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Apparently Double-A is no big deal for Nick Castellanos. The Tigers announced on Tuesday that they were moving up their top position player prospect from Advanced-A Lakeland (where he hit .405/.461/.553 in 55 games) to AA Erie.
Castellanos made his first appearance with the Erie SeaWolves last night, and was immediately inserted into the starting lineup as the cleanup hitter. But Nick didn't allow the bigger stage to bother him. He singled in his first plate appearance of the game, hit a sacrifice fly that drove in a run, and smacked a double (number 18 on the year).
One game is obviously a tiny sample, and we can't come near to making any conclusions about how he'll adjust to AA pitching, but instant success is always encouraging. At just 20 years of age, Castellanos is crazy-young for AA (he was young for A+ too), so we shouldn't be disappointed if he doesn't continue to put up a 1.000+ OPS against the near-major league caliber pitchers he'll see.no comments
Pat Caputo of the Oakland Press published a blog post on Monday calling the Tigers' 2007 offseason trade of Omar Infante " the worst trade made by Dave Dombrowski that nobody talks about". It's true that Jaque Jones was terrible as a Tiger (he's the guy the Tigers got in return for Infante), but Caputo's point wasn't that Jones himself returned poor value for Infante, instead he argues the Tigers were wrong to choose Ramon Santiago over Infante. Here's the crux of his argument:
But the biggest mistake, in retrospect, the Tigers made regarding their infield was choosing Santiago over Omar Infante following the 2006 American League pennant-winning season.
Infante has gone to make an All-Star team as a utility infielder when he was with the Braves, and has since moved onto the Marlins where, playing second base, he is currently 10th in the National League with a .319 batting average and tied with Prince Fielder in OPS (on base and slugging percentage combined) at .880. His OPS has been .750 or better every season but one since leaving the Tigers. He is easily a stronger, faster, more productive player than any of the Tigers' current second base candidates.
Caputo wishes that Infante was around to handle the second base duties for the Tigers, which is fair (I think we'd all take him right now), but it's not fair to blame his absence on a trade that took place five offseasons ago.no comments
Detroit is Quintin Berry City, USA right now, but you can hardly blame the fans for going nuts over the guy. He's touched home plate seven times in eight games, and has seemed to give the offense a shot in the arm with his speed. Since Berry's call up, the Tigers' offense has averaged 5.4 runs per game, a full run more than their season average to date.
But, while Berry has been pretty good at the plate (with a slash line of .294/.368/.412), there's no way he's going to keep those numbers up for very long.
Berry has very little home run power, only hitting 20 career homers in parts of seven minor league seasons. He may hit one or two if he was to stay in the lineup all year, but his power really comes from putting the ball in play and using his legs to take an extra base or two. That's all well and good, plenty of players have made long and useful careers out of doing just that, but Berry's future problem will be getting those balls in play to continue falling for hits.no comments
It struck me today that this 2012 baseball season marks the 20th year in which I have been "baseball conscious"*. Usually such milestones would cause one to wax nostalgically about the greatest players they saw play, but I'll take the opposite approach. I caught the tail end of Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammel, and Kirk Gibson, which was cool, and I clearly remember Cecil Fielder blasting 30 home runs every year as a youngster, but the Tigers slugged through mediocrity in my youth, and then fell into the abyss when I turned into a teenager. (Remember that long gap between winning seasons in 1993 and 2006? That was ages seven and twenty for me.)
*Now that I think back and count the years, it's probably year 21 (or 20 and a half), but that would ruin my even number upon which I'm basing this post.
I know I'm likely in the minority, but I count all the horrible years filled with horrible players among the things I've been blessed with as a Tigers fan. It gives me great perspective on the "horribleness" of this year's currently "failed expectations". With that in mind, I present to you the bottom of the barrel: the most forgettable player seasons of the last two decades**.
**To qualify for my list, a player must have played more games at his position than any other player on the roster that year. I'm taking the player with the lowest single-season OPS at each spot.
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Austin Jackson appeared all set to return to the team after the initial lineup had him penciled in prior to Tuesday night's game, but he ended up being scratched from the lineup. Following the game, the Tigers designated pitcher Colin Balester for assignment, and purchased the contract of Quintin Berry from Toledo.
You may remember Berry as the center fielder who caught fans by surprise in spring training, hitting .333/.441/.556 in 30 plate appearances and remaining in camp until the final roster cuts. But hot spring aside, Berry has been a career minor leaguer with very little power, a mild batting average, and some decent on-base skill.no comments
A few pieces of important roster news trickled out today. First, Ryan Raburn was placed on the bereavement list*, and Danny Worth was called up from Toledo up to take his roster spot.
*The bereavement list allows players to take a handful of games off to attend to family emergencies. This usually indicates a serious illness or death in the family which, needless to say, is unfortunate news.
The Tigers have been hoping that Austin Jackson, who's been out since May 16 with a strained abdominal muscle, would be able to return to the lineup tonight. Jackson spent some time in the batting cage this afternoon, but Jim Leyland is waiting for final word on his health before releasing his lineup. Leyland did say that Jackson will leadoff if he's able to go, and Ramon Santiago would leadoff if he isn't.
[UPDATE] Austin Jackson is included in the lineup tonight. Very good news.
[UPDATE 2] Apparently the lineup that was tweeted out was erroneous. Kelly is playing center field for Jackson.
As reported by James Schmehl of MLive, Jim Leyland announced that closer Jose Valverde will be available out of the bullpen tonight. Valverde has been out of action since leaving the field on May 15 with a lower back strain. He's expected to slide back into the closer role, while Joaquin Benoit returns to eighth inning duties.no comments
Most teams have now played between 40-42 games, so we're now pretty much at the quarter point in the season. If Wins Above Replacement was to select the American League All-Star squad at this point in time, what would that team look like*?
*For the purposes of this post, I'm going to average the WAR values as reported on FanGraphs and Baseball-Reference.
Before I get to the picks, here's my selection process: I wanted to mimic last year's roster composition of 21 hitters and 13 pitchers. For hitters, I selected the top two players in WAR at each position to have a starter and a reserve (I selected a second reserve at the catcher position). I then filled out the hitter portion of the roster (the last two spots) by selecting the two highest WAR players that ranked third at their position. For pitchers, I copied last year's mix of eight starters and five relievers, and selected accordingly (players with both starting and relief appearances were classified as starters).
I'll start with the hitters:
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The events of the past two years haven't changed much for the top tier of clients—the wealthiest subset who are true patrons of art and architecture. Fortunately, there always will be people for whom a stated budget is just a suggestion, a number to be cheerfully revised as the possibilities for their dream home unfold. As architects move out of that rarefied realm, however, budgets become more fixed, and in the current economic chill, that condition has spread more broadly. Only a tiny fraction of the population can now say with confidence, "Sure, let's spend an extra 30 percent on our house."
Now more than ever, architects who hope to increase their market share must respect their clients' limits. More importantly, they need a clear understanding of costs, a process flexible enough to adjust as the project evolves, and the creative know-how to do more with less. As project budgets shrink, the questions arise: In a messy venture like construction, what does it take to meet a budget dead-on? What phases are most vulnerable to cost creep, and how do you hit the sweet spot: a stellar design that doesn't break the bank? Perhaps harder still, how do you help clients untangle the strands of emotion and desire that bind them to unattainable dreams? These challenges are nothing new, but it's certainly a good time to revisit them. Architects who win the financial confidence of clients may well be the busiest in coming years.
If anyone has answers, it's the firms who've established a reputation for award-winning design that's priced somewhere between mass market and luxe. Whether a budget is high or low, they've perfected a way of working that's attentive to both the big picture and the line item costs. Ultimately, those skills aren't so much about being frugal as they are about smart stewardship and the peace of mind that comes with it. "Three years ago, clients would start by saying, 'I've got a budget,' and then say, 'I really did want that stone fireplace for $45,000,'" says Dale Mulfinger, FAIA, a principal at Minneapolis-based SALA Architects. "Now they just can't do that."
show me the money
If clients are listening more carefully to the money discussion, architects are working harder to keep the conversation going. "The question I pose to clients is, 'How best do we spend the money you've got?'" says Canadian architect John Brown, RAIC, who heads up housebrand, in Calgary, Alberta. "The details we develop at the beginning of the project are a strategy for how to proceed, but the design and budget are living documents that continue to be transformed over the course of the project. It becomes a process you're engaging in, not a project you're just executing."
That's easier for design/build firms like Brown's, which are a step ahead with this mind-set. Because the firm's personally collecting price information, it knows in an intimate way what things will cost, and therefore what kind of roof and windows the client can afford. Employees at housebrand, where work typically falls in the $250-to-$300-per-square-foot range, guide clients through a five-page boilerplate budget to send a clear message: Here's what things cost; tell us how you want to spend your money. "When we start a project we'll take a budget from that five-page paper and say, 'This is what we'll use as a model; we anticipate spending $12,400 on insulation in the walls,'" Brown says. "As we adjust the choices, the numbers go up and down. We're close to the budget right off the bat."
Interior finishes, which make up 50 percent of the project cost, are a minefield for overruns. Taking a page from retail, housebrand tries to limit budget-busting decisions with its "samples bar," a wide-ranging collection of handpicked materials and products that offer the right combination of price, aesthetics, and environmental performance. "I'm as proud of our cost-control process as I am the way we detail our projects," Brown says. "It doesn't matter how beautiful something is if it's unaffordable. That just marginalizes architects."
Chris Krager, AIA, principal of design/build firm KRDB, in Austin, Texas, takes a similar approach. He breaks the budget into three metaphorical pails for clients: soft or fixed costs, such as site work; the guts and bones of a house (performance elements such as framing, insulation, windows, and HVAC); and materials and finishes. "We talk about the budget as a finite bucket of cash that they pour into these other buckets," Krager says. "I try to convince people to focus their efforts in the middle bucket. Yes, it might cost 15 percent more to get better energy performance, but the lower operating costs will net $50 in your pocket every month. That conversation has become easier in the last couple of years."
Detailing makes architecture expensive, and KRDB is a connoisseur of simple moves. It aims to accomplish a lot before moving to that third pail by manipulating spatial quality through orientation, window placement, and layout. In addition, the architects don't mind specing basic tile for tub and shower surrounds, sealed concrete floors in slab-on-grade homes, and simple trim rather than trimless sheetrock—detailing that only designers notice. Because they build, they also consider the implications of what they're proposing. "In most firms there's a hand-off of intellectual property," Krager says. "When there's novelty you inevitably get a surcharge, because of the unknown. Our stable of subs knows how we detail things."
Design/build or not, working with the right subs can save big bucks. John T. Holmes, AIA, a principal of Holst Architecture in Portland, Ore., takes the time to find people who are experienced with the materials he wants to use or who are willing to experiment. The firm also draws reams of construction documents showing specific conditions and details and puzzling out the systems that run through a building, since subs don't always talk to each other. "If something's not drawn, it's an opportunity for the contractor to ask for more money," he says. "If you have a duct running through a beam, someone will be asking for more money." (For more on Holst, see pages 32–37 in the January/February 2010 issue.)
Many architects' alliances have shifted post-recession. In the past, Chris Pardo, principal at Seattle-based Pb Elemental Architecture, struggled with contractors to get details built to spec. Now he's teaming up with them to find cost-savvy solutions. When a $90,000 storefront window system was out of reach on a recent commission, Pardo speced a $14,000 standard window system and had the roofing contractor extrude an aluminum frame. "We're carrying a lot of the load to find the best prices and alternative materials," Pardo says, "but the recession has helped us provide better service by knowing the cost threshold between different options." The firm, whose designs range from $130 to $170 per square foot, also spends more time helping clients parse the differences between grades of materials like drywall and hardwood and re-evaluating whether they can even tell the difference.
"These days there is a just-enough mind-set," agrees Gary Earl Parsons, AIA, of Gary Earl Parsons, Architect in Berkeley, Calif. Parsons says he finds the most satisfaction in projects that have many constraints. He, too, gets the trio of architect, client, and builder together as early as possible. "Bright builders can recognize intent and suggest simple ways of achieving it," he says, adding, "I recommend that clients strive for spaces with beautiful light, and that they pay particular attention to surfaces they will actually touch. In this way, modest spaces become very rich."
crunching the numbers
Following that logic to developer-led projects, William Moore, AIA, principal of Sprocket Design–Build in Denver, says an additive approach results in less anxiety and fewer changes. To meet developer price points, he's designing buildings with fewer structural gymnastics like cantilevers and complex roof forms, which create unknown costs, and townhomes might include roof framing for a future deck. Expensive materials are used in smaller quantities—say, a recessed entry that's all wood. And unfussy, locally available materials such as cedar are his first choice. "Clients are more conservative in general now and are good partners in this exercise," he says.
To hit the magic low number, some sustainably minded firms are inching closer to design/build. Contractors possess an on-the-ground intelligence that architects don't, but even the most sophisticated tend to overprice green technology. That's why the development company Postgreen and Interface Studio Architects, which partner to produce high-performance infill homes in Philadelphia, decided to bring the mind meld in-house.
After building several small, LEED Platinum–level houses that people with average incomes could afford, the partners recently hired a construction manager to oversee the next projects. "We'll have that person pricing out different methods of building foundation walls, so that they perform better, and figuring out whether we can do the next round for the same or a lower price," says Interface Studio principal Brian Phillips, AIA, LEED AP. What's more, Postgreen president Chad Ludeman estimates the move will cut construction management costs by three-quarters, assuming they build 15 or more units a year.
Designing a high-performance stock house for $200 to $250 per square foot means getting gritty about the numbers. Interface Studio's houses feature flat façades with one cladding material—fiber cement—and there's less tinkering with how the building fits the site (although buyers are allowed to upgrade the interior finishes). These infill solutions don't appeal to everyone, but their enthusiastic response suggests a shift in values.
"None of these houses started with clients who said, 'I want a house that represents me and that will get published,'" Phillips says, "but a lot of our custom home clients appreciate the look that comes out of an economy-minded thought process. One person wants to spend $750,000 on a house inspired by 100K [as the prototype homes were called]. Essentially, it means they're looking to get more for their money and are willing to listen to what that means."
reconciling means and dreams
Despite the simple math of what it costs to build or renovate a house, many clients cling to denial. They dream of the stone flooring they saw in a Tuscan hotel, or a sunken living room with walls of built-ins. In those situations—often against their best interests—architects also serve as pragmatists, teaching clients to embrace constraint rather than fight it. "We regularly find ourselves telling clients they can't afford something," Phillips says. "It's a weird position to be in."
"It's about balancing the left and right brain," agrees Dan Maginn, AIA, LEED AP, a principal with el dorado in Kansas City, Mo. "A lot of clients have an idealized version of how they live. My job is to ask detailed questions and help them be consistent and focused."
That idea brings to mind the bestselling 2008 book Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Yale University Press). In it, authors Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein teach us how to steer people toward sound decisions without taking away their freedom of choice. A good rule of thumb, they write, is to assume that small details have the power to focus users' attention in a particular direction.
SALA's Mulfinger has been practicing that approach for some time. For him it means directing budget-conscious clients to the right places for their purchases—Sears instead of France, for example. He also gives them strategies for staying on top of the budget. One is to reduce the number of vendors that have to show up at the site. Instead of tile, he might suggest sheet goods—plywood, linoleum flooring, or a fiberglass shower surround. "It directs people toward an attitude that gives them a sense of economy and can still produce quite a nice place," he explains.
Anticipating the inevitable budget creep, Mulfinger also shoots a little lower than the stated price range, while demonstrating that clients can have quality. An all-wood cabin interior is beautiful, he might tell clients, but you also can paint drywall a rich color and use just a little wood. By selecting a lower-grade window you'll still have high performance, just fewer size and color options.
"Often, the best strategy is to create the least expensive house they're willing to accept," he says. "If that price comes in below budget, they can add costs later. But if you do it the other way around, it's more difficult to pull costs out and still get it to look good. Or the client is so in love with the stone they can only get from the Colorado Rockies that they feel they're getting less if they can't have it."
In short, it's a better experience to upgrade—and that's true in the builder relationship, too. "If you bid it out and at the last minute the client wants to upgrade to better stone, the builder just sees the price of the stone and doesn't put in extra costs," Mulfinger points out. "If you're doing that in reverse, the added costs are already built in, and when you downgrade those costs don't get taken out."
Everyone dreams of the extravagant commission, and few are handed that gift, even in the best of times. But being budget-conscious on behalf of clients is satisfying in its own right. "I think of it as a great learning opportunity," Pardo says. "The more opportunity we have to focus on costs, the better we are as architects."


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:rolleyes: It looks like not on ly on swell info, but on any of the Central NJ surfline forcasts (phone) They aren't even talking about Sunday as a ridable surf day b/c oft he winds, they are focusing on Monday and Tuesday- Ho! ho! ho! We'll take waves for a X-mas present any day:D
haha yeah ill take any waves for a little chirstmas present
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Well, we gave it a try today even with the winds and the poor surf report....we are not Kelly Slater! it was a rough rip and 6-7 foot shore breakers to even get passed the break
We are hoping for tomorrow clean-up or some nice waves for Mon and Tues. Regardless we had fun riding white water rips!
I made it out today just fine and scored a sick session. even got some sloppy frothy pits, and i live in colorado now, so if my out of paddling shape ass can make out out, anyone could have.


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How to encourage grade-schooler to study?
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My daughter tends to spend her time more on playing than reviewing her lessons. She is allowed to play outside right after every class. However, when it's study time and open her books, she makes a lot of excuses just to get rid of it. She needs to study hard to improve her grades. I need some techniques to encourage her and to enjoy studying. Thank you.
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That sounds very frustrating for both your daughter and yourself. She is very young still and may not be ready for reviewing for long periods of time.
Here is a link to a great website that I believe will help you and your daughter.
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I have attempted to breastfeed my bub for the past 3 months. I was producing more than enough milk and was able to freeze some. However, nearly overnight my supply dropped for no reason and I could no longer keep up with her needs - not even close! I've tried oatmeal, supplements, and pumping in between feedings with no luck. Does anyone have any advice on how to help this?
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Here's a great thread that shares information on how to increase breast milk supply.
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Boosting your supply takes a little effort but is usually quite successful. You've mentioned you've taken supplements - so that is a great start. Increasing the frequency that you offer the breast to the baby will also help. The more the baby breastfeeds the more milk you will produce. I generally recommend expressing following a breastfeed during the day to help boost supply (just as a short term measure). There are a couple of expressing videos on my website that are really helpful in learning how to express very efficiently. Having a good quality breast pump and using a double pump kit is the most efficient way to boost supply. There is a medication called Domperidone that can be prescribed by a doctor or midwife that can help boost your breastmilk supply. There is a great article on Breastfeeding online about this medication. Let us know how you go.
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Milk is produced on a supply and demand basis, so it is essential to breastfeed or express as much as possible. Supplements are also helpful. I have found that at least six capsules a day of Fenugreek and two to three capsules of Blessed Thistle a day are recommended for increasing milk production. I also recommend breastfeeding on demand and offering it often, as well. I agree that a quality breast pump is essential. An electric pump is usually more effective, but some women are able to do well with either type of pump. Make sure the flanges (breast shields) on the pump are the correct size, so you can express milk effectively. Please let us know how things are going and if you have any other questions.


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In December, Congress and President Obama came to a bipartisan compromise, continuing extended unemployment insurance through the end of 2011 and extending tax cuts for two years. However, this week, the Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines to undermine that compromise, and allow states to raid benefits for the long-term unemployed in order to shore up their trust funds and provide tax breaks to corporations.
H.R. 1745, introduced by Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), the Chairman of the Way and Means Committee, would provide states with a lump sum amount equal to the share of extended unemployment benefits that are scheduled to be paid to workers in their states for the balance of the year. States would have the option to use these funds to pay regular unemployment benefits, to repay the funds they have borrowed to pay benefits in recent years, or to provide work-related activities to unemployed workers. State legislatures will be under extreme pressure from business lobbyists to use these funds to lower taxes. This will provide short-term fixes - at the expense of the workers who are suffering the most during the recession - without making any reforms to the broken financing systems that contributed to the insolvency of the unemployment trust funds in the first place.
When the committee reviewed the bill, many members spoke to the fact that less educated workers have been particularly affected by unemployment during this recession, and the need for increased skill training and reemployment services, including subsidized employment, for this population. If this bill were enacted, states could opt to use some or all of the extended benefits funds for such services. CLASP feels strongly about the need for these services, but does not believe that it is appropriate to fund them by taking money away from the unemployment benefits earned by workers.
This bill is yet another instance of a recent trend in Congress to pit essential programs against each other, and to distance themselves from the real human cost of budget cuts by forcing state legislatures to choose which specific activities to fund within a spending cap. While this particular bill is highly unlikely to pass the Senate, there is a real danger that the Senate will agree to some version of an overall spending cap.


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Monroe reveals that the acting bug was always with her, that "as a small child" her "intact first desire was to be an actress."
Peter Beinart on the clueless call for a new 'Monroe Doctrine' for Latin America.
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Sinatra and Monroe Tied to Bogus Mafia Plot The Kennedys were famous for keeping glamorous company.
Their challenge to America brought forth the Monroe Doctrine.
We have no satire yet on militarism, or imperialism, or the Monroe doctrine.
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How Tulane and Temple Met in the 1935 Sugar Bowl The Mid-Winter Sports Association wanted to annually pair the most evenly matched teams, to create the best game possible. Once the Sugar Bowl realized just how far it could reach for quality teams - despite the new Orange Bowl in 1935 and the well-established Rose Bowl - the somewhat popular sentiment for an annual game between the Southeastern and Southwest conference champions or a North-South format quickly evaporated. The Sugar Bowl's guarantee of $15,000 to the visiting team was a large sum in the midst of the Depression. The "home" team was assured of $12,500, and $2,500 was allotted for the Association's expenses.
From the start, there were mixed feelings about a conference tie-up, with the SEC being the most logical choice. First, there was the assurance of one corner being filled by a quality team with some familiarity in New Orleans, leaving the Bowl free to concentrate on luring big names from outside the South. On the other hand, if the game was open-ended, it might be possible to pair the most evenly matched teams. This was the route Digby favored and the direction chosen. It was understood, however, that if an area school deserved an invitation, it would be extended.
With the necessary funds deposited in a bank by November 1, the Executive Committee concentrated on the caliber of teams across the country. The Sugar Bowl would not allow the home team a say in selecting its opponent as the Rose Bowl did. After contacting the schools and receiving an agreement, the Sugar Bowl's final decision was expected on Sunday, December 2. But no announcement was made. The Committee went back into session at 5 p.m. the following day at the New Orleans Athletic Club. At 9:30 p.m. the pairing was official: Tulane and Temple.
Although Temple was largely an unknown quantity to New Orleans, it quickly became apparent the Sugar Bowl had done its homework and that gave it credibility. Temple was coached by Glenn "Pop" Warner, already a legendary figure and the Owls were ranked third nationally in the Williamson Poll. Temple was undefeated, though tied twice, and was considered the "Northern Champion." Its roster included a sophomore fullback, Dave Smukler, said to be "better than Jim Thorpe" by Warner, who had coached Thorpe at Carlisle Institute. Tulane was the natural attraction for local fans and an obvious choice for home berth. The Green Wave was 13th-ranked, with a 9-1 record, and could be expected to draw several thousand additional fans from the immediate area. Tulane, in many ways, was a godsend to the first Sugar Bowl. It was the popular choice of the Mid-Winter Sports Association and of Fred Digby.
"All New Orleans is anxiously awaiting word and expecting Tulane to be invited...It is inconceivable that Tulane would refuse the invitation since it will offer an opportunity to provide impetus to an event which the entire city is now supporting with an enthusiasm seldom aroused in an athletic event here," Digby wrote the afternoon of the selections.
Inconceivable or not, Tulane did not want the invitation. School officials did not, players did not. The coaches did. It was later rumored that the Greenies believed they merited Alabama's Rose Bowl berth, or that they wanted a rematch with Colgate, the only team Tulane failed to defeat in 1934. Neither was the case.
Ted Cox's first assistant, Lester Lautenschlaeger, said he was told by Esmond Phelps, president of the Tulane board, to call a team meeting and to "have the team vote down the invitation." Lautenschlaeger would have had no difficulty doing that. His task was to get the team to change its mind on an enterprise the Tulane coaching staff felt could become worthwhile.
Barney Mintz, a junior back on the team, insisted there had been no talk about the Rose Bowl, and it had nothing to do with the Green Wave's reluctance. "In fact," he said, "we were surprised they called us in the team meeting. The Sugar Bowl naturally didn't mean anything to us then. We didn't know anything about it. They called us in and Lester said, 'Look, we have an opportunity to go to the Sugar Bowl, which is the first time it's being held. We think it would be nice, but we're gonna leave it up to you.' The vote was basically unanimous against it."
The coaches apparently had already signaled the Sugar Bowl the bid would be accepted, because they were aghast. "Well, they were shocked," said Mintz, "because they knew what kind of position they were in. Lester got up again and said, 'Now look, let's think it over maybe we didn't explain it.' We went through the details that it was a community undertaking, and that Tulane was in a position...and should respond." A suggestion was made by a player that they be given $150 a man for playing, and was immediately vetoed."
"We took a vote," Mintz added, "and I would guess the vote was not quite enough for a majority. We got a few more. Then Lester got up again and made a really impassioned plea, that we were going to embarrass the University and such and such, etc., you know, the usual thing. I don't know what the vote was, but it was at least one above the majority. We were gonna go out and play." By then, even Tulane President Dr. Albert Dinwiddie was in favor of it.
There was a chemistry working for the Sugar Bowl now. Certainly Temple, with Warner and Smukler, aroused the curiosity of a large block of fans. The hometown Greenies, boasting a ball carrier the equal of Smukler, Claude "Little Monk" Simons, accounted for another segment of fans. What will never be known is how many of the halfhearted were prodded into attendance by the Item's sports staff.
Pie Dufour recalled with a chuckle, "Scoop Kennedy and I would leave the office at lunchtime and go over to Maison Blanche ticket office, which was downstairs in the men's clothing department. Scoop and I would go stand in line to make it look longer. Then we'd get to the window and we'd tell the man, 'we're only here stooging.' After that, we'd leave the line, wait a few minutes, and then go back in line again. We did that for a week or 10 days to try to stimulate business, make people think this was the damndest demand they had ever saw!"
In two days, the Sugar Bowl sold more than $20,000 worth of advance tickets at $3.50 and $1.50 a piece.Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History'' by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.


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I work in the Global Compliance Division of Goldman Sachs, overseeing the compliance program for the Operations, Technology, Finance, and Services (OTFS) divisions in Salt Lake City. At its most fundamental level, the Compliance Division advises specific business units on how to comply with the rules and regulations that govern our industry.
As head of OTFS Compliance in Salt Lake City, I cover and support over 1,600 firm employees across several divisions in the Salt Lake City office. Being part of a global group, I also work with my team across the world, spanning from Salt Lake City, through New York, London, Bengaluru, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. We stay closely connected to market and firm events in order to identify and mitigate risk.
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I joined the firm seven years ago in New York on the E-Communications Surveillance team as an analyst and was later promoted to vice president. Shortly after that promotion, I was given the opportunity to move to Salt Lake City and develop and lead a new branch of the E-Communications Compliance team. Two years after making that move, I was named global head of the team and my responsibilities expanded accordingly. As the employment opportunities grew in the Salt Lake City office, so did my role, and after nearly seven years with E-Communications, I moved to a new role in OTFS Compliance.
Almost immediately after joining the firm, I realized that Goldman Sachs has a culture of its own. The people are intelligent, personable, dedicated, and diverse. There is a common goal of productivity among these high achievers. Something else that is unique to Goldman is the devotion to the team and the ability to check one's ego at the door.
There is a saying here that the reward for good work is more work. Once you prove yourself in one area, another opportunity appears and you are granted greater exposure through increased responsibilities.
After college, I decided to get my masters degree in Social Work. While I couldn't have known then that I'd end up at Goldman Sachs, it doesn't come as a surprise. There are so many opportunities here for all types of backgrounds. Growth and movement are encouraged and there is so much more to Goldman Sachs than investment banking.
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'But after missing nearly all of the past regular season because of a back injury that led to surgery and a staph infection, it's uncertain how much interest LeClair will draw from other teams. He already reportedly had turned down at least one Flyers' offer of more than $8.5 million for another season.'
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Art alumna exhibits her work in Athens, Greece
Using oil paints and a brush, Jaime Misenheimer turns classical text into contemporary art.
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Last summer, as a Carolina art student, Misenheimer attended the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece, as a Magellan Scholar. Before she returned to the United States, the school invited her to come back this summer for a special exhibit of her work.
The work in that exhibit is based partly on the work she began in Greece: a visual interpretation of Hesiod's Theogony, a poem that describes the births and genealogies of the gods of the ancient Greeks. Six new paintings are on display through June 18 in the Blegen Library at the American School, which is devoted to advanced study in the humanities.
"I first read Theogony in Dr. Mark Beck's mythology class," said Misenheimer, who graduated with a BFA in studio art and a BA in art history in December 2009. "The imagery in the poem is very visually striking, and when I read it, I wanted to paint it. I wanted to create narrative, figurative works that emphasized the contemporary possibilities of mythology."
In Greece, Misenheimer specifically studied and worked from the sculpture at the Acropolis Museum, the National Archaeological Museum, and the Kerameikos. From her work and research, she finalized her compositions for her paintings influenced by Hesiod's poem.
"Being in Greece and having access to their museums, I was able to study the scale and symmetry and emotive qualities of Greek sculpture firsthand and incorporate it into my work," Misenheimer said.


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And by the way, when you have been around as long as I have and done and seen as much as I have you think people don't sometimes disagree with my actions? That people don't criticise me or speak out? lmao.
Just for the record, after the fight young Mr Philpot (also after being reprimanded by his coach Rodney Moore) came to me and apologised for actions and stated correctly,that he should trust that I know best - as was turned out to be the case in this instance. He seems a talented young man and will do well.
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if you think its easy stop now
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if fighting is a pursuit rooted in pain, you will find the best teachers have often absorbed the most punishment themselves......and remained standing
I didn't think it was as bad as you were making it out to be in all honesty. It's not like Liam was dazed, limp, knocked out, he was just sort of lay there for a few seconds and then on his elbow, if he was in any trouble he wouldn't have been basing on that elbow. So like others have said, I don't think the shots he was taking were that bad that it was worth a stoppage, and especially not right at the end of the round!!!
Liam is as tough as they come, with a head like a brick! And I know that first hand haha. Won't even engage in that debate because there's no need to give any fuel to the argument.
Good to hear Liam has moved over to Dublin to train with SBG - got the tools to get back on a run at featherweight. Think the cut killed him. All the best pal.


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Washington, DC - The U.S. General Services Administration's Federal Telecommunications Service (FTS) awarded the International Direct Distance Dialing (ID3) contract to AT&T on July 1. The contract has an estimated value of more than $50 million.
"The ID3 contract will provide cost effective, high quality international telecommunications services to Federal agencies and other authorized users," said FTS Commissioner Robert Woods. "Substantial cost savings will be realized."
Woods said that the average prices for voice calls will be approximately 35 to 40 percent lower than published tariff rates, with some individual rates costing even less. For example, an average five-minute call from the "lower 48" United States to Germany will cost 12 cents per minute; to Italy, 14 cents; to Japan, 20 cents; and calls to the United Kingdom can be made at the "bargain basement" rate of only 7 cents per minute.
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President Obama: 'Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security…They Strengthen Us'
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During President Obama's second inaugural address yesterday, he affirmed we're stronger when we work together:
But we have always understood that when times change, so must we; that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges; that preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action. For the American people can no more meet the demands of today's world by acting alone….No single person can train all the math and science teachers we'll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people.
He also lifted up working peoples' shared belief in a robust social insurance system.
We do not believe that in this country freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few. We recognize that no matter how responsibly we live our lives, any one of us at any time may face a job loss, or a sudden illness, or a home swept away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other through Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, these things do not sap our initiative, they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.
Our journey as a nation is not complete until we achieve equality and economic opportunity for all.
For our journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers, and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law—for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well. Our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity; until bright young students and engineers are enlisted in our workforce rather than expelled from our country. Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.
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Taylorsville • Jalissa Bagley admitted she played "terrible" in her first state tournament game.
Struggled on defense, rode the bench for most of the third quarter. Nerves were that bad.
But the Alta senior made the team's biggest basket of the season with 1 second left in regulation, and the Hawks pulled away in overtime to defeat Pleasant Grove 71-64 in Monday's first round of the Class 5A state playoffs.
"It was kind of a shock because I was playing terrible the whole game," said Bagley, whose jumper from 14 feet was her second of the game both in the final minute of the fourth quarter. "I finally calmed down the last little bit in the fourth quarter. … When I hit the shot, I didn't even know what was going on. It was like, 'Oh, we're going to overtime.'"
The basket by Bagley, a senior who transferred from Lehi last year, was Alta's answer to a 3-pointer by Pleasant Grove's Megan Wilde, which put the Vikings ahead 56-54 with 15.6 seconds left in regulation.
Alta coach Kristi Jensen said she didn't call a specific play because there was so much time remaining. The Hawks (13-9) simply ran their offense dribble, jump-stop, dish until Bagley emerged open just inside the free-throw line.
"She's not afraid to have the ball in her hands," Jensen said. "When she has it, she'll do what she has to do."
Alta, which struggled mightily from the free-throw line a week ago in its regular-season finale, made 13 of 16 from the line in overtime and 24 of 30 in the game. Pleasant Grove (8-14), which scored the first basket in overtime, missed its next four attempts and lost Wilde, who fouled out with 2:06 left.
Alta advanced to play Layton in Wednesday's quarterfinals.
MeKenna Miles scored 13 points for the Vikings but missed most of the fourth quarter with foul trouble. Wilde scored a game-high 25 points, including 12 in a fourth quarter that saw seven lead changes.
Adrianna Jenson scored 20 points and Chloe Ferre made five 3-pointers for the Hawks. In the end, it was Alta's markedly improved free throws that made the difference.
"We worked a lot on free throws [in practice] in competitive situations," said Bagley, who made all four of her free throws in overtime. "That helped a lot. … Mentally, we were able to focus through it."
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HOUSTON - Chris Paul became the first Clippers player to be NBA All-Star Game MVP, scoring 20 points and handing out 15 assists in the West's 143-138 win over the East.
Paul is the third player to have at least 20 points and 15 assists in the league's annual showcase, joining a couple Hall of Fame point guards, Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas.
Paul made 7-of-10 shots and went 4-for-5 from 3-point range. He sank two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to help the West build a double-digit lead.
"Pretty special," Paul said. "It's something I've never done and it's something that I definitely, coming into the game, I wasn't trying to achieve or thinking that it might be possible."
Paul already had the best per-game assists average in All-Star history (12.4). He had nine assists and plenty of fancy dribbling the first half and his niftiest moves came right before one of his only mistakes.
When 6-foot-11 Chris Bosh came out to the wing to guard him, Paul slid the ball between Bosh's legs and darted past him. He threw the ball away, one of his three turnovers in the game.
Paul didn't have a turnover in the second half, and had nine points in the final quarter to help the West win for the fourth time in five seasons.
"In games like this, it's so up-tempo and fast-paced," Paul said. "A guy like me, that's a facilitator, I enjoy (it)."
Paul is averaging 9.6 assists - second to Boston's Rajon Rondo - in his second season with the Clippers. More significantly, he's led the Clippers to a 39-17 record and he, Blake Griffin and "Lob City" have helped their franchise steal some of the L.A. spotlight from the floundering Lakers, who currently sit 10 th in the Western Conference.
Paul tried to hook up with the high-flying Griffin for one of their trademark alley-oops early in the third quarter. They mis-timed it, though, and Griffin had to come down before going up for a more conventional dunk.
But with so many stars around him, Paul spread it around. He flicked a pass to Dwight Howard for a jam and found Tim Duncan cutting down the lane for another one in the third quarter. Paul also pitched a few assists to Kevin Durant, who finished with 30 points.
"This game is slightly different than a regular-season game," he said. "You have to pick your poison. You tag Blake at the rim for a dunk, you're leaving KD wide open for the 3."
Maybe tired of passing midway through the third quarter, Paul backed up to the corner and swished a 3-pointer for an 88-86 lead for the West.
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Announcer:The 21st century has ushered in events and issues that cause us to ask, "Where is God in today's world?" In response, Dallas Theological Seminary presents, DTS Dialogue - Issues of God in Culture: End of the Spear. The events that took place among the Waorani tribe over 50 years ago, have been used by God to propel thousands into cross-cultural missions.
Thanks for joining us, as we discuss the true story of sacrifice and forgiveness behind the film, "End of the Spear," Part 1.
Mr. Mark Yarbrough:Welcome to, DTS Dialogue Issues of God in Culture. I'm your host, Mark Yarbrough, Executive Director of Communications at Dallas Seminary, and today our topic is a discussion on the movie, "The End of the Spear."
Today I'm joined in the studio - across from me is, Dr. Mike Pocock, Department Chair of World Missions and Intercultural Studies, and to my right is, Dr. Mark Young, Professor of World Missions and Intercultural Studies. Gentlemen, thank you very much for your time.
Dr. Michael Pocock and Dr. Mark Young: Your welcome, greatly appreciate being here today.
Mark:End of the Spear, I pulled some numbers from the movie standpoint, box-office numbers. Last weekend February 3-5, I looked and it did about a million dollars worth of business. It's doing about 10 million dollars thus far, since it's been out for three weeks only. And it actually was working on a 10 million dollar budget, so they're going to at least break even on it, but it has brought forth an awful lot of discussion.
Let me tell you some of the things that we're not going to talk about. Many folks are asking questions about the role of Chad Alan and some of his perspectives on homosexuality. That is not the purpose of our topic this morning. Nor are we going to be discussing the role of every tribe entertainment.
We're going to talk about the historical issues surrounding, "End of the Spear," and the events themselves, as well as some of the questions that do come up from the movie as it relates to the history, and some great theological questions and issues that naturally surface. And, so those are some of the things that we're going to talk about.
Let me just throw the very first question out there. Dr. Pocock, if you'd like to field this one - who are these missionaries, where did they go, and why did they go?
Dr. Michael Pocock:Well, these are five young men, and some of them just freshly married, who and also pretty soon after their college experiences - several of them had been at Wheaton College in Wheaton Illinois, which was in a period when many hundreds of missionaries were emerging from that school. The same period really in which Billy Graham emerged from that school. So, that's the era in which they are working, but they've drawn to Latin America, and specifically they're all working with Chechua indians in this area of eastern Ecuador.
They're around 150 miles east of the capital city of Quito, is where all of these events take place. And basically they're going, because they consider that it's necessary for everybody in the world to hear the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. That it does change people's lives, and these peoples lives needed changing, as all of ours do.
Dr. Mark Young:I think it's instructive to look at the book that Elizabeth Elliott compiled from Jim Elliott's journal. In that book, and in her telling of Jim's life, there is an amazing commitment, not only to Christ, but to the reality that there is a world of people who need to know Christ, and don't.
Jim Elliott may have been the most singly focused person that I've ever encountered, in reading or in person. He lived - Jim Elliott being one of these five, and I would suspect the others did as well, with this unease. This lack of ease that there were people who did not know Christ. They could not let go of that. It permeated everything they thought about themselves, it permeated everything they thought about Church, and about their direction in life.
So, these weren't just typical college students, as we think of that age. They weren't focused on themselves, or worried about what they were going to do. Elliott, and the others I believe as well, had an amazing commitment to what you and I know as, "The great commitment," that is still convicting when you read the words of Betty Elliott recorded.
Mark Yarbrough:I think that's one of the great struggles, if I can even jump right into, back to the movie itself. One of the great struggles is, it's very difficult to state and solidify - this is why they're going. I mean, you miss that in the movie. It's just, there are many assumptions made of - who's a missionary, and why would a missionary be going, and things like that.
Mike:Yeah, well it is an interesting, you know the challenge of any movie that's focusing on a single event, which in this case, you know the events are really only lasting a few weeks, but they extend you know, very, very far distant, you know from that time, and actually before that time. In a film you've just got "X" amount of time to portray these events.
But, there were a lot of antecedents too then. So, I think this question of "Why did they do it?" I mean, they're young men, I mean all of us are really adventuresome, and we tend to disregard dangers when we're younger, and so that may be a little bit involved in what these gentlemen were doing.
But, Elizabeth Elliott you know, Mark has referred to, Through Gates of Splendor. A book that when I first got it, I was only about two years old in the Lord, and these events were only about four years prior to that. And I read this book, half a chapter a night to make it last longer. You know, it was that compelling to me. But she, Elizabeth Elliott talks about why they did this. It was coming up time for them to move into the tribe, right in among what they then called, "Auca Indians," and now call, "Waorani," which is a more correct reference to them.
She says, "It was time for soul searching. A time for counting the possible cost. Was it the thrill of adventure that drew our husbands on? No, their letters and journals make it abundantly clear that these men did not go out as some men go out to shoot a lion, or climb a mountain. Their compulsion was from a different source. Each had made a personal transaction with God, recognizing that he belonged to God first of all by creation, and second by redemption, through the death of His Son, Jesus Christ. This double claim on his life settled once and for all the question of allegiance. It was not a matter of trying to follow the example of a great teacher. To conform to the perfect life of Jesus was impossible for a human being. To these men, Jesus Christ, was God, and had actually taken upon Himself human form, in order that He might die. And by His death provide, not only escape from the punishment that their sin merited, but also a new kind of life, eternal both in length and in quality. This meant simply that Christ was to be obeyed, and more than that, that He would provide the power to obey. The point of decision had been reached. God's command, 'Go ye, and preach the gospel to every creature, ' was the categorical imperative. The question of personal safety was wholly irrelevant."
Mark Young:I think that's very illustrative of how in print what Elizabeth Elliott and others have done for us in telling the story, does transcend what the movie can do. And surely...
Mark Yarbrough: Right.
Mark Young: ... That length of speech is not something you're going to find at most feature films.
Mark Yarbrough: Right.
Mark Young: That you're not going to get that depth of understanding from the movie. That wasn't the movies purpose.
Mark Yarbrough: Right.
Mark Young:It's not a critique. It's just the limitations of that medium and the telling of the story. That is the reality; and, frankly, for a believer who knows that background, I think, the story is all the more powerful.
Mark Yarbrough:The story is quite violent, obviously; and it turns that way rapidly. Can you talk about the violence of the people that they're trying to reach? Why are they so violent?
Mike:Well, I'd say that what's going on with this tribe and other tribal peoples in Latin America is that they are the tail end of an entire process that began in 1492, with the entrance of Europeans into what they called the New World. And, so, now, we're getting down to the last and most hidden group of people, who are fighting to survive against these encroaching elements.
And it's clear that, even at the end of the 1800's, there were rubber hunters going in, searching for natural rubber, from rubber trees, who had clashes with these indians. And, of course, always, both sides were armed, and people died; and those events - others were involved with them; but, increasingly, they've found that this group that they then called "Alcas", or "savages", were more savage than most of the indians that they had met. Their response was so incredibly harsh and barbaric; and that's the way these indians had learned to survive, essentially.
They had fewer and fewer contacts with outsiders, because outsiders knew that to enter that area was to die; and so that's why things become violent very, very quickly. They're not all necessarily violent to people within the tribe.
I mean Dayuma herself is a Waorani woman is living with some of these missionaries and working with them on translation before they ever go in to see the people from her tribe. And she testified that there was no such thing as wifebeating among the Waorani indians. So they're very gentle to each other, but incredibly fearce to, and untrusting of, anyone from outside.
Mark Young:It's interesting that the Waorani had a cycle of revenge and vengeance that transcended family boundaries, so that - whereas there was, within family units, perhaps a gentleness exhibited toward females and towards children, in some cases - there was an incredible cycle of violence that was eliminating the tribe, in and of itself, primarily on based on the concept of vengeance: that, if someone did something to you or your family members, the natural response was to spear them.
There's a documentary film that accompanies this dramatization, called "Beyond the Gates of Splendor." And, in that film, they interview a cultural anthropologist who, along with his wife, lived among the Waorani for a number of years.
And he, in that documentary, makes a statement; and I think it's very telling: he says that, in all of his reading about tribal peoples and his own experience among tribal peoples, he had never seen a group of people more bent on self-destruction through this cycle of vengeance than the Waorani. Killing outside, or across, clan lines was an everyday event. And they were quickly diminishing in size as a people. And many would argue - he, the anthropologist, and his wife argue - their very existence as a people was threatened unless this cycle of violence be broken. And, of course, we believe - and I think it's patently true - that it was the introduction of the gospel that broke that cycle of violence and even allowed this tribe to continue to exist, whereas they had been on a path to self-destruction.
Mark Yarbrough:So what I hear you saying is that, within the local tribe, there was great peace within, but that, once it stepped outside of that, and there was the schism within the tribe, and then you now have two tribes, who are clearly related and part of the same family - that's where that great killing - the movie seems to try to portray both sides of that.
Mark Young:It's important to distinguish terms. We use such words as "tribe" and "clan", and sometimes we're not careful in what we mean by those.
From a tribal perspective, it usually is an ethnolinguistic terminology, meaning that they shared similar ethnic and lanugage characteristics; so you do have violence within the tribe.
What you probably didn't see was violence within the smaller, clan units - the family units within a given geographic community.
Now "clan" is another term that we use, which describes some type of a concept of a mythic ancestry to which all are related.
So, "tribe" is linguistically oriented; "clan" is lineage, in its orientation.
You do have killing across clan lines, among the Waorani, who claim a distant, sometimes mythic ancestry. But, in the family, there were a gentleness and a willingness, to perhaps, to overlook the types of grievances that would create vengeance outside those family lines.
Mark Yarbrough: Give us just a brief timeline. They go in, and there is killing rather quickly. What happens after that?
Mike:The killing starts within several days after they had landed that plane on the beach. However, we have to remember - and you see this in the film, as well - that they had had a lot of peaceful contacts earlier. Although it seems strange to fly a plane around - I mean I would be scared to death if I'd never seen a plane and this "wood bee", as they call it -
Mark Yarbrough: The giant wood bee, yeah.
Mike:I love that they call it - the "people of the wood bee" turn out to be the white people, the missionaries. But they've been exchanging gifts; and so there's been a lot of back-and-forth, a lot of trading. And it seems clear that they've got a good relationship; and they have every reason to feel confident that they can land that plane and establish peaceful contact with them. So the only explanation that you really see in the film is - "Why did they suddenly turn on them?" It's not simply that they've learned to mistrust white people, from other events, which we mentioned earlier; but something happens on the inside.
And, actually, I've never read this in the books; but I'm sure that, over the years, the actual people involved in this - the Waorani themselves - have explained why things suddenly turned out as they did.
And, in the movie, they show you - you have a couple, in which one fellow is making advances to a woman who is not his wife; her brother knows; of course, he knows that this other fellow is married; he tells them, "Don't be walking off together like that; that's not good", and they do. And they find them together. And so his conclusion is that they perhaps are committing adultery and who knows what? But, now, he's really angry about that. Their defense of themselves - that couple - is to try to deflect the anger of the brother by saying, "Oh; guess what we discovered. We discovered that Dayuma actually has been killed by these white people. And what we need to do is get busy, and let's have vengeance on them. Forget about us and let's go after them, because, if we don't get these fellows on the beach, they're going to get the rest of us just as they had Dayuma."
So they lied to them. It was a coverup. And so they rush back to the beach and start killing these fellows.
Mark Yarbrough:We don't know if that is historically based. I mean, that's not recorded in any of the books. Is that something that was put into the movie to show that there is something that obviously went wrong?
Mark Young: No. That is based on testimony of Minkaye.
Mark Yarbrough: Okay. Okay.
Mark Young: But he was involved in the deception.
Mark Yarbrough: Oh, Okay.
Mark Young:And once again, the documentary is very instructive in this point. You hear him interviewed and he describes the deception that he used to cover up his own indiscretions to enrage the brother of...
Mark Yarbrough: Wow.
Mark Young:... of this girl. The whole killing sequence, or what enraged them to kill, was based on a lie that Minkaye and others were involved in.
Mark Yarbrough: We know the historical movement from that point on and the transmission of the gospel. Where are these people now?
Mike:Well, the first important thing to realize is that there is a Waorani tribe. In other words, we have people who are alive today because they didn't all kill each other. In effect, this transforming moment of encounter with the gospel changed the lives of the principle people involved. So, today we have a tribe of people. Now, they're much more inter-connected or hooked up to the national life of Ecuador than they would've been 50 years ago. They are peaceful, safe, relatively prosperous; pretty good state of well being at this point. Several of them, of course, have been to America and it's been interesting to meet some of the principle people that were actually involved in the killing who have got totally transformed lives and perspectives.
Mark Young:The story, I think as it goes on, is a great telling of the power of the church, of God's people, in transforming lives. I don't think we can overlook, and surely the movie doesn't overlook, the fact that after these men were killed, within a relatively short period of time, Nate Saint, one of the martyrs, and Aunt Rachel or was it his sister?
Mike: I believe it was his sister.
Mark Young: His sister, Rachel Saint, went to live among the Waorani with Betty Elliot and her daughter.
Mark Yarbrough: Right.
Mark Young: This is an amazing event. I would consider that worthy of a Hollywood movie in and of itself.
Mark Yarbrough: Yeah, true.
Mark Young: They live among these people. Rachel Saint lives among these people until she dies some 30 years later.
Mark Yarbrough: It was a relatively short time after the killings, isn't that correct?
Mark Young:That is correct. The transformation that occurs through their quiet and steady testimony, through being beneficial in the lives of those people medically, in terms of bringing peace, creates first one then another then entire tribes, who see that the ways of the gospel give them the only opportunity to live that life in abundance. Now what's amazing, once Steve Saint went back, which the story is told so well in the movie, once he goes back, he begins to see that this particular group of people and the story of their conversion needs to be a factor in the lives of other people.
Just recently, Christianity Today, profiled the Waorani and what's happening in terms of them becoming a testimony to other tribal peoples. Imagine this, that Steve Saint has helped them develop a type of aircraft, that is something like a parasailing device, that Minkaye and others who were converted among the Waorani, use to transport portable dental clinics to go from tribe to tribe, valley to valley, and through helping people be healed of dental or oral disease, have an opportunity to share the gospel.
They've brought in dentists, to train these folks in basic field dentistry, brought in dental supplies. Now, the Waorani themselves are involved in medical missions as a result of the change that occurs in this tribe. It is an incredible testimony of the power of the gospel.
Mark Yarbrough:I remember, even if you've not seen the documentary, in the closing credits, you have some scenes that kind of show some pieces of that.
Mark Young: That's right.
Mark Yarbrough:and I love one of the clips that they showed. Originally when they approached the tribe about permission to do this, they said no. Correct? But after they convinced them that their story would be able to help others, based on what you're talking about, that's what pushed them over the edge in order to release that and to be fully involved.
Mark Young: Sure.
Mark Yarbrough: Look what it's done now. Incredible.
Mark Young: Sure.
Mark Yarbourgh:Can you talk about the effect of this story, not the movie, the historical events on missions in general and on your own lives. I'd love to hear that.
Mike:Yeah. Well, it really did precipitate the movement of thousands of North Americans and Europeans towards missionary work in Latin America in the last 40 years of the last century. These events and the books that came out of them, I can almost assure you that everybody who went to Latin America read, Through Gates of Splendor, by Elizabeth Elliot, and The Shadow of the Almighty; The Savage, My Kinsman; Jungle Pilot about Nate Saint. The pictorial represent of it that Elliot wrote and produced called "The Savage my Kinsman", where you see her beautiful little daughter, three years old, naked as a jaybird, playing along with all the other indian children, it's just a wonderful story.
As I mentioned earlier, for myself, as a person who'd only come to know the Lord a couple of years after these events, I began to read those books, and they absolutely absorbed me. I had sensed that God was working in my life to give me a concern for the world. I was thinking principally of Irian Jaya, which are islands at the far eastern end of Indonesia, and also of the northwest frontier of Pakistan. I'd thought about that. After I read and absorbed these books, that really changed my perspective towards Latin America. So, my wife and I went to Venezuela in our case. We changed our minds principally because of the events that came out of this killing in Ecuador.
Mark Young:I think the stories of the lives of these men, is one of the great, lost treasures of the church. It's not just a story of adventure, it's a story first and foremost of a devotion to Christ that is unusual. A devotion and a wholehearted commitment to Christ that I don't meet when I look in the mirror every day or in the lives of most Christians with whom I rub shoulders. It is an inspiration and a convicting experience to read their stories. I grieve that these stories aren't told. I think the power of this movie, and I hope it becomes a staple in Christian families, to demonstrate to children what it means to live a life of purpose, of wholehearted devotion to God and to the great commission. I applaud Steve Saint for making this accessible because it is an amazingly challenging and inspiring story that we need to recapture. We need to retell.
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