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Founded in 1964 as part of the North Carolina Community College System Southeastern Community College is a public comprehensive community college providing individuals in Columbus County with accessible educational cultural and social opportunities designed to improve the quality of their lives. Utilizing multiple and alternate methods of instructional delivery the college provides learning experiences for those preparing for an occupation upon graduation for those in the work force seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills and for those transferring to a baccalaureate institution. The college offers programs leading to the awarding of continuing education units certificates diplomas and associate degrees. The college seeks to further serve the community at large by offering basic skills and literacy education for adults by supporting economic development through services to business and industry and by providing programs and services that improve the quality of life. Committed to excellence and dedicated to belief in the dignity worth and uniqueness of each individual and the fundamental right of each person to realize his or her fullest potential Southeastern Community College encourages student success by maintaining a learning environment that fosters effective communication freedom of expression cultural awareness and enrichment professional and intellectual growth personal assessment and decision-making skills. The college provides a physical and intellectual environment for the faculty staff and student body that promotes cultural ethnic racial and gender diversity. Further the college offers services and supports practices and programs that embody the ideals of an open democratic and global society and which ensure the effective and efficient operation of the college.
School Information4564 Chadbourn Hwy
Whiteville, North Carolina 28472-5422
Locale: Rural: Distant
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Public, 2-year
Carnegie Basic: Associate's--Public Rural-serving Medium
Religious Affiliation: Not applicable
Accrediting Agency: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
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Total Tuition $9,495.00
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Despite an effort by the Warner Bros. publicity mills to turn The Rain People into an instant cult film upon its first release (the ad campaign stressed the intimacy and humanity of the story), this early Francis Ford Coppola effort would have to wait several years to find its audience. Shirley Knight stars as Natalie, a housewife who, unable to cope with being "trapped" by impending pregnancy, deserts her husband and takes to the road. Eager to start life over, Natalie attaches herself to hitchhiker Kilgannon (James Caan). She is fully aware that Kilgannon, a former football pro, has incurred so much brain damage that he's practically a child but insists upon sticking with him. Along the way, she has a variety of offbeat experiences with such eccentrics as a snake-farmer (Tom Aldredge) and a widowed traffic-cop (Robert Duvall). An unexpectedly violent turn of events, triggered by the traffic cop's troubled daughter (Marya Zimmet), leaves Natalie virtually back where she started. Director Coppola was still laboring under the influence of the French New Wave in The Rain People; there are so many flashbacks and flashforwards that soon even the actors don't know where they stand. Yes, it's an example of youthful cinematic excess, but there's a streak of genius in The Rain People that is impossible to miss. Coppola based his screenplay on his own short story "Echoes." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Accused murderer ruled 'mentally ill'
An accused murderer will not stand trial at this time for bludgeoning a man to death after a Superior Court judge ruled Thursday that the defendant is mentally incompetent.
Judge Robert C. Ervin ruled during a Feb. 24 session of Superior Criminal Court that Dennis Edward Scherzer, 45, of Hickory, is mentally ill and not capable of proceeding to trial for the death of Roland Simmons.
Simmons, 70, was found unconscious with severe head trauma in July 2009 at Hickory's Walden House Assisted Living Center. Hickory Police said Scherzer, another Walden House resident, beat Simmons in the head with a steel pipe.
Ervin also ruled that Scherzer be taken to a mental hospital for evaluation.
Ervin signed an order Jan. 18 committing Scherzer to Central Regional Hospital in Raleigh to determine whether the accused man was capable of proceeding with a trail, according to court documents. Scherzer was admitted to CRH on Feb. 9, where he was evaluated by the hospital's forensic unit and received a physical examination.
Dr. Nicole Wolfe issued a report Feb. 10 about CRH's findings regarding Scherzer's mental health. The report determined that Scherzer was "grossly disorganized in terms of his thought process and that his thought content was fraught with paranoid delusions."
The report says Scherzer showed some signs of improvement in his thought content after a change of medication, but he wasn't able to consistently demonstrate safe behavior with staff members. According to the court order, Scherzer threw water in the face of a medical technician and slapped the on-call psychiatrist who evaluated Scherzer for increasing agitation.
During Scherzer's evaluation, he told hospital staff that his actions were brought on by voices in his head who told him to commit the assaults. Court documents say Scherzer described symptoms of increasing paranoia and delusions leading up to the day Simmons was murdered.
Scherzer allegedly said he thought Simmons was the devil.
Those episodes, coupled with a long history of mental illness, are what led Ervin to his decision regarding Scherzer's inability to stand trial. Scherzer was diagnosed with mental illness at age 18 and was on disability as a result of the diagnosis. Ervin's order also states that Scherzer had "multiple psychiatric hospital admissions" during his lifetime and was previously convicted of multiple criminal offenses, including violent felony robbery.
Scherzer lived at Walden House for less than a year before Simmons' murder. Scherzer lived at the residence because of his mental impairment, and he needed assistance with daily living activities, such as taking medication regularly, performing basic hygiene tasks and managing his money.
Scherzer was arrested without incident for Simmons' murder within minutes after police arrived at Walden House in July 2009. He was taken to Catawba County jail, where he was held without bond.
While in jail, court documents reveal that Scherzer again demonstrated aggressive behavior to inmates and staff members. He allegedly lunged at an officer before being pepper-sprayed and tackled.
Scherzer also allegedly went through periods of "increased psychosis" while incarcerated. He had significant weight loss because he didn't eat regularly, and he needed to be isolated from other inmates.
Ervin's order concludes that Scherzer suffers from schizoaffective disorder, which prevents him from discussing legal issues in a logical manner. Mental health evaluators determined the man is unable to understand criminal proceedings against him and unable to comprehend how those proceedings affect the situation. Although Scherzer is under psychiatric evaluation now, it's possible for him to stand trial in the future.
Ervin's order states that if Scherzer regains mental capacity to undergo criminal proceedings, based on a doctor's evaluation, Scherzer will be released from the mental hospital into the custody of Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid.


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SpeakingPal, a small Israeli startup, is garnering international attention for its interactive, phone-based approach to teaching spoken English.
When you want to learn a new skill, you go to the experts. For folks from around the world who want to learn English, one of those experts is New Jersey-based Educational Testing Service (ETS), which administers 50 million exams a year, including the pre-college SAT, in more than 180 countries.
But where do the experts go to get content for their educational programs? One of the prime sources ETS relies on for mobile teaching materials is Israel's SpeakingPal.
"They had been looking to move into Internet and mobile services for awhile, so the partnership is a good deal for both of us," says CEO Eyal Eshed. "I didn't realize this, but Israel is a world leader in ESL (English as a Second Language) education, producing curricula, products and technology to help people learn English."
The best way to learn a language is to speak it, preferably with someone who speaks that language well, and that's the philosophy behind SpeakingPal. It's a mobile video app, designed to be used on phones with video displays. The app provides a series of short dialogue scenarios – doing business at the bank, for example, or trying to check in for a flight. The user is asked questions such as, "Do you want to change your reservation?" or "Do you want to change money?" — the kinds of situations travelers typically encounter, Eshed tells ISRAEL21c.
The dialogues can branch off into different directions because the automated SpeakingPal system adapts to the user's response. After each session, SpeakingPal analyzes performance, rating it by color – green for "good," red for "needs improvement," — and offers advice on how to improve. "The user can even request performance ratings for the entire dialogue or just for individual sentences or words.
The dialogues are short – most of them around five or 10 minutes – by design, says Eshed. "The idea is to pick up the phone when you have a few minutes and get some English practice in. The phone is the way most people communicate, and with the proliferation of smart phones, more people are using them to interact with the web and do almost anything else they used to do at their desktop computers. The phone is always with them, and they can easily take a break from whatever they're involved in and practice their English, getting proper feedback from an expert, just like working with a real tutor, who gives you feedback and corrects you on the spot."
Award-winning technology
SpeakingPal does business with some of the global giants of ESL education – from ETS to programs popular in Japan and other Asian countries. The company has won numerous awards for its technology and product, and most recently was nominated as a finalist for the Red Herring Top 100 Europe award.
According to Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring, "The global economic situation has abated and there are many great companies producing really innovative and amazing products. SpeakingPal shows great promise."
Most of SpeakingPal's distribution is done in coordination with its partners, and the company also has an app that can be directly downloaded from the iPhone. "We have a successful model for an app because we are offering not just a one-time download, but an ongoing service, which customers pay for on an ongoing subscription basis," says Eshed.
Established in 2009 and funded by a group of private investors, the company has just 10 full-time employees, and competes in the same market against such notables as Nuance and Sensory. Its product, along with contenders offered by those companies, was nominated for this year's Mobility Awards, which honor the best and finest mobile and wireless products and services in the industry.
"That nomination was very exciting for a small startup company such as ours," said Eshed. "There are millions of people the world over who have a burning need to improve their English-speaking skills, which we believe will be serviced by SpeakingPal's learning solution."


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Dr. George K. Brushaber is the future president of Bethel College
and Seminary (photo by Doug Barkey).
the Clarion. Vol. 57, No. 24 Bethel College, 3900 Bethel Dr., St. Paul, MN 2 April 1982
Brushaber's Bethel is unchanged
Spruce UpA Senior's
Bethel to help seniors clean
The fourth annual
"Spruce Up a Senior's
Spring" will be held April
17 this year. The program
is an outreach to senior
citizens in the St. Paul
area, using Bethel students
to help do the spring clean-ing
that they are unable to
do themselves.
funding will have been re-duced
by 64 per cent be-tween
1980-81 and 1983-
In addition to the Pell
Grants and GSLs, there
exist three other major
forms of federal financial
aid handled by campus
financial aid offices. A big
source of aid for Minne-sota
students is the Col-lege
Work-Study Pro-gram,
which employs stu-dents
on a part-time basis
in various on-campus
jobs. The federal govern-ment
pays up to four-see
page 3
US budget forces reduction in aid
by Mari Broman Olsen
"I don't think people
should expect any major
changes in any of the pro-grams
and policies of the
school in abrupt and dra-
"Thousands of students
who would like to attend
college in the next two
years will not be able to do
so simply because they
will not be able to afford
it," said Shawne Murphy,
President of the Minne-sota
Association of Pri-vate
College Students
(MAPCS). This is only
one of what may be sev-eral
distressing effects on
Minnesota private college
students if President Rea-gan's
proposed 1983 bud-get
is accepted. Murphy
also cited equally gloomy
statistics from the Minne-sota
Private College Coun-cil:
a) Figures taken from a
sampling of three Minne-sota
private colleges show
federal student aid dollars
declining by an average of
79 per cent between 1980-
81 and 1983 -84.
b) Individual case stu-dies
were conducted at
three different campuses,
studying actual student fi-nancial
situations, and it
was found that the stu-dents
would only receive
from 25 per cent to 35 per
cent of their anticipated
financial need.
Guaranteed Student
Loans (GSLs) are federal-ly
guaranteed loans pro-vided
for students by
banks, savings and loan
matic fashion, said Dr.
George K. Brushaber, vice
president and dean, about
his future presidency of
Bethel College and Semi-nary.
He described him-institutions
or other pri-mary
lenders. Today, over
half of Minnesota stu-dents
rely on these loans
to help finance their educa-tion.
Until this year, only stu-dents
from families with
incomes above $30,000
needed to demonstrate "fi-nancial
need" to receive
GSLs. President Reagan
now proposes that all stu-dents
be required to dem-onstrate
financial need be-fore
receiving a loan. And,
in contrast with the pre-sent
system of being able
to borrow up to $2500 a
year, a student would
only be able to borrow up
to the amount determined
to be his real financial
In addition, Reagan pro-poses
raising the origina-tion
fee from 5 per cent to
10 per cent (in effect, re-quiring
students to bor-row
$1,100 in order to
receive a $1,000 loan) as
well as completely elimi-nating
GSLs to graduate
and professional students.
Charles Saunders Jr., vice
president of the American
Council on Education,
says that this "would
force literally hundreds of
thousands of students to
disrupt their graduate edu-cation."
self as "cautious and con-servative,"
committed to
"preserving the missions
and distinctives" of Bethel.
Brushaber hesitated to
project how Bethel under
his leadership may differ
from the Bethel of the past
28 years under Dr. Carl
Lundquist, wanting to a-void
any appearance of
criticism. He preferred
speaking in terms of how
his personal and profes-sional
strangths can en-rich
As. president, Brush-aber
said, he thinks he can
help Bethel faculty , staff
and students maximize
their potential and coor-dinate
the complexity that
arises when a college and
seminary attempt to work
together. Bethel, under his
direction, can enlarge its
financial support base, he
see page 4
The Pell Grant Program:
This program, more com-monly
known as the Basic
Educational Opportunty
Grant (BEOG), provides
money upon need to stu-dents
across the country.
The maximum Pell Grant
award for 1982-83 was ori-ginally
set at $2,100 with
a $200 minimum award.
Today, that figure is
$1,670 with a $50 mini-mum
and is sure to be
reduced in the future.
Data from the Minne-sota
Private College Coun-cil
indicates that if the
budget passed, Pell Grant
In 1979 the Campus
Ministries office began
working with the Wilder
Foundation in St. Paul to
develop an outreach that
would help senior citizens.
Senior citizens who be-long
to the Wilder Center
may register to receive
help for spring cleaning
that they couldn't other-wise
do. Most of this work
is raking the lawn, chang-ing
and washing storm
windows, and moving fur-niture
to clean under it.
Bethel students do the
work and the residents
provide all the supplies.
by Mark Stenberg
On Tuesday through
Thursday, April 6-8, the
Peace and Justice Commit-tee
will sponsor a seminar
on Central America.
The purpose of the sem-inar
is to inform students
of the issues involving
Central America and to
promote discussion of
these issues.
The seminar will focus
on El Salvador and the
question of U.S. involve-ment
there, Guatemala and
the relationship between
its people and its govern-ment,
and finally, Nicara-gua
and the results of the
recent revolution there.
Each day of the seminar
will consist of three 90
minute sessions. The ses-sions
will start at 12:30,
2:00, and 3:40 each day,
and all sessions will be
held in the AC lounge.
The seminar will begin
Bethel is guaranteed 30
homes to work for and
another 30 homes are on a
waiting list.
The Campus Ministries
office and the Wilder Cen-ter
have received numer-ous
calls and cards in
which the senior citizens
expressed how much the
service has meant to them.
According to the Campus
Ministries office, without
the outreach some of the
people would have to con-sider
selling their homes.
Participants are not
see page 2
on Tuesday with "El Sal-vador:
Another Vietnam",
a film that was recently
nominated for an Acade-my
Award. At 2:00 a de-bate
is scheduled between
State Representative K.J.
McDonald and Steve Sup-pan
of the El Salvador
Solidarity Committee. The
debate will focus on U.S.
policy toward El Salvador.
The final session on Tues-day
will feature Phyllis
O'Toole, a Maryknoll sis-ter
who has done work in
El Salvador.
Wednesday's action will
begin with a presentation
by Mark Gruenke, a Chris-tian
Brother who has re-cently
lived and worked
in Guatemala. The second
session on Wednesday will
be marked by a debate en-titled
"Reagan's Carib-bean
Initiative: Will it
Help?". Participants in this
see page 3
Peace and Justice
sponsors seminars
It's the face that scares m
by J. Larson
Pancakes pose sticky
obstacle for bigwigs
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2 April 1982
Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
•The Clarion is published weekly by the students
of Bethel College. Editorial opinions are the sole
responsibility of the Clarion staff. Letters are wel-come,
and must be signed and delivered in P.O.
2381 by the Sunday before publication.
Leann M. Kicker, editor
JoAnn Watkins, associate editor
Wendy Norberg, sports editor
s Don Copeland, photography editor
Ginger Hope, copy editor
Pam Sundeen, business manager
Anita Baerg, editorial assistant
Janice Woodard, editorial assistant
Jan E. Johnson, editorial assistant
Beth Nystrom, graphics editor
Timothy Larson, graphics
Jim Larson, cartoonist
Kraig Klaudt, columnist
Wendi Engel, staff writer
John Lilleberg, sports writer
Rich Whybrew, sports writer
John Clark. sports writer
Page 2
Dear Editor
I want to commend you
on a very fine issue on
lifestyle. It was good to
see the Clarion explore an
issue in depth in that
I would like to see a cor-rection
of my remarks,
however. I did not say
that the main reason for
the Lifestyle Statement is a
fund-raising matter. Mari
asked if that was the chief
issue and I said that it was
I believe the quote she
uses makes it plain that I
am more concerned about
students than money,
though I would admit that
both are important.
The lifestyle of the Beth-el
campus and lifestyle
To the Bethel Community:
Have we redefined the
word "lie"? Let us not be-lieve
that God will not
hold us accountable for
the Lifestyle Statement we
signed before coming to
Bethel. If I sign my name
to the Lifestyle Statement
(or any other oath or con-tract)
and then break my
commitment, I am lying—
not only to Bethel, but
more crucially, to myself
and to God (See Psalm
• 15).
Whether or not you a-gree
with the "BL" is not
the real issue here. Rather,
standards are part of our
distinctiveness. Our rea-son
for being is to be an
evangelical Christian
learning community.
We need to uphold our
standards for the sake of
those who founded this in-stitution,
those who built
it, those who choose to
teach here, those who
choose to be students here,
parents who wish to have
this kind of alternative for
their children, and yes -
those who wish to con-tribute
to this kind of
place. Fund-raising, how-ever,
is not the sole, or
even the primary reason,
for the Lifestyle Statement.
Jim Spickelmier
Campus Pastor
the true issue is whether
or not you are willing to
maintain your personal in-tegrity
by upholding the
standards to which you
inked your signature.
You wouldn't go into the
Army if you weren't wil-ling
to live up to the life-style
it commands. The
same ought to hold true
for Bethel College. If you
aren't willing to live up to
the Bethel lifestyle, 'why
don't you pack your bags
and catch the next flight
home, and enroll in a col-lege
which permits the
lifestyle you desire? Then
On behalf of the Bethel
community the Clarion
expresses sympathy and
support for the family of
Luke Wainwright who
died Tuesday, March 23.
those of us who came to
Bethel because of its life-style
can get what we're
paying for.
If we start chipping a-way
at the Bethel Life-style,
this college will lose
its uniqueness and become
just like any other liberal
arts college in the area.
And if that happens, Beth-el
can scrap any ideas of
sending me solicitations
for alumni contributions
after I graduate.
Please do not misunder-stand
the intent of this let-ter.
It is directed to those
individuals who don't give
a rip about the "BL" and
the standards on which
this institution is based;
those who make a habit of
breaking the lifestyle and
love doing so.
Jon Lokhorst
There will be no Cla-rion
next Friday, April
9, due to good Friday.
set aside in a special place.
Slip one papered pancake
into each bigwig's stack.
Meditations of Bigwigs:
Everyone else seems to
be enjoying these pan-cakes.
They look good, but
why can't I cut off this
bite? Why is my knife
bending? Woops! The plas-tic
fork broke and flipped
into the neighboring big-wig's
hair. Woops! Her
stack of pancakes just
landed in her lap. Woops!
He splattered syrup clear
across the table. Little-wigs
are all eating with
gusto; what's happening
to the bigwigs?
Meditations of Littlewigs:
Bigwigs seem to have
problems with pancakes.
do you suppose they eat
only crepes?
Food Service
survey sent
to students
by Anita Baerg
The Food Service Corn-mittee
survey was dis-cussed
at the Student
Senate meeting on March
The committee is send-ing
out a survey to see if
students are interested in
a simple-lifestyle menu
that will give students an
alternative to eating in the
food service at Bethel.
Steve Goodwin, commit-tee
member, reported that
this would be done via
POs selected at random.
A permanent meeting
time for Senate was estab-lished
for the 1982-83
school year. Due to sche-duling
conflicts and other
problems with the present
5 p.m. meeting time, the
Senate will be meeting
Mondays at 5:15 p.m. next
A Central American Fo-rum
Series will be jointly
sponsored by Student Se-nate,
Peace and Social Jus-tice,
and the Student Cen-ter
Forum Series. This will
be a three-day series of
informative sessions and
workshops that will help
to inform students of U.S.
involvement in Central
spring, from page 1
paid, but senior citizens
provide all kinds of goo-dies
for munching while
working. Students who
can drive are reimbursed
for their gas.
The 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
time slot allows four hours
to go to one or two homes
depending on the amount
of work. This also allows
some time to visit with the
Sign-up sheets are post-ed
on the bulletin board
outside the Campus Min-istries
Office (LR 326). The
last day to sign up is April
14. Students may sign up
in groups of three or four
with a driver.
Students meet in the PE
lounge and receive maps
and instructions on Sat-urday
morning and then
divide up to go to the
homes. In case of rain,
April 24 is the alternate
More information is a-vailable
in the Campus
Ministries office from
Eileen Wenninger.
live it or leave it
Spickelmier clarifies
chief lifestyle issue
Faculty prank entry
Directions to the cook:
Fry the bacon, perk the
coffee, blend the pancake
batter. Then cut circles of
paper toweling about 3
inches in diameter. Pour
batter on griddle, add cir-cle
of paper towel, quickly
cover with a bit more bat-ter.
Bake on both sides—
lovely golden brown—and
events calendar'
Friday, April 2
Meeting for Day of Prayer, FA 313, 5 p.m.
MTEN — North Hennepin Community College, Home, 3 p.m.
Women's Choir Homecoming Concert, Seminary Chapel; 8 p.m.
CC — Rollerskating, Saints, 12-2 a.m.
Saturday, April 3
MTEN -- Mankato State U., Home, 12 p.m.
MTR — St. John's, Away
Residence Life Night
Sunday, April 4
Senior recital — Karen Thomas, piano and organ, Calvary
Baptist Church, 3 p.m.
Women's Choir Concert, First Covenant Church, Minneapolis, 6
Male Chorus Concert, Salem Baptist Church, New arighton, 6
Catacombs, Student Activity Center, 8 p.m.
Monday, April 5
Chapel — Peace and Justice Committee — Father.Jiro Sinnott
Student Senate Meeting, AC 324, 5 p.m.
MTEN — UW-River Falls, Home, 3 p.m.
SB — Augsburg, Home, 2:30/4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 6
Chapel — Dr. Frank Young, Genetics Convocation
BB — St. Cloud State, Away, 2 p.m.
WTEN — Macalester, Away, 4 p.m.
Senior recital — Emily Fall, flute, Seminary Chapel, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 7
Chapel — Pastor Jim Spickelmier
BB — UW-Superior, Home, 2 p.m.
SB — Gustavus, Away, 3/5 p.m.
Thursday, April 8
Chapel — Jeff Van Vonderan, Chemical Dependency
WTEN — Carleton, Home, 3 p.m.
MTEN — St. Olaf, Home, 3:30 p.m.
Friday, April 9 (Good Friday)
Easter Recess
GLF — Iowa State Invitational
Saturday, April 10
WTR and MTR — Bethel Invitational
BB — St. Thomas, Home, 12 p.m.
SB — UW-Superior, Home, 12/2 p.m.
GLF — Iowa State Invitational
Sunday, April 11
Catacombs, Student Activity Center, 8 p.m.
Monday, April 12
Chapel — Celebration/Student Senate
BB UW- River Falls, Away, 2 p.m.
Student Senate Meeting, AC 324, 5 p.m.
Senior Art Exhibit Opens, Art Gallery
Tuesday, April 13
Last day to drop a class WP
Student Senate elections, PO area
Chapel — Dr. Richard Mouw
SB — Northwestern, Away, 3 p.m.
MTEN — Hamline, Away, 3 p.m.
Student/faculty committee meetings, 3:40 p.m.
Senior recital — Meredith Dahlquist, voice, and Cynthia Van-dervort,
oboe, Seminary Chapel, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, April 14
Day of Prayer
Student Senate Elections, PO area
Chapel — Day of Prayer
BB — Hamline, Home, 1 p.m.
MIEN — St. Mary's, Away, 2:30 p.m.
WTR — St. Cloud State University
Thursday, April 15
Chapel — Rev. Mary Adams Forsberg
MTEN — Macalester, Home, 3:30 p.m.
SB — St. Mary's, Away. 3/5 p.m.
Friday, April 16
Bloodmobile Day
Chapel — Music, AC Lounge
MIEN — Northwestern, Home, 2 p.m.
CC — Rollerskating, Saints, 12-2 a.m.
Saturday, April 17
Spruce Up a Senior's Spring, 9:30-1:30 p.m.
MTR and WTR — Gustavus, Away
BB — St. Olaf, Away, 12 p.m.
SB — St. Thomas, Home, 1/3 p.m.
Sunday, April 18
Male Chorus Concert, North Central Baptist Church, Brooklyn
Park, 6 p.m.
Women's Choir Concert, Cross of Glory Baptist Church, Hop-kins,
7 p.m.
Catacombs, Student Activity Center, 8 p.m.
Bethany Baptist Church
Cleveland and Skillman Avenues, Roseville, Mn
Worship Service at 11:00 AM
Sunday School at 9:30 AM (Special College-age)
Evening Service at 6:00 PM
Church Telephone 631-0211
Pastor 13ruce Peterson
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Unnamed entrant describes college pranks
The college I attended
was well-known for giving
delicious banquets. In or-der
to accommodate the
numerous banquets the
college had amassed scores
of tableclothes, plates,
glasses;-' silverware and
other things that go along
with a , well-presented
One night a group of us
took those wares up to the
library (we were let in by
a stowaway). We lined up
all the tables end to end
(approximately 25 tables
which seat 6) and put
tableclothes and full place-settings
on them. The li-brary
looked splendid. (In-cidentally,
we volunteered
as "concerned students"
and helped put everything
back into place.)
Tuesday and
April 13-14
Student Senate Elections:
Vote in the PO area.
Wednesday, April 14
Campus-wide Day of Pray-er
for local, national and in-ternational
Friday, April 16
Bloodmobile Day in the
Robertson PE Center
Wednesday, April 20
Business Careers
Night Banquet
Tickets are $3 for the first
100 purchased and $4.50
thereafter. Tickets availa-ble
in the Placement Of-fice.
Karen Thomas will pre-sent
her senior recital on
Sunday, April 4, at 3 p.m.
The recital which will fea-ture
piano and organ mus-ic
will be at Calvary Bap-tist
Thomas will be playing
classical music. Selections
included are composed by
Beethoven, Liszt, Bach,
Chopin, Debussy, Bing-
"Animal lovers—volunteers
are needed to become in-volved
with a group of ded-icated
citizens concerned
with animal welfare. For in-formation
call Joan 296-
One time I took advan-tage
of freshman ignor-ance.
I created official-looking
notices and posted
them on the doors of rooms
where several required
freshman courses were to
be held. The notices stated
that there was a classroom
change. The net result was
300 freshman from 4 dif-ferent
classes trying to get
into a classroom which
held 35 people.
The college I went to
had daily chapel services.
But since the chapel itself
could not hold the whole
student body we were di-vided
up into halves, with
A and B classes and chapel
services. Whenever we had
a special service, like some
well-known speaker or mu-sician
we had chapel in
Speech dept
hosts spring
The Annual Bethel
Spring Speech Tourna-ment
will be held on April
The tournament will in-clude
events in four div-isions:
impromptu, per-suasion,
informative, and
oral interpretation.
Preliminary rounds will
begin at 3:30 p.m., followed
by the final round. Later in
the day, awards will be
presented to the top three
contestants in each divi-sion.
Tournament registra-tion
is on April 5 and 6
from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
There will be a registra-tion
fee of $3.
him and Prokofieff.
Thomas will graduate
with a double major in
psychology and music.
Her concentration in mu-sic
is in keyboard peda-gogy.
Admission to the recital
is free.
the gym. This of course
meant that the whole
schedule for the day was
switched around with all
the morning classes short-ened.
The last week in March
of 1978 a friend, my fiancee
and myself were sitting
around trying to figure
what we could do around
campus for April Fools'
Day. We hatched a plan
and carried it out to per-fection.
We printed up 1000
leaflets and distributed
them all over campus the
night- before the big day.
The flyer announced that
because the school was
privileged to have the Bri-tish
pop gospel group
"Son's Rays" on campus, all
faculty, staff and students
would follow the extended
budget, from page 1
fifths of the student's
wages, and the college
pays the rest. Under cur-rent
proposals, this pro-gram
will be reduced 30
per cent.
The two other campus
programs, the National Di-rect
Studdnt Loan and the
Supplemental Education
Opportunity Grant, are on
a need-based formula. If
the budget is accepted,
these programs will be
completely eliminated.
But not all of the cuts
are coming from the fed-eral
level; reductions are
being made at the state
level as well. The Minne-seminars,
from page 1
debate will be Jack Nel-son,
director of the ALC/
LCA Hunger and Justice
Committee, and Oswald
Brownlee of the Univer-sity
of Minnesota econ-omics
department. The
3:40 session on Wednes-day
will feature video-taped
footage of Nicara-gua
taken by Hal Dragseth
of the American Lutheran
Church on a recent visit.
The 12:30 session on
Thursday will consist of a
presentation on Nicaragua
by Father Bill Teske, along
with the film "Thanks to
God and the Revolution."
The debate on Thursday
is entitled "Is There a Red
chapel schedule and meet
in the gym at the usual
time. The flyer also an-nounced
that the regularly
scheduled chapel program
was postponed.
The next day resulted in
mass chaos. Some classes
let out early, others went
until the usual time. Most
of the people went over to
the sym to hear this new
group and were surprised
to find it empty and dark.
When order was finally
restored and chapel was
ready to begin it was dis-covered
that the speaker
had gotten the flyer the
night before and after
reading it, assumed that
he didn't have to speak,
and he left all his notes at
sota Legislature decreased
the Minnesota State Scho-larship
and Grant finan-cial
aid fund last year by
$1.9 million, and then fur-ther
reduced the amount
of financial aid private col-lege
students can receive
by limiting them to only
half of this money.
"The importance of a
personal letter to a con-gressman
cannot be em-phasized
enough," said
Bill Hoye, senior MAPCS
vice president. He stress-ed
that because this year
is an election year, con-gressmen
are going to be
especially concerned with
the opinions of constitu-ents.
Threat in Central Amer-ica:
Who Should We Be-lieve?".
It will feature
Frank Graves of the Inde-pendent
Republican Party
and Bob McCaa of the de-partment
of history at the
University of Minnesota.
The final session on Thurs-day
will feature Vernon
Bellecourt, who has been
associated with the Amer-ican
Indian Movement.
Vernon will be addressing
the issue of Native Ameri-cans
in Central America.
The staff, students, and
faculty of Bethel College
are invited to all of the
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Manuscripts, Letters,
Reports, Resumes
Phone: Address:
483-6282 1006 Mercury Dr.
St. Paul, MN 55112
Thomas gives recital
of piano, organ music
Rev. James Sinnott will speak in chapel Monday of his experi-ences
with human rights in Korea.
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Sinnott tells 44 voices sing at Sem
of Korean
by Martha Tanquist
The Rev. James Sinnott,
a Maryknoll priest who,
after 15 years in South
Korea, was expelled in
1975 for his work on hu-man
rights, will speak in
chapel on Monday, April
5. Following the address
there will be at time for
discussion and response
in the AC lounge. He will
discuss U.S. foreign pol-icy
with regards to human
rights and his experiences
in South Korea.
"Jump the hurdle. In-stead
of being complacent,
learn to be critical!" That's
the message Jim Sinnott
has carried to 400 cities in
the last seven years.
"I wasn't trained to be
critical," he said. "I was
brought up not to question
my government, not to
question my church. But
I've changed, and now I
want to help the rest of my
generation change."
Sinnott said he was ex-pelled
from South Korea
in 1975 for "defiling the
dignity of the Supreme
Court" by daring to object
to the hanging sentence
imposed on several dissi-dents.
His visa was due to
expire in two weeks and
they refused to renew it.
"What helped me get out
The Bethel College Wo-men's
Choir will present
its homecoming concert on
Friday, April 2 at 8:00 p.m.
in Bethel Seminary Chapel,
Arden Hills. All are wel-come
to this free concert
which follows the choir's
from page 1
said, in the corporate
world, through education-al
foundations and through
individual contributions.
"I think I've made steps in
that direction already," he
Because of his long ser-vice
in evangelical higher
education, Brushaber said
he would be able to in-crease
the number of facul-ty
brought in as visiting
professors from other
schools and the number
from Bethel that will serve
in that capacity else-where.
Contacts in Chris-tian
higher education will
expand opportunities for
students to participate in
special programs as well,
said Brushaber. To exist-ing
programs in American
studies, through the Chris-tian
College Consortium,
Trinity College's (Deere-field,
Ill.) Oregon Exten-sion
and Westmont's
(Calif.) Urban Studies Pro-gram
in San Francisco,
Calif., Brushaber plans to
concert tour of the Mid-west
and Canada.
The 44- voice choir, un-der
the direction of Mary
Fall, associate professor of
music, will perform a pro-gram
of contemporary and
traditional sacred choral
add a cooperative venture
with the Au Sable Insitute
of Biology, Big Twin Lake,
Within the context of
the question, "Are we [at
Bethel] really preparing
people for the demands of
life in the 1980s?" Brush-aber
sees several areas
needing close examina-tion.
"I really get excited
about. the review of the
curriculum," he said. Beth-el
can use its human re-sources
more effectively,"
he stated.
Another major issue, ac-cording
to Brushaber, is
organization and govern-ance
of the two schools.
"Sometimes," he said, "de-cisions
are made by de-fault;
or they're made and
not carried out. The admin-istrative
structure should
be made more efficient
and responsive to stu-dents
and employees," he
In regard to Bethel's phy-sical
plant, Brushaber
would like to see ground-breaking
for a fieldhouse
within six months, sever-al
new dorms within the
next year or so and a per-forming
center/chapel, au-ditorium
complex after
that. "We also need admin-istrative
space," he said.
"But these are hopes, not
What about the lifestyle
statement, a question rais-ed
every year? "It's a press-ing
issue for those people
who feel it burdensome,"
the dean said. "We need to
be sensitive to them." he
added, "I am concerned
works. Among the selec-tions
are compositions of
Palestrina, W.F. Bach,
Boyce and Lekberg, along
with hymns and spirituals.
Flute, piano, and Orff
percussion instruments
will accompany the voices.
that there are people that
don't take it seriously."
But Brushaber sub-sumes
the Lifestyle State-ment
under the broader
topics of 'the way we go
about building commun-ity,"
he said. Rules and
expectations he explained,
are part of the nature of
community, and "the five
great don'ts" are only some
of those.
"My own personal com-mitments
are those of
the Lifestyle Statement
Brushaber said. "But
you've always got to be
prepared to rethink the
rationale of your rules.
Brushaber believes that "It
[ the Lifestyle Statement ]
helps us to accomplish the
educational and develop-mental
goals of the school.
After assuming the pre-sidency,
Brushaber plans
a campus-wide forum to
"get [the issue] out there
where people can talk
about it." He hopes sev-eral
alternative models for
practical functioning of a
more wholistic, Christian
community will result
from position papers, re-sponses
and open hearings
in a two-or three-year
study on community.
But he cautioned, radi-cal
change in any area rare-ly
comes swiftly and
sharply: rather it evolves
"through long-established
committees and struc-tures.
" the opening of the
school under a new presi-dent
next September will
bring "no surprises," he
safely was the fact that
I'm an American." he said.
Sinnott refused to be one
of those people who flash
a saccharine smile and say,
"Have a nice day." He
wants to be an agitator.
He wants to make people
angry, to make them more
critical, to make them
think for themselves.
"Just because you don't
see a solution to a problem
doesn't mean you shouldn't
get involved. God gave
you the power to look into
things yourself." He wants
people to stop believing
what is not true.
This chapel service is
part of the speaker series
sponsored by the Peace
and Justic Committee. The
purpose of this series is to
educate the Bethel com-munity
about crucial is-sues
in human rights and
social justice. For more in-formation
on the speaker
series or the Peace and
Justice Committee, contact
Tony Anderson, PO 270.
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Sunday in January 1943. Community singing on the wireless and they have just sung the hymn "Oh God of love, oh King of Peace". More than 40 years ago we sang it at school each day until the Boer War was over. "Beneath the angel-strains have rolled, two thousand years of wrong. Oh hush your strife ye men of blood, and hear the Angels sing."
About 1.15 pm. a single raider probably a Dornier flew over the coast round by Huttoft and bombed the [Huttoft] Grange flat except the kitchen and did more damage in the village. It shook us and we heard machine gun fire, and (very foolishly) looking out saw the plane coming over S Kirks house-top height. It was so low and near the Swastika or rather cross on the plane was visible. It gave one or two bursts of machine-gun fire, putting a bullet through Mrs Blakely's window in Landseer Av. No one hurt, then flew off over the sea. If it had dropped its bomb then it might have demolished us or the soldiers billets and killed many of them. Jean did not seem at all afraid and went to S[unday] S[chool]. After it had passed I went outside, and it was really amusing. Outside all the bungalows and houses were people and soldiers returning from dining-hall and there was a chattering of all of them talking at once like a lot of starlings or another burst of M.gunfire. It reminded me most of when we used to have teas in chapel, and when the door was opened to go in, a burst of chatter and clatter of cups used to meet us.
It was snowing fast when we got up at 7.15. this a.m. and there was about 3" of snow. It thawed later and the nervous start I give when it slides down our rather steep roof shows my nerves are still shaky. The infantry billeted near us moved away to-day. Yesterday afternoon 2 of them – young ones, came and asked if I would lend them a saucepan to heat up soup and beans (tinned) which they had got from Halls, "without points" one of them beamed. I asked if they had enough bread, and they grinned and said "Yes, pinched it from the dining hall." I lent them the pan and they brought it back washed clean later on. Jean went to the door and she asked if it had been alright and they said "Yes, very good". Poor boys. "Like lambs to the slaughter." I wonder if we shall have any more near us. Father saw one of the R.As when on patrol today and he says Jock was recalled from leave, and has been posted, but not abroad. He did, however, get married. Poor old gloomy, he would moan. Not without reason tho' this time. Keith and Marian are home. Roy was recalled from leave, sent to Weston-Super-Mare for a 12 weeks course, when they arrived they found it did not start until 14 Jan so asked for and obtained leave until 13th. Roy arrived back at Joan's at 7.a.m. Sat morning. Rene came this afternoon but not Tom. He was resting but might meet her. It is not nearly so cold. Hope this thaw doesn't mean more snow. Father took Jim Coupland to Wil[lough]by Stn. to catch 3.30. train this afternoon as roads too snowy to cycle.
Sampson Kirk's property was 'Nelson Villa', west of May's home 'Lenton Lodge'. (See 11 Jan. 1942 and Village Map).
Mrs Blakey (corrected spelling), a widow, lived in 'Alpha', Landseer Avenue. Her son, Fred, a decorator, who also lived there, was serving in the forces away from home at that time.
May's nephew Roy, married to Joan, (see 30 Apr. 1942) was attending a boat-building course, related to his RAF post in Air-Sea Rescue.
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Running back Ryan Grant is back with the Green Bay Packers.
The veteran was signed Wednesday to add depth to Green Bay's banged up running backs. The Packers announced last week that Cedric Benson would stay on injured reserve with a foot injury, and Johnny White was placed on injured reserve Wednesday with a concussion. There are also multiple reports that James Starks was hurt in Sunday's victory over Minnesota, when he ran for a team-high 66 yards and scored Green Bay's third rushing touchdown.
Grant is fifth on Green Bay's all-time rushing list, running for 4,016 yards and 25 touchdowns from 2007-11. He was not re-signed in the offseason and was picked up by Washington on Sept. 26. He played one game before being released Oct. 23.


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X-Rite Announces Fall Tour Dates for Color Management Seminars
'Fundamentals of Color & Appearance': Detroit (9/22), Atlanta (9/27), LA (9/29), Boston (10/06), Chicago (10/13), Lyndhurst (10/25)
'Going Beyond Density': Baltimore (9/13), LA (9/15), Chicago (10/4), Raleigh (10/6)
CARLSTADT, N.J., July 27, 2011 – X-Rite, Incorporated (NASDAQ: XRIT), the world leader in color management, measurement and communication technologies, and its wholly owned subsidiary Pantone, the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced the fall tour dates for their popular 'Fundamentals of Color and Appearance' (FOCA) and 'Going Beyond Density' seminars.
'Fundamentals of Color and Appearance' is a one-day seminar that instructs quality control and assurance professionals, lab technicians, parts suppliers, pre-media and digital pressroom personnel and manufacturing specifiers on how to evaluate and approve colors in their workflows. Taught by X-Rite color experts, FOCA provides practical information applicable to any industry dealing with color in easy-to-understand terms, including retail and apparel brands, business and consumer electronics, automotive, graphics arts, packaging and their related industries in plastics, coatings, and textile manufacturing. X-Rite color experts will give attendees a solid foundation in the basics of color and appearance, and provide instruction on how to measure, view and understand color data.
The $595 course requires no prior color training and will address color control for a variety of industries. X-Rite's FOCA seminar may qualify as continuing education under certain accreditation programs.
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The morning session will look at offset press process control with a particular focus on process color. The afternoon session will focus on flexographic press process control with a particular focus on packaging and spot colors, including Pantone.
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The Chicago Fire (12-7-5, 41 points) head to the nation's capital to take on D.C. United (11-8-4, 37 points) at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 6:30 p.m. CT (CSN Chicago/97.5 ESPN Deportes).
The Fire dispatched the New England Revolution 2-1 at Toyota Park on Saturday evening to extend its unbeaten streak to four games and remain perfect with a 3-0-0 record in the month of August.
Wednesday's game marks the first of two meetings between the two squads this season. The Fire went 1-0-1 against D.C. United in the 2011 MLS Regular Season series. A 59th minute goal from Sebastian Grazzini was undone by Josh Wolff's 73rd minute equalizer at Toyota Park on Aug. 18. Grazzini and Diego Chaves scored in stoppage time to snatch the 2-1 "Capital Comeback" victory at RFK Stadium on Oct. 15. The Fire will host D.C. United on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Toyota Park to close out the regular season.
D.C. United enter the match after a 1-1 draw with the Philadelphia Union Sunday afternoon at RFK Stadium and will be without the services of Branko Boskovic and Emiliano Dudar on Wednesday as both players were ejected from Sunday's match. United has not fallen at RFK Stadium since March 10, 2012, a 1-0 loss to Sporting Kansas City.
CHICAGO FIRE TRAINING SCHEDULE: Aug. 20 – Aug. 27
Monday, Aug. 20: Training 9:30 a.m.*^
Tuesday, Aug. 21: Travel to D.C.
Training in D.C. TBD
Wednesday, Aug. 22: Chicago Fire vs. D.C. United – RFK Stadium – 6:30 p.m. CT – CSN Chicago/97.5 ESPN Deportes
Thursday, Aug. 23: Return to Chicago
Friday, Aug. 24: Off
Saturday, Aug. 25: Off
Sunday, Aug. 26: Off
Monday, Aug. 27: Training 9:30 a.m.*^
*Training is open to the media. Fire players and coaches will be made available immediately following training.
^Training times are subject to change. Please contact Brendan Hannan at 720.937.8962 for media requests.
CHICAGO FIRE vs. D.C. United
- The Fire hold a 15-16-10 regular season record against D.C. United, including a 7-10-4 record in matches played at RFK Stadium.
- The Fire are 9-3-3 against Eastern Conference foes this season, and are 3-3-2 on the road against Eastern Conference teams.
- The Fire face each of the eight other Eastern Conference teams once and D.C. United twice in the final 10 games of the 2012 MLS season.
- Three members of the D.C. United squad have previously spent time with the Fire. Josh Wolff, currently serving as a player/assistant coach for United, was assigned to the Fire as a Project-40 player in 1998 and spent five seasons from 1998-2002 with the Men in Red. Wolff made 84 regular season appearances, scored 32 goals and added 15 assists. While with the Fire, Wolff won one MLS Cup and two Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup trophies. Defender Daniel Woolard spent three seasons with the Fire. Selected 47th in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft, Woolard made 16 regular season appearances for the Fire and scored one goal. Midfielder Steven King was drafted in the 3rd round (40th overall) of the 2008 MLS SuperDraft and made 20 appearances for the Fire in his rookie season, scoring two goals and added one assist.
- Chris Rolfe's goal in the 5th minute of Saturday's marked the second straight game in which he scored for the Fire. Rolfe scored a brace against the Philadelphia Union Aug. 12. With five goals on the season, Rolfe sits tied with Dominic Oduro for second on the team's goal scoring list.
- Dutch striker Sherjill MacDonald tallied his first goal in a Fire shirt Saturday evening, heading home Patrick Nyarko's cross in the 25th minute.
- The center back tandem of Austin Berry and Arne Friedrich improved to 7-1-2, conceding only eight goals in 10 matches.
The Chicago Fire Soccer Club will host the Second Annual White Party presented by Swissôtel Chicago at the MCA Warehouse (1747 W. Hubbard) on Thursday, August 23, 2012 from 7:30 – 11:30 p.m. CT.
This unique, stylish event provides guests with an opportunity to sip cocktails while getting to know the Fire and the Chicago Fire Foundation off the pitch. The White Party will feature a premium open bar, live DJ, hors d'oeuvres and a gift bag for each guest to top off the night. Guests are strongly encouraged to don their most stylish white attire.
Proceeds from the White Party will benefit the Chicago Fire Foundation. In 2011, the White Party was attended by nearly 600 urban professionals and raised more than $20,000 for the Foundation.
Tickets to the event, which start at $50 for a general admission ticket and $75 for a VIP ticket that includes an upgraded gift bag and access to the VIP lounge, can be purchased here.
Who: Chicago Fire players, staff and ticketed guests
What: The Chicago Fire Soccer Club's Second Annual White Party presented by Swissôtel Chicago.
Where: MCA Warehouse (1747 W. Hubbard, Chicago, IL, 60686)
When: Thursday, August 23, 7:30 – 11:30 PM
For additional information, please email email@example.com, visit Chicago-Fire.com or click here: http://chicagofirewhiteparty.eventbrite.com/.
The Chicago Fire Soccer Club and Cricket Communications, the club's official wireless partner and a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services, announced the launch of the "Chicago Fire Mobile Application Powered by Cricket," to connect fans with Fire news, player updates and social interactions from their mobile phone.
The free app, dedicated to Chicago Fire soccer fans, will simplify access to Chicago Fire news, updates and game day tickets. Powered by Cricket, the new app allows users to:
- Create personalized Fan Cards to share personal information such as photos, favorite players and other individual preferences through social media;
- Experience Toyota Park and navigate the grounds with an interactive map to use while at a game or to plan for an upcoming game;
- Browse Fire merchandise and game tickets;
- Review detailed, interactive Fire Player Cards, with team member and game photos, video, and statistics, as well as playlist suggestions for fans, featuring the team's favorite songs.
- Cricket subscribers will be able to easily download their favorite Fire players' songs via Cricket's Muve Music® service, a digital music subscription service that offers millions of songs with unlimited downloads to Cricket smartphones.
"The Chicago Fire Mobile App Powered by Cricket" is now available to download via Google Play for Android. September 15, 2012 is the app release date for iOS. Soccer fans can also download the app online at Chicago-fire.com/app.
The Chicago Fire got goals from strike tandem Chris Rolfe and Sherjill MacDonald to defeat the New England Revolution 2-1 Saturday night at Toyota Park. This was the Fire's third win in a row.
It took the Fire just five minutes to get on the board as Patrick Nyarko played Chris Rolfe into the box from the left. The veteran Fire striker took the ball in stride before being chopped down by A.J. Soares, forcing referee Sorin Soica to immediately point to the penalty spot. Rolfe stepped up and placed his effort off the left post and past Revolution goalkeeper Matt Reis to give the Fire a 1-0 lead in the fifth minute. It was Rolfe's fifth goal on the season and 41st in a Fire uniform.
Pouring on the pressure, New England would find the equalizer when Sene chased down a ball out of midfield, entered the box on the left and centered for Fernando Cardenas. Falling down, the Colombian midfielder got a foot to the ball, deflecting it off Austin Berry before it came back of Cardenas and squeaked inside the left post in the 11th minute.
In the 25th minute Segares' throw-in on the left put Nyarko into the box. The Ghanaian winger crossed at the endline and found MacDonald who nodded his first Fire goal down past, giving the side a 2-1 lead. In opening his MLS account, MacDonald became the 12th different Fire player to score during the 2012 MLS campaign.
Continuing to pressure late into the half the Fire came close on a frenzied sequence in the 42nd minute. Right back Jalil Anibaba beat two Revolution defenders on the right but saw his cross turned away by Revs defender A.J. Soares right back to Rolfe. The Fire striker rolled back up the right side before crossing to the back post where Nyarko nodded it down across goal before MacDonald popped the ball up in the air. Rolfe pounced on the ball at the near post before forcing New England defender Chris Tierney to put it out for a corner kick.
On the ensuing corner, Pavel Pardo's take from the right was nodded towards the back post by Arne Friedrich before MacDonald's follow-up header went just wide, leaving the score at 2-1 as the teams headed to the locker room.
Coming out of the break, the Fire looked to put the game away beginning in the 50th minute when Stephen McCarthy mishandled a back pass allowing MacDonald entry into the box but the Dutchman's poke trickled just wide of Reis' goal.
Four minutes later MacDonald forced Revs defender Stephen McCarthy to clear a dangerous ball directly to Rolfe. The forward crossed from the right looking for Nyarko who put it back for Alvaro Fernandez at the top of the box. The Uruguayan international took the ball and pushed a first-time half volley towards goal that forced Reis to parry it out for a corner kick.
Into stoppage time, Oduro continued to be a pest to New England as they pushed forward for the equalizer. This time, Paladini jumped to block Tierney's cross and the ball bounced to McCarthy at the midfield stripe but Oduro dispossessed the Revs defender and walked in on goal before seeing his shot from the top of the 18 deflected for a corner kick by Ryan Guy.
Unable to put the game away, the Revolution remained in the game until the end. Hurrying forward in the 95th minute, Tierney collected a loose ball on the left that Austin Berry headed directly to Soares. The defender's desperate effort was directed inside the right post but Johnson pulled off a spectacular diving save to seal the 2-1 victory.
The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced that the Fire will welcome four-time Mexican Primera División champions, Club Santos Laguna to Toyota Park for an international friendly on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Advance tickets for the first meeting between the Chicago Fire and Santos Laguna go on sale Wednesday, July 25 at 10:00 a.m. CT and are available by calling 888-MLS-Fire or by visiting www.chicago-fire.com. The international friendly will serve as Bonus Game 2 in the Fire Season Ticket and Ten Game packages.
Reigning Clausura Champions Santos Laguna have captured four titles in Mexico's Primera División, most recently defeating Monterey 3-2 on aggregate to capture the 2012 tournament. Santos Laguna has experienced success in the CONCACAF region as well. The Albiverdes placed second in the 2011/12 CONCACAF Champions League. Santos Laguna were also crowned champions of the inaugural 2004 InterLiga tournament, the tournament between Mexican clubs to determine qualifying spots for the Copa Libertadores.
For the second consecutive year, the Fire will welcome a Mexican opponent to Toyota Park. In 2011, the Fire took on Chivas de Guadalajara in front of a crowd of more than 18,000. A 61st minute goal by Jorge Mora would prove the difference as Chivas de Guadalajara escaped with a 1-0 victory.
Santos Laguna's roster currently boasts star goalkeeper and Mexican international Oswaldo Sánchez, a three-time FIFA World Cup veteran. U.S. international forward Hercules Gomez tallied five goals in 12 appearances for the Torreon side. Gomez appeared in three games for the United States Men's National Team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and spent six years plying his trade in MLS with the LA Galaxy, Colorado Rapids and Kansas City Wizards.
This is the second international friendly scheduled for the Fire this season. The Men in Red hosted English Premier League side Aston Villa in a match Presented by TrueCar at Toyota Park on Saturday, July 21.
Lincoln Park bakery Molly's Cupcakes (2536 N. Clark) has created a limited-edition Chicago Fire Velvet Swirl cupcake that will be available for the month of August. A twist on the classic red velvet cupcake, one dollar from every purchase will benefit the Chicago Fire Foundation. Check out this video of Fire defender Gonzalo Segares touring Molly's - //www.chicago-fire.com/blog/post/2012/08/02/sega-indulges-mollys-cupcakes.
Fire post 3rd straight victory - Jack McCarthy - Chicago Tribune - August 18, 2012
Fire's Rolfe, MacDonald provide the offense in 2-1 victory against Revolution - Seth Gruen - Chicago Sun-Times - August 18, 2012
Nyarko plays big in Fire's win over Revolution - Orrin Schwarz - Daily Herald - August 18, 2012
Fire must battle on without Pause - Len Ziehm - Comcast SportsNet Chicago - August 15, 2012
Rolfe happy with brace, but sees room for improvement - Anthony Zilis - MLSsoccer.com - August 12, 2012
By the Numbers: How the Fire have fared without their captain – August 16, 2012
All-In Podcast with Arne Friedrich – August 16, 2012
Steven Kinney Plays First competitive Minutes Since 2010 Achilles Injury – August 15, 2012
Matt Mason Finishes Appalachian Trek – August 15, 2012


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Damn, They Busting In Ppl's Doors Over Student Loans Now!?!: Dept. Of Education Uses SWAT Team To Break Down Stockton Man's Door & Collect On Defaulted Loan!
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Friends of the Kernersville Library Noon Book Club Getting together to discuss an interesting book is a perfect way to spend a lunch hour. If you are interested in reading new, local authors as well as old favorites, then the Noon Book Club is for you! We ask authors to facilitate the discussions as often as possible. Group members and community leaders have led discussions as well. This group has met for over 25 years and is going strong. We are generously sponsored by the Friends of the Kernersville Library. Meetings are the 1st Thursday of every month from September through May in the beautiful Paddison Room of the Kernersville Branch Library from 12 noon until 1:00 pm. For information, call 703-2930.
Books for Belles Book Club meets every 2nd Thursday of the month in the Paddison Room of the Kernersville Branch Library. Ladies, join us for an open-discussion book club. Come and share whatever you have been reading with the group, or talk about your favorite books and authors. There's no assigned book! For more information, call 336-703-2932.


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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Central Florida entered its Conference USA opener needing a win to slow division mate East Carolina, which was already 2-0 in league play and set to face a favorable schedule against several weaker teams the rest of the season.
Then the Knights fell behind by two touchdowns quickly, before Quincy McDuffie sparked them with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown on the way to a 40-20 victory Thursday night.
McDuffie also scored on a 64-yard touchdown catch and Knights quarterback Blake Bortles threw for a touchdown and ran for another. Shawn Moffitt kicked four field goals.
``There wasn't anything we ran that got stopped,'' Bortles said. ``Our goal is to put points on the board every possession. We definitely want touchdowns as the end results, but even though some of those ended up with field goals, we still got points on the board.''
UCF (3-2, 1-0 Conference USA) scored on eight consecutive possessions to seize control of the game, while its defense tightened and allowed only a field goal after halftime.
The Pirates (3-3, 2-1) led 14-0 early, but lost an opportunity to take control of C-USA's East Division. Quarterback Shane Carden had a rushing score and 76-yard touchdown pass, but threw an interception and was sacked twice.
With senior tailback Reggie Bullock out after sustaining a concussion last week against UTEP, Vintavious Cooper - who had 151 yards in the win over the Miners - had to shoulder the majority rushing duties with only a little relief from Michael Dobson. Cooper finished with 58 yards rushing Thursday, but failed to get into the end zone.
The 40 points allowed by the Pirates were second only to the 48 it allowed in their 48-10 loss to South Carolina Sept. 8.
``"We wanted to start fast and we did have the momentum early, but then some special teams' mishaps and we lost momentum,'' ECU coach Ruffin McNeill said. ``Something tough like that happens, you got to play the next play and get the momentum back. We had some opportunities to gain it back, but just didn't do it.''
It was easily UCF's strongest collective effort of the season on offense. It also got a boost from the return of running back Latavius Murray, who played in his first game since suffering a shoulder injury in the season opener Aug. 30.
Meanwhile, ECU came apart on both sides of the ball in the second half, never recovering from an early momentum swing. The loss kept the Pirates from moving to 3-0 for just the third time since 2001.
ECU, which had outscored its previous two league opponents 52-32, was outscored by UCF 20-3 after halftime. The fast-moving, no huddle offense that was successful early, whittled largely because of its lackluster 4 for 14 performance on third down.
McNeill said not stopping UCF was more of a problem.
``Our defense has been getting people off the field all year, but you got to give some credit to UCF. They did a very good job,'' McNeill said.
Early on it looked as if the Pirates were headed for a romp, methodically marching 75 yards for a touchdown on the opening drive of the night to take a 7-0 lead.
Carden was efficient in the air throughout, going 6 for 7 for 40 yards passing on the drive. ECU also converted a fourth-and-1 near midfield to keep the series alive.
It was the first time this season that the Pirates have scored first in a game. Entering Thursday, UCF's defense had also only allowed seven points all season in the first quarter.
UCF went three and out on its first touch of the night, and ECU's offense needed just one more play to put the Knights in a 14-0 hole, this time via Carden's 76-yard strike down the sideline to Justin Hardy.
The fast-paced scoring continued on the ensuing kickoff, though, when UCF's McDuffie bounced outside and got free for a 99-yard kickoff return to get the Knights back in the game.
The back-to-back scores spanned just 25 seconds.
UCF then tied it a series later on a 4-yard touchdown run by Storm Johnson.
The Knights end a four-game home stand next Saturday when they host Southern Mississippi. The Pirates return home to host Memphis.
UCF coach George O'Leary said he was most proud of how his team responded after a tough home loss to Missouri last week.
``I think we have a team that perseverance-wise, is very resilient,'' O'Leary said. ``You go down 14-0 right away; I think we have a group of good seniors that hung in there.''
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By Kate Andrews
We all have friends or family members who have everything they want or need. They definitely don't want one more thing taking up space on the coffee table. ChildFund has a great solution: Donate a gift to a child in your loved one's name.
ChildFund's Gifts of Love & Hope 2012 catalog offers all sorts of needed items (at many price points) that help children and entire communities. For the full selection, visit our online catalog, but we would like to highlight a few gifts here.
A chicken farm with 50 chicks — a food and income generator in Mexico and Brazil — is $144, or $72 for 25 chicks. Each chicken farm will help an average of 10 children.
Banana starter plants are important to families in Uganda who often struggle to meet their children's nutritional needs. A gift of 20 plants, costing $35, can provide food and a possible cash crop. The extra income fills other needs like education, clothing and medication.
Another gift that leads to self-sufficiency is a set of gardening tools, which cost $54. Children can use hoes, spades, pitchforks and more to tend vegetable gardens. This gift comes from requests by children in Belarus, Ethiopia, Mexico and Zambia.
If you're having a hard time choosing a specific gift, donations to the fund for Children's Greatest Needs provide help to many children in dire need, whether they have limited access to clean water and food, or live in a region affected by political violence or a natural disaster.
Just in the past two months, Guatemala experienced a strong earthquake, and the Philippines felt the wrath of Typhoon Bopha. You can donate the amount you prefer on your order form.
To provide information about your gift to your loved one, you can even print a last-minute card from our website.
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2011: Lettered as a first-year ... an athletic midfielder with play-making ability … will look to push for playing time again this spring.
2010: Played in nine games during his rookie season, totaling two goals and two assists ... snared three ground balls and caused three turnovers ... notched a pair of assists in a 12-6 win over Randolph-Macon (4/28) in the ODAC Tournament ... also had one goal in a 15-7 loss to Roanoke in the ODAC Semifinals.
High School: Lettered in football, lacrosse and basketball at The Covenant School … four-time first team all-conference pick in lacrosse, helping lead the team to a trio of state championships … also earned all-state honors … tallied 142 goals and 104 assists over his four seasons … in football, earned first team all-conference honors each of his four seasons … was named the conference offensive player of the year as a sophomore and senior and was a three-time first team All-Central Virginia and three-time all-state selection as a running back … earned second team all-state laurels as a linebacker as a first-year and sophomore … rushed for 4,736 yards and 70 touchdowns during his high school career.
Off the Field: Grandfather, Lee McLaughlin, coached the W&L football team from 1957-67 and is a member of the W&L Athletic Hall of Fame … sister, Angie Carrington Murphy '94, is also a member of the W&L Athletic Hall of Fame after a stellar career with the lacrosse and soccer teams … father, Eric Heinsohn '83, also attended W&L … is a two-year letterwinner for the W&L football team as a running back ... rushed for better than 1,300 yards and 10 touchdowns in earning First Team All-ODAC honors last fall … undeclared major.


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The long overdue Android 4.1 update for the HTC One X is finally here. Users in Asia, Europe and South America are reporting that the update is available for unlocked HTC One X phones (CID_038 & CID_044). From what we can gather, the Android 4.1 update with HTC Sense 4+ is being pushed out in two separate parts: a smaller 1.25-1.6 MB file followed by the main 357-364 MB Android 4.1 update.
If you're not sure which HTC One X you have, you can easily check by downloading a CID app from Google Play. If you have not already received the OTA update notification, you can try to manually ping HTC's update servers by going to Settings > About > Software updates >Check now.
Unfortunately, there's no indication that the Android 4.1 update with HTC Sense 4+, Google Now, Project Butter, offline text-to-speech and advanced notifications will be coming to carrier-branded HTC One Xs. Based on HTC's track record, we should expect to see the update on carrier-branded phones in Europe starting in 1-2 weeks. AT&T customers will probably have at least another month before the update is released since their device is based on the HTC One XL which is powered by a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor instead of the quad-core Tegra 3 chip found in the international HTC One X. .
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LOS ANGELES -- If you are one of the nearly 1.2 million folks who follow him on Twitter, you already know that Steve Nash is enjoying life in LA.
A few days ago, Nash sent out a two-word tweet simply saying "Good Morning."
Accompanying that message was a glorious photo taken from Nash's beachside home showing nothing but sand, surf and clear blue sky.
A couple of days later, there was another two-word tweet, this one saying only, "Good Evening." The attached photo was of the sun sinking beneath the Pacific.
Nash smiles when he is reminded of those tweets.
"Yeah, for sure, I am enjoying living here," the Victoria native said. "I mean, I grew up on the West Coast. It's not hard to enjoy living near the ocean in southern California."
No, that's the easy part. But life has its challenges and right now the biggest one for Nash is learning a new offence and getting comfortable with his new Los Angeles Lakers' teammates.
Perhaps you have heard of a few of them: Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace, the man formerly known as Ron Artest.
Together with Nash, the two-time NBA most valuable player, they are the NBA's new dream team. Many observers have already given them a pass to the NBA Finals where the Lakers are expected to meet the equally star-studded Miami Heat.
Nash, who as point guard is the director of this symphony, knows it won't be quite that easy.
Speaking after Monday's lengthy practice at the Lakers' practice facility located on Nash Street (we're not making this up) in El Segundo, Nash said the Lakers remain very much a work in progress as they head into tonight's regular-season opener against the Dallas Mavericks at the Staples Center.
"We're not in a position where we feel like we can be gangbusters coming out of the gate, but we still believe we can win," Nash said. "But we're just not a finished product right now. We are a team that doesn't have last year to rely on so it's all new to us and we have to go out there and try to just be as competitive and tough-minded as we can be and get wins regardless of the fact that we're not a finished product yet."
Nash, in particular, has faced a steep learning curve as he adapts to not only new teammates after eight seasons in Phoenix, but learns the new Princeton offence that head coach Mike Brown plans to employ this season. Designed by former Princeton University coach Pete Carril, it's a complicated offence that emphasizes constant motion and lots of passing and back-door cuts.
"It's a lot more complex," Nash said when asked to compare the Princeton offence to one he ran with the Suns. "In Phoenix the ball was in my hands and I was asked to create opportunities for my teammates. Here, all five guys are moving in concert and you need to read and react off one another and hold your spacing in order for it to be successful. If we do that it can be very difficult to defend, but it takes time to get an understanding not only of the offence, but of each other."
That was made more difficult by a pre-season injury to Howard and another suffered by Bryant, who has not practised for nearly a week with a foot problem and may not play tonight.
"We are definitely still going through this process," Nash said. "Dwight was out a lot of the pre-season games, Kobe has been out recently. We are learning a new offence, we have a bunch of new guys, it's still early and still very early in the learning curve."
Nash, about to start season No. 17, knows this is his best chance to add a NBA championship to what is already a Hall of Fame resume that in addition to the two MVP awards includes seven all-star selections, 1,152 games, 9,916 assists and 16,649 points.
"That's one of the main reasons I am still playing," he said.
But it was not the only reason he decided to head west and join the Lakers while rejecting a more lucrative offer from the Toronto Raptors. Being in Los Angeles keeps him close to his three young children, who live with his ex-wife in Phoenix.
"It ticks all the boxes, right," Nash said. "Initially, I made the decision because it was so close to my kids and that was it. But obviously every day since then I have realized what an awesome basketball opportunity it is, too."
At age 38 -- he turns 39 in February -- Nash realizes he doesn't have much time. The $27-million, three-year sign-and-trade deal he signed with the Lakers could well be his last. Nash himself on more than one occasion recently has used the term "Father Time" when talking about where he is in his career. Last season, he played only 62 games with the Phoenix Suns.
His back has been known to give him grief and when he's not on the court during games, Nash can often be found stretched out on the baseline near the bench trying to keep it loose.
"I feel good, I think if you look at how many games I miss a year it's well above average as far as durability," he said. "It's never really been a big concern. We'll see, every year is different. You've got to be lucky, but you also have to prepare hard to be lucky. But I feel good and I am excited to see how we do in this challenge."
His teammates are excited to have him. Gasol, the eloquent Spanish power forward, is confident that Nash will excel in Los Angeles and make the Lakers a better team.
"You know he's going to make the right play out there, he's an excellent passer, very unselfish and very aware of what goes on on the floor," Gasol said. "He will give you balance, he will know when a player hasn't touched the ball in a while and make a play for him. He's that type of player and that type of point guard and he's come here to win a championship."
Second-year coach Brown, who is facing pressure after the team under-performed last year, is happy with what he has seen from Nash.
"He is extremely intelligent and that helps out a lot," Brown said of Nash taking the reins of a new offence with a new team. "But I think at the end of the day he understands that he has the keys to the engine and we're going to go as he wants us to go and I think he enjoys it, I think he enjoys what we're doing.
"Just watching him you see how easy he makes the game for everybody, but more than the game being made easy by him, I just love his pace. He never seems to get rattled or frazzled and because his pace is what it is in terms of slow and under control everybody else seems to have a nice pace about them."
So for Nash, tonight is Showtime. And if he can perform the way he has in what has been a highly impressive 16-year dress rehearsal, the Lakers should be just fine.
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This show brings up many issues that I am sure martial artists are discussing.
One is that the rules of any competition largely shape the outcome. High kicks work very well, unless kicks to the groin or knee are allowed. Grappling works well unless punches and kicks are allowed (it still works pretty well for some people even with punches and kicks).
In a self defense situation, there are no rules. There is also no official "winner" and "loser". If someone attacks you, you generally "win" if you can defend yourself, escape, or even talk the attacker out of attacking you.
When two competitors square off, there are rules and a way to determine the winner -- whether it is by points or who is left standing at the end of the match.
I had a teacher once. He told me about how he was picked on as child. Several boys would get together and beat him up. The best he could do was cover up and take the punches, or run away.
But later, he would wait to get each of his attackers alone. Then he would get even.
One on one, he was more than a match for any of the attackers. But as a group, they could beat him.
So his strategy was to survive the gang attack and wait to get even.
I am not saying that I agree with fighting. I am a very non-violent person. But the idea that there must be a winner and loser in a conflict is based on the sport version of Karate (or other martial arts). Once you buy into this premise, the self defense purpose of Karate is lost.
I also tell my students that you cannot beat a Judo expert using Judo, a boxer using boxing, or a Kyokushin fighter using Kyokushin principles. Unless you are simply superior, you must attack your opponent's weaknesses with your strengths and avoid his strengths.
If you simply stand there and punch and kick it out with a Kyokushin fighter, you will probably lose -- I am certain that I would! Similarly, I would not want to roll around on the ground with a Judo or Ju Jitsu expert. And if I were to fight an escrima expert with sticks, I would throw the sticks away and run as fast as I could!
The strength of Karate is that it truly was a mixed martial arts during its early day. Karate included a wide range of martial skills and techniques. It was broad enough to give its practitioners an advantage over most untrained fighter, and the ability to use a variety of skills against a trained fighter (to be able to grapple a puncher or punch a grappler, for example).
I am pretty sure that the final matches in Human Weapon wold be quite different if they allowed the hosts to use any techniques they desired from any martial art. Limiting the "fight" to the system of the opponent deprives you of any advantage.
Also, it is better to conceal your martial arts expertise. The opponent should not really know that you are a Karate or other expert until he is hit (or taken down, restrained, etc.).
I am often reminded that Karate was a jutsu (art) before it was a do (way). I do not see how sport fits within either framework.
Again, I like the Human Weapon series, particularly because the hosts are very respectful -- exactly how all martial artists should be.
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This show brings up many issues that I am sure martial artists are discussing.
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The options to travel the world are almost limitless nowadays. Within a matter of a few hours, we are able to reach hotspots at the end of the world and can we reach immerse ourselves in foreign cultures and experience new things. Visiting Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris or remote islands and marvel at dream stalls in Mauritius, Thailand or marvelling at the beauty of nature at the Maldives.
The Maldives – the specialty location of Sabine Beyer. When the native swabian visited the islands for the first time in 1983, it was love at first sight and the birth of STOP OVER TRAVEL. The Maldives became her passion and HOME away from home. "Everyone should visit this place at least once in their life. Because there are dream places where time stans still, we are able recover intensively and find our way back to ourselves" says Sabine Beyer.
For almost 30 years, the entrepreneur has been creating custom trips to the beaches of the islands with her team "holidays madewithlove". Each trip is unique – always new and inspirationally compiled after the most personal wishes of her many customers. Depending on what the customer is really looking for: Peace. Luxury. Inspiration. Fitness for the body. Harmony for the soul. Her credo: #lovetotravelyou
But with all these numerous trips to the powder-soft beaches with palm trees, it is always nice to come back to a familiar place and recharge your batteries. Then, it's time for your source of energy – your HOME.
AT HOME. To Sabine Beyer, this means reaching within, feeling safe and feeling comfortable. "My personal retreat. My lion's den ".
The living room is her favourite room, where she prefers to spend her time. She often sits on the window sill and lets her mind wander. Everything is open and very generously designed the first thing she does as she gets home is letting light into the apartment and opening all windows. The quiet lovely terrace makes one feel like one's in midst of greenery. Pure relaxation.
This location of rest is important for Sabine Beyer, this is where she can relax her mind through meditation in form of Kriya Yoga and is thus able to cope with stresses of the everyday calmly. Therefore, it is not surprising that her most important piece of furniture is an Indian prayer temple from the 18th century. And if wanderlust should try take over again, the destination is already set: The Maldives and other new global hotspots.
STOP OVER TRAVEL reflects only a portion of her zest for action. Sabine Beyer's milestones include:
- MALEDIVES.net online portal of all islands of the Maldives
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Engineering the future at Arriva London
Sound investment is the key to success for any business, and for Arriva London much of that success is generated by our investment in quality Engineering training.
To maintain the highest standard of vehicles, we have engineering facilities in most of our garages across London. These facilities are managed by highly experienced and qualified engineers who provide the skills and techniques to consistently provide these services, for our fleet of over 1,700 vehicles.
Linked with this, we have a policy of continual development and training for all engineering staff, and looking forward to the future, an extensive apprenticeship and garage trainee training scheme.
Such has been the investment, that we are now a registered provider to train apprentices both inside and outside of the business. Our Engineering Academy, based in Edmonton, has successfully been added to the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP), and is now one of just two training providers in the South East of England to deliver bus and coach apprenticeships.
As our engineering training manager Heath Halle explains:
"It is a long application process; we started the application in November 2016, and it has recently been confirmed that we have been successful at our first attempt. We applied to be a main route training provider, which means that we can train employees from other businesses and organisations as well as our own. We also no longer need an affiliated college to provide the apprenticeship. As we deliver the training, we can draw funding from our own levy pot, as well as the levy pots of the organisations whose employees we train increasing our commercial revenue."
The academy is already training employees from London United and Arriva Southern Counties, and apprentices from Abellio will be attending the Engineering Academy from September.
Here is what the apprentices have been saying:
James Barrett, one of our second year apprentices:
"I've learnt a lot in the past year, and I've been given bigger responsibilities, including working with engines. By having apprentices from other companies train with us, we can share best practice and see similarities and differences in the way we do things. I used to work for First and Tower Transit in logistics. I wanted to do an apprenticeship but Tower Transit didn't have the space, so I contacted Arriva London. After initial testing, I started the next month. Most apprentices have to go to Bristol or Coventry to do exams, but Arriva London does everything on site. If you have a question, you can just go upstairs and ask the guys."
First year apprentice, Jamie Cohen, says:
"It's a great course, I love it. And it's great that we are able to meet apprentices from other organisations as well. I'm learning a lot and it's good we are in an actual working environment, as we are able to see how it's done in the garage. I have had lots of opportunities for hands-on experience and everyone is very supportive, they come and help you out with what you are doing."
We are extremely proud of our apprentices and what they achieve. We are also proud of our new status on the RoATP list.
With our excellent apprentices, our Engineering Academy, and our skilled team of engineers across London, we are looking forward to Engineering the future.
If you would like to join our Engineering team for a brighter future, then please visit our careers page.
Published : Thu 2nd Apr. 2015 - Mon 11th May. 2015
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Back to school for an Arriva London Heritage Fleet bus
Arriva London were invited to The Crescent Primary School in Selhurst, a suburb of Croydon, to show some young school children what it's like to ride on a big red double decker bus.
Cyclists Exchange places with Arriva London bus drivers
The Exchanging Places programme is an initiative between TfL and the Metropolitan Police, in which London's cyclists are invited to experience what it is like to sit in the driver's seat of a London bus or a large truck.
London emergency services accident simulation on the New Routemaster at Arriva London's Clapton GarageThe idea of the exercise, which had been three months in the planning, was to give these services the opportunity to test out their recovery skills from a simulated accident of a New Routemaster.
Arriva London Night Controllers win the M.A.D 2014 Team of the Year award by making a difference
Every night in London, the Arriva London iBus control centres manage the efficiency of the Arriva routes throughout the city, and none more so than the Arriva London North Service Control team.e
Arriva London retains route 78
Arriva London has been successful in retaining route 78 (Shoreditch - Nunhead) at Ash Grove.
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From the company that pioneered clipless pedal technology comes the Tour de France-winning Keo 2 Max pedals. They feature lightweight composite bodies and wide platforms for excellent support, comfort and pedaling efficiency. Complementing the great feel is Look's low-profile design that places you closer to the axles for even more pedal power and a lower center of gravity for better cornering. There's also built-in float allowing your feet to self-adjust to the optimum position while you pedal, which protects your knees. Plus for smooth running and durability there are chromoly axles, three sets of sealed bearings plus stainless-steel contact plates. You also get adjustable release tension.
- Usage: Recreational to Competition
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- Pedal Stack Height + Cleats: 17.3mm
- Contact Surface Area: 500 mm²
- Float: 8 or 12 adjustable spring
- Cleats: Kéo Grip Cleats
- Pedal Weight: 130 grams (328 grams per pair with cleats and screws)
- Pedals Thread 9/16-inch
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bought my 1st look pedals in 1987, 2nd in 2002, never had a single problems with them, but these new one are cheap n flimsy, way over priced. had to have them replaced after only 3 month use. revolution is great n gave me a new pair, hope these last longer . i put over 45,000 miles on the second pair still work perfect. i only bought new because i got new shoes n wanted to have new pedals, seems that the old cleats are hard to find, so i went with all new. if you race dont even take a chance, i just ride for fun n they wore out. so sad.
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after using look pedals since 1987 witch i have only bought 2 sets, the last ones in 2002, i needed new shoes for my road bike. so i bought new pedals too, well these things have fallen apart in 3 months the spindel comes lose n makes noises.. return them for repair n now in less than 2 long rides, they need to be adjusted again. i new they where flimsy after i looked at their new design, the spring is on the out side n the spindel is thin, not like my old ones, with thicker housing n inclosed spring. they are a little heavier than the new ones but i have logged 45,000 miles n they still work fine. so sad. taking them back a gain to see if i can get my money back.
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