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BETHEL CLARION Vol. XXII No. 8 BETHEL INSTITUTE, St. Paul, Minnesota February 17, 1943
Sem Doings
As Reported
By Roger Youngquist
Dale Bjork's latest dream (with
apologies to Dr. Riley) is a Men's
dormitory string band. So far, all
the encouragement he has received
has been what miserable sounds
he could extract from his tipple
and his roommate's guitar. Roger
Youngquist has furnished a little
doubtful support with his mando-lin
and occasionally the inhabi-tants
are unceremoniously inter-rupted
in their studies by the dole-ful
strains emitting from ro ,-,m 225.
There seems to be a general let-down
of popular resentment
against noisy misconduct in the
dormitory halls now that exams
are over. No one even objocts to
the noise of battle in the north-east
corner, where Ole Nelson and
Arden Finke are neighbors.
Ralph Johnson, whose name you
Lave seen before and whose voice
ou have heard more often, had
thi ee operations performed last
week in order to remove a growth
on his head. Two were unsuccess-fu:
and so was the third, but Ralph
Goesn't want to pay sixty-five cent
for a hair-cut, so every student
barber in the dorm has a chance at
Several new seminary students
.rrived with the new semester. It
is the wish of the entire student
body that they feel right a', home
with the group and enter into the
fellowship. Bethel is a great
school, and by getting the right
tart Gne can appreciate it ever
more. We'll do our best, to get ac-t:
aai n ted.
Bethelites Participate
In Congress
The all-Minnesota college war
congress met Friday and Saturday
of last week at the Follwell Hall
on the University campus.
The purpose of the congress was
to formulate and debate issues
concerning United Nation's poli-cies
in winning the war and the
The resolutions adopted by this
congress will be sent to the press,
the Minnesota state congress, and
the National congress in Washing-ton.
The ten colleges convened in a
committee of the whole at 10 a.m.
Friday. Keynote speakers from
Northwestern University and the
University of Minnesota discussed
pertinent topics.
In the afternoon special commit-tees
met to formulate bills for the
debate on Saturday.
At 6:30 the groups adjourned
for a banquet at the Varsity Cafe.
New Students Tell
First Impressions
Of Bethel College
As this new semester begins, we
are happy to welcome ten new
members from various parts of
the world to our Bethel fadily.
Paul Theobald is returning to us
from a semester's absence. Coming
originally from Canada, Paul has
had a church at La Crosse, Wis-consin,
has attended William Jen-nings
Bryan University in Tennes-see,
and now intends to remain
with us.
A new member of the college
family is Nerotta Perry. Miss Per-ry
comes from Minneapolis and
we hope she will enjoy the Christ-ian
fellowship at Bethel.
Another student from Minnea-polis
is Dolores Anderson whose
home is First Swedish Baptist.
She is planning to take '-a pre-nursing
course in preparation for
training at Mounds Midway.
Perry Hedberg comes to us from
Davenport, Iowa, under the V-I
program. His opinion of Bethel is:
"It's a swell place. I seem to be
one of the students right away."
Our Christian Workers Course is
seeing an increase in number also.
Alice Sabel, a niece of Miss Esther
Sabel, comes from Riverside, Ill.;
Clarence Lauer is coming to train
for full time service. He is from
Webster, Wisconsin; Geraldine
Jasmar from Fergus Falls is train-ing
for church work. She said, "I
was surprised that we sang a
hymn to -begin class."
Our seminary is receiving sev-eral
new students. Dick Turnwall,
son of Rev. Willian Turnwell of
Duluth, is preparing for the min-istry
here. His opinion of Bethel
is "It is the most cordial and
friendly spot that I've run into."
Our student body now contains
one more foreign missionary, John
Hiebert, who comes from south In-dia
where he has been working
among the Telegers for eleven
years. He returned in the summer
of 1942 to his home in Mountain
Choruses Hold Party
The Arian chorus and the Male
chorus held a Valentine party
Monday evening, February 15, at
the Women's dormitory. Commit-tee
heads included: invitations,
Marjorie Porter; decorations, John
Danielson; games Janet Lyth; re-freshments,
Pearl Christopherson ,
music, Dale Bjork; devotions,
Gunnar Hoglund.
Delegates participating from
Bethel were Janet Lyth, Ethel
Hale, Virginia Holmberg, Bernard
Travaille, Elbert Walker, Lester
Pipkin, Russell Taft, Harris
Youngquist, Robert Dischinger,
and Enid Platts, speech director.
The B. W. A. program to be held
tomorrow afternoon, February 18,
in the Women's dormitory at 2:30
P.M. will be in charge of Helen
Soder's cabinet.
The theme is "love" in keeping
with Valentine's Day. Four phases
are to be presented—a mother's
love; Christ's love for us; our
love for other Christians; and our
love for non-Christians.
Special music will be a feature
of the program, and refreshments
will be served before it begins.
Chaplin Becomes
First Lieutenant
Chaplain John Egon Hadley who
served the St. Paul Hayden
Heights and Montevideo churches
in our state is now commissioned
First Lieutenant. He is stationed
at Scott Field, Illinois, after his
eriod of training at Harvard.
A recent letter from Chaplain
Hadley reports that he has great
joy in the service and finds un-told
opportunities for service with
the men.
Zell Displays Furs
Lectures on Trade
J. A. Zell, industrial historian,
naturalist and commercial fur ex-pert,
presented an interesting and
educational lecture on the value
and quality of furs during convo-cation
Mr. Zell has a background of
twenty-five years as writer, fur
salesman and advocate of better
fur merchandising ethics.
He showed an exhibit of real
skins, also the imitations. He told
what reputable furriers are doing
to insure buyers' greater satisfac-tion
and the tricks of the trade as
practiced by unscrupulous fur pir-ates
and peddlers.
Mr. Zell pointed out some of the
deceit in the trade, such as using
false names, misrepresentation of
identity of furs and of the wearing
property in selling their merchand-ise.
Freshman Roller Skating Par-ty
is postponed indefinitely.
Speakers, Pastors Meet
To Discuss Topics
The unveiling of a painting of
Dr. G. A. Hagstrom will be held
Thursday at 1:45 P.M. The presen-tation
will be made by Reverend
R. A. Arlander, with music by the
B. 1. W. F. chorus. Bethel's place
in the Great Commission," is the
closing message of the afternoon.
It is to be given by Dr. J. E.
The service for the inauguration
of H. C. Wingblade to the presi-dency
of Bethel Institute will be
on Friday at 1:45 P.M. This will
be followed by a banquet at Elim
Baptist Church. Dr. J. C. Massie
will speak at Elim in the evening.
Conference for the pastors and
those interested will continue on
Monday through Wednesday in the
Seminary chapel.
The following topics •w ill be dis-cussed:
Modern Messages from Old Testa-ment
Rev. Swan Engwall
Paul's Personal Pastoral Pathos
Rev. Richard Clearwaters
The Unities of Ephesians
- Rev. Edwin Omark
The Minister and His New Testa-roen
Dr. H. E. Data
Elements of Success in Ministry.
Elements of Success in Christian
Dr. C. J. Massey
My Prayer Experiences.
Dr. J. E. Klingberg.
Applequist Heads Alexis
Other Officers Elected
Ray Appelquist is the new pres-ident
of the Alexis club. Stanley
Paulson, pastor of Lake Park
church, serves as vice-president.
Secretary will be Ray Johnson.
Kenneth Norquist is treasurer.
Eugene Johnson serves as social
chairman, Gladyce Treumer, re-freshments
chairman. The ushers
are Ralph Johnson and Warren
The Alexis meeting will be held
Wednesday evening, February 17,
at 8 o'clock in the Seminary. The
program theme will be "The Chap-lain's
Challenge—In Action." Ev-eryone
is welcome. This will be
the last program directed by the
first semester cabinet.
Founder's Week Is February 22-26
Hagstrom, Wingblade Honored
B.W. A. to Present
Phases of Love
Ate You Worth It ?
"Some have done too much playing this year as the marks will
show", philosophized Effie Nelson, Dean of Women.
In an interview Friday, Miss Nelson commented on the general
attitude about school. In these days it is the rule to shelve our work,
especially studies. People forget that the job of buckling into daily
assignments is more important today than ever before. Gerald Ahlquist,
former student who is now in Africa, stressed the importance of the
necessity of application today when he writes, "I wish I'd studied Ger-man
harder in school, for I needed it in Officer's Training."
Students are doing a lot of playing and rationalizing it by say-ing,
this is war. But what we need is something stronger than ra-tionalization.
Those thirteen fellows who left last week have left
us to carry on in a more serious minded manner. We should realize
our position as men and women who must prepare for the future—not
only winning the war, but winning the peace. If we aren't prepar-ing
ourselves now for the job of post war construction, how can
we possibly be ready to take an active part in building of peace?
Perseverance in carefully-done assignments, dependability in doing
the job that gives us our money, and faithfulness in observing our study
hours and study schedules will eventually result in knowledge, habits,
appreciations, and skills which will make us assets rather than liabil-ities
when the war is over. Do not the men on the battlefronts, our
men who know how dearly-won the victory is to be, have a right to ex-pect
us to be ready and prepared to give them something worthwhile
to return to, and expect us to be ready and prepared to carry on the
work of worthwhile reconstruction?
That for the future, but not only for the future are we interested.
We live while we prepare. How worthwhile are we living? Doesn't
it behoove each of us to ask ourselves this question every time we see
a gold star gleaming in the window of a mother's home, "Is my life
worth her son's giving his life to protect?"
"I wonder if our efforts in any way compare with the sacrifices
our young men are making for us?" was Miss Nelson's parting
Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
By Gwen Parson
MARIAN L.: It sounds "Skrutty."
DELORES C.: It sounds like mor-ons
JOY P.: Kind of "messy".
GLADYS T.: Some of it's fine, but
some is sloppy and gets mono-tonous.
CALVIN H.: At first it puzzled
me, but it's become rather pic-turesque.
L. NYDEGGER: It's out of place
GLEN A.: We need something new
and original.
CECIL L.: Terrible.
HERB Mc.: It's unique, but is it
HOWIE 0.: Very bad for this
ELEANOR V. P.: It seems that
Webster's Dictionary doesn't suf-fice
any more.
CHAR S.: Kind of off the trolley.
MAXINE 0.: It sounds shamefull,
but I'm responsible for part of
Rally Encourages
Gospel Team
A street meeting and a meeting
at an 'Old Folks Home' were a-mong
the events which took place
in the college chapel on Tuesday
evening, February 2. They were a
part of the Gospel team rally
which proved to be a great suc-cess.
Each of the six Gospel teams
contributed to the program in a
, ten-minute skit portraying some
phase of last semester's work.
A prize was given to the team
having a perfect attendance at the
rally. Team No. 2 under the lead-ership
of Gene Johnson was per-fect
in attendance and Elwood An-derson's
Team No. 6 was recogniz-ed
for having presented the best
skit. The winning program consist-ed
of a portrayal of the leader's
thoughts as he sat at his desk and
pondered on the question of a
theme for his next Gospel team
meeting.. His thoughts centered
about the cross and the skit was
built about that theme. Ruth and
Melvyn Peterson sang "The Old
Rugged Cross" as Eunice Ander-son
drew the scene of Calvary be-fore
the audience.
New leaders for the Gospel
teams of the second semester
will be selected in the near future
We pray that the students who
did not have a part in the Gospel
team work last semester will be
eager to serve in whatever way
they can this semester as the
teams undertake a new program.
Not Always Clear
But Always Present
By Robert Hails
A short time ago, while visiting
in a home of some friends, a Beth-el
student noticed a peculiar "pic-ture".
A beautiful grey frame en-
-closed what seemed to be a dis-torted
painting that had no pic-ture,
but contained merely a
mangled mess of black and white
After inquiring about the paint-ing,
the student was informed
that this was a picture of a piece of
shrubbery taken just after a very
heavy snowfall. In the forground
was the face of Christ, but not ev-eryone
could see His face. The
man of that home, with several of
his friends, had endeavored vainly
to find His face, but to no avail.
The Bethelite took the picture,
turned it at different angles, studi-ed
it from various distances, and
suddenly was looking at the most
life-like face of the Savior he had
ever seen.
"It's Jesus!" he exclaimed.
"How beautiful the face and back-ground
are! This picture is just
like life!"
Just like life! Once I was blind.
to me life could not be understood.
Why was I here? why must people
suffer from sin? Where would I go
after death? Time and time again
such questions would rise, bring-ing
me no peace or satisfaction.
If you think you have talent we
can use you. If you think you are
lacking in talent join anyway —
we can still use you.
"God Be With You"
A fond but sad farewell was bid
Inge Larson and Ruth Mentzer
when they boarded the train for
home where they will be inducted
into the army. About thirty-five
Bethel friends turned up at the
depot to see them off.
There were mixed emotions—
first, hilarity among the group
coming down on the street car,
then general excitement upon ar-riving
and seeing the two fellows.
About fifteen minutes before the
train came in, the crowed moved
en masse to the gate where actual
exressions of farewell began. All
goodbyes being spoken, the group
began to sing "God Be With You
Till We Meet Again" which
brought forth many tears previous-ly
held back. Following this Dana
Larson led in prayer.
Before their tickets were puuch-ed,
the fellows were given a large
box of snacks individually wrapped
as Valentines as well as a box of
candy. The group walked slowly
and silently back to the doors of
the depot where it was discovered
they had forgotten to give the fel-lows
some magazines. There was a
flash of excitement as someone
went to have them paged on the
train, and then the group left for
home with a feeling of emptiness.
The next day the women at the
dormitory received a thank-you tel-egram
from Chicago signed by
Inge and Rune. We'll all miss
A lot of single-track minds
are joined up with four-track
* * *
*There's no use having a dog
if you're going to do all the
barking yourself.
A man hopes that his lean
years are behind him; a woman
that hers are ahead.
* * *
When a fellow gets so fat he
can't get in a telephone booth,
there's no use talking.
*Dedicated to our dear editor.
Need I endure suffering? Jesus
will carry me through. Am I at loss
as to which way to take? Jesus will
show me the way. After meeting
Him experiencing Him and prov-ing
Him, I, along with you who
know him and along with the Ap-ostle
Paul, can cry with that ass-urance
that comes from above,—
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1480 North Snelling Ave., St. Paul, Minn.
Published by students every other Tuesday
except in July and August.
Editor-in-chief Dana Larson
Associate Editor Ethel Hale
Feature Editor Virginia Holmberg
Reporters Will Borne, Mrs. McClure, Miriam Quarnstrom,
Gordon Krantz, Roger Youngquist, Doris Fanberg, Dave
Carlson, Janet Lyth.
Circulation Marjorie Porter, Gwendolyn Parson
Typists.. Marian Peterson, Eleanor Peterson, Evelyn• Sundberg, James Nyquist
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Editorial Advisor Miss Enid Platts
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THE BETHEL CLARION Page 3
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My Cuff Links
Tuesday night after spending a
half an hour looking for a cuff
link, overshoes, and tickets which
those gremlins had hid, we arrived
at the banquet. They had kicked
my cuff link under the dresser and
then they sat on, it so I couldn't
find it. The little "critter" had
shoved my overshoe into a dark
corner so I just couldn't see it.
My tickets? I found them at 6:23
P. M. where those gremlins had
shoved them far back into the in-ner
sanctum of my inside coat
It was a swell banquet, just ask
the gremlins. To be sure, they
bumped my elbow and knocked my
peas off my knife. And those ta-ble
legs! One or two of those
little men would get together and
shove that table leg right in front
of my shin every time I sat down.
On the icy streets and side walks
the gremlins had a sliding good
time after the banquet was over.
We left about 10:10 and in no time
it was five down and one to go, I
was left standing. Before I could
say "Ja Du" two hefty gremlins
kicked my understanding and soon
I was looking them in the face
from a most uncomfortable hori
zontal position—quite close to the
ground. No one had a beast of a
It was a tough battle all the way
home, fighting those gremlins, but
I made it and crawled into bed
and nursed my sores of battle from
vicious contacts with g oo d old
"mother earth" and the gremlins.
Now that semesters are over and
goodbyes have been said to those
that have left everyone seems to
be walking around in a daze. Per-haps
it's because they stayed up
all night every night during the
week of exams.
Other Schools Say
"We can govern our lives accord-ing
to the Ten Commandments be-side
which all purely human rules
and regulations are superficial and
trifling; and we can make true
students of ourselves. Moreover,
the extent to which we conduct
ourselves as Christian students is
inversely proportional to the
amount of supervision we require.
If we as students deprecate con-stant
regulation by the faculty, it
is within our power to a large ex-tent
to rid ourselves of it; but
this we can do only by striving to
become truly God - fearing stu-dents."
—Concordia Comet
Our present actions determine
our future memories. God gave us
memory so that we might have
roses in December.
—The Stylus
"The suffering of these times
should also make us more kindly
toward other people. The feeling
of brotherly love, and helpfulness
toward others should be the dom-inating
force of 'our lives."
—Waldorf Lobbyist
? Guess Who
He's a Seminary senior who
spent the earlier years of his life in
a small Iowa town. Later he work-ed
for one year in the mountains
in the west. While in college he
was associated with the William's
Box Lunch truck. He wears a Be-thel
sweater with three stripes
signifying three years of athletics.
Last year he was president of the
Religious, and had a Student pas-torate
in a small Wisconsin count-ry
church. He was also Seminary
mail-man. He never seemed to be
interested in the fair sex, but it
seems that someone came along
and now his interests lie in a Chi-cago
defense factory. This last
Christmas was a big event for
him. Hm m m m m. His favorite
friut seems to be Apple and if you
don't know who he is now, he's
that good-looking 'Illinoisan with
that little freshman sister who is
just goofy—(goofy about him).
Humor Brightens
Farewell Banquet
Amid all the sadness and seri-ousness
at the service-men's ban-quet
there were some humorous
Could some people have been
bored? Evidence--tic-tac-toe games
found on the tablecloths. Then
too, we heard that remark that is
made about most banquets — not
enough to eat.
We noticed that the faculty look-ed
rather lonesome all by them-selves
at the back table. Could it
be because semester exams were
still fresh in the students' mem-ories?
Some people are so resourceful.
They can always find some use
for the materials at hand. One
group had their programs auto-graphed
with fork tines. Jim
Schlaf amused himself and others
with a mustache fashioned from a
red napkin. Then, as a memento,
June Hedman gave her waitress'
cap and apron to Phil Bishop—
maybe he can use it if he is sent
to the South Sea Islands?
Others wanted souvenirs. Vir-ginia
Holmberg and Janet Lyth
vied for a centerpiece which resul-ted
in the latter's finding herself
sitting on the floor—and there
wasn't any ice inside the building.
And so the guests dispersed and
the college building was closed.
But midnight prowlers in the per-son
of two kitchen crew members
were combing the place in 'search
of the leftover strawberries.
We are as big as the things
that annoy us.
* * *
What's good for the goose is
often grabbed by ganders.
* * *
It's funny how a few square
meals will round out a figure.
Library Reveals
Recent communiques from the
library reveal that the number of
books in circulation the past se-mester
is below that of last year.
40 less books were used this past
semester as compared with the
2027 used for the same period last
year. There should have been an
increase rather than a decrease in
the amount of reading. How many
books did you read?
History again held first place
with 344 but literature was close
behind with 311 books being used.
The circulation of the books was
as follows: social sciences, 211;
religion, 169; philosophy, 148;
science, 75; biography, 75; a n d
fiction, 28.
This does not give a fair account
of science books because many are
kept in the laboratories and are
being used there. Perhaps you
have not noticed many new books,
but the fact is that 65 have been
added. The library receives 47
Special gifts have been presen-ted
to the library by friends. Dr.
W. Babcock gave some volumes
a n d Mrs. Fletcher Kerfoot and
Harold L. Kerfoot presented the
bust of Dante.
here it is the beginning of a
new semester with everyone start-ing
out with a clean slate some of
them sure did need the application
of an eraser.
and w hat happens i ask you
what happens half of this here now
school ups and leaves of course
business is back almost as usual
but what will the composition clas-ses
do for amusement i guess c
george eriksons son will have to
work overtime
say you know that banquet last
week was a dilly after i polished
off the cake crumbs i found the
juiciest ball of candle wax that
dave danielson had bounced off
someones head i couldnt eat it all
so i saved what was left and me-hetible
chewed it for days
i will admit though that i spent
a few very uncomfortable moments
at the first part of the doings id
found a big dark box up on the
stage behind you where i could see
everything so i crawled in next
thing i knew it started to vibrate
like a bass fiddle i crawled out of
there just in time to be nearly
scalped by the bow oh well i could
see better from the top of the rub-ber
tree after all
now to get down to the real bus-
Tid-bits—At a coffee party last
Wednesday it was discovered that
Dick Turnwall, a new junior at the
seminary, had a cut on his head
He jumped out of bed too fast
when the alarm went off
There were several bruised knees
among the girls after the wind
storm last week. They say the
wind just picked them up and slid
them along . . . The Kitchen Krew
of the Women's Dormitory want
their picture taken for the Spire
too. They feel slighted because
the boarding club was recognized
and they weren't . . .. The Editor
and her roommate Esther, are hav-ing
a hard time walking with their
feet on the ground after the Val-entines
they received from the
boys from home.
You've heard them too — Miss
Alice Johnson—"That is ambigu-ous."
Bethel student body—"Skr-r-
ut!" Bob Norstrom — "So help
me!" Pres. Wingblade "Next little
Nicknames — Elaine Caroline
Riese, Clippy; Phyllis Roland Gus-tafson,
Gussie; Eileen Maurgarete
Murphy, Pat; Janet Edmond Lyth,
Butterball; Ethel Leona Hale, Bat-tleship.
Publicity We have been asked
to inform the students that there
has been a list of rules drawn up
for the coffee shop. They are pos-ted
on the door. By the way, they
are quite a literary work.
iness at hand as long as you and
the rest are leaving i refuse to
stick around i really do need a va-cation
after all these years of high
jumping the worst of it is that
paste is becoming rancid further-more
its time that i take my an-nual
wake me up when you get in the
army and ill see what can be done
by way of columns that is if the
sergeant doesn't see me in the
meantime if you see a stately al-ely
cat with stripes and regal bear-ing
thats mehitable
and when i am gone who shall
amuse the populace
PS—say boss your boss has just
persuaded me to forget the vaca-tion
she has no pity on my flat
feet just for that im making her
change the paste
Ole had a little goat,
The goat had halitosis,
And everywhere that Ole went
The people held their noses.
archie bounces keys
for last time
dear boss
Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Rochester Is
Beaten 45-33
Bethel outscored Rochester last
Friday after a close first three
quarters. It was a hard fought
game, but in the closing period the
Indians put on a scoring spree that
increased their one-point half
time lead of -22-21 to a 12 point dif-ference
of 45-33 when the final
whistle ended the game.
This was Bethel's first confer-ence
victory to two defeats, one ad-ministered
by Worthington and the
other by Concordia both on the
home floor.
High-scoring honors went to
"Shine" Swanson with 17 oints
while Mac Caughy followed with
14 tallies for "Medics".
Indians Take
Bethany 27-26
In continuance of their winning,
Bethel defeated Bethany of Man-kato
on our own floor in an after-noon
game. The first three quar-ters
were more of a sleep inducer
rather than an exciter for play was
very slow. Bethel seemed to lead
with ease and at the half they held
a 7-point lead, with the low score
of 15-8. The third quarter proved
more interesting when a rally
was staged by the Bethany cagers
and they took the lead in the last
three minutes of play. It was tied
up again by Gustafson, and Thomp-son's
free throw put us in the lead
which then ended the scoring at
Bethany took the high scoring
honors with Quill gariiering in 11
points. Bob Hails followed close
with 10 points for Bethel.
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On the Bench
By BO
We have a busy time,. the next
two weeks. By the time you read
this we will have played two con-secutive
games and will be laying
in ambush for Waldorf. I hope the
women's team and the fellows who
went to the army left a few jack-ets
around. It's so blooming cold
down on the bench.
When the fellows • left to s e e
Uncle Sam, three of our team went
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The Perfect Long Weekend Escape from Wellington
From Ship Cove to Furneaux Lodge on the Queen Charlotte Track.
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Searching for a weekend escape with a difference, we settled on the Queen Charlotte Track, and settled on attempting the top section of the track from Ship Cove to Endeavour inlet.
So on a Friday afternoon in spring we jumped aboard the ferry and sat back with a drink to relax and admire the views. We took more interest in the Marlborough Sounds than usual, poring over our track map with a mixture of excitement and apprehension.
Water Taxis and Dolphins
Arriving at Cougar Line the next morning, we hopped aboard our water taxi and started the journey to the track. These water taxis are the life-blood of the track, not only delivering walkers and mountain bikers to the track, but also essential supplies to the many accommodation stops. I was pleased to be sitting beside a beer keg headed for Furneaux Lodge – our stop that night.
The Cougar Line skipper was friendly and knowledgeable, even swinging around briefly to make the most of a dolphin photo opportunity en route.
Captain Cook's Favourite
Arriving at Ship Cove, we waved goodbye to both our boat, and our bags! Rather than anything negative, luggage transfer is a feature of the track experience, where you can opt for heavy packs to be taken to you next stop, leaving you with the relative luxury of a day pack.
Ship Cove was named by Captain James Cook, and became one of his favourite New Zealand bases. It is worthwhile allowing some time to spend at this beautiful spot, soaking up the history which then follows you as your walk past bays, inlets and peaks named after Cook's ships and crew.
The Queen Charlotte Track
After a short detour to check out a waterfall (which also let the majority of walkers and bikers move ahead), we left Ship Cove and headed up the track. And up it was, with a steady climb to start the day. The track undulated through varied fauna, including both ancient and regenerating native bush. The Department of Conservation has placed signs along the way that tell the story of the local species, and provide a good excuse to stop for breath.
The rewards for trekking uphill are spectacular views, especially from the ridgelines offering panoramas across both Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds. Lunch (treats from the great Bakerijj bakery in Picton) was enjoyed while admiring spectacular views across Endeavour Inlet.
Regular companions at the viewing platforms and picnic tables are the cheeky Wekas – native birds with a well-deserved reputation for curiosity, and just a little kleptomania.
After a long and gentle descent, we were ready for a rest, so the sign for Furneaux Lodge was another of the day's welcome sights.
The Famous Furneaux Bar
The lodge sits under Furneaux Peak (named after one of Cook's navigators) and proved to be a great combination of character and comfort. We'd splashed out for the aptly name Endeavour suite, which was only 30 metres from the water's edge. (The cool salt water is bliss for well-worked feet.)
Popular with track users, fishermen and locals alike the bar is worth a visit alone, and indeed, each evening many boats moor for the night. You're bound to meet some colourful local characters here before enjoying local delicacies from the adjoining restaurant.
Coming back for more?
Like the Cook Strait Ferries, the water taxis are more than just transport – they are part of the track experience. Stopping to transfer luggage, mail and supplies to the many lodges along the way, you start to feel a sense of community, and a longing to come back for more. The trip home by water was the perfect way to finish, apart from perhaps completing the track by foot. (They even delivered us directly to the Interislander terminal.)
Sitting in the premium lounge on Interislander's Kaitaki ferry, we sat back to plan our next Marlborough Sounds experience – after a perfect weekend escape from Wellington.

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We've seen the Motorola Droid RAZR in white, black and purple. Now it looks like Verizon's got a blue version joining the ranks as well. According to the inventory screens we've received, it's slated for release on May 18. It's the same as Droid RAZR we first reviewed back in November -- and that means it's also running Gingerbread, we're told. And we also can't help but notice that this shade of blue isn't unlike what Nokia has on the Lumia 900. Coincidence?
No word on pricing yet (or if there's a blue MAXX version on the way), and remember that none of this is official until Verizon says it is. So stay tuned.
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Hurricanes in Perspective
I guess that's our theme for tonight: context, perspective, history. You're all aware of the efforts by various flaky leftists to blame Hurricane Katrina on "global warming," etc. Put aside for a moment the extent to which the current warming trend on Earth is related to human activities, as opposed to increased energy production by the Sun and other natural cycles. It doesn't take a physicist to figure out that »
Income and Poverty In Perspective
If you believed what you read in newspapers and hear on television, you would think that the Bush administration has been one long period of economic decline. In particular, every time the Census Bureau releases a report, a spate of negative news stories follows. This happened today, when the Census Bureau delivered "Income, Poverty and Health Insurance in the United States: 2004," available here. The New York Times headlined the »
One of the Many Differences Between Old Soldiers and Old Radicals
Earlier today there was a report that Senator Chuck Hagel had telephoned Cindy Sheehan to offer his support for her anti-Bush jihad. Now, Right Wing News seems to have the whole story. In her "last post from Crawford," Sheehan offered thanks to a list of lefty politicians who "either came to CC, or called me to offer their support and love." Hagel was on the list. John Hawkins wondered about »
Blogger posing as scholar alert
The Claremont Institute is coming to Washington, D.C. Beginning tomorrow and extending through Saturday, it is putting on nine panels on an assortment of political issues. Most of the events will take place at the Wardman Park Marriott hotel. Here is the schedule. These panels are part of a larger get-together, the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. I will participate on two panels. The first (tomorrow at »
Evolving standards
An entertaining sideshow to the Roberts confirmation process is the descent into near intellectual incoherence of some of America's most distinguished law professors. Duke University's Erwin Chemerinsky takes his turn today. He argues that Democrats should oppose Roberts because having Roberts on the bench would likely change the law. Under that approach, constitutional law would never change unless Congress incorrectly guessed the views of nominees. Our "living Constitution" itself would »
Religion and the Democrats
The Pew Research Center has published an interesting survey on the political parties and religion. The finding that is getting the most press is that only 29% of respondents view the Democrats as religion-friendly, down from 40% just a year ago. In general, the public seems to view the parties and their attitudes toward religion as mirror images. Almost exactly equal numbers think the secular anti-religion forces have too much »
Hurricane Relief
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A race to the bottom
Last month I wrote that, in Cindy Sheehan, the left has "a new horse to ride for a while." That "while" may be drawing to a close. Bill Sammon in the Washington Times reports that "powerful liberal advocacy groups such as MoveOn.org are taking a less active role in Cindy Sheehan's anti-war activities." Sammon's piece suggests that it is Sheehan's camp that is moving away from MoveOn.org in order to »
They're tryin' to wash us away
The Louisiana flood of 1927 lives on in song (Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927" being only the most recent), but seems largely to have been forgotten. As we struggle to deal with the greatest of our natural disasters, now may be the time to recall what was our greatest natural disaster until then. Events of the day bring to mind John Barry's 1998 book Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of »
The horse that didn't neigh
Captain Ed Morrissey continues compiling the evidence omitted from the 9/11 Commission report. In his Daily Standard column today, he provides a summing up: "Accounting for the final report." Also at the Standard is Wesley Smith's column about the Washington debate over bestiality: "Horse sense." »
Report Documents Terrorism/Immigration Link
A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies analyzes the immigration histories of the 94 known foreign-born terrorists who operated in the United states between 1993 and 2004. The Center's conclusion: "[T]wo-thirds of them committed immigration fraud prior to or as part of their terrorist activities." Twenty-one of the terrorists became naturalized citizens before being charged or convicted as terorists. It can hardly be a surprise that a key »
What went right
Terry Eastland has just the right take on the Roberts nomination when he says, "Judge Roberts represents precisely the kind of nominee you'd expect from the president of the party shaped by Mr. Reagan." And given the success of the party as Reagan shaped it, the Democrats have little hope of defeating Roberts, and no basis for claiming that his utterances supporting the Reagan administration's legal thinking show him to »
Katrina Update
Between being down much of the day and having nothing original to add to the excellent coverage being done elsewhere, we haven't talked about Hurricane Katrina today. The Associated Press has the latest, including reports of widespread looting in New Orleans. The Times-Picayune's breaking news feed is here. (Via Hugh Hewitt.) This photo is one of many that show the hurricane's power: The scale of the disaster in Mississippi and »
A better approach to conservation
She doesn't get much attention from the MSM, but Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton is one of my favorite cabinet members. Under her innovative leadership, the Department is advancing "cooperative conservation," an approach that centers on partnerships between the federal government and state governments, Tribes, community organizations, and individual citizens. For more than 30 years, environmental protection has tended to revolve around federal regulation. This approach has led to »
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Don't cry for me, Arafatistan
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Another low-down, dishonest effort
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All hail Heidi Klum. The fashionista who often tries too hard was flawless on the Emmys red carpet Monday evening in a wing-backed coral gown by Zac Posen.
Red-carpet fashion: Red and white rules Emmy night
The fashionista who often tries too hard was flawless on the Emmys red carpet Monday evening in a wing-backed coral gown by Zac Posen.
With the New York designer as her date, Klum floated effortlessly to new fashion heights, with Posen calling her a "coral angel."
Effortless is the buzz in fashion these days – those frothy, full taffeta numbers really don't cut it any more.
And Julia Roberts managed to pull off an effortless, sophisticated and red carpet statement to remember in a short, beaded, peplummed Elie Saab shirt dress, long locks flowing and longer legs on show.
Taylor Schilling was also all about ease in a colourless beaded halter by Zuhair Murad, traditional red carpet fare – but loose and flowing enough to make it carefree.
Orange may be the new black, but neither was a major shade on the stars (with the exception of Kerry Washington in a cool orange Prada). Rather, red and white ruled.
Leading the red pack was Claire Danes – again – in Givenchy, with a butterfly embellished neck and lace cutouts, with lips to match. Christina Hendricks showed off her girls in ruched Marchesa, and some lovely Indian-inspired gold. Julia-Louis Dreyfus was fit as a fiddle in raspberry Carolina Herrera. January Jones wore your traditional full-skirted strapless ballgown with red lips and a discordant braid in her hair.
Sofia Vergara in Cavalli, Kristen Wiig in a simple tank dress, Anna Chlumsky in Posen, and Robin Wright in a daring backless Ralph Lauren jumpsuit were the headliners in white.
Aside from Schilling, the Orange crew was a mixed bag. Laverne Cox impressed in an icy, caped gown by Marc Bouwer. Nathasha Lyonne was adorable in a lace-sleeved, frill-hemmed navy number from Opening Ceremony, but mainly because she is so loveable. Laura Prepon, the evil Alex Vause, wore a witchy asymmetric collared gown in emerald and blue, in keeping with her character – and a trend toward architectural shapes.
Kiernan Shipka wore a sculpted Antonio Berardi dress, while Vergara, of all people, opted for a sophisticated architectural shape rather than over-the-top sexy for a change. Not that it didn't show her curves.
Debra Messing and Lena Headey also played the sophisticated architectural card. Keke Palmer's witchy bodice, on the other hand, was a fashion disaster waiting to happen.
On the frothy front, there is no explaining Lena Dunham, with new platinum blond hair – which suits her nicely, actually – a pink button-up shirt and a long, pink tutu with acres of multi-hued pink tulle. Ewwwww.
Sarah Paulson was not far behind in a cloud of black tulle with red Swiss dots.
Honourable mentions: Camila Alves in cut-out lace by Zuhair Murad, Gwen Stefani in molten Versace (with some dangerous gold caging in front), and Sarah Silverman in plunging Marni with a jewelled belt (that's Marni with an "i," she deadpanned).
Baby bumps are a common red carpet sight, and Hayden Panettiere wore hers nicely, in plunging silver. It's a girl, by the way. Amanda Peet, however, played the frumpy flower girl.
To quote Seth Meyers: "Tonight we are all Crazy Eyes."
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SOURCE: Hansen Medical, Inc.
September 12, 2012 16:01 ET
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA--(Marketwire - Sep 12, 2012) - Hansen Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: HNSN), a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced that President and CEO, Bruce Barclay, is scheduled to present at the UBS 2012 Global Life Sciences Conference. The conference is being held September 19-20, 2012, at the Grand Hyatt in New York, NY. Hansen Medical is scheduled to present on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Hansen Medical will provide a live webcast of the audio presentation. Interested parties may access the live webcast by visiting the investor relations section of Hansen Medical's web site at www.hansenmedical.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the site after the presentation.
About Hansen Medical, Inc.
Hansen Medical, Inc., based in Mountain View, California, is the global leader in intravascular robotics, developing products and technology designed to enable the accurate positioning, manipulation and control of catheters and catheter-based technologies. The Company's Magellan™ Robotic System, NorthStar™ Robotic Catheter and related accessories, which are intended to facilitate navigation to anatomical targets in the peripheral vasculature and subsequently provide a conduit for manual placement of therapeutic devices, have undergone both CE marking and 510(k) clearance and are commercially available in the European Union, and the U.S. In the European Union, the Company's Sensei® X Robotic Catheter System and Artisan Control Catheter are cleared for use during electrophysiology (EP) procedures, such as guiding catheters in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), and the Lynx® Robotic Ablation Catheter is cleared for the treatment of AF. This robotic catheter system is compatible with fluoroscopy, ultrasound, 3D surface map and patient electrocardiogram data. In the U.S. the Company's Sensei X Robotic Catheter System and Artisan Control Catheter were cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for manipulation and control of certain mapping catheters in EP procedures. In the United States, the Sensei System is not approved for use in guiding ablation procedures; this use remains experimental. The U.S. product labeling therefore provides that the safety and effectiveness of the Sensei X System and Artisan Control Catheter for use with cardiac ablation catheters in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, including AF, have not been established. Additional information can be found at www.hansenmedical.com.
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Marvel's 'Agent Carter' Series: Will Dominic Cooper Reprise Howard Stark or Not?
The confirmation that Marvel's 'Agent Carter' One-Shot would spawn its very own ABC series adaptation brought with it a number of questions, particularly whom from the Marvel Cinematic Universe might join Hayley Atwell on the series? Dominic Cooper seemed like a strong possibility, given his role in the original 'Agent Carter' short, but has his presence as Howard Stark officially been confirmed for the ABC series?
Making the rounds last week was a quote from Atwell, wherein the 'Captain America' actress appeared to confirm Cooper's involvement with the series, in that she'd already plotted how best to prank him on set. "He's incredibly naughty," the series star told The Telegraph of Cooper, adding, "I'm going to start the pranks as early as I can. He will come up with some very good ones, too."
Naturally, many took the quote as a "slip" of Atwell confirming Cooper would appear on the series as Howard Stark, though a more comprehensive investigation from Buzzfeed revealed that no such deal with Cooper has been confirmed, nor has the series even produced any scripts beyond the pilot, or begun casting outside of Atwell herself.
Supposedly set for an eight-episode first season, the 'Agent Carter' series will be executive produced by 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' writers Christopher Markus and Steve McFeely, who also wrote the pilot, along with 'Reaper' creators/showrunners Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas. Marvel Studios film producers Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito and Jeph Loeb will also act as producers.
Here's how Marvel describes 'Agent Carter':
Marvel's 'Agent Carter,' starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell follows the story of Peggy Carter. It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life–Steve Rogers. Inspired by the feature films 'Captain America: The First Avenger' and 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' along with the short 'Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter.'
The description alone at least leaves room for Cooper to take part in the series, but what say you? Does 'Agent Carter' need Howard Stark to succeed, or would Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter be able to carry an all-new cast through her '40s adventures?


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Lamar Odom Caught Sleeping At Child Custody Hearing
Lamar Odom, the NBA player and husband of reality TV star Khloé Kardashian, was caught sleeping in court at a child custody hearing with his ex-girlfriend earlier this week in California. Onlookers caught the Los Angeles Clippers' player stretched out and snoozing allegedly during a hearing with ex-girlfriend Liza Morales, who is the mother of Odom's kids, Lamar Jr., 11, and Destiny, 14.
Witnesses say that Odom slept for a half-hour before a court officer asked him to sit upright. Fans of the Dallas Mavericks, whom Odom "played" for last season were undoubtedly unsurprised to hear the words 'Odom,' 'sleeping' and 'court' in the same sentence. The Mavs cut the former NBA Sixth Man of the Year well before the 2011-12 season ended.
A tipster told In Touch magazine that Odom was jet-lagged after spending the night before in New York City with Kardashian and then flying back on the red-eye to make the hearing.


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Marc Andreessen had a lot to say about Oculus VR Inc., a firm that makes virtual reality goggles for gaming, early Tuesday via Twitter. That was convenient if you were one of Andreessen\'s 89,200 followers and didn\'t know much about the Irvine, Calif. firm. Andreessen, whose Andreessen Horowitz firm is an Oculus investor, mostly tweeted about a New York Times article on the new Oculus Rift device.
That discussion was helpful because Oculus was back in the news Tuesday afternoon as Facebook agreed to buy the firm for $2 billion, mostly in Facebook stock.
Andreessen is a Facebook board member, as well as a partner at the firm that owns a part of Oculus. His last tweet on the subject was one saying he had no part in the merger — in keeping with standard guidelines for board members, who are supposed to be working objectively for shareholders.
For the earlier tweets on Oculus: They\'ve vanished. His @pmarca feed is notably absent those earlier comments on the cool Oculus Rift. Twitter no longer makes it easy to recover deleted tweets. And who deletes tweets these days, anyway? But a few other tweeps noticed the odd timeline on Andreessen\'s Oculus mentions.
A representative for Andreessen didn\'t respond immediately to comments.
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We featured Alyson Beaton's adorable Lille Huset Dollhouses last spring, and now the company is offering a new collection of miniature dollhouses for kids to create, color and customize as an inspiring and rewarding craft activity.
What's a Lille Huset?
Lille Huset means "little house" in Norwegian. Each Lille Huset is one part art and craft project, one part play, plus a whole lot of fun. The houses come ready to build, but kids gets to use their own creativity to decorate the little house so they can make it their own. Most decorate-it-yourself dollhouses are large, and sometimes overwhelming to a young child, but a mini Lille Huset dollhouse, given its small stature, is the perfect starter craft/dollhouse project for a child.
Eco-friendly Materials
These eco-friendly dollhouses are not just cute, they're super green, made from 100% recycled paperboard and printed in the USA with a certified carcinogenic free printing process.
Easy to Build
Each tiny dollhouse features an easy slot system that makes constructing the house and taking it apart easy for kids. Additionally, each home comes with an activity sheet, and though small, it still fits most tiny dollhouse dolls your child already owns.
Lille City Set
Lille City is a new tiny collection that offers all the extra small Lille Huset houses in a set so your child can build an entire city of fun. These are perfect for stacking, coloring and customizing and the packaging is also a play surface, printed to unfold and become a little city map to color on and explore.
Birthday Kit
The new Lille Huset birthday kit is a wonderful idea for any children's dollhouse themed birthday party. The set includes extra tiny houses in sets of 4, 6, 8 or 10 which become a party activity and party favor all in one! The little homes are all individually packaged and come with birthday party invitations, envelopes and scrapbook papers.
How to Order
Due to their small size and paper materials, Lille Huset homes are recommended for kids four years and up, though they'd also make a smashing design addition to a baby nursery (perched on a bookcase). You can order the new small dollhouses via the Lille Huset website and check out their medium and classic sized dollhouses as well.
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Its Friday the Thirteenth… I wonder what Neil would say.
Thanks, Dr. Tyson. On to the science. (Don't forget to do some superstition bashing today!)
Wow. I'm behind by a whole week, and have a meetup to go to tonight, so this is going to be mostly links.
Via RDF, a fossil of Australopithecus sediba has been found at the Malapa Site in the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa.
Geologists in Peru are working to preserve a 3.6 million year old "whale cemetery" containing at least 15, probably more fossil whales killed by a volcanic ashfall. Most of the preservation work will be to prevent erosion of the fossils due to exposure to harsh wind driven sand.
Fascinating examination of a fossil bird showing traces of various elements left over by the mineralization process. The copper present is likely to be from the eumelanin pigment, giving hints regarding the color pattern of this 120 million year old bird.
A fossil of an early bird egg has been found (these are pretty rare, apparently) and is shaped like a modern oval egg. This is similar to the egg shape of the therapod dinosaurs, from which it is thought that birds evolved.
I find myself wishing a case of diptheria on the people that destroyed a hadrosaur fossil at an Alberta dig site. Apparently, some idiots have made a habit of destroying the fossils while drinking. Don't do that.
Bog bodies are strange, but this bunch of quasi-bog bodies is really weird. An articulated skeleton made from multiple bodies, buried for reasons only guessed at.
Via AmericaBlog, an interesting DNA study regarding the origins of Native Americans. This study suggests that three migrations from Siberia acted as the founding populations.
Medical science
The HPV vaccine may already be having an effect on herd immunity, with infection rates dropping in unvaccinated groups.
REM sleep behavior is one of my favorite sleep disorders, since I have yet to find any suggested link between it and the paranormal. Sleepwalking, night terrors, sleep paralysis… they all get blamed on ghosts, ghoulies, and aliens, but not this one. And it seems to have some link to neurodegenerative disorders in a majority of the cases.
Bicycling is fun, and I don't get to do it nearly as much as I would like to… but knowing how to fit your bike properly is important. In fact, it can affect your sexual health.
What happens if you "get spaced" or "cold shirt it?" Your vacuum questions answered here. (I regularly get asked this one by students. It feels good to be right.
Are we teaching genetics properly? Are we bogged down in the history of the science so much that we ignore the state of the art? It is beginning to look like it. If you are as interested in evidence based teaching as much as I am, you should read this and the paper that goes with it. Better course design = better courses.
I'm sure you have seen this by now, but a shark stole this young woman's fish! But did you immediately know what shark it was? Bull sharks swim upriver, in fresh water, for as much as hundreds of miles, so being in a coastal wetland is nothing out the ordinary.
Perfume often includes whale puke. Bleah. But some people are working on a substitute made from the product of a basalm fir gene.
Clam tongue? No. Clam foot. Call it whatever you want, I'm still not eating it.
Wonderful photos of the wee animicules of the ocean
Just the other day, I thought I heard cicadas. I did! I did! Brood I is out, and despite being in an area that has had almost all of its old trees removed and replaced with young trees, I was surprised to hear any at all. Cicadas live underground on tree roots for so long that removing the trees can put a real kink in their reproductive cycle. Go and see the great video at Bug Girl's place.
"What Darwin Didn't Know" is a pretty good documentary on evolution and is now available online. Check it out.
The demise of evolution in the textbooks of South Korea was wildly incorrect. A short piece in one book that was scientifically incorrect was removed and is going to be updated. This was trumpeted in the world media as a complete removal of evolution… and nobody checked the sources. Always check your sources.
A new species of plant in the British Isles has been discovered. It resulted from the hybridization of two related invasive species, and is significant because speciation in the wild is not something we usually get to observe.
Antarctic moss finds an unlikely nutrient source. Ancient penguin poop.
Carnivorous plants do some neat things. This one "eats" nematodes. By eat, I mean kills and absorbs the nutrients from.
Environmental science
Excellent video on global warming / anthropogenic climate change. Not too long to use up a whole class period, but a good way to start discussion.
If we cut our CO2 levels now, will the oceans stop rising? Yeah, not so much. There is lag time between CO2 release and the effects that it has on climate.
Overexploitation of natural resources such as fisheries is a major problem for the environment. 30% of fish stocks are overexpoited, which will make it more and more difficult to make a living from fishing and can drive species to the brink of extinction, if not right over the edge.
Is the current batch of extreme weather events due to global warming / antropogenic climate change? We have to be careful making statements regarding this. Weather isn't climate. Short term events are not long term trends. So, what we really need to do is take a look at what has been predicted based on climate models. Does this fit with those predictions? Yes. Is it likely due to global warming? Very likely. Should we be careful in our phrasing and how we talk about climate's relationship with weather? Absolutely (although I think MarkCC is a bit hard on Phil). Sad thing is, nuanced discussion doesn't go over with the media very well and is weak in the face of a lie told with certainty.
Good news, authorities in the Philipines (hello to my readers in the Philipines!) seized 1500 fish and 150 pieces of live coral bound for aquariums.
Why do non-Newtonian fluids act like they do? Physics. Its like three dimensional chain mail, becoming rigid under impact, The suspended particles are pressed together and form a structure that resists the pressure. Make some ooblek, play with it, teach.
Keep an eye out for Nobel prize winning physicists on street corners giving impromptu explanations of science.
Did you see Prometheus? Those cool LIDAR mapping probes that mapped the ruins, making a map that the lost scientists apparently didn't use… That technology exists now.
Can iPads be used as teaching tools? Apparently so. Hopefully, this technology can be put into a slightly less expensive tablet.
Getting undergrads used to reading scientific literature is a goal that every college and university STEM department should have. Here is one way to approach the challenge.
Everybody loves XKCD, right? Of course. And XKCD has given us a tool to describe how the eyes work.


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8 + 2 = ☺December 19, 2007
Okay, I lied. One more for 2007, but only because this is an early Christmas present from Microsoft, and when was the last time you got one of those?
Internet Explorer 8 passes Acid2.
For as much crap as I've given the IE team over the years, I have to say I'm really happy with the path they're on after reading this today. Rendering the Acid2 test correctly is a huge leap forward ("IE8 Standards Mode" or not).
Last year, IE7 wasn't nearly the big expansive update I'd have hoped, but the improvements they made hit all the right notes for me at the time. They seemed genuinely concerned about the problems that made our lives harder, and took steps to correct them. And testing against IE7 has been more good than bad; it's rare to get something working in Firefox and Safari that blows up in IE7. At most a few glitches here and there have required a bit of fixing, but nothing that has sucked away an entire afternoon like certain other past versions. (Now if they could just make IE6 go away once and for all, then we'd really be on to something…)
Using the past updates as a starting point and extrapolating, I've been cautiously optimistic that IE8 would deliver much more of the same. The lack of news hadn't really been bugging me until I realized a few months ago that, oh yeah, they have been pretty silent lately haven't they? No doubt last week's legal proceedings have something to do with the timing, but today I think we're seeing the first signs of what I'd been hoping, and the associated video suggests there's more to be revealed.
Obviously Acid2 is just one test, and there are other technologies that will become more and more relevant in the coming years. HTML5, CSS3, and SVG come to mind. But for the first reveal of what we can expect from the new browser, this is a welcome start.
Indeed an excellent Christmas present. Now if only we could get 100% user adoption of IE8 more or less right out of the gates…
With what I've seen usually happen, by the time IE8 comes out, I think we can expect there being an "Acid 3" test (that uses HTML5, CSS3, etc), that it most likely will not pass..
Richard: Firefox 2 doesn't pass Acid2 test, Firefox 3 does (or supposed to). I'm sure Firefox 3 won't pass Acid3 for a while either. Also I think the main point here is that IE team actually cares about those tests (at last!).
I can't wait for IE6 support to be cut by MS (most likely right around the time IE8 comes out for good).
Wow, this is probably the best gift I'll get this year. And from microsoft of all people. I agree with Richard though, I'm sure IE8 will butcher and molest HTML 5 and CSS 3. If it doesn't I'll be shocked.
@John: I don't think that's what Richard is suggesting at all. I think we should give Microsoft some credit for doing the right thing with IE8. Let's hope we hear more good news in the coming months prior to the Beta.
@scott "100% user adoption of IE8 more or less right out of the gates…"
That'd be fantastic, so we need to understand where the blocks to people upgrading from IE6 come from.
I've seen comments saying that IE7 renders slower than IE6 and that IT departments block it as an automatic upgrade.
We'll need to make users aware of IE8 when it arrives so that the pressure to upgrade exists or choose a different browser if they like.
I'd recommend watching the video, it gives some good insights into what they're up against.
This is indeed great news. As alluded to above, if the latest versions of all popular browsers pass Acid2, I think it's time to start making Acid3. The next versions need something to aim for.
Firefox 3b2 doesn't pass it(Acid 2) yet. Now if Microsoft could follow standards elsewhere too, developers can look towards the future with a smile on their face.
Next step might be to standardize Javascript, tho this might happen if Tamarin gets finished and is a proper option.
I've been hearing mixed comments about this everywhere. People are either ecstatic or extremely skeptical. For those of us who've been creating websites since the IE vs. Netscape days, it's obvious that any move MS makes toward interoperability is worth celebrating. In short, enough with the bah humbugs already.
@Richard Acosta:
Ian "Hixie" Hickson (who wrote the Acid 2) test has stated that Acid 3 will likely test DOM primarily (as HTML 5 and CSS 2.1 both have/will have their own exhaustive test-suites, and there's little reason to not leave them to themselves). The current Acid 3 draft is failed by everything, but is likely to be changed quite a lot (likely making it harder to pass).
For those who are saying Acid 2 doesn't work, the WaSP site is broken. Hixie's own copy at http://www.hixie.ch/tests/evil/acid/002/ works fine, though.
Changing the final segment to 003/ shows the current draft of Acid 3 — but read what it says — it is far from finished and has bugs.
I think it's way too soon to move on to an Acid3. I'm extremely skeptical that HTML5 and CSS3 will be adopted within a forseeable timeline; as set of standards, we as web developers have no idea how well HTML4.01/CSS/javascript work because we've never had to exercise them to their fullest extent in a production environment.
I get the sense that many aspects of HTML5 and (particularly) Javascript 2.0 are solutions in search of a problem. I'm with Douglas Crockford: keep the web platform as stable as possible, change the development standard as little as possible. New solutions aren't always better than old solutions.
@Nick Husher:
A lot of HTML5 is already implemented: is supported in all major browsers except IE; and are in dev copies of WebKit and Opera, and there are patches for Fx; client-side storage is in WebKit and Gecko…
My question is: Will IE8 be available for Windows XP? 2000? XP Media Center…
I'm not looking to upgrade to Vista any time soon and I know a lot of people that won't either, so if IE8 only works in Vista, then what good is it?
Maybe they answered that in the video… I didn't watch all of it.
@Stan Grabowski:
I would *expect* IE8 to be made available for XP as well, because a "forced upgrade" to Vista would not go down well… But maybe I'm naive.
As someone who is just getting in to web design, I am hoping that IE8 will mean I never have to test for IE6. Of course it doesn't.
@Jason Beaird:
"In short, enough with the bah humbugs already."
Hear hear! I think this is fantastic news and the folks on the IE project need to be commended for what must have been a tremendous amount of work.
I think having Microsoft on the side of web standards is a great thing for the future of the web.
IE8 means only that there will be another software to test. Firefox 3, Firefox 2, Opera, IE6, IE7 and now IE8. They even won't fit my sidebar.
ACID2 is nothing. There are other things like AJAX inconsistency and leaks. There are still huge differences and needed hacks.
Yay, I'd say this is a big step towards webstandards and better browsing technology from Microsoft — which is great!
I hope they continue their work equally.
Honestly, just fix the box-model would be a great start. Anyone else get the feeling microsoft was just holding out on this, like their last hope?
Margins and padding and floats, oh my!
@Gilbert: "we need to understand where the blocks to people upgrading from IE6 come from."
Excellent point. Within my own company, the major blocks appear to have been set up by ourselves – that is, by web developers. Organizations can become locked into specific browser versions in part due to bad practice.
It is important, as you suggest, to "make users aware of IE8," but it continues to be even more important that we construct our web applications robustly, code to the standards, avoid hacks, and remind our colleagues that small differences in rendering are acceptable as long as an application remains fully usable.
The good news is that as people buy a new computer they get IE7 by default now, and that will certainly help push IE6 down into the minority over time. Similar to what you mentioned, Microsoft would become my favorite company if they could figure out how to forcibly kill IE6 for those stragglers so that we can just stop worrying about that mess of a web browser.
I will be sad the day I don't need to test in IE6. I look forward to seeing what kind of crazy bugs occur and having to fix them.
I cetrainly hope to see IE8 become the first ray of light in Microsoft attitude towards web standards support. If only they could stick to what they have been doing lately and keep supporting such things as CSS3 or SVG in their products the web world would have surely become a better place.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Only because the Internet Explorer passes the Acid-Test, it doesn't mean that it will have no bugs. But it is in deed a big step into the right direction.
I haven't worked so far with IE7, so to hear that IE8 passes the Acid2 test is… a BIG surprise.
But IE6 is still used by around 30% of the users, so web developers and designers will have to deal with its poor compliance with web standards still for a while.
I think no matter how much badgering of people we do, IE6 will have a large percentage for some time. It will be a few years yet before we stop making allowances for IE6.
I say just sit back and enjoy watching that number slowly drop in your webstats over the coming years, as they say in that beer advert, good things come to those who wait.
Nothing wrong with badgering in the meantime if you want to see that number drop just that tiny bit faster, though.
I would love for Microsoft to mandate IE5/IE6 users to upgrade their browsers to the most current version when IE8 comes out. Sadly there will be a stretch of 4 different IE browsers to compromise our designing for.
It seems to me that all this optimism about new IE8 is a bit of an ovestrech. Passing the Acid2 thest obiously doesn't guarantee that the browser will be free of all the possible bugs. I certainly do hope something in Mircosoft's web policy will change for the better at last but… well, I'll believe when I see the bug-free IE8 released.
To Optimo:
Sorry if I disagree, but I don't think the IE box model bug is a problem, but rather a more logical approach on how "real" boxes work.
If they don't take away the bug in IE8, I'm pretty sure they would give it as an option to the Standard box model, like what they did in IE6(?) and IE7, but that's just me.
Or, in some deus-ex-machina-kind of coincidence, Standards might adopt the IE box model, but that would be near impossible given the circumstances.
@Ole: Firefox 3 beta 2 does pass Acid2. In fact, FF3 has been passing the test long before beta 1. (It also does relatively well on Acid3, even though the test itself is not yet complete)
However, the test was broken at one point due to the web server being misconfigured, so that might have misled you that it was Firefox not working, whereas Opera, Konqueror and Safari also "failed" the test at that time.
I've been dreaming about everyone having to say good riddance to IE6 for a long time now. Maybe the advent of 8 will bring this a little closer? There's always hope.
We shall wait, we shall see how the new IE8 will present itself. So far it's impossible to jump to any serious conclusions as Microsoft doesn't reveal much about the browser's new features. Currently the matter of doctype switch solution adopted by IE8 is raising much controversies, so I guess we should be rather cautious with formulating any optimistic expectation towards the new browser.
@Gilbert: "we need to understand where the blocks to people upgrading from IE6 come from."
I have found a few blocks to upgrading in my office , where ie7 handles printing so much different from ie6 that we were forced to remove ie7 from any machine that needed to use the payroll software. Also many simple scripts that run off of cd behave differently under ie7 , so as someone else said its developers using bad practices that lead to contracts and products that force us into one browser.
Its kinda sad , but Firefox cant even use the software for the mailing label system, because it "prints differently" under Ie.
I don't blame my users for not adopting new software , in many cases , the work they spend getting past the learning curve is enough for them to not even consider the upgrade.(Nudge nudge , vista training seminars nobody wanted to go to)
I laugh when I remember one of my friends quotes. "Cross-Browser support is easy, just forget about IE6".
I will be very excited when we no longer have to worry about IE6. Life will be much easier.
It's great to finally see some actual news about the next version of Internet Explorer. Hopefully, this is just the start of IE's trend towards open standards compliance. As stated in the post, this is just a single test case, but it is surely a sign of progress and probably a significant internal milestone.
I look forward to seeing continued progress but still do not understand the unwillingness to talk more openly about anticipated features. I feel the development community would appreciate more transparency here even if the IE team is unable to deliver 100% on their goals. It would be more reassuring to hear about the teams expectations for the next release than to hear about improvements only once such milestones have been reached.
Great to see better standards support in IE8.
But, bare in mind that with IE8 defaulting to IE7 "standards" mode and the Acid2 test obviously not containing MicroSoft's magical META tag to opt-out of IE7 mode to opt-in for better standards support, the public release of IE8 will NOT pass Acid2.
Of course Acid2 is not the ultimate test. But such twisted behavior is a prime example of MicroSoft's wonderful solution for not breaking the web.
I am really proud to say that my highly frequented wii community site DOES NOT WORK WITH IE6.
I got lot's of afflictions from IE6 users - but I still resist.
Don't go for that old MS crap any longer! And don't accept any new crap besides from standards!
@Wiimaster et al:
"I am really proud to say that my highly frequented wii community site DOES NOT WORK WITH IE6."
As much as I understand the frustrations with layout support and design discrepancies (I'm trying to get a site of my own up and running, and find myself facing a lot of issues with backward compatibility), there's one thing that a lot of web designers seem to be forgetting:
The internet is about *content*.
A nice design and great layout is icing on the cake, but without the cake, icing is nothing but a big blob of processed sugar.
Denying people readable and understandable contents simply because their browser doesn't support your fancy layout is callous, superfluous, and short-sighted. Many people can't upgrade, because their OS doesn't support the new version. I use Firefox 2.0 and IE6, and even if I wanted to use IE7 I couldn't, because I'm using Windows 2000 Pro.
I make high demands of my OS (multimedia, file editing, running server software and databases, and programming tools), so I don't want XP Home (which can't deal with half of the software I need), I can't afford XP Pro, and I will not allow Vista to be even mentioned within my zip code (until at least 4 servicepacks have been issued and they've stopped hammering the DRM crap into the hardware support layer). I'm a Windows programmer, I do not have the time to learn Linux, and do not want a Mac. What am I to do?
There's plenty of people out there that use their browser to find information, plain and simple. Explain to them they can't, because their browser isn't smart enough to *render your design*, even if it's your contents - the reason your site exists in the first place - they need.
If your site has information, but you make it hard or impossible to read because you refuse to keep CSS-challenged visitors in mind, you're throwing away the very backbone of what the World Wide Web is supposed to be about.
Remember? Contents.
The beta IE 8 is out now. Microsoft IE8 looks simply cool to me. Earlier it was available to selected Beta testers only.
You can download it from here:
Check the wiimaster website, then remove styles : it's still usable, the content is available
I think that what wiimaster meant is that there is a point when supporting bad/old software doesn't return value (as long as the site is usable in elinks, you are not removing contents from users)
When I first heard the wonderful news, I thougth WOW, this is almost too good to be true…so I went and downloaded the beta immediately…
Turns out, IE8 beta still sucks - it doesn't display my valid xthml sites even closely as it should be displayed, and it's extremely slow in handling things like :hover effects with images.
IMHO we've been abused enough by IE…and I just hope it rests in peace ;)
IE8 Beta 2 coming out in August, those wanting to try the beta 2 have to wait till august. Meanwhile, hope they are able to iron out the bugs in beta 1.
I look at IE's absence on the Mac as damage control. IE is buggy and frustrating enough on one platform, do I really need it on another? Will I have to include ANOTHER IE version specific stylesheet? No thanks. I'll take Safari & FF over IE any day.
It's not only an excellent christmas present – it is like christmas, eastern and birthday on one day. The Internet Explorer 8 is an magnificent follower of the Internet Explorer 7. So I agree completely with the author. I'm very happy, that Microsoft has updated the Internet Explorer 7 in the way how Internet Explorer 8 was launched on the market. There are so man things, that make surfing much easier than before. It is like a fresh breeze on the Waikiki beach, and like its surfing their too, of course. So I'm going to celebrate it still for some days, because nobody knows, when such presents come along for the next time…


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Age is just a number
Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miura, aka King Kazu, is now playing the 33rd season of his career: At 51, the contemporary of Maradona, Platini and Rummenigge is the world's oldest soccer pro.
Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miura, aka King Kazu, is now playing the 33rd season of his career: At 51, the contemporary of Maradona, Platini and Rummenigge is the world's oldest soccer pro.
He's only five millimeters long and resembles a cartoon lamb, but costasiella kurshimae (leaf sheep) is smart. One of the few creatures capable of photosynthesis, it grazes on algae, for example, off the coast of Japan.
Seafarers rightly fear Namibia's rugged Atlantic coast, but wrecks can be appealing, as the ten bungalows of Shipwreck Lodge at Skeleton Coast Park near Mowe Bay prove.
Culture clash
Once the endless round of Christmas parties is over, the New Year's celebrations begin, so the demand for hangover cures is huge. A few things that some people swear by.
Hot stuff
Wash down a kokoreç, a grilled lamb offal baguette, with şalgam, a fiery root-based drink: Might sound strange, but the Turks are convinced it works after too much raki or Efes beer.
If you can stomach a Prairie Oyster the morning after, you're over the worst: The classic U.S. hangover cocktail contains brandy, raw egg, red wine vinegar, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce – alternatively tomato juice instead of booze.
Natural Reminds
Ukon no chikara, a turmeric drink, is Japan's patent hangover prevention. If you don't have a ukon the night before, a miso soup the next day, preferably with freshwater mussels, should help.
The world is constantly changing and creative agency Les Créatonautes happily contributes to the process, mixing animals, foods and technology in its digital collages. They transform an onion into a hare's head and a soft cheese into a crocodile's jaws while their owl sees the world through accelerated eyes. Who knows? Perhaps "Night Owl" will make a vertical takeoff at the crack of dawn.


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The UI are almost identical. I would like a single Xamarin Forms version written, as a library, that can be used by both iOS and Android apps.
The existing code is very well structured and mocking is included to allow you to easily test your applications.
You will need to have plenty of experience of Xamarin Forms. The user interfaces are not complex - the actual work required is very simple. But I don't have time for a learner programmer on this project.
Bidders must have Visual Studio 2015 with Xamarin. Older versions are not acceptable. Bidders with a Pro edition are preferred but this is not essential.
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Missouri woman steals highway patrol cruiser, rams deputies' cars
Charges are expected soon against a woman accused of stealing a Missouri State Highway Patrol car and ramming it into two sheriff's department cars.
The Sikeston Standard Democrat reports that New Madrid County officers were called Nov. 5 to a truck stop on a report that a woman was acting strangely. Officers determined the 24-year-old woman did nothing wrong.
A short time later, officers found the same woman in a vehicle parked on an overpass. She was handcuffed and placed in a Highway Patrol car.
Sheriff Terry Stevens says the woman got out of the handcuffs and stole the patrol car. She rammed a deputy's car as she drove away and another during the chase. The pursuit ended when the patrol car became stuck in a field.