frame flashed twice), leading to apparent continuous action even though if you could slow things down enough and take a look, the screen would in fact be totally blank much of the time.
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In the previous post we discussed about no-man's land where old rivalries and unfinished business of history are filed away. For anyone who studies history it shall become apparent no war has ever finished with a clean cut. A battle would require some ten thousand little skirmishes which may not catch the headlines. In the ignominious defeat of France in June.1940 lay the devil-seeds of the unsettled business of 1793-94 coming to fruition. The nation that set out to bury the Bourbon dynasty will grovel themselves before imperialist ambitions of Napoleons. Having lost the moral compass what do such genuflections mean? Some glory! some shameless antics!
Napoleon had lost the battle of Waterloo even before it was waged. Napoleon Bonaparte who assumed the title of the emperor of France showed by a series of victories he was worthy to be included among the immortals such as Alexander and Julius Caesar. His brilliant victories created such a condition he could not have sat idle with such a powerful army battle hardened and disciplined under his command. Thus he was caught in the crest of a wave that took him to his Russian campaign. Disaster was the result. What went wrong? Napoleon was weighed in the balance of humanity and was found wanting. Like the king in the book of Daniel.
Morality of man is not without reason compared to a compass. It covers the entire spectrum of man's conduct through time and place. When Napoleon's humanity,- and it can only be judged in his interaction with others, there was a serious problem. His ambition did not see people as people but as means to aggrandize himself. (Same mentality can be seen in the manner the French Army threw Captain Dreyfus to ignominy in order to protect its avaunted 'gloire.') This moral fault is worse than blindness. Your soul is affected. Physical blindness robs you of vision but leaves the harmony of celestial spheres in tact. It paints in fact colors that the world with its lurid colors can never match. Moral blindness is terrible. It makes you miss your place in the moral compass. You look at it and whatever you see there is anything other than your own humanity. It is almost a hell you have created even before you gave up your ghost, to use the expression in the Bible.
Each of us is like man with one foot in the sticky mess of morass of our own making. On a moral plane our culpability is that of being part of humanity. 'No man is an island' as Donne said it famously. This is collateral damages we need accept on a moral plane. In terms of Christian theology we need see it also refers to our fallen state.


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GRAMMY's Greatest Music
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DateDecember 2008
LocationGRAMMY Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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Immersing visitors in the musical celebration that marks the GRAMMYs, this 30-foot media experience weaves together high-intensity performances, sound design, and custom animations in a spectacular display.
Placed at the entryway into the Museum's exhibition space, visitors are greeted by a powerful 30-foot audio-visual installation showcasing the last 15 years of GRAMMY performances. Multiple layers of highlights from broadcast performances, still photography, and custom-animated graphics create a collage rich with the history of the GRAMMY Award's performing artists and their memorable appearances. The sound design weaves together music and ambient sound from these past performances, strategically bringing focus to elements along the hallway in concert with the visuals, pulling the visitor into the museum. The Greatest Music experience is an emotional and compelling installation that spurs visitors' excitement and anticipation for the rest of their museum adventure.
Press & AwardsAdobe, MAX Awards, Finalist, October 2009"For the Record: The Grammy Museum Preserves Pop Music History in a Digital Format," Lighting & Sound America, Judith Rubin, August 2009
Imagine ten Grammy-winning artists, representing a variety of musical genres, all performing at once—but with the sound mixed so that some are dominant and others are in the background to varying degrees, allowing you to distinguish one from the other. This is the museum's three-minute, 20-second lobby experience, as the visitor walks through a short hallway with video looping on both sides, entering the world of music.Communication Arts, Interactive Design Annual, Information Design, 2009
An amazing amount of great work! There is a richness in the various interfaces and experiences that encourage interaction. What a great way to tell stories of music.American Association of Museums Muse Awards, Gold, Interactive Kiosks , 2009
Well done! Grammy Museum! It can be regarded as a good example to show how a museum combines the museum collections, historical material and interactive kiosks and seriously depicts the possibilities and the potential what a future museum could be."The Buzz: Installation Spotlight: The Touch and Feel of Music," Sound & Video Contractor, Jessaca Gutierrez, April 14, 2009
Perhaps the most complex and intriguing installation at the museum is the Crossovers area. This exhibit is a 19ft. table that acts as both a projection screen and a touchscreen...Up to 20 guests at a time can tap an image that's being projected onto the table to listen via headphones to 150 genres of music. Guests interested in one genre of music can use the table to open up photos, songs, and dialogue about that particular genre's importance and history—possibly linking them to other genres and learning about surprising connections between music categories."Culture Plays Countermelody at New Grammy Museum," USA Today, Edna Gunderson, December 3, 2008
Visitors enter on the fourth floor and wind down through three levels of exhibits. The highlights: The entrance is an audiovisual tunnel pulsating with overlapping segments of Grammy performances. Large touch-technology tables allow exploration of 160 subgenres, from modal jazz, emo and zydeco to Celtic, Norteño and two-tone."Record, Study and Hear Music at New Grammy Museum," Associated Press, Sandy Cohen, December 3, 2008
Guests are welcomed by wall-sized video screens and the 'Crossroads Table,' a touch-sensitive digital display that shows how different music genres interrelate. Interactive maps highlight the musical legacies of various American cities, and short video series delve into emerging music styles from the past five decades and how they correspond with pop culture."Grammy Museum Takes a Broad, Hands-On Approach," Los Angeles Times Music Blog, Todd Martens, December 2, 2008
Guests are immediately whisked to the fourth floor, where they're greeted with an 18-foot touch-screen table that looks and feels like something out of a James Bond movie. There, they can put on headphones and scroll through genres—tap 'outlaw country,' for instance, and a Waylon Jennings song plays."Behind the Music," Downtown LA Scene, Ryan Vaillancourt, December 1, 2008
The museum floor dedicated to the recording process holds eight listening stations featuring lessons from producers, engineers and artists. But in Dupri's 'studio,' where he talks to visitors via a flat-screen television, the lesson goes beyond how-to. If you step into this sonic laboratory, you're not walking out until you make some music.
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The Orlando Sentinel has ranked all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams in the country. We'll take a closer look at a new team daily, counting backward from No. 120 to our projected No. 1 team. We will not be including the four teams the NCAA lists as still reclassifying to the Football Bowl Subdivision level.
Today at No. 22: Texas A&M
Coach: Kevin Sumlin (0-0, entering first season; 35-17 overall)
2011 results: 7-6 (4-5 in Big 12, tied for sixth in Big 12)
Look back: Texas A&M was ranked in the Top 10 in national polls early in the 2011 season, but the Aggies struggled in big games and finished with a disappointing 7-6 record. The Aggies went 5-2 during the first half of the season, including a narrow 30-29 home loss to Oklahoma State. Texas A&M then went on a three-game losing streak, falling 38-31 in overtime against Missouri, 41-25 at Oklahoma and 53-50 in four overtime periods at Kansas State. The string of close losses likely contributed heavily to the decision to part ways with then-head coach Mike Sherman. The Aggies, who went 25-25 during his tenure, simply weren't showing signs they were moving toward dominating games. Texas A&M closed out the year winning two of its final three games, including a 27-25 loss to Texas in what could be the final game of the rivalry series for a while and a 33-22 win over Northwestern in the Meineke Bowl.
Off the field, Texas A&M announce the big news it was leaving the Big 12 behind and jumping to the Southeastern Conference. The move will allow the Aggies to earn a lot more money from conference agreements and break away from Texas and Oklahoma, but the new competition Texas A&M faces in the SEC will be intense. The Aggies hired Houston coach Kevin Sumlin to take over as head coach and lead the program into the SEC.
Offensive starters lost/returning: 2/9
Defensive starters lost/returning: 5/6
Key losses: QB Ryan Tannehill, RB Cyrus Gray, CB Coryell Judie, WR Jeff Fuller, DL Tony Jerod-Eddie, LB Garrick Williams.
Top returnees: WR Ryan Swope, OL Luke Joeckel, OL Jake Matthews, LB Sean Porter, RB Christine Michael.
Strengths: Texas A&M boasts a true playmaker in receiver Ryan Swope, who should thrive in Sumlin's wide open, pass heavy attack. The offense will get a lot of help from a potent offensive line anchored by NFL prospects Luke Joeckel and Jake Matthews. The Aggies are counting on dynamic running back Christine Michael returning from a torn ACL injury last season to give the team another strong offensive weapon.
While the Aggies return nine starters on offense, the team brings back just six starters on defense. The defensive lineup is leaner. Linebacker Sean Porter is expected to step into a leadership role and help the unit cope with bigger challenges in the SEC.
Weaknesses: The Aggies lost a talented quarterback in Ryan Tannehill, who has moved on to the NFL. Fourth athletes are competing for the starting job. Sophomore Jameill Showers shined during the spring by showing off the strongest arm and most poise. Freshman Johnny Manziel, who is Showers' primary competition, tends to thrive when things break down. The transition to a new starting quarterback could be painful for Texas A&M. The quarterback plays a critical role in Sumlin's offense and will face elite SEC defenses.
Sumlin brought in Mark Snyder, a former Marshall head coach and USF assistant coach known for developing hard-nosed defensive players, to take over as defensive coordinator. Snyder faces the tough job of building up a defensive unit with a lot of gaps. While the Aggies' offensive line is impressive, the defensive line is a much weaker group.
Outlook: Texas A&M is about to a make a huge jump into a new conference, but it has enough experienced returning players and the talent on its offensive line to post a winning record and earn a bowl invitation.
2012 Schedule
Aug. 30 At Louisiana Tech
Sept. 8 Florida
Sept. 15 At SMU
Sept. 22 South Carolina State
Sept. 29 Arkansas
Oct. 6 At Ole Miss
Oct. 20 LSU
Oct. 27 At Auburn
Nov. 3 At Mississippi State
Nov. 10 At Alabama
Nov. 17 Sam Houston State
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ATLANTA - Josh Smith was glad to get past his homecoming.
Smith's former Atlanta teammates were glad to hang on for an ugly win.
Paul Millsap, signed in the offseason to replace Smith, had 19 points to steal the spotlight in Smith's return to Atlanta, leading the Hawks to a 93-85 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
Smith, who signed with Detroit after nine seasons with the Hawks, had 11 points while shooting 5 of 15 from the field.
"I'm glad I got this one under my belt," Smith said. "Now we can move on and just focus on playing basketball."
There was a mixed response for Smith in pregame introductions but only applause following a "Thanks Josh Smith" message on the video board during the first timeout.
"It was what I expected, kind of," Smith said. "Some cheering, a little bit of boos, but it's all good."
Smith called his return to his hometown "kind of a surreal moment" before the game.
Al Horford, Smith's former teammate, said "it was different" to have Smith wearing the Pistons' blue uniform on the Hawks' home court.
"Josh was a teammate of mine for a long time and I know he felt it," Horford said. "I felt it, too. There was a little nostalgia, I think you could say. But it was good. He's trying to move forward and so are we, but it was just good to see him."
The Hawks pulled away after leading 66-64 through three quarters. Jeff Teague scored 18 points and DeMarre Carroll had 11 points and a career-high 12 rebounds.
Pistons coach Maurice Cheeks was ejected with 2:36 remaining after complaining to an official during a timeout. Cheeks wouldn't reveal what he said that drew the two technical fouls and ejection.
"Nothing. Just got 'em," Cheeks said. "I don't need to get fined!"
Brandon Jennings led Detroit with 21 points. Rodney Stuckey had 18 before fouling out in the fourth quarter.
Each team showed signs of playing the second of back-to-back nights.
"It's important during the season to find a way to win some ugly games and I think our group tonight found a way to do that, to find some energy when it probably wasn't easy for either group," Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said.
Added Horford: "It wasn't the prettiest game. We just made enough plays to win the game."
Millsap started after missing the Hawks' loss at Miami on Tuesday night with a sore right elbow. Millsap, who made eight of 14 shots, said he wasn't motivated by comparisons with Smith.
"I'm not Josh Smith," Millsap said. "It didn't faze me at all. It wasn't about me. It's not about me."
Instead, it was about Smith for many fans and perhaps for the forward who had three steals and blocked two shots.
"My teammates know how important the game is to me," Smith said before the game.
Asked what he has missed about his Atlanta hometown, Smith said: "My house. And my mother's home cooking."
Smith missed a jump hook on the Pistons' first possession and then missed two 3-pointers before making a layup for his first field goal.
Smith wasn't the only player to struggle with poor shooting early. Each team shot under 30 percent in the first quarter. The Pistons led 46-43 at halftime before Atlanta took a 66-64 advantage into the final period.
Mike Scott scored nine of his 11 points in the fourth quarter. Teague had eight points in the final period.


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The B.C. government's Jobs Plan is a good blueprint for our future. The centrepiece and driver is northern development, predicated upon growth in mining and natural gas, together with new industry built around light natural gas exports to Asia.
Where does clean energy fit in?
Not too long ago, B.C. was to become a clean-energy powerhouse. It still can be, but this future is not assured. No sooner had the government passed the Clean Energy Act in 2010 than it reviewed it in 2011 and amended it in 2012. Now, the newly minted Jobs Plan and northern development strategy need energy and electricity in unprecedented supply.
A key variable in the financial development decision for the mining and LNG companies is where power will come from and at what cost — costs that include impacts on the environment and first nations, GHGs and economic development.
Conservatively, the estimate of electricity demand by 2030 could be equivalent of the capacity and energy supply of three to four Site Cs or another 30 to 35 per cent on top of what is installed today.
Even with the addition of Site C, it is at least 10 years away from operation and it alone cannot meet the demand.
Natural gas can be burned for electricity generation and direct drive motors used on site, something that is done in all LNG facilities around the world. While gas is cheap today, however, there is no guarantee that will be the case in the future. Moreover, using too much gas means climate action targets will not be met.
Whither B.C.'s greenhouse gas commitments?
First nations are extremely sensitive about environmental impacts in the northwest, especially in the space-confined Kitimat River valley airshed. Gas on its own is not the solution for B.C.
Renewable energy, which already contributes to the provincial power grid, has tremendous potential to expand. Proven run-of-river hydro, wind and biomass projects can provide cost-effective and low-impact electricity. Not too far off in terms of cost-effectiveness are offshore wind and geo-thermal, tidal and wave generation resources. However, given the scale of demand and the need for the firming and shaping of intermittent power, renewables alone are not the solution, either.
The "grand bargain" — a term coined by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman — is that a mix of energy sources is required to power the Jobs Plan.
Grid-based electricity, gas-fired electricity, gas drives on site and renewable sources all need to be factored into a long-term plan. It is a grand bargain because, if done right, the mining and LNG companies get the power they need, when they need it and that means their products can be marketed as developed in part from clean energy sources.
It is a grand bargain because if the societal agreement is right, B.C. gets needed jobs for unionized and non-unionized workers and service providers, First nations get economic and community development opportunities and the environmental community can see progress and a pathway toward necessary climate and environment objectives.
It is a grand bargain because development risk is shared properly between the public and private sectors, as investment capital is needed to undertake the extensive infrastructure requirements.
To secure the grand bargain and its Jobs Plan, the government needs to embrace the clean energy sector, which includes both renewables and natural gas.
The following government action is required:
• Demonstrate leadership by setting out an energy development plan and the steps to achieve it.
• Direct BC Hydro to issue a clean power call now. This will get investment flowing, with clean energy companies dusting off plans to secure bids, producing real jobs that count for the Jobs Plan immediately.
• Finalize with the federal government regulatory and permitting reform for natural resource projects, ever mindful of the need to protect the environment in a robust manner.
The key is the clean energy sector, which can give life to the Jobs Plan now.
Even as government has given mixed signals to the clean energy sector recently, our member companies are contributing to jobs and investments throughout the province.
Consider the examples of Quality Wind in the Northeast, Forrest Kerr run-of-river in the Northwest, Kwoiek Creek run-of-river near Lytton and Cape Scott Wind on Vancouver Island. All are being constructed now.
Visit the BC2035 Energy site here.
Paul Kariya is executive director of Clean Energy BC.


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McConnell says hemp would help Kentucky economy
Efforts to re-establish industrial hemp in the state where it once flourished are winning support from U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell said its legalization in his home state of Kentucky would benefit farmers and produce jobs to convert the plants into products.
Hemp supporters trumpeted the timely thumbs-up Thursday from the state's most powerful Republican. It comes amid a lobbying campaign by both hemp backers and detractors before state lawmakers resume their regular 2013 session next week.
In a statement, McConnell said if hemp represents a new opportunity to create jobs, "that sounds like a good thing to me."
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Chicago artist Gwen Zabicki is interested in the ways people in urban environments live alone together. In her most recent body of work she explores the idea of a shared urban melancholy. Her work is deeply invested in Chicago's urban landscape. In discussing her work, she quotes Bosnian-American novelist Aleksander Hemon who once said that Chicago "was built not for people to come together, but for them to be safely apart." Drawing further on non-American perspectives, she reaches to the Turkish "hüzün," a type of melancholy that is quite often cherished by the dwellers of Istanbul. Contemporary Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk writes often about "hüzun," suggesting that it is like what "a child feels when staring through a steamy window, but multiplied and shared by the inhabitants of an entire city, and so intrinsic to their consciousness that it becomes not negative – in the sense of depression – but poetic." Zabicki marries the concept of "hüzün" with Hemon's statement, and then paints it onto canvas. In her artist story, she talks about the centrality of a studio space in creating work, and how to make that happen. Story by by CAR Visual Arts Researcher Alicia Eler.
It's important to have a good studio space. I like the structure, the mental trick that happens when I leave my home and go to the studio. I work in oils, so I need to work in a studio space with proper ventilation; otherwise I'd slowly poison myself and my loved ones. After I graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, I made paintings on the unheated back porch of my apartment. From December to April it was too cold to use, and from June to August I had to wake up early in order to use it before the temperature got too hot. For awhile, I even tried painting under a tarp in my parents' backyard. It was depressing to work that way and made my pursuits seem sad and small. Some of my painter friends switched to acrylics or gouache just so they could work in their apartments—but that still meant working at the kitchen table and not being able to leave anything set up and inconveniencing everyone around you.
I looked into renting a studio with friends, but it was too expensive for me. I couldn't afford $200–$400 a month. The studios always seemed to be located in hard-to-reach neighborhoods. I continued to work out of my home until 2010, when I went to grad school at University of Illinois at Chicago. One of the best parts about grad school was getting a private, gigantic studio with a real door and windows that opened and shut! Tuition was about the same cost as renting a studio. I considered the more expensive graduate program at SAIC, but the tiny little closets posing as the grad painting studios convinced me to go elsewhere.
The grad school studio experience is different from having a studio on one's own. Lots of other full-time artists are working all the time, all around you. Everyone is young and wants to hang out, and the school provides you with deadlines and assignments. The après-school studio experience has fewer friends dropping by, no advisers and no deadlines. There isn't that built-in community, which can make your individual studio practice seem like more of a free fall. That doesn't have to be the case, however. Share a studio space with friends or get a studio in a building with your friends. Both of these techniques can go a long way to re-creating the grad school community experience, or even founding an entirely new community outside of any type of academic experience. Another way to bring a sense of community to your studio practice is to schedule studio visits with your friends. Don't refer to it as a "hang out"—call it a "studio visit." This adds a sense of professionalism to the whole experience. Most likely you'll wind up spending less than half the time talking about your work, but this exercise will certainly connect more people to you and your work. Plus, the feedback that you do receive from friends will be incredibly honest, useful and meaningful.
Another more obvious option is to set-up a studio space in your home. My significant other and I bought a house in 2012. My studio is in a spare bedroom. I never thought home ownership would be in my future, seeing as I've never made more than $25,000 a year. Because of the housing bubble, we landed a beautiful house for the price of what we were both paying in rent. If you can scrape up a small down payment, you can buy a two-flat greystone and turn it into your fantasy artist commune/indoor badminton court.
In August 2012, I started a year-long residency at the Lillstreet Art Center; that's where my second studio is located. They have artists-in-residence for all of their departments—ceramics, metals, textiles, photo, painting/drawing—and everyone gets a private studio, stipend and opportunities to teach. It's an ideal working situation that re-creates the grad school community feel. I do all of my messy projects there and use my home studio for cleaner projects. I've learned that without a good studio, the desire to make artwork quickly dries up. The studio is a necessary expense; without a studio it's hard to even consider myself an artist.
If you're stuck trying to figure out how you, too, can afford a studio space, here are a few tips I've come up with:
- Put the word out there that you are looking for a studio. Ask your friends, and post about it on Facebook. Someone will know someone who is looking for a person to share a space or of studios available in their building. This is how you find bargains.
- Consider studio location. Choose Humboldt Park over Garfield Park. Pick a place that is easy for you to get to. If it's cheap but far from a train or bus, you'll never use it.
- Don't feel guilty about the expense. A studio is essential to your practice. Think about the studio space as a second rent. Be sure to keep your rent as low as possible so that a combination of your home rent and studio rent adds up to something close to what you'd pay for a reasonably priced one-bedroom.
- Make sure that your studio is warm in the winter and cool in the summer. I know people who got industrial/ warehouse type studios without thinking about how cold the space gets come December.
- When you're working in the studio, fill the silence by subscribing to lots of podcasts. Listen to music that you like.
- Make a schedule for yourself. Treat your studio practice like a job. Don't sleep past 8 a.m...OK, 9 a.m…and then get to "work" in your studio.
- Invite friends over for studio visits. You may not spend the entire time talking about your work, but the feedback you receive will be incredibly honest and useful, and it will come from people who care about you and understand your work.
Gewn Zabicki is a painter from Chicago. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005 and her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago in May 2012. She is currently the 2012-2013 artist in residence at the Lillstreet Art Center, where she teaches painting and runs an emerging artist lecture series. You can learn more about Gwen here: www.gwendolynzabicki.com.
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Dr. Leslie Beach of Holland, who retired from the Hope College faculty in 1991 after more than a quarter century on the psychology faculty, died on Sunday, September 7. He was 82.
He had joined the college's psychology faculty in 1964. He served two three-year terms as chairperson of the department, from 1968 to 1971 and from 1974 to 1977. Under his leadership, the department designed and developed its greatly expanded facilities in the Peale Science Center, which is now a part of the college's Schaap Science Center.
During his early professional years, he wrote "Psychology in Business," published by McGraw-Hill; he had also written several articles published in professional journals and other publications and a human relations training manual. He also received three external research grants supporting his nationally recognized research on student development during college and on enhancing student learning through small-group discussion.
For 11 years, he directed the college's successful STEP Program, designed for students able to pursue college-level work if given a certain amount of academic assistance. He also became a licensed psychologist with the State of Michigan, which furthered his opportunities to consult for business, industry, public schools and mental health agencies. While at Hope he also served as an adjunct lecturer in the Grand Rapids Extension of the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1980.
His special consulting and teaching expertise was in human relations training and in techniques of effective group leadership. He shared his knowledge, gained through workshops with the National Training Laboratories and other institutes, in his courses in Group Dynamics and Human Relations, as well as in management seminars and staff consultations. He also pursued and shared special interests in humanistic psychology, the psychology of men and women, and community building.
He was featured in "USAToday" in January 1991 as part of the publication's coverage related to the Gulf War, for his perceptions of the different ways men and women regard war. As a result of that article he was also interviewed on radio stations in several cities, including Minneapolis, Minn.; Seattle, Wash.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Tucson, Ariz.; Washington, D.C.; and Detroit, Mich.
In retirement he had been active as a volunteer with the American Red Cross in disaster mental health. He served at several sites, including working with survivors in the aftermath of tropical storms and hurricanes in Georgia and Puerto Rico and tornados in Oklahoma City; and firefighters and recovery workers in the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City.
He was born on Aug. 29, 1926, near Hart, and raised and educated in Houghton, N.Y. Following service as a communications intelligence expert in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, he graduated from Houghton College in 1949. From 1949 to 1955, interrupted by another year of naval intelligence service during the Korean War, he served the General Motors Institute as an instructor in psychology and human relations while simultaneously completing a master's degree in educational psychology at Wayne State University.
After completing his doctorate in psychology and educational psychology at the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor at WhitworthCollege in Spokane, Wash., where he served from 1957 to 1963. Following a one-year appointment as an associate professor at Bowling Green State University, he joined the Hope faculty.
Survivors include his wife, Carla; and three children, Lisa, Michael and Randy.
Visitation will be at the Mulder Chapel of the Dykstra Funeral Homes, 188 West 32nd St., Holland on Wednesday, Sept. 10, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m.
A memorial service will be held at Hope Church, 77 W. 11th St. in Holland, on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 1 p.m.