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By Gene Nyman
THE BETHEL CLARION Vol. XXIV — No. 8
BETHEL ,,INSTITUTE, St. Paul, Minnesota
April 11, 1945
WORK ON SPIRE TO BE FRIDAY 13th
"Sales Must Increase
Says Editor
The production of the '45 Spire
is again underway. Enough ob-jection
to the cessation of work
was made by the student body to
warrant its completion. William
McBirnie and Gerald Smith, who
have had much experience in pub-lication
work, are assisting in the
business administration and the
subscription campaign.
Pictures of the various student
groups will be taken next Wednes-day.
Students will be allowed to
leave class according to the picture
The written material for the book
is almost completed. However, one
hundred per cent student coopera-tion
is still a requisite to the
book's publication. Unless sales
for the book and contracts for ad-vertising
come in more rapidly in
the next week, the situation will
again demand stoppage of work.
If students wish to sell Spires
consult Bill Thompson. Advertis-ing
is managed by Bill Peterson.
To quote the editor, "It is diffi-cult
to have confidence in promises
without works."
Tuesday, March 27, the freshmen
presented a talent program in the
colllege chapel featuring Mr. Paul
Ebling, an ex-gambler, as guest
The evening of entertainment
opened with a five-piece orchestra
from the college, composed of Na-thalie
Anderson, Bob Nelson, Mary
Lou Rademacher, Neva Liljemark,
and Doris J. Johnson, playing "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic." The
orchestra accompanied the group in
community singing which was led
by Bill Peterson, and also played
"El Rancho Grande," requested by
Lorene Jansson.
Bob Daley, acting as master of
ceremonies, introduced Neva Lilje-mark
who sang "Indian Love Call."
MaeBelle Anderson gave a mono-logue
dramatizing a scene between
Harold Carlson and Jane Larson.
Other special numbers included
trumpet solos by Bob Nelson, a
number by the girls' trio, and a pi-ano
solo by Nathalie Anderson.
Mr. Eblings, who is a member of
the First Baptist Church of Minne-apolis,
revealed various tricks and
devices used by professional gam-blers.
The climax of his message
was a stirring appeal for all the
listeners to bear a positive, vital
Christian testimony.
Arian Chorus
Friday, April, 13, the thirty-seven
voice Arian Chorus will sing at the
Alumni Banquet in the college cha-pel.
Definite plans have been made
for a trip to Cambridge Saturday,
April 21, where they will sing at a
Singpiration which will be held in
the High School Auditorium and
will be sponsored by the churches
of Isanti county. Other plans are
being made for more appearances
and these, as yet, are tentative.
Some of the numbers which the
Arian Chorus will present are:
"Were You There?" arr. by H. T.
Burleigh, "Every Time I Feel the
Spirit" arr. by Wm. Henry Smith,
"Let Us All With Gladsome Voice"
by Langhans, "No Candle was
There and No Fire," by Gostling,
and "The Lord's Prayer" by Ma-lotte.
To date, the chorus has sung at
the First Swedish Baptist Church
in Minneapolis during the meetings
of Founder's Week, at the St. Paul
Singspiration in Stem Hall, and at
the First Covenant Church in St.
Paul for the evening services on
Palm Sunday.
(I never dreamed I'd ever qual-ify
as a poor man's Dorothy Dix.
I can remember when I was not at
all interested in girls—then I
started kindergarten. I recall dad
catching me sneaking a look in the
ladies' section of the Montgomery
Ward catalogue. He blistered my
trousers and from that time on my
standing was assured.)
Now that banquet season is ap-proaching
it is advisable that
men's attention be called to cer-tain
rules of etiquette. A date is
of prime consideration. Of course
the approach is most important. If
you know the girl already, the bat-tle
is half won. Otherwise it is
savoir faire (French for correct
form) to wangle an introduction
from a mutual friend. It is neces-sary
to remember who should be
introduced to whom. It is coup
d'etat (French for correct form) to
present the gentleman to the lady.
Some notable exceptions are the
President of the United States, the
Maharajah of Indore, a prospective
customer, and the owner of a "C"
Bethel Servicees
Visit Campus
Lieutenant and Mrs. G1 e n
(Shine) Swanson visited Bethel on
Wednesday, April 4. Shine gradu-ated
from Marine Officers' Candi-date
School on March 28, and re-turned
to the cities where, on
March 31, he was united in mar-riage
to Miss Margaret Erickson
of Brainerd, Minnesota. The new-lyweds
are to be stationed at Camp
Le Jeune, North Carolina.
Robert Nelson, S1/c, visited Be-thel
Wednesday and Thursday,
April 4 and 5. He has completed
his training in the Aircrewman
Branch of the Navy Air Corps and
has transferred into V-5. His Flor-ida
tan was ample proof of the
summer temperature there. It was
94 degrees in Jacksonville on
March 28.
Bob was very enthusiastic about
plans to start a Youth for Christ
Rally in Jacksonville. He has been
using his nightly liberties doing
secretarial work in the Baptist
church there.
If you are doing the introducing
and can't remember a name, ren-der
something like "Miss Fuss-mugwump"
as if you had a mouth-ful
of mush, together with a mum-bled
emphasis upon any syllable. It
is qu' importe (French for correct
form) for your friend to request
you to repeat her name. If he does
—well, let him get his own date.
If you have no mutual friend
you may be able to effect an ac-quaintanceship
by offering to carry
her books, by your skill at marbles
or handsprings, or by tripping her
neatly. (Use last method only in
. . . . This should help break the
ice. I hope to help you further by
dealing in future articles with such
matters as telephone etiquette,
calling cards, and the meanings of
flowers. Bishop Coxe states it so
beautifullly in "The Singing of
Birds," (and I quote verbatim):
"Flowers are words which even a
babe may understand."
(I think he meant baby.)
Dr. Ernest Smith
Chosen Guest Speaken
The annual Bethel Alumni Asso-ciation
Banquet will be held Friday
evening, April thirteenth, in the
Junior College chapel, beginning at
seven o'clock.
The program committee, headed
by Robert- Otto, is busy preparing
a very interesting evening for all
who plan to attend.
They are literally "turning the
tables" upon the unlucky day on
which the banquet falls, and are
using as their theme, BLAST THE
Dr. Ernest Smith, a graduate of
Northern Baptist Seminary and a
former army chaplain, who is at
present the president of Sioux
Falls College, has been secured as
the main speaker for the occasion.
Dr. Smith is a young, versatile and
energetic personality with a dyna-mic
message for youth.
Other special numbers on the
program thus far include numbers
by the Arian Chorus and trumpet
selections by Bob Nelson.
Tickets for the dinner are $1.45
per plate and are on sale in the
main office of the college building.
In past years, the attendance at
these banquets has numbered be-tween
one hundred and fifty to two
hundred. This year, however, with
all friends and students not only
invited, but urged to attend, it is
hoped to bring that total attend-ance
to three hundred or more.
Two Bethel
Girls Wed
On March 21, Miss Grace Lar-son,
who attended Bethel the first
semester of this year, was united
in marriage to Robert Sturm, USN,
at Clatskanie, Oregon. The can-dlelight
ceremony, which took
place at the Baptist Church, was
performed by the bride's father;
Rev. Ole Larson. After a short
leave, the groom left for Richmond
California, for re-assignment and
the bride returned to Seattle.
Another Bethelite, Miss Juanita
Barfknecht was married March 2
to Corporal Anthony L. Sabetti at
the post chapel at Camp Maxey,
Texas, where he is stationed. The
couple are making their home at
Paris, Texas.
"Tbe 'Korb 35 ,ftip bepberb"
By Robert Hails
A bl-weekly campus newspaper.
1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
1. To maintain and promote the Christian principles of Bethel
2. To promote scholarship.
3. To foster more school spirit.
4. To establish a better understanding among the students.
Co-editors Norma Seaquist, Audrey Skarp
News Editor s Elaine Pegors
Sports Editor Robert Nelson
Circulation Manager Robert Sandin
Business Manager William Thompson
Business Advisor Dean Emery Johnson
Typists Jean Hamlett, Dorothy Dahlman
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Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
"The Lord is my Shepherd"—
Thus began the comforting words
of the Psalmist read on this par-ticular
One of the faithful saints of the
church was suffering terribly from
a fatal stroke. She was ashen of
face, paralyzed from the waist
down, in a state of semi-conscious-ness,
and very near the gates of
death. Her roving eyes failed to
focus on her past, though she rec-ognized
his voice. Suddenly there
registered in her turbulent mind
and heart these words, "The Lord
is my Shepherd."
Her moaning ceased, all irration-al
utterances were quieted; and
with a peaceful smile upon her
face she listened to the remaining
words of this chapter. And when
he finished she was resting quiet-ly.
Why did these five words still
the tempest? Why did they bring
such peace to a dying woman? Be-cause
these words were part of a
dying Christian's life.
The 7th
War Loan
Every dollar put away in war
bonds during April, May and June
will count toward the war bond
quota of the 7th War loan and will
count mightily in the drive for vic-tory.
It is a big quota because it
is a big war, but there will be only
two war loan drives in 1945. That
means that in this 7th war loan
more bonds must be purchased
than ever before.
Remember every dollar invested
in war bonds is helping to pay for
the planes, tanks, ships, ammuni-tion,
and the important medical and
hospital supplies to bring the boys
back quickly so that they may
share the plans and hopes of the
post-war world. Remember, too,
that war bonds -are designed to
play an important part in the fu-ture
as well as the present.
For the past three years you
have been investing in the bonds,
especially designed for your pro-tection,
for behind the bonds is the
guaranteie of the United States
government. In a message to war
bond purchasers, the Secretary of
the. Treasury stated, "I can assure
you that the government will stand
back of the bond and fulfill every
provision in it. It will be paid pre-cisely
and exactly according to the
terms under which it was issued."
The Lord was her Shepherd. The
Prince of Peace, the King of Kings,
the Bread of Life had become to a
little pain-stricken lady, a living
The Lord was her Shepherd. She
knew Him; had walked and talked
with Him; and had sat at His feet.
He was her "mother of comfort,"
and in this trial He belonged to
Then, too, the Lord was her
Shepherd. It was He who bound
her wounds. It was He who carried
her as a lamb back to the fold. It
was His rod and staff that would
comfort her in the "valley of the
s h a do w of death," Christian
Yes, some day this dying Saint's
experience will be yours and mine.
When we are at the end of Life's
road and are ready to plunge into
the dark abyss of Death, what a
, comfort it will then be to peace-fully
rest and say, "The Lord is
my Shepherd."
From the
Mail Box
I just finished reading your last
copy. I am glad you came back.
I was just about to ask my hus-band
if they had quit printing you.
You see, I'm not a "Bethelite ;" but
rather a "Bethelite's" wife. How-ever,
I enjoy you very much. Don't
let them neglect you again.
I am thankful to God, my Sa-viour,
that my husband is a stu-dent
at Bethel. When he comes
home and tells of the many bless-ings
he recives at school I wish I
were attending also. I am a Bethel
You are about the only scource
I have of knowing what happens
over there. You see my husband
is too busy with translating of Ger-man
or looking for birds to say
much about what happens. Please
keep coming.
Colossians 2:5-7
Keep buying bonds and hold
them to maturity for they are de-signed
to favor those who hold
them the longest. Save now for the
needs of post-war days by pur-chasing
war bonds in the 7th War
In Jorhat, Assam, there is a Bap-tist
school to train-native workers
to bring to their own people the
Lord Jesus Christ, and His power
to save people from sin.
Dr. and Mrs. Cook are supervis-ors
of the school. Dr. Cook is still
on the field but Mrs. Cook is here
at home. She is residing in the
district that is served by student
pastor Joel Anderson.
Although the school is equipped
to accommodate many, there are
few students because of lack of
money with which to pay the fees
charged by the school.
There are no business concerns
like Montgomery Ward, American
Can, Walgreens, or Snyders where
students are able to secure employ-ment
as the students here at Be-thel
may. The obstacle, then, is
money to be used as payment for
tuition, board, room, and so on.
This obstacle seemed insurmount-able,
but Dr. and Mrs. Cook had
enough faith to ask God to make
it possible for these natives to come
to school to receive instruction in
winning souls into the Kingdom
of God.
At the same time that Dr. and
Mrs. Cook were asking God to help
in this matter, God was speaking
to students at Bethel and students
responded by starting a fund to be
used by the natives of Jorhat who
are called by God to be ministers
of the Gospel to their own people.
The situation may be illustrated
by two cliffs with a canyon be-tween
them. There is no bridge to
connect them, but one could be con-structed.
Let's construct this bridge -
to Jorhat by giving generously to
the Missionary Band when we are
requested to, for it is through the
Missionary Band that Bethel in Jor-hat
can be firmly established. Sure -
ly we here at Bethel want to share
with others the Gospel message.
Missionary Band is giving us an
opportunity to express our attitude
toward missionary outreach. Let's
express our attitudes eagerly.
—William Thompson.
A little black baby was born today
In a far-off heathen land;
And, the mother's heart was tender and warm
As she kissed the tiny black hand,
A little white baby was born today, f
With rose-petal hands and feet—
A precious baby to cherish and love,
A baby kept safe and sweet.
Two little babies were born today,
Two small new souls came to earth;
Black and white, in our Lord's eyes
Their souls are of equal worth.
But the little black baby was born into filth,
Into ignorance and disease;
And the little dark eyes will look early on sin.
Will we sit at home at our ease
While the little black baby grows into a man,
And sinks into vice and shame,
And comes at last to the end of his days,
And never has heard the Name—
The Name that saves—the Name that redeems?
Because we counted the cost,—
O, Christian, because of you and of me—
Will that black baby's soul be lost?"
—"The Brethren Evangelist"
THE BETHEL CLARION Page S
Out of MY Mind Sem Siotatch.a
By Carl Appelquist
By Bob Sandin
We will begin this brief bit of
plagarism plenipotentiary with a
few supposedly enlightening words
on the repulsive subject of puns,
commonly denounced as the lowest
possible form of social torture.
Punning has a long history and
an honorable lineage; it's an art
every person belittles in one breath
and attempts in the next. The
clever pun is always greeted with
a jeer of disapproval, a universal
groan. The groan, however, is re-ally
a tribute; it reveals the true
reaction of the listener: "I wish I
had said that!"
This universal groan was heard
last Tuesday evening in the Board-ing
Club when "Plant Disease"
Kommedahl laid this one. Some
hungry souls at the forsaken end
of the table screamed for the
creamed peas. Dear old Thor pick-ed
up the bowl and passed it on
down with this indescribable com-ment:
"Well, I guess we'll just
have to appease them." (Have you
noticed the tape on Kommedahl's
Moving into a more sedate sphere
we fined that Oliver Wendell
Holme$, too, vociferously con-demned
the punning habit, but at
the same time he was a terrific
punner himself, and apparently his
home served as a pun exchange,
for after a humorous visit Longfel-low
once made the crack, "There's
no place like Holmes'."
Shakespeare frequently used
puns to amuse the "groundlings"
and to lighten the tension of his
powerful dramas of death and dis-aster.
In Romeo and Juliet, for
example, Mercutio, who has been
stabbed, dies making this exasper-ating
remark: "Ask for me tomor-row,
and you shall find me a grave
Shortly after school bells begin
ringing in the fall many and varied
are thle somewhat embarrassing
experiences of most freshmen. Let-ters
written by the country-born
college freshies are filled with de-scriptions
of "the time we took a
streetcar going the wrong way" or
"insisted upon giving the conduc-tor
a token when he kept repeat-ing
the meaningless words, Pay
leave'." By the time the second
semester has arrived, the vivid
green has worn off and most fresh-men
find their way around like
However, I happen to be one of
those unfortunate people to whom
all streets look exactly alike. For
instance, even though I have got
off the streetcar an innumerable
number of times at Arlington and
Pascal, I still occasionally ride a
block too far. The latter is prob-ably
an inherited characteristic,
for somewhere in the dim past I
Thomas Hood is credited with
tacking this immortal bit of corn
onto a famous romantic verse . To
the lines : "The light that lies in
a woman's eyes . . . " Hood added,
"and lies and lies and lies and
lies!" Wiseacre Eugene Field once
ridiculed the Actor McCulloch's
performance of King Richard III
by smarting off: "He played the
king as if he were afraid somebody
else might play the ace."
One Sunday evening in 1879, the
Rev. Dr. Spooner of Oxford chew-ed
his tongue : "We will now sing
the hymn, ainquering Congs Their
Titles Take'." The congregation
almost went hysterical with laugh-ter—
and a new form of punning
was created, the spoonerism. In
no time flat the legend outgrew
the fact and the poor guy was sup-posed
to have complained that he
was tired of addressing "bleery
wenches," that is was "Kisstomary
to cuss the bride," that someone
was "occupewing his pie," and that
if things did not improve he would
leave Oxford by the "town drain"
to London. He was even (fasely,
of course! ! !) said to be the author
of a gardening limerick, the last
line of which suggests: "To keep
the pests off, let us spray."
In closing this little discord, let
us remember the Turk, who, meet-ing
another Turk, said he couldn't
remember his name but his fez
was familiar.
"I wish I had said that!"
And now before the police ar-rive,
we'll accentuate the period
and eliminate the corn with this
poigant, nostalgic bit of literary
"We can forgive those who bore
us, but not those whom we bore."
Au Revoir.
may have had some ancestors who
would responnd with "Aye, a wee
bit," when asked if they wanted a
longer ride for their money.
On a certain Monday night when
the Clarion staff was supposed to
go down to the printer's office to
set up articles according to their
proper pages I was asked to meet
Norma Seaquist at the Selby-Lake
corner. Due to an unruly drop of
acid that left its mark on my
sweater instead of my apron, I was
rather late for supper, but man-aged
to bolt my food and dash
frantically toward Pascal Street
only to see the coveted (at that
particular moment) yellow crea-ture
sneak around the corner while
I was less than half a block away.
After waiting for what seemed like
eternity, another streetcar appear-ed
and bore me to my destination,
though at about the slowest rate
ever known.
Well, things are beginning to re-turn
to normal? after the week?
of leisure? that we students? en-joyed?
for a fortnight? ago. Vaca-tions
are wonderful things, though.
I am of the opinion that Congress
should pass some sort of legisla-tion
providing longer and more fre-quent
vacations (with pay) for col-lege
Residents of the dormitory have
been scattered hither and yon
since about the twenty-eighth of
March, but are one by one finding
their way back into the fold. Com-muniques
from reliable authorities
indicate that an especially enjoy-able
week was spent by several
Bethelites in the busy and windy
metropolis of Chicago. In the event
that someone desires further in-formation
regarding city life, etc.,
we refer you to our erstwhile
companion and roommate, Gil Fors-line
. . . Carl Ekstrand also spent
the week in Chicago and vicinity
. . . Lloyd Nordstrom, Harold Carl-son,
and Gene Johnson held special
meetings in Ashland, Wisconsin
. . . Harris Johnson entertained
himself in, Mankato, Minnesota,
while his roommate, George John-son,
was enjoying a vacation at
home in Marcus, Iowa . .. Ma vis-ited
Fergus Falls, Minnesota, but
returned prematurely to (quote)
"work on my thesis" (unquote) .. .
Bob Bergerud also landed in Fer-gus
Falls, via Henning . . . Bill
Peterson waited around until Mon-day
afternoon before leaving for
Muskegon, Michigan ... Bob Daley
returned home to Sioux City, Iowa
. . . Eddie Shimatsu said a fond
farewell to his mother at Heart
Mountain, Wyoming. Kay, we un-derstand,
entered the U. S. Army
on the day after Easter . . . Carl
Applequist surprised his dad in
Rockford, Illinois at 11 P. M., on
Bearing in mind my inability to
"find myself" in this city (or any
other), imagine my terror when I
failed to see the person I sought
on the corner of Selby and Lake.
Oh! Why did that drop of acid
have to spill in the first place?!
Norma had evidently thought I was
not coming and had gone on. The
only thing left for me to do was
to try to follow.
I had never gone to the printer's
before, but I could faintly recall
having heard her mention transfer-ring
on Brady's Corner. (I found
out afterwards she had said 'Ra-der's
Corner'). I bravely boarded
the Selby-Lake car in pursuit of
this particular corner which I
thought was synonymous with
Sixth and Hennepin. After I had
ridden for a least half a lifetime
(more or less, probably less), I
reached Lyndale, where the con-ductor
had told me to transfer. Be-
(Continued on page 4)
Thursday. Quoth his sire, "So,
you're home." . . . as for our at-tached
and less fortunate members
not much can be reported. Suffice
it to say that they spent an en-joyable
week with their families
instead of the usual week end . . .
others stayed on or near the cam-pus
and entertained themselves
in divers manners? Dana Larson
and Wally Peterson even took to
flying kites from the roof of the
college building in the middle of
the night.
Spring is once again in the air.
Regardless of the weather, that
season of awakenings has already
made inroads into the ranks of the
sem's bachelors. The most , out-standing
case has been that of the
well-known southern planter, John
Agee, who managed somehow to
remain free as a kid all winter
long, but who has recently taken a
turn for the worse, and has drop-ped
with a dull thud from our
number. We've given up all hope
for John. He was one of our strong-est
numbers, but is now beyond
recall. Well, they say: it happens
to the best of them.
Sena SfrtaiciteA
By Marianne Schouweiler
We got spring . . . and Mabs set
out to make her new spring bon-net.
Meanwhile, Jackie found valid
reasons for spending many even-ing
hours at the college building.
Neither Betty Nyman nor Doris
Engwall have been looking lone-some
The janitor force used their new
found ambition to court-martial the
lone gal on the staff with the
Spray Brite. (Paid adv.)
Three brave gals invited two
brave boys and one not-so-brave
boy to a 6:30 breakfast at Como.
(They said it was fine if you like
soot and eggs, buns sans butter,
and black soffee.)
Ginghams and prints were blos-soming
forth—even though Janie
refused to wear her broomstick
And then we got snow . . . and
those short - sighted individuals
who took their heavy coats home
(need new glasses, Alice?) got
cold. We wouldn't say it was Gayle,
but someone like her suggested we
all go out and play "pie." And
always we have with us those who
use the • slightest excuse to get
their recreation in the seminary
volleyball games. The weather
also necessitated our quick return
to our thin-elbowed sweaters. Hope
next year spring lasts two weeks.
`Due to a Drop of Ac-id
By Elaine Pegors
1573 University Avenue Midway 9910
Meats at Fair Prices Fruits and Vegetables
597 Snelling Avenue North Ne. 8621
Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Good For
Bethel Nine '
With the return of favorable wea-ther,
Bethel's baseball team has
turned once again to the business
of putting out a winning combina-tion.
This task is not, however, as
easy as it sounds, for with no ar-rangements
made in class sched-ules
for an athletic program, it be-comes
a major problem to find an
hour at which all of the players
can practice. Laboratory classes
interfere, and classes in the semi-nary
sometimes continue until 4:30
P. M., with the result that the all-important
question of "When can
we practice?" (which was also a
pressing one during the basketball
season) is once again presenting
However, the prospects of a no-torious
Bethel nine are not as dim
as they might be. Returning from
previous Bethel teams are: Roland
Gustafson, who is showing forth
experience and ability behind the
plate; Clarence Sahlin, whose field-ing
at shortstop position has been
a tight spot in early practice ses-sions;
Gene Nyman, not exception-ally
potent at the bat, but an out-standing
first baseman neverthe-less;
and Harris Youngquist, who
is expected to provide experience
for Bethel's trio of gardeners. Bill
Peterson and Wes .Lindbolm, last
year's starting hurlers, are back
again this spring, and although no
other promising moundsmen have
presented themselves as yet, these
two should provide the team with
an able pitching staff. Further ex-perience
has been added to the
outfield in the person of Coach
Paul Edwards, star left fielder at
Green Bay High School, Wiscon-sin,
who, although ineligible by
Minnesota Junior College Confer-ence
rules for basketball competi-tion,
is permitted to participate in
the national pastime. Other prom-ising
players are Eddy, Nelson, Da-ley,
Shido, Sandin, and Germany.
No definite schedule has as yet
been arranged, but games with
such teams as Concordia, Luther,
Bethany, and Augsburg are to be
played. Your support at these con-tests
would be appreciated, and
may mean the difference between
victory and defeat for our boys.
The Anderson Press
4210 E. 34th St. DUpont 2011
Minneapolis, Minn.
Registration for the ping-pong
tournament, sponsored by the
fershman class, is still under way.
The tournament will be held as
soon as registration of the partici-pants
is completed. Blanks for
registration have been placed on
the bulletin boards in both the
seminary and college.
Singles will be held for players
of both sexes. Men's and women's
doubles are to be played if a suffi-cient
number of entries have been
obtained in these classifications.
As yet no mixed double entries
have been posted.
Among those who have signed
are Mabel Anderson, last season's •
women's champion, and Walfred
Peterson, winner of the men's tour-nament.
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been aroused in volley ball. The
games are informal contests, which
are generally played after lunch,
or late in the evening.
In past years, the game has been
very popular with the male stu-dents
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Reconditioning of the tennis
court has been underway since the
week previous to the sprihg vaca-tion.
Fine gravel has been applied
to the clay surface of the court.
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completion of the work, but it
is expected that the court will be
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ing somewhat uncertain as to the
correctness of my Brady's Corner
theory, I decided to call the dormi-tory
to find out just where the
printer's office is. I should have
known better than to attempt call-ing
the dorm, for anyone who has
ever tried it knows that the only
reply is the intermittent buzz, me-chanically
saying, "Too bad. The
line is busy."
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and learned that the printer
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my face when the conductor asked,
"Weren't you going to Sixth and
Hennepin?" and I had to admit
that I had been—once. By that
time I had forgotten whether the
printer's shop was located on 34th
Avenue or 34th Street but I took a
guess and asked him how to get
there. He pondered for some time
and then asked me whether I said
43rd Street and 34th Avenue or
43rd Avenue and 34th Stret, and,
of course, I didn't know either.
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(probably because it was easier to
direct me there). I got off and
walked the 7 prescribed blocks.
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from civilization for the hous-es
became more unkept and dismal
looking the farther I went. In
that rapidly diminishing twilight,
in which it was easy to imagine
seeing all sorts of figures lurking
in the shadows, I failed to find a
building that even resembled a
printer's shop, so I turned and al-most
fled back to the streetcar line.
It was now so late that it would
have been useless to try to get to
the printer's office in time to help,
so I took the next car going toward
home. Thinking that I had a long
ride before me, I made myself as
comfortable as possible and began
retracing mentally the events of
the evening. Before I knew it, we
were going through a tunnel and
my heart sank, as I suspected I
had ridden too far, for I knew I
hadn't gone through a tunnel on
the way over. My fears were con-firmed
when the conductor called
out, "Seven Corners." For once it
hadn't paid to try to get a longer
ride for my money, for now I'd
have to spend another token to get
home. Not knowing what else to
do, I got off and asked what car to
take to get to the Como-Harriet
line. You can be sure I didn't over-ride
my destination this time, be-cause
I had run out of tokens so
I simply had to get home.
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of Arlington a n d Pascal a n d
promptly got out. What an even-ing!
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hours, spent six tokens and
had gotten nowhere—all because I
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The US Food and Drug Administration has granted priority review designation to crofelemer, an experimental treatment for HIV-associated diarrhea, the manufacturer Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. reported. Priority review status means the agency aims to complete its analysis of the application within six months, rather than the customary 10 months; FDA has set an action date of June 5 for the application. Salix -- based in Raleigh, N.C. -- holds North American and European rights to the drug; it has a supply agreement with India's Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
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Looks like we have some new tools to play with. Are there any quirks about this blog-site that we need to be aware of? I was just thinking, we should make sure that whatever our hoax choice may be that it hasn't already been examined by popular culture… by something like the tv show "Mythbusters."


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Detroit Lions sign WR Chaz Schilens, who had 28 catches for Jets last season
ALLEN PARK, Mich. – The Detroit Lions have signed wide receiver Chaz Schilens, who had 28 catches for the New York Jets last season.
The team did not disclose contract terms Wednesday.
The 27-year-old Schilens started six games for the Jets last season. He spent the previous four years with the Oakland Raiders, the team that drafted him in the seventh round in 2008.
Schilens is also an accomplished baseball player. The Detroit Tigers drafted him in the 34th round out of high school.


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My best piece of advice is to always include an image in your posts. It could be a family photo, a graphic, or a map, but always include some type of image. Written content is, afterall, the whole point, but images really tie a piece together and make it visually appealing. This is especially important if your post has a lot of text. As a reader, it is hard for me to get through even fascinating content if there are no images to break it up. I'm not sure if that is because I'm a visual learner or because I still read picture books! Long posts can also be separated in to more than one post. It's a win-win: you have more posts and your readers don't get lost in a 10-scroll long post.
There are many places to find free images online for your on your blog. See my post here for some great links for open-source images. Also check out this Wikipedia article which includes many links to public domain images.
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What is the reason for שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום?
Why must it been done in that form of twice reading the verse and once reading the תרגום?
The Gemara in ברכות דף ח states that one who does שנים מקרא ואחד תרגום will merit "long days and long years". What is it about keeping this law that would yield such a consequence?


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a development that could complicate Republican efforts to limit funding for a key provision of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, a top congressional researcher said the issue of restricting subsidies never arose in producing the legislation.
Congressional staff involved in the creation of the law did not suggest that federal insurance subsidies be restricted only to states that run their own healthcare exchanges, the head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Thursday.
"Nor was the issue raised during consideration of earlier versions of the legislation in 2009 and 2010," CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf informed Republican Representative Darrell Issa in a letter dated December 6.
The question of how Congress intended federal subsidies to be used in healthcare exchanges lies at the heart of a political debate about whether Washington should be allowed to use premium tax credits to defray the cost of health insurance policies sold on federally operated exchanges.
The exchanges, online marketplaces that are scheduled to begin offering working families private insurance at subsidized rates beginning January 1, 2014, are intended to extend health coverage to 16 million uninsured Americans.
But Republicans including Issa, who chairs the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, argue that Congress meant to make those subsidies available only in exchanges run by states, and not by the federal government.
With analysts estimating that Washington could wind up operating exchanges in as many as 30 states, any move to choke off subsidies could threaten to cripple the reform provision.
Democrats insist the law was only poorly worded and that Congress intended subsidies to reach all exchanges. The Internal Revenue Service proposed a rule to that effect last year, stirring Republican accusations that the agency was pressured by the White House, a charge the IRS denies.
The CBO letter surfaced a week before a December 14 deadline for states to declare whether they plan to pursue their own exchanges. At least 17 states have already said they intend to do so, according to the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Five states are pursuing federal-state hybrid exchanges in partnership with the administration, while nine others are undecided, according to Kaiser.
The CBO letter came in response to a request from Issa, who sought details about the research office's assessment of the reform law's exchange provision. Issa, from California, whose committee is investigating the subsidies issue, has challenged the administration's authority to administer the healthcare law in states that refuse to cooperate.
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eBay Lights Up With Rare NES Games in Wake of World Championship Interest
Late last week, you might recall a dinged-up copy of the elusive NES Nintendo World Championships cartridge raking in high bid after high bid on eBay. It would seem the success of that less-than-perfect copy has caused some uproar in the retro gaming community, and more sellers have cropped up in the hopes of earning big bucks for one of the rarest games in the world.
Multiple copies of both the grey and gold World Championship cartridge appeared on the auction site, drawing interest from buyers almost instantaneously. While the beat-up copy from last week is still awaiting a proper buyer at it's $99,000 closing bid, a better version managed to move for "just" $17,500.
Ars Technica reported that much of the widespread press coverage of other Nintendo World Championship games being sold for Scrooge McDuck-levels of currency has led to collectors and fanatics trying to rake these rarities into their collections before they fade into the sunset. In particular, only 26 gold editions of the NWC cartridge were made in existence. Sure, it's probably the same material as The Legend of Zelda cartridge, but still, it's uber rare. The gold editions of the NWC were distributed by 'Nintendo Power' for a mail-in contest held exclusive to the magazine and were never used in the actual world championships held by Nintendo in 1990.
The gold edition currently up for auction has already reached six figures, though it's unlikely to go through due to the low buyer rating of the bidder. That said, there are a handful of bidders right behind the top spot with bids that are nearly as ludicrously high. The buyer experience and purchasing histories of those sequential bidders make it ever-so likely that this golden NWC game will be sold for over $100,000. Well, at least free shipping is included.
As for the games themselves, the NWC cartridges contained three mini-games that were meant to tally up and compare scores of all the players in the tournament. The games on the NWC cartridges were Rad Racer, Super Mario Bros. and Tetris.
With over one week left to go before the auction for the cartridge expires, we can only guess at how high this will go. For now, you can keep up with the auction here, just don't blame us if you decide to bid just to find out the game was an actual clunker.


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Bentham posited that:
"It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong."
(More commonly, in the parlance of Star Trek: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.")
On the other hand, Rawls has posited that:
"Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. For this reason justice denies that the loss of freedom for some is made right by a greater good shared by others. It does not allow that the sacrifices imposed on a few are outweighed by the larger sum of advantages enjoyed by many. Therefore in a just society the liberties of equal citizenship are taken as settled; the rights secured by justice are not subject to political bargaining or to the calculus of social interests."
Which of these philosophers do you agree with, and why?
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Im not so good with this stuff but I'll give it a shot:
I chose Bentham - The Greater Good
My example: Rape is normal behaviour but its society who decides whether its acceptable.
Rapists may remain unpunished in the greater good scenario. If convicting someone of rape would trigger mass rioting and death, the greater good dictates that it be avoided.
Also, where do you live where rape is normal behavior?! I am not aware of any society in history where people could go around raping each other unpunished.
Hi Arcus
Rape is not acceptable in any society that I know of because there are laws against it. Society deems it destructive and undesirable.
As uncomfortable as a lot aggressive human behaviour makes us feel, its human and its normal. Thats why we have laws.
Humans are animals and if we arent controlled we start to act on it.
I think by definition all human behavior can be classified as human behavior. However, I would object to classifying rape as "normal" just because it is part of human behavior. I could just as easily argue that laws prohibiting rape is "normal" and part of human behavior, since we agree that every society has laws against it.
Isn't it more accurate to say that rape is generally considered anti-social behavior that society abhors to the point of punishing harshly?
Thats right every state has laws against it because its what people do - a lot.
The reason we dont have a law that say humans arent allowed to steal clouds is because it doesnt happen. Humans dont steal them.
I imagine the main crimes of prisoners on death row would be murder and rape.
I'm sticking with normal human behaviour.
I loved your huge cat by the way Arcus - He is a very nice.
"Normal" is a silly putty word that can mean a lot of different and sometimes incompatible things, which means two sides of an issue can use it. I suggest not using or arguing over that word.
Here's what I mean: "normal" has a sense of conforming to a norm ("norm" in this case meaning something we want to promote as good or healthy), but another sense that something is common enough to take note of. If you go to dictionary.com, you'll find a number of different definitions. This allows for people talking past each other on any issue where normality is brought up. For example:
Most people aren't homosexual. Only about 10%. From a statistical point of view, then, homosexuality is abnormal, which allows anti-gays to use normality as an argument against them. However, it's common enough and not thought pathological by the psychologists, so it's as normal as having red hair or being lefthanded from that point of view.
As for rape, while most would agree that rape isn't normal behavior (isn't behavior we want to promote), it's normal for a certain percentage of any population to be rapists.
Most people (60%) are Asian. From a statistical point of view, then, non-asian humans are abnormal.
No - it has nothing to do with statistics.
Asian people and non- asian people are normal.
If rape were made legal tomorrow, do you think that more people would start doing it?
Thats right It isnt behaviour that we want to promote because the greater society says no.
It intereferes with our yuk factor.
I have to admire your pluck, entering into a philosophical debate with people who appear to have the background to discuss this matter. Expect to get bruised but expect to learn as well.
I don't think the two positions are incoherent
I agree, the two positions work together to form a system that creates justice for both individuals and society as a whole.


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Imagine creating something completely new — something improbable and provocative that has never existed on Earth before. This kind of unconventional science is the focus of Gregory H. Robinson, Ph.D., winner of the 2013 F. Albert Cotton Award in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry. The Cotton Award recognizes Robinson's success harnessing finicky, unstable elements.
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One of Shirley O. Corriher's first lessons on how chemistry meets cooking came in the form of scrambled eggs stuck to a frying pan. That experience set the former biochemist on a journey to become an award-winning food writer. For her success in bringing science in the home, Corriher was awarded this year's James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry for the Public.
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Important Note About This SiteThis is, obviously, a rather large-scale project. As such, it is far from complete, not that it ever could be.
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What is the answer?
In that case, what is the question?
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There are no solved problems. There are only more-or-less solved problems.
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Not just any questions, however. In general, questions begin with words like "what", "when", "where", "how", "how big", "how many", and most importantly, "why". But not everything that has the grammatical form of a question is an appropriate -- or at least a useful -- scientific question. A certain precision is required of the language used to express the question. It may have taken curious minds centuries, or even millennia, for our understanding to acquire sufficient precision in order to ask the right questions.
Philosophy is the domain of endeavor which allows for the asking -- and consideration -- of almost any question. At least two conditions have to be met before we can advance from the philosophical consideration of interesting questions to actual scientific investigation of them. Philosophy is willing to consider questions purely abstractly using tools like logic and plausible conjecture. Historically, and even today, this had often been done with little actual observation of the phenomena we are trying to understand. This is not necessarily negligence on the part of philosophers. More often it simply reflects a lack of the technology necessary to make useful observations. Even today, we are left with little more than philosophical speculation regarding phenomena that we simply can't observe even indirectly. So a certain level of technology is the first condition.
The second condition is the development of precise and appropriate concepts with which to think about the questions of interest. This is an appropriate task of philosophy. Some of this process may occur concurrently with scientific investigation, but often it preceeds real science, sometimes even by centuries. It also happens at times that scientific progress cannot occur until unsuitable or inadequate philosophical concepts are replaced with something "better".
There is nothing more important in science than finding the "right" questions to ask at a given time. Framing questions in the best possible way is more important even than collecting piles of data or performing endless random experiments to "see what happens". Science advances most rapidly when attempting to answer such questions that are not too easy, not too hard, but "just right".
So to be "right" a question needs to be more than just sufficiently precise. Answers to questions that are too "easy" do not maximize the possible advancement of our potential knowledge. They fail to take advantage of useful new ways of looking at the world. On the other hand, questions that are too "hard" are either based upon an inadequate conceptualization of reality or else simply address issues in which our present ignorance is too deep or for which we lack the technology to make pertinent observations or experiments.
Listing and explaining the "right" questions for which we do not yet have good answers and which are neither too hard nor too easy -- the Open Questions of science -- is the purpose of this Web site.
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I would strongly recommend you get tested for Lyme Disease with the Western Blot test. The two best labs are Stonybrook and Igenix. Try not to use the 2 most common labs, their tests are not as sensitive. ALL of your symptoms are indicative of Lyme. I had many of them myself. I was dx'd with Celiac in 2010 and after 3 years on a gluten free diet I continued to suffer with a lot of muscle pain, stiffness in my back, constantly going to physical therapy. I also started getting terrible racing heart, bladder problems and all sorts of weird things. If you have been tested already and it came back negative, I would retest. sometimes a month's worth of antibiotic therapy will cause the Western Blot test to start showing Lyme bands as you kill off some of the spyrochetes the immune system starts to recognize the lyme and starts making some antibodies that the test will pick up eventually. Many people who are sick like you have an ELISA test or a Western Blot test and it comes back negative and they stop pursuing Lyme. It can be a mistake. I have been on antibiotics for over a year and with good probiotics I have been able to do this and improve. Also test for the MTHFR genes to see if you have any mutations in your methylation/detox pathways. Believe me, it took years to piece all of these things together in my own journey to get better.
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quincy replied to quincy's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchI saw my Lyme doctor and he said the flu shot is ok so long as I am not sick in the sense of having fever or overt symptoms. I still have to find an immunologist in my area. This recent bout of upper respiratory infection really knocked me down hard so I cannot afford to get the flu, I could lose my job if I keep calling in sick. What surprises me is that all of us with celiac and perhaps other autoimmune issues should be checked up front for these deficiencies. I have gone all my life not knowing I had celiac until my 40's. Then found out I had Lyme for who knows how long. I say all of this because I hope others are reading/following this thread because I have a feeling many can relate to being sickly all their lives and not understanding why, then finding out you have celiac and thinking "ah ok, well this explains alot," only to keep getting sick and not feeling better after going strictly gluten-free. THen you start peeling back the layers and there is Lyme, immune deficiencies, detox'ing problems etc etc.
Celiac And Immune Deficiencies
quincy replied to quincy's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac Researchthanks Laura and SMRI this has been really helpful. One thing I noticed on the LabCorp report dated October 10, there is a note below the ranges that says as of Oct 20 the reference ranges will be changing, which will put the scores I received within the new ranges. Not sure how this works. Maybe the measurement will still be the same. Once I find an immune deficiencies specialist they will probably want to run the tests again anyway. Going to get my flu shot. It's just on the Lyme boards, they are all adamantly opposed to them, so in my case it's damned if I do, damned if I don't. But I will get it. There is a pulmonary group close to my place that offers a shot that has no preservatives, whatever that means.
Celiac And Immune Deficiencies
quincy replied to quincy's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchThank you, Laura TX much appreciated. The doctor who did the labs, at my request, said the same thing. Any thoughts on getting flu vaccines, or do you avoid them? Many on the Lyme group from another site say to avoid the flu shot. I get it because I work around college students every day. But the last few times I felt bad afterwards and had to take a day off from work. It kept me from getting the flu, which in the past has been just horrendous, with high fever and upper respiratory problems.
Celiac And Immune Deficiencies
quincy replied to quincy's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchThank you for the responses. I just got my lab work: IgG Serum is 776 and the reference range starts at 700 IgG1 below normal. It is 339 and the reference ranges starts at 422 IgG 2 is good, right in the middle of the rangee igG 3 is below normal, it is 37 and the reference ranges starts at 42 IgG 4 is in the normal range but it is 15 and the new range will start at 2 to 115 for adult males. I have not seen an immunologist yet as I just got these results. My CD57 is low also, like 24. There is one close by that is an Immunologist/Allergist. Graduate of Yale. I don't know if these numbers are that bad or what. I have been treated for Lyme this past year, dx'd with Celiac in 2010. Been sick since a child. Started with ear infections, got meningitis at 6 months old. Not supposed to be here on this earth really. Until this recent bout with a bad head cold and cough, fatigue and short fever, I was doing very well not getting sick. This was a bit of a set back for me. I am taking long to recuperate this time but I went through the ordeal of my mother's open heart surgery and recovery so I was really stressed out and running to the hospital constantly. thanks for any advice or info.....!
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quincy posted a topic in Related Disorders & Celiac ResearchI recently test for the IgG subclasses and had some relatively minor deficiencies. My doctor has not shown me the blood work so I don't know which ones. I know that since a child I would get constant upper respiratory infections, sinus infections and ear infections. anyone else have any knowledge about these issues and how they treated it? My understanding that minor subclass deficiencies by themselves do not mean you have to have IGIV. any other ideas on how to boost immunity? supplements?
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quincy replied to whitepine's topic in Related Disorders & Celiac Researchsame here. I was still sick with fatigue, muscle pain in my back, hips and legs, body temp was off. was constantly in physical therapy for muscle knots. stab in the dark asked my doctor for a lyme test and it came back positive. been on abx for a year with alot of probiotics and am feeling better.
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quincy replied to quincy's topic in Gluten-Free Restaurantsyes, thanks for the tips. I usually read all the ingredients cards and stick with plain chicken, steamed rice/veggies and salads, nothing too fancy and I try to avoid anything that is close to gluten items. I will be doing bloodwoork soon, its been awhile, so I will see where my antibodies are, hopefully close or at zero readings....
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quincy posted a topic in Gluten-Free RestaurantsI eat twice a week at the Whole Foods cafeteria/buffet. Is this just too risky for Celiacs? I don't seem to be extremely sensitive since its been 4 years since my dx, but still, I don't want to be getting too much gluten exposure. I try to find the safest items such as rotisserie chicken, rice, and steamed veggies and or salads. anyone eat there, or is it just not safe due to cc?
I started eating the chocolate and sea salt ones after only eating the Madagascar Vanilla. I stopped completely and now I tried the Madagascar again and it wasn't as bad. Honestly, the product does not say certified gluten free, so I really don't know the ppm's of the product. Plus it does not indicate anything about oats, which would definitely bother me. any conclusions? have you stopped Kind bars altogether?
I googled this topic and here it is! Like the first poster last year, I usually have a Kind bar with an iced latte at Starbucks. Lately though, I am getting like an indigestion. I eat a Kind bar every day, it's my go-to quick snack on the go. Maybe it's the cc with oats? Or maybe the Starbucks, but I heard the plain latte's are reasonably safe. I get the worst constrochondritis-type pain in my sternum and pain in the ribs there after having this combo. I don't think they are certified gluten free, are they?
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quincy replied to Kathyl067's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseI was quite ill for a while before and after diagnosis. I kept asking the Gastro doc if there could be anything else going on. It turns out several years later I was dx'd with Lyme disease. If you have spent time outdoors hiking, gardening, camping, especially in Lyme infected areas like Northeast, Mid-atlantic or Midwest, I would get a Lyme Western Blot test done through IgeneX, Yale or Stonybrook University labs. Just adding my opinion, because I was attributing all of my symptoms to celiac when in fact they were Lyme.
What Is Your Worst Symptom When Glutened?
quincy replied to Googles's topic in Coping with Celiac Diseasemany are complaining of jaw pain and neck muscle aching. TMJ and jaw pain are closely related to fibromyalgia which has a high incidence in the celiac population. I have chronic muscle and tendon pain even after going gluten-free for 3 years, though I have to say I eat out alot and I now have to curb my eating out because inevitably I am being glutened alot.....
I am wondering if my symptoms are hypo thyroid. My latest TSH was 3.25. My functional medicine doctor got me down to 2.5 a few years ago but it has gone back up. I have been experiencing alot of muscle pain lately. I wake up with stiff muscles every morning. Fatigue and listlessness. I recently went for a trigger point massage and the therapist revealed painful points all over my body, thighs, butt, back and spine. He never went up to shoulders or I would have been in worse agony if he had. Could all this muscle pain be thyroid related. My PTH was 17, which was low. I am taking hydrochlorothyozide 12.5 mgs for calcium leakage from the kidney's because I have osteoporosis in my femur neck. I say all this because my point is similar to gifree's. Since going gluten-free 3 years ago, it's been one thing after another, a downward trajectory rather than an upward one to better health. This really sucks I have to say.
Lactose Intolerance Returning?
quincy replied to josh052980's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseI am going through something similar. I started getting into making espresso and frothing milk. Seems my dairy intake is more than my body can tolerate, and I have been gluten-free for 3 years now.


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Good movies are another casualty of the economic meltdown, according to Michael Moore.
Hollywood isn't in the mood to roll the dice, because cash is in short supply, the portly director told Popeater. The man behind "Roger and Me," "Bowling for Columbine," Fahrenheit 911" and "Sicko" spoke after making his picks for the Sixth Annual Traverse City Film Festival.
Moore told critic Jane Boursaw the "Hollywood Machine" just isn't creating that many great films in this country.
"The money has really dried up since the crash," Moore said. "They only really want to spend money on sure bets. People don't want to take risks, so we're missing out on an American art form that could really speak to the country right now in profound ways."


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LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stock markets ended a volatile day on a mostly upbeat note on Wednesday, as Unilever PLC and Novartis AG gave some reason for optimism, and investors awaited a key vote on the U.S. debt ceiling.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +0.22% gained 0.2% to close at 288.22, after trading in tight ranges for most of the session.
"There's certainly a lack of conviction following a very strong start to the year," said Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown.
"We're waiting for a positive catalyst and one of the things that could support markets is an improvement in corporate earnings. More positive voices coming of Europe could also help, and a similar positive catalyst could be progress on the debt ceiling in the U.S.," he said.
Among notable movers in Europe, shares of Alcatel-Lucent FR:ALU posted one of the biggest gains in the pan-European index, up 4.7%, after Citigroup lifted its rating on the telecom-equipment supplier to neutral from sell.
Also among the risers, shares of Unilever PLC UL, +2.39% ULVR, +2.87% picked up 3.1%, after the consumer-products major reported a 5.4% rise in full-year profit as sales accelerated. See: Unilever warns of 'intense competition'; profit up
In the same vein, shares of Novartis AG NOVN, -2.17% rallied 4.1%. The Swiss drug maker said profit rose but sales stagnated in the fourth quarter, adding that it expects to return to growth next year. Citigroup also upgraded Novartis to a buy rating from hold. See: Novartis expects return to growth next year
Assessing fourth-quarter results from the U.S. and the U.K. so far, Hunter called it a "mixed picture."
"Expectations had been marked down, so there is a scope for companies to beat expectations, but analysts are also looking at the actual earnings and management comments. Guidances will be closely watched and we'll be looking for comments on how companies will start putting their excess cash to work," he said.
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For the broader stock markets, investors trained their attention on the next moves in what have been highly contentious U.S. deficit talks.
The House of Representatives was due to vote on raising the U.S. debt limit through the middle of May, while President Barack Obama was expected to sign such a bill if one is passed by Congress.
U.S. stocks traded mixed on Wall Street, but with tech stock getting a boost from better-than-expected earnings from Google Inc. GOOG, +0.00% and IBM Corp. IBM, +0.88% issued late the prior day. See: Stocks gain on earnings, debt-ceiling vote
Apple may see its first quarterly earnings decline in 10 years when it reports results after the U.S. market close. See: Apple may see earnings drop, but outlook will be key.
Closer to home, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said late Tuesday that the darkest clouds over the euro zone have subsided.
"We can begin 2013 on a more confident note, precisely because significant progress was made during 2012," he said in a speech at the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
In Spain, the central bank said the country's recession deepened in the fourth quarter, as the economy likely contracted 0.6% from the previous quarter. See: Spain central bank: recession deepened in Q4
The IBEX 35 index IBEX, +0.34% dropped 0.2% to 8,613.30, with BBVA SA BBVA, -0.09% BBVA, -1.72% off 1.1%.
The German DAX 30 index DAX, +0.57% rose 0.2% to 7,707.54, as shares of SAP AG SAP, +0.52% SAP, +0.59% took on 2.4%. The software firm said it expects rapid growth to continue in the year ahead and said momentum "has never been stronger". See: SAP gives 2013 guidance, 4Q profit falls
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Other Paris-listed banks also traded lower, with shares of Credit Agricole SA ACA, +1.26% off 2.5% and Société Générale SA GLE, +0.05% down 3.5%.
The CAC 40 index PX1, +0.31% moved down 0.4% to close at 3,726.17.
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- · Add a little agave nectar for an even sweeter pudding
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No, I didn't live-blog it, I boycotted it. After all, it was paid for with money that was obtained, at least in part, through the Obama campaign's participation in criminal fraud. The least I could do was not watch it. Plus, I was pretty sure it would be excruciatingly boring when it was not infuriating.
But Michelle Malkin did watch it. She probably had to; she does this for a living. Her live-blog entries tell you all you need to know. It was excruciatingly boring, except when it was infuriating.
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What runs in your family? Curly hair? Straight teeth? Twins? Heart disease? For Carol Krause, the answer to that question was literally a matter of life and death. When both of her parents died of cancer, Carol pieced together a medical family history that showed deadly cancers going back several generations on both her mothers and fathers pedigree lines. The information on her medical pedigree showed doctors not only what to look for but exactly where to look, and preventive treatment saved Carols life. Episode eight shows you how to begin gathering information for a medical pedigree.
Suggested Activities
Create a medical pedigree chart by recording the names of your ancestors along with the illnesses from which they died, the dates of onset of the illnesses, and the death dates. Talk to your living relatives about what they remember the causes of death to be for specific ancestors. Verify the information they give you and find additional information for your medical pedigree by gathering death certificates. Copies of death certificates can usually be obtained through the public records office in the area where the death occurred. Look around your house for other records that will help you build a medical pedigree such as obituaries, insurance documents, and hospital records.