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December 15, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 20
IIHS book release: "The Costs of Spinal Cord Injuries"
Motor vehicle injuries, Hospital admissions, Societal costs,
Direct costs, Indirect costs, Demographic trends, Patient
mortality, The permanently impaired
Spinal cord study: survival rates for injured determined
REPRINT: 'HSRI Research University of Michigan' Investigating free-fall impacts
December 13, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 19
Transportation secretary says no passive restraint standard but acknowledges effectiveness
Comments: Displeased with decision
Auto company reactions
Restraint decision: belt use increase 'unlikely'
Ford, GM air bag costs estimates found 'excessive'
Auto makers liable for protrusion injuries, court rules
Roadside hazard results in $4.95 million jury award
Speed limit enforcement rules tightened, states must demonstrate methods of 55 mph compliance
Omission: Reprint credit
DOT urged to prevent helmet law repeals
School buses to be checked for carbon monoxide hazards
Update: Bus brakes, Film award
November 30, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 18
GAO criticizes FHWA for safety program flaws
REPRINT: 'Wall Street Journal' Saga of the air bag, or the slow deflation of a car safety idea
1972, 1976 GAO findings: little improvement in highway safety
FHWA official urges engineers to have a 'professional moral responsibility' to highway safety
Advisory panel urges moped study
Standardized symbols proposed for vehicle controls
Update: Fuel economy
November 2, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 17
Criticizing slow action, House suggests NHTSA become independent regulatory agency
NHTSA responds to House criticism
DOT refutes AAA air bag allegations of air bag failures
Public briefings set on how to use Federal Register
IIHS refutes Peltzman criticism that safety rules encourage dangerous driving
Pennsylvania pre-sale approval safety rule struck down
Restraint system film wins top award
Virginia construction hazard suit settled, improved construction zones ahead
Update: VIN petition denied
NTSB urges development of criteria for rail grade crossing closure
Ford seat brackets defective, court rules
October 12, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 16
Final arguments for passive restraints submitted, ruling expected before end of year
In compared frontal crashes, bags better than belts, study finds
Lives saved by bags, belts not entirely same lives
Estimates of maximum belt use
DOT citizen's advisory committee called to review passive retraint proposals
Air bags 'least objectionable', Motor vehicle manufacturers association public poll shows
Air bags support passive protection already present
Public comments to DOT shows most support belt use, but doubt enforceability
Nationwide insurance provides cost data on passive restraints
Objections raised to mandatory optional restraints
Summary, "a critique of the benefit/cost analysis accompanying the announcement of the august 3, 1976 DOT public hearing on motor vehicle occupant crash protection."
Air bag crash deployments in high mileage cars
IIHS recommendations on passive restraints
September 23, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 15
Police officers can serve role in reporting roadside hazards
FHWA agrees to revise construction zone safety rules
Clarification: photo caption
IIHS crash tests help spur new upgraded fuel system
NHTSA considering new VIN rule
NHTSA offers, then cancels speed limit proposal
Court upholds NHTSA tire standards
NHTSA hotline out of order, alternate number provided
Update: School buses, occupant protection, Federal motor vehicle goals report, Quebec belt law
August 30, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 14
New VIN system explained in detail, could be model for nationwide system
What the VIN systems require
Crashes, deaths not necessary for defect finding, federal court rules
Vehicle safety standards work, GAO reports
NHTSA annual reports available
REPRINTS: 'Institute of Traffic Engineer' Costs of roadside hazard modification
Renewed call for removal of traffic hazards on highway
NHTSA issues motorcycle gas tank cap warnings
Motorcycle helmet laws: Eight states have repealed law since congressional elimination of state penalty
Update: Bumper rule
August 17, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 13
Transportation Secretary Coleman questions auto makers, consumer groups insurers, and researcher before deciding on passive restraint requirements
Former federal motor vehicle director Haddon comments on government's role in safety effort
Documentary film on restraint systems released
For and against passive restraints
National survey: New car buyers prefer automatic increased crash protection
Belt non-use to be expected, motorists should be able to recover money for injuries, courts say
Air bag cost, weight data demanded by NHTSA
Professional stunt people testify for air bags
July 26, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 12
Advisory council urges passive restraints
Transportation secretary asked to supply missing documents in occupant protection docket
Criticism of Ontario belt study refuted
Auto makers seek to preempt state VIN rules through NHTSA
Update: Nationwide hotline
NTSB investigates train-truck crashes
July 8, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 11
HLDI releases loss reports
-Injuries (HLDI I75-1)
-Horsepower (HLDI A-6)
-Seasonal variations (HLDI A-7)
-1976 models (HLDI R76-1)
-HLDI data
Passive restraint law to be introduced
NHTSA given fuel economy authority
Task force seeks heavier trucks
NTSB reports on trucks, RVs, licensing, bridges; recommends examination and upgrading of standards
Truck driver training rules proposed
NHTSA publishes performance booklets
June 28, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 10
Ontario belt use down sharply, belt law 6 months old
U.S. belt use remains low, researchers find
Transportation Secretary Coleman outlines occupant protection options
Auto makers to push for belt use laws
Motor vehicle administrators liable for improper licensing
Update: More public meetings on highway standards, FHWA seeks comments on certification acceptance
June 7, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 9
Transportation secretary delays passive restraint decision
GM 'reconsidering' air bag option
Auto theft task force, 990,000 vehicles stolen in '75
Longer bus brake exemption period proposed
Attorneys cite dangers of helmet law repeal
REPRINT: 'American Journal of Public Health' Motorcycles and public apathy
-Closing date for moped docket
-Catalytic converters
-Court refuses to halt brake standard
-Public meeting on highway standards
-NHTSA Administrator nominee announced
-Reports on vehicle goals issued
-Roadside hazard study wins award
Quoted without comment
Truck advisory panel opposed
GM fined in defect case
May 19, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 8
Child crash injury conditions anaylzed
NHTSA: 'Ford control arm not defective'
Update: Catalytic converter meeting, President signs highway bill
Court rules 'state 'certification acceptance' improper
Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety considers changing 'hours of service' rules truck and bus driver and related staff
May 3, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 7
Fatality rates reduced, auto safety regulation working
Congressman urges passive restraint standard
Uniform VIN requirements adopted
NHTSA administrator nominee reported chosen
DOT, NHSAC seek mandatory belt use laws
Industry seeks advisory panel on truck standards
Ford recalls trucks and buses for suspension defect, control arm case still pending
DOT briefing: how air bags and seat belts complement each other
Safety board issues recommendations for buses
DOT sets regulation review policies, cost information required
Update: Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of safety act penalties, FHWA circulating hazard information, Manufacturers object to bumper rule
REPRINT 'American Bar Association Journal': The Law and roadside hazards
April 12, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 6
Canadian belt use law brings mixed results, with older drivers complying more than young
Highway act to suspend DOT penalty authority
Kansas repeals helmet use law
NHTSA outlines action on 'long overdue' rulemaking topics
-FMVSS 302 - flammability of interior materials
-FMVSS 203 and 204 - energy absorbing steering assemblies
-Exterior protrusions
-FMVSS 213 - child seating systems
-FMVSS 105 - hydraulic brakes
School bus manufacturers seek standards delay
House panel asks for performance comments on NHTSA
1975 Status Report index available
March 19, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 5
Air bag opposition 'causing needless death'
Passive restraint decision expected soon
Bumper-rule benefits eroded by parts prices
Air brake rule firmly set, no changes for next 2 years, NHSTA says
Marihuana detection process simplified
FHWA relaxes supervision of state highway projects
South Dakota repeals helmet use law
Update: NTSB needs expert on board, Hazard probe sought
DOT advisory panel gets new members
March 3, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 4
New study helps establish priorities for roadside hazard correction
NHTSA issues new bumper rule
Gregory resigns from NHTSA
DOT, Virginia sued over highway hazards
Truck stopping distances increased
New halt sought on air brake standard
Government to investigate crash part prices
NHTSA chief predicts helmet law repeals among states
Skid measurement guidelines issued
President requests minor increase in safety spending
Update: Maryland cracks down on drinking truckers, Ontario belt law amended
February 18, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 3
Belt effectiveness is not as high are reported, IIHS analyzes data
State officials don't want DOT powers weakened
Revision of safety standards proposes with greater state autonomy
Highway safety experts urged for NTSB
DOT developing consumer participation process
NHTSA seeks price, weight data on no standard scenario
Standards set for bicycles -- proposed for cyclists
NHTSA issues 4 school bus safety standards but disregards own recommendations
Air brake standard undergoes court action
Ford refuses to recall Capris, NHTSA says they are defective
February 3, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 2
Pressure, builds for passive restraint decision
House schedules hearings on NHTSA
Oversight and Investigations chairman demands timetable on NHTSA rulemaking
DOT proposes consumer representation plan in response to President's call to increase consumer involvement
Transportation secretary announces states will not lose federal funds despite noncompliance
Senator criticized for proposal eliminating motorcycle helmet requirement
Alcohol involvement in tractor-trailer crashes studied
Report examines breath alcohol procedures
NTSB studies fog pile-up causes, recommends changes in vehicle lighting systems
Fire in bus prototype prompts standards proposals
Emergency medical services grants available
Low-cost systems developed to eliminate crash fires
January 12, 1976 |Volume 11, Number 1
1975 cars: 'substantial increase' in losses, HLDI report shows
'Exposure' as used in HLDI reports defined
Two-door autos experience greater losses
Longer stopping distances proposed for trucks
Official explains vote against mandatory belt use
Correction: Highway safety construction funding
Update: neck injury susceptibility, Ontario mandatory belt use law
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That's it. I'm totally over HTML for slides. Done. Finished. The straw that broke the camel's back: frantic last minute browser testing on a plane under Virtual PC as my computer's battery meter inched ever closer to the red zone because after spending two solid weeks creating material and producing my slides, testing in IE6 just somehow slipped in the list of priorities.
I've tried out a few management methods for making HTML slides easier to create and work with, including PHP for the individual slides, as well as S5. Anything I use keeps coming back to the same problem though: HTML slides, the way I produce them, require far, far more effort than they're worth.
Lately I've been moving well away from bullet points for my slides, and more toward imagery and low-verbage concepts. I also choose to build cohesive, visually unique slides, and as best I can, try to ensure the audience has a reason to load them up after the talk; I've been peppering them with links to external articles as "footnotes" for my presentation, for example.
The theory is nice. Present from the same slides as I hand out, and people can click through the URLs, revisit the examples I gave, etc. etc. Hypertext seems like a good addition to my standard set of slides, from a user's perspective.
But along with that come issues like navigation, screen resolution, production, and testing. It's not enough to rely on non user-facing keyboard shortcuts to flip through the slides, I have to expose them somehow for people viewing the slides later. (S5 has an elegant way of dealing with this, but it's an issue with any other slide management system.) It's not enough to simply design your slide layout and the component slides, I have to then output images from my graphics editor of choice and produce the HTML. It's not enough to simply test in the browser I'll be presenting in, I have to test in the various browsers my audience might be using. Not to mention that if I plan on re-using a presentation more than once, I'll likely have to account for both 800x600 and 1024x768 projectors (and then the user's screen resolution on top of that.) That's about three steps more than I think should be necessary, and there were even more issues that popped up during this last round that I won't even get into here.
Essentially, for the types of slides I build, producing the material for a one hour talk feels like it requires almost the same amount of work as I'd devote to producing a 40 or 50 page web site, which is simply silly. A web site gets continual traffic from numerous visitors over long periods of time; it's worth the effort. A presentation is a short, time-limited event with a few hundred people at most, and the only reason any material is necessary afterward is to remind people of what they viewed, and in some cases to provide them further information if they're interested in following up.
So I bought Keynote. And with the exception of events where I'm forced to present off a computer other than my own, I can't see myself using much else from this point forward. It has its disadvantages (in that providing supporting material seems a weak spot at the moment) but if I can devote more of my time to the material I'll be talking about, and less on stupid redundancies like browser testing and navigation, I think the good easily outweighs the bad.
Okay, let me elaborate a bit since I'm getting a bit of response, and I (purposely) left comments off. Based on how I create slides (key words), this is what I'd have to do to build a presentation in S5 or PHP:
- Design slide template.
- Design individual slides.
- Convert slide template to HTML.
- Figure out how to implement my template in S5/PHP.
- Implement it.
- Create navigation. (optional in S5)
- Test in various browsers.
Here's my process in Keynote:
- Design slide template.
- Design individual slides.
- Export.
Considering how much extra time and energy are required by the steps that Keynote eliminates, it's a no-brainer. The disadvantage is yes, I realize the post-presentation materials suffer for it a bit (Keynote's export options aren't great) but with all the time I save I can create a few supplementary options that are equal to or better than an HTML version of the slide show. Clickable URL lists, footnotes, etc. etc., which might be better issued in a single-page format, anyway, rather than strewn throughout a slide show.


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Hosta La Vista
Meg and Jim Dalton have owned their Middle Grove home for almost 15 years. They started their garden — which specializes in gorgeous, bountiful hostas — in the spring of 2000. Over the past decade and more, the Daltons have built a garden of dreams, with windy paths, arbors, sitting places, dribbling water features and thousands of plants. (They'll also be featured in the Saratoga Secret Garden Tour next month on July 13, so if you're heading there, definitely make a stop in Middle Grove.)
The Daltons are passionate about hostas and even hybridize their own. They have nearly 2,000 different hostas throughout their garden and have registered 12. Three of their hostas — the Scheherazade, Funny Bones and Morning's Glory — are currently in the process of being cultured and potentially distributed internationally next year. The hostas the Daltons make have a consistent aesthetic: they like rippled, narrow leaves with white backs.
You'll find gargoyles and dragons throughout the garden, particularly in one area, the dragon-themed garden, which comprises hostas called the dragon lady and dragon tails.
To make space and light, Jim and Meg have taken out about 150 trees. They're partial to partial-shade plants. "We'll try anything that'll flower in part shade," Meg says. That includes a lot of ground covers, but also viburnum, dogwood, peonies and boxwood.
Tips for growing hostas — and saving them from the evil deer
-- "Deer are an early-season problem" for hostas and the garden in general, says Peter Bowden of Hewitt's Gardening Center. "All of our garden stuff is a lot more attractive to them because the meadows haven't bloomed yet."
-- Bowden recommends Repels-All and Liquid Fence — two topical deer repellants, usually diluted with water. "They're just smelly things you spray right on the plants," he says. The key, again, is to get out there early. Once everything starts blooming in the woods and meadows around you, you'll have less of a problem. (Not that they'll go away entirely.)
-- As for the hostas themselves, "They like generally a shadier area," Bowden says. "The more variegated or white stuff on the leaves, the more sun they can take. The larger or greener the leaves, the more shade it'll want." Though Bowden is quick to add that generally hostas are mostly a shade plant, so "avoid putting them in the sun. They can tolerate it, but just a little bit."
-- And the flowers? Some people don't like flowers on their hostas and clip them off. Bowden says he used to do that too, until he discovered something: "I've found that hummingbirds just love [the flowers] so I don't cut them off anymore.


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Or, have you ever wanted to become a farmer? I would not be surprised if you said no.
When weighing career choices, many young people in the developing world tend to shy away from agriculture. I, too, once found myself disenchanted by the small villages and rice fields I grew up seeing every day. As the conventional belief goes, agriculture means an archaic lifestyle and a future with limited opportunities for youth.
But I later learned I was wrong. Plenty of evidence shows us that agriculture provides youth a viable way to harvest success and grow a sustainable future. In other words, I believe youth can, and should, choose agriculture. Here are five reasons:
1. Agriculture matters to the future of development.
When it comes to fighting poverty, #agriculture is more effective than other sectors. More at http://t.co/H7CQB0GUHK pic.twitter.com/t6WTnhpai7— WB Agriculture (@WB_Agriculture) May 1, 2014
Agriculture is up to four times more effective than other sectors in reducing poverty. Increasingly, the world is counting on agriculture to produce more nutritious food for — and improve the livelihoods of — a booming population, especially the poor. What could be more meaningful than being part of a proven solution to such a critical challenge?
2. Agriculture can be a gold mine for young entrepreneurs.
Meet Randa Filfili, a young entrepreneur from Senegal. She is also the first Senegalese producer who saw value in the fruit of cashew trees that others had considered waste, and turned it into "niche" jam products for export. Through agribusiness, Randa has not only carved out a successful career of her own, but also helped local farmers reach global markets, and create jobs for other young people — especially women. So, the next time you come across Randa's all-natural cashew apple butter in your local produce store, think about how you can also start up a business in agriculture to help both yourself and the rural poor.
3. Agriculture is not cool? Think again.
In Uganda, a young team with the World Bank and UNICEF used a mobile and web-based app called "U-Report" to swiftly help 190,000 farmers save their bananas — a staple food for Ugandans — from a vicious disease. Countries like Kenya and Rwanda are also eager to boost productivity through information and communication technologies and other creative solutions. Agriculture in the developing world has become a field vibrant with effective innovations, thanks to a growing number of young techie minds that make it happen.
4. Agricultural research needs young brainpower.
If you are a "young nerd" into development research, agriculture may be the right place for you. Numerous stories from East Africa and other places have shown that research revolutionizes agriculture and transforms livelihoods. Today, more than before, climate change and a growing demand for nutritious food are for fresh ideas and renewed knowledge to explore ICT in agriculture, foster climate-smart agriculture and innovate in the sector to power future growth.
5. The trend of youth choosing agriculture is growing.
Attitudes toward agriculture are already changing. In Cameroon, where agriculture is becoming more competitive, young educated Cameroonians "have decided to become farmers, acquire land, grow maize professionally for trade, and manage their enterprises in order to earn a living," according to Félix Nkapemin, an agricultural expert working with local farmers. Other countries like Armenia, Brazil, Malawi, and Senegal are investing in youth and agriculture with the support from the World Bank Group and other development organizations. Young people are also increasingly speaking up for themselves on why they choose agriculture.
The trend is growing. Support for the agriculture sector is increasing. The list of reasons is endless. This International Youth Day, I invite you to share your thoughts and experiences on why you think youth should engage in agriculture, and how it can help reduce poverty and boost shared prosperity.
The information is really
The information is really educative and innovative. Great work towards nurturing the youth in to agriculture which will reduce unemployment in Uganda and the country at large.
I really think that
I really think that agriculture is a superb field to venture into...am also going to persue agribusiness management and i hope it will open big and exciting opportunities for me in the near future.....
Young people need to see live
Young people need to see live examples of other youth who made it in agriculture before they can believe what they can do,
Youth need to own this, it is one thing convincing them agriculture is not a risky sector to venture into, and it is another thing them believing it themselves
As young people, we need to own and believe that within us lies many possibilities, and the future is in your hands to own
My daughter, 18, very clever
My daughter, 18, very clever and always smartest notes at school, one day told me 'mum i want to apply best italian university for agricolture' .she is currently studying hard for admission exams. I was at first surprised as my family has no business in this field, always lived in the city, etc. But i am encouraging her as i share and agree very much with the opinion of the blogger here stated.
Agriculture as a farming
Agriculture as a farming business rather than development platform in Africa is gathering momentum. I think this is a positive perspective.
Agriculture (production of crops, livestock etc) and Agribusiness (value chain servicing agriculture) are rather different sectors, marked by different risk-return profiles. Agriculture is highly dependent on land, which is incredibly politicised, which in turn makes agriculture or farming unattractive especially for youth without the political connections or financial capital.
With that being said, I think agriculture has enormous potential for eradicating poverty, needs youthful energy and passionate team players. In addition to the opportunities you have raised, I think we should expand the conversation to some of the challenges that make it unattractive so that we can seek solutions and build on the momentum thats gathering.
Hi Andy,
Hi Andy,
thank you very much for the article. Youth need to see and read more about achieving success in Agriculture. Many youth have a negative attitude towards Agriculture. The Worldbank has the resources to drive a positive attitude towards Agric among the youth.
Here in Uganda we are
Here in Uganda we are encouraging the formal schools to integrate Agriculture within all the curriculum areas. I would love to get links to some resources on this.
To faciliate this we have initiated activities like the school farm camp and you can find out more about our work: Gayaza hosts a school farm camp
& Feed the Child Food: Security is Key
Thanks for the good article,
Thanks for the good article,
Sure,it is up to us(Youth) to change our attitude and exploit many available opportunities which are present in the Agriculture sector.
I hope Agriculture is the good way that can tackle the issue of youth unemployment which is all over the world as Agriculture has shown its readiness to facilitate the youth-preneurship.
Great article! This is so
Great article! This is so true. Agriculture is a very good option of creating wealth and giving back to society both in alleviating poverty and empowering fellow youth.\
No Farmer No Food No Future
No Farmer No Food No Future "ZNFU"
I come from a family of
I come from a family of farmers and now it's become a family business. I wanted to be a farmer too but in some countries this job is still based on your gender. quite sad!
Am heni from nigeria, am a
Am heni from nigeria, am a graduate of accounting and an upcoming dog breeder.apart from the unemployment here, don't wish to enter into their modern slavery. So I got a dealership am running now but don't really see the future in it and not far from slavery too.I wanted to go into poultry but I think it may be too stressful,too expensive and risks of birds death also my dad said he prefers catfish pond. I will like to try out something first then later I can expand, I like cattle and pineapple too but maybe someday later. What to expect? I think that for agriculture it is best to start with less risk and safe benefits.
Agriculture is rapid avenue
Agriculture is rapid avenue for employment for the youths.Apart from economic benefit,agriculture would contribute to GDP of most african states economy and the rest of the world.In africa were there is enough land resources,young enterpreneur should be encouraged to agriculture as an untaped resource of development.The world bank,nations giving the right support and mechanism,agriculture will reduce poverty and unemployment.This is an industry either on a small scale or large scale is ever productive.
Thank you all, for your
Thank you all, for your positive feedback. As Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria's minister of agriculture, passionately states, youth are the "movers and shakers" who can help unlock Africa's potential of shared prosperity. I invite you to continue the conversation on social media using #food4future, and share your idea on how youth can creatively help build a brighter and greener future through agribusiness and agriculture.
I think developing countries
I think developing countries should think upon agriculture sector but to choose agriculture sector to as a profession depends upon domestic policies also regarding supportive etc. In developing countries like Pakistan, farmers hardly get suitable price of their products as cost of production increasing overtime but output price unable to feed a reasonable family.There are other lots of reasons why agriculture sector is difficult to choose as a profession specially in Pakistan. I have lot of stories regarding it.
I am currently having a
I am currently having a thesis on promoting the study of agriculture to the Cebuano youth in the Philippines through an advocacy campaign. Hoping it will a success. This article surely inspired me!
Yes Agric is the DEAL.
Yes agriculture is the DEAL.
Many youth are now looking at this direction especially in Ghana and Africa where fertile lands are found almost everywhere. What I think needs to be done also is that institutions must offer support to educative and entertainment programs that seek to highlights or showcases Agric or farming in a positive outlook. I have a similar TV reality show on farming here in Ghana and looking for institutions to partner to make this happen. Any suggestions? Thanks. Emmanuel Ansah-Amprofi, Africa Youth Network, Ghana


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by Brett Harrison
His name was Mufasa. I know because I named him. I met Mufasa just before Thanksgiving, 2006. I had recently moved into the neighborhood and had been hearing disturbingly loud cat sounds at night. I figured there were feral cats in the neighborhood, but I rarely saw them. One night I came home to see Ro, my neighbor, hanging outside the entrance of our section of the building looking at something on the lower level.
Before I had a chance to ask what she was looking at, she smiled and said, "Kittens." There, right on the edge of the property were the three most adorable kittens I had ever seen eating out of little cans as their mother watched them warily. I fell in love instantly.
I had considered myself a "dog person" up until that moment, but something told me they needed a friend. The man who put out the cans had a dog, and I wondered if he'd want to feed the cats on a regular basis. So I went right to the closest grocery store and got the cheapest bag of cat food I could afford.
I was hooked.
For a while I was just the guy who fed them. But gradually I got to know them, and each had his/her own identity. Sheba was a little gray and white female who was obviously the runt of the litter but also the most outgoing. I bonded with her first, and it was usually she who greeted me first when I came home.
Sheena was a dark gray tabby who wasn't quite as adorable or friendly as Sheba but still exuded warmth and was just as glad as Sheba when I fed them. Then there was Mufasa, who looked almost exactly like Sheba but was considerably larger. He was the shyest of the group.
One of my earliest memories of Mufasa involved food. Or, more specifically, turkey ham. At some point I started giving them treats. They especially liked cheese. I know there are cat people who frown on this practice, but I come from a food family, and when we like somebody, we show it with food. It can be your best friend, a casual acquaintance or a feral cat.
Just as I wouldn't give a friend a bologna sandwich, I wanted to give these guys something special when I was treating them. It made me feel good, and they enjoyed getting treated. One day I got a rather large piece of turkey ham at the store and felt the kittens might go for it. So after having a turkey ham sandwich, I cut up the rest for my buddies.
I live on the second floor and had already developed the habit of tossing snacks from my window. I didn't put that much time into cutting up the meat, and some pieces were larger than others. I opened the window and tossed the pieces out to them. The two girls caught on immediately and started just eating as much as they could, sometimes growling if another got too close.
But Mufasa had a different approach. He went right for the largest piece and immediately made a beeline for the passageway under the fence. But before he disappeared, he looked right up at me, struggling to keep the piece in his mouth, as if to say "Thanks." Then he was gone.
A lot has happened since then. Sheba died that summer. Sheena had two kittens and died during the winter. One of the kittens I know is dead, and the other disappeared. There have been others. But, with all the changes, Mufasa was always the constant.
At some point I even got Mufasa spayed and released back into the neighborhood. In 2009 my father was dying, having been sick for a number of years. I had to take several trips home until he finally died in June. Each time I had to find somebody to feed Mufasa and some other cats who were now part of my outside family. Trips home were not fun, and besides watching my father die, there were the usual tensions with my family.
But each time I came back to my apartment, I would hear Mufasa's unmistakable meow as he knew I was near. He would run up to me, happy that I was back. And each time I was happier than he. When I came home after my father's death, I was particularly happy to see Mufasa, and we hung outside on the stoop for quite a while.
Although Mufasa was a feral cat, he was more like a lap cat than many house cats I've known. It was not uncommon for him to come up to me while I sat outside on the stoop as I petted him. Sometimes, if he were so inclined, he would jump up on my left knee and just sit down.
It was always my hope to bring Mufasa in at some point, but there were complications. Namely, female cats who needed me more than he did. On two separate occasions I brought in a female cat who was pregnant. The first was Simone, whose kittens I found homes for. Then there was Neela, who lost her kittens shortly after I brought her in. They are both happily resting as I write this. I wish Mufasa was resting with them, but it was not meant to be.
They found Mufasa in the vacant apartment downstairs about a month ago. It was gutted quite a while ago, and the owners have yet to fix it up. Ironically it was the same apartment rented by the guy who first put out cat food for Mufasa and his siblings. Mufasa had come to use the apartment as his home for a couple of months before that. I won't go into the details as it's not only painful to me but really doesn't speak to who Mufasa really was.
And who was Mufasa?
He was my friend. That's all you need to know.
Brett Harrison is a freelance writer who has lived in Philly for more than 30 years. At various times he has written film reviews, humorous pieces and light journalism. He is currently working on a loosely autobiographical play. He was a finalist in Philly Pitch in 2006, where he got to pitch his screenplay, "Mark of the Loser," to a panel of industry pros.


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Volume XVI, No. 7
BETHEL INSTITUTE, ST. PAUL, MINN. January 27, 1937
SEM. SENIORS Coming Events
Donald Peterson Elected Head
Of Alexis Society
At the final meeting of the Alexis
Society for this semester each Semin-ary
Senior gave a short talk. Leonard
Turnquist, Alexis president, spoke on
the subect, "If I Were Able to Have My
Seminary Training Over Again, How
Would I Arrange My Course of Stud-ies?"
Donald Peterson on -How I
Would Do Things if I Were to Have My
Seminary Training Over Again." Don-ald
Clover spoke on "The Challenge of
the Rural Church". Lastly, Everett
Backlin gave an extemporaneaus talk
on "Qualifications of a Minister's Wife"
using Prov. 31 as the text for his ad-dress.
Music was furnished by the Bethel
Girl's Trio, consisting of Pearl King,
Alice Anderson, and Mildred Kasen.
0____cers for the coming semester
were also elected at this meeting. They
are President Donald Peterson; vice
President, Aymond Anderson; Secre-tary,
Violet Anderson; Treasurer, Clif-ford
Dickau; Refreshment Chairman,
Ethel Sjoberg; Social Chairman, Gor-don
Anderson; Pianist, Francis Sorley;
Ushers, Pierre Tangent, Donald Tan-quist,
Maurice Wessman, and Harold
Wilson; Faculty Advisor, Dr. Karlson.
World Famous Pianist
Honors Prof. Hultgren
Professor George Hultgren has re-cently
received an unusual honor in the
form of a personal letter from the world
famous pianist, Percy Grainger.
At one of the sessions of the Min-nesota
Music Teachers Convention held
at the Nicollet Hotel during the holidays,
the Minneapolis A Capella Chorus sang.
Mr. Grainger was present and later
wrote to Mr. Hultgren. Part of the
letter is as follows:
- I can never tell you what a deep
impression your directing and the sing-ing
of the exquisite choir made on me
the other night. It was one of the
four or five outstanding impressions
of choral singing I have heard in my
whole life. Your choice of numbers
was so varied, the technique of pre-sentation
so resourceful and subtle, but
what I liked best of all was the sen-sation
of sustained melodiousness
throughout. What you have accom-plished
is not merely great and lovely
choral singing; it is the very soul of
true part-singing itself.
I hope we may meet again very soon.
Yours admiringly,
Percy Grainger-
The members of the administration
and faculty are inviting all the students
to a sleigh-ride party on Monday even-ing,
February 1. The party will leave
the campus at 7:30, and will return to
the College building for refreshments
and games. The refreshments will be
served to the students by the faculty
ladies. There will be no charge to
students, but anyone desiring to bring
guests will he charged 25c.
January 29—
Basketball game—Bethany here.
February 1—
Classes begin.
All-school sleigh ride.
February 5—
Freshman Class Program.
February 6—
Basketball game—Waldorf here.
February 8—
Skating Party—Hippodrome.
February 12—
Basketball game—Rochester here.
February 13—
Basketball game—Concordia there.
February 15—
Founders Day.
February 16-
February 19-
Concert—Central Baptist Church.
Auspices—Women's Federation.
Recreational Club Meets;
Dean Johnson is Counsellor
The third regular meeting of the
newly organized campus club, the
Bethel Recreational Club, was held
Monday evening, January 15, in the
club room on the third floor of the col-lege
building. The largest group to
meet this semester was present to en-gage
in the recreational competition
and to make tentative plans for a chess
tournament scheduled for the first week
of the new semester. Dean Emery John-son
was unanimously elected counsellor
for the club and will serve during the
rest of the year.
The Recreational Club, only boy's
organization in Bethel, now has a mem-bership
of 30 with several applications
on file. The last two weeks have been
used to decorate the club room and
prepare the game equipment. Two new
chess tables have been especially made
for the room with the chess boards
artistically designed on them. Other
equipment includes a small ping pong
table, dominoes, checkers, ten pins, and
a game of monopoly. Several new pic-tures
and study tables have also been
recently added to the room. Plans are
(Continued on page 4, column 3.)
To alleviate their impecuniosities
temporarily many Bethelites have en-rolled
in the NYA projects on the cam-pus.
Anyone that desires to see the
actual results of these projects will
agree that they are improvements of
important value.
In the early months of fall the pick
and spade served as the necessary
weapons to kill the weeds on the tennis
courts. To insure lasting results the
members covered the courts with salt
and crushed stone. Around the build-ings
one would find other workers
busily engaged in stripping the shrub-beries
of some of their abundant sup-ply
of leaves. At varied intervals the
school truck would come onto the cam-pus
with a heavy load of dirt to fill
some outstanding depression.
In their firm belief that winter would
come the workers examined all the
storm windows. Those that were bat-tered
and shaken were inflicted with
panes while others were merely puttied
into good old shape. All were given a
good rub-down for the season.
Remembering how the basketball
players trembled and swayed on the
dilapidated, spring-like gymnasium
Three new songs must be memorized
in as many days; and that in pre-ex-amination
week. This is ample evidence
of the intensive preparation for a con-cert
by the Male Chorus on February
19. This concert is sponsored by the
Women's Federation at the Central Bap-tist
Numerous Twin City concerts are be-ing
planned. A concert tour through
Wisconsin and Michigan is a ninety-five
per cent possibility according to
Dean Johnson.
The trip, which had been planned,
to the West Coast is not feasible for
several reasons, hops from one church
to the next are long; roads may be
blocked by snow in Spring, and mem-bers
of the Chorus cannot travel in
Several new songs are being added
to the repertoire of the Chorus. Among
these are "Hills of Home" by Fox,
"Lift Thine Eyes" by Logan, and "The
Blind Ploughman" by Clarke.
The admirers of Orpheus are ably
directed by Professor Hultgren every
Thursday afternoon. Separate rehear-sals
for tenors and basses are held
Rules of attendance at rehearsals and
for the memorizing of songs are strictly
enforced so as to work up a chorus
which will really be an asset to the
Dr. G. A. Hagstrom suffered minor
injuries in an accident at the intersec-tion
of Jessamine and Forest Streets,
Thursday morning, January 14, when
his automobile collided with a street
He was travelling west on Jessamine
on his way home from a board meeting
in Mounds Park Hospital, when a north
bound street car crashed into the left
side of his automobile.
He has not been able to return to his
duties on the campus yet but he ex-pects
to be with us very soon.
Rev. Walfred Holmberg to Fill
Business Office Vacancy
Mr. Robert J.
Klingberg, who
has managed the
Book Store and
the accounting
department of
Bethel Institute
for the past four
and a half years,
has accepted a
call to become
pastor of t h e
Swedish Baptist
Church of Gales-burg,
Illinois. He expects to leave early
in February.
During his residence in St. Paul, Mr.
Klingberg has attended the Bethel The-ological
Seminary, from which he was
graduated in 1935. Besides his regular
duties at the school, he has also served
as pastor of the Lake Park Baptist
Church for the past year. Mrs. Kling-berg
was matron of the girls' dormitory
for almost three years.
Because of his systematic business
abilities, Mr. Klingberg has had a large
part in placing Bethel on a higher level,
financially. He will be greatly missed,
and both students and faculty members
join in wishing for both him and Mrs.
Klingberg God's richest blessing in their
new field of labor.
Rev. Walfred Holmberg, pastor of
the Bethel Baptist Church of Minne-apolis
and a member of the School
Board, will succeed Mr. Klingberg in
the business office, serving until July I.
Since Mr. and Mrs. Robert Klingberg
and John Richard are leaving to take
up the pastorate in Galesburg, Illinois,
February 1, the student body held a
farewell luncheon in the Junior College
Wednesday, January 20.
Following the luncheon Wilbur Sor-ley,
president of the Student Body, pre-sided
over a short program. Maurice
Lawson and Leonard Turnquist repre-sented
the College and Seminary de-partments
with farewell talks to which
Mr. Klingberg responded.
Mr. and Mrs. Klingberg sang a duet
and Kermit Johnson gave a trumpet
solo accompanied by Miss Ruth Fredine.
Grace Forsberg led in devotions.
Krantz Musicians to Come
"Believe it or Not" by Schultz
floor, the industrious laborers next ren-ovated
the whole gymnasium bottom.
A new solid floor was installed by con-tractors.
The old maple flooring was
sorted outside and soon some of the
better pieces were returned into the
building. At present they are screwed
together in the form of banquet tables
and other useful articles of furniture.
When the steam heat, on its way to
the college building in the underground
pipe, found a way to escape outside
the building, the NYA crew was on deck Under the auspices of the Freshman
immediately to uncover the defective class of the College, the famous Krantz
coupling. After the plumbers repaired musical family will render a varied
the leak the crew imbedded the steam program at Bethel, Friday evening,
pipe for the winter. February 5, at 8:00 P. M.
While the kitchen maids were on their This talented group plays twenty in-
Christmas vacation some of the in- struments, as well as giving chalk talks
dustrious fellows boldly entered their and colored crayon drawings with a
abode in the Seminary basement, and musical background. Some of the in-gave
them a thorough coating of paint.
At present such work is being contin-ued
in the laundry.
lf, in the course of the year, you en-counter
fellow students dressed up in Are you going to the F. F. F. Feb-various
types of clothes, and with dif- ruary 16?
ferent kinds of tools in their hands, This supper-meeting is restricted to
don't be alarmed for it's just another a limited number.
NYA worker improving some important Watch bulletin boards for further de-spot
on the campus. tails.
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THE EETHEL CLARION January 27, 1937
The Bethel Clarion
1480 North Snelling Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota
Official School Paper of Bethel Institute. Published by
the students every third week except during
June, July and August.
One Dollar a Year
• Richard Werner Editor-in-Chief
Carl Young Associate Editor
Harold Wilson Managing Editor
John Bergeson
Alrick Blomquist
Phyllis Bohne
Clayton Bolinder
Everett Johnson
Hilding Lind
Carl Lundquist
Florence Lindstrom
Norma Newstrom
Olga Shenning
Winston Sherwick
Maurice Wessman
Muriel Johnson
Everett Backlin
Raymond Martin
Carolyn Nelson
Sophy Parfin
Edith Person
Stanley Rendahl
Hazel Rossander
Samuel Schultz
S. Bruce Fleming Business Manager
Helen Larson Circulation Manager
Ruth Lawson Assistant
Joel Strandberg Advertising Manager
Ralph Holman Assistant
Miss Effie Nelson Editorial
Dean Emery A. Johnson Business
Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1935 at the post-office
at St. Paul, Minnesota under the act of March 3, 1879.
We are just in the midst of our semester examinations.
No student needs to be told that, and those who are not
students can tell by the serious attitude of the victims
that great trials and testings are taking place. Of course,
we realize that it is for our own good that we pass through
this period each semester, for we soon find out if our
work is satisfactory or not. We discover whether we are
doing our best or just trying to "get by".
But can we not also have "examinations" in our spir-itual
lives? Wouldn't it be well for us to find out if our
work for the Lord is satisfactory—if it is telling for Him?
Let us take a few minutes now and then to examine our
hearts and lives to see if we are gi;ving our best to the
Master that our lives might tell for Him.
"I am satisfied, I am satisfied, I am satisfied with Jesus,
But the question comes to me as I think of Calvary,
Is my Master satisfied with me?"
The resignation of Robert Klingberg as manager of
the Business 0___ce of Bethel is a big blow to the school.
However, it is a tribute to his christian character that he
has bowed to the will of the Lord in this matter.
The school is going to feel his loss mightily and the
students will lose a sympathetic counsellor but they all
wish "Bob" and his family God's richest blessing and
guidance in his new endeavor.
The Clarion staff also joins most heartily in this wish,
for Mr. Klingberg has always shown a kindly interest in
it and has done a good job in keep its accounts out of the
It is the motto of the Boy Scouts to "do a good turn
daily". This might be a big deed or just a small favor,
but it should be helpful to someone. All of us should
cultivate the habit of looking for little ways to help one
As friends and students of Bethel we can all help our
school in a small way by sending in the names of those
of our friends and acquaintances who might be inter-ested
in or benefited by attending it.
Why not write today to Bethel giving these names and
thus do a good turn to your school and maybe do a
big favor to your friends?
Clifford Lewis, President of
Youth Fellowship, Here
Clifford Lewis, president of the Na-tional
Youth Fellowship Lea g u e,
brought two inspiring messages to the
student body at chapel during the past
few weeks. On Friday, January 8, he
gave a talk on the Twenty-third Psalm,
saying that it was the nightingale of
the Psalms and the Christian's textbook.
"Everything we need, we can find
there," he
On Friday, January 15, Mr. Lewis
brought a message on revivals and the
need for revivals everywhere. He said
that although the Holy Spirit may be
dwelling in us, there are ninety-five
per cent of the Christians who do not
let Him rule their lives. "Everyone of
us has needed to return to God," he
by Ralph Johnson
"Any book you have not read is
a new book" says a placard over the
counter of a rental library on Grand
Avenue. If this is true the Seminary
can boast many new books. In it there
are many volumes which, though their
copyrights be old, fall definitely into
the "new" class for most of us.
But we speak of new books in a
stricter sense.
Just to the right of the fireplace in
the Seminary library is a shelf on which
new books are placed as they are added.
This year we have been fortunate, per-haps
not in number, but certainly in
the quality of the books that have been
acquired. They are attractive with their
covers ranging from smooth, glittering
gold foil to rough, soft pastels. Atten-tion
is drawn to a wide range of sub-jects
by interesting titles. A catalogue
of the authors is a formidable list of
the names of outstanding contemporary
leaders in religious thought. Variety
is not lacking.
Study of the "Prophets" is well repre-sented.
Robinson, Gordon, Taylor, and
Clausen are names that have become in-separable
from the subject. Each has
a volume on the shelf. George L. Rob-inson's
The Twelve Minor Prophets is
especially valuable for giving the his-torical
background in which these great
preachers worked. Bernard C. Clau-sen's
delightful human Pen Portraits
of the Prophets, although ten years old,
is a new acquisition, and from the time
of its arrival has been one of the most
popular books among the Seminary
Of the missions group Baptists of
Assam receives primary attention no
doubt because its author is the Swedish
Baptist Missionary Victor Sword. Dr.
Robert E. Speer's Christian Realities
deals mainly with personal religious
problems, but the last few chapters are
given to the subject of missions. Popu-lar
Hinduism, an outline of the chief
religion of India both in theory and
practice, is by L. S. S. O'Malley and
comes from England.
There are four new books on pastor-al
Dr. Samuel Trexler, President of the
United Lutheran Synod of New York,
speaks from rich experience Out of
Thirty Five Years.
Bertie Cole Bays is the wife of a
Baptist Minister. She displays a happy
combination of satire, common sense,
keen appreciation of human nature,
and a good sense of humor in Some
Preachers Do.
Dr. William B. Riley's Pastoral Prob-lems
is helpful in that it deals with
specific cases and gives definite formu-lae
for their treatment. Among its
interesting "practical hints" is one on
filing sermon material.
The importance of evangelism in the
ministry is emphasized by Dr. Lee Rut-land
Scarborough of Louisville Semin-ary
in My Conception of the Gospel
The College Library is the place set aside for study
and research. It is also intended that the rooms on the
third floor for music are to be used for that purpose. And
most of all, the prayer room should be used exclusively
for prayer and counsel.
Especially since the Christmas recess, has this special
place of prayer been used for the miscellanies of brain
work and vocal exercise. One can scarcely enter its por-tals
to be alone with God, without having extra company.
It is extremely hard to keep one's prayer tower period
intact, under these circumstances.
Now, it would be a great kindness—A Christ-like kind-ness—
if those few people who have trespassed on the
suppliant's and intercessor's privileges, would cease to do
so. There are times when unbearable burdens must be
rolled away. At other times, one must cry aloud with a
hungering concern for some friend or loved one. At all
times one's heart must hear messages and orders from
heaven undisturbed.
Shall we not as students, then, allow those in need of
healing and refreshing go to the streams of living water,
freely, without having to stumble on the stubble and
stones we so easily place in their path? In this case, self-examination
means cooperation.
-:- Quiet Meditation -:-
By Donald Tanquist
"Be still and know that I am God;" Ps. 46:10.
We are living in an age of speed and noise, and
everyone is seeking wealth and glory for himself.
Wherever we go there is activity and life has the
appearance of an overturned ant hill. Humanity
acts in general as if there were only a few days of
existence left in this great universe. One sees this
hurry and bustle in every phase of life—in the
home, streets, school, and even in the church. It
seems to be one grand chase from the cradle to the
grave. Why all this excitement and activity? Is
God getting any glory therefrom or is His King-dom
progressing on earth? The sad fact is that God
is entirely left out of the picture. He created us for
the one purpose of becoming His witnesses; but in-stead
we have turned the tables and gone after
self-gain and advancement.
The Psalmist says: "Be still and know that I am
God". If we obeyed this command our program of
life would be changed. We would not be led to
think of ourselves and our own glory but would
earnestly ask God the question: "What would Thou
have me do, Lord"? Our hearts would be prepared
for His service in His great harvest fields and there
would be no time or thought for things of this world.
In being still and permitting God to speak to us, we
become Spirit-filled and full of His message. We
become ready to lead men and women to Christ.
Many inspiring examples of this very fact are given
to us in God's word. Moses was alone with God for
forty years before he started out to accomplish the
program God offered him. Samuel spent his youth-ful
days in the temple in the presence of almighty
God. David likewise had fellowship with God out
on the hillsides before he took up the task of ruling
God's chosen people for forty years. Even Jonah
spent a short period of only three days in miserable
circumstances, but he was alone with God, and God
gave him a message which was mighty and power-ful.
The Son of God was in the wilderness for forty
days and nights having communion with his heaven-ly
Father. Afterwards He started out on His great
mission. If Christ needed to be still and commune
with God, how much more do we if we are to per-form
well the Lord's service. Let us take time out
in our daily activity and wait upon the Lord. The
more we do this the greater power we will have in
our work for the Kingdom of God. God does not
always speak to us in the earthquake, fire, and
thunder, but in His small still voice. If we spend
much tine in quietness and meditation with our
Heavenly Father, He will be glorified in our work
or him.
Front row: left to right, R. Applequist; E. Backlin, captain; G. Ferre;
N. Holm-gren; W. Sorley.
Back row: G. Anderson; S. Rendahl; R. Wingblade; F. Richert; R. Johnson, coach.
WEAKENED TEAM LOSES Non-Conference Game
TO CONCORDIA QUINT Lost to Farm School
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Phone—NEstor 9118
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January 27, 1937
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"Did not our hearts burn within us
when He was walking with us?" was
the theme of a chapel talk given by
Rev. J. G. Johnson of the Elim Baptist
Church of Minneapolis Tuesday, Janu-ary
5. In the course of his talk, Rev.
Johnson made the statement that if we
wanted to have our hearts burn within
us we should give a testimony for
Christ. Rev. Johnson also gave a mes-sage
in song.
"Life in any age is a perilous journey,
but we have before us the Light of God
to lead us on our way safely," stated
Rev. Allan R. Fredine of the Taber-nacle
Baptist Church of Minneapolis
at chapel Wednesday, January 6. His
subject was "The Open Door" and in
it he pictured the new year as an open
door with Christ going before us. He
said that we cannot live without hope
and faith and that God is our hope.
Former Opera Star Speaks
Senor Cappelli, Italian, who is doing
evangelistic work in the United States
and who has been holding services at
Arlington Hills Methodist church ap-peared
before chapel Monday, Janu-ary
11. Senor Cappelli gave the story
of his life. In it he told how, as a boy,
he had played in the Colosseum at
Rome and had later sung in the Vatican
choir. It was while he was in Italy that
he became a Christian but it was not
until one night when he was singing
in the opera "Faust" in one of the
eastern states that he decided to turn
his talents in work for the Lord.
Rev. Dahlberg Speaks
Rev. E. T. Dahlberg, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of St. Paul, brought
a stirring message January 15 on
"Christ as the Preacher of Peace."
Rev. Dahlberg very vividly depicted
the great cost in human lives of the
last war and stressed the need of preach-ing
the real basis of the Bible, namely
peace. Another thing he said we should
do was to unlearn many of the things
we have learned in studying history
in years past, one of them being the
wonderful glory of war.
Converted "Hobo" Tells Life Story
Rev. Fred "Haywire" Davis, former
hobo and criminal who has now been
doing Christian work for thirty-four
years and has lectured in twenty-four
states, spoke at chapel Monday, Janu-ary
18. He told the story of his life
picturing graphically the evils of liv-ing
a sinful life. He was converted in
a Mission in Minneapolis.
Pres. Emeritus of Macalaster Here
Dr. James Wallace, President Emer-itus
of Macalaster College spoke before
chapel Tuesday, January 19. Although
87 years of age, he is still a very force-ful
and interesting speaker. Speaking
of world conditions today he said, "I
can't imagine that any Christian ought
to be a pessimist."
Rev. Thorwall Addresses Student Body
"See that you walk circumspectly,
not as fools" was the subject of a mes-sage
by Rev. Axel Thorwall, who has
been holding special meetings in the
Swedish Evangelical Free Church of
St. Paul during the past two weeks.
Rev. Thorwall said that we could be
of a great help to God while we are in
school if we would give our lives
to Christ now instead of later.
Jubilee Singers
The Jubilee Singers, who have been
appearing in the Twin Cities for a
considerable length of time, entertained
the students and faculty members at
chapel Thursday, January 21. Among
the selections which the group sang,
were the following negro spirituals:
"Gonna Sing All Over God's Heaven",
"Every Time I Feel the Spirit Moving
in my Heart", "You Better Mind", "No-body
Knows the Trouble I See", "Joshua
at the Battle of Jericho", and "There's
a Little Wheel A-Movin' in My Heart".
Playing the first game of the year
without the services of Carl Young,
star guard, who has been forced to
leave school because of unforeseen cir-cumstances,
Bethel's basketball team
dropped a "ding-done battle by the
score of 32-27 to Concordia Jr. College
of St. Paul on Wednesday, January 13
in the Bethel Gym. It was the first Con-ference
defeat of the year for the Red
and White which now has won one and
lost one for a standing of 500 in the
Bethel started the scoring with two
"hoops" from the floor but then failed
to dent the scoring column until the
Comets had run up a 10-4 lead mid-way
through the first half. Play was
more or less even from then on until
the "rest period", Concordia leaving
the floor on the long end of an 18-10
Returning to the floor at the end of
the intermission the Red and White
gradually pulled up on the Visitors un-til
only 3 points separated the two
teams. At this point Concordia, with
Mack showing the way, staged a rally
which opened up a lead that the clos-ing
Red and White rush was unable to
Bethel's entire squad turned in a
nice game and showed lots of fight all
the way. With a little more accuracy
from the free-throw line they might
have won, as both teams were even in
field goals. Gordon Anderson led the
Red and White shot-makers with 10
points. Mack, the Visitors sensational
center, totaled 16 points for his team
scoring exactly half of their points.
Backlin, R. F 0 0 0
Richert, R. F 3 I 7
Sorley, L. F. 3 0 6
Ferre, L. 0 0 0
Anderson, C. 5 0 10
Wingblade, C 0 0
Applequist, R. G
Holmgren, L. G 0 0 1
Rendahl, L. G 0 0
Totals 12 3 27
Name F. G. F. T.
Gerike, R. F 2 1 5
Bartz, R. F
1 1 3
Oberheu, L F 1 0 2
Rist, L. F 0 0
Mack, C. 6 4 16
Muller, R. G 1 1 3
Hasskamp, L. G 1 0 2
Quast, L. G 0 1 1
Totals 12 8 32
Bethel turned in a miserable first-half
against University Farm School in
the game played Friday, January 15, on
the Aggies floor and wound up on the
short end of a 29-18 score.
For the first fifteen minutes of the
game the Red and White was held to
only 1 point while the Aggies were
making 17. During the rest of the game
Betlif.1 consistently outplayed their op-ponents
but the damage was already
For Bethel Richert, Ferre, and Ap-plequist
looked the best. Florin, the
Aggies center, was high man for his
outfit, making 1! points.
Boy's Vocational Wins
Boy's Vocational of Minneapolis de-feated
Bethel 36-32 in the game played
between the two teams on Monday,
January 18, in Minneapolis.
The Red and White led by 1 point
at the half-time, but, dogged by hard
luck, fell behind in the second period.
Shots that should have gone in just
refused to drop.
"Gordy" Anderson, with 8 points,
was again high point man for Bethel.
Ballot starred for Vocational.
Alumni Lose to Varsity;
Game is Closely Fought
The Bethel Basketball Team played
the Alumni at Bethel, Saturday night,
January 16. In a closely fought game
the varsity barely nosed out the alum-ni
squad by a score of 29-26.
The members of the Alumni team
were F. Nelson, D. Peterson, P. Dahlen,
V. Olson, C. Dickau, and C. Young.
G. Ferre was the high scorer of the
evening scoring eleven points for the
winners and V. Olson, who scored 10
points for the losers, was second.
Waldorf Leads at Half
Fighting from behind with less than
a minute and a half to go to knot the
count at 29 all on two converted free
throws by Gordy Anderson and then
going out in front on a beautiful side-shot
by Wilbur Sorley, Bethel's hoop-sters
turned in a 31-29 victory over
the League-leading Waldorf Jr. College
team in a sensational game played Sat-urday,
January 23, at Forest City, Iowa.
The victory was doubly sweet to the
Red and White as it pushed them into
a virtual tie for first place and was ac-complished
while handicapped by the
absence of Coach "Bucky" Johnson,
who couldn't make the trip, and also
one team member.
Bethel opened the scoring in the first
few minutes of play on a gift shot by
Sorley, but Waldorf came back with
two quick field goals and a free throw
to open a 5-1 advantage. The Red and
White counter-rallied with three hoops
from the floor to take a short-lived lead
and then gradually fell behind as the
home team forged ahead. At the half-time
the score was 1 9-1 5 in favor of
Shortly after the second half opened,
Bethel made up the four points and
from then on matched basket for bas-ket
with their opponents amid a din
that was deafening, but wasn't able to
gain the lead at any time. With min-utes
to go, and the score tied at 27-27,
Waldorf again pulled out in front 29-
27. It looked like this might be the
end for the Red and White, but the team
had the stuff and came back with the
attack that carried them to victory.
Every one of the six men that saw
action for Bethel played beautiful games
filling their assignments in fine style.
It would be difficult to pick out any
individual star. For Waldorf Rorem
at center was high scorer.
Bethel F.G. F.T. T.P.
Sorley (F) 3 1 7
Backlin (F) 0 1 1
Richert (F) 3 I 7
Anderson (C) 3 4 10
Applequist (G) 2 0 4
Holmgren (G) 1 0 2
Waldorf F.G. F.T. T.P.
Barber (F) 1 1 3
Fox (F) 1 0 2
Taylor (F) 0 0 0
Rorem (C) 5 3 12
Anderson, A. (G) 1 0 2
Anderson, D. (F) 3 2 8
Lehman (G) 1 0 2
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Post-holiday jubilance seems to have
been replaced with grim determination
since semester exams are approaching.
Heard in Chapel
"And they poured ten million Turks
into Greece. - Wholesale murder.
Allen Johnson drove his "Model T"
up to the gate on the toll bridge.
"Fifty cents- shouted the keeper.
"Sold- replied Allan.
There are a few bright spots on the
campus. For instance, the new cap
and scarf of many colors which Peggy
Larson peeks out of these cold days.
Give all your good paper boxes to
Max Franzen (drummer in orchestra).
Snowstorms bring the problem of
getting between the two buildings. The
writer spent a few interesting moments
watching three ladies coming single file
from the College. With a good, lengthy
jump here, a tracing of steps through
the depth of snow in other places, and
a hasty run over the barren ground,
they reached the Seminary almost
Don Clover remarked to the Editor
the other day that "clover and weed
are in the same barren field --the ex-planation—
Clover is pastor of the Bap-tist
Church, Weed the pastor of the
Methodist Church at Barron, Wiscon-sin.
The students who expected to be
guided through the Minneapolis Art In-stitute
by Professor H. C. Wingblade
recently were puzzled at his failure to
meet them there. And at the same time
Professor Wingblade was just as be-wildered
at the Walker Art Gallery
waiting for his charges to appear.
Monday afternoon, January 18, a
formidable group of eight young Sem-inary
freshmen gave a farewell "Party"
in the Coffee Shoppe in honor of Carl
Young who left that evening for Ken-osha,
Wisconsin. He was properly es-corted
to the train by this same organ-ization
known as "Udwp
Volleyball has been replaced by hand-ball
as the form of exercise for the
dignified Seminary Dorm residents.
Some of the boys are becoming rather
proficient in the sport while others are
still trying to find out how to follow
the little ball (especially as it bounds
over the rolls and swells of the gym
-Bob Klingberg has taken much in-terest
in the students at Bethel." And
then some punster remarks, "I'd say
he has taken much interest from the
"Gordy- Anderson looks forward
with pleasure to his entrance into dor-mitory
The genial cook of the boarding club,
Mrs. R. Olson, was remembered at
Christmas time by the club members
with a little token of their appreciation
for her services. She asks that we ex-press
her thanks for this gift and also
to the many students who remembered
her with cards.
Ruth L. "Do you know what I'm
going to do? I'm going into the li-brary
Very much appreciated by the hard-working
staff was the box of fudge
which Helen Larson brought to the
Clarion office.
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news items which you may have into
the contribution box. We'll try to print
as much as we can.
Aleck Olson is now attending the
University of Minnesota, working for
his B. A. degree. He spent a few days
before his enrolment there on his
former campus.
Albert Sandstrom is serving as act-ing
pastor of his home church in Spring-field,
Mass. During the National Week
of prayer he had special evangelistic
meetings, at which time a number of
the pastors of the various Baptist
churches of the city assisted. Al enjoys
his work very much but is looking for-ward
to returning to Bethel in the Fall.
Rev. and Mrs. Hartley Osterlund
announced the arrival of David Conrad,
born January 14, 1937. "He looks just
like his mother and just like his father"
is the description his parents give him.
Robert Gardner is now serving at
Swanville, Minnesota.
Dorothy Hammer is now Mrs. Wil-liam
Kaiser, Jr., of Virginia, Minnesota.
Leonard Larson, who was graduated
from the University of Minnesota last
spring, is now teaching in the high
school of Watertown, South Dakota.
Walter Olson was recently elected
president of the Isanti County Baptist
Ministerial Association.
Esther Carlson, Anaconda, Montana,
has been confined to her bed with an
illness of nearly a years duration. We
trust that she is now improving.
Florence Johnson, from Denver, Col-orado,
was married on Thanksgiving
Day in a beautiful church wedding.
Rev. W. G. Backlund recently helped
his former schoolmate, John S. Ander-son,
with a series of meetings in Bris-tol,
Conn ,,cticut. The proved to be
a great blessing to the church for many
souls were won for Christ.
Mildred Olson writes from Blukwa,
Congo, Africa that the only thing that
doesn't quite agree with her is the lang-uage.
She asked us to "extend a greet-ing
to all my Bethel friends through
the Clarion. I have enjoyed the paper
very, much especially the 'Alumni
News'. Only wish there was more news
of them. -
Kenneth Larson was graduated from
the University of Minnesota in Decem-ber
with the degree—Bachelor of Civil
Eric Frykenberg spent prayer week
speaking to the church in Providence,
Rhode Island, where Ivan Anderson is
Rodger Goodman gained highest
honors in the oratorical contest held
in the Junior College Chapel, Tuesday
evening, January 12. Second place
went to Carl Lundquist and Bruce Flem-ing
received third place.
Eight contestants drew places for
the two-hour program of original ora-tory.
The contestants and orations in-clude,
"Speed", Maurice Lawson; "Four
Years Ago", Alrik Blomquist; "Can A
Nation Love Its Neighbors", Winston
Sherwick; "Saturnalia", Gustave Ferre;
"Shall War Continue", Bruce Fleming;
"The Defeat of Modern Marriage'', Carl
Lundquist; "The Minority Rules", Rod-ger
Goodman; "Sport of the Munition
Makers'', Isaac Rahn.
Preceding the contest Joel Strand-berg
led devotions and Margaret Lar-son
favored the group with a vocal
the pastor. Rev. Frykenberg begins a
series of meetings in the Bethel church,
Minneapolis, January 27. The Fryken-bergs
expect to return to India soon.
Winifred Bleeker, a graduate of Kah-ler
Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota
is at present nursing in Houston, Texas.
She, too, sends greetings to Bethel.
A council composed of 32 members
ordained Elvert rorssell into the Gospel
ministry shortly before Christmas. He
immediately took up the work with the
Baptist church in Wisconsin Rapids,
Rev. Herbert Peterson is about to
close his work in Trade Lake, Wiscon-sin,
and take up the duties as pastor of
the Alcester, South Dakota, Baptist
Rev. 0. B. Anderson had the joy of
welcoming five new members into the
fellowship of the Lakeview church, Chi-cago.
Rev. Lawrence Selin is interested in
the spiritual welfare of his young peo-ple
for he has recently started a Satur-day
afternoon Bible Class for their ben-efit.
Rev. Carl A. Olsson has closed his
work in Portland, Oregon, to take up
the work in the Englewood church of
Rev. C. Arthur Nyborg will conduct
a series of meetings in the Baptist
church of Arvada, Colorado. He is pas-tor
of the Immanuel church in Denver,
Rev. Anton E. Sjolund had the priv-ilege
of having his julotta service broad-cast
over radio station WTCN.
Rev. John A. Swanson is another
Bethel alumnus interested in the spir-ituality
of his young people, for he,
too, has begun a Saturday Bible class
for his young people.
Rev. Adolf Paulson has resigned the
pastorate of the Grasston church to be-gin
serving the Anoka, Minnesota,
Swedish Baptist church.
Dr. 0. L. Swanson, for 43 years mis-sionary
in the Golaghat regions of As-sam,
will celebrate his 70th birthday
February 11. The Bible School and
Young People's Commission of our Con-ference
requests that we honor his
birthday by giving to Edna and Reuben
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being completed now, according to
President Elmer John, to purchase a
regulation size ping pong table and
rubber paddles for the new semester.
During the year the club will spon-sor
chess and ping pong tournaments
and intra-mural horseshoe competition.
The room is open during the entire day
for the use of all club members.
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Three students of Bethel are dropping
out of school this semester to pursue
other occupations.
Carl Young, who was called home
by the death of his brother-in-law
shortly after his return to school, left
on January 18 for his home in Kenosha,
Wisconsin, where he plans to work.
Carl will be missed greatly by the bas-ketball
team because his stellar playing
put fight into the games and many a
time has put the team on the winning
end of the score. His absence will
also be felt in the Male Chorus and
especially on the Clarion staff as writer
of the column -Two Penny Lines".
Norma Newstrom and Helen Larson
are to leave after exams to find em-ployment
in the Twin Cities. As one
of the cooks, Norma will be missed
by the boarding club members. Helen
Larson, who served so faithfully as cir-culation
manager of the Clarion will
he succeeded by her assistant, Ruth
Dr. Theodore W. Anderson, Presi-
"dent of the Mission Covenant, is to be
the speaker at the annual Founder's
Day Program at Bethel to be held Mon-day
evening, February 15. Dr. Ander-son,
the former president of Minnehaha
Academy, is well-known as a speaker.
Professor A. J. Wingblade, chair-man
of the program committee, reports
the appointment of the following com-mittees:
Reception, Professor C. E. Carl-son,
Chairman; Rev. J. G. Johnson;
Refreshments, Miss Effie Nelson, Chair-man
; Miss Alice Anderson.
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Economic diversification: A priority for action, now more than ever
The global economy is stagnating, and uncertainty about its future is rising. These trends weigh heavily on countries that depend on the production and export of a small range of products, or that sell products in only a few overseas markets. Prices of the minerals and other basic commodities that dominate the exports of many poor countries have also declined sharply. All of this points up the need for diversification strategies that can deliver sustained, job intensive and inclusive growth.
The World Bank Group's Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice (T&C), a joint practice of the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC), is working with a growing roster of client countries eager to achieve greater economic diversification. This is a worthy goal regardless of economic conditions, but especially so now, as developing countries with sector-dependent economies face mounting pressures.
Chile is an example of a diversified economy, exporting more than 2,800 distinct products to more than 120 different countries. Zambia, a country similarly endowed with copper resources, exports just over 700 products — one-fourth of Chile's export basket — and these go to just 80 countries. Other low-income countries have similarly limited diversified economies. The Lao People's Democratic Republic and Malawi, for example, export around 550 and 310 products, respectively. Larger countries that export oil, such as Nigeria (780 products) and Kazakhstan (540 products), have failed to substantially expand the range of products they produce and export.
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While the sluggish global economy is creating economic problems for traditional exports, other economic trends offer new routes and opportunities for poor countries to diversify. The trend toward the spatial splitting up of production across wide geographic areas, and the emergence and growth of regional and global value chains, offer new ways for developing countries to export tasks, services and other activities. Value chains offer developing countries a path out of the trap of having to specialize in whole industries, with all of the cost and risk that such a strategy entails.


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Luxury Bay Area homes selling briskly
For months, Jeff Paster, a developer of luxury homes in Marin County, couldn't find a buyer for the brand-new Belvedere waterfront mansion he listed in January for $45 million. So he put it up for auction Sunday, but then canceled it when a mystery buyer stepped forward with an undisclosed offer - somewhere north of $25 million - at the last minute.
"People at this income level," Paster said before the auction that wasn't, "always have money."
That maxim proved true when it came to luxury properties in the Bay Area last year. Technology executives paying discounts on listed prices were active buyers in 2012, as the growth of social-media and Internet firms including Twitter and Yammer created a wave of millionaires.
Some older homes on the market had sat unsold for years before finding buyers, said Rick Turley, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage of Northern California. But by the final week of 2012, there were at least 13 publicly recorded transactions for more than $10 million in exclusive San Francisco neighborhoods such as Pacific Heights, Presidio Heights and Sea Cliff, according to DataQuick, a research firm.
That's up from six sales last year and a dozen in 2007, the previous high mark. The numbers don't include deals in expensive areas outside the city, such as Belvedere, Tiburon, Atherton or Palo Alto.
"Over a long listing period, it's hard to say what will happen, because obviously the market is constantly changing," Turley said. "The success of tech and social media means people are looking very generally at San Francisco and the Silicon Valley as places to live because these businesses are sourced here. It's highest on their radar."
Initial public offerings in 2012 by Bay Area companies raised a record $17.5 billion in public equities markets, including sales by Facebook, Yelp and Workday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The total is more than double the $8.3 billion reached in 1999, the height of the dot-com boom.
This year's Bay Area IPOs generated $9.4 billion in cash for selling shareholders. Other investors have been able to generate money before initial stock sales through the rise of secondary-share markets such as SharesPost.
Yammer founder
Yammer founder David Sacks, who sold the social-media company to Microsoft in June for $1.2 billion, later bought an unfinished home in Pacific Heights that had been listed for $38.5 million. The transfer tax indicated a $20 million sale.
Sacks' new residence, built in the style of a French chateau, was last purchased by Peter Sperling, incoming chairman of Apollo Group Inc., who paid $32 million in 2002, said David Barrett of listing brokerage Warwick Properties Group.
"It's built to be the finest residence in San Francisco, from limestone quarried in France and with the same glaziers who worked on the Eiffel Tower renovation," Barrett said.
In December, Jay Paul, the San Francisco developer of 6 million square feet of Silicon Valley offices, including Google's four-building complex in Sunnyvale, completed a purchase in the same neighborhood, said a person with knowledge of the transaction. The house sold for $28.25 million, said Dona Crowder of TRI Coldwell Banker, a co-listing broker on the home. She declined to comment on the buyer.
Seller deals
The deal was at a 48 percent discount from the asking price in 2007, around the time U.S. housing prices peaked. The seller had most recently sought $34 million, Crowder said.
Paul didn't return a telephone message seeking comment.
In some cases, luxury discounts this past year in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley are a reflection of aged homes built decades ago that needed extensive renovations, Crowder said. Sellers were also motivated by the prospect of higher capital gains taxes in 2013, she said. Her listing on Broadway in Pacific Heights received higher bids in the past, including one earlier in 2012, which were rejected by the seller, she said.
"The generations are turning over in this neighborhood," Crowder said in a phone interview. "If it were understood back then that record prices were being offered, it would have been wise to sell" in 2007.
Dorsey, Benioff
Jack Dorsey, a Twitter co-founder, paid $9.9 million in February for a "humble" two-bedroom house in Sea Cliff that had been listed for $12.5 million, said Olivia Hsu Decker, owner of Tiburon's Decker Bullock Sotheby's International Realty and Dorsey's agent on the deal. Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff bought a nearby house in 2009, Decker said.
The Sea Cliff neighborhood is named for its location high above the Pacific Ocean, just west of the Golden Gate. In May, Dorsey, who is known to take public buses to work, tweeted a quote from the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, "I need the sea because it teaches me," Decker said.
Other multimillion-dollar home buyers of 2012 included Mark Pincus, founder of online game maker Zynga. He purchased a Pacific Heights house in July for $16 million after a $500,000 price cut, said Decker, who represented him in the past and also was the listing agent for the Belvedere home.
Rising prices
The region's broader housing market is also showing strong demand, bolstered by the addition of 32,400 new jobs in the San Francisco metropolitan area in the year through November. House and condominium prices in the nine-county Bay Area in November rose almost 21 percent from a year earlier to a median $438,000, the highest since August 2008, according to DataQuick of San Diego. Sales jumped almost 16 percent.
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an alloy of mercury with other metals; used in dental restorations.
An alloy of an element or a metal with mercury. In dentistry, primarily of two types: silver-tin alloy, containing small amounts of copper, zinc and perhaps other metal;, and a second type containing more copper (12%-30% by weight); amalgams are used in restoring teeth and making dies.
[G. malagma, a soft mass]
amalgam/amal·gam/ (ah-mal´gam) an alloy of two or more metals, one of which is mercury.
Any of various alloys of mercury with other metals, especially:
a. An alloy of mercury and silver used in dental fillings.
b. An alloy of mercury and tin used in silvering mirrors.
Etymology: Gk, malagma, soft mass
1 a mixture or combination.
2 an alloy of mercury, silver, and other metals commonly used in dentistry.
3 See dental amalgam.
amalgamDental amalgam Dentistry A silver-copper-tin alloy with varying amounts of mercury to fill carious teeth. See Biological dentistry, Cremation, Fluoridation, Mercury.
An alloy of an element or a metal with mercury. In dentistry, primarily of two types: silver-tin alloy, containing small amounts of copper, zinc, and perhaps other metals, and a second type containing more copper (12-30% by weight); they are used in restoring teeth.
[G. malagma, a soft mass]
amalgamA dental material consisting of powdered mercury, silver and tin which, when mixed, may be forced into a drilled and cleaned cavity in a tooth where it hardens within a few minutes. Surprisingly, in spite of occasional expressed concern, amalgam does not seem to present the risk of mercury poisoning.
A mixture (alloy) of silver and several other metals, used by dentists to make fillings for cavities.
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An alloy of an element or a metal with mercury. In dentistry, primarily of two types: silver-tin alloy, containing small amounts of copper, zinc, and perhaps other metal, and a second type containing more copper (12-30% by weight); amalgams are used in restoring teeth and making dies.
Synonym(s): amalgam alloy, dental amalgam alloy.
Synonym(s): amalgam alloy, dental amalgam alloy.
[G. malagma, a soft mass]
amalgam (əmal´gəm),
n (dental amalgam alloy), an alloy, one of the constituents of which is mercury.
amalgam, bonded,
n 1. a composite of tooth-colored acrylic resin and finely ground glass-like particles that is bonded or adhered to the tooth during dental restoration. The advantage is that less of the tooth structure needs to be removed during the restoration, resulting in a smaller filling compared with traditional amalgams.
2. a composite filling.
2. a composite filling.
amalgam carrier,
n See carrier, amalgam.
amalgam carver,
n See carver, amalgam.
amalgam condenser,
n See condenser, amalgam.
amalgam, copper,
n an alloy composed principally of copper and mercury. See also amalgam.
amalgam, dental,
n an amalgam used for dental restorations and dyes.
amalgam matrix,
n See matrix, amalgam.
amalgam pigmentation,
n See amalgam tattoo.
amalgam plugger,
n See condenser, amalgam.
amalgam, silver,
n a dental amalgam, the main constituent of which is silver. The ADA composition specifications are as follows: silver, 65% minimum; tin, 25% minimum; copper, 6% maximum; zinc, 2% maximum.
amalgam squeeze cloth,
n a piece of linen used to hold plastic amalgam from which excess mercury is to be squeezed. Used with hand trituration.
amalgam tattoo,
n a solitary discrete gray, blue, or black discoloration of tissue usually located in the gingiva, alveolar ridge, or buccal mucosa caused by small amounts of dental amalgam that became embedded under the surface. The asymptomatic lesion is static and requires no treatment. If doubt exists about the lesion or if the lesion is unsightly, excisional biopsy is recommended.
amalgam well,
n a small, bowl-shaped container that holds mixed amalgam prior to its being loaded into the amalgam carrier.
a silver-tin-copper alloy in combination with mercury, commonly used in dental restoration.
amalgam burnisher
an instrument used to smooth the surface of an amalgam filling.
amalgam condenser, amalgam plugger
an instrument used to pack amalgam into a filling.
amalgam well
a small bowl used to hold amalgam until it is used in the restoration.


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Give Vermont State Auditor Tom Salmon points in courage for bucking the majority and switching to the minority party, but Vermonters should be wary of his reasons.
First, he blames Vermont Democrats for a budget process that was "rife with deficiencies and dysfunction," and second, he says the Republican Party's grasp on the fiscal crisis facing the state is better anchored in reality.
Fiscal conservatives may find little fault with either statement, but Salmon neither defined his criticism or substantiated his faith in the Republican way. His generic statements did what most politicians do: suggest fiscal discipline, criticize their opponents, then omit any specifics on how they might propose a better solution.
Salmon has, however, made proposals in the past two terms as auditor, and those proposals — however contradictory — offer a more revealing look at what he might believe.
Consider, for instance, his on-line commentary on July 2009 in which he recalled that earlier in the past legislative session one of the "bold ideas" he advocated would be to temporarily increase the state income tax — an idea that the state's Republican Party and governor firmly rejected. Or consider that another of Salmon's bold ideas was to institute a casino in Killington, which the state could heavily tax — another idea that was solidly rejected.
While Salmon has been right to advocate a balanced budget (who doesn't) and harp on the need to reduce spending, Salmon seems to have a tin ear when it comes to doling out the fiscal pain in a manner that matches a person's ability to pay. One of his suggestions was to reduce the income sensitivity provision (under Act 60) on the property taxes that finance education, which would dramatically increase the property tax burden on middle-class families and make it more difficult to adequately finance our public schools.
If that is a "firm grasp" on fiscal reality, then perhaps what Salmon and the Republican Party are lacking is a social conscience and any sort of grasp of the state's political reality.
Democrats, on the other hand, have been advocating — as former Republican Gov. Richard Snelling did almost 20 years ago — temporary revenue increases that would be rescinded once the state's economy rebounded from the current recession, plus agreed to cuts amounting to $22 million in this past budget. That's working to reduce the budget crisis from both sides of the fiscal equation, which many economists suggest is mandatory.
Salmon also falls short on his pledge for frankness when he suggests that the state's high tax rate has been prompted by "poor management and lack of planning," a criticism that reflects as much on the past eight years of the Douglas administration as it does on the Democratic Legislature, and wrongly suggests that better management and planning is the panacea to the state's fiscal problems.
State Democrats would be right to worry that fiscal moderates are being shunned by the party if it were not for the fact that several of Salmon's concerns and suggestions were heeded, while others, quite frankly, were neither new or politically astute. Furthermore, in what is admittedly one of the toughest budget sessions in many years, it is understandable that the legislative process this year would be fraught with political angst.
Salmon's political leanings are also brought into focus by his admission that he voted for independent candidate Ross Perot, rather than endorsing President Bill Clinton in either 1992 or 1996. That news (and whether he supported George W. Bush in both terms) doesn't have a huge impact on state politics, though it serves as an indicator of political preference — and what is known is that Salmon has not been solidly in the Democratic camp for several years.
Salmon's move, then, can perhaps be interpreted most accurately within a political context.
Looking out on the Republican landscape, few statewide leaders are ready to fill the leadership vacuum that will be created when Gov. James Douglas steps out of the limelight, while the Democratic field is crowded with political hopefuls. If Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie runs for governor and loses (or if he decides not to run), Salmon would likely be the highest-ranking Republican in the state and would have the credentials to run as a non-partisan moderate.
That's just smart politics and certainly one way to leapfrog as a political contender to the state's top post.


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Gwen Stefani's Harajuku girls have been getting lots of lip service lately, and I have to say I am confused.
I like Gwen Stefani, she's alright. She is very stylish and has a nice voice and a really flat stomach. She is a rock star, and quite good at it. I am always impressed by her platinum hair and her incredibly organized steamer trunks. She keeps all her wristbands in separate zip-lock bags. I too have lots of nice things, but they are all getting moth eaten and mashed together in a pile on my closet floor. I could never understand the concept of a pair: of shoes, gloves, stockings, earrings, hearts, whatever. How can you possibly keep two separate and entirely whole things together in the crazy whirling world we live in? Anyway, Gwen manages to do it all with great panache.
Now she has 4 things all together, the Harajuku Girls. I want to like them, and I want to think they are great, but I am not sure if I can. I mean, racial stereotypes are really cute sometimes, and I don't want to bum everyone out by pointing out the minstrel show. I think it is totally acceptable to enjoy the Harajuku girls, because there are not that many other Asian people out there in the media really, so we have to take whatever we can get. Amos 'n Andy had lots of fans, didn't they? At least it is a measure of visibility, which is much better than invisibility. I am so sick of not existing, that I would settle for following any white person around with an umbrella just so I could say I was there.
It is weird being Asian American right now, because I don't exactly know what my place is. America is supposed to be for everyone, and people are supposed to treat me like I belong here, and yet you would never know that from watching tv or movies. I still get the questions about where I am really from. Then when I try to explain this feeling of invisibility to those whose every move and moment is entirely visible, they come back at me with, "Maybe Asian Americans don't want to be in entertainment!" Yes he really said that. I just screamed, because there was no other way I could answer without hitting him.
Even though to me, a Japanese schoolgirl uniform is kind of like blackface, I am just in acceptance over it, because something is better than nothing. An ugly picture is better than a blank space, and it means that one day, we will have another display at the Museum of Asian Invisibility, that groups of children will crowd around in disbelief, because once upon a time, we weren't there.


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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told global policymakers he sees no risk to inflation in the United States, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny said on Saturday.
Summing up presentations to an International Monetary Fund meeting, Nowotny told reporters Bernanke had given a "very optimistic" portrayal of the U.S. outlook.
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"They see absolutely no danger of an expansion in inflation," Nowotny said. Bernanke had said U.S. inflation should be 1.3 percent this year.
Fed forecasts put inflation by the end of this year in a range of 1.3 to 1.7 percent. In the 12 months through February, inflation was 1.3 percent.
(Reporting by Krista Hughes; Editing by Andrea Ricci)