text: On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Eugene Leitl wrote: > --AMD introduces AMD-760? chipset, enabling the world's first > commercially available PC platform supporting next-generation Double > Date Rate (DDR) memory technology-- Interesting. I wonder why the memory sellers don't extend the same special "double date rates" to the previous generation -- sounds like some sort of bias agains senior citizens to me...;-) Seriously, this looks very promising. According to my benchmarks, there is a class of code (mostly big-memory vector arithmetic operations) that will just about double if they do indeed succeed in doubling memory bandwidth. However, they didn't mention (or if they did I didn't see it) the effect on memory latency. Are we to presume that DDR won't affect memory latency relative to SDRAM? I would guess that if it significantly improved it they would have said something... Also, as always, folks should be aware (before they rush right out and buy 128 spanking new nodes based on the technology) that on a LOT of code mixes "cache works". Like mine. What this means is that one's numerical performance is much more strongly tied to the CPU's rates when operating on data in L1 or possibly L2, and my measurements show AMD CPU's to very slightly underperform relative clock compared to Intel for these code mixes, pretty much independent of memory speed. The BEST thing to do is find such a box and try it with your code (which I plan to do as soon as possible). The other area where it might be promising is in dual systems -- this is a place where memory bottlenecking is glaringly visible and although it will continue to be visible for streaming I/O until memory bus speed matches speed to/from L1, improvement here would be most welcome. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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Author Notes: I'm either incredibly lazy or just addicted to my laptop. Once I get settled in at the food52 office, I have a hard time breaking from my daily three-part fix -- Twitter, Chartbeat, and my in-box -- to walk more than 5 blocks for lunch. Which is reason 397 why I love our new office. We're close to Taralucci e Vino, Eataly, and a great Korean soup place, and we're just a few steps from 'wichcraft, Tom Colicchio's sandwich chain, where I've tasted nearly everything on the menu. One item that I like to have as a warm-up to the peanut butter creamwich is the shrimp-and-chorizo sandwich with aioli.
Multiple, focused "tastings" have allowed me to decipher the sandwich's ingredients -- shrimp, chorizo, garlic mayonnaise, scallion, and arugula -- and reassemble it in my kitchen. What I've discovered is that the sandwich is extra good if eaten while the shrimp are still warm. My friend Joe, whom I venture to lunch with now and then, says I should write a column called "The Counterfeit Cook" because I'm always studying restaurant recipes to replicate them at home. Thus, the Counterfeit Cook lunch series begins -- like right this minute -- and will be a short series, since i don't want to have to walk too far. —Amanda Hesser
Serves: 2
pound small or medium shrimp, peeled
cup dried chorizo (I use Palacios), cut into 1/8-inch cubes
cup mayonnaise
large clove garlic, crushed and chopped
teaspoon lemon juice
small scallions, thinly sliced
handfuls baby arugula
ciabatta or kaiser rolls
- Bring a medium saucepan filled with heavily salted water to a boil. Add the shrimp and turn off the heat. Let the shrimp rest in the water for 3 minutes, then cut into one shrimp to see if it's cooked -- it should be just cooked and still springy. If they're cooked, drain and rinse the shrimp under cold water for 15 seconds (to cool them just slightly). If not, let them continue poaching until cooked through. Slice the cooked shrimp into 1/4-inch pieces.
- Meanwhile, cut the chorizo -- I like to cut it into quarters lengthwise, and then crosswise into 1/8-inch slices.
- Make the aioli: in a bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, garlic, and lemon (feel free to add more lemon, and salt, if desired).
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the shrimp, chorizo, scallions, and half the aioli. Fold together. Taste and adjust seasoning, adding more aioli as needed.
- Slice open the rolls. Spoon on the shrimp salad. Top with arugula and the top halves of the rolls. Pack up in your lunch box!
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
More Great Recipes:
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A young mother kills in a fit of unexplainable rage a seemingly stranger. An inquisitive detective obsesses over the case, attempting to get to the bottom of the true motive behind the act.
|The Sinner
|First Air Date
|Last Air Date
|Drama, Mystery
|Production Companies
|Universal Cable Productions, Iron Ocean Films
|Number of Seasons
|2 Seasons
|Number of Episodes
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|based on novel or book, murder, memory loss, miniseries, drugs, murder investigation, belief, religiosity, sisterhood, psychotic attack
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Mina's Dish
Shake It Up
Don't be afraid to blend your own spices
A good Alfredo has a kiss of nutmeg in the sauce. Masala means an amalgam of spices. Traditional Peking duck requires infusing the bird with star anise and other flavorings. What they all have in common are spices.
Spices are the pods, bark and roots of plants. They're harvested, dried and usually ground or broken down to flavor foods, add fragrance to perfumes, and have a long history of being used in rituals or as currency. Whereas the leafy or flowering parts of plants lose the brightness of their flavor when dried, spices can be stored and transported with less risk of spoilage. They're more concentrated, so less is needed to impart favor.
It's easy to take for granted being able to pick up a few ounces of cinnamon, nutmeg, curry and pods of star anise. Yet these indispensable harvests have taken millennia to arrive on our doorstep from around the world. Spices once traveled by the Silk Road that wound from the eastern Mediterranean through Arabia and into China by land. There was also a spice trade route that flowed from Europe and ranged across East Africa, the Mediterranean and into Asia—mostly by sea.
It's no wonder that India boasts some of the world's spiciest dishes. It produces and exports more spices than any other country. Combining them produces blends, such as the curry for which India is famous. Recipes for a good curry can be commercialized like the Madras curry in the familiar yellow tin. In India and Indonesia, however, people usually make their own from scratch. These are a balance of turmeric, cumin, cassia, cardamom, ginger, chile and other sweet spices. Turmeric is a root that supplies a curry's deep yellow color. The chiles supply the heat, which I've learned is a subjective call. The first curry I ever experienced was in Bath, England, in a small Indian restaurant. I ordered my dish mild, and it nearly took my head off.
Piquant and aromatic cinnamon can go sweet or savory, depending on the context. Much of the cinnamon you find in the grocery is actually from the cassia plant. Gourmands prefer an especially fragrant cassia grown in Vietnam. True cinnamon has a deeper, reddish hue than the bronzer cassia.
To elevate your cinnamon rolls even higher, you might take a closer look at the vanilla in your pantry. I make my own extract by taking 10 to 15 vanilla pods, splitting them end-to-end, cutting them into 1-inch lengths and putting them into a quart of vodka in a mason jar. I let it sit for for six to nine months, turning the jar upside down once a week. The resulting vanilla is wonderfully fragrant and just gets stronger the longer it stays in the jar. Vanilla pods are expensive, so finding an affordable supplier is key. The resources listed below sell vanilla pods and top-quality saffron at good prices.
It's tempting to buy in bulk quantities, but keep your order down to what you think you'll use over six months or so. Even though they're dried, the oils in spices will go rancid if kept too long. Store them in a cool, dark, dry place and in containers that prevent exposure to light.
I prefer whole pods rather than pre-ground when possible. They give much better flavor when freshly ground. The fresher and stronger the flavor, the less you need. A number of companies now sell spice grinders that are nearly identical to coffee grinders. The next time you season your favorite dish or throw something on the grill, don't grab the store-bought shaker. Grind your own.


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Oct. 20, 2007
Courtesy Springfield College Sports Information
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Junior midfielder Neil Zimmerman scored his third goal of the season and goalkeeper Tom Caldwell made six saves to help MIT earn a 1-1 tie with host Springfield College on Saturday afternoon in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference action at the Irv Schmid Sports Complex.
With the tie, the Pride now stands at 7-7-2 overall and 3-2-1 in league play, while MIT is 7-4-2 and 1-2-2.
The Engineers jumped on the board first when Zimmerman finished a feed from rookie Jason Zhu just under 14 minutes into the contest, with the helper marking the first-ever intercollegiate point for Zhu. However, the Pride would knot the game at one goal apiece when senior Chad Bonnell found the back of the net at the 40-minute mark.
Neither team could muster a goal in the second half and the same was true for both overtime sessions, as the game ended in a 1-1 draw. The Pride held a 5-0 shot advantage in the overtime periods but was unable to convert on its chances.
Springfield's senior goalkeeper B.J. Sturdivant finished with four saves in goal, while Caldwell made six stops for the Cardinal and Gray.
The Engineers will now return home for the final two games of the regular season, as this match represented the last road contest on the schedule. First up for Tech will be UMass-Boston on Tuesday, Oct. 23 in a match that will begin at 3:30 p.m. The Pride returns to action on Wednesday, Oct. 24, in its regular-season finale when it hosts Western Connecticut State University. Kick-off is slated for 7:00 p.m.


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Vol • me XLI—No. 22 Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Wednesday, May 4, 1966
Academic Committee Offers Films,
Delves Into Race Prejudice, Fascists
Piano DUO,Clara Seecamp and Gordon Howell prepare for their Fri-day
concert apearance in Bethel's fieldhouse-auditorium.
Protestant Observer At Vatican Council
Gives Address In Thursday Convocation
Dr. Quanbeck has had six years
of pastoral experience. Twenty of
his twenty-five years of teaching
have been at Luther Theological
Seminary. He received his Tha
The ecumenical movement is of from Princeton Theological Sem-great
interest to Dr. Quanbeck. He inary.
Week's Eventful Musical Calendar
Includes Recital, Chamber Concert
berry's dynamic, meaningful play
dealing with the dreams, ambi-tions,
frustrations, and points of
view of a present-day Chicago
Negro family.
The stage version won the New
York Critics Circle Award for the
Best Play of the Year. The film
version won the Gary Cooper A-ward
for "outstanding human val-ues,"
at the. Cannes Film Festival,
Musical opportunities in the in- program includes six sections and
strumental and vocal fields present music from almost every musical
themselves to campusites this period.
week as four music faculty • mem- Mrs. Stipe and Mrs. Fardig
bers present a Friday even- open the recital with G. F. Han-ing
recital and the Bethel Chamber del's "Sonata No. 4 in D Major."
Chorale makes its debut with a The duo pianists will then pre-
Monday evening concert. sent Burmeister's arrangement of
Johann Sebastian Bach's "Fan-tasie
and Fugue in G Minor."
Next on the program are "Sona-tine
in D Major" by Schubert, for
violin, and "Variations on a Theme
By Beethoven."
"Puhundus," by the local musi-cian
Johannes Tall, is featured
with Fiocco's "Allegro" and the
contemporary great Aaron Cop-land's
"Hoedown" in Mrs. Stipe s
next portion of the program.
Dr. Howell and Miss Seecamp
close with "Popular Song" from
FACADE SUITE by Walton,
"Menuet" from PETITE SUITE
by Debussy and "Valse Roman-tique,
Number 1" by Chabrier.
The Chamber Chorale presents
its premiere concert May 9, in the
interest of introducing Bethelites
and particularly Bethel musicians
to a great variety of unusual vocal
music. Their performance is at
8:00 p.m. in room 106.
The group of thirty singers is
made up of College Choir members.
Many are music majors, who are
Cooperative Library Agreement
Gives Assist to Bethel Students
Visiting Bethel's campus as a
convocation speaker will be Lu-theran
theologian Dr. Warren A.
Dr. Quanbeck
Edgren Dorm
Plans Auction
Recently, the Edgren Dorm
Council discovered a number of
articles in the dorm storage clo-sets
which are either unmarked
or belong to non-residents.
All non-residents must claim
their goods before Friday, May
Everything unclaimed after this
date will be auctioned off Mon-day,
May 9th at 6:30 p.m. in the
Edgren lounge. Such items as FM
radios, speakers, and books will
be up for grabs to anyone who
Bethel students wishing to use
a book that is not in Bethel's col-lection
should ask a librarian if
the book may be borrowed from
one of the other libraries. The
librarian will call these libraries
and arrange for the loan. The
student can then pick up the book
at the other library.
Librarians who will assist stu-dents
in arranging interlibrary
loans are Dr. Fagerstrom, college
librarian, and Miss Christensen,
Policies vary at other city libra-ries.
The Bethel Seminary library
will loan up to five books on
the college student's identification
card. St. Paul Bible College library
and Bethel College and Seminary
libraries have an informal arrange-ment
which allows students to bor-row
books freely from each others'
Jim Spickelmier, seminarian in
charge of publicity for the confer-ence,
explained that the purpose
of the weekend is "to acquaint col-lege
students with Bethel Semin-ary
and to interest them in the
ministry and its different phases.
Visitors will get a taste of
seminary life when they visit
two of four special classes be-ing
taught Friday. The profes-sors
in charge are Dr. Clarence
Bass, Dr. Virgil Olson, Dr. Ron-ald
Youngblood, and Dr. Berke-ley
especially interested in broaden-ing
their repertoire of choral mu-sic
before they begin to teach.
The Chorale provides this chance.
A full range of choral sound
will be heard in the group's con-cert,
for music from several
schools has been programmed
by the group's director, Dr. Rob-ert
Beginning wit h Renaissance
church music such as Thomas Luis
da Vittoria's "0 Magnum Myster-ium",
the concert moves through
music history to a male chorus
arrangement of Franz Schubert's
"Widersprucch" as well as a num-ber
of exciting contemporary se-lections.
Among these are the sometimes-haunting,
sometimes-lilting Hun-garian
folk arrangements of Bela
Bartok and two Southern folk tunes
arranged by America's contempor-ary
master Norman Dello Joio.
Other highlights are the Negro
spiritual "Sometimes I Feel like
A Motherless Child" and A. Lor-en
Olson's "Prayer of Luther. '
The program is rounded out with
a number of additional Renais-sance
pieces, another German love
song, as well as the entertaining
patter song, "Neighbor's Chorus"
from an Offenbach opera buffa.
More folk songs are also featured.
Faculty members will invite
students to their homes for din-ner.
Out-of-town visitors will
spend the night with faculty
members and seminary students.
The major innovation of this
year's conference will be Saturday
morning's tour of the Dale-Selby
area of St. Paul. Rev. John Sund-quist
will explain the work of the
inner-city church.
For interested Bethel students,
college professors have been en-couraged
to make personal ar-rangements
to allow attendance on
The conference is sponsored by
the Seminary Student Senate and
is free of charge to college stu-dents.
A special feature-length film ser- America during the late 1930's.
ies, treating the theme of fascist
Taking its theme from the head-organizations
and racial prejudice, lines about the killing of Charles
sponsored by the Academic Com- Poore by secret anti-labor, anti-mittee
of the Student Senate, will minority group organizations in
be premiered free to the campus Detroit, it showed the menace
on four successive evenings, May of a "legion" closely paralleling
11, 12, 13, 14 in Lecture Hall
the Ku Klux Klan.
106 of the college building. All
"Edge of the City" honestly
showings will begin at 8:00 p.m. shows the friendship of two young
and close between 9:30 p.m. and men on the New York waterfront:
10:00 p.m. a white youth, torn by his personal
The films scheduled include tensions, and his Negro co-worker
"Black Legion," "Edge of the and confidant (Sidney Portier), who
City," "Ivanhoe Donaldson," and is murdered by a bigoted white
"A Raison in the Sun." rival. Memorable shots of the city
Since all student-sponsored and of the families of the friends
special weeks were eliminated make this an outstanding social
from the calendar this year, the drama.
Academic Committee, feeling the "Ivanhoe Donaldson" is the first
need for concerted involve- full-length documentary feature on
ment on the part of the campus the civil rights workers in crucial
population on a particular issue areas of the Deep South, showing
developed the film series. the actual experiences of a field
It centers around the timely secretary of SNCC (the Student
subject of racial prejudice but Non-violent Coordinating Commit-may
add a new approach, provok- tee) and his colleagues during
ing both intellectual and emotion- three months in 1963 in Danville,
al involvement. Virginia; Selma, Alabama; and the
It is hoped that the films will Mississippi Delta.
not only provide entertainment, Also featured are CORE (Coun-but
will serve as food for discus- cil on Racial Equality) voter
sion and constructive thought. registration volunteers in the
"Black Legion" w a s among fields and Dr. Aaron Henry,
one of the most outspoken of NAACP Chairman in Mississippi.
the social films which exposed "A Raison in the Sun" is the
the danger of fascist groups in film version of Lorraine Hans-
Quanbeck. He will speak on the
topic "A Protestant in Rome" in
convocation Thursday.
Presently professor of system-atic
theology at neighboring Lu-ther
Seminary, Dr. Quanbeck was
a delegate observer representing
the Lutheran World Federation at
the Vatican Council in Rome dur-ing
the fall of 1964 and 1965. He
is one of the few protestants from
this area to be present at the
Ecumenical Council.
Duo pianists Dr. Gordon Howell
and Miss Clara Seecamp join with
Mrs. Marian Stipe, violin instruc-tor,
and her accompanist Mrs. Ruth
Fardig in the Faculty Recital
scheduled for Friday evening at
8 . 00 p.m in the Fieldhouse. Their
served as a tutor at the Graduate
School of the Ecumenical Institute
of the World Council of Churches
at Celigny, Switzerland in 1958
and 1959. He is also a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Lu-theran
Foundation for Intercon-fessional
Bethel recently entered into an Mr. Miksa, and Mr. Van de Voorde,
interlibrary loan agreement with assistant librarians.
Hamline, Macalester, and St. Thom-as
colleges that permits students
to borrow books from these other
institutions when requested by a
librarian from the student's home
The St. Paul Public Library is-sues
student cards to students from
St. Paul colleges. Most other li-braries
require a deposit or charge
a fee to borrowers who are not Dean Gordon Johnson will speak
a part of the community they at Friday's chapel on "The Call
serve. However, most libraries per- to the Ministry." He will also speak
mit use of their materials on the just before lunch, explaining
library premises. Bethel's general program.
Bethel Seminary Personnel Host
College Conference on Ministry
This weekend the Seminary will That afternoon, Bethel's curri-host
approximately one hundred culum will be presented, and two
college students at an introductory Conference pastors, Warren Mag-conference.
This third annual nuson and Clarince Wessman, will
event begins Friday morning at offer practical insights into the
eight o'clock. role of a pastor.
Bethel Drinking Inquisition
Arouses Diverse Reaction
Friday, April 22, twenty-one Bethel students attended a
party together with students from various twin city colleges
and universities at which alcoholic beverages were made avail-able.
Thursday, April 28, twelve of these students, confessing
to drinking, were asked to withdraw from Bethel. Monday,
May 2, President Lundquist addressed the college regarding
the matter. Six of the students involved in the escapade, five
of whom were in the process of withdrawing from the school,
also expressed their feelings at that meeting.
This particular incident has predictably drawn a voiced
stir among members of the campus population. Some students
have expressed the rather hostile attitude questioning Bethel's
maintenance of such a strict system of dos and don'ts regarding
the question of beverages. Others, going to the opposite ex-treme,
expressed a "they-got-what-they-deserved" attitude.
Certainly we can sympathize with these twelve in their
sincere expression of regret, contrition, and shame that they
feel they have brought to their families. However, to show
mercy at this point is impossible, merely from the stand-point
that as members of a society to which they have obliga-ted
themselves, they disobeyed one of the tenets of that
society and therefore deserve punishment. We may dis-agree
with the tenet, but it is hardly our position to ask for
The greatest "sin" committed by these young people
lies not in the fact of their drinking, but in the fact that by
'drinking they effaced the society they were representing, i.e.
the Bethel Community. It is before this community that they
must bear their shame.
The Monday convocation experience Was a bit disturbing.
Here, unquestionably was the largest audience the 9:45 a.m.
chapel period has attracted thus far this year. It was a bit
regretful that it had to draw its attendance because it was
an "attraction." But "true confession" sessions always are.
just that.
It is doubtful from our position whether the incident
of this particular "inquisition", especially when provoking
necessarily such great emotional involvement, was worthy
of the wide publicity and exposure that it enjoyed.
If any good accrues from this exposure, it will likely lie
in the fact that many within the campus population who ob-served
the ceremony must be humbled by the realization that
there are "sins" in their lives that violate the tenets of the
Bethel Community to a greater degree that that tenet violated
by these twelve, yet they go undiscovered.
Georgia Representative
Reducing Minimum Votin
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Page 2 the CLARION Wednesday, May 4, 1966
Letters to the Editor:
Otto Questions Bethel Taboo System
(ACP)—Thanks to Rep. Charles
Weltner of Georgia, an old issue is
gaining new life. Weltner has in-troduced
in the House a bill to
standardize the minimum voting
age in national edections at 18.
Commenting on the proposal, the
State Press, Arizona State Uni-versity,
In addition to the argument
that men old enough to serve
in the armed forces ought to be
old enough to vote, Weltner
makes other cogent points. One
is the increasing youthfulness
of the U.S. population.
He notes that within a short
time, more than half of the popu-lation
will be under 25 years of
age. Four states already have mini-mum
voting ages of less than 21:
Weltner's home state of Georgia
(18), Alaska (19), Hawaii (20) and
Kentucky (18).
Considering the youthfulness of
collegians, this issue should be one
of much interest on campuses.
Right now, there are about 8 mil-lion
people lingering in the never-never
land between 18 and 21.
Many, we know, are far more
interested in and informed about
national events than their elders.
Lowering the minimum voting
age could do little harm to our
electoral system; in fact, it could
help it by injecting a good deal
of energy and enthusiasm into
national campaigns.
Congressman Weltner enumer-ates
a list of activities in which
18-year-olds may participate, in-cluding
the Peace Corps, the Olym-pics,
the ministry and the armed
forces. He then asks why these
activities should be open to per-sons
who are not allowed the basic
rights of citizenship. Logically, the
question is impossible to answer.
To effect a change such as Welt-ner
contemplates, a constitutional
Ladies Choir
Sells Record
"Songs of the Christian Faith"
is the title of a new long play
monaural recording released April
25, by the Bethel College Women's
Choir under the direction of Oliver
A. Mogck. Accompanists were
Norene Shephard and Becky Lin-daman.
Heard as soprano soloist
on the recording is Janice Kowa-lick.
Mr. Mogck stated concerning the
recording: "The girls of the Wo
men's Choir felt that this was one
way of preserving the training and
experience of this year's concert
program. Also they are desirous
that these songs be a spiritual
ministry to those who will listen."
The recording was made in the
sanctuary of Calvary Baptist
Church of Roseville by the Kay
Bank recording studio of Minnea-polis.
It may be obtained from
record chairman, Joyce Pearson,
P.O. Box 430, or from a Women's
Choir record representative in the
coffee shop.
To the Editor:
Blessed are ye who think that a
taboo system can create in men
upright hearts and minds: thou
shalt be blessed with perpetual
Blessed are ye who take comfort
in a taboo system: thou shalt be
blessed with perpetual immaturity.
Blessed are ye who reinforce
a taboo system: thou shalt for-ever
be blessed with stupidity.
Blessed are ye who abide in a
taboo system: ye have not the
truth. Ye have no need for it.
The great tragedy of Monday's
chapel is not to be found in the
by Bruce Lawson
Washington, D. C.
Although plans could be upset
by adverse military or political
developments, U. S. officials hope
to turn the tide of war decisively
against the Communist forces in
South Vietnam by early next year.
The critical point in U. S. stra-tegy
will be reached when man-power
losses suffered by Commun-ist
forces, under the pounding of
American and South Vietnamese
troops, begin to exceed the Com-munist
capacity to replace man-power.
Tel Aviv
In response to Arab terrorist
activities in Israeli frontier
areas, Israel warned Saturday it
Records Bill
g Age Limit
amendment would be necessary.
This means a gigantic job of ca-joling,
persuading and campaign-ing.
Numerous complications are
The idea, however, is straight-forward
and easy to understand.
It is certainly hoped that legisla-tive
red tape will not scuttle a
worthy cause.
dismissal of a few students, but
rather in the reinforcement of a
taboo system for those majority
of students who think that Chris-tianity
can be confined to certain
boundary areas, and all they need
do is stay within them.
"If ye be dead with Christ
from the rudiments of the world,
why, as though living in the
world, are ye subject to ordi-nances?"
(Touch not, Taste not,
Handle not.) (Col. 2:20,21)
I think it's time for a re-evalua-tion
of the so called "standards"
that Bethel holds. The bonds of
immaturity are all to evident.
would launch further attacks
against Jordan.
The previous night a sizable
force of Israeli commandos crossed
the border and destroyed 14
houses allegedly used as jumping-off
points for the Arab terrorists.
Washington, D. C.
Speaking on the eve of one of
Red China's biggest May Day cele-brations,
Premier Chou En-lai of
Red China launched a bitter at-tack
on the U. S. and the Soviet
He accused the Soviets of
"uniting with U. S. imperialism
and its hatchetmen to oppose
China, Albania and all revolu-tionary
Communist North Vietnam has
built a 200-mile road network in
the Laos panhandle in order to
rush equipment and supplies south
before the monsoon season sets
in. An estimated 1,500 to 3,011
trucks are now in operation on
the roads.
New York
Senator J. W. Fulbright said Fri-day
that because of America's in-volvement
in the Viet Nam war,
"a war fever" has begun to grip
the American population. He said
that the "fever" at the very least
would cripple President Johnson's
Great Society program and at
worst lead to global conflict.
Christ came to free us from bonds.
Am I to believe that bonds arc
Nelson R. Otto, Senior
Ryberg Thanks
Dinner Support
To the editor:
Several students have expressed
to me their thanks and apprecia-tion
for the International Dinner
sponsored by WMF. Enclosed is
part of a note sent by some stu-dents
of Macalester expressing
their thanks to the students:
"Thank you very much, for you
organized a wonderful evening ...
It was a delightful, enjoyable even-ing
... The foods were delicious;
the singing, dancing, jokes were
amused . . . We had such good
times and hospitalities will never-fade
in our memories. We do ap-preciate
your kindness toward us,
the foreign students."
I personally want to thank all
those who helped make the dinner
a success. I also want to thank
Stan Aukema for his excellent
leadership in WMF this year both
with the dinner and with other
I hope that our work with in-ternational
students will grow and
will be even more significant in
the future.
Lillian Ryberg
Billet Requests
Now Available
The Student Services office is
currently accepting housing appli-cations
for the coming school year.
Any Students looking for housing
next year are urged to pick up
their applications within the next
few days from the Student Ser-vices
office. Those currently in the
dormitory must reapply if they
want housing there.
Dormitory or honor house ac-comodations
will be available for
both underclass and upperclass stu-dents.
Those students who wish to
live off campus in private homes
will get a list of approved housing
during the summer. All off campus
housing must be approved by the
Summer housing is also avail-able
to interested students. Bethel
Manor for girls and married stu-dents,
and the honor houses for
the fellows will be open for sum-mer
residents. Applications f o r
summer residences are also avail-able
at this time in the Student
Services office.
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Christianity Professor Joins Venture
To Prepare New Bible Commentary
Wednesday, May 4, 1966
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acauta aptd Acted
The University Artists Course takes a great deal of pride in an
pouncing the new Masterpiece Series and Celebrity Series concerts
for the 1966-67 Season. This year the task of finding new selections
to match past attractions has been accomplished with results that
are sure to prove extremely interesting. In fact, the concerts scheduled
for the coming year are so unusual and so varied in appeal as to
excite the most discriminating audience.
The scope of entertainment for this year's Masterpiece Series
is plainly distinguishable as it includes everything from brilliant new
artists like the young Soviet violinist Liana Isakadze to the rich
musical excitement of the Goldovsky Opera Theatre production of
Another new concert experience is scheduled for late November.
This is the appearance of the Vienna Johann Strauss Ochestra as
part of the Masterpiece Series. Here is the music of the Strauss Family
in its most authentic form with Edvard Strauss II conducting and
featuring soprano and tenor soloists.
Two great pianists are featured in next year's presentations. One
is the world-famous Soviet pianist, Emil Gilels. The other is the
American-born and trained pianist, Byron Janis.
The prominence of the Masterpiece Series and its featured artists
is reflected by the fact that several of the programs scheduled are
return engagements. These include the original Ballet Folklorico of
Mexico; one of the oldest and most appealing musical groups in the
world, the Vienna Choir Boys; the imaginative new presentations of
Ruth Page's International Ballet, featuring Kirsten Simone and Henning
Eronstam of the Royal Danish Ballet; and the American bass-baritone,
William Warfield.
Lastly, the beautiful and talented new star of the Metropolitan
Opera, Mary Costa, will appear in recital on the Masterpiece Season.
This delightful star's potential greatness was first recognized by
James S. Lombard, Director of the Department of Concerts and
Lectures, and she was brought to Minneapolis by him for her first
recital tour.
"The Celebrity Series" which gives the Artists Course consider-able
latitude in its presentations is composed almost entirely of new
and fresh presentations. The two exceptions being first, the perennial
Twin Cities favorite pianist, Van Cliburn, and second, Mantovani and
his Orchestra. The Singing Strings' eighth concert in Northrop Mem-orial
Auditorium may be added to the Celebrity Series as an optional
6th concert.
The great expectations that are held for the new season's varied
program schedule are based on, first of all, the season opener which
features an unusual combination of talents. The biting humor of
Godfrey Cambridge, joined by the folkwit and songs of the popular
Mitchell Trio and Miss Carolyn Hester. Secondly, The King of the
Flamenco Guitar, Sabicas, will make his first appearance in Northrop.
Orders for Masterpiece Series and Celebrity Series season tickets
are now being acceptd by the University Artists Course ticket office,
105 Northrop Memorial Auditorium, call 373-2345. Assure yourself of
being able to see and hear some of the world's greatest artists by
ordering your season tickets now at tremendous savings.
Many of the professors on Beth-el's
campus are involved in pro-jects
never brought to the aware-ness
of the student body. One such
project is the publication of a
Biblical commentary, The Reader's
Scriptural Guide, involving Bethel
professor, Dr. Robert Mounce.
Zondervan Publishing House has
asked Dr. Mounce to prepare the
first fifteen chapters of Matthew
for the handbook. This guide is
unique, for instead of cross-refer-encing
or explaining passages, it
gives all the reliable yet varying
translations for each phrase of the
traditionally accepted King James
Dr. Mounce, a well-known New
Testament scholar, was chosen a-long
with fifteen other such men
to do the work of translation.
by Linda Carol Olson
A professional duo-piano team
is relatively rare within the mu-sic
world. However, as Miss Clara
Seecamp and Dr. Gordon Howell
of Bethel's music department point
out, a performing man and woman
team is an even rarer occurence.
Friday evening, May 6, a recital
by one of these unique teams, Miss '
Seecamp and Dr. Howell them-selves,
will be presented in the
Bethel College fieldhouse.
Explain the two artists, the
uniqueness of such duet groups
is due to the difficulty in conform-ing
to and modifying each part-ner's
keyboard "touch" so that
one is indistinguishable from the
"A man's touch is generally
heavier than a woman's," contin-ued
Miss Seecamp, "making simi-larity
more difficult to achieve
than if both partners were men,
for instance."
Adds Dr. Howell, "We are for-tunate,
however, in that Miss See-camp
and I had similar music
backgrounds. Both studied with the
University of Toronto's Royal Con-servatory
of Music which has var-ious
branches throughout Canada.
Since beginning as a performing
team three years ago, Miss See-camp
and Dr. Howell have given
recitals on a number of occasions.
Several appearances on KTCA-TV's
college artist series are highlights
of their young career.
To assure themselves of enough
practice hours, the two professors
find they have to maintain a strict
time schedule. Three early morn-ing
sessions a week are reserved
for practice. A fourth day finds
them at their piano lesson at Mac-phail
School of Music.
That music professors should
still be taking music lessons may
be a surprise to some. However,
both Miss Seecamp and Dr. Howell
feel that in music one can never
rightfully say he's "made it."
There is no limit to what can be
Even their own piano teacher
who has invested most of her life
to the study of music claims that
works she taught a certain way
years ago, she now teaches dif-ferently
as a result of further
Of their teacher, Miss Vera Nar-regagn,
Miss Seecamp and Dr. How-ell
can speak only in admiration.
She has so many fine insights into
Various journal articles on trans-lation
and interpretation demon-strated
his abilities to handle such
a task. His position on the editorial
committee of a new Biblical trans-lation
undertaken by evangelical
scholars was also influential in
his selection for this task.
Most of the work on the guide
was done by Dr. Mounce during
the summer. Working full-time
during the summer then part-time
until December, he has collected
and compared the various texts
used in their commentary.
Dr. Mounce began the work of
compilation by studying the Greek
and King James versions of each
phrase along with twenty-five Eng-lish
translations. In order to have
all the books open concomitantly,
music, its authors, its historical
background, its relations to other
areas of learning that her re-sources
seem inexpendable.
Dr. Howell recalls various les-sons
when she has done nothing
but lecture them on topics as
diverse as politics and drama. The
two students have found also that
she is adept at making compari-sons—
one day it was between the
intricacies of a Gothic cathedral
and a particular Bach Fugue.
With humor, Miss Seecamp and
Dr. Howell recall their joy at
first being allowed to play for
Miss Narregagn — three months
after they first began taking les-sons.
The first three months had
been a kind of preparatory lecture
While improving their own skills
at the piano, both Miss Seecamp
and Dr. Howell agree that an even
greater value of their studies has
been an improvement in their
teaching. "The study has been a
real inspiration for us as teach-ers.
We are able to adapt the
knowledge gained from our les-sons
to our own pupils."
Actors Present
Chapel Service
As a part of the AAES Chapel
Exchange Program, Paul Goodman,
Tuffy Bryant, Jill Graham and Bob
Drake will be presenting a dial-logue
sermon, "Sacrifice? No!" on
May 5, at Wheaton College.
The program uses a speech en-semble,
narrative, hymns, respon-sive
reading, music and a dialogue
sermon. Jill Graham will be pre-senting
the special, music and the
poem, "Nails."
"Sacrifice" uses three charact-ers—
Man, Tempter, Conscience—
who discuss with themselves and
the congregation what sacrifice
should mean to the Christians.
As the characters argue the
question, the audience follows the
path of Man's discovery that the
cross is not just a symbol of sac-rifice
for sinners but that, as con-science
says, "To the Christian the
cross means the end of sacrifices.
The cross says to the believer
that when he accepts Christ he
thinks giving everything is normal
and natural."
he used two large easels with
racks for holding the manuscripts.
From this collection of books,
he chose only those translations
which are allowable yet signifi-cantly
different in meaning.
Most phrases have only one or
two different translations, but in
some highly theological phrases
there are up to ten or twelve
possible meanings. The different
ideas are correct, but some of the
translators have interpreted a pas-sage
literally while others have
taken it figuratively.
One such passage is Matthew
6:27: "Which of you by taking
thought can add one cubit unto
his stature?"—King James version;
"But which one of you with all
his worry can add a single hour
to his life?"—Goodspeed; "... pro•
long his life a single moment?"--
Twentieth Century New Testament;
Ai . add a single foot to his
height?"—Weymouth; " .. . add
one cubit to the span of his life?"
—RSV; "Can any of you, however
much he worries, make himself
an inch taller?"—Phillips.
Translators not only differ in
interpretations of one phrase but
some translations have put the
phrase into a twentieth century
context. William's metaphorical
translation of the Matthew 6:2
phrase "do not sound a trumpet
before thee," is given as "never
blow your own horn in public" in
a modern speech version.
As is evident, the commentary
prepared by Dr. Mounce and his
colleagues will present many vary-ing
approaches toward the inter-pretation
of scriptural passages.
Most helpful in study, this guide
will enable the reader to see dif-ferent
viewpoints of a passage
without having to consult ten or
twenty texts. Anyone interested in
procuring the guide should note
that it will be published by Zon-dervan
Publishing House and will
be available for purchase this fall.
by Becky Hagerman
As a part of the work for his
Master's degree at the University
of Minnesota, Mr. Phillip Van de
Voorde, assistant librarian, has
been conducting a survey of
Bethel's library.
Mr. Van de Voorde, who has
been interviewing students using
the card catalog in the library,
said, "I have found most students
quite helpful and appreciate their
cooperation." He is interested in
how often the student uses the
catalog and whether his purpose
is finding a particular item or gen-eral
subject matter.
If the student doesn't find
what he needs, he is interested
knowing why. On the other hand,
when a student does find a par-ticular
book listed, Mr. Van de-
Voorde asks how he went about
finding it and why he chose that
particular card from those un-der
that subject filing.
Mr. Van de Voorde decided upon
this type of survey largely as a
result of a study done in 1955 by
the American Library Association
on the use of the card catalog. He
said, "It was supposed to be very
comprehensive, but it included
only two academic libraries total-ing
four hundred users. I am
testing their results by my sur-vey."
This study will also be helpful
to Bethel in evaluating the way
they have constructed their card
catalog. Studies such as this are
made because of the great expense
involved in constructing a catalog.
Some libraries have their cata-logs
insured up to one million
dollars. There has also been
much criticism given to the
methods of constructing a cata-log
because of the difficulty
some people have in locating the
information they need.
One thing Mr. Van de Voorde
has found of particular interest
is the number of people who use
the library but are not Bethel
students. He estimates the num-ber
to be as high as twenty-five
percent. He also commented on
the number of students he has
found who use the annotations
and contents notes on the cards.
Many libraries make no attempt
to indicate on the card what is in
the book. This survey, which he
hopes to have published in one or
more journals, may point out the
importance of such information in
a card catalog.
Mr. Van de Voorde seemed quite
pleased with the way Bethel stu-dents
use our catalog. "For the
most part, if they don't find what
they need, it is because the book
is not in the library."
Spanish Drama
Nears Showing
Martinez Sierra's one-act Span-ish
play Rosina es Fragil, will be
presented Thursday evening, May
5, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 106 of the
College Building. Miss Ryberg's
Intermediate Spanish class, with
the cooperation of the Drama De-partment,
is in charge of produc-tion.
The play, a comedy, smacks of
the Ado Annie theme in Rodgers
and Hammerstein's Oklahoma, for
it revolves around Rosina, a weak-willed
girl of eighteen who cannot
bring herself to say "no" to any
suiter. It takes considerable effort
to solve the problems created by
this trait.
Carol Miller and Isaias Cervantes
will play the leading roles of Ro-sina
and Antonio in the play.
Senior Sam Bolet is director.
Unique Faculty Piano Duo
To Present Recital Friday
Librarian Surveys Catalogue Usage
For Extensive Bethel Library Study
Mother's Day .. .
this Sunday . . . May 8
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by Mike Rynkiewich
Saturday morning . . . 7:45 . . . better get to breakfast if I'm go-ing.
Now what time did coach say our training meal was? Hey Speed!
When do we eat? Oh, yeah, 10:30. Wonder if I can get some studying
in before then? Morning, Jim.
Get a good rest? I didn't get to bed early either. If coach ever
finds out . . . What's chances of taking these guys today? Coach seemed
worried, but I think we can take them if we try. Hi, Dave. Yeah, let's
go get our hamburger, toast and honey.
Do we have to be dressed by 12:00? Meeting at ten after twelve? O.K.
Wish we could get along. I hate this waiting around and talking. All
right. Coach is done talking. Lord, help us to do our best, not neces-sarily
to win, but to really put out for You.
Butterflies in my stomach. That means I'm ready. I know coach,
I know, like we practiced it. Come on, just a little more effort and
we'll win. All right!
Ahh. Nothing like a hot shower. You looked good today, Dave.
Yeah, did you see that? I really botched when I did that. Lucky we
didn't lose on account of that. What are we doing tonight, Jim?
O.K. I'm tired too, so let's go out until 10:00, then get to bed early.
Eleven o'clock. Me and my stupid ideas. Some Rook? O.K. Oh good!
1:30 . . . Nice to get to bed again. Thank you Lord for sports at Bethel
and for all .. .
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At this stage in the season,
Bethel's net men are the winning-est
team of the "Big Three Spring
Sports Spectaculars" — baseball,
track and tennis. Their season re-cord
is thus far three wins against
one loss.
Number one man, Bill Petersen
and number six man Ron Sleiter
are the only team members thus
far undefeated in singles competi-tion.
In doubles action, the team
of Gene Peterson-John Tegenfeldt
has yet to suffer a setback.
Recapping the meets thus
far, Bethel opened the season on
a rainy April 18, in a home match
against River Falls, the only
team to beat Bethel last year.
Bethel swept the meet 6-0. Dou-bles
matches were cancelled be-cause
of rain.
On Wednesday, April 20, the
Royals suffered their only loss
thus far in the season at the hands
of a competitive Hamline team on
Hamline's courts. Bethel posted
only two wins in singles action and
one in doubles. However, the close-ness
of the match must be noted
by the fact that Bethel dropped
three three-set matches. Had they
been won, Bethel would have taken
the meet.
In an away match at Morris the
following Friday, April 23, the
team once again hit the win col-umn
by downing the Cougars 8-1.
The only loss was registered in a
singles match by Tom Hu1st.
April 25, the Royals journeyed
to Menomonie, Wisconsin, to face
Stout State. Under sunny skies
and in close competition the
Royals emerged victorious 7-2.
Again there were three three-set
matches played, but this time
The Bethel Royals' baseball
squad upped their season record
to 5-7 by sweeping a recent twin
bill from River Falls. Coach Cox's
men have now won five of their
last six tilts after returning from
the spring trip.
The opener of the River Falls
series found hurler Dan Gross the
victim of poor defensive support
as his teammates commited five
costly errors in the course of the
However, the Royals had their
bats booming and came back
from deficits of 2-0, 4.2, and 7-6
to win the game by an 8-7 mar-gin.
Bob Nolin's two-run homer in
the sixth inning was the key blow
as it gave his team the winning
8-7 edge.
The "nitecap" found Bethel corn-ing
from behind once again, this
time to win, however, by a deci-sively
different 13-2 tally. After
trailing 2-0 for several innings, the
Wednesday, May 4, 1966
Bill Petersen, Bethel's number
in singles play.
Bethel emerged on the winning
Coach Ed Carlson is pleased
with the work of his "racketeers"
thus far in the season, but as do
all coaches, expressed the need'
for improvement. He also voiced
the invitation for some of the ten-nis
enthusiasts in the college to
enjoy the fine play of tennis team
by attending the upcoming
The team, by positions, consists
of: (1) Bill Petersen, (2) Tom Hu1st,
(3) Gene Peterson, (4) Craig An-derson,
(5) John Tegenfeldt, and
(6) Ron Sleiter. The doubles com-binations
consist of: (1) Gene Pet-erson-
John Tegenfeldt, (2) Bill Pet-erson-
Tom Hu1st, (3) Craig Ander-son-
Steve Roe.
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Royals came on strong with three
runs in the third frame and added
nine more in the big fifth inning.
Barnet Cox, Doug Kelly, John
Dickau, Bob Nolin, and Al Se-lander
all had fine days at the
plate with Cox banging out five
Pitcher Jerry Moulton started
slow but showed good form
through the middle innings to
pick up the second game win. Both
Gross and Moulton went the dis-tance
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* Millions struggle with lengthy journeys to and from work
* Mayor warns of housing crisis for tens of thousands
* Cold forecast with new storm bearing down on the region
* On eve of election, fears that polling could be disrupted
NEW YORK/BELMAR, N.J., Nov 5 (Reuters) - Commuters battled unruly crowds on the trains and snarled traffic on the highways Monday at the start of the first full work week since superstorm Sandy devastated the U.S. Northeast.
Many of Sandy's victims were still suffering, and living conditions were harsh for tens of thousands of people unable to return to their homes. Some 1.4 million homes and businesses were due to endure another night of near-freezing temperatures without power or heat.
The devastation could also send ripples through Tuesday's presidential election, with President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked in a close race.
An exhausted region now faces the prospect of a new storm. A strong ``Nor'easter'' was forecast to bring freezing temperatures and more rain and wind by the middle of the week, possibly flooding coastal areas that have yet to recover from Sandy.
The U.S. death toll rose to at least 113, and thousands of homes were destroyed or damaged by the gigantic storm, which slammed into the U.S. East Coast a week ago, bringing a record storm surge that flooded low-lying areas with seawater.
Hurricane Sandy killed 69 people in the Caribbean before turning its 80 mph (130 kph) winds on the United States. More than 217,000 people have registered for assistance from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and about $199 million in has been provided, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said.
With the ground in coastal New Jersey towns still saturated with ocean water, officials feared the Nor'easter could flood them again.
In Belmar, Lake Como and Spring Lake, they were taking the precaution of pumping three lakes in these towns nearly to the bottom so groundwater would leak into them and lawns could better absorb the rain.
``By draining the lakes, we're lowering the water table in the neighborhoods around them,'' Mayor Matt Doherty of Belmar said on Monday. ``We did this last year with Hurricane Irene and we found it made a difference.''
Further help to disaster victims should be on its way from New Jersey native Bruce Springsteen and other music stars who raised $23 million from a benefit concert on network television.
Most of New York City's 15,070 schools reopened but 57 suffered structural damage and needed to be relocated, 19 lacked power and another 16 were closed because they were being used as shelters, education officials said.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed a director of housing recovery operations to assist the 30,000 to 40,000 people in need of shelter.
``We cannot call our recovery complete until every New Yorker has a place to call home again,'' said Brad Gair, a former FEMA senior official.
Some 750 construction workers resumed rebuilding at the World Trade Center site known as ``Ground Zero'' since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Sandy's record storm surge caused the Hudson River to pour into the Sept. 11 memorial and museum and temporarily stopped construction on two skyscrapers that have nearly topped out.
New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman launched an investigation into post-Sandy price gouging after receiving hundreds of complaints from consumers across the state.
Consumers have reported possible gouging for gasoline, emergency supplies such as generators, hotels raising rates due to ``high demand,'' and increased prices for food and water, Schneiderman's office said in a statement. New York state has an anti-gouging law that prohibits merchants from selling goods at an ``unconscionably excessive price'' following disasters.
With sizeable legs of the region's public transportation network still hobbled by storm damage, people stood for an hour or more on train platforms or street corners in New Jersey, Long Island and Connecticut waiting for trains and buses, only to find many of them too crowded to board.
Service on many rail and bus lines was reduced, and the New York City subway was running at about 80 percent of its normal service.
The commute from New Jersey was particularly trying.
As a Northeast Corridor Line train on the New Jersey Transit network pulled into Newark, passengers wondered aloud how the hundreds of people who crowded the platform would squeeze into the already-packed train.
Those who chose to drive had to brave long lines at the pump before joining the traffic jams.
Service stations lacked electricity or gasoline due to disruptions in the fuel chain.
``It's not pretty,'' said Sal Risalvato, executive director of the New Jersey Gasoline, Convenience Store Automotive Association.
``We've got about 80 percent of the gas stations in the northern part of the state that don't have either electricity or gas. I've got guys that have electricity, but they don't have any gas left and I've got a lot of people that have gas in the ground but no electricity,'' he said.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie imposed gasoline rationing, while some New Jerseyans took to hiring school children to stand in line with gas cans.
In Maplewood, New Jersey, middle schooler Liam Kafrissen, 13, leapt at the $20 offer while staying home on his sixth canceled day of school.
Pulling a little red wagon with three gas cans totaling 5.75 gallons (21.8 liters), Kafrissen smiled on his second trip back from the Delta gas station close to his school, still shut without power.
``And I'm still in my pajamas!'' he said.


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Hey guys--I'll see if I can get this thread stickied up top.
Great idea on PPs. Do me a favor and no email addresses on the thread itself. There are always PMs though.
I have been a member of brisnet for a few years. You can do a custom program for all races from any track. They bill you monthly.
If somone knows how to email those out, let me know. Always happy to share.
I know a website that has FREE Brisnet PP's for multiple tracks everyday of the week. Although full cards are rarely available!
Just google: Whobet's Pick's
I don't have the link, sorry. Feel free to check it out.
I must be getting soft in my old age!
Oh yeah, one more thing. The guy runs the site for free and does accept donations for expense's to keep the site free.
Let me know how it works for you guys and if you like it.
here is the link:
check this one also
DANNO just sent a friend request
i would like that
i would like that,too.
Danno isent a request too
I like BRISNet as well. Yesterday I went to Santa Anita w/ my fiancee and planned on playing SA and GGF. Wanted to get a headstart on the handicapping from home so I had three options: (1) drive somewhere to buy the Form, (2) download DRF PPs (would have been $6), or (3) download BRISNet PPs that are free if you place a wager on those tracks that day through TwinSpires.com. I have had one of these accounts for nearly 10 years (it's had several names during those years) that always has a little money in it just for that purpose. When I do this, I'll usually just place a $2 show bet on a race at each track to ensure the free PPs, usually in the first race. My show bet at SA was on the second choice in race 1, who ran 2nd for $3.20. Wow. But in the 2nd (I think it was the second) I liked a horse that I thought had a chance to win at a price - bet it, and it won and paid $19.20. Of course I rarely pull this off, but if you figure the take out on mutuel pools is around 15%, then your $2 bet has a 30 cent losing expectation... thus BRIS PPs are 30 cents a card. Lovely.
That winner was in the 2nd at GGF...
Does anyone have Sunday's Arlington card???


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Special Force Science series: Why shooting to wound doesn't make sense scientifically, legally or tactically
Part 1 of a 2-part Force Science News series
Recently, national media reported that a New York state senator had introduced legislation that would force police officers using deadly force to try to shoot violent suspects in the arms or legs to stop them.
His proposed law would have required that officers stop firing at an attacker as soon as a threat is neutralized, or face felony charges of second-degree manslaughter.
In an explanatory memorandum accompanying his shoot-to-wound bill, Sen. David Paterson, a Democrat and anti-capital punishment advocate from Harlem, states: "There is no justification for terminating another's life when a less extreme measure may accomplish the same objective."
Shortly after word of the proposed legislation hit law enforcement circles and the full ramifications of the proposal were understood, John Grebert, executive director of the NYS Association of Chiefs of Police, met with the Senator, who decided to pull the bill. That decision came 5 years after the bill was first introduced.
This situation had some wondering if mandatory shooting to wound is going to be the next "cause" taken up by civil rights activists in other states as well?
Paterson, the state senate's minority leader, said he proposed the legislation in response to the acquittal of 4 NYPD officers charged criminally in the 1999 shooting death of Amadou Diallo. Diallo was gunned down in a fusillade of 41 rounds. Nineteen bullets struck Diallo when he was challenged by police in the high-crime Bronx area and reached for what officers thought was a weapon but turned out to be his wallet.
Shooting just to wound a suspect as an initial response to perceived threats would "safeguard the public," Paterson said.
His bill, which was co-sponsored by 6 other senators, would have required that officers use deadly force "with the intent to stop, rather than kill," a subject who is believed to be "using unlawful force." The officer should use "only the minimum amount of force necessary" to stop the suspect's flight or resistance, the bill specified.
In his supportive memorandum, Peterson explained that "an officer would have to try to shoot a suspect in the arm or the leg….Further, the number of times an officer shoots a person should not exceed the minimal number necessary to stop the person. If one shot accomplishes the purpose, it is neither necessary nor appropriate for an officer to empty his barrel. The bill is intended to limit the use of force to the minimal amount needed."
Paterson has tried before--unsuccessfully--to get such legislation enacted. He's currently running for lieutenant governor on a ticket with gubernatorial candidate Eliot Spitzer, NY's attorney general, who was said not to favor the proposed legislation.
Neither did NY-based police associations, to put it mildly. Outraged police spokesmen described Paterson's bill variously as "lunacy," "very ill-conceived" and dangerous to the lives of officers and innocent civilians.
Dr. Bill Lewinski, executive director of the Force Science Research Center at Minnesota State University-Mankato, concured. "Senator Paterson does not understand any of the issues of performance psychology and performance skill," he says bluntly. "He apparently has been trained by TV to think that officers have lots of time and are able to do amazing things when they are confronted with life-threatening dangers.
"In reality, most deadly encounters unfold very rapidly and very dramatically. Shooting to wound is rarely an option. Given the training most officers have, they are lucky to put bullets into center mass without trying to hit limbs that can be moved faster and more radically than larger parts of the body. Paterson's proposal is almost beyond commentary."
Although Sen. Paterson withdrew his bill, the sentiment behind it seems to remain firmly embedded in many civilian psyches.
"When I encounter civilian response to officer-involved shootings, it's very often 'Why didn't they just shoot him in the leg?'" says Lewinski. "When civilians judge police shooting deaths--on juries, on review boards, in the media, in the community--this same argument is often brought forward. Shooting to wound is naively regarded as a reasonable means of stopping dangerous behavior.
"In reality, this thinking is a result of 'training by Hollywood,' in which movie and TV cops are able to do anything to control the outcomes of events that serves the director's dramatic interests. It reflects a misconception of real-life dynamics and ends up imposing unrealistic expectations of skill on real-life officers."
In this first part of a 2-part series, Force Science News offers a "position paper" on why shooting to wound is neither practical nor desirable as a performance standard. We hope this information proves useful to you in addressing any shoot-to-wound advocacy that may arise in your jurisdiction.
Sen. Paterson said his proposed legislation was motivated by the fatal shooting in New York City of Amadou Diallo, who was struck by 19 bullets when officers mistakenly thought he was reaching for a weapon as they approached him for questioning. Paterson believed that shooting an arm or leg would tend to stop a suspect's threatening actions, precluding the need to shoot to the head or chest, where death is more probable. By requiring only the least amount of force needed to control a suspect he apparently hoped to reduce the likelihood of "excessive" shots being fired.
Studies by the Force Science Research Center reveal some of the practical problems with these positions. Lewinski explains some of the basics of human dynamics and anatomy and the relative risks of misses and hits:
"Hands and arms can be the fastest-moving body parts. For example, an average suspect can move his hand and forearm across his body to a 90-degree angle in 12/100 of a second. He can move his hand from his hip to shoulder height in 18/100 of a second.
"The average officer pulling the trigger as fast as he can on a Glock, one of the fastest-cycling semiautos, requires 1/4 second to discharge each round.
"There is no way an officer can react, track, shoot and reliably hit a threatening suspect's forearm or a weapon in a suspect's hand in the time spans involved.
"Even if the suspect held his weapon arm steady for half a second or more, an accurate hit would be highly unlikely, and in police shootings the suspect and his weapon are seldom stationary. Plus, the officer himself may be moving as he shoots.
"The upper arms move more slowly than the lower arms and hands. But shooting at the upper arms, there's a greater chance you're going to hit the suspect's brachial artery or center mass, areas with a high probability of fatality. Then where does shooting only to wound come in?
"Legs tend initially to move slower than arms and to maintain more static positions. However, areas of the lower trunk and upper thigh are rich with vascularity. A suspect who's hit there can bleed out in seconds if one of the major arteries is severed, so again shooting just to wound may not result in just wounding.
"On the other hand, if an officer manages to take a suspect's legs out non-fatally, that still leaves the offender's hands free to shoot. His ability to threaten lives hasn't necessarily been stopped."
As to preventing so-called "overkill" from shots that are fired after a threat is neutralized, Lewinski offers these observations:
"Twenty years ago officers were trained to 'shoot then assess.' They fired 1 or 2 rounds, then stopped to see the effect. This required 1/4 to 1/2 second, during which time the suspect could keep firing, if he hadn't been incapacitated.
"Now they're taught to 'shoot and assess,' to judge the effect of their shots as they continue to fire, an on-going process. This allows the officer to continually defend himself, but because the brain is trying to do 2 things at once--shoot and assess--a very significant change in the offender's behavior needs to take place in order for the officer to recognize the change of circumstances.
"A suspect falling to the ground from being shot would be a significant change. But by analyzing the way people fall, we've determined that it takes 2/3 of a second to a full second or more for a person to crumple to the ground from a standing position. And that is when they've been hit in a motor center that produces instant loss of muscle tension.
"While an officer is noticing this change, he is going to continue firing if he is shooting as fast as he can under the stress of trying to save his life. On average, from the time an officer perceives a change in stimulus to the time he is able to process that and actually stop firing, 2 to 3 additional rounds will be expended.
"Shooting beyond the moment a threat is neutralized is not a willful, malicious action in most cases. It's an involuntary factor of human dynamics.
"Given what science tells us about armed encounters, Sen. Paterson's proposals are fantasies. They would hold officers to super-human performance and punish them criminally for being unable to achieve it."
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Sydney: Australia captain Michael Clarke will most probably play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) this year, however, fast bowler Mitchell Starc has snubbed the world's richest Twenty20 tournament to keep himself fit before the all important Ashes series. Clarke is set to feature in the seven-week tournament in April and May after being listed in the IPL`s February 3 auction to be held in Chennai.
Clarke's manager, James Erskine, said it was likely Clarke would play in the money-spinning T20 tournament, it further reported. Erskine said Clarke playing in the IPL is not 100 per cent yet, but it`s a possibility, adding that's what the in-form batsman thinking. The IPL tournament starts on April 3, only a week after the fourth Test against India winds up in Delhi, and the IPL final on May 26 falls 13 days before Australia starts its pre-Ashes campaign in England at the ICC Champions Trophy. If Clarke does not use the IPL window to rest, he stands to have almost no time off between now and the conclusion of the tour of England, which is the first leg of back-to-back Ashes series this year.
Cricket Australia (CA) is unable to prevent players appearing in the IPL as it falls during an official leave period. However, fast bowler Starc has turned down offers of up to one million dollars in an effort to be fresh for the five-Test tour of England, the paper reported. It is believed Starc, who was the player of the tournament last year in the Champions League with the Sydney Sixers, could have earned between 750,000 dollars and one million dollar if he had entered the IPL auction.


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Our industry has an opportunity and responsibility to create and implement programs for people of all ages. However, people fall into niches as they age, and the programs that we offer must always be unique and professionally designed to ensure enjoyment of exercise, compliance, growth and retention. It takes a professional to put together professional programs that will generate professional results.
By the time people reach the senior population niche, they become more diversified. Their abilities, in addition to the nuances of aging, can be categorized into niches of functional ability. Traditionally, they are defined as physically frail and dependent to physically fit and physically elite.
We all know that it is never too late to get fit. Instead of avoiding exercise because of diabetes or arthritis (as advised in the past), seniors are now told to get even more exercise daily and consistently.
The majority of aging adults experience a gradual decline in their ability to execute basic activities of daily living, such as walking, dressing, lifting groceries (or grandchildren), or enjoying simple recreational activities. These age-related difficulties arise from sedentary living or lack of activity and result in general aches and pains combined with loneliness, lack of leadership and a general feeling of depression. They affect the majority of seniors today, and our programs must address those issues first to affect the overall quality of life that our fitness programs can provide.
The physically fit and elite seniors have been exercising for most of their lives. They are healthy, more fit, and have more energy and a more positive outlook than people half their age. It's fun to welcome them into our programs and tout their achievements. They make us look good, too. They are using our clubs, wellness centers and fitness facilities, and we are taking credit for keeping them fit.
But as true professionals in the industry, we must embrace the biggest problem with the aging market today—lack of activity. Herein lies our best opportunity and most important responsibility. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that less than half of the aging population gets enough exercise, and three out of five seniors get less exercise than they need.
Let's begin with our own exercise on awareness and empathy. As people age, tasks that were relatively easy in our younger years become more difficult. Normal challenges include moving quickly or changing directions, getting onto and off the floor, moving in full ranges of motion, gripping objects and weights, and using positions involving core strength or movements, joint stability and balance. Many seniors have a constant fear of falling.
If you are aware of these challenges, then you must buy into the professional programming techniques that will address them. By professional programming techniques, I don't mean the technical aspects of individual exercises. Most instructors are trained with the knowledge necessary to provide these technical aspects, and many of them have access to state-of-the-art equipment that enables them to put together a menu of exercises that will improve all of the above points of concern.
However, we must package those exercises in programs that provide staying power. I have always maintained that fitness must begin from the neck up. Enjoyment, confidence, respect, self-esteem, self-awareness, a sense of belonging and a feeling of acceptance will result in a positive attitude and self worth.
Evaluation Process Checklist-Is your program creatively designed using group formations, props and music that is specifically relative to the member?
-Does your program include exercises that encourage participants to interact verbally as well as physically during the routines?
-Does your exercise program include an education segment that is woven into the physical aspects of the activities? Does it have exercises in vocabulary and terminology?
-Does your exercise program include strength training, cardiovascular conditioning and balance routines without making them job-related performances?
-Does your instructor have leadership skills, including the ability to be innovative and uninhibited?
-Does you program provide recognition to individuals as well as to the whole class?
-Does your program result in your participants doing more than they thought they could do?
-Fitness affects children of all ages. Does your program bring out the child in everyone?
Creating the Perfect Program and Making It Fun
-Offer a one-time free introductory class that will demonstrate what the ongoing program will offer.
-Include a "personal invitation" in your marketing. Be sure to indicate that the participants will be with other people like themselves (similar ages, skill levels or amount of experience, etc.) You want to assure them that they will not be intimidated.
-The introduction program should have a party atmosphere. That is doable given that it is a one-time event.
-Use everyday movements and activities. In addition to fitness equipment, use everyday props such as books, towels, balls, etc.
-Use chairs in a group formation to create balance, a feeling of security and good posture. The whole session does not need to be on chairs, but being able to come back "home" and feel comfortable every now and then is a good thing.
-Include interaction with the instructor, but be sure to create a social environment that creates camaraderie among the participants as well. Forming relationships within the group is a must.
-Be sure to give recognition to everyone at some point in the class.
-Follow up with every person who attended the introductory class. You will be sure to create the ongoing program as a result.
Sandy Coffman is president of Programming For Profit in Bradenton, FL, and author of "Successful Programs for Fitness and Health Clubs: 101 Profitable Ideas." She can be reached at 941-756-6921 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The fourth annual Heather L. Hurd 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk will take place at Harford Community College this Saturday, Nov. 10.
The race, on a USA Track and Field certified course, honors the memory of Heather L. Hurd, a history major at Harford Community College from 1999 to 2003, who was killed in 2008 by a distracted driver who was texting.
On-site race registration takes place in the newly renovated Susquehanna Center auxiliary gymnasium from 8 to 8:45 a.m., with the race starting at 9 a.m.
Approximately 300 community members, from Ms. Hurd's family and friends to HCC students to general community members, plus Poe, the Ravens mascot; Ferrous, the IronBirds mascot; and Screech, the Harford Community College mascot; will be cheering on participants at the finish line. Joining them will be State Sen. Barry Glassman, Harford County Sheriff Jesse Bane and Harford County Councilman Chad Shrodes. Tim Hartley from WXCY-FM will serve as master of ceremonies.
Also present will be a "Drive Square" texting-while-driving simulator for participants to use, a police cruiser with "no texting" messages wrapped around it and a wrecked car to indicate what can happen when people text and drive. Maryland State Police will be on site with a seat-belt demonstrator, and Upper Chesapeake Health will be offering blood-pressure screenings before and after the race.
The walk/run was established by the Hurd Family and Harford Community College in 2009 to raise funds for book scholarships for HCC students and to raise awareness of traffic accidents, their consequences and what can be done to prevent them.
The event also remembers the hundreds of victims who are killed on Maryland roads each year and acknowledges the critical work of first responders—fire, police and ambulance personnel.
The registration fee for the race is $20 per person in advance and $25 on race day. The cost is $10 for those under 18 years of age accompanied by a registered adult.
Each participant will receive a T-shirt and refreshments after the race. Runner's gloves will be given to the first 200 registrants. Awards will be presented based on age groups and final times. Participants may pre-register for the race by visiting harford.edu/heather.
"We invite the entire community to come out for this event," said Eyvo Johnson, the run/walk coordinator. "We will have a course for every level of participant, from a one mile fun walk to a USA Track and Field Certified 5K for the experienced runners."
For those unable to walk or run but would like to participate, donations may be made to sponsor a participant running or walking in the race, or an outright donation may be made by visiting harford.edu/heather.
"It is my hope that by bringing awareness to the tragedies of distracted driving to every run/walk participant, they will remember this message every time they get behind the wheel," said Russell Hurd, Heather's father. "I want to save other families from the grief that our family experiences every day with the loss of our Heather."
Over the past three years, $32,000 has been raised by the race for Remembrance Book Scholarships. Book scholarships have been presented to 54 deserving HCC students.
Also taking place at the run/walk will be a raffle. First prize is two tickets to the Ravens vs. Steelers game on December 2. Second prize is a signed, framed poster of Joe Flacco. Tickets cost $5 each and may be purchased at the race on or by contacting Russell Hurd via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Silver Sponsors of the run/walk include C&S; Wholesale Grocers, Inc., Kollman & Saucier, P.A., and Kent Schwab Allstate Agency. Bronze Sponsors include B. Michel & Sons, Blue Dot Services, Cook Motor Cars, Heather Ann Ricci Memorial Fund, Inc., and Mars Supermarkets, Inc. Blue Ribbon Sponsors include APG Federal Credit Union, BK Trucking Company, Inc., Boyle Buick GMC Truck, Chili's Bel Air, Della Roses Tavern, 1st Mariner Bank, FocusDriven, Heritage Auto Mall, Klein's ShopRite, MediaWise, Inc., Plaza Ford, Inc., Perluke Consulting Associates, Inc., and Sunshine Designs.
Other exhibitors include Stay Alive Just Drive; Harford County Sheriff's Office; MADD; Aberdeen Police Department; Maryland Teen Drives; Heather Ricci Memorial Fund; The Kent Schwab Agency and Canby Motors Collision Repair.
Harford Community College is located at 401 Thomas Run Road in Bel Air. For more information, visit harford.edu/heather or call 443-412-2449.


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Adventure novel. A novel where exciting events are more important than character development and sometimes theme. Adventure novels are sometimes described as "fiction" rather than "literature" in order to distinguish books designed for mere entertainment rather than thematic importance. Examples:
Caesura. A pause, metrical or rhetorical, occurring somewhere in a line of poetry. The pause may or may not be typographically indicated (usually with a comma). An example from George Herbert's "Redemption":
At length I heard a ragged noise and mirthCanon. In relation to literature, this term is half-seriously applied to those works generally accepted as the great ones. A battle is now being fought to change or throw out the canon for three reasons. First, the list of great books is thoroughly dominated by DWEM's (dead, white, European males), and the accusation is that women and minorities and non-Western cultural writers have been ignored. Second, there is pressure in the literary community to throw out all standards as the nihilism of the late 20th and early 21st century makes itself felt in the literature departments of the universities. Scholars and professors want to choose the books they like or which reflect their own ideas, without worrying about canonicity. Third, the canon has always been determined at least in part by political considerations and personal philosophical biases. Books are much more likely to be called "great" if they reflect the philosophical ideas of the critic.
Of theeves and murderers: there I him espied,
Who straight, Your suit is granted, said, and died.
For some sample traditional lists, see the great books lists and programs at The Center for the Study of Great Ideas, The Great Books Index, and Robert Teeter's Great Books Lists.
Children's novel. A novel written for children and discerned by one or more of these: (1) a child character or a character a child can identify with, (2) a theme or themes (often didactic) aimed at children, (3) vocabulary and sentence structure available to a young reader. Many "adult" novels, such as Gulliver's Travels, are read by children. The test is that the book be interesting to and--at some level--accessible by children. Examples:
Detective novel. A novel focusing on the solving of a crime, often by a brilliant detective, and usually employing the elements of mystery and suspense. Examples:
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Coral is far more red than her lips red. --Shakespeare
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Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds
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Japan scored its first snowboarding World Champion when Forum rider Rio Tahara won $20,000 at the Superpipe Jam session at the World Snowboard Championship Sims Invitational Saturday April 22, 2000. Kim Stacey added another world title to her resume as she blasted her way through the blinding fog to take the women's event.
"Thank you so much everyone," Tahara said after finding out he had won. When asked what he was going to do with all the money he said, "I want to go visit my girlfriend in Australia."
It was raining in Whistler Village and foggy on the mountain the morning of the Superpipe competition and the 24 men and 10 women wondered what would be awaiting them at the pipe. The night before it had snowed approximately 15 centimeters and the pipe hadn't been holding up well during the qualifying rounds the day before.
Resort crews did their best to get the pipe into shape for the finals; however, with soft and inconsistent snow it was difficult. After Keir Dillon's first practice run it was obvious that he wasn't happy. "It's pretty rough," he said. "There are lots of holes and bumps on the walls. The pipe is definitely going to level the playing field."
The contest was run in a "jam session" format. Riders were allowed make up to six runs in an hour with the highest single run counting for the final. Judges scored each run with an overall score based on the rider's air, landings, amplitude, rotations, and overall technical merit.
While the jam session format may make it great for the spectators and improve the level of the riding from the competitors it makes it really tough to pay attention to what is going on. In one hour the 24 riders made 144 runs, or about two runs per minute.
Standouts included fourth place finisher Todd Richards who tried several times to nail his inverted backside 1080 but just couldn't pull it off. He's got the backside 9s down so smooth that people don't even seem to notice them anymore, but not the 1080. "I don't even want to talk about it," Todd said. "I spun one out into the flat bottom. It was sweet."
Tommy Czeschin had a similar problem on his final run while going for his 1080. He spun out into the flat bottom and immediately grabbed his right knee. He tried to stand but ended up taking his board off and being carried down to the bottom of the pipe.
Canada's Justin Lamoureux, who placed second behind Rio Tahara, had no problems with the pipe, in fact, he put down an entire run switch. "I don't really train pipe that much," he said. "I spend most of my time freeriding and where I live there are a lot of rocks and nasty mogul gremlins hidden under the powder so the little bumps in the pipe really don't bother me that much. I think people who are used to riding perfectly groomed pipes had a harder time in here."
The women had the roughest time. Their jam session came up earlier in the day when the fog was in full effect. While they were making runs it was nearly impossible to see the riders or even the pipe. Several times the contest had to be halted for nearly five minute to allow the fog to blow out enough for the judges to see the women's rruns.
On Michele Taggart's final run she just shrugged her shoulder at the bottom and said, "I couldn't see a thing."
Kim Stacey didn't let the fog slow her down and boosted her huge backside airs and spins to stay ahead of France's Dorianne Vidal, and teammate Tricia Byrnes who finished third.
At the close of the contest the guys where given a half an hour for a "best hit" contest. The riders would judge each other and decide who would get the winner-take-all $10,000 prize.
The real contest ended up being between Lael Gregory and Todd Richards. Lael was going for his huge backside 9s and Todd tried to land his inverted, backside1080s again. He landed the 9s no problem, but was bummed that he couldn't pull the 1080.
The riders voted for Lael and he walked with the $10,000. While Richards was happy for Lael, he was visible upset about not landing his trick. Keir Dillon summed up his feelings perfectly, "He's done it, and he can do it and he just lost ten mutha f-ckin' geez," he said laughing.
Lael was ecstatic about his win. "It's a trick I've been working on for quite a while," Lael said. "This is the first time that I've stuck it that well in a contest. Boy, does it feel good. This was the best time ever to stick it."
1 TAHARA Rio JAP Forum 3.00
2 LAMOUREUX Justin CAN 686 Enterprises 3.33
3 BRUNNER Therry SWI SIMS 4.00
4 RICHARDS Todd USA Morrow Snowboards 4.50
5 WHITE Shaun USA BURTON 5.33
6 HOFFMAN Xaver GER BURTON 5.67
7 MORISSET Guillaume CAN CSF 6.00
8 CARPENTIER Brett CAN Airwalk 8.00
9 POWERS Ross USA BURTON 8.50
10 GREGORY Lael CAN SIMS 8.83
11 ANDREW Trevor CAN BURTON11.83
12 CZESCHIN Tommy USA USSA 12.33
13 AUTHIER Gab CAN Ride Snowboards13.50
14 PETRASKA Adam USA BURTON14.67
15 CLANCY Kyle USA Salomon 15.83
16 BRUN KJELDAAS Arild NOR Ride Snowboards16.67
17 PERRAULT Charles CAN Option / NFA 17.83
18 BOWER Ricky USA Volkl Snowboards 18.67
19 SODERQVIST Jacob SWE Alliance 19.00
20 TETER Abe USA BURTON 23 19.17
22 KINGWILL Rob USA USSA 20.00
23 REILLY Mark USA Nitro Snowboards 21.00
24 WYNEN Luke USA SIMS/686 Enterprises 22.33
1 STACEY Kim USA Volkl Snowboards 1.33
2 VIDALE Dorianne FRA Rossignol 1.67
3 BYRNES Tricia USA USSA 3.67
4 HESSO Minna FIN Salomon 4.00
5 TSHARNER Martina SWI Westbeach 4.33
6 GLAZIER Lori CAN Ride Snowboards 6.50
7 NIEVES Catherine USA Burton 7.17
8 TAGGART Michele USA Salomon 7.83
9 ZUREK Natasza CAN BURTON 9.17
10 RICHON Pauline FRA Rossignol 9.33