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Larson Recommended
For Dean's Post
Approval Of School Board
Pending Until This Summer
Above: left, Miss Mildred Bisgrove and right, Mrs. June Benson
Six Take "A" Honors
For Winter Quarter
Dr. Clifford Larson, chariman of the department of Bible and
religious education, will be recommended for the office of college dean
by the school board at the June meeting of the conference.
Dr. Larson, a member of the
faculty for seven years, came to
Bethel from the Bible Institute of
Los Angeles where he had spent
three years as chairman of the
department of Christian education.
His undergraduate work was com-pleted
at the University of Red-lands
in 1936, and in 1940, he re-ceived
his B.D. degree at Eastern
Baptist Theological seminary, Phil-adelphia,
In January 1955, he received his
Ph.D. in philosophy from the Uni-versity
of Southern California.
The dean's office has been filled
temporarily by Dr. V. Elving An-derson
since January 1954, when
Dean C. Emmanuel Carlson resign-ed
to accept a position as director
of the Baptist Joint Committee on
Public Affairs, in Washington, D.C.
Pending Conference approval of
the Board's decision of March 7,
Dr. Larson will assume his official
capacities at the beginning of the
1956-57 year. However, he will as-sume
his duties sometime during
the summer. Dr. Larson will be in
complete charge of the academic
program and will act as chairman
of the faculty.
Ogren, Tierney Top
'56-57 Senate Slate
Glenn Ogren, junior, and Jack Tierney, sophomore, have been nom-inated
for the 1956-7 presidency of the Student Senate. Their names
head the slate of candidates for Senate offices, which was released by
a special nominating committee last Friday, for the March elections.
Nominees for the vice president's office are Marjory Peterson,
Linden 114a,,:n=k,:on, and John P..rg.
The slate for other Senate offices has not been completely drawn.
John Douhan and Dick Ottoson are candidates for the chairmanhip of
the religious council.
Selected to run for the office of treasurer are Paul Berg, Fred
Schindeler, and George Dvirnak; for the office of financial secretary,
Ed Brunzell, Nils Friberg, and Ed Erickson.
Candidates nominated, for the other secretarial positions include
Hope Seffens and Betty Mattson for recording secretary; Mary Lou
Reycraft and Ardith Rust for corresponding secretary; and Beverly
Voldseth, Marilyn Junker, and Gladys Johnson for religious council
The nominees will be presented to the student body at a combined
seminary-college chapel within the next week. At that time, nominations
will also be opened to the floor.
These candidates were selected by a nominating committee consist-ing
of Al Glenn and Glenn Ogren, president and vice-president of the
Student Senate respectively; Bud Lee, chairman of the religious council;
and Jack Tierney, Marge Peterson, and Linden Magnuson, representatives
at large.
Six students made the A
honor roll winter quarter, the
freshmen holding top place with
three staight "A'ers"—George
Dvirnak, Janet Lindquist and
Lynn Weaver. Juniors came next,
with two students, Marjory Peter-son
and Bill Conrad, while Bon-nie
Carlson represented the senior
On the "B-4-" honor roll, there
were six sophomores, six juniors,
three freshmen, and two seniors.
Twenty-one sophomores and 21
freshmen made the B honor
roll, while 13 juniors and seven
seniors placed on the B honor
Only those students who main-tained
an honor average while
carrying 12 or more credits are
Nineteen students scored B
plus honors by earning 2.50 grade
point average or higher: Willis
Adams, Marilyne Backlund, John
Cedar, Marlene Durscher, Al
Glenn, Robert Ham, Grace Jolly,
Linden Magnuson, Emily Mattson,
Allan Mesko, Gaynor Moline, John
Osborn, Beverly Otterness, Ardith
Rust, Fred Schindeler, June Spar-ling,
Winnifred Stanford, Vivian
Weekley, and Gerry Wilber.
Sixty-two Bethelites earned B
honors: Phyllis Anderson, Roger
Bear, Martha Beaty, Paul Berg,
Marjorie Block, Luther Bostrack,
Beverly Bowman, Audrey Buckley,
John Burbank, Phil Caldeen, Bev-erly
Carlson, J. Robert Carlson,
Marilyn Carlson, Robert Carlson,
Retha Creech, James Dinsmore,
Lorraine Eitel, Edwin Erickson,
Robert Fischer, Nils Friberg, Ken-neth
Fuller, J. Earl Grano, Jona-
Ithan Hammer, Wayne Hassell,
Joyce Hellickson, Betty Hendrick-son,
Allen Hubin, Arnold IntVeld,
Barbara E. Johnson, Lois John-son,
Margie Kling, Barbara Lin-der,
Marie Magnuson, Carol Mar-tinson,
Betty Mattson, R. Ripley
Moore, Fred Nordby, Mark Ny-berg,
Carolyn Nystrom, Ariel 0-
binger, Betty Ohlin, Merrille 0-
lander, Normagene Olinger,
Charles Paton, Glenn Pease, Lee-
Roy Peterson, Carol Petry, Robert
Reed, Bruce Richardson, Marilyn
Sharp; Duane Shelton, Mildred
Smith, Allan Stahnke, Suzanne
Starkey, Don Stolhammer, Joel
Stolte, C. Richard Swanson, Hen-ry
Swartz, Dwight Thompson,
Carol Turvey, Marlene Warden,
and George Wessman.
Given To 24
Ten Bethel students were recent-ly
awarded the High-School Vale-dictory
scholarship. It is awarded
to the highest girl and the highest
boy in a high school graduating
class. The scholarship pays one
half of the winter quarter tuition
and all of the spring quarter tui-tion.
This year's recipients are:
John C. Anderson, Nebraska; Geo-rge
Dvirnak, North Dakota; Mary
Fredrickson, Iowa; Margie Kling,
North Dakota; Janet Lindquist,
Minnesota; Richard Nelson, Min-nesota;
Mark Nyberg, Minnesota;
Evan Rogers, Michigan; David
Shold, Minnesota; and Suzanne
Starkey, Florida.
Baptist Leadership scholarships,
which pay for tuition for the spring
quarter are given to those who ful-fill
the following requirements: (1)
They must be in the top ten per-cent
of their high school graduat-ir4
class. (2) They must be it
member of a Baptist church and be
recommended by thei r pastor. (3)
For two previous quarters, they
must maintain a "B" average. This
year the scholarships go to: Phy-llis
Anderson, Minnesota; Robert
Ham, Minnesota; Lois Larson, Min-nesota;
Emily Mattson, Washing-ton;
Lynn Weaver, Illinois; and
Gerry Wilbur, Minnesota.
The Acquaintance Scholarship—
$50.00 toward the spring quarter—
is given to the first young person
from each Baptist church who at-tends
Bethel an dhas a "C" aver-age.
Recipients this year are: Lois
Bienhoff, Minnesota; Fran Hitchen,
California; Paul Hachmann, Iowa;
Donelda Hoover, North Dakota;
Ardith Rust, Iowa, and Shirley
Wall, California. F. Donald Bach-man
and Ronald Breckenridge,
Oaklawn, Illinois, will each receive
Four Sem
Earn All "A"
Four seminary students qualified
for top honors with straight A av-erages
during the winter quarter:
Charles C. Anderson, Norris A.
Magnuson, Gordon L. Olson, and
Richard H. Ottoson.
The B honor roll includes 33 sem-inary
students: Bert C. Anderson,
Marvin W. Anderson, Ivar H. Blom-berg,
Milton R. Christensen, David
L. Clark, J. Ben Cording, John Dou-han,
Carroll J. Erickson, Robert D.
Erickson, Calvin E. Fernlund, John
Hiben, Charles R. Hill, Arlene J.
Jensen, Bert Johnson, Gordon E.
Johnson, L. Ted Johnson, Ernest J.
Kratofil, Oscar (Bud) Lee, Harold
E. Lind, Arthur A. Lunow, Calvin
S. Merritt, Richard G. Moberg, E.
Robert Petersen, James W. Rabb,
Richard D. Reed, Joseph I. Sanders,
Lawrence H. Seiffert, Malcolm Van
Antwerp, Lawrence Van Heerden,
Richard Varberg, Oliver K. Vick,
John V. Wiberg, and James F. Wil-son.
The BWA formal banquet will be
held April 18 in the Bethel dining
hall. The banquet will be in honor
of the girls being graduated from
the junior and senior college. In-stallation
of the 1956-57 officers
will also take place. The tentative
theme of the banquet is Spring
Week Set
For April 9-13
In coordination with the career
festival to be held at St. Thomas
April 10-12, Bethel is planning a
similar emphasis on vocations
during the same week, with cha-pel
speakers talking on the sub-ject,
"What my vocation means
to me as a Christian."
Vocations Week, a newcomer to
Bethel's list of special weeks, is
intended to afford students an
acquaintance with various occu-pational
opportunities. During
three chapel services previous to
Vocations Week, Dr. Clifford Lar-son,
and Walfred Peterson will
present the historical approach to
the matter of vocational choice.
President Lundquist will con-clude
this series by synthesizing
the historical aspect and applying
it to our present day.
No evening sessions will be held
during Vocations Week due to the
Career Festival.
the CLARION
Vol. XXXIII—No. 14
Bethel College and Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Tuesday, March 20, 1956
The Junior-Senior banquet will
be Friday, May 11 announced the
Junior class recently. Committees
have been appointed to make fur-ther
plans for the banquet. Those
serving on committees are Wayne
McArthur, Fred Schindeler, Ar-dith
Rust, Ariel Obinger, and
Hartley Christenson.
Mrs. June S. Benson
To Sing Friday Evening
Mrs. June Stromgren Benson, instructor in voice, will be featured
as soprano soloist in a faculty recital on Friday evening, March 23 at
8:30 in the College chapel. Her accompaniest will be Miss Mildred Bis-grove,
assistant professor of music.
Divided into five groups the program ranges in tone from a Negro
spiritual to Mozart arias. Mrs. Benson will sing a grou pof sacred songs,
arias from operas by Mozart and Gounod, Swedish and German songs,
and a group of pieces by twentieth-century American composers.
The present school year is Mrs. Benson's first in teaching voice at
Bethel. She has tuaght previously at Gustavus Adolphus college and has
done solo and choir work in the Twin Cities.
This recital is the first of the faculty concerts presented annually
by the music department. Bertil Anderson, instructor in organ and
piano, has made tentative plans for an organ recital later this spring
at his church, which will be a part of the series.
by Dick Bibler
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Tuesday, March 20, 1956
Personality vs. Policy
The basic reason for any election is to choose a desirable program
from the alternatives offered. Personalities in elections should be played
down; elections are not popularity polls. If there is no basic policy dif-ference
between candidates, and personalities constitute the main issues,
there is no reason to have elections.
The Student Senate elections are to be held next week and as is
traditionally the case, the candidates will be elected on a strictly per-sonality
basis. What difference will it make who is elected ? None that
we can forsee, and the purpose of elections is to choose on the basis
of what will be done in the future.
There are two alternatives (outside of having the present meaning-less
elections ( ; either we can have a clear difference in the aims of the
candidates, or the Student Senate members should be appointed by
either the faculty or the administration, who can make the most valid
judgment of ability.
The difficulty in the first course is that opposition on issues is
suppressed on our campus. When the Clarion asked for a list of chapel
speakers to be posted so that students could make their decisions on
chapel attendance more intelligently, the students were told that they
were expected to attend chapel, and that was the end of the matter. No
one asked, "How do not having to go to chapel, and being expected to
be there reconciled with each other ?" Either chapel attendance is
compulsory col' it isn't.
Of course, appointing the members of the Student Senate would
not be democratic, but why make the Senate political if there is no
difference in the aim of the candidates ? Wouldn't it be more sensible
to make some type of a "civil service" out of it?
Our Versatile
Ranging from "flop dogs" to
Homer's "Odyssey," the book store
is doing a varied and rather valu-able
business these days.
Surprisingly enough, not a book,
but the rubber Pluto dog has been
one of the most popular items. In
fact, the book store has already
sold ten dozen "Plutos." Also ra-ther
surprising is the fact that the
sale of Bethel clothing (jackets,
sweat shirts, etc.) has been rather
slow. Lawrence Van Heerden, mgr.,
tends to explain the reason for this
as the shortage of school spirit.
Pocket books are the most popu-lar
reading matter, ranging from
a very light vein (humor and cow-boys)
to cultural topics and to
highly technical matters. The Pen-guin
books and the "College Out-lines,"
on the other hand, seem to
be the least popular, "probably,"
humorously commented Mr. Van
Heerden, "because they don't have
pretty covers!" During the last
three weeks, During the last three
weeks, 300 new pocket books have
been placed on the shelves with
varied attractive titles.
by Allen Mesko
It was very early on Sunday, October 30 of this year, that I stood
by the window of my house and watched the snowflakes fall. I remem-bered
that far away, deep in the heart of Europe, I knew the pleasures
of the winter as a child.
I shall never forget when my grandfather, a man five times greater
in stature in those days, walked with me through the parks on the 24th
of December of every year. The twigs were almost invisible, and the
deep, crisp, and yet fluffy snow, crunched under our feet. Those evenings
he and I would be outside in the middle of the beauties of our God until
the Christmas gifts were "all set" at home, and there the family would
be ready to receive us as gladly as though we were the lost warriors.
Those days, in late winter, were filled with skiing and hockey. The
flooded playground was cherished by all and we held it dear to our
hearts. The splendid Alpine beauty further enhanced my experiences
of wintertime.
Our experiences vary, but our heart is united in Christ. As we go
about the seeing creation of God, may we see Him! These busy days
absorbed in the rapidly changing, very dynamic technology of our day
we find it difficult to pause. (For one thing, it's too cold outside.) It
will be easier for us to see the lilies of the spring in blooming nature
and consider how they neither toil nor do they spin, than it is to see
the beauty of our Lord now. But in the middle of these "cold and mis-erable—
driving days" we could see the wonderwork of God, if we only
The crystaline form of the snowflake is masterpiece. The sparrows
can now be seen so dependent on our wonderful Lord Jesus who pro-vides
for them all. At times our local squirrels come out too: just to
get a peek at all this beauty. The spruces, pines, and all the evergreens
are sleeping so restfully like tiny babies: in their heavenly Father's
bosom. Here is where we get just a small peek at th emiraculous per-sonality
of Jesus, who has it all in the palm of His hand! Yes, as I said
before, if we only pause . . .
Thoughts On Sociability
by Junetta Best
If Bethel isn't social we all know that the fault is in the student
body whether we admit it or not. This matter of sociability might be
observed from several different angles. For instance the impression
that outsiders gain from the girl-fellow relationships on campus, and
the mingling of fellows and girls in general as they appear in public
areas on campus could probably stand some discourse, but let's think a
bit about social affairs as a unit and the effects they produce on campus.
How many times in the last few months have you heard this state-ment,
"I wish Bethel would have more activities." It seems to be a
pretty familiar phrase in my thinking and there is just one thing wrong
with it on the surface. Practically all the kids who have made statements
like this are the ones who stay at home when something is going on and
wonder why life is so dull and unexciting.
Perhaps we do need more activities. I cannot determine that, but it
seems that generally there is sufficient social life here. Occasionally it's
refreshing to take part in some activity off campus, whether it is
sports, art, music, or something else, but surely, there are no attempts
to make students go elsewhere for social life.
I believe that one aid to the social conditions on campus would be a
student recreation center where recreational facilities would be avail-able
at any time. It seems that there is a strain on the part of the girls
(whether or not this is collegiate, I am uncertain) in making use of the
recreation facilities provided in the boy's dorm.
For the student body, a social council is maintained for the social
needs on campus. Any gripes should be aimed their direction rather than
voiced before those who are unable to help you, or before those who
might gain uncertain impressions as to our campus activities.
These are strictly personal opinions.
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To BETHEL Students and Facul-ty:
Thank you for the flowers, the
cards, the leters, and the visits
during my stay in Midway hos-pital.
Thank you most of all for
your prayers.
Effie V. Nelson
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White Topper of Emory and Henry
College has given a few hints on
"How to Pass a Course Without
Laugh at the professor's jokes.
This is practically S.O.P. for stu-dents,
and the art of laughing at
old jokes should be a pre-requi-site
to college courses. Instruc-tions
for the best laughing tech-niques
A. Pretend not to catch on at
B. Look thoughtful for a mo-ment.
C. Break into a healthy chuckle,
followed by a loud guffaw if you
deem it necessary.
If you must nap in class, do not
do it behind an open textbook, as
this strategy is too old and too
often used. Instead use paper eyes
which are available for this pur-pose
and which can be stuck on
closed eyelids, giving a lifelike
semblance of wakefulness.
Memoirs Made of This
by Bill MacKinney
Someone once said, "People are funnier than anybody." At the
end of our twelve day tour, covering some 2,000 miles, all of the 45
people aboard the slick Zephyr Lines bus could utter a chuckling amen.
I frankly never fully realized the truth in this statement, but now after
spending 12 days in close contact with 44 other characters I can agree.
Our day would usually begin with a squealing of brakes and we
screeched to a halt before the church. Our hostess had hurriedly pre-pared
a delicious breakfast and rushed us down to the church. With the
cry "fines begin at 7:45" still ringing in our ears, we glance at our
watches anxiously as we add our suitcases to the mountain of luggage
next to our gleaming bus. Near the door stands the fine lady (Bev
Carlson) with her attendance book and outstretched palm. Beside her
'could be found Jim (Fat Boy), Hansen eagerly waiting the clink of
the quarter into the party fund bank. As the last stragglers deposited
their quarters, inquiries were being made as to how the various mem-bers
fared overnight. Comments would range from, "I stayed with my
aunt" to ". . . and then they introduced us to their daughter."
Of course there were squeals of
delight at mail call especialy from
the two Marilyns aboard. Once we
got underway, there was our half
hour of spiritual refreshment which
always was a blessing. Following
our quiet hour, Emery Holzworth
could usually be heard singing,
"when it's lamp lighting time in
the valley." LaRue Lindquist usu-ally
accompanied on his slightly
battered $1.49 uke, which Grace
Jolly accidentally sat on. Following
an emergency operation by nurse
Coreen Berry, it was again declared
usable, although Grace was pre-pared
to perform the last rites at
any moment. Lil Boyer contentedly
munched on a brownie while Tom
Young and Sandy Myrberg swap-ped
hillbilly stories. Once while
sitting in back of the driver Sandy
was heard to remark "Wow, I sure
wish I had one of those reflecting
glasses so's I could watch the
kids." Tom retorted, "Man what
you need is one of those rear-view
Once Ruthie Westfall delightful-ly
took a huge bite of a brownie
that Don Stipe had frosted with
creamy looking Barbasol. Poor Don
ended up all in a lather. All I have
to say is, "Wow, what a wing on
that chicken."
The Dirty Bird Pizza Clubber's
were the chief sack hounds at the
rear of the bus. Their usual cry
was, "Oh, look, a pizza place. Let's
eat right here."
The day was usually spent in
boisterous singing, the playing of
various games enjoying good
wholesome fellowship or just plain
sacking out. However, Lil Boyer
discovered a new pastime and was
unanimously elected "Chief Snack
When we reached our destination
the usual names would be called
out to fulfill the same old usual
tasks—risers, robe cases, and lug-gage.
After the moans and groans
and then the grunts and groans
subsided we were usually free for
a few minutes before supper. War-ren
"Doc" Nelson could then be
found writing out postcards to all
the fans on his bus route. Almost
without exception, the evening
meals were fabulous. The extra
pounds gained by most of the choir
members reveals how excellently
we fared.
Equally fabulous were the con-certs
(pardon the prejudice). At
least we had a great time singing
even if all the people didn't enjoy
it. The half hour devotional be-fore
every concert, coupled with the
great spiritual life received while
singing the praises of God, caused
us all to grow spiritually.
Some awfully funny things did
happen during the concerts. Aldie
Moberg fell flat on his face while
walking off the risers at Detroit
Bible insitute—he declared he'd
never fall again for that attractive
girl in the front row. Then there
was the time the basses and tenors
got out of formation and Don Stipe
ended up on the back row trying
to peer around Gordie McCrostie.
Or the time Al Mesko's pitch pipe
sounded like the lead in the "Har-monicats"
trio. Baby-faced Stipe
brought down the house the time he
crawled into a crib in the nursery
during intermission only to have
it collapse. After the first Chicago
concert Ron Eckert and Bill Mac-
Kinney were nominated as "The
Bethel Cut-ups," since they both
ended up in stitches.
Taking all into consideration—
the fellowship on the bus, the hos-pitality
showered on us, the con-certs
themselves, and the abiding
spiritual high tone—I think I speak
for the whole choir saying, "It was
an unforgettable time."
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Returning lettermen Jack Tierney, Ed Brunzell and Dale Larson discuss
coming season.
Dave's Strands
Anyone entering the gym during the last few days has wondered
if he were entering a game of dodge ball or a target range. The track
and baseball teams, along with the tennis team, on certain days, have all
been working out at once. So on Tuesday and Thursday you dodge tennis
ball and the rest of the time it is baseballs. This seems to be a good way
to cut down on the population of the track team. A new practice schedule
has been worked out which should relieve the situation.
Prospects seem to be good that this year's Royal diamond men
will have a strong infield, along wtih some increased hitting power.
Anyone interested in reporting out for any of the spring sports
is urged to contact Del Ray Peterson at once. There is still room for
a few more fellows on any of the teams that you might choose.
After watching practice at the fieldhouse for the past few days it
seems fitting to commend the fellows that are making Bethel's athletic
program as much as it is. They are handicapped by several things. The
slough which is developing in the middle of the campus seems to be
the ideal place for a group of fellows to hold their practice sessions.
There have been some improvements made such as the fieldhouse and
the tennis courts, but there is still a lot of ground to be covered.
There is a badminton tournament being planned along with a four-horse
tournament. Those interested may sign up on the provided
blanks in the coffee shop.
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ois, fighting back tied the score
and went ahead with four straight
baskets. East retaliated to tie the
game at 10 all. With about eight
minutes remaining in the first half
and the score and the score tied,
Illinois began playing a modified
press on defense and a fast break
on offense. From that point on
East was run off the floor. Illinois
scored six times before East could
score again and the score at half-time
showed Illinois ahead 24-14.
With MacFadyen having four
fouls called on him in the first half
and Kibby picking up his fourth
in the second half, East was forced
to play cautiously. The fast break-ing
Illinois team taking full ad-vantage,
proved too much for East,
piling up as much as a 15 point
lead at times and eventually down-ing
them 38-28.
Dick Andre, top scorer for Illin-ois
with 14 points, displayed good
defensive work and rebounding
while George Visel, massive center
for Illinois threw in 13 points to
aid the victory. For the losing
East, MacFadyen led the squad
with 10 points and Kibby was close
behind with nine points.
In the preliminary game the
third place Plains defeated fourth
place Minnesota 45-32. Leading at
halftime 19-18, the Plains rolled
into action and Jack Anderson and
Norris Magnuson scored 39 of the
45 points. Anderson scored 20 and
Magnuson 19.
Tomorrow night at 8 p.m., Bethel
will close out its basketball events
with an intramural four-horse
Final Standings
*Illinois "B" 6 1
*East 6 1
Plains 5 2
Minnesota 4 3
Twin Cities 3 4
West 3 4
Mich. and Wis. 1 6
Illinois "A" 0 7
'East lost to Ill. "B" in play-off
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Illinois Blasts East Baseball Prospects
Hopeful This Year
Coach Lundin's diamond men
began workouts during the past
week in preparation for their 1956
The men have been working on
fundamentals during their prac-tice
sessions. The limited space
a*oliibits any batting practice,
but bunting, throwing, and other
fundamentals have been drilled
This year's nine will be streng-thened
by eight returning letter-men.
Those of last year's crew
include: Dale Larson, Ed Brun-zell,
John Berg, Jack Tierney,
Dean Baurle, Al Stahnke, Bob
Singleton and Wes Larson. Bring
the squad to its present count of
thirteen members are five new-comers:
Mark Nyberg, Art Erick-son,
Jack Kibby, Ken Albright,
and Joel Stolte.
Hopes for a winning season
this year are high. The squad
last year compiled a four win and
six loss record.
At the present time the sched-ules
are not definitely set up, but
will probably include much the
same opponents faced by last
year's crew such as Concordia,
and Bethany.
Kibby, Albright
Strengthen Squad
This year's baseball team will
be bolstered by two freshmen in
the persons of Jack Kibby and Ken
Hailing from Evergreen Park,
Illinois is Ken Albright, six foot
freshman. Ken's services will be
mostly in the infield at third and
possibly at second. He may also
do some pitching. Along with base-ball,
Ken received his award in
Another freshman, Jack Kibby,
looks like a good prospect for
either first or behind the plate.
Jack has a sure eye on the ball
and has had considerable exper-ience
on the diamond. He will pro-bably
play first this year, since
Brunzell is a fixture behind the
These two boys along with Mark
Nyberg, Art Erickson, and Joe
Stolte add to the Royal hopes of a
winning season.
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It was a different story Satur-day
morning as Illinois "B" re-venged
a previous defeat by East
to win the Intramural Champion-ship
in a playoff game in the field-house.
Both squads had six wins
and one loss over the current sea-son;
East's defeat coming at the
hands of the Plains.
Towering East, with four of their
men over six feet, jumped into the
lead and held an 8-2 margin. Illin-
Healy's Tracksters
a:,,01 Season's Work
The Bethel cindermen began
their workouts on March 6, 1956,
under the direction of coach Ger-ald
The turnout for this year's
track squad has been small so far.
To date about seven men have
reported for workouts. The team
has been going through their
routine conditioning work.
The list of fellows reporting
out so far includes: Ray Geiger,
Beryl Munson, Gene Smith, Dick
Bogue, Don Bachman, and Jim
Reinholdt and Glen Ogren.
Last year's squad placed in
two meets. They gained a tie with
Concordia for first in the quad-rangular
meet and a third place
in a triangular meet with Duluth
and Hamline.
Golf, Tennis Squads
Begin '56 Workouts
The gold and tennis squads un-der
the coaching of Del Ray Pe-terson
began their practice ses-sions
this week.
This year's Royal tennis squad
will be bolstered by three return-ing
lettermen in the persons of
Al Mesko, Bob Fischer and Henry
Peterson. These men helped last
year's crew to compile a five win,
two loss and one tie record. New-comers
reporting out this week
include: Bob Shields, Evan Ro-gers,
Ken Fuller, Willard Lath-rup
and Terry Bottenfield.
The golf team will be backed
by three lettermen in the persons
of Bill Conrad, George Visel and
Bill Larson. The squad of last
year won four and lost three and
tied one. Bob Hames and Terry
Bottenfield also reported out to
round out the squad.
Como and Snelling Ayes.
Monday-1 p.m. till 6 p.m.
Tues. - Sat.-8 a.m. till 6 p,m,
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MIdway 6-2034
Student Views On
Teaching Surveyed
A survey of student opinion of
classroom teaching will be con-ducted
this spring by Dr. Clifford
Larson, chairman of the education-al
Questionaires will be distibuted
in which students will be given
the opportunity of rating and e-valuating
their courses and in-structors.
This is one of many
things being done to raise our
teaching and curriculum standards
to higher levels.
Spire Due In
Early May
Editor Marjory Peterson annou-nces
that if all goes as planned,
the Spire will be ready for the
students the first week in May.
This is the earliest date ever set
for the return of the completed
The last sixteen pages were mail-ed
to the printer last Friday, and
much of the proof for the book has
already been returned.
Outdoor Night Pix
to be Discussed
at Camera Club
"Taking Pictures Outdoors at
Night" will be the topic of dis-cussion
at the Camera club meet-ing
tonight at 7 in room 204 of the
college building. Practical sugges-tions
will be given for taking ex-posures.
The lecture will be illus-trated
with Eastman Kodak slides.
Those not in Camera club who
are interested are invited to attend
the meeting.
The library now has copies of
the bi-weekly National Skiing
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Tuesday, March 20, 1956
Three Appointed To
Campus Positions
Religious Council Financial Sec'y
Betty, Marge Bring
Home Debate Honors
Elaine Lundstedt and Lois Lar-son
have been named official
members of the religious council,
to replace former members Jim
Almeroth and Marilyn Ogren, who
are not atending Bethel this quar-ter.
Earlier this year, Elaine and
Lois as well as other freshmen
were appointed to sit in on var-ious
councils in order to gain
experience and become acquainted
with council work.
Bethel Represented
At Concordia Conf.
Bill Conrad and Howie Rekstad
were appointed by the Student Sen-ate
to represent Bethel at the in-ternational
student relations sem-inar,
held this last week-end at
Concordia college in Moorhead,
Representatives from approxi-mately
90% of the colleges in the
Minnesota-Dakota region, as well
as foreign students, attended the
seminary with the purpose of dis-cussing
the problems that foreign
students encounter, and how we can
help them.
The event was sponsored by the
National Student's association.
Swim To Be
An all school swimming party
is being sponsored by the social
council Saturday from 8:30 p.m.
to 10:30 p.m. at the St. Paul
YMCA. There is no rental ser-ice,
so students should bring
their own bathing suits and to-wels.
Students will also be al-lowed
to use the recreation room
for games and ping pong.
There will be room for only
100 students. Transportation ser-vice
will leave the girls dormitory
at 8 o'clock. Tickets are 50c.
Fred Nordby has recently been
appointed financial secretary of
the Student Senate, to replace
Lowell Gardner who has resgned.
In adition to assisting the trea-surer
of the Senate, his duties
will include taking charge of the
weekly missionary offerings.
This appointment also makes
Fred an automatic member of the
religious council.
NSA To Meet
At U. April 7
A regional meeting of the Na-tional
Student Association will
be held April 7 at the University
of Minnesota, with Hope Seffens,
Lois Larson, Al Glenn, Dick
Swanson, and Glenn Ogren repre-senting
Discussions concerning the
problems accompanying increased
enrollment wil be a main feature
of the program.
Wed. Prayer Fellowship
Begun, to Continue Weekly
This year's first all-campus
prayer fellowship was held last
Wednesday evening, in the semin-ary
chapel from 7 to 8:00 p.m. The
students gathered for one main
purpose: prayer.
Future meetings include many in-teresting
and varied programs to
be conducted by various college
and seminary students. These
weekly programs will include short
devotionals, group singing, special
music, testimonies, student speak-ers,
and above all a time of prayer,
either as an entire group or in
smaller divisions.
These weekly prayer fellowships
provide opportunity for all the
smaller prayer group on campus
tounite with the student body for
Tickets go on sale today for the
International Smorgasbord dinner
Saturday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in
the dining hall.
Dishes originating in such coun-tries
as Hawaii, India, Korea, Japan
and South America will be served
at this Swedish-type banquet.
The program of the evening will
fature speakers on Mohammedan-ism,
Hinduism, and Buddhism, who
are members of those respective
religious groups. Sponsored by the
Foreign Missions Fellowship the
occasion aims mainly at helping
prospective missionaries (and
others interested) became acquain-'
ted with some of the main religious
bodies in the world.
Approximately 100 tickets are
available. They may be obtained at
$.75 per person from Bryan Harris
or Gordon Becker.
Formed, PMA
Seeks Approval
The Pre-Ministerial Student as-sociation
met last night at 8 o'clock
in room B3 of the seminary build-ing.
A tentative constitution was
presented and voted on. The assoc-iation
has applied to the Student
Senate for acceptance.
Speaker of the evening was the
Rev. Maurice Lawson, pastor of
Olivet Baptist Church and assistant
professor of English here; his topic
was "Problems of a Pastor."
Marjory Peterson and Betty
Mattson won three out of their
four debates in a unique tourn-ament
at the University of Wis-consin,
at Madison, March 9, 10.
Betty brought home honors in dis-cussion
also, placing sixth among
approximately fifty participants.
The other debaters attending,
along with coach Lee Kingsley,
were Chuck Paton and Donn Goss,
They scored one win in this
tournament in which periods of
cross-examination were sustitut-ed
for rebuttals in two of the
The Madison tournament is an
invitational sponsored annually by
the Delta Sigma Rho debating soc-ciety.
Debaters from approximately
25 colleges and universities from
the midwest and great Lakes area
participated in the two days of
speech activities. Besides debate,
there were divisions for oration,
discussion, and radio announcing.
High spot in the remainder of
the season for Bethel debaters
is the Minnesota state tourna-ment,
which is scheduled for
March 15.
Pres. Lundquist
Covers Continent
President Lundquist's spring
quarter speaking engagements are
taking him from one end of the
continent to the other. He returned
yesterday from a week in Florida
In Florida the President spoke
at the annual Bible Conference of
the Calvary Baptist Church of Bra-denton,
and at Youth for Christ in
The Alaska agenda includes a
speaking engagement at Carl
"Cully" Olson's church in Spenard.
Also included is a "Joint Crusade
Booster Rally" in connection with
Youth for Christ.
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Cisco's Cloud Verse, VCE and EANTC Cloud Mega Test
Tom Chatham is a Principal vArchitect with VCE Corporate Engineering responsible for delivering VCE solutions, customer solution testing, technical marketing events and evangelizing private cloud. 16 years of experience in the industry, most of that time spent focused on storage, virtualization and unified computing. Including extensive network infrastructure, systems architecture and business continuity.
Tom is at EMC World in Las Vegas these days and on Twitter @tchatham – Check booths 410 or 515 .
I asked Tom to share his experience and point of view on the EANTC Cloud Mega Test – here is what he sent me
"Over the past four to five months, there has been significant buzz about VCE's role in the EANTC Cloud Mega Test. I was lucky enough to be a part of the test team, and I wanted to share some of my experiences in working on this fantastic project with EANTC and Cisco.
It started with a bang, of course. Back in late January, Light Reading published their first report on the testing EANTC had done of Cisco's CloudVerse architecture. I was at Cisco Live London where details of the test were first shared and members of the CloudVerse team were in attendance to share the results. Over the next couple of months, EANTC followed that up with other reports in the series. All in all, they covered the Cisco Unified Data Center that is the foundation for cloud services, Cloud Intelligent Networks, Cloud Applications & Services, and Long-haul Optical Transport used in delivering cloud-based services. Of course, I wasn't involved in all of that.
As with all of the Mega Test programs (the Mobile Mega Test and Medianet Mega Test being the ones that Light Reading conducted previously), these programs are a big deal. Cisco spends millions of dollars – literally – on lab infrastructure, engineers and communications for each one of these tests. Light Reading has EANTC come in to provide independent, objective oversight and testing. And when the report comes out, there is a lot of buzz in the industry on exactly what went on. It's not every day we get to play in a multi-million dollar sandbox! I was one of several dozen people from Cisco, VMware, VCE, EMC and Ixia working on this project.
As the buzz about the test bounced around in the industry, a sidebar conversation emerged about VCE's involvement in the test. As you may know from social media, I'm a Principal vArchitect with VCE Corporate Engineering. Essentially, my job is to make sure that customers get the most out of VCE's technology – VblockTM Systems. The Vblock system is pre-engineered, pre-tested converged infrastructure that combines Cisco's computing and networking equipment, EMC's storage equipment, and virtualization from VMware. VCE itself operates as a joint venture between Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel.
One of the things that was missed in the excitement over the test results themselves was the fact that the Vblock system played a big part in the Cloud Mega Test.
Of course, the test wasn't intended to examine just the Vblock system. The Mega Tests have always been about putting together all of the moving parts necessary for Service Providers to deliver a specific service to their subscriber base. This Mega Test focused on the cloud, so the data center, the network, the applications, and the transport were all part of the test. Still, Cisco needed *something* to act as the data center infrastructure… and what easier way to quickly implement a data center than rolling in a big Vblock Series 700?
I was fortunate enough to be one of the people who got to help Cisco with this. With the timeline for the tests being as tight as they were, everyone at Cisco wanted to bring in large chunks of technology that they knew would "just work." They didn't want to spend time piecing together all of the components and worrying if a firmware rev. on some element somewhere would unexpectedly wreak havoc at the worst time. This is exactly the problem that the Vblock system solves.
The system we used for the Cloud Mega Test was a Vblock Series 700 MX which was an ideal choice because in any test setup there is a massive amount of work to do in a short period of time. Cisco, VCE and EMC lent experts in each of the technologies being tested. Being able to roll in an operational computing platform, already running ESXi, with Storage presented and Nexus 1000v configured greatly reduced initial setup time. In fact a lot of the Light Reading content focuses on the solution and not on the Vblock system since it has become a foundational element. Choosing a Vblock Series 700 MX (VMAX based) instead of a 300 (VNX based) came down to the fact that VMAX provides a scalability factor that VNX can't match. I'm In this case, the VMAX was a better choice because it offers up to eight engines with more cache, fiber channel connectivity and flat out IO paths than the VNX. VCE has service providers that use both VMAX and VNX depending on the business model they are trying to support. VMAX typically fits most of their requirements especially with the recently announced VMAX SP (VMAX Service Provider). VMAX SP will provide APIs and pre-defined architecture that that fits into a SPs business model.
VCE has spent a lot of time developing a multi-tenant solution architecture for Vblock systems; I was close to this effort last year and continue to support it from time to time. Cisco's Cloud Mega Test and VCE's secure multitenant solution provides guidelines for tenant isolation, compliance, governance, auditing, security, logging, QoS and a framework allowing the customer to choose which pieces they want to implement. One of VCE's core values is allowing partners to integrate with our platform giving our customers choice over which products they want to use.
The best part about using Vblock systems for this effort is that we build them in the factory. Our professional services organization is a well oiled machine, able to take the logical config document we created during our planning discussions and apply it to the hardware components. With vCenter and ESXi installed onto all the blades with storage and Nexus 1000v fully configured, all we do is roll the cabinets into the data center and connect power and network. Integration into the Cloud Mega Test was a breeze. This allowed our team to focus on building the test virtual machines, vCloud Director environment and vCloud Connector implementation. When marketing asked me to comment on the Vblock system setup for the Cloud Mega Test I initially thought that I didn't have to do much with the hardware since everything I did was with the VMware stack. This is clearly why VCE is succeeding is the market. We have architected the platform to serve up virtualized workloads and it excels. I know this sounds like fluff but many of us have spent years as partners delivering solutions where the vendor is trying to solve business problems with a bill of materials. Having to be the person to take a truck load of goods and turn it into a functional solution is time-consuming and nerve racking. It has been nice to be involved with projects such as the Cloud Mega Test where we get to focus further up the stack. I have to admit that I didn't modify the VMAX configuration during the setup; I did however fix a problem with another vendor's storage system.
The VMAX storage array performed exactly as expected, which was a good thing but not that exciting of a story for readers. I think the take away here is that EMC VMAX offers the most horsepower when it comes to storage – up to 2400 drives, 128 fiber channel ports, 1TB of cache across eight engines. Most storage arrays sold have two storage processors, less cache and a handful of fiber channel ports. There is no better way to provide storage to a mixed workload in a multi-tenant environment. With respect to servers, we've moved from rack mount and old school blade chassis to fabric interconnects, converged 10gb Ethernet, and converged network adapters (Ethernet/Fiber Channel) configurable as 2 to 128 virtual interfaces. VCE employs structured architecture and validated support matrix with a dedicated support organization. Today, up to eight UCS chassis are supported in a Vblock system which means up to 64 blades can be managed through one interface.
Many of the Cisco engineers on the Mega Test project were involved with the Vblock system before VCE was formed and Vblock became a product. I have been with VCE for a year and a half, and probably another 6 months prior to that, Cisco built one of the very first Vblock systems in RTP. A lot of fantastic stuff comes from these marketing efforts. Watch closely as much of the CloudVerse Mega Test turns into products from Cisco, VCE or your favorite Service Provider.
Being part of the EANTC Cloud Mega Test was a great experience. Not only did I get to work with a lot of high-end technology, but I worked with a bunch of amazing people too. The folks at EANTC are incredibly bright, and they didn't cut Cisco any slack on the test plan. The Cisco folks were super, too. It's amazing just how broad a solution portfolio they have at Cisco. They have literally everything that they need to build a public cloud infrastructure.
The best part was that this whole experience confirmed for me just how valuable the Vblock system can be for our customers. Without the pre-testing and validation that we do here at VCE, there is no way we would have been able to pull off this test plan. I would probably still be in the Cisco labs, tweaking some setting somewhere to work out just one more kink. But the Vblock system came through with flying colors in a really rigorous environment.
I'm really hoping that Cisco does more of these Mega Test programs, because I'd love to do it again. If you happen to be at EMC World this week, swing by booth 410 or 515. I'd be happy to chat about the test further. Leave comments below and suggest what you might want to see tested next. Perhaps they'll take our suggestions… who knows!
BTW, if you want to read the official reports, you can find them here:
Best, Tom "
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The budget deal that ended the state government shutdown is also single-handedly reigniting what will be at least a 16-month, rough-and-tumble rematch in the bitter partisan battle over taxing and spending.
Far from providing a clear win, the deal seems only to have sharpened determination for victory in the 2012 elections, when Minnesota voters will be called on to tip the balance either to the DFL governor, or to the GOP-led Legislature.
"I'm not going to give up on this," Gov. Mark Dayton said of the tax increase proposal he campaigned on but was forced to withdraw. "I'm going to come back, if not next year, the year following," he said. "I'll advocate for it, campaign for it, press for it for as long as I'm drawing breath."
House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, says he is ready to start doorknocking now on what he considers the bottom line of the budget deal.
"We didn't raise taxes," he said flatly. "There are far more people who get the joke now. It's not about taxing rich people, it's about taxing small-business owners. ... That's not where a vast majority of Minnesotans are."
Before the state could even reopen totally, the brawling had spilled out of the Capitol and over to coffee shops, kitchen tables and partisan blogs.
"Republicans won a history-making victory," declared the Anoka County Watchdog, a blog published by Harold Hamilton, a conservative Fridley businessman. Republican legislators, he said, had stood firm during the shutdown, even though "they were harassed and pressured by the legions of special interests who feed at the government trough" and had "turned back a liberal governor's agenda."
Democrats have started gearing up, with detailed lists of what the latest round of borrowing will do to schools, cities, counties.
Sam McCullough, a political director for the Alliance for a Better Minnesota, said Republicans will have a difficult time defending a budget plan that relies heavily on borrowing and bonding to erase the state's $5 billion deficit.
"For Republicans to run on that and claim fiscal responsibility here, I think, will be a difficult message to sell voters in 2012," said McCullough, whose liberal group includes Alida Messinger, Dayton's former wife, as a financial backer.
More reforms
Rep. Joyce Peppin, R-Rogers, who chairs the House Government Operations and Elections Committee, says she, too, will be back to fight for changes. "Reforms are important," she said. "If they don't pass this year, I think we need to continue to look for ways to reform the state -- state government and education."
Fundamentally, she said, "I think we have an unsustainable budget."
Pat Anderson, a member of the Republican National Committee and a former state auditor, said that with both sides battle-scarred, next year could bring genuine compromise on badly needed tax reforms.
"The thought is that, you know, this will just deteriorate," Anderson said. "[But] I think you could see almost the opposite. They [already] dealt with the budget."
The two sides have already proved they can work together. Early in the session, Dayton and Republicans quickly agreed to streamlined permitting and regulation processes that would speed up business expansions, and they worked together on various education reforms.
At Dayton's recent meeting with school officials in St. Cloud, Sen. David Brown, R-Becker, offered Dayton some rare praise.
"Governor Dayton, one of your proposals was closing [corporate tax] loopholes," said Brown, one of the influential freshmen who helped Republicans move into the Senate majority. "I'm with you on that, Governor." The crowd applauded.
Scoring points
But the real battles will come over the size and scope of government -- a debate Democrats and Republicans have waged for years and which now has taken on the dimensions of a moral crusade.
"I am not going to persuade them, and they are not going to persuade me," Dayton said. "I tried my utmost for six months to convince them, and they had a united stone wall."
While there were plenty of political handicappers saying the Republicans won this round -- Anderson said they "got a good deal" -- there were others, even Republicans, who acknowledged that Dayton may have scored major points.
"I think Dayton gets an important victory because he looks pragmatic," said Dan Hofrenning, a political science professor at St. Olaf College.
"He looks as if he was the one who solved this. It makes him, I think, look a little bit more like an executive."
Dayton said he saw the landscape change in the two weeks after the shutdown began. Republicans, he said, would have held out forever, regardless of the consequences to the state.
"It was becoming a test of political egos as well as ideology," Dayton said. "That was becoming destructive for Minnesota. ... Someone had to take the initiative to break that stalemate. I did so. I consider that my responsibility."
Hofrenning and others said the political losers may wind up being more liberal DFLers who wanted Dayton to hold firm, along with more conservative Republicans disappointed that Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch and Speaker Zellers did not stand fast.
But Gregg Peppin, a Republican political consultant who helped shepherd more than 50 House and Senate races in 2010, said the next 16 months will create as-yet-unseen opportunities -- for both sides.
"There's so much game [still] to play here," he said. "There's so much yet to happen."
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While not eating meat may sound borderline traumatic to many, some local carnivores have taken a pledge to say goodbye to meat for 31 days. Sponsored by The Girls Gone Green, No Meat March is celebrating its third year in Northeast Florida.
Start your day with a freshly roasted coffee from Sipper's Coffeehouse (7643 Gate Parkway, Southside), which serves dairy-free alternatives to add to your java. The homemade chai and sugar-free chai are heavenly blended with creamy soy.
A drool-worthy brunch can be found at any of the area FirstWatch The Daytime Café locations (13470 Beach Blvd., at Hodges Boulevard; 11111 San Jose Blvd., Ste. 14, Mandarin; 5444 Marsh Landing Parkway, Ste. 4, Jacksonville Beach). Try the fresh fruit crêpes topped with low-fat organic strawberry yogurt and a dash of cinnamon and sugar. They're served with homemade granola and the baked muffin of the day. FirstWatch's omelets are made with cage-free eggs. The C'est la vie with roasted zucchini, onions, tomatoes and herbed goat cheese is a favorite.
For a lunch less than $10 and several veg options daily, head to Chomp Chomp (106 E. Adams St., Downtown). The tofu and pickled veggie bahn mi with a side of salad or thin-cut crispy curry potato chips are just what the doctor ordered. Or try the TMB — no bacon here — TMB stands for tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil. You can swap tofu for chicken or pork when you choose the curry of the day. One caveat – Chomp Chomp is closed Saturday through Monday for lunch.
Chamblin's Uptown (215 N. Laura St., Downtown) offers delicious veg hot soups and wrapped specialties. They have two veggie wraps, a curry tempeh wrap and other specials that grace the chalkboard menu from time to time like vegan chili, Tofurkey and Swiss on a tomato basil wrap and VGBLT (lettuce and tomato with avocado and tempeh bacon).
Ethnic restaurants are no-brainers for meat-free options. Thai (tofu pad Thai and any noodle and rice dish can be made without meat), Mediterranean, Vietnamese, Italian, Chinese and Indian spots across town are safe bets.
For a vegtastic lunch on the go, many area food trucks serve delectable meatless options. Corner Taco has tempeh tacos and asparagus tacos on freshly made corn tortillas. The salad with tomatoes, sea salt and homemade thyme vinaigrette is also worthy of a tempeh addition. Super Food Truck has a new quinoa, spinach, goat cheese, tomato, cucumber and avocado wrap, which is the perfect complement to sweet potato fries. On the Fly offers The Tree Hugger hummus wrap, avocado and caramelized onion soft taco and parmesan-crusted grilled cheese with brie, tomato and pesto. The Happy Grilled Cheese food truck has sweet (think creamy Nutella, peanut butter and bananas) and savory meat-free sandwiches and soups. Locations vary. For daily stops, follow the trucks on facebook.com/jaxtruckies. (Full disclosure: I am one of the founders of Jax Truckies.)
Swing into M Shack (299 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach) for a Super Kale Salad with apples, avocado, pecans, tamari, raisins, sesame seeds and a ginger garlic dressing or have a grilled-cheese-and-tomato sandwich with sweet potato tots. Make the veggie burger vegan by opting out of melted provolone.
Try The Garage (2692 Post St., Riverside) for a grilled cheese with a side of wavy potato chips and a slightly spicy, peppery creamy Garage sauce that's highly addictive. The Garage also serves a tasty veggie burger. And don't forget the red velvet cupcake "burger" for dessert — four frosted mini-cupcakes and a slice of melted Swiss sandwiched together within a crispy pressed roll.
GGG's vegjax.com site is an excellent resource, packed with helpful information about what restaurants offer which vegetarian and vegan selections.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will weigh a ban on Atrazine, a widely used herbicide linked to sex reversal and other reproductive problems in amphibians and fish. The chemical, which is manufactured by Syngenta, has been banned in the European Union since 2004 but some 80 million pounds Atrazine are applied to corn, sugarcane, sorghum and rice in the United States each year.
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Barcelona maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a convincing 3-0 win over Celta Vigo on Tuesday.
Gerardo Martino's men picked up where they left off in their 2-1 Clasico win over Real Madrid on Saturday as Barca produced a fine performance to move four points clear at the top of La Liga ahead of Atletico Madrid, who face Granada on Thursday.
Alexis Sanchez gave Barca the lead after just nine minutes in what was his 100th appearance for the club, Celta goalkeeper Yoel parrying Cesc Fabregas' shot straight into the path of the Chile international, who slotted in from point-blank range.
Celta created chances throughout, but Barca put themselves in control three minutes into the second half as a long-range effort from Fabregas bounced off the bar before deflecting off the unfortunate Yoel and into the net.
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Barcelona's city neighbours Espanyol missed the chance to move into the top six as they were held to a goalless draw by Malaga.
Javier Aguirre's men were fortunate not to fall behind just before the interval, as Malaga duo Roque Santa Cruz and Eliseu both hit the woodwork.
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The Facebook market is transitioning; its power players have reached out and embraced mobile and tablet versions of their games. Buoyed by an opening of the floodgates on the viral channels enabled by Facebook itself earlier this year, today's top-tier developers now say it's essential to support these platforms with native apps that hook into the Facebook versions of their games.
"From a user perspective, seamless play, I believe, is going to be a standard of the future," says Riccardo Zacconi, CEO of Facebook's number two developer, King.com. Meanwhile, Jens Begemann, CEO of number three developer Wooga, tells Gamasutra that "now, we have roughly 60 percent of our employees working on mobile, 40 percent on Canvas."
"It's not about 'either/or', it's about 'and.' With the platform we've deployed on iOS, and certainly Android as well, we now have the same platform available across all three channels, and that's where we're focusing," said Facebook's director of Game Partnerships, Sean Ryan, at a recent event Gamasutra attended at the company's headquarters.
How did this happen, and why is it taking off so quickly? Clearly, smartphones and tablets are reaching ever-larger audiences; as long ago as last December, half of Facebook's user base was accessing the social network via phones.
The problem is that, at that time, Facebook games could only be played on desktop PCs via browser. But in January of this year, Facebook enabled developers to more fully hook their native mobile games into its Open Graph -- to allow them to post from within games and send invites to friends, features that had been blocked on mobile since users could not play games from within the Facebook app on iOS or Android. That opened up Facebook developers to creating mobile versions of games that could talk to the platform.
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Zacconi has repeatedly credited the success of Bubble Witch Saga on iOS to Facebook. "We launched it with zero marketing, and we went in the Top 10 on iPhone and iPad in all the European App Stores. This was purely because of the integration with Facebook, because suddenly a player who actually was playing the game on Canvas would see the game also on their phone," Zacconi says.
Begemann, meanwhile, attributes the staying power of the iOS version of Diamond Dash to Facebook, too. "Usually when you have mobile apps, usually you have a lot of downloads in the first few weeks and then it kind of flattens out, right?" Diamond Dash, however, is growing "by almost 100,000 downloads a day, and is very constant," Begemann says.
"How can a game that is out since 10 months still have almost 100,000 downloads per day? And that is obviously, yes, it's word of mouth. People love it, and they are passionate about it, and they talk to their friends about it. But definitely Facebook virality plays an important role in that."
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This success has lead King.com from experimentation to a rock-solid requirement -- games must launch on both Facebook and mobile now, says Zacconi.
"The reason why I said 'Facebook and mobile' rather than 'Facebook or mobile' is that from a user perspective, seamless play, I believe, is going to be a standard of the future," he tells Gamasutra.
To facilitate this, King.com has reorganized its teams, says Zacconi. "Before, the company was divided in an organization which was in charge for the Canvas, and an organization which was in charge for the mobile. And now, we have structured it differently. We are organizing by title, whereby every title has a mobile team and has a social team."
Wooga's Begemann, on the other hand, advocates a mobile-first approach. "The teams think with a mobile mindset for the new games. It's not about transitioning the games from one to another," he says. "For new games, we start the teams on mobile first," says Begemann.
"We made this decision a year ago," he says. "A year ago we only had 10 people working on mobile. Now it's over half of the 250-people company. I think 2013 will be the year where, at least for us, mobile will be significantly bigger than Canvas."
Facebook's Ryan approves of these moves, showing that his team -- which works with all game developers hoping to bring their titles to the platform -- sees the value in consistency. "What you don't want to do, generally, is make a game that feels like a port," he says.
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Wooga's strategy seems to have arisen as the developer discovered some tweaking was necessary to adapt its Facebook games for iOS. Discussing Bubble Island, Begemann points out that the mobile edition is quite different from its Facebook iteration.
"The scoring has to be adapted, because you play this in a different way. The levels have to be adapted, so this is more fast-paced, it's less [reliant] on accuracy," says Begemann. "So what this means is it's not exactly the same game on the three platforms. Tablet, phone, and Facebook, it's not exactly the same game, because if it would be exactly the same game, it wouldn't be as good, right?"
King.com's current lineup also started out on PC, but Zacconi has a totally different take. "I think that every device has to be rethought, but the game itself is exactly the same game... We want to have a seamless, same experience."
However, they both agree that synchronizing progression -- and purchases, as these games are free-to-play -- across the platforms is essential to this new reality. "The progression is exactly the same progression, and the friends are exactly the same wherever you are. So the game experience and the game is actually the same, but the way the interface looks is different," says Zacconi. "So what we do here is, with the Facebook version that you operate with a mouse, progress, in-app purchases, everything is totally synchronized," Begemann says.
Even Spooky Cool Labs, which recently launched its first game, Wizard of Oz, on Facebook Canvas -- a 3D, Unity-powered city builder based on the classic movie, which is much more complicated play than Wooga's Bubble Island or King.com's Bubble Witch Saga -- sees the need to move to mobile, though this is something the company has not yet announced.
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Markets are back in full swing in the first full trading week of 2013. The FTSE 100 is still above the 6000 mark and banks are having a whale of a time, rising strongly after European liquidity rules were relaxed slightly. If only the pesky U.S. budget could be sorted once and for all.
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Today's jobs report was a big miss and a big disappointment.
The March Non-Farm Payrolls report came in at 120,000, well below expectations of 205,000.
Private payrolls missed badly, coming in at 121,000 vs. expectations of 215,000.
Unemployment, however, fell from 8.2 percent, down a tick from 8.3 percent.
Futures are instantly falling on the news.
The dollar is tumbling on expectations that QE is back.
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Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 120,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in manufacturing, food services and drinking places, and health care, but was down in retail trade. Household Survey Data The number of unemployed persons (12.7 million) and the unemployment rate (8.2 percent) were both little changed in March. (See table A-1.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.6 percent), adult women (7.4 percent), teenagers (25.0 percent), whites (7.3 percent), blacks (14.0 percent), and Hispanics (10.3 percent) showed little or no change in March. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2,and A-3.) The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was essentially unchanged at 5.3 million in March. These individuals accounted for 42.5 percent of the unemployed. Since April 2010, the number of long-term unemployed has fallen by 1.4 million. (See table A-12.) The civilian labor force participation rate (63.8 percent) and the employment-population ratio (58.5 percent) were little changed in March. (See table A-1.) The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) fell from 8.1 to 7.7 million over the month. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) In March, 2.4 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)
THIS IS IT: The number everyone has been waiting for, the March Non-Farm Payrolls Report is coming out at 8:30 AM ET.
The official estimate among analysts for new jobs gained is 205K, with the unemployment rate staying at 8.3 percent. This would mark the 4ths straight month of above-200K jobs, although this would be the weakest of the four. Last month the number came in at 227K.
The Business Insider official estimate is 193K.
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Canal de Briare – Canal Loire Lateral – *Canal du Nivernais
South of Paris, where the western part of Burgundy blurs prettily with the Loire Valley, a cruise along the Canal de Loing, the Canal de Briare and the Canal Loire Lateral reveals a number of hidden treasures in a landscape that inspired the painter Alfred Sisley. There are engineering feats to marvel at along the waterway –the elegant aqueduct at Briare, once the longest in the world, and at Rogny an atmospheric flight of seven locks, no longer in use but full of echoes of the past.
The Palace of Fontainebleau originally served as a hunting lodge and of all royal residences it is the only one to have been continuously inhabited for seven centuries. Thousand year old castles are plentiful – Saint Fargeau and Sully-sur-Loire boast breathtaking examples. Equally charming is the ancient town of Montargis, which with its network of narrow canals and bridges invites comparisons to Venice.
– [below] In the region: Briare, Moret-sur-Loing (Sisley), Chateau de Sully –
Hire Boating – Northern Burgundy and The Nivernais
► Self-drive boats available in Northern Burgundy-Nivernais-Upper Loire
Hire Fleets and Bases
■ France Afloat/Linssen: Vermenton and Tonnere
■ Locaboat/Linssen: Joigny and Corbigny
■ LeBoat: Migennes and Tannay
■ Nicols: Brienon and Venarey-les-Laumes
Canal du Nivernais – River Yonne – Canal de Bourgogne
A hundred miles south east of Paris, North Burgundy is a region steeped in culture and history and is considered by some to be the gastronomic heart of France, with its Boeuf Bourguignon, its buttery garlicky snails and its Coq au Vin, not to mention its stunning Chablis wine. To the west of it, the Nivernais Canal links the Loire and the Seine basins and crosses the remote and beautiful heathland of the Morvan.
Among the Nivernais' natural wonders are the Rochers de Saussois, a limestone bluff that soars above the River Yonne which feeds the canal as it goes, while man-made highlights include the Chateau de Tanlay with its romantic moat and famous trompe l'oeil frescoes. The breathtaking abbey at Vezelay is the starting point for one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago di Compostella , while Fontenay Abbey was built by St Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118 and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Still on a religious theme, Auxerre is a historic city of such astounding loveliness that it boasts not just an 11th century cathedral, but a 12th century abbey too.
The lives of more ordinary folk are evident Villeneuve sur Yonne and the beautiful half-timbered town of Noyers-sur-Serein with its characteristic mediaeval arcades, where walnuts and truffles were traded and enjoyed as a complement to the fine local wine.
– [below] In the region: Villeneuve sur Yonne, Fontenay, Tanlay, Noyers-sur-Serein, Auxerre, the Morvan, Saussois, the Canal du Nivernais –
Hire Boating – South Burgundy
► Self-drive boats available in South Burgundy-France Comté
Hire Fleets and Bases
■ Locaboat/Linssen: Dompierre s/Bresbre, St Leger s/Dheune and Macon
■ LeBoat: Branges
Canal du Centre – River Saone – River Seille
The Saone is one of the most attractive rivers in France: wide, sleepy and unhurried, it wends its way from the mountains of the Vosges to the Rhone, linking up with the Burgundy Canal, the River Doubs and the Rhone au Rhine Canal and passing through delightful countryside replete with wildlife. Macon offers an ideal base for discovering the Beaujolais – an undulating crest of hills famous for the production of light red wine, while fans of photography will be keen to visit Chalon-sur-Saone, the home of Nicéphore Niepce and thus regarded as the birthplace of this popular art form: the colourful Sunday market offers perfect opportunities for taking vivid holiday snaps.
A bucolic tributary of the Saone, the River Seille leads to the heartlands of Bresse, famous for its delicious chickens which have appellation d'origine contrôlée status, while the Canal de Centre which links the Canal Lateral a la Loire with the Saone, passes through the rolling verdant vineyards of the Cote Challonais.
– [below] In the region: River Seille, Chalon-sur-Saone, River Saone, Macon, Canal du Centre –
Hire Boating – Camargue and Mediterranean Coast
► Self-drive boats available in Camargue-Languedoc
■ LeBoat: Beaucaire and St Gilles
■ Locaboat: Lattes (Montpellier)
■ Nicols: Aigues-Mortes and Bellegarde
Canal Rhone a Sete – River Lez
The River Rhone rises in the Swiss Alps and is joined by the Saone at Lyon becoming one of Europe's major waterways, and as it heads south it passes memorable and famous towns such as Valence, Viviers (a beautiful hilltop medieval village overlooking the river), Avignon with its famous bridge and papal palace, and finally Arles, where Van Gogh created his most iconic sun-drenched paintings. Here, the Petit Rhone branches off into the Camargue, Europe's largest river delta where the reed marshes are teeming with wildlife – including over 350 species of waterbirds, wild black bulls and the famous white Camargue horses. Not to be missed is the fortified crusader town of Aigues Mortes, founded by the French King Saint Louis in 1242.
Heading west from Aigues-Mortes, just metres from the Mediterranean, runs the lock-free Rhone-Sete Canal arriving at France's own Venetian-style seaport, Sete, and the Etang de Thau, a large inland lagoon, where waterborne visitors may live like kings on fresh moules marinières and bouziegues oysters, washed down with Muscat wines and Noilly Prat vermouth.
– [below] In the region: Sete, Mediterranean, Camargue, Van Gogh/Arles, Avignon, Pont du Gard, Aigues-Mortes –
Hire Boating – Midi-Languedoc
► Self-drive boats available in Midi-Languedoc
Hire Fleets and Bases
■ LeBoat: Port Cassafieres, Narbonne, Homps, Trebes and Castelnaudary
■ France Afloat / Linssen: Capestang
■ Locaboat: Bram, Argens-Minervois and Negra
■ Nicols: Le Somail and Port Lauragais
Canal du Midi – Canal de la Robine
The Canal du Midi has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of the achievement of architect Pierre-Paul Riquet in linking the Etang du Thau in the south east with the River Garonne in Toulouse, effectively connecting the Mediterranean with the Atlantic. His engineering prowess can be seen in the flight of nine characteristically oval-shaped locks at Fonserannes near the ancient city of Beziers, and if ticking off UNESCO sites is your thing, then you get two for one in Carcassonne, where the canal passes close to the ancient citadel that forms one of the most iconic skylines in the whole country.
The canal meanders between the vineyards of Corbieres to the south and the Minervois to the north and a visit to the wine town of Minerve, one of the most beautiful in France, is a treat. A diversion along the Canal de la Robine leads to Narbonne, which dates back to Roman times when it was a strategic trading centre, and even today its covered market, supplied by local producers, is a kind of foodie heaven.
– [below] In the region: Minervois, Minerve, Canal du Midi, Beziers, Narbonne, Carcassonne –
Hire Boating – Aquitaine
► Self-drive boats available in Aquitaine-Charente
Hire Fleets and Bases
■ LeBoat: Castelsarrasin and Mas d'Agenais
■ Locaboat: Agen and Valence s/Baise
■ Nicols: Buzet s/Baise
Canal de Garonne – Canal de Montech-Montauban – River Baise
Aquitaine covers the far southwest corner of France and its capital Bordeaux is a stately presence on the estuary of the Garonne river and is ineffably associated with fine wines, claret in particular. The Maison du Vin in the city centre offers an introduction to many vintages, but a visit to some of the prestigious vineyards themselves is hard to beat.
Helping to link Bordeaux to Toulouse, the Canal de Garonne shadows a popular pilgrimage route to Compostella and one of its outstanding waystations is the town of Moissac, world famous for its Romanesque abbey cloister. There are exquisite country villages to discover, including Serignac with its curiously twisted church spire, and as you travel inland from the Atlantic the vineyards are replaced by orchards growing apples, pears and particularly Ente plums. Agen has become synonymous with prunes and the Pruneau d'Agen is so fine that it has earned itself a Protected Geographical Indication, which governs the location and means of its production.
– [below] In the region: Moissac, Wine Tasting, Canal de Garonne, Serignac, Agen –


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